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Top Trooper Speaks At
Westfield Grid Banquet
Georgia’s top state
trooper lauded the
Westfield Hornets
football team for cap
turing the Region 3-AA
Championship, and told
them they were “the type
of men America can be
proud of’’ during the
team’s annual Football
Banquet at Holiday Inn
Monday night.
Col. Hugh Hardison,
Georgia Public Safety
Commissioner, was in
troduced by Rep. Larry
Walker. Walker pointed
out that Hardison played
at Georgia Tech on Coach
Bobby Dodd’s Orange
and Sugar Bowl Teams,
and the Tech team that
Westfield Drill
Team Praised
The Westfield
Vespidettes, a precision
girl’s drill team trained
by Tom Daniel, received
high praise Monday night
West field *s
Cheerleaders
Get Honors
The Westfield School
cheerleaders were
honored for their out
standing contribution to
their team’s winning
season Monday during
the school’s annual
Football Banquet at
Holiday Inn.
The cheerleaders were
introduced and presented
with gifts by their
sponsor, Mrs. Celia
Daniel.
Members of the Hor
nets cheering section are
April Barrett, Terri
Bloodworth, Nancy
Geiger, Keith Tolleson,
Kim Woodard. Becky
Ragan, Beth Beckham,
Terry Clark, Dee Mc-
Cown and Julie Watts.
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won the 1952 National
Championship.
Hardison said Coach
Dodd’s message to
parents was, “Give me a
son, and I’ll return a
better man.”
He said he believed this
because everytime a
football player goes on
the field he has to work
hard and put forth effort.
“This is the way of
life,’’ Hardison said.
“Hard work is essential.”
Hardison said the
current crime rate is sad
and frightening, and that
his work brings him in
contact with “the failings
of men.”
“But I see here the
during the school’s an
nual Football Banquet for
their outstanding per
formances during
halftime shows at their
team’s football games.
Mrs. Claire Beckham,
Vespidettes sponsor,
lauded the girls for their
spirit and determination
in learning complicated
drills and marching
routines. Mrs. Beckham
also presented each
member of the drill team
with a gift.
Members of the
Vespidettes are Claire
Bledsoe, Kathryn Buice,
Kay Bloodworth, Cathy
Cox, Diane Culpepper,
Dawn Daniel, Cam
Foreman, Charla Gilbert,
Terri Grimes, Dana
Hancock, Angela
Hawkins, Kim Hen
derson, Lori Howard and
Pam Jones.
Other members of the
girl’s drill team who wore
green and gold uniforms
are Debra Kennedy, Jan
Lasseter, Sybil Little, Sue
Messer, Shawnah Nelson,
Angie McKinley, Amy
Patterson, Gay Pat
terson, Robin Stewart
and Gay Thomson.
hope and future of our
country,” Hardison told
the players and fans
assembled for the
banquet. "They say that
patriotism is not as
popular as it once was,
but due to recent world
events, I believe that
deep down patriotism and
love of country still
prevails.”
In closing his remarks,
Hardison congratulated
the team for a great
season, wished the
seniors great success,
and asked them to
remember, “That we
must be governed by
God, or be ruled by
tyrants.”
In introducing Har
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Coach Marvin Arrington
Hornet Mentor
Selected 3AA
Coach Os Year
Westfield Hornets Head
Coach Marvin Arrington
was named Region 3-AA
Coach of the Year
Monday, and Eric Griffin
was named to the SEAIS
All State team as an
offensive guard.
These disclosures were
made Monday night
during the Hornets an
nual Football Banquet at
Holiday Inn.
Griffin was also named
Most Valuable Player
during the banquet
ceremonies. Designated
as Most Improved Player
was Cater Pierce, the
team’s quarterback
whose season record
shows 43 passes com
pleted out of 105 attempts
for 5 touchdowns.
Named as Best Of
fensive Player was Bill
O’Neal, who carried 140
times during the season
for 768 yards for an
average of 5.4 yards per
carry.
Preston Hanner and
Alan Brown earned the
Coaches Award, and the
Hustler Award was
presented to Matt Jerles
and David Washington.
Named for the team’s
Best Blocker Award were
Bill Blackstock and
Donny Arrington.
