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OUR 108TH YEAR NO. 31
26,655 Eligible Voters
Houston Voters Go To
The Polls Next Tuesday
Houston County
citizens will go to voting
booths next Tuesday to
decide the fates of
political incumbents and
their challengers.
Although there are
26,655 registered county
voters, old time political
experts throughout
Georgia are predicting
light turnouts for the
general primary election.
County Election Board
Chairman Hugh Beatty
said the county's 15
voting precincts will be
open next Tuesday from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Beatty cautioned
candidates and other
citizens not to display
signs or solicit votes
within 250 feet of a voting
place. He said state law
prohibits displaying signs
or commercial sales
within 250 feet of the
polls.
"That means that no
candy will be sold near a
voting place, or no
nothing," Beatty said
Tuesday.
The most provocative
race in the county ap
pears to be the contest for
the 18th senate district
seat which is currently
held by Sen. Ed Barker.
Barker is being
challenged by Warner
Robins Councilwoman
Joy Land.
Another race that has
created a great deal of
interest is the one in
which Warner Robins
businessman Bob
Snellgrove and Warner
Robins city councilman
Homer J. Walker are
challenging incumbent
Charles B. Carter for post
No. 1 on the Houston
County Commission.
Four candidates have
qualified for commission
post No. 2. Commission
chairman Steve Byrd
announced earlier this
year that he would not
seek reelection to the
post.
Big Grand Opening Sale Is Underway
K-Mart Opens Today!
The 52,280 square-foot
K mart discount
department store on Sam
Nunn Blvd. in Perry will
open to the public at 9:00
a.m., Thursday, August
3, according to the
management.
The Perry K mart will
bring the number of K
marts in Georgia t 043, as
the K mart Corporation
continues its store ex
pansion in the state. On
August 3, K marts will
also make their debuts in
Bakersfield, Calif., and
Portsmouth, N.H., for a
total of 1,412 K marts in
the United States, Puerto
Rico, Canada and
The Houston Home Journal
The four candidates for
Post No. 2 are Jimmy
Griffin, a Kathleen
farmer; Joe T. Harrell
Sr. of Warner Robins, a
former director of the
county landfill; Jim
Pace, operator of a
Fines Will Be Imposed
Council Orders
Clean Up Now!
Better tidy up around
the house, folks, and
haul your old cars way
out in the country to
grandma's place.
Otherwise, you might
have to plank down a
fine at city court.
Acting on a motion by
Councilman Al
Baggarly, city council
voted unanimously
during a regular session
at city hall Tuesday
night to amend the
ordinance about storing
old cars, scrap parts
and old household ap
pliances on residential
lots.
As currently written
the ordinance states
that it is illegal to store
such items on
residential lots within
the city. The ordinance
states that the owner,
occupant or lessee of
any lot found to be in
violation will be given 15
days notice by the
building inspector to
remove the items before
a summons is issued by
the zoning enforcement
officer.
The amendment in
troduced by Baggarly
Australia. K mart ex
pects to open about 170
stores in 1978.
Perry officials and top
executives of the K mart
Corporation will take
part in a brief ribbon
cutting ceremony at the
main doors of the
department store im
mediately before
opening.
Because record crowds
of all ages are expected to
participate in the grand
opening, police have been
asked to give special
attention to the traffic on
the streets surrounding
the store during the first
few hours of opening.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 1978
Warner Robins
automotive body shop,
and Houston J. Porter,
Warner Robins school
teacher.
Most of the other
county voting action will
and approved by council
states that it will be
unlawful for the owner,
renter or lessee of any
property to use the
property as a dumping
place for rubbish of all
kind and description.
The ordinance also
states that it will be
unlawful for the
property to become
This is for the safety of
the motorists driving by.
Once a car is in K mart's
adequate and convenient
parking lot there should
be no congestion.
The new K mart,
selling nationally ad
vertised products and
backing all sales with a
"satisfaction always"
policy, will be a discount
department store in its
pricing policies.
Following are
highlights of the mer
chandise the department
store will carry: ap
pliances, building tools,
floor coverings,
draperies, yard goods
revolve around three
seats on the Board of
Education.
Incumbent board
member Hugh Brazell, a
Warner Robins real
estate appraiser has two
overgrown with bushes
and weeds 12 inches or
greater in height, or
become unsightly with
junk.
The ordinance states
that either of these
conditions will be
considered as a
nuisance and shall be
punishable under the
provisions contained in
the city charter.
and sewing materials;
women's fashions;
men's, boys', girls' and
infants' clothing; bed
ding; jewelry; camera
supplies; books and
records; pet supplies,
and health and beauty
aids. The K mart will
have a complete
automotive center with
an auto music section
featuring stereo tape
players and tapes. The
store will also feature a
sporting goods depart
ment.
More than 60 Perry
area residents will be
given full employment
when the new K mart
challengers for Post No.
1. The challengers are
Warner Robins
businessman Wayne
Lowe, and Pearl Colbert,
a mother of five and an
employee at Robins Air
Force Base, who is
seeking the post as an
independent.
Although Mrs.
