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The Houston Home Journal
OUR 109TH YEAR NO. 59 PHONE 987-1823
Merchants Begin
Special Promotion
An area wide program
to encourage residents to
shop at home this
Christmas was kicked off
last Friday morning at
the Holiday Inn when
more than forty mer
chants met with Chamber
of Commerce officials to
plan the promotion.
Nancy Jackson, owner
of the Sugarplum Tree, is
chairperson for the
program and she an
nounced that merchants
throughout this area will
be using the theme,
“Christmas Shop Perry.”
Home Journal
Combines Issues
Because of a number of technical dif
ficulties and a temporary shortage of
newsprint, The Home Journal will publish
only one edition this week and next week
during the Thanksgiving Holidays.
We invite opinions of readers on the semi
weekly versus the weekly publication. Call
your opinions in to us at 987-1823.
In the meantime we believe you will enjoy
this combined edition of news, photos,
editorial opinions, sports and features. Let us
hear from you. We value your opinions and
they will weigh heavily on any decisions we
make in the future.
BOBBY BRANCH
Perry Fine Arts Program Set
By Terry Wood
The CART Program
Fund-raising Committee
met for the first time last
Monday at the Perry
Chamber of Commerce.
The committee, con
sisting of Sue Roth,
Residency Director of the
CART Program, Lewis
Meeks, President of the
Bank of Perry, Glenn
McGee, General
Manager of the Perry
Holiday Inn, Arthur
Loewen, Kellwood Plant
Manager, and David
Pierce, Perry attorney,
discussed a project to
raise additional funds to
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CART
Committee
Merchants were given
badges for their em
ployees to wear,
featuring the special
holiday design created
especially for the
program suggesting
“Christmas Shop Perry”.
Each store will also
feature door stickers,
window posters, and
counter cards all en
couraging “Christmas
Shop Perry”. According
to Nancy Jackson “Our
retail stores right here in
Perry are carrying a
great variety of mer-
pay for CART week
residency expenses. “The
project that we have
chosen”, says director
Sue Roth, “is unique in
that we are going to
provide two large
plaques, one for $25
contributions and the
other for SSO con
tributions, each for the
names of patrons of the
arts. Anyone who may be
interested in promoting
the arts in Perry may
send a check for $25 or SSO
to the Perry Chamber of
Commerce, making the
check payable to the
Perry Arts Council. All
original contributors will
Members of the CART Program Fund-raising committee met last
Monday at the Perry Chamber of Commerce. They are from left: David
Pierce, Sue Roth, Lewis Meeks, Glenn McGee and Arthur Loewen.
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chandise every year.
And, with the fuel crisis,
it just makes sense to use
less gasoline and save the
time and money spent in
driving out of town to
shop.”
She stressed the fact
that the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce is
Line Drawn For City Race
The lines are drawn,
but the issues are still in
doubt.
That’s the way the
political situation ap
pears to be in Perry as
candidates prepare
themselves for city
elections on Dec. 4.
The city election or
dinance calls for the
voters to select can
have their names
engraved in the ap
propriate plaque which
will hang in the Perry
Chamber of Commerce
building until the future
date when they will be
moved to Perry’s
proposed art center.
The purpose of the
Community Artist
Residency Training
program and CART
Week, which will begin in
Perry on Dec. 2, is to
bring the performing arts
to the people of Perry,
and to create an interest
in forming an Arts
Council and eventually an
Arts Center. Anyone
committed to the future
of Perry and stated that
many benefits to the local
economy of shopping at
home, mentioning the
value of keeping dollars
in our own community.
Specifically men
tioned were the ad
ditional jobs and
development of new
stores as well as ex
panding the amount of
merchandise available.
Nancy Jackson con
cluded, “It’s not
necessary that people
shop only in Perry, but
because our dollars
really work harder when
they’re spent at home, we
encourage everyone to
“Christmas Shop Perry”.
Why not shop with your
friends and neighbors
right here in Perry?
didates for three city
council posts, but after
qualifying was closed at 5
p.m. Friday, it was
determined that only two
of the three incumbents
will have opposition.
Mayor Pro-Tern
Barbara Calhoun,the
incumbent serving on
Council Post No. 2, is
unopposed, but Coun
interested in becoming
involved in the local
effort may contact co
director Sally Stanley at
987-2838 or Residency
director Sue Roth at 987-
0110.
The plans for CART
Week are well underway
with the following
volunteers among those
participating: Glenn
McGee, Fund-raising
chairman; Janet
Register, advertising:
Terry Wood, public
relations ; Gloria
Ragland, residence
provider; Chris Wallace,
documentation; Janice
Walker, driver; David
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Merchants Ask Residents To Shop At Home
Looking over some of the materials for the
Christmas Shop Perry promotion now underway
are from left, Floyd Gregory, vice president
First National Bank of Houston County; Randy
Yarborough, manager of K Mart; Ann Conner,
executive vice president of the Perry Chamber;
Lewis Meeks, president of The Bank of Perry;
Joe Hickman, owner of the Village Shopps
cilmen George Nunn and
Gene Smith have been
challenged.
Challenging Nunn for
this seat on Council Post
No. 3, is Walter R.
