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OBITUARIES
Hugh Hill, 61
Services Held Friday For
Prominent Perry Educator
Hugh Robinson Hill Jr.,
61, of Hawkinsville Road,
principal of Tucker
Elementary School for
the past 12 years, died
Wednesday March 19,
1978 at St. Simons Island.
Services were held
Friday, March 31 at 11
a.m. in Perry United
Methodist Church. Rev,
Tom Johnson and Dr.
Glen Dorris officiated.
Interment followed in
Perry Memorial Gar
dens.
Pallbearers were: Joe
Pope, Robert Dorris, Carl
Kimberly, William
Dorris, Gene Hill, David
Thomas, Wayne Talton
and Henry Coody.
Mr. Hill, a native of
Alamo, was an educator
for 30 years, being a
graduate of the
University of Georgia
and holding a master's
degree in education from
Mercer University. He
was a member of
National Educator's
Association, Georgia
Association ot Educators,
Houston County
Association of Educators,
National Association of
Elementary School
Principals and Georgia
Association of
Educational Leaders.
Mr. Hill was a Mason, a
Rotarian, a member of
the American Legion and
a veteran of World War
It, having served as a
Marine captain, and a
member of Perry United
Methodist Church, where
he was former president
of the Methodist Men and
WHY DIDN’T JIMMY CARTER
BLOW THE WHISTLE ON
HIS ENEMIES IN ’72?
Reprinted From The Atlanta Journal And Constitution
In A Column By Bill Shipp Sat. March 25, 1978
The Silver Fox is in trouble again and for
the second time in less than a year he faces
the prospect of closing out his political career
behind bars. But if he is worried, you’d never
know it; the Silver Fox, alias state Sen.
Culver Kidd of Milledgeville laughs and jokes
and discusses qualifying for re-election in
May.
While he is talking you wonder if Kidd will
not be a convicted felon by the time
qualifying opens.
He is under indictment on gambling
conspiracy charges and charges of lying to a
federal grand jury.
The indictment was handed down just 10
months after a federal jury in Atlanta
acquitted Kidd of conspiracy and bribery for
allegedly taking a bribe and trying to “fix” a
drug conviction sentence for one Jimmy
Jordan of Centre, Ala.
Although he beat the rap, Kidd says the
case all but crippled him financially.
Now, he moans, he will have to shell out
what’s left of his money to try to save the
Silver Fox once again.
The current charges against Kidd involve
his old enemy, President Jimmy Carter, and
they raise some fundamental questions about
the conduct of that gentleman when he was
governor.
The indictment, returned by a grand jury
convened in Carter’s home county of Sumter,
says Kidd attempted in 1972 to persuade then
- Gov. Jimmy Carter to give the state senator
advance notice of any raids on gambling
joints by state agents in Kidd’s home county
of Baldwin.
In return, Kidd offered to support Carter’s
plan to reorganize state government, ac
cording to the allegation. The indictment
further says Kidd dispatched then Sen. Gene
Holley of Augusta to Carter to act as the go
between in the proposed deal. The indictment
says Carter "angrily rejected” the idea.
If any of this turns out to be true, it could be
the weirdest political tale to turn up in
Georgia politics since Lester Maddox
claimed he was offered a suitcase filled with
SIOO,OOO in a Macon hotel room not to run for
Paid For By Perry Friends Os Senator Culver Kidd
a former member of the
official board of the
church.
Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Pope Hill of Perry; a
daughter, Mrs. Andy
Talton Jr. of Perry; a
son, Dr. Hugh R. Hill 111
of Warner Robins; his
Former Perry an
Dies In Vidalia
Mrs. Inez Smith
Warthen, former resident
of Perry, died Wed
nesday, March 29 in
Vidalia, Ga. where she
had made her home for 56
years. She was the widow
of Ober Warthen,
prominent business man
of Vidalia.
Mrs. Warthen was the
daughter of the late
Elijah Smith and Mrs.
Allie Ingram Smith of
Perry. She graduated
Perry
Youth
Dies
Miss Evelyn Fann, 16,
of 1514 State Ave., Perry
died Friday March 31,
1978 at her residence
after a brief illness.
Arrangements will be
announced by Richard
son Funeral Home.
mother, Mrs. Hugh R.
Hill Sr. of Louisville, Ky.;
a sister, Mrs. Glenn
Dorris of Louisville, Ky.;
a brother, Robert Hill of
Baxley; and six grand
children.
Watson Hunt Funeral
Home had charge of
arrangements.
from Perry High School
and attended Bessie Tift
College in Forsyth. Her
former home in Perry is
now known as Plantation
House and is located back
of Qualify Courts on U.S.
341 North.
Active for years in the
Georgia Society of the
Daughters of the
American Revolution,
Mrs. Warthen held a
number of state offices
and was state Regent in
1938 39. She was honorary
state Regent at the time
of her death. She was a
member of the
Presbyterian Church in
Vidalia.
