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29,653 Employed In Houston
1,721 Persons Locally
Still Looking For Jobs
The unemployment rate for Houston
County rose by five-tenths of a percentage
point in June, from a revised 5.0 percent in
May to a preliminary 5.5 percent. The
county’s unemployment rate in April was a
revised 5.1 percent.
The total number of persons employed in
June of this year in Houston County was
29,653, while 1721 others were still looking for
work, the report says.
According to figures released here this
week by the Georgia Department of Labor,
the unemployment rate for Houston County
was 8.4 percent at this same time last year,
with 23.801 persons working and 2183 others
jobless.
Georgia’s preliminary unemployment rate
for June is 5.4 percent, up five-tenths of a
percentage point over the month, from a
revised 4.9 percent in May, according to the
report.
But, at the same time last year, the state’s
unemployment rate was 7.6 percent.
Georgia’s April unemployment rate for this
year was 5.1 percent.
Currently, 2,201,001 persons are working on
jobs in the state, while 125,631 others are still
jobless.
But, atthis same time last year, there were
2,119,379 persons working and 173,595 others
still looking for work.
State Labor Commissioner Sam Caldwell
was “cautiously optimistic” about the
economy, saying: “Georgia’s
nonagricultural wage and salary em
ployment was up in June, with the number of
workers on industry payrolls increasing by
8,700 to 1,952,400.
“Only government reported a decrease
from May, as schools were let out for the
summer,” Caldwell said. “This year’s
growth in employment has created ad
ditional buyers which, when combined with
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Discussing a request for funds to operate bus
service for elderly persons, left to right seated,
are Commissioner Charles Carter, County Clerk
U. Lamar Brown and Deborah Long, director of
the Older Americans Council of Middle Georgia.
Director Long appeared before commissioners
last Tuesday with about 20 senior citizens to ask
them to join Bibb. Crawford. Jones and Monroe
Survey Information Requested
Board Os Ed. To Offer
Courses To Perryans
The Houston County
Board of Education is
planning to offer a
number of courses in the
Perry area in adult
education throughout this
school year, according to
Bill Lambert, director of
Vocational Education.
In order to assist in the
program, potential
students are being asked
to express their area of
interest in courses, and to
mail their course
preferences along with
their name and address
to Director, Vocational
i
Elderly Seeking Funds
Education, Houston
County Board of
Education, Perry, Ga.
31069.
Survey information on
desired courses may also
be dropped off at Perry
High or Perry Junior
High by Sept. 8.
Possible courses to be
offered include small
engines (air cooled),
electrical wiring, electric
and gas welding, fur
niture and cabinet
making, wood
technology, refinishing
furniture, foods buying,
wage increases and today’s credit extension,
has generated an increase in real purchasing
power,” the labor commissioner said.
“And this has been a major factor in
keeping the economy moving and em
ployment up,” Caldwell said.
“On the negative side,” Caldwell said,
“employment is rising much faster than the
nation’s output of goods and services,
causing a decline in productivity.”
“And as a result, prices are pushed up, and
if output per hour does not become stronger,
the present high rate of inflation is expected
to continue,” he said.
Consumer Price Index figures released by
the U.S. Department of Commerce showed
that the annual inflation rate was 10.4 per
cent for the first half of 1978.
The national unemployment rate for July is
6.2 percent, up five-tenths of a percentage
point from 5.7 percent the previous month.
The preliminary figures for June are the
latest available from the state.
According to Sidney Young, manager of
the State Employment Agency’s Job Service
office here, the June unemployment rate for
the area served by the Macon office is 6.1
percent, with 114,117 persons employed and
7367 others still jobless.
In May, the unemployment rate in the
Macon area was 6.0 percent, with 113,424
persons working and 7240 others still looking
for work.
And in April, the unemployment rate in the
Macon area was 6.3 percent, with 113,452
persons working and 7619 others still jobless.
Houston County is one of seven counties
served by the Macon office.
Other counties in the area and their
unemployment rates for June include: Bibb,
6.8; Crawford, 6.4; Jones, 4.0; Monroe, 5.6;
Peach, 4.7; and Twiggs, 5.5.
in providing money to buy and operate two mini
buses and two vans. She said the buses and vans
would be used to transport elderly persons from
their homes to nutritional centers, hospitals,
doctors offices and shopping areas. Commission
Chairman Steve Byrd told Mrs. Long her request
would be taken under advisement.
planning and
preparation, meats -
evaluation and cutting
and construction.
Also included in the
lineup of possible courses
are farm structures,
income tax, horticulture
greenhouse, general
home repair and main
tenance, business
English and com
munications, business
law, bookkeeping,
typewriting shorthand,
landscaping and
vegetable gardening.
Persons interested in
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1978
taking one or more
classes should include
their preference for
courses, what time of day
after 4 p.m. they will be
available for class, and
which two days of the
week would be their
choice for a class.
Lambert said there will
be a follow-up news ar
ticle on courses to be
offered first. He said that
persons who have
questions are invited to
call 987-1322 or 987-023*
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m
Monday through Friday
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Gun Dealers Meet In Perry
Emmette Cater, left, and Art Hammond of
Winder, inspect one of the pistols in Hammond’s
collection at the Perry Gun Show held last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Holiday Inn.
This was the second Perry Gun Show arranged
To Help Stop Theft Os Farm Machinery
Farmers Here Asked
To Join ID Program
The Houston County
Farm Bureau is asking
farmers to join in its
Operation ID Program by
marking persona I
identification numbers on
farm equipment.
Operation ID is a
statewide effort by Farm
Bureau, GBI, Georgia
State Police and the
Georgia Sheriff's
Association to reduce
rural crime.
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president, said special
marking tools will be
used to engrave on farm
machinery a number
assigned by the Houston
County Sheriff to each
participating farmer.
The identification
numbers will be
catalogued and made
available to law en
forcement agencies
nationwide. In case of
theft, the number will
by Cater, and like the first show, featured
displays of guns, coins, knives and related items.
Members of the public, who were admitted for $1
each, joined exhibitors in buying, selling, trading
and viewing rare guns and coins.
permit positive and rapid
identification of the
owner.
In addition, Mr.
Johnson said, Operation
ID will be a deterrent to
theft if a high percentage
of residents participate.
Decals are available for
use around the house or
farm to indicate that
valuable property has
been numbered.
"Operation ID" also
provides confetti, with
the identification num
ber, to be mixed in with
grain.
Miss Beth Ramsey, of
the Houston County
Sheriff's Department,
will speak at our regular
monthly supper meeting
on September 7, 1978 at
8:00 p.m. at the Houston
County Agricultural
Building in Perry,
Georgia. All interested
persons please attend.