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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4,1993
Vicious dog attacks child at Kmart
Two adults injured while trying to free three-year-old from attack
By BRiGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Two adults and a three year old
child are in the hospital after a dog
attacked all three at the Perry Kmart
on Sam Nunn Boulevard Tuesday,
Aug. 3.
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Season Finale!
(HHJ photo by Brenda Thompson)
According to Tricla Nelson of Nelson’s Fruit Stand located on Sam Nunn Boulevard In Perry, the peach season will soon be coming to a
close. At present, local fresh fruit dealers are selling the Elberta and Dixieland varieties with the Parades and O’Henry’s expected in
the next couple of weeks. The season should be completely wrapped up by the end of August.
Dream
house!
Brannen's daughter
gives her dolihouse
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Finally, at age 72, Madge Bran
nen has the house she has always
dreamed of.
A beautiful, hand-crafted two
story dollhouse.
And, what makes it even more
special is that it’s a gift from her
three daughters, Claire Stevens of
Perry, Helene Hubbard of
Hawkinsville and Dr. Lucy Brock
of Raleigh, N.C.
“It’s just so lovely,” Mrs.
Brannen, a retired school counselor
from Jonesboro, said just moments
after her daughters surprised her
with the gift Friday afternoon.
“Since I was a little girl, I’ve
wanted one of these; I can’t wait to
get it home.”
Architect/builder of the minia
ture house was daughter Claire, a
teacher at Houston County High
School.
Although her mother’s gift came
in a kit, Claire says she has spent
nearly five weeks and 50 hours saw
ing, hammering and glueing the 7-
room masterpiece together. The ma
jority of the work she has done at
Sue Ann’s Doll Shop in downtown
Perry where she has benefited from
the expertise and experience of shop
owners Anne Ratliff and Sue
Moody.
“Although it came in a kit, read
ing the directions were like reading
Chinese,” Claire said. “The folks
here at Sue Ann’s have been great
and the project has really been won-
Perry, daughter of Wayne and Pam
Nelson, an unidentified woman and
Richard Lewis of Jackson were all
transported to Perry Hospital
Tuesday due to wounds sustained in
the attack. All three reportedly un
derwent surgery.
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Madge Brannen (left) poses with the dollhouse given to her as a early birthday and Christmas gift
by her daughters, Claire Stevens of Perry (center), Dr. Helene Hubbard of Hawkinsville (right)
and Dr. Lucy Brock of Raleigh, N.C. (not pictured).
derful therapy. In fact, I liked it so
much that I’m now building one for
myself."
As for decorating their new
homes, both mother and daughter
are eager to get started as they have
been collecting miniature furnish
ings all their lives. From tiny
hanging chandeliers and handmade
curtains and rugs, both homes will
have every convenience of a normal
sized home.
“You’d be amazed,” Claire said,
motioning towards a completely
furnished dollhouse on the~shop’s
counter. “They make everything for
these dollhouses that they make for
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According to Perry Police Chief
Frank Simons the dog was hit with
one tranquilizer dart but eluded offi
cers and, as of Tuesday night, was
thought to be in a wooded area near
Five Points, probably asleep from
the tranquilizer. The dog is brown
a real home, and I do mean every
thing.”
According to Sue Ann Ratliff,
who says her shop builds an aver
age of IS to 30 houses a year for
area,customers, a person can spend
as much as they wish on the minia
ture homes.
Prices can range from S2OO to
many, many thousands, the price
variations coming from the type of
furnishings one chooses. For ex
ample, a nice cherry dining room
suit could cost a couple of hundred
dollars and when real miniature
china or silver is added, the price
rises again.
and white, part pit bull and weighs
around 80 pounds.
Simons told members of Perry
City Council Logan passed by the
dog, who was with its owner on a
leash, outside of Kmart when the
dog lunged for the girl. The owner
And, wouldn’t you know it, you
can even buy a tee-tiny toilet, a tee
tiny roll of toilet paper, tee-tiny
bath towels and a tee-tiny tub?
