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- THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.1988 2A HSZZSZZ Death notices It,— —— J' - a a..——-J 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 r ■■■■■■■■ - —x I 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. Uml T !I VM9 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. — kfiaaife. 1 wl^ll " lllil " l * M nprriT--r i Mll •. ya 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. aS ©Copyright. B4ne-Clene* Corp., 1976, 1982. 1964 U.S Pllpnl Not. 4.154.57* tnO 4,244,079 vSJ l ' OPENING A SOON POINT PERSONAL CARE Honiestyle Cooking for 3 meals a day Planned Activities to make each day full Private or Semi-private Rooms • * 24-Hour aid and assisantance with on-site staff Owned and operated by Bill and Wanda Davis We are also looking for qualified caregivers. For more information, please call 987-3251 v ) VT Our office would like to thank you for a terrific first year in the Perry community. Your* If trust and confidence in our care is shown through the continuous referral of your friends and ■ jj family. This trust has enabled us to expand our equipment and staff to serve you better, H ft * Personal service, concern and comfort [I / * Variety of payment plans Is iJf * Convenient hours and location 'Z/WL1&0 M 1 * Cosmetic dentistry i * Children and adults welcome "h * Emergencies seen promptly * Everything explained before treatment begins WL fT i I If you would like to experience our fresh approach to modern dental care, please ■ 1 call 987-1441 for an appointment. U I YITIicUI. JtU 9 .1 1213 MACON ROAD. SUITE C gl If PERRY, GA 31069 L U. (912)987-1441 f f Around town 1 |v ...— J\ 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.