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The Houston Home Journal
OURJO9TH YEAR NO. 63 PHONE 987-1823 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., 31069 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979 15 CENTS TWO SECTIONS 32 PAGES
Construction To Begin In January
Expansion Work
Set For Library
Construction that will
double the size of Perry
Library will begin in
January, according to
Houston County
Librarian Mrs. Judy
Golden.
“I’m happy and excited
about this expansion,”
Mrs. Golden said. “It will
mean that we will be able
to provide better services
to the public, and I think
it’s going to be great.”
Mrs. Golden’s com
ments were made last
City Council
Holds Nine
Minute Meet
In a very short meeting
last Thursday - nine
minutes flat - Perry city
council tackled a number
of important chores to
improve services and
efficiency.
The first order of
business, which was
approved by unanimous
vote, was to disburse
$55,548.59 to pay various
city bills. This action was
followed by Councilman
Ralph Gentry’s motion to
engage in a contract to
repair water valves on
three elevated city water
tanks, and the motion
was approved by all
members.
Gentry explained that
the contract covers all
necessary labor and
materials to repair the
tanks located on Sears
Rd., Tucker Rd., and
behind Holiday Inn.
Acting on a measure
introduced by Coun
cilman Draper Watson,
council voted to enter into
a contract with the
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources to
accept a $50,000 grant to
assist in paying for the
city’s $102,125 curbside
garbage pickup program.
The funds were used to
pay for 2,500 mobile
toters, and to modify
garbage trucks so they
For The Lite-A-Lite
Pilot Club
Seeks Donations
The Perry Pilot Club is coming down to the
wire in their goal of raising $4,000 to buy a
heart-respirator monitor for the Perry
Hospital through their annual lite-a-lite
project.
The Pilot members are seeking donations
and for every dollar they receive they light a
new light on the Christmas tree in front of the
hospital.
Mrs. Norma Wilson, spokeswoman for the
Pilot Club, told The Home Journal, "We need
to get those donations in so that we can buy
this needed equipment for the hospital.
People have really been generous this year
just as they were last year but we still have a
way to go yet. Please send us your con
tribution today.”
Contributions can be made to any member
of the Pilot Club or by calling Mrs. Wilson at
987-2079.
Wednesday after bids
were opened to determine
who would get the con
tract to expand the
facility.
The apparent low
bidder was the A.J.
Kellos Construction Co. of
Augusta, and Mrs.
Golden stated that
construction will begin by
Jan. 13. 1980.
The firm will add 6,400
additional square feet to
the local library at a bid
average cost of $45 per
would lift the toters and
deposit the contents in the
trucks.
Council approved
another motion by
Watson to allow city
employees a full Holiday
on Christmas Eve, rather
than the half-day called
for in the city personnel
policy manual.
Councilman Thomas
Mayo presented a first
reading on a retail
packaged beer license for
Jarrett Chapman Nelson
at the Citgo Station at
1200 Houston Lake Drive.
Mayo also advised
council that the police
department has hired
Mike Kelly as a
patrolman. Kelly, who
worked on the police
department as an intern
last summer, has
graduated from Valdosta
State College with a
degree in police ad
ministration.
Construction Falls Again!
Total construction cost
for new homes and
commercial buildings
during the first 11 months
Serving The People In Georgia’s Heartland Since 1870
square foot.
Efforts to fund the
library and gain mat
ching state funds have
been in progress for the
past two years. The
matching funds were
contributed by the City of
Perry, Houston County,
the Perry Library Board,
and through private
donations.
To get the project
underway, the City of
Perry contributed $78,949
in cash, and an adjoining
lot valued at $60,000.
The Houston County
Commission voted to
appropriate $93,000 for
the project, and the Perry
Library Board con
tributed $7,000. Mrs.
Golden said private
donations in the amount
of SI,OOO were also
designated for the library
addition.
After the cash was
raised through ap
propriations from the
Methodist Choirs
To Present Cantata
The Chancel Choirs of
the Perry United
Methodist Church will
present the cantata
“Born A King” by John
W. Peterson on
December 16th at 7 p.m.
Joe McNutt is directing
the cantata and the Rev.
David Ogletree from
First United Methodist
Church, Atlanta, will be
the narrator.
The soloists are Jackie
Beeland, Dot Whitworth,
Hal Cotton, G. Francis
Nunn and Jim and Debbie
Mcllrath. The musicians
are organist, Donna
McNutt and pianist,
Deborah Walker.
The public is invited to
attend.
in 1979 is about sl.l
million less than the cost
reported for the same
period last year, ac
cording to a report
submitted to county
commissioners last week
by Building Inspector
Thomas Mason.
Mason’s report placed
building cost for the first
11 months of 1979 at
$10,070,156.50, as com
pared to $11,174,255.50 in
construction cost for the
first 11 months of 1978.
The report indicates
that building cost for the
single month of
November, 1979, is lower
than the figures reported
for the same month last
year.
Building cost for last
month were reported as
$594,959, as compared to
building cost of $843,052
for November, 1978. The
number of building
permits issued last month
was 41, as compared to 37
permits issued for
November. 1978.
