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Fred Spradley, business owner
Prcd Spradley, 69, of Kathleen, died June 21, 1989, in a local hospital.
Services were 2 p.m. Friday in McCullough Funeral Home in Warner
Robins. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens in Macon. The
Rev. Donnie Spradley will officiate.
Mr. Spradley, a native of Omega, lived in Kathleen for 36 years, mov
ing from Moultrie. He was the owner and operator of Spradley Bail and
Tackle in Kathleen. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was the son
of the late David and Vcrdic Studslill Spradley. He was a Baptist and a
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel I. Spradley of Kathleen; four daugh
ters, Aubrey T. Johnson and Janet Lynn Horn, both of Warner Robins,
Carolyn Collins of Macon and Ernestine Wright of Atlanta; three sons,
Fred Spradley and Ernie Spradley, both of Warner Robins and David
Spradley of Macon; and 12 grandchildren.
McCullough Funeral Home handled all arrangements.
Leottice Weldy Sr., retired railroad employee
Lcottice Weldy Sr., 84, of 634 Hillcrcsl Avc. died June 20, 1989, in a
local hospital.
Services were 1 p.m. Thursday in forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in
Mobile, Ala. The Revs. Curtis Williams and Billy Rich will officiate.
Mr. Weldy, a native of Saraland, Ala., lived in Perry for the past year.
He was a retired employee of the G.M. and O. Railroad in Alabama. He
was a member of the Bayou Sara Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Sadie McWalcrs Weldy of Perry; two sons,
Leottice Weldy Jr. of Perry and Norman Weldy of Eight Mile, Ala; two
sisters, Vera Smith of Chickasaw, Ala., and Willie Mac Carulhcrs of
Rosenberg, Texas; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home handled all arrangements.
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Rock House bottle
stirs old memories
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
When Robert Horton found an
old milk bottle in a trash heap on a
farm in Grovania in the early 40s,
he held on to it because he thought
it was interesting.
The quart buttermilk bottle from
the Rock House Farm in Perry in
trigued him because he knew about
the Rock House on Elko Road, but
had never heard of a dairy out there.
And it surprised a lot of people who
remember it to hear about it again
after so many years.
The Rock House dairy was
owned by J.M. Tollcson Sr., and it
started out at the Rock House in
around 1927, said his son Buck
Tollcson. Houser Gilbert remem
bers raw milk in bottles being dc
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livered to Perry for a long time.
"That old barn is still down there,”
he said.
Run by a man named McDow
ell, whose sons still live out that
way, the dairy operated at the Rock
House until around 1930.
Tollcson moved it to Grovania,
where it operated until around 1940.
"Times, I imagine," was the reason
Tolleson's son gave for closing the
dairy, which was called Grovania
Farm after it was moved. During
the 30s, people just didn't have
money. Buck Tollcson said.
He remembers them making
chocolate milk, and grape and lime
drinks after the dairy moved to
Grovania. He said they started pas
teurizing the milk when they
moved out there, too.
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J. J. Cooper Allen Griffin Coy Lassiter Tony Willard
...honor grad ...Boys State ...state rep. ...honor grad
Boys State stresses good citizenship
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
Who would brave a week of 18
hour days that included marching in
formation everywhere and waking
up at 6:00 A.M.? Four of us stu
dents from Westfield and Perry
High School did just that last week
as we joined 429 others at Georgia
Boys Stale to study government and
leadership.
The Boys State program makes
all partiepants citizens of the
mythical 51st slate. Their we run
the government as a normal stale
functions. The top two citizens of
Boys State are sent to Boys Nation
in Washington D.C.
We four, Tony Willard, Allan
Griffin, Coy Lassiter, and myself,
spent a week in Statesboro, Ga. as
guests of the American Legion sac
rificing sleep and weekends in order
to learn more about government.
Coy Lassiter was elected to a
state representative post where he
Bestsellers
to borrow
Some of the summer's best
books are now available at the
Perry Public Library. The list is
based on the Publisher's Weekly
Hardcover Bestseller List for June
23, 1989.
Fiction
1. The Russia House. John
le Carre.
2. While My Pretty One
Sleeps. Mary Higgins Clark.
3. The Negotiator. Frederick
Forsyth.
5. The Temple of My Fa
miliar. Alice Walker.
6. Capital Crimes. Lawrence
Sanders.
7. The Satanic Verses.
Salman Rushdie.
8. The Joy Luck Club.
Amy Tan.
10. Star. Danielle Steel
12. Playmates. Robert B.
Parker.
13. Stranger in Savannah.
Eugenia Price.
15. A Prayer for Owen
Meany. John Irving,
Nonfiction
1. A Woman Named
Jackie. C. David Heymann.
2. All I Really Need to
Know I Learned in Kinder
garten. Robert Fulghum.
3. The Summer of '49,
David Halbcrstam.
4. It's Always Something.
Gilda Radner.
5. Love and Marriage. Bill
Cosby.
7. Wealth Without Risk.
Charles Givens.
8. A Brief History of
Time. Stephen W. Hawking.
