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School Board Rules!
No Prisoners
In Classroom
A request for four
prisoners so speak so
students at Northside
High School was rejected
during a regular session
of the Houston County
Board of Education in
Warner Robins Tuesday
night.
Board members acted
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First Place
Tony Hudson, a third grade student, won first
place in the Perry Elementary School’s talent
show held at the school last Thursday night. His
rendition of “Please Mr. Postman” on the drums
gave him the first place honors.
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Second Place
Second place winner in the Perry Elementary
School talent show was first grader, Tracy
Hudson. She sang “May The Good Lord Bless
and Keep You”. Shown with Tracy is her mother
Patsy Hudson.
Third Place
Third place winners in the Perry Elementary
School talent show were Beth Ackeridge and Jim
Moody, fourth graders, shown here singing “side
by Side”. Also shown is Mrs. Ann Coley, a
teacher at the school.
on the matter after
School Supt. David
Perdue read a request
from Warner Robins
Police Chief Billy Hunter.
Perdue said Hunter
requested that four in
mates from the Houston
County Correctional
Institute be permitted to
speak to Nrothside
students.
Perdue explained that
the teacher for the class
was paid by the police
department with federal
funds. If the request were
approved, Perdue said
the inmates would speak
on court and correctional
procedures as part of a
course on law en
forcement.
Perdue said it was his
opinion that the
classroom instructors
could find someone else
better qualified to talk
about court procedures.
He noted, however, that
the law enforcement
classes were very
popular with students.
"It would be alright if
they talked about what
caused them to be where
they are, but to have
them speak on court
procedures is beyond
me," said board member
Hugh Brazed. "I move to
reject this request until
we get clarification."
During a period of
discussion, board
members considered the
possibility that the
wording of the letter was
misleading, and that the
teacher probably did, in
fact, want the inmates to
talk about what caused
them to be confined at the
correctional institute.
"I think we should wait
to see if they mean what
we think they mean",
said Board Chairman
L.A. McConnell.
When McConnell called
for a vote, all members
voted in favor of BrazeU's
motion to reject the
request.
In other action, Mc-
Connell again told
Chief Warns Citizens
Flint Flam
Hits Perry
Police Chief B.E.
Dennard cautioned area
citizens this week about
the possibility of being
hoodwinked out of their
savings and hard-earned
cash by slim-slam artists
and confidence men.
Dennard said elderly
persons should be
especially alert to any
person or groups who
approach them with get
rich-quick schemes.
The police chief said
several slim-slam cases
have been reported in the
vicinity of Perry
recently.
One recent case started
in the parking lot of
Eastgate Shopping
Center and ended up with
the victim meeting two
slim-slam men at the
Perry Houston County
Hospital parking lot.
The slim-slam began
with a person wandering
up to the victim's car
with a big wad of cash
and acting "kind of
foolish." The "foolish"
person's pockets, wallet
and hands were full of
money.
After the "foolish"
person talked to the
victim of the slim-slam
awhile, a sensible acting
person walked and
started to talk to the
victim of the slim-slam
and pretended he was
looking for the "foolish"
person with all the
money.
The sensible person
said they needed
someone to look after a
large portion of the
"foolish" person's
money. He said all that
was needed was the
posting of some amount
residents of Greenbriar
subdivision that a
rezoning decision on the
Elberta Elementary
School district will not be
made until near the end
of the school year.
In previous board
meetings, residents from
the subdivision asked
board members to in
crease the number of
whites at Elberta
Elementary, which
reportedly has an
enrollment of 90 percent
black students.
Greenbriar residents
complained that their
property values were
being hurt because of the
school district. They
asked the school board to
include Canterbury and
Camelot subdivisions in
the Elberta school
district, but residents of
she two subdivisions told
the board they wanted to
remain in the Parkwood
school district.
Acting on another
motion by Brazell, board
members voted to
dismantle all television
antenna towers at schools
served by cable TV, and
to use the best towers for
other county schools.
Perdue said the cost of
dismantling each of the
60-foot towers would be
sllO.
The board also ap
proved Perdue's request
to withdraw $1 million in
school funds Citizens
State Bank on April 4. He
said half of the $1 million
would be used to meet
obligations, and that the
remainder would be
reinvested.
The funds have been
invested since Jan. 1,
drawing interest at the
rate of 6.775 percent.
of cash, say SI,OOO to
serve as proof of a per
son's good character and
financial responsibility.
In return, the victim
could look after the
"foolish" person's
finances.
The victim of the flim
flam raised the SI,OOO
cash and met the con
fidence men at the
hospital parking lot.
Somehow the victim
ended up with a tat en
velope stuffed with what
appeared to be a large
sum of money.
The slim-slam folks
drove off with the SI,OOO
cash.
The victim opened the
envelope and found blank
pieces of paper.
Chief Dennard said
some of the slim-slam
people operate with two
men and two women. He
said the slim-slam that
took place in Perry was
successfully operated by
two black men.
"Just beware of
anybody who approaches
you with a large sum of
cash they've just found",
Dennard said. "If they
ask you to put up any
cash to get in on a good
deal, just stop right
there."
Dennard said citizens
who find themselves in
such situations should
report it to police. It for
some reason they do not
want to report the in
cident to police
headquarters, Dennard
said, they should at least
discuss the situation with
a friend or their attorney
before withdrawing
money from the bank, or
before giving any amount
of cash to strangers.
