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Houston Times-Journal
Volume 124 No. 42
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Calendar 3A
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State beefs
up Memorial
Day patrols
The Georgia State Patrol says
that twenty people may lose their
lives during the upcoming 1994
Memorial Day holiday period
beginning at 6 p.m. Firday, May
27 and continuing for 78 hours
through midnight Monday, May
30. The patrol is also expecting
641 people to be injured in 1,789
accidents in the same period.
In making the prediction,
Georgia Public Safety
Commissioner Colonel Sid Miles
noted the prediction is higher than
the number last year when 18
people died.
"We are continuing to see travel
increase by 5 to 6 percent
annually," he said. "As the number
of vehicles and miles traveled
increase, unfortunately so does the
number of deaths, injuries and
accidents."
The Memorial Day holiday is
typically one of the heaviest
traveled periods of the year as
motorists get a jump on the
summer vacation season with
outings and other recreational
travel. According to Col. Miles,
alcohol plays a prominent role in
this holiday with statistics
frequently showing drinking and
driving as a contributing factor to
as many as half of the deaths.
The State Patrol's 850 troopers
and other traffic agencies in the
state will launch a massive
countermeasures campaign during
the holiday with numerous road
checks, concentrated patrols and
public education efforts to
encourage greater seat belt use and
Please see Patrol, page 7A
Memorial Day
services set
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
American Legion Post 24,
Perry, Ga., will hold a Memorial
Service at 11 ;00 a.m. May
30,1994, in Perry Memorial
Gardens, U. S. 41 North,
"Dedicated to the Memory of Our
Comrades in ARMS Who Paid The
Ultimate Sacrifice. May Their
Names Live Forever In Our
Hearts."
The Program: Opening Message
by Walter Rembisz; the Posting of
Colors by Perry High School
ROTC; the "Star-Spangled Banner"
by Lona Stone and the Opening
Prayer by Tommy Wood. Mayor
Jim Worrall will give the
Welcome. Guest Speaker is
Colonel USAF (Retired) Leon
Huffman. The Rev. Jim Shipley
will give the closing prayer. Ben
Parker will place flowers on the
Veterans Grave.
Taps will be played by the Perry
High School Band after which the
Perry High School ROTC will
Remove Colors. The service will
be closed by the singing of "God
Bless America" by Chris Murrel.
The public is encouraged to
attend and pay their respects to the
memory of those who gave their
lives to ensure our freedom. Too
often we fail to pause and remember
and give thanks.
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Jeff Barfield (left), a graduating kindergartner at Westfield Schools and the son of Jane and
Edgar Barfield of Perry, puts a finishing touch on Westfield graduating senior and class
president Travis Watson, the son of Draper and Donna Watson of Perry. Westfield’s kindergarten
graduation Is Thursday morning at 9 a.m., while the senior graduation Is Friday at 8 p.m.
Saluting the Class of 1994 . . .
It’s graduation time in Perry and this week’s issue of the Houston Times-
Journal is dedicated to the graduating seniors of both Perry High School and
Westfield Schools.
Westfield’s graduation is this Friday, May 27, at 8 p.m. at the school’s
gymnatorium, while Perry High School’s commencement will be held Friday,
June 3, at 8 p.m. at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter’s Reaves
Arena.
For a closer look at all of Perry’s graduates, please see the special graduate
section in today’s paper.
Going home!
Bulgarian exchange student says so long to PHS
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Interesting things are in store
for Boris Nedev within the next
few days. A senior, Boris is an ex
change student at Perry High
School, who will be leaving
Friday for his home in Plovdiv,
Bulgaria, He will arrive
in Plovdiv on Saturday, in time to
participate in his Bulgarian class
mates' Graduation Dance on May
24, similar to our Senior Prom.
Prior to leaving Perry High
School, he was presented an
Honorary Citizenship Award,
signed by Principal Phil Smith
and Robin Terry, his teacher.
Boris flew to the Suites by way
of Sofia, Bulgaria, a city of 9 mil
lion people, then to New York and
Atlanta, arriving in Perry August
13 1993. He lived with the
William King family at 1631
Marshall Circle in Perry for Ihe
past seven months. The Kings'
son, Billy, is a Junior at Perry
High School, and their daughter,
Donna, graduated from PUS last
year and is a student at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran. Boris
fitted right into that family and
felt that he was a part it. lie is an
only child and it was special to
have this 'sibling ' relationship.
While here, he took a lour of
Washington D. C. and saw "every
thing'!
On a trip to Tennessee to a wa-
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Boris Nedev
ter-rafting competition, he went
down the river in one of the rafts -
sat up front and liked having the
water splash in his face.
At Six-Flags, he "rode all the
rides". ’We have entertainment
centers in Bulgaria, but none as
large as Six-Flags". He didn't get
to Disney World, he said.
He went to Atlanta seven times
and saw the Lazer Show at Stone
Mountain and also visited the
Indian Mounds..
One nice and different kind of
trip was to Alabama, to visit the
King children's grandmother who
lived in the country.
Boris is a city boy, living in a
city of of 1.2 million people, so
r coming to Perry and visiting in
Sports
Page 9A
Wednesday, May 25, 1994
the Alabama country area were
new experiences for him and he
enjoyed it.
Bulgaria has industries, agricul
ture and tourism around the Black
Sea. The schools are different in
that the students remain in the
same classroom instead of moving
back and forth as our students do.
Testing is also different; not as
much written work but oral work
on which the students, two or
three at the time, are called to the
front of the room and questioned
throughout the 45-minute class
period.
