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MIDWEEK
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1992
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Paul Coverdell wins
Houston Co., Perry
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Republican Candidate Paul
Coverdell defeated Democratic In
cumbent Wyche Fowler in Houston
County’s General Election run-off
Tuesday night.
Coverdell won with 8,801 votes,
compared to Fowler’s 6,985 votes.
In Perry, Coverdell captured 1,241
votes, and Fowler got 951.
In the run-off between Democrat
John Frank Collins and Republican
Bobby Baker, Baker defeated
Collins state-wide for a position on
the Public Service Commission.
Houston County gave Baker 8,353
votes and 6,849 votes to Collins.
This election wasn’t without its
problems, however. The Houston
County precincts ran out of ballots
around 4 p.m., according to Deputy
Registrar, Lisa Grantham. “We
didn’t anticipate as big a turnout as
we had.”
Grantham said they ran off bal
lots on the copying machine and
took them to each precinct. Since
the ballots were copies, they had to
be tabulated manually because the
computer can’t read the copies.
“Almost everybody (in Houston
County) ran out, and we got ballots
to them as soon as we could,”
HHJ and other
businesses
closed for
Thanksgiving
The offices of the The Houston
Home Journal will be closed
Thursday, Nov. 26, for the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Schools in the county arc closed
until Monday. Also Thursday arc
the local banks, and City Hall and
the County Courthouse are both
closed until Monday in observance
of the holiday.
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Deaths
Fannie Nash Grooms,
Centerville; Joseph Benjamin
Waller, Byron. For details,
please see page 3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 3A
CLASS[FIED 6B
JACKIE COOPER 3B
EDITORIALS _ 4 A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
tim Lewis Vb
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
LIFESTYLE IB
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 8A
BRIAN LAWSON 8A
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Sen. Bob Kerrey greets Kroger workers during his visit to
Perry Monday hoping to gain votes for Sen. Wyche Fowler.
The Nebraska senator said, “I’m a big fan of Sen. Sam
Nunn, and it’s kind of fun to be in his hometown.”
Grantham said.
The Houston County Board of
Elections predicted a 30 percent
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Bill Davee holds his favorite tom turkey Willie who he’s had
for five years. Davee said Willie has “personality.”
Davee's turkeys are not
for Thanksgiving dinner
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
“Gobble, gobble” is a sound
most people only hear around
Thanksgiving, but Bill Davee and
his family hear it all year,
especially when they .go outside and
do their turkey calls.
Ten wild turkeys roam around
Davee’s 60-acre Perry residence
along with several dogs and guinea
hens. He began raising wild turkeys
about five years ago when his son’s
brother-in-law gave him four tom
turkeys.
“My son brought them home
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turnout, and about 47 to 49 percent
voted.
Please see WINS, page 12A
one day, and we’ve kept them ever
since,” Davee said.
The retired electrical engineer
now has another full-time vocation
of woodworking and owns Davee’s
Sawmilling and Hardwood Lumber.
He said, “We keep the turkeys
for the enjoyment of our customers
and their children.”
Davee said children don’t want to
come out to his business the first
time, but after they visit once, they
can’t wait to go back.
He said, “Willie is my favorite.”
Please see TURKEYS, page 12A
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(HHJ photo by Eric Zellars)
Thanksgiving feast
Students, their parents and the faculty of the Perry Elementary School attended a
Thanksgiving feast Monday in celebration of Thanksgiving and the coming holiday
season. Pictured Is PES student Christie Davis with her mother Lisa Davis.
GSP predicts 21 deaths on Georgia
highways during Thanksgiving holiday
The Georgia State Patrol is pre
dicting 21 persons may lose their
lives on Georgia highways during
the upcoming Thanksgiving holi
day weekend. The holiday is one of
the longest of the year at 102 hours
and extends from 6 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25,1992, to
midnight Sunday, November 29,
1992, during which time 750 in
juries may occur in 2,005 accidents.
Georgia Public Safety
Commissioner Colonel Ron
Bowman said this year's State
Patrol efforts in enforcement would
be bolstered by the graduation on
November 20 of 49 new state
troopers who have been immedi
ately dispatched across the state.
"Every able bodied member of the
State Patrol will go after the drunk
drivers, speeders and other danger
ous drivers this weekend," he said.
Patrol commanders throughout
the state are meeting with local po-
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lice officials to plan joint enforce
ment campaigns such as road
checks and concentrated patrols in
traffic danger hot spots. Col.
Bowman said he wanted
enforcement plans to be into action
during this holiday which would
last into and through Christmas and
New Year's upcoming. "We want to
join hands across these upcoming
holidays to enhance our traffic
safety and crime fighting efforts,"
he said.
The Georgia State Patrol is gear
ing during this holiday to play a
major role in the national "3D
Campaign" during the month of
December as the highway safely fo
cus is on Drunk and Drugged
Driving awareness, impacting on
the three major holidays,
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Year's. The campaign is sponsored
by the Governor's Office of
Highway Safety.
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Georgia is apparently headed for
another low death this year on its
highways. Traffic deaths are run
ning 10 percent lower this year than
last. Last year, deaths dropped by
11 percent. The lower trend is being
attributed to continued enforcement,
legislative, public and news media
attention to the drinking drivers and
values of seat belt use. Drunk driv
ing arrests continue to rise, DUI
deaths are falling, and more and
more drivers and passengers arc us
ing vehicle restraint systems.
Statistics in 11 traffic safety cate
gories, such as accidents, injuries
and deaths are down. Miles of travel
in the state continue upwards as
economic conditions continue to
improve.
A year ago during the
Thanksgiving holiday, 20 deaths
occurred. There were 679 injuries in
1,770 accidents. Fourteen of the
Please see GSP, page 12A