Survivors Include two
sisters, Misses Grace and
Ruth Smith, of Cordele; a
nephew, Smith Craig of
Watkinsville, Ga.; a first
cousin, Mrs. W.G. Stubbs
of Perry.
Funeral service was
held Friday morning
March 31, in Vidalia.
Interment took place at 2
p.m. in Evergreen
governor.
There are a couple of things you need to
know about Jimmy Carter’s term as
governor before you realize what a funny
thing might have happened to him on the way
to the White House.
Culver Kidd was Carter’s arch-enemy. He
fought everything Carter proposed. If Carter
had endorsed apple pie, Kidd would’ve
claimed it caused cancer. Kidd battled
Carter to the bitter-end on governmental
reorganization.
The only senator who feuded with Carter
more often and more fiercely than Kidd was
Gene Holley the alleged messenger in the
gambling raid deal.
Kidd’s choice of Holley as a go-between
would be about like sending Inman to
mediate problems between Jackson and
Eaves, or Arafat to talk to Begin about dif
ferences with Sadat.
Such a move has no sense or logic about it.
But then Georgia politics has never been
noted for rationality.
Beyond the question of whether Kidd and
Holley were in their right mind in trying to
conjure up such a scheme, there is another
and perhaps more serious puzzler that the
case raises: If old born-again, I’ll-never-lie
to-you Jimmy Carter was offered what
amounted to a bribe to obstruct justice in
1972, why did he not blow the whistle?
As the state’s chief executive officer, he
had a sworn legal obligation to call the hand
of would-be lawbreakers. In addition, it
would have been a smart move politically.
By turning in Kidd and-or Holley for trying to
protect gamblers from the law, Carter would
have neutralized two of his principal pests in
the state house.
Carter, the governor, was not a fellow to let
golden political opportunities slip by.
So one has to believe either that 1) the
Carter-connected charge against Kidd is
made of weak stuff or 2.) the next trial of the
Silver Fox could send shock waves all the
way to Washington. After all, Richard
Nixon’s greatest sin was that he did not turn
in the crooks around him and, don’t forget,
in that case they were his friends and allies.
Cemetery, Perry in the
Smith family plot, beside
her husband.
Following the burial,
friends and relatives
assembled at the home of
Mrs. W.B. Evans and her
sister, Miss Martha
Cooper, a former state
Regent of the D.A.R.
Out-of-town friends and
relatives here included
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Craig
of Watkinsville, Misses
Grace and Ruth Smith of
Cordele, Mrs. Lewis
Joseph Bahin, Regent
Ga. Society D.A.R., of
College Park; Mrs.
Lanette Reid, past state
Regent, of Vidalia; and
Mrs. Frank Binford of
Thomaston, Ga.
Rites Held
For Mrs.
Patterson
Mrs. Bannie Hall
Patterson, 85, died
Thursday March 30, 1978
in a St. Augustine
hospital after a brief
illness. Services were
held at 2 p.m. Saturday
April 1 in Christ's Sanc
tified Holy Church near
Perry with burial in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Patterson was a
native of Obine County,
Tenn., having resided the
last 15 years in St.
Augustine she was a
member of the Christ
Holy Sanctified Church.
Survivors include 2
daughters: Mrs. Mazel E.
Reid and Mrs. Debbie
Bittner both of St.
Augustine, Fla.; 4 step
sons, A.C. Patterson of
Jacksonville, James
Patterson of St. Louis,
Mo., Heyward and Ernest
Patterson of Orlando,
Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Bea
Korngay of Clarendon
Ark.; 10 grandchildren,
18 great grandchildren
and 2 great, great
grandchildren.
Watson-Hunt Funeral
Home of Perry had
charge of arrangements.
Rites Held
Sat. For
Mr. Noles
Robert Keven Noles,
20, of 107 Seventh Ave.,
died Thursday March 30,
1978 in a Houston County
hospital after a brief
illness. Services were
held at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday April 1 in the
chapel of Christopher-
Smith Funeral Home.
Burial was in Pulaski-
Bleckley Memorial
Gardens.
Mr. Noles, a lifelong
resident of Bonaire,
attended Warner Robins
High School. He was a
self-employed con
tractor.
Survivors include his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar A. Noles of
Bonaire; a brother ,
Reginald G. Noles of
Bonaire; a half-brother,
Lowery Noles of East
man; a sister, Miss Lori
Noles of Bonaire;
maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Winnie Darsey of
Cochran; paternal
grandmother, Mrs.
George Drake of Warner
Robins; and paternal
grandfather, Austin
Noles of Guntersville,
Ala.
Lockett
Services
Held Wed.
Services for Mrs.
Cynthia Ross Lockett, 57,
who died last Wednesday
March 30, 1978 in a
Chicago, 111., hospital,
were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday April 5 in
Rest Haven Cemetery in
Perry.