9. The Good Times. Russell
Baker.
12. Going Within: A Guide
for Inner Transformation.
Shirley MacLaine.
Car wash is Sat.
There will be a No Drugs Club
Tri-City Car Wash on Saturday,
July 8 starting at 9 a.m.
The Perry location for the
Warner Robins-Perry-Byron car
wash is John's Radiator and Auto
Service at 1012 Main Street.
The car wash is sponsored by the
No Drugs Club to heighten com
munity awareness of the drug prob
lem in the community and schools,
and to provide alternate activities
for youth.
Second front
News & features about Perry & South Houston County
helped in the proposing and passing
of laws. While these laws only hold
true for Boys Stale, previous Boys
Slate laws have later been enacted
by the Georgia Legislature, such as
our present leash law.
The following awards were given
during Boys Slate: Tony Willard
and J.J. Cooper were awarded honor
graduate status for our knowledge of
Hag etiquette, government and
American Legion history. Cooper
was also elected city political
secretary, county commission
chairman, and editor of the Boys
State newspaper, "The Boys
Slater."
Allan Griffin distinguished him
self both on the athletic court and
in the political arena where he nar
rowly missed a bid for the Slate
School Superintendent slot.
We were divided into 4 counties
which were divided into 4 cities
each. The general rule of Boys Slate
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United Way donation
GTE South presented Gary Bishop,
Perry's United Way chairman, with a
SI,OOO check Friday to add to the local
United Way fund. The two representing
GTE South were Richard Engwall, pub
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First birthday
Madison Khristine O'Neal,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim O'Neal Jr., celebrated
her first birthday on Mon
day, June 19. A party in
Madison's honor was held
on Saturday, June 17, at
the home of her paternal
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim O'Neal Sr. Mater
nal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Dawkins, were
In attendance with the
family and friends.
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is that people from the same area
arc splii up as far apart as possible
so we saw little of each other over
the week.
The program, held at Georgia
Southern was formed to teach stu
dents about local and stale govern
ment, respect for the flag, freedom
of religion, and how to be a leader,
A typical day saw us rising at
6:00 A.M. to shower and clean our
rooms. At 6:40 we met at county
formation for morning calisthenics
and breakfast.
Al ter breakfast we headed to as
sembly to hear speakers ranging
from Attorney General Michael
Bowers and State Representative
Lauren McDonald to Vietnam War
Hero Tony Clack.
Later in the morning we joined
in our respective political parties,
the Nationalists and the Federalists,
to plan party strategy and nominate
candidates for offices.
lie affairs manager for Georgia, and
James E. Cohen, the customer service
manager. Bishop said GTE South is al
ways faithful in their donations to the
United Way.
Around town
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Clubs and organizations
The Perry Rotary Club will
have a ladies' night Monday night,
June 26 instead of the regular
meeting. The Community Service
Award will be given by the club.
The Perry Kiwanis Club
will meet 1 p.m. June 27 at the
New Perry Hotel. The speaker will
be Bob Blais.
The Perry Exchange Club
will meet at 12 p.m. at the Holiday
Inn June 29.
The Perry Pilot Club will
meet at 7 p.m. in the Ochlahalchcc
Clubhouse on Frank Satterfield
Road June 27.
Government meetings
The Houston County
Board of Commissioners will
meet June 27 at the Houston
County Annex beginning at 7 p.m.
The Perry-Fort Valley
Airport Authority will meet
June 26 at the airport beginning at
7:30 p.m. instead of meeting the
first week in July because of July
4.
The Houston County
Board of Education will have a
special called meeting Wednesday,
After lunch city was pitted
against city in athletic competition.
We students braved the heal to play
basketball, softball, football, and
volleyball. The winners of these
games helped pul their cities ahead
of the others in the competition for
the Outstanding City Award This
lasted until supper. Then after sup
per a devotional service an yet an
other assembly were held. After this
adjourned we headed to choir prac
tice, worked on the paper, or turned
in for the night.
While the schedule may sound
harsh and exhausting (it was!), it
benefited the students in many
ways.
All attending learned about lead
ership, government and most im
portantly about ourselves. New
friendships were made and we all
came back belter people than when
we had left even if we were a little
exhausted.
June 28, at 6 p.m. at the Warner
Robins board office.
The Houston Hospital
Authority will meet at 7:30 p.m.
at the Houston Medical Center.
Events and Happenings
The Perry Players will be
performing the comedy play "Never
Too Late" at the Perry Annex June
22-24. Tickets can be purchased at
the Perry Chamber of Commerce,
the Perry Bookstore or from any
cast member. Tickets are S 6 at the
door and $5 in advance.
The Perry United
Methodist Church will have
their Vacation Bible School June
26-30 at the church. For more
information, call 987-1852.
Community News
Houston Speech School
will offer a preschool class for the
hearing impaired beginning June 19
and ending July 31. For further in
formation, please contact the school
at 923-1787 or 922-2895.
The Houston Extension Service
4-H group will have a class called
"For the Love of Horses" July 13.
The limit is 30 and registration
ends June 30. It is a free class.
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