Newspaper Page Text
C
Perry, Ga.
this week
Volume 125—N0. 72—14 Pages
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12,1994
50 CENTS
Don't forget!
Shriners selling BBQ
Members of the local Shrine
Club will be selling their fa
mous barbeque plates this Fri
day. The fall fund-raiser helps
the club raise money for their
many projects including help
for burn victims.
Plates will be available for $4
each at the Shrine BBQ pit
located on Cortney Hodges
Boulevard. Each plate will con
sist of pork barbeque, pickle,
slaw, chips, bread and a cookie.
Fall revival to kick off
Second Memorial Baptist
Church, 1845 Kings Chapel
Rd., will conduct Fall Revival
Services Oct. 16-19. The ser
vices will begin with the 11
a.m. service Sunday and con
tinue at 7 p.m. on week nights.
The Rev. Fred McCoy is the
guest speaker. For more infor
mation on the revival, call the
church at 987-4803
News
-- - -
New officers
The Tahseria Club installed
thier 1994-95 officers at their
September meeting. Page2A.
Perry Potpourri
Get caught up on what's hap
pening in Perry—the new
births, the honors, the comings
and the goings. Page 18.
New Beginnings
The Rehoboth Baptist Church
will hold a revival Oct. 16-19
centered around the message
of new beginnings. Page 18.
Skateboard thrills
Becky Yeatman of the Perry
Library arranged for the Pencil
Factory Skateboard Show
Team to hold a demonstration
for the library's young readers.
Page 28.
Flu shots offered
The Andrew United Methodist
Church in Kathleen hates the
flu, but loves Chicken. The
church invites the public *o a
free chicken dinner. Afterwards
the Houston County Health
Department will give flu shots
to adults who want them. Page
28.
Sports
Team meets
The 1974 Westfield Hornet
football team will hold a 20th
anniversy meeting. The team
finished the regular season
with a perfect 1 0-0 mark. Page
6A.
Friday night's action
Westfield opened their region
schedule with a 28-6 win over
Windsor Academy in Macon
Up next is defending state
champion Stratford. Perry lost
their first region game to West
Laurens 18-0. Page 6A.
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy
is extended to the families of
those who recently died. They
include: Johnnie Holland,
Russell Clark Sr., Dorthy Davis
Houser, Herman George
Robertson and Myrtle Louise
Rowe Rawlins. See details
page 2A.
X still time
to enjoy fair! 4A
Houston Times- Journal
4*“ t VT ■r' > -Km £
WB jPm MB? a i 4§§Prr .
MM mUffr Ik 1 SBF A 1 Ip§r H tfOyA Mr
Mp yHk A rS mKw ji fflfK . jjHB&wBM.
’Py TUBBMiW iSHk jjgtffr, mm r */V mlMk HfUfll■%
'OW&O' . .** RISr
f I.* Jr I '' fm- '~BKBBBBBBB6H&l6&&i
Perry Elementary students got in the mood for the fair early Saturday, taking part in
the Farm-Cities Day parade from Perry City Hall to the Fairgrounds.
HP
. .rjkl
A JKK .
£ * * 4
Everyone loves a clown, from Perry's Michelle Robertson (Ms. Money) to Dunebuggy
the Clown. Kids gather round, and merriment abounds during as the clowns walk
past during the Farm-City Parade which marks the first Saturday of the Fair.
Opening day at fair is called best ever
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The first weekend of the Georgia
National Fair was a record breaking
event, said Michael Froehlich, ex
ecutive director of the fair.
Although Froehlich said the fi
nal numbers were not in, the pre
liminary numbers indicated that
Friday's opening was the biggest
the fair had in the five years of its
history. He added that Saturday's
preliminary attendance figures
showed that day was also a record
breaker.
Froehlich said that fair personnel
did a survey of license plates on
Students select 15 girls to represent PHS at homecoming
Perry High students named the
Homecoming Court in voting at the
school this week. Fifteen young
ladies have been selected to
represent their respective classes.
For the senior class are Katherine
Blount, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Blount; Felicia Anderson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Anderson; Robin Griffin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Griffin;
Jill Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kennedy; and Jill
Mullins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kim Mullins. From the senior
court, students will name the 1994
queen.
For the junior class,
x > y; -' ' ■■•-• ••■ -.;. -y■
National Fair
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Football season in full swing
Perry will beat Dodge Co?
Columnist Phil Clark predicts the games — 7A
j'JkWi ~
cars parked at the fair Sunday and
counted cars from 99 different coun
ties and 28 different states. He said
that cars were in the parking lot
from states as far away as Alaska,
Oregon, California, Maine and
South Dakota.
"It's amazing,” said Froehlich.
"The word is spreading. Each year
the fair continues to grow.
"The fair has been great the first
weekend," said Froehlich. "The en
tries are way up in all areas."
Froehlich said that Monday's
rain did hamper attendance; but, he
pointed out that many of the things
that were at the fair were indoors.
representatives include Tamesha
Hickey, daughter of Ms. Donna
Faye Perry; Jada Releford,
daughter of Ms. Alice Releford;
Hillary Smith, daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Luke Smith; and Shameka
Smith, daughter of Mrs. Beulah
Smith.
From the sophomore class are
Allyson Barrett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Lee; Shirquon
Robinson, daughter of Ms. Teresa
Green; and Molly Tripp, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Marcus Tripp.
For the freshman class are
Christy Fowler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Fowler; Sabrina
Sinyard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
He added that the midway rides
would be in operation unless there
was a heavy downpour, lightening
or high winds.
"Come on out," said Froehlich.
"Don't let the bad weather hold you
back. We continually say that there
is something for everybody at the
fair."
