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Friday play
gets rough;
shots fired
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
An argument between two
friends turned ugly Friday afternoon
when one pulled a gun and began
firing at the other, according to po
lice reports filed with the Perry Po
lice Department.
No one is known to have been
injured in the 4:10 p.m. incident
which occurred on the comer of
Oldfield Lane and James Street in
Perry and the case is still under in
vestigation.
“From reports, it looks as if two
friends were playing when things
got a little rough and they started
arguing,” said Capt. Steve Heaton
of the local police department. “One
pulled a pistol and started firing at
the other.”
The victim in the incident was
Willie Barrett, 22, of 1017 King
Boulevard in Perry. Barrett’s as
sailant is said to be 19 years old and
police do have a suspect.
Possible charges against the of
fender include aggravated assault,
discharge of a firearm near a public
highway and reckless conduct.
In other activity on Friday, po
lice were called to the Red Carpet
Inn at 105 General Courtney
Hodges Boulevard where a hotel oc
cupant reported a robbery at approx
imately 7:30 a.m.
According to reports, the vic
tim, Karen Saul of Waterford,
Michigan, was exiting her motel
room to pack her car when a black
male allegedly came by and
snatched her purse which was lay
ing in the threshold of the motel
room door. The robber got away
with approximately S3OO in cash.
A case card has been issued for
the incident and Perry police are, at
present, running down several leads.
No firm suspects, however, have
been indicated.
Money stolen from
lawyer’s office safe
A Perry attorney filed a report
with the Perry Police Department
Friday afternoon charging that
$1,400 had been stolen from his of
fice safe.
The incident occurred sometime
between May 13 and 4 p.m. Friday,
June 3, at Herbert L. Wells’ office
at 813 Carroll Street in Perry.
The safe was not locked and
there are no suspects in the case,
the police report said.
Wells discovered the money
missing when he opened the safe to
retrieve some cash Friday afternoon.
Grass clippings no
longer need bags
A City of Perry code dealing
with the disposal of grass clippings
has been changed to allow lawn cut
tings to now be piled loose at curb
side.
Leaving the cuttings on the lawn
is recommended and preferred;
however, cuttings piled separately
will be collected and composted by
the city to avoid having to take the
clippings to the county landfill.
Legais
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Local pools offer
cool relief to hot
Perry residents
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
With the scorching, steamy days
of summer upon us, local residents
are seeking out ways to beat the
heat.
And, as always, one of the most
popular ways is just a splash away
at one of the areas many concrete
swimming holes-pools, that is . . .
cool blue water and diving boards.
The following is a list of local
swimming pools available to
Perry’s many over-heated residents:
•Creekwood Park Pool, located
in the city’s Creekwood Park, is
operated by the Perry Recreation
Department and is open to the pub
lic.
Hours of operation are 1 p.m.
until 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. The
pool is closed on Monday and
adults-only swimming is held from
6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday.
Admission to the pool is $1 per
day, per swimmer and, although a
lifeguard is always on duty, the
Perry Recreation Department rec
ommends adult supervision for any
child who is unable to swim.
•The Ochlahatchee pool is open
from 1 to 6 p.m. daily to members
of the Perry Club Council.
Members of participating civic
clubs are eligible to join the pool
with an annual dues payment.
Only children 10 and over are
allowed to swim without an
attending adult and a lifeguard is
always on duty.
•The Perry Country Club pool is
open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and from
1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday.
The pool is closed on Mondays.
Members swim for free, while
Perry Players season
tickets now available
Tickets for the Perry Players 1994-1995 Season are on sale in the
Lobby of the group's community theatre at 909 Main Street.
They make nice gifts for friends who like good theatre, as well as
providing enjoyable hours for you.
Plays scheduled by the Perry Players for presentation during the
1994-1995 Season arc:
•"Strange Bedfellows", with audition dates August 14-15, 1994;
show dates at 8 p.m., September 29,30, Oct. 1,6, 7,8, and at
2:30 p.m. on October 2, 1994.
•"The Sound of Music", audition dates December 11 at 3 p.m. and
on December 12 at 8 p.m..; show dates at 8 p.m. on February 22,
23, 24, 25, 28, March 1,2, 3,4; at 2:30 p.m. on February 26 and
March 5.
•"Love, Sex and the IRS”, audition dates: April 15, 1995 at 3
p.m.. and on April 16, 1995 at 8 p.m.; show dates: 8 p.m. on June
8,9, 10, 15, 16, 17; and at 2:30 p.m. on June 11, 1995.
Reservations are required; call (912) 987-5354.
Sign up for election now
Times is running out for Hous
ton County’s residents who are not
currently registered with the local
board of elections, but wish to vote
in the July 19 General Primary
Elections.
According to information re
leased this week, the deadline for
registering to vote in next month’s
election is Monday, June 20.
Prospective voters not already
registered to vote can go to one of
the following locations in Houston
County Monday thm»"h Friday to
be signed up:
•In Perry, residents can register
at the Board of Elections office in
the Tommie S. Hunt Annex build
ing or at Perry City Hall from 8
a.m. until 5 p.m.
•In Warner Robins, prospective
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As the mercury rose In Perry and residents sizzled this week, Maegen Garza, the three-year-old daughter of Shellle and Bob
Garza of Perry, found cool relief In the shallow waters of the Ochlahatchee Pool complex.
out-of-town guests of members pay
$1 and resident guests of members
pay $2 per swimmer.
