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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, JUNE 12,1993
U.S, flag
is special
to Larry
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
When the sun peeks over the
horizon Monday morning, chances
are that it will find thousands of
flag poles off which to glisten.
It will shine brightly on a sea
of red, white and blues, each wav
ing proudly from the front of
homes and businesses nationwide
in recognition of the American
flag’s 216th birthday.
Although not a legal holiday,
Flag Day has been observed annu
ally on June 14 since 1877, ex
actly 100 years after George
Washington presented the flag, in
person, to. the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia.
Congress granted the day na
tional recognition in 1949 and en
couraged all Americans to partici
pate in the celebration and to fly
the country’s flag on this day if
on no other.
Larry Miller of Perry is one
such American who listened.
“The American flag primarily
represents two things to me; pa
triotism and freedom, the very
freedom that men and women have
died to win and protect for us for
more than 200 years,” Miller said,
glancing fondly toward the red,
white and blue symbol waving
proudly in front of his own home.
“Yes, patriotism and freedom are
the reasons I fly this flag and 1
hope others find as much joy but.
as I do.”
A decorated veteran of World
War II and a retiree of Robins Air
Force Base, Miller and his wife,
Miriam, say they have been patri
otic all their lives. They have
lived in Perry since 1965 and fre
quently fly their American flag
national holiday or not.
Please see Larry, page 5A
Lottery office sorting out who will market
tickets as new game is readied for public
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Although the Georgia Lottery
Corporation isn’t quite ready to re
lease the names of lottery outlets,
several Pery businesses are
undoubtedly getting ready for the
June 29 opening day.
According to Anna Minerva, of
ficial spokesperson for the Georgia
Lottery, her organization is cur
rently trying to sort all approved
and computer-listed outlets by
county.
Once this task is completed, she
said, the names and locations of
those retailers scheduled to sell
lottery tickets will be released. The
information is expected to be out
later this week.
All outlets approved in the area
and the state have been required to
go through a battery of background
checks and investigations. And,
although each application thus far
has taken anywhere from six to
eight weeks to investigate, Minerva
City recycling push started
New facility will stress composting, recycling of waste
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
For the past few years, the City
of Perry has been trying to save
both money and the environment
for its residents and their children.
Today, they’re trying even
harder.
Anew home composting and re
cycling drop-off site is currently
under construction at the
Drive,
James Street and Sunshine Avenue
in Perry and is expected to be in
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Larry Miller of Perry poses with what he considers one of his very best friends, the American
flag. Miller will join billions of Americans in flying the flag on Monday in recognition of Flag
Day.
Plan to fly the flag? Here's how
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Although the United States
government has enacted no laws
regarding the manner of displaying
and saluting the flag, a Flag Code
was adopted by the National Flag
Conference held in Washington in
1923, and these rules are generally
says that future applications will
most likely be processed quicker
because of a less hectic schedule.
A sure-fire traffic builder for any
business involved, there is no limit
to how many lottery outlets can
serve an area, Minerva added.
A sample of the lottery’s first
instant games, which go on sale
beginning June 29, were unveiled at
a news conference in Atlanta late
last week by Georgia Lottery Cor
poration (GLC) President Rebecca
Paul.
Entitled “Instant Cash” and
“Georgia Millionaire”, both games
will cost $1 per card to play and
have scratch-off playing areas.
The top prize for the “Instant
Cash” game is $2,500, with
smaller prizes of free tickets, $2,
$5, $lO, $25 and $250 also avail
able. Odds of winning a prize in the
game is 1 in 3.99. “Instant Cash”
tickets feature the colorful Georgia
Lottery logo of a peach nestled in
side a big purple “L”.
full operation next month.
Once opened, the site will be
manned from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday.
According to Bill Hafley, chair
man of the Perry Clean Commu
nity Commission, the new site re
places the present drop-off site lo
cated on Main Street and is being
constructed to include anew home
composting demonstration area as
well as additional containers for
aluminum and steel cans, glass,
cardboard and paper.
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accepted by everyone.
The following information is
based on this code and is being
presented in honor of Flag Day,
Monday, June 14:
•It is universal custom to dis
play the flag only from sunrise to
sunset on buildings and on sta
tionary flagstaffs in the open.
The second game, “Georgia Mil
lionaire”, gives players the chance
to win up to SI,OOO a week for life,
for a minimum of $1,000,000.
Each ticket will showcase one of
five scenic Georgia locations from
the North Georgia mountains and
the Cumberland Island seashore to
the Georgia Dome, Stone Mountain
and historic Savannah. To become a
grand prize winner, players who
scratch off three “ENTRY” symbols
on one ticket qualify for one of the
preliminary drawings.
