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Parry, Georgia'* Hometown Newspaper & Houston County's Legal Organ Since 1870-A Park Newspaper
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31,1989-119th YEAR, NO. 43, 4 SECTIONS, 28 PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS
Board gives solid support
to rezoning three schools
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
Houston County's Board of Education
unanimously approved re-zoning school districts for
Kings Chapel Elementary and Perry Elementary
Monday night.
The issue passed easily at the board's budget
meeting this week when the superintendent and the
board members reported no complaints or opposition
to the plan.
I vc had no phone calls," said Houston County
School Superintendent Dr. Harold Chapman. "It
seemed to go very well. I think it's very positive."
The areas moving to the Kings Chapel zone would
be: the area bounded by Lake Joy Road, Fcagin Mill
Road, Langston Road and Highway 41; the area
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Honoring our war dead
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 6126 in Perry held a solemn cere
mony on Memorial Day to honor all ser
vicemen who died in America’s wars. The
VFW members, led by Post Commander Dr.
Felix Smith, laid a wreath of remembrance
Appreciation of freedom
Nearly 80 ex-prisoners of war attend convention in Perry
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
"Freedom is much more
appreciated by those who have lost
freedom than by those who have
never been without it,” Georgia
Commissioner of Veterans Affairs
Pete Wheeler told a group of ex
prisoners of war Saturday.
Speaking to the mid-year state
convention of the American Ex-
Prisoners of War at the Perry Holi-
Perry native
is honored
by Jaycees
Basil and Kathie Ellingburg of
Clinton, Miss., have been selected
as "Family of the Year" by the
Mississippi Jaycees.
The honor came at the Jaycee
Stale Convention held in May in
Jackson.
They will represent the Missis
sippi Jaycees at the Jaycee National
Convention in Memphis, Tenn.,
beginning June 14.
Kathie is the daughter of Jocsph
and Joy Albright of Perry.
The couple was nominated for
the honor by the Jaycee chapter in
Clinton.
At the slate convention, Basil
received the "District Director of the
Year" award. Kathie received nu
merous awards in the year-end
competition, including the "Super
Spouse," "Prepared Write-Up," and
"Outstanding Individual Develop
ment Vice Preidcnl of the Year."
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bounded by Gray Road and Highway 129, north to the
Houston Lake Road intersection; and the Oldfield
area, bounded by Park Avenue, Jackson Lane, Davis
Drive and Houston Lake Road.
Excluded arc the Lake Lillian area. Highway 41
Circle, residents on Davis Drive and Park Avenue,
and the Fosson Road and Tammic Drive areas.
The move, which will affect about 150 students, is
designed to raise the enrollment at Kings Chapel from
304 to 460 and to ease overcrowding at Perry
Elementary.
Board member Hubert Hutcherson said that the
opposition to the planned zoning was "minimal" and
"of no consequence."
The re-zoning will take effect in the fall.
at the foot of the Confederate Statue on
the courthouse lawn. During the cere
mony, Commander Smith said these de
ceased servicemen should never be for
gotten for the ultimate sacrifice they
made for the cause of freedom.
day Inn, Wheeler said he was sorry
that flag waving seemed to be out
of vogue.
"We should always be proud and
honored to wave the flag, and we
should never stop waving it," he
said.
Wheeler said many Americans
ignore the Hag, because they cither
do not know the proper courtesy to
show the flag, or arc embarrassed to
display patriotism and respect for it.
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Finlayson portrait unveiled
Friends, family, and fellow lawyers
packed the Houston County Court
house Tuesday to honor the late
Theron Flnlayson, former district attor
ney, with a portrait by Deanna Griffin.
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The convention, attended by
nearly 80 former POWs, was kicked
off by Mayor Jim Worrall Saturday
morning.
Referring to Memorial Day on
Monday, Worrall said, "May we all
be mindful of this great day and of
the particular sacrifices you have
made for us.”
Many of those present were vet
erans of various German prison
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"He enjoyed a good laugh, but he was
an intense and focussed man," said
District Attorney Ed Lukemire. Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Flnlayson look at the portrait
of their son.
