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Volume 126, No. 12
2 Sections, 16 Pages
Wednesday
March 26, 1997
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Crossroads
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Chamber breakfast at
the Fairgrounds
Members of the Perry
Area Chamber of
Commerce were scheduled
to have a Good Morning
Perry breakfast early March
26 in the Fairview room of
the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
Scheduled for March 29-
BO at the Fairgrounds is a
miniature horse show.
Lunch service ends
March 27
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School lunch service will
end for a week, after meals
are served March 28.
Students will return to
school April 7 following the
week-long spring break.
March 26 Taco or
Southern chicken with roll,
buttered rice, one vegetable,
two fruits, Jell-0 with
whipped topping.
March 27 Submarine
sandwich or sliced turkey
with roll, lettuce, tomato,,
pickle, two vegetables, two
fruits, manager’s choice
dessert.
March 28 Pizza or
manager’s choice, two veg
etables, two fruits, baked
dessert.
Holy Week services
continue
Holy Week services con
tinue at Perry United
Methodist Church through
March 28. The service
begins at 12:05 p.m. daily,
with lunch ($2.50) served at
12:30 p.m. each day.
March 26 The Rev.
Gene McKinney of
Hayneville Assembly of
God will speak.
March 27 The Rev.
Ken Myers, associate pastor
of Perry United Methodist
Church, will speak.
March 28 The Rev.
Billy Key, a retired minister,
will speak.
Services and the meal are
open to the public.
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Three restaurants
checked
Officials with the
Houston County
Environmental Health
Department inspected three
kitchens in the county last
week.
At El Sombrero, 2195
Watson Blvd., Suite 1,
Warner Robins, there was a
problem with temperature
control of foods. The score
was 84.
At Hardee’s, 2829
Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, the score was 87.
At Old Smoke House,
704 Carroll St., Perry, the
score was 100.
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Man charged after alleged
weekend rape and kidnapping
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
A 29-year-old man was arrested following an
alleged kidnapping and rape incident March 22.
According to Perry Police Capt. Bill Phelps, Mose
Hamilton Jr. of Chauncey has been charged with
rape, obstruction of an officer, false imprisonment
and battery.
Phelps said reports indicate the incident began in
Dodge County, when Hamilton allegedly forced a
female resident of that county to leave with him.
The female knew Hamilton but told authorities she
did not want to go with him.
Hamilton took her and her two young children,
Phelps said. They then reportedly traveled to Perry.
Perry officers were called to the Red Carpet Inn
located at 105 Gen. Courtney Hodges Blvd. about
1:23 a.m., Phelps said, after a call came into Houston
County 911 reporting a rape.
Elko Creek bridge to be named
for long-time Elko leader Moss
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
It was a warm night in the late 1930s near the
small community of Elko.
Several teen-agers gathered at a newly construct
ed bridge that spanned the Elko Creek. Anew road
way had just been constructed and was not even
opened to traffic yet the road now known as Ga.
26.
The youngsters laughed and danced to music that
blared from a radio they brought along. Under a
bright moonlit sky they had not a care in the world.
Many years later, in 1997, one of those teen-agers
once again stood near the bridge, remembering those
times while she is being honored by those who have
known and loved her.
The bridge that spans Elko Creek along Ga. 26,
recently reconstructed after damage by the Flood of
1994, is being named in her honor the Molly C.
Moss Bridge.
“Seven or eight of us couples used to meet here
and date and dance by the old bridge by the moon
light,” she said during an interview at that location
March 23.
“I remember the moonlight,” Moss said as she
smiled.
She was a teacher for 40 years, spending her last
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Phelps said Hamilton was arrested at the scene.
The children were also at the scene and were
unharmed, said the captain.
Deputy E.D. Head of the Dodge County Sheriff’s
Department said an incident report alleging kidnap
ping has been filed by the victim with that depart
ment, but no charges have been sought as yet.
In Warner Robins, an incident reported as a bur
glary has resulted in the arrest of three Houston
County men and two juveniles.
Houston County Sheriff’s Deputy Allen Everidge
said approximately $12,000 worth of firearms were
reported taken from a Burns Drive residence.
Subsequent investigations resulted in a nationwide
lookout posted for the five individuals.
The adults taken into custody are Joseph Camp,
17, of Waldorf Drive, Perry; Randy Snow, 18, of Ga.
(See POLICE, Page SA)
17 years as a teacher in the Houston County system.