Children who are able to swim
voters can register at the Houston
County Annex building on Carl
Vinson Parkway or at the Warner
Robins City Hall on Watson
Boulevard from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Residents can also register at the
Kroger on Russell Parkway seven
days a week from 9 a.m. until 10
p.m.
•In Centerville, registrations are
taken at the Centerville City Hall
on Houston Lake Boulevard from
8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Registered voters who have
moved and have not changed their
address with the Board of Elections
office can go to any of the above
locations and fill out a change of
address card. The last day to turn in
a change for the upcoming July 19
election is also June 20.
For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823
Sports
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Wednesday, June 15, 1994
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to the satisfaction of the lifeguard
arc allowed to stay without parental
supervision.
•Houston Lake Country Club’s
Players’ production strikes funny bone
By PAULINE LEWIS
Staff writer
Don't miss seeing "Arsenic and
Old Lace," the current production of
Perry Players. It is one of the fun
niest murder comedies you'll ever
want to see.
(Next performances arc June 16-
18 at 8 p.m. each evening. (Call
987-5354 for reservations.)
The play, a hit for Broadway and
Hollywood in the early 19405, was
written by Joseph Kesselring, and
has everything you can imagine in
a well-written comedy/murder mys
tery.
The Brewster sisters, Abby and
Martha, sweet, genteel, little old
ladies, have a knack for inviting
elderly gentlemen in for tea, con
versation and lodging.
Upon finding that their guests are
lonely and with no relatives, they
offer them a drink of their home
made elderberry wine which is well
laced with poison (according to
Martha, "1 teaspoon arsenic, 1/2
teaspoon of strychnine and just a
pinch of cyanide to one gallon of
elderberry wine".)
Their nephew, Mortimer, a theater
critic who lives upstairs, is horri
fied when he discovers a body in the
window seat - a Mr. Hoskins.
Mortimer is more horrified, when
the aunts tell him that there are 12
bodies buried in the basement.
Mortimer’s nutty brother, Teddy,
lives upstairs and thinks he is
Teddy Roosevelt, blows his trum
pet and charges up the stairs, his
"San Juan Hill" ever so often. He
carries the "yellow fever victims"
downstairs and buries them in the
"Panama Canal" which he has dug.
The ladies are accustomed to dress
ing in their black mourning outfits,
taking turns reading the services for
their victims and placing flowers on
the graves from time to time.
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pool is open from 10 a.m. until 6
p.m. daily with a lifeguard on duty.
From 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. mem
bers swim at their own risk with no
Mortimer, engaged to the parson's
daughter who lives just across the
church cemetery from the
Brewsters, is beside himself with
what to do about the murders and
decides to throw the blame on
Teddy and have him committed.
Mortimer's fiancee is distraught
over Mortimer's strange behavior
toward her - he tries to send her
home to get her out of the way
while he tries to protect the aunts
Jonathan, brother of Teddy and
Mortimer, is a shady character
wanted by the law. He is involved
in illicit plastic surgery with a
stout German, Dr. Einstein, and
one operation on his face has left
Jonathan looking like Boris
Karloff.
This unsavory couple shows up
unexpectedly with a very dead body,
a Mr. Spenalzo, which they try to
dispose of in Teddy's "Panama
Canal" for Mr. Hoskins, which Dr.
Einstein discovered.
In the meantime, policemen are
in and out of the home in response
to complaints about Teddy's bugle
blowing and charges up "San Juan
Hill".at all hours during the night.
Jonathan thinks his grandfather's
old laboratory upstairs, where he
made patent medicine, can be turned
into an operating room for perform
ing plastic surgery on wanted crim
inals.
Mortimer is determined to get
Jonathan and Dr. Einstein out of
the house after he discovers Mr.
Spenalzo's body in the same win
dow seat very recently occupied by
Mr. Hoskins, "a Methodist", ac
cording to Aunt Abby. She vowed
that she would not say services over
a "foreigner" when Mortimer
showed her the latest corpse in the
window seal.
Mortimer relates to Dr. Einstein
Perry, Georgia -50 Cents
lifeguard present.
Members swim for free and
guests are accounted for on the
monthly bill.
the details of a play he has just re
viewed which had a dumb plot:
the main character sat with his back
to men who took the window cords
and tied him to the chair and stuffed
his mouth. As he finished relating
this plot, his brother Jonathan got
the window cords and, with Dr.
Einstein's assistance, proceeded to
tie up Mortimer and stuff his
mouth.
A policeman, who had "tricked"
Mortimer into meeting him for the
purpose of helping him to write a
story, came in to complain that
Mortimer had stood him up, and
completely ignored the fact that
Mortimer was tied up. A couple of
other policemen came in response
to Teddy's bugle blowing and
Lieutenant Rooney of the police
force came in and took charge of af
fairs.
In the meantime, Mortimer had
been busy contacting Mr.
Witherspoon of the Happy Dale
Home and getting Teddy to sign
documents that would make Teddy a
resident of Happy Dale. The ladies,
Aunt Abbie and Aunt Martha, de
cide to go with Teddy. They sign
the papers, Mortimer signs as next
of kin, Dr. Einstein signs as a med
ical doctor, and, after several twists
and turns, the play comes to a sur
prise ending which the audience ap
plauded vigorously, and warmly
congratulated the members of the
cast afterward.
All members of the cast gave ex
cellent performances. You must
see the play to realize how good
they really are.
The cast consists of the following
17 people:
Abby Brewster (Gale Weems),
The Rev. Dr. Harper (Robert
Tawse), Teddy Brewster (Jim
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