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Perry, Ga.
.this week
Volume 125—N0. 78—18 Pages
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1994
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With the Thanksgiving holiday
this week, all local
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News
'Tis the season...
Christmas is just around the
corner and the local chamber
is busy planning the annual
Christmas at the Crossroads
Festival. See the story on Page
3A.
Sports
He's got heart
The Hornets advanced to the
GISA semi-finals this week
end with a 28-0 win over
Brentwood, thanks to a large
part in the smali out gutsy Hor
net Brian Staines who pulled
his team out of a hole. See the
details on Page BA.
Them dirty dogs!
The Perry Bulldogs, a recretion
league soccer team, were
crowned champions in the
Under 10 soccer league of the
13th Annual Kiwartis Bowl last
weekend. See the story on
Page BA.
Family
Fighting fires
The daughter of aKathleen
couple spent the summerfight
ing forest fires with the Army.
See the sto?y on Page 18.
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy
is extended to the families of
those who recently died. They
include: James L. Bedsole,
Warner Robins; James Bruce
Davis, Perry; Harry P. Hancock
Jr., Augusta; Willie B. Colbert,
Atlanta; Earl F. Lewis, Perry;
Susan Hall Sentowski, Hudson,
FI.; John Arvle Coffman, Perry.
See details page 2A.
Houston Times-Mmol
Community leader ; Earl Lewis, dies at age 80
By PAULINE LEWIS
Society Editor
Perry has lost one of its
staunchest supporters in the death
of Mr. Earl F. Lewis, 80, on
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1994.
A native of Havana, Florida, he
had lived in Perry since 1949. In
1950, he built and moved into his
home at 1204 Beckham Circle with
his wife, Christine W. Lewis, and
their sons, Stanley and the late
Frederick (Freddie) Lewis.
Mr. Earl was an Army Veteran of
World War 11, a member of the
American Legion and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars (VFW). He was a
retired owner and operator of Lewis
Truck and Tractor and enjoyed his
cabin and lake along Elko Road.
He had been a member of the
Perry United Methodist Church
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Students in the pre-kindergarten class at Kings Chapel Elementary celebrated
Thanksgiving early this week with a dinner at school. The students invited a very
special guest, school employee Floyd Stripling, center, to join in the feast. Pictured
with Stripling are two students from Mrs. Hunt's class, Toshonda Lane and Ashley
Cawthon.
Extras needed for filming of movie
Extras of all ages, shapes and
sizes are needed for a new Warner
Bros, film to be shot at the Agri
center during mid-January.
The film is "The Kings of
Carolina" and stars Julia Roberts,
Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands,
Kyra Sedgwick and Dennis Quaid.
The story takes place in current
times and centers around a family
who owns a. >orse farm in the..
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Members of the Georgia state FFA nursery/landscape team (PHS FFA) met with the
Career Development Event sponsor representatives, (l-r) Richard Anderson, Kubota
Tractor Corp. of Compton, Calif., Carl L. Meyer, American Association of Nursery
men/Wholesale Nursery Growers of America, Inc. of Washington D.C. and Allen
Smith, Valent USA Corp. of Walnut Creek, Calif. The team, composed of Hillary
Smith, Nathan Long, Steven Franklin and alternate, Carey Fairchild, accompanied by
their advisor/coach, Argene Claxton, was one of 44 teams participating in the Na
tional FFA Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event at the 67th National FFA
Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, City of Perry and the State of Georgia
since 1949 where he was a past
Trustee, past Administrative Board
Chairman and past President of die
Howell Cobb Sunday School
Class.
Mr. Lewis was very active in
community affairs, holding many
offices and receiving awards and
citations, the latest from Mayor
Jim Worrall.
He was Past President of the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce, Past
President of the Perry Kiwanis
Club, Past President of the Georgia
Farm Equipment Association, Man
of the Year of Kiwanis in 1984 and
was currently Chairman of the
Perry Housing Authority and
Chairman of the Perry Kiwanis
Club’s Scholarship Program.
Neighbor since 1950 and fellow
Kiwanian, Van Johnson said, “He
south.
Approximately 2,000 extras will
be needed for a horse show scene in
the stadium. A number of extras
may work up to seven days on the
film, approximately 12 hours each
day. Extras will earn a minimum of
SSO per day and up to S6O for a 12
hour day.
Anyone interested in possibly
working as a paid extra, please
was a fine, Christian gentleman.
He has been my neighbor since
1950. He was friendly, loved
people, and I never heard him say
an unkind word about anyone.”
Dr. Marcus Trip, Earl’s pastor,
said, “Earl Lewis was a strong
leader in this church for many
years. He was concerned for every
part of the church’s life. It was a
pleasure to see the love he had for
his family and the love of his
family for him.”
Fellow Kiwanian, Dr. Deryle
Whipple, said of Earl, “He was a
solid friend to lots of people and
had the satisfaction of enjoying his
place on Elko Road.”