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John Brewer Stands In Ruins Os Home
95 Year Old Man
Loses His Home;
Needs Clothing
The South Houston
County home of a 95-year
old black man burned to
the ground March 17, and
a neighbor says any kind
of donations, especially
shoes and clothing, would
be appreciated.
John L. Brewer, who
was born Nov. 23, 1883,
paused near the burned
out rubble that had been
his home last Thursday
after feeding his
chickens.
"It's all gone,” Brewer
lamented.
Brewer's lifelong
friend, Charles
Newberry, 61, said, "I've
known him all my life,
and he is like my father
and everything.”
Newberry said he
regards Brewer as a
father because Brewer
took him into his home
when he was 17 after his
real father died,
"I don't know exactly
how the fire started,”
Brewer said. "I was
asleep, and when I woke
up I heard all this pop
ping up in the attic by the
stove flue.”
Newberry said
Brewer's wife has been in
a nursing home in
Hawkinsville for more
than five years, and that
Brewer likes to visit her
everyday and feed her.
"He's staying with me
now, and he's welcome to
stay there as long as he
wants to,” Newberry
said. "But you know how
it is when folks get old
and set in their ways.
"I try to discourage
him from driving to the
nursing home to be with
his wife every day
because of his age. But
when he's living by
himself, he takes off to
see her every day, lickety
split."
Newberry slapped his
hands together and slid
his right hand forward
pointing down the road
toward Hawkinsville.
''Lickety split,"
Newberry repeated.
Brewer and Newberry
laughed.
"He's a good man, ”
Newberry said. "He
taught me how to farm
and how to lead a good
life."
Concerning Brewer's
need for clothing and
shoes, Brewer said he
wears a size 15 shirt, 34 to
36 coat, 7>/2 medium shoe,
and trousers with a 30
inch waist.
Newberry said all of
Brewer's shoes and
clothes were destroyed
when the house burned.
Persons may donate
clothes to Brewer by
leaving them at The
Home Journal office, or
by calling Newberry at
892-2941.
Brewer said he moved
to Houston County 68
years ago. Other than
starting to work at the
Medusa Cement Com
pany's limestone quarry
Hugh Hill Dies
Prominent Perry
educator, Hugh Hill Jr.,
died early Wednesday
morning from a heart
attack. At the time of his
death, he was in Brun
Peachland Advertiser
New Paper Comes
Out Next Monday
A new publication,
"The Peachland Ad
vertiser and TV Guide"
will go out in the mails
next Monday, April 3, to
more than 20,000 homes.
The service is a joint
venture between the
award winning com
munity newspapers, The
Houston Home Journal
and the Fort Valley
Leader-Tribune.
The "Advertiser" will
be a tabloid weekly of
fering a number of ad
vertisements along with a
complete TV listing for
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Top Winner
Lee Bledsoe was
awarded first place in
state competition in the
boys essay contest held
March 23, at Georgia
College in Milledgeville.
Bledsoe's essay, entitled
"A Workable Program
for Energy Use," was
judged best of the eight
SEAIS regions entered in
the competition.
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at Clinchfield when the
quarry opened in 1926,
and working there 12
years, Brewer said his
life has been devoted to
farming.
Brewer said because of
swick Ga. on vacation.
At press-time Wed.
morning, funeral
arrangements were in
complete and will be
announced later by
the week. It will also
feature a special TV
column by Jackie K.
Cooper ot Perry each
week.
Wilton Walton,
publisher of the Fort
Valley paper, and Bobby
Branch, publisher of The
HHJ stated, "We both felt
there was a real need in
Middle Georgia tor a total
circulation en
tertainment type
newspaper and it is our
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The Perry Garden Club will meet Thursday
April 6 at 3 p.m. in the Community Room of the
Eastgate Bank of Perry. Mr. Robert Sapp of
Sapp’s Orchid House, Warner Robins will speak.
The Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship
International will meet Saturday, April 1 at 8
a.m. for breakfast at the Holiday Inn. This
meeting is for men only and all community men
are invited.
The Clinton C. Duncan Chapter of the UDC
meets Wednesday, April 5 at the Baptist Church
Annex in Elko. The meeting begins at 3:30 p.m.
and the speaker will be Mrs. L.C. Renfroe of
Fitzgerald. Hostesses are Mrs. Bobby Bembry,
Mrs. Hal Clark and Mrs. Charles Kezar.
Crossroads Methodist Church will sponsor a
garage sale Sat., April 1 at Piggly Wiggly
Parking lot from 8:30 until. Many Jr. Size 7-9
clothes and misc items. Please help support the
church!
The Pink Ladies will meet next Tuesday, April
4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Perry-Houston County
Hospital. Reorientation is scheduled for this
monthly meeting. Please attend!
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the current high cost of
building materials he will
not try to rebuild his
house. He said he will try
to buy a small mobile
home that contains a
kitchen and some fur
niture.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home of Perry.
Mr. Hill was principal
of Tucker Elementary
School in Perry.
goal to expand the
"Advertiser" in the
weeks ahead. Unlike the
shoppers around today,
the Advertiser will be
mailed, at no cost to the
readers, to their homes
each Monday. We are
both very excited about
the new paper and we feel
Middle Georgians will
look forward to receiving
"The Peachland Ad
vertiser" in their mail
each Monday."