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- THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.1988
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Death notices
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Doris Cliett Joiner
Doris Cliett Joiner, 71, of 202
Spencer St. died Wednesday in a
local hospital.
Services were at 11 a.m. Friday
in Oaklawn Cemetery in Fort Val
ley. The Rev. John Autry offici
ated.
Mrs. Joiner, a native of Hous
ton County, was a member of First
Baptist Church of Fort Valley.
Survivors include her husband,
Roy L. Joiner of Fort Valley; two
daugters, Victoria Hallman and
Shelia Hallman, both of Savannah;
her mother, Helen 1. Cliett of Fort
Valley; five sisters, Adelaide Ruzza
and Helen Ricketl, both of Perry,
Betty Maddox of Wimington, N.C.,
Evelyn Hayes of Fort Valley and
Ann Locke of Memphis, Tenn.; and
a brother, J.B. Cliett Jr. of Jack
sonville, Fla.
Rooks Funeral Home in Fort
Valley was in charge of the ar
rangements.
Perry police news
A bicycle belonging to a child
on Perimeter Circle was reported
stolen Wednesday evening outside
Winn-Dixie supermarket on Sam
Nunn Boulevard.
Emmitt Davis reported the theft
of a car stereo, cassette tape, and S 2
in cash from his Elaine Street room
Wednesday night.
A motorist drove away without
paying for S 8 worth of gasoline at
the Gulf service station on Gen.
Courtney Hodges Boulevard at 1
a.m. Thursday morning.
Police were called to the scene
of a domestic fight on W.F. Ragin
Drive at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
A 1971 Ford Grand Torino be
longing to Earline Annie Mann
was stolen from her Gaines Drive
residence Thursday.
Police investigated a criminal
trespass incident at the Elaine
Street home of Christine Davis
Green Thursday.
An officer was called to the
scene of a domestic dispute at
Pinebrook Apartments on Mason
Terrace Drive Thursday.
A car radio valued at 5250 was
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Sheriff's report J
Two prisoners of the county jail
were treated for attempted suicides
at Perry Hospital, according to
medical reports from the Houston
County Sheriffs Department.
Both were transferred to Central
State Hospital, the reports slated.
Kyle Forney was taken to the
hospital for "stitches tom out of
arm," one report said, and states
"tried to commit suicide." He was
also treated for a cut on a fool.
Alan Spangenburg was treated
for a laceration and sprain of his left
wrist, stating "wants to commit
suicide." The cut was "self in
flicted," according to the report.
Herbert Neal of 702 Patterson
Street in Perry was arrested for vio
lating probation for offenses of
County registered
281 more students
By MELODY BACAS
Staff Writer
Houston County school’s statis
tics say 15,039 students enrolled,
up 281 students from last year.
The final statistics came into the
Houston County Board of Educa
tion Thursday when truant officer
Joe Andrews performed a "body
count" in all county schools.
"We picked the fifth day of
school to count heads. Schools
submit their rolls. If a student has
been there at all this year, they’ll be
counted," Andrews said.
Although some Perry schools
showed increased enrollment, there
wasn’t "a boom."
Andrews' statistics showed three
Perry schools seeing growth;
King's Chapel Elementary School,
Perry Elementary School and
Momingside Elementary School.
King's Chapel jumped from 276
students in 1987 to 294 in 1988.
Perry Elementary went from 544
students last year to 561 this year.
Momingside has 16 more stu
dents this year, going from 344 in
1987 to 360 now.
The other schools in town, Perry
High School, Perry Middle School
Martha Gordy
Deadwyler
Martha Gordy Deadwyler, 73, of
101 B Sherwood Drive died
Wednesday in a local hospital.
Services were 11 a.m. Friday in
Evergreen Cemetery in Perry. The
Rev. Carter Berkeley officiated.
Mrs. Deadwyler, a native of
Houston County, was a retired
school teacher and a member of
Perry United Methodist Church.
She was a member of Georgia's
Retired Teachers Association and
former member of Perry Pilot
Club. She was the widow of
William W. Deadwyler.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
H.E. Smith of Perry; a neice, Judy
Golden of Perry; and two nephews.
