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MIDWEEK
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Perry & Houston County's
Official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,1992
Deaths
Eula Mae Bryant, Perry; Mose
Wilcox, Miami; Willie Clifton
Glover Jr., Macon. For details,
please see page 3A.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Kiwanis Club sponsors
fishing derby
The Perry Kiwanis Club is
sponsoring a free fishing derby
at the Agricenter this weekend
for youths under 16. The story
is on page 10A.
Northrop pleased with
welcome from Perry
Just after one year of opening
the Perry Northrop facility, the
company's officials give an
update to future activities for
the local plant. The story is on
page 6A.
Rainbow House
teaches kids
prevention
Child abuse is a difficult sub
ject to deal with but two special
ladies try and help kids with the
problem. Formore information,
see page 7A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED _ 6B
EDITORIALS 4 A
ENTERTAINMENT 7A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
JIM KERCE *A
Legal notices i2A,48
TIM LEWIS 2B
LIFESTYLE IB
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
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SPORTS 10A
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Roy Avery
withdraws
from race
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Roy H. Avery of Kathleen decided
to drop out of the Houston County
Commission race for the post 4
slot.
Avery explained that he will not
remain a candidate due to a business
opportunity that has been offered in
Bibb County.
“If I were to remain a candidate, I
would be in Macon six days a week
and that is just not good politick
ing,” Avery said.
“I felt I had to do this before ac
cepting the job,” he said.
“The business opportunity would
prevent me from serving in the
manner I feel the people of this
county deserves. It would be neces-
Please see AVERY, page 12A
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BOE approves the installation of
I controversial Channel 1 program
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education met Tuesday afternoon
for their monthly meeting and to
_ further discuss the proposed 1993
school budget.
One of the more heated topics to
be discussed at the meeting was the
proposed Channel One program.
This program is a 12 minute pro
gram that contains news-style
broadcasts of important issues and
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Southern Orchard Crew Chief Adela Mauricio (left) and worker Ernesto Elizaro count peaches
picked by a crew of 16 at an orchard owned by the Walker family off of Houston Lake Road.
Pickin’ Peaches!
Current peach crop promises to be sweet yet small
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The peach picking season is in
full swing with crews all over
Middle Georgia picking, cleaning
and shipping the fruit to market.
In Houston County, a peach or
chard owned by the Walker family
of Perry and leased to and operated
by Southern Orchards of Fort Val
ley is currently being picked by a
crew of 16 workers.
The crew leader, Adela Mauricio
of Fort Valley, talked about the ef
fect the weather has had on this
year's crop.
"We had a cold snap the first part
of the year and we lost some but
overall it’s a good crop," Mauricio
said.
Experts from the Federal Agri
cultural Research Facility and the
State Farm Bureau said that despite
a lack of rain and frost damage in
March and April, this year’s peach
crop shouldn't adversely affect the
Georgia economy.
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Paul Cunningham Warner will be demonstrating the 1700 s model foot lathe he built, which
was used for making everyday necessities, at the Agricenter for the Georgia Folk Festival.
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two minutes of commercial adver
tising.
Despite the fact this is ad
vertising that allows the schools to
have the program free of cost, it is
these food and acne medicine ads
that some feel make these programs
detrimental.
Board member Ed Causey was
the only member to hesitate on ap
proving the installation of the pro
gram in Houston County.
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Despite the cold weather this years peaches are expected to be
more fragrant and taste better than they did last year.
Bob Marlowe, the director of
commodities and marketing for the
Georgia Farm Bureau office in Ma
con, said that the weather hasn't
look at all sides of this issue before
approving it,” Causey said.
Despite Causey’s hesitancy, the
board voted in favor of the installa
tion.
Another motion that was ap
proved was the WaLson Alternative
Middle School. Money had already
been appropriated in the proposed
budget for a principal for the new
school.
Before unanimously approving
Please see PROGRAM, page 8A
been all bad for the peaches.
"The April frost reduced some of
the early ripening varieties, and the
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City officials and
ministers discuss
race relations
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
A community meeting,
promised in the wake of the An
thony Hill shooting, involving
members of the Perry City Council
and clergymen from Perry and areas
surrounding Perry was held Tues
day night to discuss the importance
of improving race relations, police
relations and the merits of a pro
posed bi-racial committee.
