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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1992
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Eugene Frances Re, Perry;
Lula Bell King, Perry; Lucy
Cosby McKenzie, Fort Valley.
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INDEX
MERRILYNN AIKEN 4A
CALENDAR 8A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 8A
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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to job early
By TERESSA ULIN
Park News Services
Superintendent-elect Tony
Hinnant will get to take his posi
tion as the head of the Houston
school system early as the Board of
Education Thursday voted unani
mously to appoint him to fill an
interim period left by outgoing su
perintendent Harold Chapman.
Hinnant will assume his position
Saturday.
Please see EARLY, page 2A
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Merrilynn Aiken
Aiken in new
HHJ staff
photo/reporter
Merrilynn Aiken is the new pho
tographer - reporter for The
Houston Home Journal. Her
assignments will include covering
Perry area schools and working on
home and cooking features in
addition to photography and
darkroom work.
Having re-located to the area from
Orange County, California within
the last year, Aiken is enthusiastic
Please see AIKEN, page 10A
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■Presidential race, lottery top ballot
I By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
With several questions of keen in
terest to voters, election officials
are estimating a 70 percent turnout
for Tuesday's vote.
Currently there arc 42,601 regis
tered voters in the county. For the
1988 general election a total 38,262
voters were registered.
Election officials have already re
ceived a number of absentee ballots
and the numbers keep coming in.
Friday saw lines in the election of
fice as county residents who expect
to be out of town Tuesday voted
Happy
Halloween!
Trick or Treat will be held this evening
from 6-8:30 p.m. in Perry. Have fun!
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
There will be liny figures dressed
in funny, strange, scary and elabo
rate costumes appearing on Perry
doorsteps tonight calling for candy
in celebration of Halloween.
Perry City Council set Trick or
Treating hours of 6-8:30 p.m. for
this year.
Residents throughout the city
have planned a variety of different
activities for All Saints Eve.
Dr. Dan Stewart, a Perry pediatri
cian, is throwing his sixth annual
party for his patients.
"I arrived here six years ago in
August and it seemed like a nice
way to show my appreciation to
my patients. We've been doing it
ever since. I would estimate we had
300-400 children attend last year's
party," Stewart said.
This year's event will be held at
Stewart's office from 3-5 p.m.
Children are encouraged to wear
costumes and there will be plenty
of games and food for all in atten
dance.
"When I was a kid Halloween was
always a big to-do, and I always
looked forward to it. Now, there
are a lot of concerns parents have
about sending their kids out trick or
treating, this gives kids an alterna
tive enabling them to participate in
Halloween. It has worked real well,
I probably have more fun with it
than the kids do," Stewart laughed.
As a community service Perry
Hospital is providing free X-Rays
Wanderlodge owners visit Perry, attend four day rally
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Wanderlodge owners from around
the country rolled into Perry Sun
day for a four day factory sponsored
rally at the Agricenter.
Owners from all over the United
States and Canada, 384 in all, ar
rived Sunday and stayed until
Wednesday evening. The event in
cludes three meals a day, seminars
on maintenance, driving, invest
ments, cooking classes, map
reading classes and nightly enter
tainment.
The vehicles are built by Bluebird
Body Co. Wanderlodge division in
Fort Valley.
According to Wanderlodge Sales
Manager Kyle McCrary, the average
cost for a new Wanderlodge is ap
proximately $485,000.
The recreational vehicles are cus
tom-built to each owner's specifica
tions. McCrary said choosing the
specifications for the Wanderlodge
is just like custom-building a
home.
Owners choose everything from
what kind of floor tile to the light
ing fixtures. Other choices include
living room set-up, with a nearly
limitless range of options, window
covers, bathroom fixtures, choice of
bed and electronic equipment op
tions from satellite dishes to solar
panels to remote control CD play
ers which hold 10 CDs at a time.
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early. The election office has also
received numerous calls inquiring
about where to vote, if they are reg
istered, and asking "Is it too late to
register?"
The Houston County Commis
sion approved purchase of 200 vot
ing booths and 16 handicapped
booths for the general election.
