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WEEKEND
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
[ SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1992
Deaths
Goldie Justice Woodard, Perry;
Walter H. Leaptrot, Macon. For
details, please see page 3A.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Roller blading for a
good cause
A Michigan man rollerbladed
through Perry this week on a
trek to raise money for the
American Cancer Society. The
story is on page 2A.
Profiles of primary
winners
The beginning of a series of
articles on the winners of this
week's primaries are on page
9A.
Perry athletes
participate in state
games
GACA basketball and baseball
all-star games were held in
Atlanta this week, with several
Perry athletes participating.
The stories are on page 1B
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
EMERY WARNOCK 4A
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS 1B
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
COSBY WOODRUFF IB
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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DOT to conduct
traffic study at
Perry intersection
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
At the request of the Perry City
Council, City Manager Marion Hay
has contacted the Department of
Transportation and requested a
traffic study to determine if a signal
light is warranted at the intersection
of Northsidc Drive and Washington
Street.
According to police reports there
have been 18 traffic accidents at the
intersection dating from July 1988
to July 1992.
Kenneth Reeves, assistant dis
trict engineer at the DOT Thomas
ton office, discussed the details of
the proposed study.
"We request a copy of all the ac
cident reports from the area in the
last year. In addition we count traf
fic movements over a period of days
using a rubber air pressure hose, or
Please see DOT, page 10A
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Police search for unknown gunman
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
A Perry man was confronted at
gunpoint Wednesday around 1 p.m
at his home on 900 Chapel Ridge
Road after giving an unidentified
suspect permission to use a
portable phone according to the
Perry Police Department.
After finishing the call, the
suspect reportedly produced a gun
from a bag he was carrying and told
the man to, "Give it up."
The resident responded by grab
bing the gunman and struggling
with him until -a shot was fired into
the ceiling of the garage. The resi
dent escaped to a neighbor's house
despite shouts from the gunman and
phoned the police. Police declined
to give the name of the resident as
the investigation is still on-going.
It's no 'easy' summer for PHS ROTC cadets
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The pathway to education
thrpught the military is and has for
many years been a popular one.
But if you ask anyone who has
been through it, they may reply
that it was an education within it
self. High school students from all
over the county, including 22 from
Perry, who arc involved in high
school ROTC are getting their dose
of “education” this week at the
Houston County Summer
Leadership school being held at
Robins Air Force Base.
Command Sargeant Johnny T.
Barton, who has been the assistant
aerospace instructor at Perry High
School for the past 14 years, has
been instructing the cadets during
the week and feels they are learning
plenty about what military life is
all about.
“They are learning a lot of lead
ership skills and teamwork. They
arc getting up at 5:15 a.m.evcry
morning and I doubt that any of
them have done that before in their
lives,” Barton said.
Not only do the cadets rise so
early, but they take a “leisurely”
four mile run at 5:55 a.m.
Although Barton admits some of
the cadets may experience a rude
awakening, many of them arc plan
ning on continuing ROTC in col
lege or taking some other military
route.
Corey Sasser, an eleventh grader
at Perry High and a second year
cadet, said he was having a lot of
fun while learning about responsi
bility at the same time.
Perry unit of cancer
society to hold auction
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Perry Unit of the American
Cancer Society will be holding its
seventh annual Verbal and Silent
Auction at Houston Lake Country
Club August 6 at 7:30 p.m. Ad
mission is $5 which includes hors
doeuvres and tickets can be bought
at the door.
Proceeds from the event will go
to the cancer society's work in re
search, education, patient services
and rehabilitation.
Sonny Childs, an auctioneer
with Hudson and Marshall, will do
nate his voice for the event. The
silent auction involves a listed min
imum bid and room for individual
bids to be printed and challenged.
Andy Flowers of Bank South
and Carol Mathias, office manager
for Dr. Phil Mathias, are co-chair
men of the auction. The event will
offei a wide range of items to bid
on ranging from 200 gallons of
Chevron Supreme Gasoline donated
by Davis Company Inc., to a Solar
Cool Safari Hat donated by Hous
ton Ace Hardware.
Other items available include a
drawing for a mink coat, a SIOO
gift certificate from Family
Footwear and framed artwork from
The Mitered Comer.
One of the auction's highlighted
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A search of the area was unsuc
cessful and police are continuing
the investigation. With the help of
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
the Perry Police Department has
come up with a composite picture
of the suspect based on a de
scription given by the resident.
The composite will be given to
Perry patrol units and other local
law enforcement agencies.