Upcoming days af the fair in
clude a pay one price day at the fair
Wednesday and Thursday. After get
ting in the fair, customers can pay
$lO and ride the midway rides as
many times as they want. Also,
Billy Ray Cyrus will be performing
at the fair Saturday night.
Roy Sinyard; and Katie Stephens,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Stephens.
Court representatives are the
result of popular voting. Each
ballot lists the names of all girls in
a specific grade. All students circle
the prescribed number of names for
their class. Homeroom teachers for
each grade tally the votes.
Homecoming will take place
October 14 at Perry High School
with a mini-parade that afternoon
on campus, plus the game and
annual festivities that night.
Reigning over the events will be
the newly-selected queen, king and
court, which will be announced
Board dedicates
school library to
former educator
By PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education met on Tuesday, Oct. 11,
1994, at the Perry High School
Library where they honored L.
Cohen Walker by naming the Perry
High School library after him.
Walker, a former board member
and chairman, was honored for his
20 years of service with the board
and his lifetime of work for the
betterment of youth. A plaque was
placed in the library in his honor.
Board Chairman Zell Blackmon
introduced County School
Superintendent Tony Hinnant, who
told of the many-faceted life of the
honoree, Cohen Walker. Walker’s
service to the educational system,
to agriculture, farming equipment
and supplies, his civic work with
the Kiwanis Club and his devoted
work with the Perry United
Methodist Church were enumerated.
His response was typical of
Walker—short, simple and to the
point—few words and a simple
“thank you."
His wife, Hilda, and their four
children were present.
Other actions were taken during
the regular board meeting at the
City asking for public's help
in an effort to reopen landfill
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Perry is attempting to re-open
its landfill on Nov. 1, said Hugh
Sharp, city public works superin
tendent. However, it is going to
take a little cooperation from
Perry's residents.
However, the city will open the
landfill as a inert landfill, meaning
the city will only accept items such
as limbs, grass clippings, and other
yard wastes into the landfill. The
only manmade items allowed in the
landfill, said Sharp, are concrete,
cured asphalt and bricks.
Sharp said re-opening the landfill
for inert materials would save two
thirds of what the city pays in tip
ping fees at the county landfill.
Currently, the city pays $60,000 to
use the county's landfill, so open
ing the landfill will save the city
around $40,000.
Sharp said the landfill would
also be used as staging area for ap
pliances and other metals for recy
cling, even though they could not
go into the landfill.
While the city is planning to re
open the landfill, the city is not
planning to man the landfill on a
round-the-clock basis, said Sharp.
And, because there will not be a
full-time person at the landfill, the
city will not be able to separate the
waste at the landfill, requiring resi
dents to separate the trash at the
curbside pickup point.
Sharp said that unseparated trash
will not be picked up. Residents
following further balloting at the
school, according to faculty
spokespersons.
Crowning this year's winner will
be Miss Lena Wynn, 1994
Homecoming Queen. Miss Wynn,
currently a college student, is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Milton
Wynn.
During half-time at the Perry-
Dodge County game, the
representatives and their escorts
will be recognized. The finale will
be the crowning of the new queen.
For the game, the young ladies and
their escorts will sit on the queen's
float.
Index to Features
Classified 6B Deaths 2A
Family 1B Police 3A
Legals 3B Veto Roley 4A
Letters 4A Sports 6A
Pauline Lewis 1B Editorials 4A
BOE Building:
Dr. Thomas Locke of Warner
Robins and several others made
impassioned pleas for the Board to
have tlie Warner Robins Band cease
playing “Dixie”.
Blackmon stated that each board
member had been contacted for their
opinion and they unanimously
decided to support the decision of
the Warner Robins High School
students to keep “Dixie” on their
band agenda. He further stated that
the Board was not in the business
of making such decisions .
The new schools may not be
ready to open in the Fall, 1995.
Plans are going ahead to designate
which students will attend the new
schools, and they will operate as
schools within the present schools.
Temporary buildings may be used
to accommodate the situation until
the new schools are completed.
The contract calls for the buildings
to be completed by Fall, 1995.
Donnie Free presented a chart to
the Board showing three parcels of
land with entrances, sewer systems
and water for possible sites of
future schools in South Houston.
will have one week to separate the
trash, and it will be picked up the
next time the trucks run. He added
that residents who did not separate
the trash would be responsible for
the trash's removal.
There are at least seven other
problems that could prevent trash
from being picked up, said Sharp,
in addition to not having it sepa
rated.
First, only residents are allowed
Please see LANDFILL, Page 8A
City is offering
special on gas
The City of Perry will pay cus
tomers a $l5O rebate if they switch
from electricity to heat their water
to gas, announced Harold Deal, the
city's utility supervisor.
"Our natural gas system is used
at its peak during the winter
months when heating requirements
are at the highest," said Deal. "Gas
water heating offers the solution of
year-round gas load and better use of
the city’s gas system.
"The program is really simple,"
said Deal. "Right now, when a cus
tomer converts an electric water
heater to a natural gas water heater,
we'll write you a check for $l5O to
help cover the cost.”
Deal said the problem was for a
limited time. Anyone willing to
participate should come by the util
ity department or call 987-1911.
An addition to the events is the
selection of a king, a proposal by
the senior class last year. For the
king selection, all students will
vote on young men from the
twelfth grade. On the morning of
homecoming, the top five will be
announced. At the dance that night,
the king will be crowned.
"We urge the community to be
involved in our celebrations," said
a staff member. Former
homecoming queens will be
recognized in pre-game festivities,
which will also feature a
performance by the members of the
high school's summer cheerleading
clinic.