The booths which require voters to
mark their selections with a pencil
rather than the previous lever sys
tem, were used in four precincts
during the primary and were well
received according to Houston
of candy from 6-8:30 p.m.
Perry Police Chief Frank Simons
advised motorists to proceed with
extra caution during trick or treating
hours.
"We're urging parents and adults
to be aware that kids will be out
and to be extra careful. With the
time change it is getting darker ear
lier and we're asking motorists to
slow down a little bit. Drivers need
to watch for small children and
adulLs need to accompany their kids,
not just turn them out by them
selves," he said.
Camelot subdivision is holding a
carnival sponsored by the Camelot
Fun and Sun association. The
event will run from 6-8 p.m. and is
open to the public. Among the
planned activities arc a hay ride and
go-cart rides, several game booths
including fishing, picking up
ducks, face painting, concession
booths, a candy-cookies walk and a
haunted house.
"We wanted to give kids an alter
native to trick or treating. This is a
chance to do something different
and gives them more to do,"
Camelot resident Nancy Arcos said.
Perry First Baptist Church is
holding an alternative event from
6-8 p.m. this evening.
The "Hallelujah Party" invites
children from four years old to sixth
grade to participate by dressing up
as biblical characters and enjoying
games and food.
Please see FUN, page 10A
The Wanderlodges are 40 tcet
long and 96 to 102 inches wide.
Elery Doise of Euncie, La. has
owned three Wanderlodge's.
"Safest motor coach on the road.
I've owned six in my life and three
have been Wanderlodges. The ser
vice at the factory is service you
can't get anywhere else. I appreciate
the way we are treated when we are
here. I bought my first one in 1987
and I've visited just about every
state and Canada. Once you travel
in a Wanderlodge you'll never want
to fly or drive a car again. You have
your own bed, own clothes already
hung up and your own bathroom.
It's a home on wheels really. Since
I've retired I spend about nine
months a year in mine. Traveling
this way with other motor coach
owners, you meet some of the
finest people in the world. They're
all friendly people and you don't
have to worry about locking your
doors like you would at home," he
said.
McCrary estimates there are cur
rently 3,600 Wanderlodges on the
road. Bluebird began building the
vehicles in the current price seg
ment in 1963.
"This facility is perfect for the
event. We travel all around the
country and this is one of the finest
facilities in the United States. The
Please see VISIT, page 10A
County Election Supervisor Jo Ann
Shipes.
"There have been a lot of favor
able comments about the new sys
tem. It is something more tangible
for people than just flipping a
lever. We have bought one ballot
reader so we don't know how long
it will take to do the counting. But
when we get the count it will be of
ficial, in the past we've had to wait
until the next day to determine the
official vote," Shipes said.
Chief among the issues to be de
cided is who will be the country's
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Children in Perry geared up for Halloween earlier this week during one of Perry
Library's after school special after school programs. Good witch Becky Yeatman,
children's specialist, made a special appearance at the function to delight the
children with spooky, scary and funny Halloween stories.
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Owners from all over the United States and Canada, 384 In all, attended a
Wanderlodge rally at the Agricenter earlier this week. Wanderlodges are custom
built recreational vehicles produced by Blueßlrd In Fort Valley.
I PERRY, GA.
hometown
next chief executive. President Ge
orge Bush won Georgia in 1988 and
in the 1992 Republican primary.
But Bush lost Houston County to
Pat Buchanan by a slim margin.
Bill Clinton is bidding to become
the first Democrat to take Georgia
since Jimmy Carter. Clinton re
ceived 4, 736 votes from Houston
County in the March 3 primary
easily defeating Paul Tsongas.
In the 1988 election Bush received
over 15, 000 votes in the county,
nearly double the total of his
Democratic challenger. Recent
rdfere
polls indicate Bush and Clinton are
even in Georgia just days before the
election.
Amendment 1, the controversial
lottery amendment, has prompted
arguments, produced state-wide
church opposition and raised ques
tions about the state's commitment
to education funding. The amend
ment would take an estimated $250
million raised by establishment of a
stale lottery and use the money for
specifically designated education
projects.
Please see VOTE, page 10A