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OUR 108th YEAR, NO. 37
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Perry , Robins Officials Meet
Perry, Warner Robins and Centerville city and
chamber of commerce officials gathered here at
city hall last Friday to discuss the possibility of
establishing a 911 county wide emergency
number. The emergency number gained full
support of all the officials and they have agreed
to take the matter before the county commission
on Tuesday, Sept. 19. From left, Ann Conner,
County Approves
Bus For Elderly
County commissioners
voted during a regular
session in Warner Robins
Tuesday night to ap
propriate $3,600 to the
Older Americans Council
of Middle Georgia (OAC)
to operate a bus service
for elderly citizens.
Commissioners had
rejected the request at
two previous meetings,
and the $3,600 approved
for the bus was $176 short
of the $3,776 OAC had
originally requested.
Perryan Heads
National Group
Os Executives
At a recent meeting in
Portland, Oregon, the
Building Material
Association executives
(BMAE) of America
elected Ervin Goodroe of
Perry to the presidency
of that organization.
BMAE represents
twenty-nine (29)
associations of retail
lumber and building
supply dealers, 15,000
strong, covering all fifty
(50) states.
Goodroe serves as
executive vice-president
of the building material
merchants' association of
Georgia, headquartered
in Perry.
As president of BMAE
his responsibility will be
to coordinate the efforts
of the associations in
behalf of lumber and
building supply dealers in
the United States.
Goodroe is a native of
Perry and has been ac
tive in Civic groups,
business and politics.
The Houston Home Journal
The plan approved by
commissioners, as
outlined in a motion made
by Commissioner J.
Frank Rozar based on
information furnished by
Assistant County Clerk
Putney Goodwin, would
have the county withdraw
its current S3OO monthly
gas and oil allowance
budgeted for OAC next
year, and apply the $3,600
to purchasing the new
bus.
The new bus, which is
Since Goodroe joined
the Georgia Association
five years ago, it has
steadily grown in size and
influence around the
state. Last year BMMA
was recognized by the
industry as one of the top
two lumber and building
supply dealer
associations in North
America.
Ervin Goodroe
Serving The People In Georgia’s Heartland Since 1871
PEHRV, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., 31069, THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1978
executive vice pres, of the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce; George Lucas, member of the
Centerville city council; Warner Robins Mayor
Foy Evans, Perry Mayor James McKinley and
Robins Chamber of Commerce executive vice
president Ralph Johnson. Here the officials are
looking over the steps necessary to establish the
emergency number which enable Houston
Countians to dial 911 for all emergencies.
especially designed to
accommodate disabled
passengers, will be used
to transport elderly
passengers from their
homes to nutritional
centers, hospitals,
doctors offices and
shopping areas.
A federal grant will pay
for 80 percent of the cost
of the $15,000 bus, with
the county funding the
remainder.
Milo Medlock, OAC
president, appeared
before commissioners tor
a second time on Sept. 7
to ask them to join Bibb,
Crawford, Jones and
Monroe Counties in
providing money to buy
and operate the bus
system. The other
counties are buying one
bus and two vans.
"To the best of my
knowledge, all of the
counties except Houston
have agreed to fund the
program," Medlock said
Tuesday. "And the
program cannot be put
into effect unless we get a
matching grant from
Houston County."
He said Houston was
selected because of the
number of people over 60
Rep. Walker Gets
Paving Funds Here
Rep. Larry Walker, D-Perry, has won
transportation Department assurance they
will help pay for widening of Lime Rock Road
near Perry and has announced that two other
Houston County roads are scheduled for
paving.
Work on Harper Road, which is near the
Fort Valley airport and Fuller Road, located
between Klondike and Grovania Roads is
scheduled to begin soon.
Rep. Walker says completion of the
projects is promised before year’s end.
residing in the county.
"We knew there would
be problems, most of
which have been solved,"
AAedlock said. "The
second year was intended
to benefit from the ex
perience we gained
during the first year and
put it on an effective
basis. The entire cost for
the first year was funded
by the U.S. Department
of Transportation."
He informed Com
mission Chairman Steve
Byrd during the Sept. 7
meeting that Bibb County
commissioners said they
will participate in the
program this year If OAC
assures them that no
more funds will be
required for the program
next year.
AAedlock said such
assurance was furnished
to Bibb County by OAC.
When Byrd expressed
concern to AAedlock about
having to fund the
program in the future,
AAedlock said during the
Sept. 7 session, "If it
doesn't work it won't cost
you anything in the
future. If it's successful,
it will be self
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*RegrettableSchool Board Chairman Says
Public Misled
Over “Busing”
L.A. McConnell,
chairman of the Houston
County Board of
Education, said during a
board meeting Tuesday
the word "Busing" is not
mentioned a single time
in the court order handed
down Sept. 5 by Federal
Judge Wilbur D. Owens
Jr.
Chairman McConnell
said he was surprised by
the number of visits and
phone calls he had
received from parents
concerned about busing
their children to other
schools.
