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Volume 125, No. 37
2 Sections, 18 Pages
Wednesday
Sept 6,1995
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At the
Crossroads
this week
Lamb show on
schedule
The Farm Credit Lamb
Classic will be held at the
Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
Sept. 8-9.
Wesleyan College will
host a hunter-jumper show
Sept. 9-10.
Blood drives
coming
Dan Callahan, chairman
of the blood procurement
committee for the Houston-
Middle Georgia Chapter of
the American Red Cross,
has announced bloodmobile
dates for September.
Sept. 8 Robins Air
Force Base I, II and 111. I is
at Smith Community Center,
II is Building 301 while 111
is Building 110. The drive
will be from noon-4 p.m.
Sept. 19 Perry com
munity drive, CB&T Bank,
Main Street in Perry, noon-5
p.m.
Sept. 21 Macon
County community drive,
National Guard Armory,
Vienna Highway,
Montezuma, 12:30-6 p.m.
Sept. 25 Trinity
United Methodist Church,
129 S. Houston Road,
Warner Robins, 3-7 p.m.
Restaurants pass
None of the five restau
rants inspected recently by
the Houston County Health
Department failed the test.
Inspected were:
China Palace Too, 112 N.
First St., Warner Robins, 86.
Gathering Place, 536 N.
Davis Drive, Warner
Robins, 100.
Holiday Inn Restaurant,
2024 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, 89.
Holiday Inn-Fizz
Lounge, 2024 Watson Blvd.,
Warner Robins, 100.
Paradise Inn Cafe, 136
Long St., Warner Robins,
80.
Invitation to Enter
Parade
The Georgia National
Fair Farm/City Days Parade
is coming soon, and it is not
too late to be a part of this
fun parade set for Oct. 7, at
11 a.m. It starts in down
town Perry and ends up at
the Georgia National
Fairgrounds.
The parade is a special
part of the Georgia National
Fairs and for the sixth year
in a row, members of the
Perry Kiwanis Club are
hosting the parade.
The Farm/City Days
Parade will be made up of
floats, carnival units, bands,
big and small trucks, antique
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READY TO ACT Members of the Perry Players cast include (from left) Bill O’Neal, Abby
Asanders, Mark Strandburg, Kiersten Bush and John Murphy.
Pump Boys and Dinettes opens Sept. 8
Show is first country musical for Perry Players
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The Perry Players will be presenting “Pump Boys
and Dinettes” Sept. 8-17 at their theater at 909 Main
St.
Director Carol Strandburg said the musical review
is set in a small town and is a “slice of life in the day
of three gas station attendants and two girls who work
in a diner.”
“It’s southern in nature,” she added. “It’s our first
stab at doing something with a country theme.”
Strandburg said the New Perry Hotel and Davis
Company sponsored the effort and provided the
Players with a lot of memorabilia to be used in the
production.
“They lent us things used in service stations and
restaurants during the time period the review is set in.
County eyes then tables
leave policy change
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Houston County commission
ers tabled a request to make a
change in policy regarding annual
leave for county employees dur
ing their Sept. 5 meeting in Perry.
Harold Wilson, personnel direc
tor, told commissioners current pol
icy allows employees to carry over
a total of 240 annual leave hours on
their anniversary date. Accrued
hours over 240 are forfeited.
According to Wilson, 42
employees could lose annual
leave if not taken prior to this
date.
He requested these excess
hours be transferred to sick leave.
Commissioner Jim Carter
expressed concern that employees
are not taking their vacation time.
“We need to encourage these
vacations,” he said. “My concern
is we have 42 people who may
lose their vacation and I’m not
going to vote against them.”
Commissioner Jay Walker
noted that “sick leave accumulat
ed at retirement could be paid to
the employee.”
The matter is expected to come
before the group again at their
next meeting to be held in Warner
Robins Sept. 18.
Merchants taking deliveries of Christmas lights
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
Participation by city merchants in a pro
motion campaign to capitalize on visitors to
the Wonderland in Lights show at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter has taken a major step forward.
Several merchants took delivery this
week of lights they purchased through the
same company which began delivery of
lights to the Fairgrounds Sept. 1.
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce light
project chairman Mike Jackson said partici
pation and interest remains strong in the
Celebrating 125 years of service to the citizens of Houston County
We try to keep it as authentic as we possibly can,” she
said.
The cast is made up of Mark Strandburg as
Jackson, Bill O’Neal as L.M., Abby Sanders as
Prudie Cupp, Kiersten Bush as Rhetta Cupp and John
Murphy as Jim.
A five-piece band will provide musical accompa
niment. Members of the band are: Craig Coleman,
Bryan Rowell, Doug Williams and Dean Roberson.
Crew members are: Donna Hooper, musical direc
tor; Annette Pollard, producer; Terri Sheffield, stage
manager; Billie Baker, props; Ryan Popken, Jim
Boyd, Tom Saul and Marianne Swank, set construc
tion; Marianne Swank, set dressing; Linda Galloway,
programs and Carol Ross, angel.
For ticket information call Richard Smith at 987-
3277.
Also during the meeting, the
group approved a list to be sub
mitted to the Department of
Transportation as the first step
seeking funding from the Local
Assistance Road Program for this
upcoming year’s proposed resur
facing projects.