Robert Brown, also a Kiwanian,
but who worked with Earl at the
Perry Housing Authority, of which
Earl was Chairman of the Board,
submit a current color snapshot
(Polaroid is fine), height, weight,
address and phone number, some
thing about your hobbies, skills,
occupation and schooling and make
model and color of your automobile
to Warner Bros. Casting, 182 Sea
Island Parkway #5lO, Beaufort,
S.C. 29902.
No phone calls, please, and pho
tos will not be returned.
said of him,
“I have worked the last couple of
years with him. He was a good
man, dedicated to the community.
He had served on the board for 10-
15 years. He will be missed. He
sat across from me at Kiwanis and
was not too outspoken, but people
listened when he spoke.”
Steve and Grace Pace said, “We
met Chris and Earl in church when
we first moved to Perry in the late
60’s. He was always so friendly to
us as newcomers. We sat near
Chris and Earl in church. They
were very faithful in attending
morning and evening worship. He
was always a faithful Christian
gentleman. We have missed him
since he’s been sick.”
Mike Drake Headmaster at
Please see LEWIS, page 10A
Libraries will not
close, according
to Robins mayor
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
News Editor
Warner Robins Mayor Donald
Walker said this week that negotia
tions are taking place to create a
new funding formula to determine
how much each government in the
county will contribute to the
county library system.
"We don't want anyone to think
the library is going to close because
that is not going to happen,”
Mayor Walker said.
Since Warner Robins City Coun
cil recently announced they would
decrease their share of funding for
the county library system, the
future of all three libraries in
Houston County has been in
question.
Warner Robins officials an
nounced recently that they plan to
reduce the funding they pay the
county library system by 20 percent
each year for the next five years, ef
fective at the 1995 budget year.
"This won't just affect the Warner
Robins library, it will affect the li
brary in Perry and Centerville also,"
according to Judy Golden, director
of the Perry library. Golden said
that state funds provide a huge por
tion of the revenue the county li
brary system spends, but the state
follows a formula that determines
the amount they provide the library
system by how much the local
governments provide.
The decision made by Warner
Robins to cut the funding the
provide the county library system is
not new. According to Golden,
Warner Robins officials decided to
cut their funding six years ago, then
backed down. Although the formula
FFA team places first
at national competition
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
News Editor
Each year, FFA students at Perry
High prepare for state competitions
in hopes of getting a shot to partic
ipate in the organization's national
competition held each year in
Kansas City, Mo.
Although Perry has sent individu
als and teams to the national
competition, none have ever won
first place-until this year.
That team was the nurs
ery/landscape team consisting of
Hillary Smith, Nathan Long,
Steven Franklin and alternate Carey
Faircloth.
"We're very proud of the team,"
said Instructor Argene Claxton.
"The worked very hard. We had to
get plant material from all over the
country to study. The competition
was difficult and the second place
team only scored six points less
thtui ours."
Claxton added that in the 1987 na
Index to Features
Classified 8B Lewis 1B
Deaths 2A Loudermilk 4A
Family 1B Sports 8A
Legals 5B Social news 1B
Letters 4A Remember when4A
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Earl F. Lewis
See related letter
on Page 4A
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used to determine funding is set on
a per capita basis, Warner Robins is
the only source that did not increase
their funding last ye;u.
Mayor Walker stated the council
didn't want to meet their funding
commitment earlier, but since
they've changed their fiscal year
from beginning in January to June,
there will be "plenty of time" to
work out a solution lo correct "just
.mother inequity." He also stated
that the ietter he wrote stating the
city would cut funding by 20
percent was written in an effort to
start negotiations.
"We don't care what formula is
used to decide how much each gov
ernment will provide to the system,
just as long as we can continue to
operate. If the four agencies want to
get together and come up with a
new funding formula that is fine
with us," Golden said. The formula
used to determine funding from the
area cities and the county was de
veloped 20 years ago.
"The public has been very sup
portive since this began," Golden
said, adding that the City of Perry
has always supported the library.
"We're not going to let our library
close, but we can't afford to pay
Warner Robins' share of the fund
ing," Perry Mayor James E. Wor
rall said last week.
"We've always supported the li
brary and have helped them out
often. Besides the obvious values,
Please see LIBRARIES, page 10A
tional competition, some individu
als from Perry High were on a team
with students from other schools
that placed first in a forestry con
test, but this is the first Perry team
to bring home a first place award in
national competition.
Contestants had to complete a
general knowledge extun, then were
tested on general plant anatomy,
growing media and landscape design
and maintenance and completed a
landscape practicuin involving
plant propagation, a landscape plan
and identification of phuit disorders.
Besides the team winning first
place, Franklin received top billing
in die top ten individuals and Smith
placed fifth.
The event was sponsored by
CHIPCO Specialty Products, Kub
ota Tractor Corporation, Valent
USA Corporation, American Asso
ciation of Nurserymen, Inc. and
Wholesale Nursery Growers of
America.