Mayor Jim Worrall served as the
meeting moderator and Councilman
Hcrvia Ingram opened the meeting
with a brief statement.
"We have got to start some
where. I'd like to bring the minis
ters and then members of this
community, especially the young
people, together to improve com
munication.
Pastor Milton Wynn of the
Greater Word of Deliverance in
Hayncvillc spoke after Ingram.
"I think the idea of a bi-racial
committee is a good one. There arc
young black men with unanswered
questions and this would be away
to help answer those questions. We
need to get to the point in our
community where an incident like
the one that happened a few weeks
ago will never happen again," he
said.
Ingram then talked about the
problem of rumors that filled Perry
on the day of the Hill funeral.
"Another good reason to form a
bi-racial committee is to carry back
the truth to the community. If the
group is informed then it can in
form the community. We won’t be
subject to all the street talk and ru
mors," he said.
The subject of the proposed
committee's official role was dis
cussed.
Councilman Bobby Glover asked
if the committee would be in a po
sition to advise the city council
Worrall replied that he didn't see
any reason why not.
Councilman Ralph Gentry re
sponded, "I don't believe the group
should be involved in governing.
It should serve as away of
Georgia Folk Festival
honors state talent at
Agricenter this weekend
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Coming to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter this
weekend will be the seventh annual
Georgia Folk Festival, even though
it is the first time held in Perry.
Designated as the state’s official
folk festival by the 1992 Georgia
Legislature, it was realized that Ge
orgia was one of the few states that
did not have a folk festival to honor
and promote its folk artists.
Carole Sirmans, director of the
Georgia Folk Festival, said the fes
tival continues a growing tradition
of celebrating “Georgiana” through
demonstrations, educational ex
hibits, performances and workshops
on all facets of the traditional folk
arts.
Folk artists will include crafts
New phone
directories
are here
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
GTE South is presently
distributing the new 1992-1993
telephone directories in the Perry
area.
GTE South officials said that
every residence and business will be
receiving the new directories.
“If yours has not been received by
June 30, 1992 please stop by the
GTE Phone Mart at 1600 Macon
Please see PHONE, page 9A
educating the community as to
what's going on. And to improve
community relationships," Gentry
said.
Glover disagreed, "If they just
meet and talk it won't serve any
purpose. We need that committee
to be the eyes and cars of the com
munity. To hear what we don't
hear. And if the council doesn't lis
ten to them, we're just spinning our
wheels."
Willie Vance of Fort Valley
Pentecostal Church stressed the
timing of opening further lines of
communication.
"Summer is coming and a lot of
people will be at the parks. If you
want to let people know what you
want to do, that's a good place to
pass the message," Vance said.
Please see DISCUSS, page 8A
City is asked
to help fund
horse show
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry City Council listened to a
proposal made by Harold
Sumerford, president of the Georgia
Horse Cutting Association, in
which he asked for a contribution of
$50,000 to help bring a major
cutting horse show to Perry.
Sumerford's proposal is to bring
a horse-cutting special event to the
Perry Agricenter January 13-18.
The sport attracts a lot of large
money investors and the money
Sumerford is asking for is to be
used as prize money for the event.
"I'll place a bond for the amount
of the money or I can hire a local
lawyer and have him put the money
in escrow. What I want to be able
to do is file an application with the
National Cutting Horse Association
indicating that a show in Perry
would have community support,"
Sumerford said.
Please see SHOW, page 8A
men, musicians, dancers, story
tellers and artists.
One of the craftsmen that will be
found at the Agricenter is Perry res
ident Paul Cunningham Warner
who will be demonstrating wood
turning on his own 17th century
model foot lathe.
He has been demonstrating at the
Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival for
five years but he says this will be
his first Georgia Folk Festival ex
hibit.
Warner explained the kind of lathe
he has was predominantly used in
Great Britain by the Dodgers, who
were master craftsmen who made
wood parts for chairs, stools, tables
and bowls.
He claimed that this was not rc-
Please see FESTIVAL, page 12A