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WEEKEND EDITION 250 Perry & Houston County's Official Legal Organ | SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1994 Harvey's officials announce Perry closing BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Come Sunday, Feb. 27, there will be one less grocery store in Perry. J.H. Harvey and Company, the owner of the Harveys Supermarket located on Sam Nunn Boulevard, has announced that it will be shut ting down its operations here at the close of business Saturday, Feb. 26. • * .* \ I #!1 Ml v Ip ; \ 5 8 mm* j f Er .SI \ 8 lft' / v • ilfci mp? m**' jk. 'Mm \ 8 l m # i . lp| \ jMI. jL iJft ■ ' IBtMpj^pp^-'' aauflE —' * '"—r Workers with Reeves Construction Company of Macon have swung Into high gear on Sam Nunn Boulevard in Perry. In addition to four sets of traffic signals at Intersections from the Interstate to Perimeter Road, the workmen are also constructing turn lanes. Project completion Is expected this May. Work on Nunn Blvd. swings into high gear The turn lanes are coming! The mm lanes are coming! After more than a year of won dering when something would be done about the congestion problems on Sam Nunn Boulevard, Perry drivers are thrilled this week to see Women’s Club recognizes Marti By PAULINE LEWIS Staff Writer Marti Marchant-Tolleson from Perry and C. Jeanene Fowler Coleman, Warner Robins, vied for the title of Young Careerist in a contest sponsored by the Warner Robins Business and Professional Women’s Club. The contest was held at a dinner meeting on Thursday, February 17, at Richard’s in Warner Robins. The purpose of the contest is to recognize outstanding young busi nesswomen in the area and to en courage them to become members of the Business Women’s Clubs. From the local level, winners ad vance to the district, and to state level. Five districts in Georgia will compete for the state title. The community's sympathy is ex tended to the families of those who recently died. They include:Aubrey Denise Harrell, Macon; Paul Gene Clark, Perry. For more information please see Page 2A. BILL OVERTON 5A CLASSIFIED SA DEATHS 2A EDITORIALS 4A PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A JIM SHIPLEY 4A BRENDA THOMPSON 4A CHURCH NEWS 2A WOODS N WATER M CALENDAR 3A The official announcement came to the Houston Times-Journal by way of a phone conversation with Barry Robinson, the company’s ex ecutive vice president, on Thursday morning. The store’s staff, how ever, were told of the closing in a store-wide meeting on Monday. A public announcement from the company is scheduled to be made via a full page advertisement in the some dirt finally being moved on the busy thoroughfare and the promise of turn lanes and traffic signals fast becoming a reality. “Actually, workmen have been out there since December working on traffic signals and doing pipe The contest consisted of written personal data, a five to eight minute speech and individual interviews by a panel of judges composed of Jackie Cooper, Louise Lawson and Tommy Storey, all of Perry, Marchant-Tolleson is Director of Public Relations/Marketing at Perry Hospital in Perry. She is re sponsible for creating anew de partment and establishing programs necessary to effectively position the hospital in Perry and the surround ing communities. She is also re sponsible for internal and external relations, publications, special events, physician relations and me dia relations. She was formerly Director of Public Relations/Marketing at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazlehurst, Ga., and completed her internship at South Georgia College in Statesboro, Ga. where she was edi tor of the alumni newsletter, wrote press releases, designed, pho tographed and printed layouts for local and area newspapers and cre ated brochures for college functions. She was a member of Leadership Perry 1993, is a member of Public Relations Society of America, the Rural Hospital Committee of The Georgia Society for Hospital Marketing and Public Relations, the Houston County Board of Directors of the American Heart Association and the Exchange Club of Perry. She was named to Outstanding Young Women of America in January 1991 and Who’s Who PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS CALL 987-1823 f The Houston Home! Journal 1 SECTION—B PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULAR From Wednesday, Feb. 23 until Saturday, Feb. 26, everything in the store will be discounted to 10 percent at the register. Houston Times-Journal next Wednesday. Harveys has been in Perry for four years. “Although we regret having to work,” said new DOT area engineer, Ken Robinson. “But, with the grad ing operations getting under way this week, work is becoming much more obvious to the drivers.” Completion date for the project, which includes traffic signals and JKMMW yyMr I B JEfi 4‘ - Br Jjjp' jMHn , ML . ■ - mmjrftggmi f9K liipr * ■ Marti Marchant-Tolleson, left, and C. Jeanene Fowler Coleman vied for the title of Young Careerist Thursday, Feb. 17 In a contest sponsored by the Warner Robins Business and Professional Women's Club. Among America’s Colleges and Universities, was Outstanding Member - Public Relations Student Society of America, was on the Dean’s List, and studied broadcast ing and communications in England in the summer of 1990. Over the next 10 years she hopes to have successfully earned a mas close down our Perry store, our de cision to do so was made after a lot of thought and consideration and only after all other options were turn lanes at intersections from the interstate ramps all the way to Perimeter Road, is May 31. Thus far, Robinson says, it looks as if contractors are right on schedule. Contractor for the job is Reeves Construction Company . Tolleson ter’s degree in Service Management and gain the knowledge and experi ence necessary to be more effective in her current