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MIDWEEK EDITION-25C
VFW Commander Smith presents plaque to Barton
...Helping out is Barton's wife Nell
Board may seek
property tax hike
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
Houston County Board of
Education members said they will
try to increase the local salary sup
plement for classroom teachers as
much as they can, but may have to
increase property taxes to do it.
"This is the most important is
sue we have," said School Superin
tendent Dr. Harold Chapman at the
special budget meeting held Mon
day night at the Board of Education
building in Warner Robins.
The board will probably call for
an increase in properly tax millage
rates to offset some of the costs of
running the system. Under the
Quality Basic Education (QBE) Act,
the board may increase the millage
rate beyond the lax cap if necessary
to abide by QBE standards.
The SIOO year per teacher in
crease was called "a sort of an in
sult" by board member Hubert
Hutcherson. The increase would be
offset by monthly insurance costs
of S2O to S3O per month for teach
ers,
"This is where we're going to
improve our school system," said
member Zell Blackmon. "1 think
we have to talk about a competitive
edge over other school systems."
Board member Donald Meek
called for a higher increase in sup
plements for teachers who have di
rect contact with students over ad
ministrators.
The proposed $53,621,424 bud
get will start out with $2 million
less than the board started with last
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Sullivan is honored
Judge George Nunn presents Superior Court Clerk Carolyn Sullivan with
the Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award, See Page 3A
Local deaths
Bessie Cunningham, 83 —Mary Moody Nipper, 67. Death notices ap
pear on Page 3A.
Thought for the Day
"No one ever looks at how fast you do something. But, they always
remember how well you do something.”-— Eric Zellers, Perry, Ga.
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BIRTHS 6A LIFESTYLE 1C
PEGGY BLEDSOE 2D PEOPLE 'N PLACES 6A
CALENDAR 3A POLICE LOG 2A
CLASSIFIED SB RECIPES 1D
DEATHS 3A SCHOOL NEWS 3C
808 EVANS IB SHERIFF'S REPORT 2A
EDITORIALS 4A SOCIAL NEWS 6A
ENTERTAINMENT 7C SPORTS 1C
OLIN HUBERT 4A STREET TALK 5A
JIM KERCE 4A RUBY THARPE 6A
ERIC JANSSON 10A MILDRED WARREN ID
LEGAL NOTICES BA, 6B WE SALUTE 5A
City prepares park
for summer users
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
City workers were at Crcckwood
Park Tuesday, cleaning the pool,
painting the pavilion, and making
other improvements in preparation
for another summer.
City Manager Marion Hay said
three new picnic tables have been
added, and that five portable barbe
cue grills would be installed. The
changes, recommended by the Perry
Recreation Commission, arc being
made by the city with the
remaining SIO,OOO in a grant for
improvements at the park.
He said Mayor Pro Tern Hcrvia
Ingram is trying to enlist some lo
cal bricklayers to volunteer to build
a large permanent grill.
"We want families to be able to
come out and use the park for pic
nics and other get-togethers," Hay
said. "It would accommodate a
pretty big family reunion." One
Salute to
'good man'
By RALPH MORRIS
Managing Editor
Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post in Perry hon
ored a former commander and an
ex-mayor Monday.
John Barton, who is ill, wel
comed eight VFW members and
Post Commander Dr. Felix
Smith into his home to accept
the award, which was presented to
him for his service to the VFW
organization, the city of Perry
and his fellow man
It was a fitting gesture that the
award was presented to Barton on
Memorial Day. Barton said
America should never forget the
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family has already requested use of
the park this summer for a reunion.
Two new bleachers have been
ordered for the baseball diamond and
12 to 14 loads of fill dirt have been
brought in to level the field. A new
pitcher's mound will be built
shortly, according to Jim Moody,
city purchasing agent.
The city is also considering
making improvements with
remaining grant money to what is
now the practice field.
In addition to Hay and Moody,
Mayor Jim Worrall was on hand
Tuesday to inspect the progress.
Worrall asked Moody to look into
getting some graffiti remover, a
spray which eradicates spray paint
from brick walls.
The pool will open the first
week that school is out. Hay said,
provided that qualified lifeguards can
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