Boris studied English for eight
years and translated news from
English to Bulgarian for seven
years at a radio station. His
mother teaches English in
Kindergarten (but didnt't teach
him) and his dad, president of a
business company, is a former
college teacher. This year at
PHS, Boris studied key boarding,
calculus, senior English, physics,
USA history and weight-lifting in
P.E. He also participated in cross
country, which kept him in shape
for basketball, a game new to
him. The basketball team went to
STATE Quarter Finals held in the
nice Albany Community Center.
He was captain of the Soccer
Team and the team had the best
record they had had in several
Please see Exchange, page 7A
Classified
Page 10A
Westfield grads
set for Friday
commencement
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Their exams are over and their
lockers have been cleaned ... caps
and gowns of green and gold and au
tographed yearbooks now replacing
a year’s worth of notebooks, papers
and pencils.
Yes, indeed, it is graduation time
at Westfield Schools and this week
some 38 high school seniors are
gearing up for the Class of 1994’s
commencement ceremonies slated
for 8 p.m. Friday evening in the
school’s gymnatorium.
Valedictorian for this year’s
graduating class is William Schyler
West of Hawkinsville and salutato
rian is Kelli Leigh Harold of Perry.
The son of Dr. and Mrs. Wayne
West, West is the epitome of the
valedictorian set; his list of awards
and achievements including partici
pation on the school’s Academic
Bowl Team, the Debate Team, the
One-Act Play, Boys Solo, Boys
Quartet, Beta Club and Spanish
Club.
He has received the Rotary
Leadership Award, the Voice of
Democracy Award and the Presiden
tial Academic Fitness Award as
well as the Georgia Certificate of
Merit and the Presbyterian College
Junior Achievement Award. Addi
tionally, he was selected to take
part in the 1994 Presidential Class
room in Washington, D.C.
Upon graduation, West plans to
attend the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point.
Salulatorian Kelli Harold is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory
S. Harold of Perry and also com
pletes her high school career in im
pressive style; her achievements in
cluding back-to-back stints as class
chaplain during her junior and se
nior years and membership in both
the school’s Senior Beta Club and
on the Westfield Vespidaettes dance
team. She served as team captain
for the Vespidaettes this year.
Additionally, Harold has also
participated in the Miss Westfield
Pageant and was given the 1992
Academic Award, the UGA Certifi-
Increased car break-ins
prompt police warnings
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Saying that there has been a ma
jor increase in reports of automo
bile break-ins in recent weeks, offi
cials with the Perry Police Depart
ment are asking citizens to take ex
tra precautions when leaving their
vehicles unattended.
“I know drivers don’t always
think about it, but there are some
very simple things you can do to
minimize your chances of someone
breaking into your car,” Perry Po
lice Officer Bill Hathcock said this
week. “At night, try to park in
well-lit areas and never lay any
valuables in plain sight. Put any
valuables, including portable car
phones in the trunk, and always,
Recent Northrop merger
may impact Perry plant
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
While Northrop’s purchase of
and merger with Grumman will
strengthen the market position of
Northrop Grumman, the new com
pany will also be going through a
major re-organization and consolida
tion process.
Kent Kresa, chairman and CEO
of Northrop Grumman, told stock
holders at their annual meeting held
May 18 that the merger created a
company that would have ranked
dlsl in this year's Fortune 500 in
cate of Merit and the Presbyterian
College Junior Academic Achieve
ment Award. She is listed in Who’s
Who Among American High
School Students.
In extracurricular involvement,
Harold was an All American NCA
dance nominee and an All-American
Team Member and was invited to
dance in the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii
the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ire
land, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade.
She performed at the Cotton
Bowl in Dallas Texas 1990-1993
and is the president of the Youth
Group at First Baptist Church in
Perry where she also serves as a
member of the Youth Ensemble and
puppet ministry and is a pianist for
the four-year-old choir. Upon gradu
ation, she plans to attend Berry
College near Rome.
As valedictorian and salutatorian,
both West and Harold will address
their classmates during Friday
evening’s graduation ceremonies.
Others taking part in the com
mencement exercises include
Melissa Rabun who will provide
the musical prelude and proces
sional, and Student Council Presi
dent Nolan Thad Hawk who will
give the invocation.
Chairman for the Westfield
School Board of Trustees, Foster
Rhodes, will deliver welcoming
remarks and Travis Watson, senior
class president, will speak for the
Westfield Class of 1994.
The Salutatory Award will be
presented by Westfield Principal
Marvin Arrington and the Valedic
tory Award by Headmaster Michael
Drake.
Counselor William Rogers will
recognize honor graduates and will
assist Drake in the awarding of
diplomas.
The benediction will be given by
Class Chaplain Kelli Harold.
For a closer look at Westfield’s
Class of 1994, be sure to see the
special graduate section included in
today’s issue of the Houston
Times-Journal.
always, lock your doors. Guns,
especially, should be taken from
your vehicles and secured safely in
your home as they might end up on
the streets and possibly be used in
other crimes.”
According to Captain Steve
Heaton of the Perry Police, there
have been 29 reports of automobile
break-ins since March of this year
seven in March, 13 in April and
nine already this month. These fig
ures show a significant increase
over the same period last year when
only three such cases were reported
during the months of March and
April.
Heaton added that the department
is currently looking at several dif-
Please see Break-Ins, page 8A
terms of sales. "In terms of sheer
numbers, pro forma 1994 sales of
Northrop and Grumman would
equal approximately $7.5 billion,"
he said.
However, the merger will not be
without costs. "Prior to this com
bination, Northrop and Grumman
had announced total reductions of
approximately 4,500 people this
year,” said Kresa. "As we bring our
two companies together, further
employment streamlining will re
sult, not only from the elimination
Pleas# see Northrop, page 8A