Dr. H. D. Rutherfordof Houston,
Texas and Stephen Smith, of Perry.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home in
Perry has charge of arrangements.
stolen from a 1977 Chevrolet Mal
ibu belonging to Erlene Black
stone. The car was parked at Stan
ley Dance Studio on Macon Street
when the theft occurred Thursday.
Police investigated a fight at a
Davis Avenue residence Friday af
ternoon.
Calvin Whitest of Smith
Heights Apartments was attacked
by an assailant at his home Friday.
ARRESTS
The following persons were ar
rested by Perry police on the dales
listed, on the given charges.
Pietro J. (Peter) Balistreri, 51,
of 1215 Sunset Street; Sept. 1;
warrant on criminal issuance of bad
checks.
Charles Nathaniel Langston 111,
25, of Fort Valley; Sept. 1; DUI.
Christopher M. Sokol, 23, of
Warner Robins; Sept. 2; driving
with a suspended license.
Daniel Kim Woodruff, 31, of
1011-A Morningside Drive; Aug.
31; criminal issuance of bad
checks.
forgery in the first degree occurring
Feb. 29 and failure to pay as di
rected and failure to report to the
probation officer. No bond has been
set, the report said.
Woodrow Wilson McGhee Jr.,
35, formerly of 1512 State Street in
Perry and currently in Houston
County Jail, was charged with vio
lation of probation.
Leroy Milbry Jr., 49, and Toney
Ward, 43, both of Miami, were ar
rested six miles south of Perry on
Ga. 401 for trafficking in cocaine.
Milbry was also charged with
speeding at the rale of 73 miles per
hour in a 65 mph zone, and driving
under the influence. They are being
held with no bond on the cocaine
charge.
and Tucker Elementary, lost stu
dents, according to Andrews.
PHS had the largest decline,
dropping from 860 students last
year to 825 students this year. Perry
Middle went down by two students.
Four hundred and fifty-three are en
rolled there, statistics said.
Tucker is down seven students
with 420 enrolled.
Andrews said the booms in the
north end of the county is what
caused the jump in total enroll
ment.
Miller Elementary School went
up by 121 students and Russell El
ementary School grew by 42 stu
dents.
Tommy Wilkerson, director of
computer operations at the BOE,
said there will be a few more stu
dents come in next week who
weren't included in the body count.
"There are some out of the
county and state and will be back in
on Tuesday. Those weren't included
in the body count," he said.
Wilkerson said he is working to
update the computer data to the
body count, verifying those stu
dents who dropped out or have
moved.
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Grand opening
Plnebrook Apartments celebrated their grand opening Friday with
Mayor Lewis Meeks cutting the ribbon. Rent of the new apartments
are based on salary. Pictured from left are: Ann Conner with the
Perry Chamber of Commerce, resident manager Thelma Raborn,
Mayor Meeks, Jerry Davis, president of Inverstors Management
Co., and David Adams, property manager.
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The Thompson Road Interchange Is set to open Oct. 1
...Developers are eyeing nearby property
Thompson Road will be
site for new businesses
By ROB COLLINS
Staff Writer
Weeks before the first car will
drive up the ramp, work has already
begun at the Thompson Road
interchange for commercial devel
opments “like the stuff on Sam
Nunn Boulevard,” City Manager
Marion Hay said.
No building permits have been
issued yet, but “somebody’s already
started getting the dirt ready for one
of these developments,” Hay said.
Developer Robert Johnston said
he hopes the interchange will at
tract hotels, fast-food restaurants
and other commercial developmenL
The presence of the Northrop
plant right next to the interchange
may draw a few “parasite compa
nies” or some multi-family hous
ing as well, Johnston said.
But he added he was “waiting to
see” what would develop. “We’re
anticipating this happening, but
it’s not happening yet.”
Johnston, along with partner
Ray McPhail, purchased the land
south of the interchange
“somewhere around a year ago,” he
said.
The developer contributed
$17,000 to a city sewer project ex
tending from Perimeter Road to
service the interchange area. Hay
said the entire sewer project will
probably cost more than $352,000.
One local business, the Davis
Company, has purchased property
at the interchange, according to
President Davis Cosey.
Cosey said Davis has begun
preparing its land east of 1-75 and
south of Thompson Road for de
velopment. But he added he could
not predict what kind of operation
would be built there.