Rembisz, who paid his
qualifying fee of $54 to
City Clerk Marion Hay on
Oct. 29, Rembisz, who
lives at 1309 Ave.,
said he believes'4t is time
Walsh Chevrolet, tran
sportation. Other par
ticipants will be featured
in later articles.
CART Week will begin
December 2nd with the
arrival of 12-string
guitarist Mitchell Korn
who will hold a series of
informal performances
and a final public per
formance on December 8.
Recently dubbed by the
CHICAGO TRIBUNE as
“the world’s most ac
complished 12-string
guitarist,” Korn is a
music graduate of Bard
College, Vassar College
and the California In
stitute of the Arts, He has
studied with Elbe Yar
den, Ravi Shankar,
classical guitarist Garcia
Luis Renart, and jazz
trombonist Roswell.
Rudd. His workshops
and performances have
been held at such places
as New York’s Museum
of Modern Art, the
American Museum of
Natural History, the Art
Institute of Chicago, and
the Whitney Museum’s
prestigious Summer Solo
series. A typical Korn
program includes
everything from Delta
Blues to Jazz, to his own
compositions, which he
describes as “going to the
roots of American
music.” National Public
Radio is planning on
airing a four-part series
on Mr. Korn’s life and
work sometime during
1979.
Any business, club,
school or organization of
any kind who is in
terested in arranging a
free appearance by Mr.
Korn should contact Sue
Roth at 987-0110 or Sally
Stanley at 987-2838.
for the city to place more
emphasis on recreation
and services for senior
citizens.
Councilman Gene
Smith, the incumbent on
Council Post No. 1, will
have to battle two op
ponents to keep his job.
His opponents are
Charles C. Allen, a
retired civil service
New Construction
Off By A $ Million
Total cost for con
struction in Houston
County during the first 10
months of 1979 is almost
$1 million less than
construction cost for the
same period last year,
according to a report
submitted to county
commissioners last week
by Building Inspector
Thomas Mason.
Mason’s report for
October states that total
construction costs during
the first nine months of
1979 amounts to $9.4
million, as compared to
$10.3 million reported for
the same 10-month period
in 1978.
Mason notes, however,
that construction cost for
the single month of Oct.
1979, is just slightly lower
than figures reported for
Oct. 1978.
The report states that
construction cost for Oct.
1979 was $904,822, as
compared to construction
expenditues of $996,129
reported for Oct. 1978.
Although there was a
slight decline in the
amount of money spent
on construction, the
report states that the
overall volume of
business in Oct. 1979, is
slightly higher than the
volume reported for the
same month last year.
In Oct. 1979, the
building inspector issued
45 building permits, 26
plumbing permits, 66
electrical permits, 23
heating and air con
ditioning permits and 2
permits to move
buildings.
In Oct. 1978, the office
issued 28 building per-
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Shopping Mall; Nancy Jackson, owner of the
Sugarplum Tree and chairman of the Merchants
Committee; Bob Richardson, president of the
Perry Chamber. The Bank of Perry purchased
the program and the Perry Chamber will be in
charge of carrying it out this year.
(Photo by Bobby Branch)
worker, and Robbin
Jackson, a leader in the
black community.
Allen qualified on Nov.
2, and Jackson paid his
fee seven minutes before
the qualifying deadline
last Friday.
An ordinance calling
for the election of three
council members was
approved during a
mits, 19 plumbing per
mits, 27 electrical
permits, 19 heating and
air conditioning permits
and 2 permits to move
buildings.
According to Mason’s
report,the overall volume
of business was about the
same or slightly higher
for the first 10 months of
1979, when compared to
the same 10-month period
last year.
During the first 10
months of 1979, the
building inspector’s of
Houston LJGF
Drive Reaches
To $331,341
Joe Ferguson, 1979
United Way Campaign
Chairman announced
that the 1979 United Way
Campaign in Houston
County has reached
$331,341.
Ferguson further
stated, “We have not
received our final reports
as yet from our major
industrial accounts, the
Warner Robins
Professional Division,
and several other smaller
accounts in Perry and
Warner Robins. We are
relying heavily upon our
Major industries and the
professional division to
regular council session on
Oct. 16.
The election will be
held at the National
Guard Armory, and the
hours will be from 7 a m
to 7 p.m. To vote in the
Dec. 4 election, persons
must be residents of
Perry, and be registered
as an elector with the
Boards of Registrars
fice issued 508 building
permits, 282 plumbing
permits, 532 electrical
permits, 266 heating and
air conditioning permits
and 4 permits to moving
buildings.
The report states that
during the same 10-month
period in 1978, the office
issued 417 building
permits, 301 plumbing
permits, 450 electrical
permits, 269 heating and
air conditioning permits
and 8 permits to move
buildings.
insure the success of our
1979 Campaign. We need
each aftd everyone to
pitch in and help to insure
the successful operation
in 1980 of our 13 affiliated
agencies.” Ferguson
again thanked the many
who have already
pledged to the campaign
and extended his per
sonal thanks and ap
preciation to all the
volunteers for giving so
unselfishly of their time.
He urged the volunteers
to vrap up the clean - up -
campaign by the end of
next week.