Panthers Make Lee Surrender
Still on the road after
four games, the Panthers
and Pantherettes
traveled to Thomaston
last Saturday night and
wound up with an un
wanted split. The Perry
girls, unbeaten in their
initial three starts, ran
into a scoring drought
and suffered their first
loss of the campaign,
dropping a 52-39 decision
to the Robert E. Lee Lady
Rebels. The Pantherettes
mark now stands at 3-1
dison, Walker said he was
a native of Cedartown,
and attended school there
until he graduated and
entered the Marine
Corps. In the Marine
Corps, Hardison served
in the Korean War, and
later received an ap
pointment to the Naval
Academy, but chose
instead to attend Georgia
Tech on a football
scholarship.
Just out of college,
Walker said Hardison
was appointed as a
member of the state
patrol, and has served in
every field rank from
license examiner to his
present position.
Presented with the Best
Defensive Player Award
were Mike Stovall, with
112 tackles during the
season, and Gene
Beckham, with 82 tackles
and 5 blocked punts.
Team Captain Awards
were earned by Eric
Griffin and Darryl Duck
worth, and Griffin
received the outstanding
honor of being named
Most Valuable Player.
Coach Arrington
described Griffin as “a
tremendous football
player in every way.”
Arrington said Griffin
blocked offensively and
defensively, tackled
opponents, scored touch
downs, and ran with the
ball.
It was also disclosed
Monday night that Duck
worth and Stovall had
received Honorable
Mentions on the SEAIS
All State Team.
Named to the 3-AA All
Region Team two weeks
ago were Griffin, O’Neal,
Duckworth, Arrington,
Beckham, Blackstock,
Stovall and Jerles.
Receiving Honorable
Mentions for the All
Region Team were
Pierce, Hanner, A1 Tabor
and John Milligan.
with a crucial test against
Dodge County pending
Friday night in Perry’s
home opener.
Perry salvaged a split
of the night’s festivities
later as Melvin Sweat’s
explosive Panthers led
from start to finish in a
67-46 triumph over the
Rebels. Led by the fiery
play of Steve Stokeling,
who paced the Panthers
scoring attack for the
second straight game, the
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Hornets With Region Trophies
Members of the Westfield Hornets football
team display their trophies after winning the
Region 3-AA Championship during this year’s
grid season. Members of the team, seated, left to
right, are Bill O’Neal, Alan Brown, Gene
Beckham, Matt Jerles, Eric Griffin, Darryl
Perry R ips
Tri County
With their offenses in
high gear, the Perry
Panthers and Pan
therettes roared to a pair
of easy victories last
Friday night in Buena
Vista. Coach James
Kinchen’s Pantherettes
slapped the Tri County
Eaglettes 85-68, while
Coach Melvin Sweat’s
Panthers steamrolled
over the Eagles in the
nightcap 88-66.
In the opener, the
Pantherettes led from
the start and didn’t look
back in registering their
third straight win without
a defeat. Four Perry
ladies connected in
double figures, led by
super sophomore Vicki
Woodard with 19 and
Frances Owens with 24,
Perry jumped out to an
18-13 lead at the first rest
stop and still held a five
point margin at halftime,
40-35. But in the third
period, the Pantherettes
struck for 26 points to
take a 66-54 lead into the
final stanza.
Not letting up, the
Perry ladies added 19
more tallies in the final
eight minutes to wrap up
the win, 85-65.
Perry Scoring
Jeanese Wallace 12,
Geraldine Watkins 14,
Angela Askew 6, Vicki
Woodard 19, Frances
Owens 24, Celestine King
2, Lisa Holmes 6, Beverly
Allen 2.
Quarter Scores
Perry 18 40 66 85
Tri County 13 35 54 68
A thirty-point explosion
in the third period broke
open a tight game to
propel the Perry Pan
thers to a 88-66 victory
ove»- .e Tri County
Eagles in the nightcap.
Perry, off to a sluggish
start, trailed after the
first stanza, 16-15, and
had the contest
deadlocked, 37-37, by
halftime. But, in the third
quarter, the Panthers
unleashed the fireworks
and turned the contest
into a rout. Led by eight
third quarter points by
exciting sophomore Steve
Stokeling, the Panthers
visiting Perryans blitzed
the Rebels 16-6 after the
first period and were on
their way to their third
win in four outings.