“I know we’ll have some gaso
line, because that’s the business
we’re in,” he said. But he added, the
company won’t make specific plans
to develop the site until it studies
the road’s traffic count and
Cemetary alters
the course of
Thompson Rd.
A cemetery altered the course of
Thompson Road.
Before building the Thompson
Road interchange with Interstate
75, engineers for the Georgia De
partment of Transportation (DOT)
re-routed the north Perry road about
400 yards north of its old course.
According to DOT project man
ager John Marshall, the road was
moved in order to avoid disturbing
an old cemetery on Thompson
Road, just east of 1-75.
Engineers couldn’t build the
ramps needed at the interchange
without disturbing the cemetery.
They “would have had to go right
through the middle,” according to
Marshall.
So they moved both the road and
the interchange 400 yards up the
highway.
“I don’t know if that’s the offi
cial reason out of Atlanta,” Mar
shall said. But at least it was “one
of the reasons” for the change in
plans.
“We left the old road in,” Mar
shall said. “People will always
have access to the cemetery through
the old road.”
Sing Oil Company has pur
chased the land north of Thompson
Road beside the interchange, Cosey
said. The west side of the inter
change belongs to Northrop
.Corporation.
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Clubs and organizations
The Perry Done Club will meet at
7:30 p m Sept. 6 at the New Perry
Hotel.
There will be no Perry Rotary
Club Sept 5 because of Labor Day
The Perry Klwanls Club will meet 1
p.m. Sepl 6 at the New Perry Hotel.
The Perry Hospital Pink Ladioa
Auxiliary will resume regular
meetings Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.
in the cafeteria.
The Perry Exchange Club will
meet noon Sept. 8 at the Holiday Inn.
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy will meet 3:30
p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7 at the Perry
Library.
Houston County District
Attorney Theron Flnlayaon will be
the guest speaker Wednesday, Sept.
14, at the meeting of the General
Daniel Stewart Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution. Chapter members will
meet at the home of Mrs. Wallis
Hurlbutt on Washington Avenue.
Government meetings
Thera will be a pre-Council
session Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the
conference room at the Perry City
Hal.
The Perry City Council will meet
Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Court Room
of the Perry City Hall.
The Houston County Board of
Commissioners will meet Sept, 6 at
10 a m. at the Court House.
The Perry-Fort Valley Airport
Authority will not meet Sept. 5
because of Labor Day. The meeting
has been changed to Sept. 12, 7:30
p.m. at the airport.
Events and Happenings
A Dove Shoot la planned for
Saturday, Sept. 3. It is sponsored by
Perry Panther Booster Club.
Participants are to meet noon at the
Kersey store in Henderson where
Highway 41 and Highway 26 cross.
The costs is S2O a gun.
For more inforamtion call Ricky
Prater at 987-5454 or David Collins at
892-3531.
Community News
Preparations for the annual
American Association o f
University Women bookfalr are
well underway. The fair will Oct. 21
and 22 at the Houston Mall
To donate books to the AAUW,
place them in the bright blue barrels
located in Warner Robins at the K
Mart, Sears, Little Caesar's on North
Houston, Drugs (or Less, Kroger,
Whitings, Wilson's Bakery, Kitchen
Gallery, Shaheens, Boulevard
Pharmacy, CF School Supply, Happy
Hour, Connections to Fitness, and
Air, Land and Sea Travel Agency.
Books can be picked up by calling
923-1769.
Proceeds from the bookfair
support educational and community
projects.
The Perry High School weight
room is open daily from 9 a m to 9
p.m.
The Family Support Alliance for
the Mentally 111 received a 1977
Chevrolet Vega Station Wagon from
Charlie Pike, Chevrolet-Buick to raise
money (or furniture for the Group
Home.
FSAMI members are at the Hous
ton Mall and have tickets for a
drawing for the car.
Tickets are $1 each and six for $5.
The drawing will be August 27.
For more information, call 922-
1392 or 923-0976.
Best discount ever is available
on Six Flags tickets being sold at
the Houston County 4-H office. All day
adult tickets are $14.50. Tickets are
available for July, August. September
and October at a $3.70 discount. Call
the County Extension Office at 987-
2028 or come be at 733 Carroll
Street in Perry. Office hours are 8
a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Financial aid forms are in for the
Mercer University College in Perry.
For more information, call Kathy
Caldwell at 987-0600.