The general description of the
suspect is a black male, aged 20-
25, s'lo-6'o tall, 165-170 pounds,
clean shaven, extremely short hair,
and a dark complexion.
Captain Jim Hardy of the Perry
Police Department recounted the in
cident.
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in his yard when the suspect ap
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Members of high school ROTC participated in a training camp this week at Robins Air Force base. Among the training cadest were
22 students from Perry. During the week the cadets learned about self discipline, respect and, of course, marching.
Sasscr plans to continue ROTC
at the University of Alabama
where he will study aerodynamics
items is a gourmet dinner for eight
donated and served by Mike and
Nancy Jackson, David and Susan
Pierce, and Arthur and Linda
Locwen. The couples dress in for
mal attire and pull out all the stops
for the dinner, including china,
crystal and silver.
Phil Brannen of Perry is donat
ing a used car from Brannen Motor
Co., in Unadilla, the Perry Players
are donating two season tickets and
there are many, many more avail
able items. All the items to be
auctioned will be donated by local
residents and businesses.
"Our goal is to raise $22,000.
Last year we generated $25,000
which was our highest total so far.
Each year we’ve been able to reach
our goal and we're confident we'll
be able to make it again this year,"
Flowers said.
Nancy Hildcrbrand, who owns
Hilderbrands Office Supplies with
her husband David, is co-chairman
of the auction's' publicity commit
tee. She said the response from lo
cal businesses has been excellent.
"We started three or four weeks
ago, with our Perry unit auction
committee which is about 25
members asking local business
owners to donate. Things are start
ing to come in and thankfully peo
pcared and requested use of the
phone. The resident asked his wife
to bring out the portable phone and
she did. The suspect then said he
didn't know how to dial the portable
phone and asked the wife to do it.
She complied, but does not remem
ber the number. The suspect fin
ished the call and left the scene.
Approximately 15-20 minutes later
the suspect reappeared, again re
quested the phone and made another
call dialing by himself. The resi
dent said the next tiling he knew the
man had drawn a gun from a vinyl
or canvas bag and threatened him.
The resident reportedly grabbed for
the gun, and the two men struggled
in the resident's garage until the
gun discharged. The resident did the
smart thing and began to escape
in hopes of bbccoming a fighter pi
lot.
Barton commented on what a dis
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Nancy Hilderbrand and Mike Jackson of the Perry Unit of the
American Cancer Society, pose with a $475 four piece silver
coffee service donated by CB&T Bank.
pie are being very generous,"
Hilderbrand said.
For the past six years the event
has been held at the Holiday Inn,
but the growth of the event
prompted the committee to seek a
larger venue.
"We're very appreciative of the
Holiday Inn's service and the move
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from the suspect. He fell on the
grass, quickly got up and ran to a
neighbor's house and called the po
lice. The suspect shouted at him as
he was fleeing but no additional
shots were fired. The resident did
not sec which direction the suspect
ran," Hardy said.
The call came into the 911 dis
patch center at 1:53 p.m. Upon ar
rival, police began a neighborhood
canvas and a search of the nearby
woods but were unable to locate the
suspect.
"We have some leads wc are fol
lowing, but wc can use any citizen
assistance available. We would ap
preciate any assistance from the
public in identifying the individual.
If anyone has information they can
call the detective division at 988-
fcrcncc the ROTC program has
made is Sasser.
“He believes in himself now and
signals no unhappiness on our part,
we simply needed more space. The
country club is ideal because we can
use the bar for refreshments, the
bridge room for the auction, and the
veranda to store outside items like a
propane barbcque," Flowers said.
The work of the cancer society is
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Perry police
urge motorists to
watch for bricks
being thrown
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Police are investigating
several recent incidents where vehi
cles, including a police car, have
been hit by bricks and rocks thrown
by unknown assailants.
Near midnight on Wednesday,
persons driving two trailer trucks
and a private vehicle reported ob
jects being dropped onto them
from the Interstate 75 overpass at
Gaines Drive. One of the trucks
suffered a broken windshield esti
mated to cost around $750 to re
place and all three vehicles reported
body damage.
Perry Police Captain Jim Hardy
said similar incidents have occurred
in the area recently.
"There is a lot of construction
going on in that area and when
people hear something they don't
necessarily think the source is from'
above them. We think that it is
probably some kids from the
Westwood Trailer Park doing it.
That is our best bet at this point.
Nbt only is it properly damage, it
can cause serious problems for the
motorist. We've been very lucky
so far that it hasn't resulted in an
accident. It's very dangerous and if
Please see BRICKS, page 10A