Perry will play their
home opener this Friday
night against Dodge
County, before hitting the
road again Saturday
night to take on the
Crawford County Eagles.
Girls Scoring
Jeanese Wallace 4,
Geraldine Watkins 4,
Angela Whitfield 2,
outscored the Eagles 30-
13 and turned a tie game
into a 67-50 mismatch
with only a quarter to
play.
In registering their
second win of the season,
against one loss, the
Panthers tacked on 21
more points in the final
stanza to put the final 88-
66 count in the books.
Stokeling, who is being
counted on heavily this
season and for the future,
led the Panthers’ attack
with 26 markers. He was
followed by Lonnie Boone
with 23. They were the
only two in double
figures, but seven other
Panthers added to
Perry’s robust totals.
Jumping jack Chuck
Langston missed the
game with an injury.
For the game the
Panthers zeroed in on 36
of 61 from the field and
added 16 of 28 from the
gratis stripe.
Perry Scoring
Nick Felder 8, Carlton
Clarington, Lonnie Boone
23, Darryl Albritton Steve
Stokeling 26, Frank
Lester 8, Wendell
Williams 8, Ben Robinson
6, Mike Perry 2, Ed
Hammock 3.
Quarter Scores
Perry 15 37 67 88
Tri County 16 37 50 66
Golf News
At HLCC
The results of Satur
day’s Dogfight at
Houston Lake Country
Club are:
Ist Place: Steve
Sarandis, Herman Wills
and Wilson Moody, all
with scores of plus-three.
In Sunday’s Scramble,
the team of Larry O’Neal,
Gene Zolman, Buddy
English and Mickey
Zolman braved chilly
weather to take first
place with a score of 68.
In second place was the
threesome of Bob Gor
don, Ernie Osumi and
Effie Foster with a
bestball 69.
Frances Owens 12, Vicki
Woodard 13, Angela
Askew 2, Lisa Holmes 2.
Boys Scoring
Nick Felder 8, Carlton
Clarington 11, Lonnie
Boone 14, Darryl
Albritton 4, Steve
Stokeling 19, Wendell
Williams 2, Ben Robinson
5, Ed Hammock 2, Chuck
Langston 2.
Score by Quarters
Perry 16 31 49 67
R.E.Lee 6 23 34 46
Duckworth and Donny Arrington. Standing, left
to right, are Coach Marvin Arrington, Bill
Blackstock, Mike Stovall, David Washington,
Cater Pierce, Preston Manner and Coach Pat
Rabun.
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Raymond (Ray) A. Carlisle
Former Perryan Still
Pitching Team To Title
“To stay active,
exercise, and keep my
legs in shape for the
hunting season.” That is
why Raymond A.
Carlisle, a section chief in
DIPEC’s Supply
Directorate, has been
playing men’s low-pitch
softball with the Park
Avenue Church of Christ
team for the past three
years.
In appreciation of his
outstanding pitching
record over this period,
his teammates recently
presented him a plaque.
His 28-4-1 record helped
the team win two league
championships and the
runner-up spot the other
year, and to reach the
final four of the City
Tournament in 1978.
There are seven teams in
a league, and numerous
leagues throughout the
city, all under the
auspices of the Memphis
Park Commission.
Carlisle started playing
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American Legion and
high school ball and
progressed to semi-pro.
While in the Navy during
the Korean conflict, he
played for the Destroyer
Force - Atlantic Fleet
team when they won the
All Services Forces -
Atlantic Fleet cham
pionship in 1952. During
this time he played
against such players as
Willie Mays, Bob Grimm,
Harry Chiti, Dick Grot,
and many others who
have gone on to play in
the major leagues.
Although the pace is a
little slower and the ball a
little bigger, this pitcher
is still winning cham
pionships.
Carlisle is the son of
Mrs. Maud Carlisle and
the late Luther H.
Carlisle of 1012 Duncan
Ave. He was raised in
Perry and is a 1951
graduate of Perry High
School.