job. “Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege,” she said. Marti Marchant-Tolleson is the wife of Tee Tolleson of Perry. Please see AWARD, page 3A PERRY, GA. exhausted,” Robinson said. “The level of sales volume here just was not sufficient to keep us in a profitable situation.” Robinson further said that part of their problem could have very well been their location as well as the facility itself, which he said was outdated. He also added that the company and the store’s employees had been working hard for more 'The Music Man' opens at new theater Feb. 25 "The Music Man” will be march ing across Perry Players’ new stage beginning Friday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. According to Carol Strandburg, the show's director, "Everyone will be delighted to see Perry Players’ energetic visually stunning perfor mance of an American Classic. The Music Man' opened on Broadway in 1957 and after working with this wonderful cast I am assured that our rendition captures all the joy and love Meredith Willson intended it to have.” President Dennis Hooper echoes Strandburg's energy. "We’ve had tremendous progress on the build- ALLTEL needs community news for directory section Help create your own hometown magazine! ALLTEL, your local telephone company, is encouraging the public to bring in information on the towns of Perry, Unadilla and Marshallville for "Our Hometown", the community section in the beginning of the ALLTEL telephone directory. ALLTEL Publishing Corp. spokesperson Bonnie Hilliard said the "Our Hometown" section in the ALLTEL telephone directory has been set aside as a free community service to promote the towns ALLTEL serves. "ALLTEL hopes to receive photographs and information that will help us paint a picture of town life. We are pleased to be able to print new information and photographs that reflect the types of people, places, events and services in your unique town," Hilliard said. ALLTEL is interested in: •Clear photographs of neighborhoods, scenery, people, places, events and buildings. Ga. National Fair to sponsor 'Fair Bear' story competition The Georgia National Fair announces its first statewide writing competition. Fourth, fifth and sixth graders from public and private schools, accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission, are encouraged to write a story about "Fair Bear." "The Georgia National Fair is thrilled to sponsor this competition," said Michael A. Froehlich, executive director of the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter. "The Fair is proud of Georgia's youth and is dedicated to education." Fair Bear is the official mascot for the state-sponsored, fifth annual Georgia National Fair, October 7- 16. To promote youth participation, the Fair is sponsoring a writing competition. Students are invited to write a story about Fair Bear, an American black bear who roamed around the property of the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter. Last year Fair Bear was hit by a car on Interstate 75. The stories will be judged on interest, information, imagination, originality, focus and grammar. There will be several levels of 1241 H than a year to turn the store around and that they have even considered moving elsewhere within the Perry business community, but that they were unable to work out satisfactory arrangements. “The employees worked hard and did an exemplary job keeping up the store and serving our customers, particularly during this last year,” Please see CLOSING, page 3A ing, fund raising, the show itself and in membership and participation. If the rest of 1994 is anything like the first six weeks, this will be a year of landmark achievements." "The Music Man” opens Friday, Feb. 25 and runs through Saturday, March 5. All shows are at 8 p.m. except for the Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. and there is no perfor mance Monday, Feb. 28. Tickets are $lO for adults, $5 for students and $3 for children under 12. For reservations, call 987-5354. All tickets may be picked up at the door. •Short essays or poems describing life in our area. Include your name, age and telephone number. •Logos, charts, drawings (pen and ink on white paper). Identify subject matter and your name, age and telephone number. •News articles, calendar events, historical recollections or articles, brochures, information on local attractions, unusual industries, club information, etc. Due to limited space and content restrictions, ALLTEL Publishing reserves the right to edit or omit any materials. Please be aware that ALLTEL will not purchase or return any materials or photographs sent to us. For proper credit, submissions must be accompanied by your name, address and telephone number. Materials submitted will be collected at the ALLTEL office at 2031 Hwy. 41 South in Peny until noon Wednesday, Feb. 23,1994. winners; classroom, school and system. Winners of the system wide competition will qualify for the final competition and a chance to win a $250 savings bond and an all expense-paid trip to the Georgia National Fair. Each school system may submit only one story from each grade level for the final competition to be held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter. Final winners will be chosen by a panel of judges selected from Georgia's Teachers of the Year and will be announced in August. A major objective of the Fair is to promote education and youth activities. This is achieved through the Fair's school field trip program. Students, teachers and chaperones are admitted to the Georgia National Fair at no charge. Last year, the Georgia National Fair hosted 14,904 students, teachers and chaperones on 241 trips from 61 counties. . The Georgia National Fair showcases the best of Georgia’s agriculture, crafts, heritage and people in a clean, friendly, safe and family environment. Remember, "Georgia, This Is Your Fair!"