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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.