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tives of the Agricenter and FMCA
looked on as Probate Judge
Frances Annis signed and sealed a
statement of authenticity stating
these facts on March 28.
A letter being submitted with
the statement reads in part, “The
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter, the Family Motor
Population
members by their tow vehicles
that sported front end tow devices.
Traffic did not pose as much of
a problem as it could have and
Capt. Bill Phelps of the Perry
Police Department credits obser
vance of how other towns have
coped with the influx of vehicles
during a FMCA rally
Phelps, along with several
other community leaders, visited
Minot, N.D., last year during the
Food
Kings Chapel Road, Perry, 69. Problems with
temperature control of food and equipment
were resolved while the inspector was present.
Houston County High School, 920 Ga. 96,79.
Kentucky Fried Chicken, 409 N. Davis
Drive, Warner Robins, 61. Problems with
equipment and storage of cleaning supplies
were resolved while the inspector was present.
Dogwood
curtailed attendance and activities
planned for Rozar Park. The tennis
tournament was called. The only
two activities that continued were
the pet parade and the softball
tournament. There were only
seven dog pet entries in the five
categories in the pet parade.
The food vendors were hurt
both days as were the snack-type
food vendors, Nikitopoulos said.
The cool weather, combined with
Response
beat.”
Elizabeth Flowers, owner-man
ager of Impressions, said,”We
were delighted with them.
Business was brisk. Lots of people
came in. We had.a positive reac
tion' toward them.”
Chuck Ramsdale, at the Perry
Bookstore, said that they had extra
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Coach Association, and the City of
Perry, Georgia, have a superlative
we feel worthy of inclusion in the
1997 edition of The Guinness
Book of Records. During the 21st
Annual Winter International
Convention for the Family Motor
Coach Association (March 26-28,
1996), 6,632 motor coaches were
FMCA summer convention.
“Everything went very, very
well. The Houston County
Sheriff’s Department, along with
our department and the Georgia
State Patrol, did an excellent job
of directing traffic,” said Phelps.
Perry Police Chief George
Potter agreed, saying, “I think
everything was 99.9 percent effec
tive. The only downside was the
weather. These people were a
Peachbelt Child and Family Counseling
Services, 940 A Ga. 96, Warner Robins, 89. A
problem with equipment was resolved while
the inspector was present.
Perdue Elementary School, Ga. 96, Warner
Robins, 99.
Phoenix House, 940 Ga. 96, Warner Robins, 89.
Quincy’s, 1413 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, 95.
the rain-reduced crowd, hurt ven
dor sales.
1 But, despite the rain damage to
the programs at Rozar Park,
Nikitopoulos said that the vendors,
some of them first-timers, said that
they will be back next year.
One visitor was a 98-year-old
woman, Mrs. Blackmore, her son
George Blackmore and his wife,
Mabel, from Altamonte Springs,
Fla.,who were motor home
people in the bookstore. Lots came
to browse and bought lots of cards
and some made purchases. Others
said that they will stop in to make
purchases on their way back
through JPerry.” . . .
Craig Oplinger of Wendy’s
said” Great! Definitely an increase
in business - 20 percent. We hope
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registered for this convention at
the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter and the City of
Perry, Georgia. This is the largest
gathering of motor coaches at one
place, at one time.”
Pierce said her group was very
happy with the accommodations
found in Perry at the Agricenter.
great addition to the town.”
“I think it’s great, we had
12,000 bona fide tourists in town,”
said Bill Westbrook, director of
the Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau. “I’m really proud
of the C&VB staff. As Winston
Churchill said ‘Never has so few
done so much for so many.’”
“These were a great group of
folks,” said Perry Mayor Jim
Worrall “And, every merchant I
campers at the Agricenter.
The 98-year-old mama decided
that she wanted to stay over for the
Dogwood parade. Arrangements
were made for them to park their
camper in the space between the
Perry Post Office and the Perry
United Methodist Church admin
istration building, so that she
could watch the parade from a
front row seat because she’s pretty
much confined to her quarters.
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they come back. They were a nice
bunch of people. We enjoyed hav
ing them. We put on extra staff
employees and our employees
enjoyed it, too. They put in extra
hours and will receive an extra 75
MOO hours in their checks.”
New Perry Hotel’s Marsha
Haley, said, “We enjoyed them.”
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“It was fantastic! It was large
enough to accommodate everyone. I
wish we had Perry locations across
the United States,” she added.
“The hospitality we found in
the lovely city of Perry has been
great,” said the group’s leader.
FMCA is considering coming
back to Perry in 1999, say officials.
(Continued from page 1A)
have talked to said it made an
impact. By our figures about $1.3
million was spent in the Perry area.”
Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce president Hayley
Godbee said the convention was
“a success story for many busi
nesses. Many I talked to said they
had record breaking sales.
Everyone is appreciative to the
people at the Agricenter for bring
ing this group into town.”
(Continued from page 1A)
Rumble Middle School, 303 S. Davis Drive,
Warner Robins, 98.
Second Gate Cafe, 314 S. First St., Warner
Robins, 86.
Waffle House, 2816 Watson Blvd.,
Centerville, 94.
Warner Robins High School, South Davis
Drive, Warner Robins, 95.
(Continued from page 1A)
They also enjoyed the Kiwanis
Club's pancakes earlier that day.
A partial list of winners in differ
ent competitive events is as follows:
Co-ed softball, Ist place, ACE
Hardware; 2nd place, Courthouse
Crushers. Men’s softball winners
were Ist place. Stars and Stripes of
Macon; 2nd place, Z Force of Butler.
Pet Parade winners were: Most
Unusual, Yentl owned by Norris and
Ladonna Bedwood; Best Trained,
Jake owned by Bill and Kim
Hathcock; Best Trick, Nick owned
by Hanna Barrett; Owner/Pet Look
a-Like, Buster owned by Gil and
Bridgette Mayo; Best Dressed
(Cowboy), Tiny Rosie’s Royalty
owned by Susan Snyder.
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