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Perry Resident Christy Joins Local Law Firm BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer The local law firm of Walker, Hulbert and Gray has added a sev enth member to its growing team. John D. Christy of Perry joined fellow attorneys Larry Walker, David Walker, Skeet Hulbert, Mike Gray, Chuck Byrd and Trey Moody this month. A native of Atlanta who moved to Perry six years ago, Christy comes to Walker, Hulbert and Gray with an impressive career that has taken him from private and general practice law to the presidency of an area bank. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management and finance from Mercer University in Macon and a Juris Doctorate from the Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta. Since college, he has practiced law in a private law firm in Dou glas and was also a U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee for the South ern District of Georgia. He entered the world of banking when he became staff counsel with the National Bank of Georgia and later joined Citizen and Southern Bank, the company that transferred him to Middle Georgia six years ago to become president of their Houston County branch in Warner Robins. He has spent the last two years in Macon as regional manager for the commercial division of Nations Bank-a company formed when Cit izen and Southern and North Carolina Nations Bank merged in 1992. He resigned his position there at the end of February to re sume his career in law. “Of course. I’ll miss the banking business-I still have a lot of friends there. But I don’t think I could miss it as much as I’ve missed Mell S. Tolleson Named To Board Of CB&T Bank Mell S. (Tee) Tolleson, Jr., has been appointed to the Board of Directors at CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia. Tolleson, a native of Perry, is Executive Vice President/ Chief Operations Officer of Mellco, Inc. Tolleson attended Mercer University, and is a member of the Perry Kiwanis Club, the American Wood Preserve Institute, and the Houston County Development Authority. Optimist's Donate To Scholarship Fund By PAULINE LEWIS Staff Writar The Perry Evening Optimist Club of Perry recently contributed SIOO to the Optimist International Foundation. This donation repre sented contributions by all of the club members. This money will be used to fund students’ scholarships to the col leges of their choice. It also helps fund the hearing-im paired, as well as other youth pro jects. Optimist International President, Charles Wiles, accepted the check from the Perry club president, Thelma B. McCoy at the First Quarter Meeting held in Augusta. Also, at the Optimist 1992-93 awards banquet during the second quarterly conference at Marriott Gwinnett Place, the Perry club was awarded a trophy for being the Number One Club in the district for Increase in Club Membership among category C clubs. The Perry club has 49 members, an increase of six during the judg ing period. Wayne Ragin brought in three new members and ‘2V& W tyieetf Ok Oun 1/2 Piice SfreccaU. Our Customers Love Us And We Love Our Customers. We Now Offer You Something A Little Different sls Fill In-All Week S2O Full Set - All Week Tips Free Come on in &give us a try, you’ll be pleasantly surprised! /) £ Perry Markel //Lezutcuid 98^83 John D. Christy practicing law for the past six years,” Christy said in an interview this week. “I am very happy to have this opportunity to resume my career as an attorney at such a highly thought of law firm and to continue calling Perry home.” “When my family and I moved here six years ago, we fell in love with this town. Perry is the greatest community we’ve ever lived in and we’re all glad to call it home,” he added In addition to being a practicing attorney, Christy is also active in a number of professional and civic organizations. He is a member of the Rotary Club in Warner Robins; and is on the Air Force Association’s Board of Directors, the Houston Shield Association’s Board of Directors, the Westfield Schools’ Board of Trustees and the United Way of Central Georgia’s Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Ge orgia Bar Association and, along with the rest of his family, is a member of Perry United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Marsha, have a set of 16-year-old twin boys, Scott and Sean, both of whom are juniors at Westfield High School in Perry. i Tee Tolleson w|k. --v. ■■ "Sir !■ Charles Wiles, Thelma McCoy Catherine Ingram, Robert Burgess and Gaynell Lumpkin brought in one new member each. The club will be allowed to keep the trophy until the end of the quar to-. J Other honors bestowed upon the Perry club were: Sports and Recreation under the Single Club Entry category; Honor Club with Hervia Ingram, president, during the rating period; and Brenda Louis King received the Secretary Treasurer Award for serving in that capacity for an Honor Club. Business Provides Perry With A Link To The Outside By PAULINE LEWIS Staff Writer Formerly Harrison Appliance & TV, R&R Systems, Inc. is located at 1110 A Washington Street in the renovated depot. It is Houston Times-Joumal’s Business of the Week. The business is 42 years old; the name change came in 1989, several years after Mr. W.B. Harrison, founder, passed away. His son, Bobby Harrison, and Bobby’s wife, Mary Lynn Harrison, now own and operate R&R Systems, Inc. Harrison says that they sell a ser vice, home cable systems. The technology was developed from the satellite industry. It evolved into a subscription-fee-type service, pro viding cable programming for peo ple who live in rural Middle and South Georgia. Their service area covers the counties from 1-20 southward (65 or more counties). The business has 12-15 direct sales people, 10 installers and two or three office personnel. R&R Systems, Inc. is an autho rized Toshiba satellite equipment dealer, and is recognized as in the top 10 dealers in the country, Harrison says. “When people subscribe, they know what they are going to get,” he added. The company placed over 1,000 systems in 1993 The home dish owners in rural ar eas can now receive the same, and more, than in-town customers, Harrison said. Today is the day of new small dish technology. Dishes are smaller and more attractive than the first ones. The system is also called direct broadcast cable from over 150 channels (movies, sports, news, services, family, children, bi-lin gual, Spanish, French and others. The company handles its own fi nancing and servicing. Bobby worked with his father for QUALIFYING FOR HOUSTON COUNTY OFFICES Qualifying of Democratic Candidates for Houston County offices will be held between 9:00 a.m. on April 25, 1994 and 12:00 noon on' April 29, 1994. Qualifying will take place at 1832 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, GA, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information on the qualifying process in Houston County, please contact Donald S. Walker at 923-1084. Old Fashioned r Pit-Cooked Barbecue v It MISS - CHICKED - PORK Drive-Thru Only Picnic Tables Available We Are OPEN ON TUESDAYS From 11:00 am - 8:00 pm 704 Carroll Street 987-3626 • Perry, GA HILDERBRAND’S Office Supplies 922 Carroll St • 987-5042 t Dogwood Festival Speical 20%- Instock Home & Office Supplies 50% o. Instock Craft Paints several years. Mary Lynn worked for 16 or more years for Larry Walker, but joined R& R Systems, Inc. in September 1993 and now “runs the office”, Bobby says. Sharon Shelton is the day secre tary and Jeanie Maddox is the night secretary. The business is a 24- hour per day operation. Installer crew leaders are: Mike Lewis, Harry Godfrey, Tommy Sammon, Denver Colwell, Paul Story and Robert Mamey, who is also a service technician. Bobby says that because his dad, W.B. Harrison had been in business in Perry for so long, first with Calvin McLendon and later for himself, and had a good name and a good reputation, it paved the way for Bobby and his business. He said that W.B. Harrison sold the first TV in Georgia. The business has six satellite of fices located in Douglas, Swainsboro, Macon, Warner Robins, Unadilla and two in Fitzgerald. Direct sales managers for these satellite offices are: Bobby Walker, Warner Robins; David Howington in Macon; Theresa Paul and Anthony Sandifer in Fitzgerald; John McCowan in Douglas and Terry Lewis in Swainsboro. 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