Grand prize drawing finalists
chosen in these preliminary draw
ings will have the chance to be
come the first “Georgia Million
aires”.
In addition to the entry tickets,
players can also win free tickets and
prize amounts of $2, $5, $lO, S2O,
SIOO and SI,OOO. Overall odds of
winning with a “Georgia Million
aire” game ticket are 1 in 3.88.
The present site serves as a col
lection point for newspaper and
cardboard only. All recyclables will
continue to be donated to ihe Happy
Hour School and Workshop in
Warner Robins.
In addition to ongoing efforts to
clean up the environment, city offi
cials are confident that the new re
cycling and home composting ef
forts will not only save money and
the environment for all residents,
but it will also assist the city in
Please see Recycling, page 5A
•To indicate mourning, the flag
is flown at half-staff, but only
after being hoisted to the peak for
an instant. Before being lowered
for the day, the flag should be
raised again to the peak.
•The flag should always be
raised briskly and lowered slowly
Please see Flag, page 5A
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Adding the finishing touches to the panther, Perry
High School's mascot, and preparing for their reunion
are former classmates Bobbe Nelson and Lula
Batchelor (in front) and June Harris, Nelda Edwards,
and Bobby Tuggle.
RECYCLING
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PERRY, GA.
Northrop plans 12%
work force cut back
at assembly facility
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
As estimated 12 percent of the
work force currently employed at
the Northrop Corporation’s Perry
plant is expected to receive layoff
notices by the end of this month,
company spokespersons confirmed
Friday afternoon.
According to a source at the lo
cal plant, approximately 50 of the
406 employed in Perry will be
given 60 day notices in the coming
weeks. The lay-offs are to become
effective around the end of August.
The planned reduction in staff,
the source said, is a direct result of
a recent announcement made by the
Boeing Corporation in which
officials revealed their plans to
reduce the Boeing 747’s rale of
production from five to three
shipments per month.
Boeing is currently one of
Northrop’s primary customers,
particularly at the Perry plant.
Maria T. Oharcnko, a Northrop
Corp. spokesperson based at the
company’s California headquarters,
added that the company is planning
to transfer some 747 subassembly
work into Perry from another sister
plant in California in order to
minimize the local impact of
Bocings’s production rate reduction.
This week’s news of the upcom
ing lay-offs comes on the heels of
the latc-May announcement in
which Northrop said it was ready to
begin the production of anew tacit
missile, the Tri-Service Standoff
Attack Missile (TSSAM), in the
Perry plant.
If and when the U.S. govern
ment and the Pentagon gives the
go-ahead for the missile, Northrop
spokcspcople had indicated a major
expansion and increase in the labor
force here.
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Good
morning, Perry
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Deaths
Rena I. Ranew Jones, Henry
"Sam" Williams, please see de
tails on page 3A
Poor manners?
Local tourist promoters say a
lack of hospitality in Perry is
driving events and visitors away
from the community, please
see page 3A
You're number's up!
If you're not handicapped and
you've ever parked in the handi
capped spot in front of the
Courthouse, we've probably got
your number, please see page
4A
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
BRENDA THOMPSON 4A
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
'SO-somethings'
to relive old days
at PHS reunion
By JANICE KERCE
HHJ Community News Reporter
A group of local "over-fifty
somethings" were busy during the
day Friday and early Saturday
morning putting the finishing
touches on a gala event to celebrate
their high school graduation in the
early 19505.
The big event will happen
tonight, Saturday, June 12, 1993,
at 7:30 p. m., when over 150
former classmates representing the
Perry High School graduating
classes of 1950, 1951, 1952, and
1953 will celebrate their second
class reunion together at the
Agriccntcr.
With a theme of "Turn Back the
Hands of Time," the group will
listen and dance to tunes played by
a live band from 9 p. m. until
midnight.
Seven years ago these same
friends and classmates celebrated
their first class reunions together.
Classmates from Texas, Washing
ton Stale, Tennessee, Alabama,
Florida and many other slates will
attend to visit their former home
town and "catch up” with the
happenings of their Perry High
School friends.
Several members of the graduating
classes that have been working and
planning to make this event a
success are Nina (Harper) Rogers,
Bobbie (Smith) Nelson, Nclda Ed
wards, June (Harrison) Harris, Lula
(Collier) Batchelor, Joyce
(Batchelor) Griffin, Bobby Tuggle,
Jo-Alice Hamrick, and Allen Tabor.
"We are going to have Fincher’s
Bar-B-Quc,” Nina Rogers said.
"Fincher's Bar-B-Que is important
to us because when we were in high
Please see Reunion, page 5A