He described the
situation as
"regrettable", and said it
was caused by stories in
area newspapers and
publicity handed out to
the newspapers.
"You can assume or
speculate anything, but
there is no mention of
busing in the court or
der," McConnell said.
The school board
chairman said the court
order issued by Judge
Owens instructed the
board to come up with a
plan to eliminate racial
imbalance in the
system's schools by Sept.
19.
Talmadge Announces
Houston Farmers
For Disaster Loans
U.S. Sen. Herman
Talmadge announced
AAonday in Washington
that Houston County has
been declared a disaster
area, entitling farmers
suffering production or
physical losses to low
interest federal
emergency loans.
The Georgia senator,
chairman of the Senate
Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition
and Forestry, said the
Houston County disaster
area designation was
made by the Farmers
Home Administration,
along with 95 other
Georgia counties.
According to Sen.
Talmadge, farmers
suffering losses between
April 1, 1978, and Aug. 8,
1978, should apply for
emergency disaster loans
at their local county
FmHA office.
AAonday's action came
under new features of the
Agricultural Credit Act of
1978, which authorized
FmHA state directors to
immediately designate as
disaster areas counties
where one or more far
mers have suffered losses
from drought or other
natural disasters.
Under the new law, the
disaster declaration
process under the FmHA
emergency loan program
is greatly speeded up,
with much of the red tape
eliminated, and loans are
made available to eligible
farmers on a case by case
School Supt. David
Perdue met with county
school principals Sept. 6
to tell them about the
court order, and to seek
their help in compiling
maps of each school zone
as requested by Judge
Owens.
McConnell said Judge
Owens instructed the
school board to furnish
the court with maps of all
school zones, showing the
location of each child In
the county by race, school
and grade.
At the school board
meeting Tuesday, Mc-
Connell said the court
order specifically wanted
to know where the
students lived and
whether they were black
or white.
At any rate, according
to McConnell, the school
principals were expected
to turn the court-ordered
statistics over to Supt.
Perdue Wednesday.
McConnell said the
statistics gathered by the
principals will be sub-’
mitted to Judge Owens by
next Tuesday.
Tom Daniel, the school
board's attorney,
reportedly told the board
to start its proposal with
the idea of not having any
basis.
Sen. Talmadge helped
write the new farm credit
law on the Senate
Agricultural Committee
and in conference bet
ween the House and
Senate.
He termed it, "The
most significant and far
reaching farm credit
legislation to come before
Congress in my 21 years
in the Senate."
IK i v i mmII
Judge Rainey Honored
Judge Alton Rainey (center) was presented with a silver tray in honor
of his many years of service to the Houston Masonic Lodge number 35
F&M. Rainey was honored at the Lodge hall on Monday night. He was
presented with the tray by worshipful master Robert Satterfield (right).
He was also presented with a proclamation by Mayor James McKinley
(left) for his service to the Masons and to the community. Judge Rainey
has been in the lodge here since 1942 and over the years has been honored
many times for his service to the local lodge. In 1965, he was given the
York Rite’s highest honor, the KYCH.
school with less than 50
percent white students.
The court order was
issued after a hearing on
a motion to intervene
filed Aug. 17 by Macon
attorney Tom Jackson for
six parents on behalf of
Baggarly Will
Not Run Again
Perry city councilman
Al Baggarly told The
Home Journal this week
he will not seek re
election to his post 5
position on council in the
upcoming city election on
Dec. 5.
Baggarly said he.
made the decision not to
run because he wants to
devote more time to his
family. He said, "Serving
on council takes a lot
more time than most
people realize and I want
to use this time for my
family."
Baggarly will complete
a two year un-expired
term in post 5, which he
filled when former
councilman David P.
(Skeet) Hulbert resigned
to become a partner in
the law firm of city at
torney Larry Walker.
Baggarly said, "My
time on council has been
one of the most unique
experiences of my life. I
wish it were possible for
every citizen to serve for
a while on the city
council. It would cer
tainly give them an in
sight into the complex
workings of city govern
ment."
He further pointed out
that he feels the city of
Perry is probably more
financially sound than
any other city in Georgia.
Baggarly also had high
praise for the city's
employees. He said he
had never seen more
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their children who live in
the Elberta Elementary
School zone.
The parents were
identified as Jill Grubb,
Doyle Nix, James
Lumsden, Luther Haynes
and Otis Brown.
t
Al Baggarly
dedicated, hard working
people than those who
work for the city. He said
the city's employees
seldom get credit for all
the good work they ac
complish. He said in his
opinion, they are all
"very special people."
He is presently serving
as chairman of the fire
dept, and co-chairman of
the sanitation dept.
Baggarly also serves as
council's representative
on the planning and
zoning board.
Other members of
council up for re-election
on Dec. 5, are Barbara
Calhoun and Ralph
Gentry. Mayor James
McKinley will also be
running for re-election.