The list, from high to lower pri
ority, includes portions or all of
Heritage Drive, Ellis Road,
Houston Lake Road, Moss Oaks
Road, Smokerise Drive, Waldorf
Drive, Culpepper Road,
Devereaux Drive, Franklin Road,
Lake Placid Drive, Lamar Drive,
Conley Drive, Moody Road,
Airport Road, Quail Run Drive,
Whippoorwill Drive, Talton Road
and Grovania Road.
Mark Schlag, vice-president of
the Trendline Home Fashions
plant in Perry, was approved to fill
a position on the Planning and
Zoning Board vacated by Steve
Howard.
This is a four-year term.
Commissioners also OK’d the
closing and removal of a parking
area located in front of Gate 4 at
Robins Air Force Base.
Base officials indicated they
would like this area closed due to
appearance, security and safety
concerns.
project. Leaders hope to
light the downtown
area, and business areas
along Courtney Hodges
and Sam Nunn boule
vards this year.
Lights are expected
to be installed beginning
Oct. 1.
The light show at the
Agricentcr will open
Nov. 20 and continue
for 42 evenings, accord-
ing to Michael Frochlich, director of the
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City, county have different
opinions on fringe area study
Stafford offers new taxing plan to divide funds
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
While they may not agree on just how to carry
it out, Perry and Houston County officials do think
dialogue is the route to take when it comes to
planning future development in and around Perry.
The two sides got together Aug. 31 at the Perry
Community Center to discuss a fringe area study
done for the city of Perry by Jordan, Jones &
Goulding, Inc., an Athens consulting firm.
Two days later, Houston County Commission
Chairman J. Sherrill Stafford, proposed four spe
cial tax districts for the county. These districts
would help solve some of the problems brought
out in the study.
One of those problems is the availability of ser
vices to persons living in the fringe and farther out
areas.
Stafford pointed out that property taxes could
be reduced if the county could have an additional
one cent sales tax approved.
The Board of Education has a one cent sales
tax.
Stafford said such a tax could generate around
$lO million, making it possible to lower property
taxes.
The chairman also raised the possibility of
dividing the county into three or four service areas
with the various governmental entities agreeing to
provide various services for each.
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Jackson
Perryan to head
State Forestry
Commission
Westmoreland replaces Mixon
Special to the Times-Journal
MACON David L.
Westmoreland of Perry has been
appointed director of the Georgia
Forestry Commission to succeed
John W. Mixon.
Mixon recently retired after a
34-vear career with the state
agency, commission spokesman
Howard Bennett said.
Westmoreland, who began his
career with the commission by
fighting forest wildfires with a
tractor-plow in Crisp County dur
ing 1962, rose rapidly to key posi
tions in the organization.
He was named to the top post
following service as deputy direc
tor for the past 10 years, Bennett
said.
A native of Coweta County,
Westmoreland is a graduate of
Auburn University with a degree
in forest management. Following
his initial assignment in Crisp
County, he was named ranger of
the Thomas County unit.
Other positions he has held
include management forester of
the Albany district, area forester
at Perry, district forester at
Macon, assistant chief of forest
administration, field supervisor of
region two, and chief of forest
protection.
Bennett said Westmoreland
supervised the commission’s
statewide forfcst fire suppression
and fire prevention effort when he
was in charge of forest protection.
Westmoreland also adminis-
Agricenter.
He and Ron Orr, owner of Holiday
Designs of Gainesville, anticipate from
30,000-40,000 cars will visit the Agricenter
during the show.
The Chamber committee is attempting to
bring as many of those vehicles into the
business district as possible.
During a Sept. 5 meeting, many mer
chants committed to support of a publicity
fund which will purchase advertising in area
media. According to Bob Hendrix, a com
mittee member, the media purchases for the
1995 season will concentrate on the imme
Index
Classified 108 Obituaries A 2
Church 8B Potpourri B 1
Editorials A 4 Sports A 6
Legal Ads 4B
The Georgia National Fair
opens Oct. 6.
DAVID WESTMORELAND
New State Agency Head
tered fire defense programs car
ried out by more than 100 county
units, air detection operations,
communications, fire weather and
other activities necessary to pro
tect the more than 24 million
acres of forests in Georgia.
Mixon said, “David
Westmoreland is a very knowl
edgeable and professional forester
and an excellent administrator.
The Forestry Commission will
definitely continue to move for
ward under his leadership.”
Westmoreland and his wife,
Doris, have two sons and one
grandson.
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“They
would have
to determine
how the
boundaries
would be
drawn by
having good
discussion,”
he said.
He gave
examples,
;such as areas
Stafford
north and west of Centerville, as being “a good
area to be in their district.” ...
Warner Robins would look to cover some areas
in all four directions.
“There would be a question of where Perry and
Warner Robins would meet,” he added.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall agrees this should be
looked at closely.
“Yes, it ought to be explored. It has a lot of
potential to solve problems without getting into
annexation,” said the mayor. “Having service dis
tricts might solve problems in helping to keep
county growth organized.
Worrall said he thinks the matter will become a
serious topic of discussion between governmental
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diate area of central Georgia.
The goal of the promotion, he said, is to
encourage visitors to the light show to expe
rience Perry and return to the community
again.
Several store owners have discussed
extended business hours for the and
a committee is working to secure entertain
ment for several evenings during the pro
motion, which will coincide with the annual
Christmas at the Crossroads festival.
Merchants and chamber leaders continue
to meet each Tuesday at 8 a.m. at the con
ference room of CB&T Bank jn Perry.
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