And she spent all of those years living in Elko, a
small community full of people with big hearts.
“Elko is the garden spot of the world!” she said.
“It will always be known as the place that looks after
each other.”
‘The center of Elko is our churches. You think
about the other fellow and what you do for him,” said
Moss.
Now, people like Rep. Larry Walker, a former stu
dent of Moss’, are thinking about what they can do
for her to show her how much they appreciate the
influence she has had in their lives.
Houston County Commission Chairman Sherrill
Stafford has many times called Moss the unofficial
mayor of Elko.
“She is an amazing lady,” he said.
What does Moss think? “I don’t really think about
it that way,” she said. “All of this is overhwelming.
And that is a small word to use.”
“This honor for me is in accepting this for the gen
erations who taught me to think about other people
and what you can do for them,” said Moss.
The ceremony honoring Molly C. Moss with the
dedication of the bridge is set for 3 p.m. April 2 at a
site located between the Elko Baptist Church and
the Elko United Methodist Church along Oak
Street.
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See page 6B I
Hinnant pleased
with sales tax vote
By RICK JOHNSTONE
For the Times-Journal
Some aspects of the March 18
special local option sales tax refer
endum in Houston County sur
prised school superintendent Tony
Hinnant, while others did not.
The fact that only around 17
percent of the county’s 51,927
voters turned out did not surprise
Hinnant, who had “anticipated a
small turnout.”
The fact that voters decided to
pay an extra penny sales tax did
not really surprise the superinten
dent, either.
“I was surprised at the size of
the spread,” confessed Hinnant of
the 9-1 margin in favor of the tax.
“I am real pleased. This is a
vote for the property owners of
this county,” he said.
The tax, which will be used to
pay off both the bond referendum
approved last fall as well as one
from 1993, is expected to generate
$53,905,315, the amount of the
bonds, and then stop.
Collection of the tax, set to
begin in July, could last about four
years, according to Hinnant.
“This is the most fair and equi
table way to pay off the debt,” said
Hinnant. “It allows the 20-year
County garbage customers
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New county service begins April 7
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Most residents of the unincor
porated area of Houston County
have probably by now received a
letter from the Houston County
Commissioners outlining the coun
ty’s new garbage pick-up system.
The letter explains to some
14,000 customers the process of
implementation of the curbside
pick-up system and should help
ease the transition from use of
roadside dumpsters, according to
Houston County Public Works
Director Tommy Stalnaker.
“Distribution of the curbside
containers will begin March 31
and be finished in about three
weeks,” said Stalnaker March 21.
Cost for the service will be $9 per
month for residents, he added, with
the billing being done by the county.
That service will be provided
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Time*-Journal Photo by Eric ZeHan
A LADY AND HER BRIDGE Molly Moss remembers the
moonlit nights she and her friends spent at the Elko Creek bridge
dancing in the dim light. Friends and family will gather the after
noon of April 2 to dedicate this bridge to Moss, who has for years
been known as the 'unofficial mayor of Elko.'
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Home of the Georgia National
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debt to be paid off in four years.”
School financial official
Annette White said by approving
the sales tax, residents will save
$13,620,212, with everyone con
tributing, not just property own
ers.
Voters had approved the bond
referendum in the fall for renova
tion on several existing schools, as
well as some new construction.
One of the projects is building a
new middle school for Perry and
the south end of the county.
At present, the state
Department of Education has
given its approval to drawings for
the facility.
The next step in the process,
according to building officials, is
to complete the working drawings
and specifications.
There are several other steps in
the process, culminating with the
awarding of a bid and construc
tion.
Renovation is also planned for
Tucker Elementary School. Large
scale drawings for the work have
been approved by the state board.
In all, Houston County voters
approved $33, 950, 000 in the
September bond referendum.
by Sullivan Environmental
Services, Inc., a Kathleen-based
company.
The first waste pick-up will be
on April 7 and 8, according to the
company.
Persons who can provide proof
they are indigent will not be
charged for the service, Stalnaker
said. For more information about
indigent service, he advises con
tact with the county commission
office at 542-2115.
The 20 roadside dumpsters
presently in use will be closed and
cleaned up during the latter part of
April, according to the director.
Changes in hours of operation
at the county landfill located on
Ga. 247 South are also being
implemented, said Stalnaker. New
landfill hours of operation will be
Monday through Saturday from 10
a.m. until 5 p.m.