During the first 11
months of 1979, the
building inspector’s of
fice issued 549 building
permits, 303 plumbing
permits, 573 electrical
permits, 283 heating and
air conditioning permits,
city, county, local library
board, and private
donations, the Public
Library Services Division
of the Georgia Board of
Education approved a
construction grant of
$180,142.
Mrs. Golden expressed
appreciation to Cohen
Walker and Anna Prit
chett -- and to every
member of their library
boards -for the enor
mous effort they put forth
in raising the funds.
Walker is chairman of
the Houston County
Library Board, and Mrs.
Pritchett is chairman of
the Perry Library Board.
When construction is
completed, Mrs. Golden
said the new space will
provide for a meeting
room, larger work areas,
a room devoted to the
history of Perry and
Georgia, and more shelf
space.
Rev. Ogletree
and 4 permits to move
buildings.
During the first 11
months last year, the
building inspector issued
453 building permits, 327
plumbing permits, 491
electrical permits, 295
heating and air con
ditioning permits, and 9
permits to move
buildings.
During November 1979,
the building inspector
made 33 final inspections,
29 foundation inspections,
34 rough framing in
spections,33 electrical
inspections, 14 mobile
home electrical in
spections, 34 plumbing
inspections, 34 heating
and air conditioning
inspections, and 79 on-site
inspections of homes
ana mobile homes.
In November 1978, the
building inspector made
93 final inspections, 48
foundation inspections, 57
rough framing in
spections 23 electrical
inspections, 11 mobile
home electrical in
spections, 57 plumbing
inspections, 57 heating
and air conditioning
inspections, and 32 on-site
inspections of homes and
mobile homes.
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The Senior Senator Reflects
Georgia’s senior U.S. Senator Herman
Talmadge is caught here in a moment of
reflection last Friday morning when he brought
his re-election campaign to a rally of Houston
County farmers on the Bledsoe Farms just two
miles west of Perry on the Montezuma Road. Dr.
Leonard Cochran was leading the group in
prayer when this photo was taken. Talmadge,
who has come under fire in recent months
Perry Cop Nabs Armed Robber
An alert Perry police
sergeant was responsible
for the apprehension
Sunday of a Florida man
suspected of auto theft,
armed robbery and a
possible kidnapping.
Perry Police Chief B.E.
Dennard said Sgt. Jim
West had heard a Georgia
State Patrol radio report
that a man had com
mitted an armed robbery
in Jacksonville, that he
had stolen a young
woman’s car, and had
taken the young woman s
as a hostage.
Dennard said it was
later determined that the
man released the woman
in Echols County, Ga.,
just over the Florida-
Georgia state line, and
continued to drive the
stolen car north on 1-75.
While on a routine
patrol on 1-75, Dennard
said West spotted a car
answering the descrip
tion of the car mentioned
in the all points bulletin.
West then pursued the
car to Byron, where it left
the interstate highway
and continued south
through Centerville to
Highway 96.
West relayed a
message for assistance in
apprehending the car,
and his call was an
swered by Cpl. Buddy
Baker, of the Houston
County Sheriff’s
Department, who
requested that a road
block be set up near the
intersection of Lake Joy
Road and Highway 96.
State trooper D.S. Ray
SSOO Confiscated
Perry Officer Arrests
Man With Bogus Bills
Quick action by Perry
Police officer Charles
Lewis resulted in the
arrest of a suspected
counterfeiter here
Monday afternoon.
City Chief Investigator
Major Giles Webb said
the Perry Police Dept,
received a lookout for a
1972 Thunderbird after a
man attempted to pass a
S2O counterfeit bill at a
because of his handling of campaign finances
and a Senate Ethics Committee investigation,
found plenty of support at the farm rally when
about 150 Houston and neighboring farmers
gathered to hear the Senator and show their
support. See a complete report on the Senator’s
visit in addition to the sale of one of Houston’s
biggest farms on page 2-A. (Photo by Frank
Russo)
responded by setting up
the roadblock, and the
suspect was ap
prehended. The suspect
was arrested after a
number of law
enforcement vehicles
converged at the scene of
the road block.
Lt. Terry Joiner, of the
Sheriff’s Department,
Byron service station.
Officer Lewis spotted
the car a short time later
on Interstate 75 in the
Perry city limits. The
policeman routinely
searched the man and
found a S2O bill suspected
to be counterfeit in the
suspects right front
pocket. Major Webb said
the department then
obtained a search
said the suspect was
released into the custody
of the Echols County
Sheriff Monday.
Joiner said reports
indicate that the suspect
will probably be charged
with armed robbery, auto
theft and kidnapping. The
suspect was identified as
Edward Holt of Ft.
Walton Beach, Fla.
warrant to search the
man’s car and they found
SSOO in $lO and S2O
bills all suspected to be
counterfeit.
Officers then arrested
37-year-old Kenneth Ray
Bell of a Ringold, Ga.
address, both the suspect
and money were turned
over to agents from the
Treasury Dept. Monday
night.