How about a fireplace? A porch
swing? A cluttered, but colorful
nursery? A tiny Christmas tree for
the holidays?
Or, tiny dishes in a tiny kitchen
sink. Why not?
“You’re limited only by your
imagination,” Claire said as she
spotted the perfect miniature paint
ing for her mother’s new living
room. “We’ll be working on and
loving these houses for years.”
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reportedly tried to pull the dog back
when the leash broke and the dog
attacked the girl, grabbing her by
her shoulder and collar bone area.
A female reportedly came outside
the Kmart store and tried to fend the
dog off the girl. In the process the
GOOD MORNING!
PERRY, GEORGIA
One decade later. . .
Clockwise, starting at left, Mark Fendley and wife, Alice, Joel
Mims, Lisa Southerland and Vickie Eckman spent some time
Saturday afternoon catching up on everything that has
happened since their graduation from Perry High School 10
years ago. The group, along with 50 or so others, enjoyed a
picnic at Rozar Park Saturday as well as several other activities
this weekend as they celebrated their PHS Class of 1983
Reunion. See story and photos on page 2C.
Home Journal
HIGHLIGHTS
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy is
extended to the families of
those who recently died. They
include Katie Burton Jackson,
Pearl Snead Dorr, Edric Pearl
Manley Butler, Mary Peterman
Chapman, G. Merrill Meadows,
Garland L. Godfrey, Fannie Lee
Heath Murray and Richard A.
Prescott, please see page 2A
Country's cool
Margie White neverthought she
would have any interest incoun
try music, but once she met the
group Alabama, she was
hooked. Las t week she even
received a telephone cal from
one of her favorite country and
western stars, please see page
1C
City/co. officials meet
with BOE about annex
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
The Houston County Board of
Education made a second offer to
the City of Perry to sell the city the
board's present facility with the
promise they would use the funds
to restore the Perry Annex at a
breakfast meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Board Chairman Zell Blackmon
and Superintendent Tony Hinnant
met with Perry Mayor Jim Worrall,
Perry City Manager Marion Hay,
members of Perry City Council,
City Attorney David Walker,
Houston County Commissioners,
Commission Chairman Sherrill
Stafford, Representative Larry
Walker and Senator Sonny Perdue
in Perry Hospital’s cafeteria to dis
cuss the annex, which has been an
ongoing issue Mayor Worrall has
been involved with for over four
years.
The school board previously
made an offer to the city to sell
them the school board's office on
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female suffered a deep bite in the
forearm. Then two men, one being
Lewis, tried to free the girl and
Lewis was attacked and also suffered
injuries to the forearm.
The couple who owns the dog
Please see Attack, page 7A
Busy as bees
Perryans are as busy as ever
these days, filling up the last
few weeks of summer with ac
tivities galore. Janice Kerce has
the latest on Perry happenings,
please see page 1C
Summer football
Both Perry and Westfield be
gan light workouts Monday in
preparation for the upcoming
football season, please see
pageßA
INDEX
ROBIN BOOKER 4A
JOYCE COMPTON 4A
CLASSIFIED 4B
JANICE KERCE 1C
DEATH NOTICES 2A
EDITORIALS 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
PUBLIC RECORD NOTICES 5A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
Washington Street adjacent to Perry
City Hall for $1.2 million. In turn
the school board said they would
use that money to renovate Perry
Please see Annex, page 7A
Public group
will not view
videotape
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
City Attorney David Walker said
family members and representatives
of the family of Charles Davis,
who reportedly committed suicide
in a Perry jail cell, have viewed the
videotape of his death.
Citizen Robbin Jackson asked
Perry City Council if a citizen
group would be allowed to view the
videotape, at the council's regular
meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3. Walker
then informed Jackson that the fam-
Please see City, page 7A