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Volume 124 No. 44
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Memorial Day
shooting leaves
youth injured
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
A Memorial Day shooting has
landed one Perry man in the
hospital and another in jail.
According to reports filed at the
Perry Police Department, local offi
cers arrested Marvin Casey, 57, of
1337 Jackson Lane, Perry, Monday
afternoon after he allegedly fired a
shot from a 22-caliber rifle which
struck 20-year-old Quentell Jones of
1104 Loudy Street in the shoulder
area.
Casey has been charged with ag
gravated assault and is currently be
ing held at the Perry jail awaiting
the filing of warrants. Jones, who
was taken to the Perry Hospital
emergency room immediately fol
lowing the incident on Monday,
was still a patient there on Tuesday
Please see SHOOTING, page 5A
Remembering heroes...
Memorial Day service held May 30
By PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Members of the community gath
ered at Memorial Gardens in Perry
Monday, May 30 to commemorate
the men and women who haven
given their lives to preserve peace
and freedom.
Don Norris, Post Commander of
American Legion Post 24, presided
over the services and Lona Stone
sang "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Speakers included Mayor James E.
Worrall and Ret. Coionel Leon
Huffman.
Mayor Worrall spoke on re-dis
covering values and called for sup
port from the public to re-instate
prayer in schools and urged the pub
lic to renew respect for the
American flag.
Ret. Col. Huffman spoke on the
men and women who have given
their lives to preserve our freedom.
He also echoed Mayor Worra!l's
Thieves bust
through wall
at pharmacy
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Burglars used a sledge hammer
to bust through a cement block
wall at the rear of Akin Drugs in
Perry last Wednesday and made
away with what has been described
as “large quantities” of prescription
drugs.
According to Perry Police Chief
Frank Simons, once inside the per
petrators) took a large variety of
drugs, many of which are classified
as Schedule II drugs or controlled
substances from the pharmacy’s
counters and safe area. As of Tues
day afternoon, no suspects had been
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Perry High School Valedictorian Jennifer Gladu and Salutatorlan Jason Loudermllk take a
break from their graduation preparations to pose for a quick photo.
statements on the decline of moral
ity in America.
"For over two centuries we have
kept the country free. The only way
our country can fall is from within.
We need to re-kindle patriotism and
love of God.
"Today we give our thanks to
those heroes who gave their lives
that we may be here in a free land.
May God bless their souls in eter
nity," he concluded.
Rev. Jim Shipley gave the clos
ing prayer followed by the placing
of a floral arrangement on the grave
of a military representative by Post
24 Sergeant of Arms Ben Parker.
Also during the ceremony, SSGT
Dennis Rice of Dobbins Air Force
Base played "Taps" on the trumpet
and Chris Murrell sang "God Bless
the U.S.A."
Walter Rcmbisz concluded the
service by reading The Normandy
Veterans Prayer.
indicated in the case.
The incident occurred sometime
between 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 25, and 6:30 a.m. the next
morning when, upon arriving at
work, the pharmacist discovered the
hole on the inside back wall and
contacted police, said Simons.
Simons also noted that the
opening was not immediately visi
ble from the outside as the
pcrpetrator(s) had covered it with a
large piece of while plywood
plywood which not only was the
same color of the outside wall, but
which had been leaning against the
business’ wall for some time.
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Perry High ROTC students participated In the Memorial Day
ceremony held Monday, May 30.
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Sports
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Wednesday, June 1,1994
Classified
Paqe 7A
PHS seniors
prepare for
graduation
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Twelve years of hard work will
pay off big dividends Friday night
as 172 Perry High School seniors
gather for the school’s 1994 gradua
tion ceremonies at the Georgia Na
tional Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
Commencement begins at 8
p.m. and will be held inside the
Agricenter’s Reaves Arena. Perry
High School’s seniors will be the
first of the county’s four high
schools to receive their diplomas.
The other three schools will follow
suit on Saturday.
Valedictorian for this year’s
Perry High graduating class is Jen
nifer A. Gladu, while the Salutato
rian is Jason Loudermilk.
The daughter of Vernon and Ju
dith Gladu of Perry, Miss Gladu is
Perry High’s STAR Student for
1994 and is a commended student in
the ‘94 National Merit Scholarship
Program.
She is a past participant in the
Governor’s Honors Program; is a
four year member of the National
Honor Society; and a recipient of
the University of Georgia Certifi
cate of Merit, the United States
Achievement Academy Award in
Math, the United States National
Leadership Merit Award, the Amer
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City mall carrier and Perry Players supporter Dianne
Scruggs, left, Perry Postmaster Butch Klrkley and Tommy
Riggs, Postal Operations Manager, recently presented Carol
Strandburg, second from left, with a framed copy of "The
Music Man" bulletin and a set of Broadway commemorative
stamps the Postal Service has Introduced. Strandburg
directed the Perry Players' production of "The Music Man".
Postal employee Scruggs
supporter of theatre group
By PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Perry Post Office employee
Dianne Scruggs commits a large
amount of her time to serving the
public through her job as a city car
rier and through her involvement
with Perry Players.
When a set of Broadway stamps
were introduced by the Postal
Service, Scruggs and Perry
Postmaster Butch Kirkley decided to
promote both stamp collecting and
the opening of the Perry Players'
new home by presenting the framed
stamps, program cover from "The
Music Man" and the Post Office’s
ad in the program, to the director of
the season's musical, Carol
Strandburg.
The framed items will be placed in
the new Community Theatre at 909
Main Street. The set includes
stamps from the Broadway shows
"Showboat", "Porgy and Bess”,
"Oklahoma" and "My Fair Lady”.
Scruggs has been employed by the
United States Postal Service for 18
years, beginning as a mail carrier in
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ican Free Enterprise Award and the
D.A.R. Excellence in History
Award.
Additionally, Miss Gladu is a
charter member and co-editor of the
Xenophitia , a high school literary
magazine, and participates in the
PHS Arrive Alive organization, the
Math Team, the Junior Civitan
Club and the Science Club. She is
a member of the school annual staff
and the newspaper staff and is a
former winner of the National Win
ner Essay Contest sponsored by
Sleep Research Association in
1993.
Other awards Miss Gladu has
earned included the Outstanding
Academic Excellence Certificate
1991-1994, the All A+ Honor Roll
1991-1994 and is the recipient of a
full 12-quartcr “Presidential
Scholarship” to Georgia Tech where
she plans to study chemical engi
neering.
Outside of school, Miss Gladu
has been an active volunteer for
many good causes trom the St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church Migrant
Workers’ Assistance Program to
Project Agape Love and the Salva
tion Army.
Additionally, she has served as a
volunteer worker at the Georgia
Please see SENIORS, page 9A
Elmcndorf AB, Anchorage, Alaska.
She came to Perry and started as a
carrier with the local post office in
1980.
Scruggs started working with the
Perry Players in 1987 as a set
dresser and backstage helper. In the
years following, she was on stage
in "Godspell" in 1988, "Curious
Savage" as Fairie Mae in 1988, as
Edith in "Never Too Late" in 1989
and most recently Mitzi Travers in
"Fiorello!" and a cameo appearance
in "The Music Man”..
Although Scruggs has taken up
performing, she still works behind
the-scenes selling season tickets and
memberships, preparing costumes
(for the "Odd Couple" and "The
Music Man" productions), dressing
the cast (”I Do, I Do”) and even
works the house and concessions
for some performances.
She is a former member of the
Mid-State Music Association and a
member of an ensemble which has
given a dozen performances of
Broadway revues at clubs, Robins
Please see SCRUGGS, page 9A