Mrs. Lockett, a native
of Houston County, had
lived in Chicago, 111., 15
years.
Survivors include her
husband, Willie Lockett
Sr. ot Chicago, III.; two
sons, Master Sgt. James
Douglas Roberts of
Warner Robins and Willie
Lockett Jr. of Chicago,
III.; a daughter, Mrs.
Julia Mae Davis of
Macon; and three
grandchildren.
Richardson Funeral
Home of Perry had
charge of arrangements.
Sat, Shooting
Still Under
Investigation
Detective Giles Webb
said Monday he is still
investigating a shooting
that took place at 906
Jeannie St. about 11:15
last Saturday night.
Webb said Jessie
Roberts, 35, of Rt. 1, Box
379, Valley Drive is in the
intensive care unit at
Macon Medical Center
after sustaining a bullet
wound on top of his head.
Roberts was found in a
driveway adjacent to
Woodruff's Auto Sales on
U.S. 41 South, according
to the detective.
Webb said one suspect
had been taken into
custody in connection
with the case, but was
later released pending
further investigation.
As soon as the victim
recovers sufficiently,
Webb said he would
question him in an effort
to determine who fired
the gun that inflicted the
wound.
Robins RC
Dean's List
Students named to the
Dean's List for the
quarter include: William
H. Bedingfield, Mildred
Bleckley, Annette Ford,
and Doyle A. Smith all of
Perry.
Perry an Takes Off
Keiland Harrington of Perry is shown above in his Chevelle as he gets
the go signal from the “Christmas tree” in the Gatornationals last month
in Gainesville, Florida. Harrington steered his machine into the quar
terfinals of the stock eliminator classification. The Perryan was in
competition against more than one hundred drivers in his classification.
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Perryans Attend Convention
The Perry High Industrial Arts Club attended the sixteenth annual
Georgia Assoc, of Industrial Arts Clubs Convention recently in Macon.
Members are front Steve Peavy - state president and scholarship winner
and front row (L-R) Jeff Carpenter, Russ Forde, Billy Stark, and Robby
Quesenberry. Standing in rear (L-R) are Cindy Cosey -Ist place technical
report contest, Ricky Funk, Denis Gravel - state parliamentarian, and r
James Garrett. The club won several awards at the convention.
At Annual Convention
PHS Industrial Arts
Club Takes 4 Awards
The Perry High School
Industrial Arts Club
attended the sixteenth
annual Georgia
Association of Industrial
Arts Clubs Convention in
Macon on March 31
through April 2, 1978.
Over 750 students and
advisors were present for
the yearly conference.
Competitive events,
business meetings, of
ficer elections, and good
fellowship filled the three
days for the Perry
delegation. The highlight
of the convention was the
awards banquet held
Saturday night April 1.
Students from Perry
received the following
awards:
Technical Report
Contest - Cindy Cosey, Ist
Place; Outstanding
Service Award - Club, 3rd
Place; Club Scrapbook -
Club, 4th Place; Out
standing Club - Club, 4th
Place.
State president Steve
Peavy from P.H.S. and
state parlimentarian
Denis Gravel also from
Perry had many
responsibilities in
organizing and carrying
out the plans for this
convention. President
Peavy was honored at the
awards banquet with a
one year scholarship to
the college of his choice
presented by Georgia
Power Company. A total
ot 53 trophies were
presented to 29 different
schools including two to
Perry High School.
Dr. Charles McDaniel,
State Superintendent of
Schools, was guest
speaker for the awards
banquet. He gave an
interesting presentation
on patriotism and the
principals on which our
system works. He was
presented a colonial
cabinet built by Richard
Black of Perry High
School in honor of his
presence at the banquet.
Perry's Dr. Tony
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., APR i, WB,
DeLoach brought the
devotional on Sunday
morning. His inspiring
message was well ac
cepted by the group. In
addition Robin Ariail
and Theresa Battle
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Codendicuv
General Daniel Stewart Chapter DAR will
meet at 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, April 12 at the
home of Mrs. Yates Green, 1910 Northside Road.
Perry Newcomers Club will hold its April
business meeting at 8:00 p.m. this Thursday,
April 6, 1978 at the St. Christopher’s Episcopal
Church on Macon Street, Perry. David Pierce of
Nunn, Geiger and Pierce will conduct the
program for the evening on “Georgia Law and
Wills”.
All members and those new to the area in
terested in attending the meeting are asked to be
there by 7:45 p.m. in order to obtain nametags.
New officers of the Perry Club Council for the
coming year were elected recently. Shown here
are seated) Mrs. Buddy Andrew - vice president,
and standing (L-R) Mrs. W.B. Etheridge -
secretary, Richard Willard - president, and Mrs. *
Johnny Ellison - treasurer.
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brought special music.
The entire conference
was a tremendous sue- *
cess for those from Perry
and they are eagerly
awaiting the 17th annual
convention in 1979.