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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1992
Deaths
Jane Cross Lucas, Perry. For
details, please see page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Greenwing photos
HHJ columnist Bobby Tuggle
attended the Greenwing meet
ing at the Agricenter last Satur
day. For more information,
please see page 3A.
School bus involved in
accident
A county bus carrying several
Perry students was involved in
a three vehicle accident
Wednesday. The story is on
page 2A.
Several businesses will
be closed Labor Day
Monday is Labor Day and be
sides the local schools, banks,
county landfill and government
buildings being closed, The
Houston Home Journal office
will also be closed. Our dead
line for classified ads will be at
noon Tuesday.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED _ 6A
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 - 1B
WOODS 'N WATER _ 2B
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Business sale
will not affect
P&G jobs
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Procter and Gamble Company
announced August 20 it has agreed
to sell part of its pulp and timber
business, including the Oglethorpe
pulp mill, Bamesville sawmill and
175,000 acres of timberland in Ge
orgia to Washington-based Weyer
haeuser Company for a reported
S6OO million.
According to information supplied
by Procter and Gamble, part of the
sales agreement with Weyerhaeuser
included the new owners offering
continued employment to all em
ployees at facilities in Georgia and
Alberta, Canada.
John Crowe, plant manager of the
Oglethorpe facility, discussed how
the ownership change would effect
the plant's 500 local workers.
"The impact of this decision for
Please see JOBS, page 5A
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Labor Day weekend road checks
Sgt. Parker of the local Georgia State Patrol station checked licenses and insurance
cards earlier this week in an effort to remind people that Labor Day weekend is
coming up. The GSP will also be issuing tickets for violation of seat belt and child
safety seat laws as well as crackdowns on DUIs. An estimated 1,392 traffic accidents
are likely to occur over the 78 hour period resulting in 19 deaths and 550 injuries.
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High Fly in’ Circus
Perry Elementary third graders and their teachers dressed up as performers in a circus in honor of studying a circus unit. The unit
involved the history of the circus, how it is put together and the different acts that are involved. Some of the costumes included
clowns, acrobats, a lion tamer, a panther, a juggler and a ringmaster.
Black birds plague Perry neighborhood
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By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Residents on Pinewood Court near
Ochlahatchee Park have been be
sieged by housands of migratory
black birds prompting complaints
about noise, smell and concerns
about public health.
The birds reportedly arrived in late
July and have taken up roost in a
wooded area that divides the
Brindale subdivision and Pinewood
Court.
"I don't know what we can do
about these birds. The smell is
overpowering, especially after it
rains, there are feathers everywhere
and we cannot go on our back porch
due to the odor," Joann Carter, a 10
year resident of Pinewood Court,
said.
Residents complained to City
Manger Marion Hay who told them
the best solution would be to cut
the undergrowth in the area behind
the houses.
"We've had problems with these
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of black birds. The birds have created odor, waste and noise problems.
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~ 122ND YEAR—VOLUME 72 I
PCC fire caused by
electrical problems
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The August 29 fire that destroyed
the Perry Country Club clubhouse
was caused by an electrical malfunc
tion according to the fire investiga
tor hired by the club's insurance
company.
Perry Fire Chief Gary Hamlin was
given the results by investigator
Mel Johnson Thursday morning.
"In the course of our own investi
gation, we felt like all along the
fire had an accidental cause. Mel
told me this morning that he be
lieved the fire had an electrical ori
gin and he had some questions on
whether or not the electrical service
was properly installed," Hamlin
said.
The fire investigator took samples
of debris from the walls, embers,
carpet and other materials. The
samples were examined by a private
lab for any traces of a foreign cle
ment that could have started the
fire. According to the report given
to Hamlin, no traces were found.
Damage estimates on the blaze are
still being prepared by the club's
insurer.
I Rick Slavik president of the Perry
! Country Club Board of Directors,
said club members were apprecia
tive of the fire department's work.
: "We appreciate the support of the
fire department and city officials on
1 behalf of the Perry Country Club,
r We're glad a conclusion has been
reached on the origin of the fire.
"We're putting together a planning
2 and design committee to prepare a
l design for the club and determine
what club members want in a new
building. We have established tem
-1 pora.y water supply to the golf
2 course and we arc in the process of
1 ordering a temporary structure to
serve as a pro shop and concession
s area. The Perry Country Club is
, going to rebuild and we're working
2 right now to function as a club,"
2 Slavik said.
The fire was reported to the Perry
: Fire Department at approximately
1 3:55 a.m. Friday morning.
"The fire started toward the back
2 of the building in the attic area.
s Please see CAUSED, page 5A
City officials,
DOT discuss
West bypass
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry city officials and representa
tives from Houston County met
with Department of Transportation
engineers in Atlanta Thursday to
discuss the conceptual design and
utility re-locations for the West
Perry Bypass.
The meeting was conducted with
several DOT planning, environmen
tal and utilities engineers.
"In a meeting like this with the
DOT we go as spectators. They
showed us their conceptual designs
for locating the bypass and dis
cussed with us what utilities would
have to be re-located in order to
build the bypass. We were thrilled
with what we saw, it looks like a
go situation," Mayor Jim Worrall
said.
City officials made one request re
garding the proposed bypass which
would run from Thompson Road
across 341 to the Interstate 75
South near the Agricenter.
"We requested that if the area
around Thompson Road and Airport
Road is developed that it be done
using an urban model rather than a
rural one. That would include
Please see BYPASS, page 2A
McClintic to
collect quilt
squares
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
It’s truly wonderful to see how
some people have the warm hearts
and giving spirit to donate their
time and energy to worthy causes
that help out those who are less for
tunate than most of us. Jenny
McClintic is one of these special
people.
McClintic got a brainstorm when
she was reading an article in Crafts
Magazine about a program that is
encouraging people from all over
the United States to crochet or knit
afghan squares to send to a collec
tion location in Peoria, 111. The
afghans or squares will then be put
together and given to the Salvation
Army to be distributed to the home
less population in this country dur
ing the winter season.
“Perry’s always been a town to do
for others and I thought we could
pull some afghans,” McClintic
said.
The total number of squares it
takes to make an afghan is 49 7x9
inch squares. The squares can be
made in any pattern desired and in
any color. The yarn should be
worsted weight.
Please see QUILT, page 5A