Colbert's name will not
be listed on the primary
election ballot next
Tuesday, she will qualify
to have her named placed
on the general election
ballot on Nov. 7, if she
complies with voting
regulations.
Beatty said that Mrs.
Colbert had until July 12
to gather the 1,247
petition signatures that
would qualify her to run
in the November election.
He said she turned the
petitions in on time, and
that he is now reviewing
the petitions to see if she
has the required number
of legal signatures.
In the contest for school
board post No. 3, Pauline
Wells, manager of Credit
Data of Central Georgia
in Warner Robins, is
challenging L.A. Mc-
Connell, who is currently
serving as board
chairman.
The race for school
board post No. 5 is bet
ween the incumbent Bill
George, a Warner Robins
realtor, and Jimmy T.
Fountain, also of Warner
Robins.
Beatty said the
primary election on Aug.
8 will be followed, if
necessary, by a general
primary runoff on Aug
29. He said the general
election, to be held on
Nov. 7, will be followed by
the general election
runoff on Nov. 28.
According to Beatty,
Oct. 10 will be the
deadline for registering
to vote in the general
election and the general
election runoff.
opens. Additional per
sonnel will be hired part
time during holiday
seasons. A staff made up
of entirely local people
will assure that K mart Is
alert to all the needs of its
new customers.
The first K mart
opened in a suburb of
Detroit in 1962. The
corporation conceived K
mart as a store selling
top-quality merchandise
at a small profit to induce
high volume. This con
cept brought immediate
and overwhelming ac
ceptance resulting in the
world's fastest growing
mass merchandising
chain.
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Have you ever driven on Charity or Bible
Road? This street marker is at the Christ Sanc
tified Holy Church Campground located four
miles north of Perry on highway 41. More than
2,000 church members nationwide will begin
arriving in Perry this Saturday to attend the 40th
annual meeting here. The campground covers
more than 500 acres with many cabins and
dormitories. All the streets on the campground
have Bible related names, such as the sign
shown here.
40th Annual Perry Gathering
Over 2,000 To Gather
Here Next Week For
Annual Camp Meeting
More than 2,000
members of Christ's
Sanctified Holy Church
will converge on Perry
this weekend for the
church's 40th annual
camp meeting at the
headquarters on highway
41, four miles north of
Perry.
Church members from
all over the U.S. are
attending this weekend's
campmeeting, many of
them staying in Perry
motels and at cabins and
dormitories at the
campsite grounds.
The group has been
meeting in Perry during
the first week in August
since 1938, when the
national headquarters of
the church was
established here. The
church was originally
established in 1892 by a
group of Methodists. The
annual meeting will
conclude here on Sunday,
August 13.
The church has been
undergoing a major
expansion and im
provement program for
the past 6 years and
already considerable
improvements have been
made to the chapel,
dining hall and dor
mitories. Future plans
call for a year round
recreation park for
members which will
include a lake, camping
and trailer sites.
The chapel, a former
conference hall, was
remodeled five years
ago. It is here that
funerals are held for
church members. Nearly
all members who die are
buried in the cemetery
here at the church's
national headquarters;
tor those who are buried
elsewhere, there are
stone markers here as
memorials.
The big air conditioned
main chapel has plenty of
seating space for
members and visitors,
with spaces for 300 to 400
singers on the platform.
An official of the
church said a special
Invitation is being issued
to the people of Perry and
Houston County to attend
the evening worship
services.
The church leaders
said, "We are a part of
the community and have
many friends here and
would like to welcome
them to our services.
Perhaps because of the
Inquest Set Into
Death Os Perry an
Sheriff Cullen Talton
said Monday Coroner
Lewis Scaggs will con
duct an Inquest on the
shooting death of John G.
Bradley, 70, who was
killed at his home on U.S.
41 north of Perry last
Friday about 7:15 p.m.
Talton said Bradley
was shot in the chest with
a .22 caliber pistol. He
said Bradley was found
dead in the bathroom of
his house, which is
located about one-half
mile north of Perry.
"The case is still under
investigation," Talton
said. "Nobody has been
charged, but we believe it
happened because of a
domestic quarrel bet
ween Bradley and his
wife."
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great number of people
who come, local people
feel there would not be
enough room for them.
That isn't true and every
one is more than welcome
to come and worship with
us."
A unique feature of the
church is that they do not
take up collections at
their services. Their
members support the
church, but not with
public offerings.
Services each day
during the camp meeting
will include a 7:30 a.m.
prayer service; 10:30
a.m. worship service; 3
p.m. young people's
services and 7:30 p.m.
evening evangelistic
services.
In a statement issued
by Capt. Billy Rape, the
sheriff's chief in
vestigator, it was
disclosed that deputies
had a suspect who ac
tually did the shooting.
But Rape pointed out
that the case is still under
investigation as to
whether the shooting was
justifiable homicide or
murder.
Deputies investigating
the case reported there
were no indications that a
struggle had taken place
in the home Bradley
shared with his 66-year
old wife.
Talton said the date
and time of the coroner's
inquest will be announced
after the investigation is
completed.