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SATURDAY,
AUGUST 26, 2006
Whars
Your
Sign?
Grits - Aug. 24 - Sept.
23 - Your highest aim
is to be with others
like yourself. You like to hud
dle together with big crowds
of other Grits. You love to
travel though, so maybe you
should think about joining
a club.
Where do you like to go?
Anywhere they have cheese,
gravy, bacon, butter, or eggs
and a good time. If you can
go somewhere where they
have all' these things, that
serves you well. You are
pure in heart.
A Good Read...
Jeannette Walls overcame
an extremely dysfunctional
childhood, which she shares
in her memoir The Glass
Castle.
She
married
John
Taylor, the
author,
and has
become
a regular
contribu
tor to
MSNBC.
The Class
Castle is
Jane Winston
The Left Rail
required reading of incom
ing freshmen at Michigan
State University and Mrs.
Winston’s English classes at
FVSU for two reasons: First,
it exemplifies how one can
truly overcome a dysfunc
tional upbringing.
Second, it allows many
readers to appreciate their
truly “functional” upbring
ing.
This book is well written
and a compelling read.
If you enjoyed Angela’s
Ashes written by Frank
McCourt, you will indeed
enjoy The Glass Castle. I
am looking forward to my
second reading.
Local theatre on
the horizon
Openings: Sept. 8:
Exorcism of Eletson at
the Warner Robins Little
Theatre, On Golden Pond at
Perry Players and Murder
at The Howard Johnson’s at
Macon Little Theatre.
Continuation: Dames at
Sea Theatre Macon (YAC).
Important trivia
If you yelled for eight
years, seven months and six
days you would have pro
duced enough sound energy
to heat one cup of coffee.
The flea can jump 350
times its body length. It’s
like a human jumping the
length of a football field.
The catfish has over 27,000
taste buds.
The only sound a dog can
recognize is the sound of the
letter B; that is why so many
dogs have names that begin
with the letter B.
The strongest muscle in
the body is the tongue.
Right-handed people live,
on average, nine years lon
ger that left-handed people.
Elephants are the only ani
mals that can’t jump.
An Ostrich’s eye is bigger
than its brain, and Starfish
have no brains.
Each year English teach
ers submit, from across the
country, their collection of
analogies and metaphors
actually found in high school
essays.
The young fighter had a
hungry look, the kind you
get from not eating for a
while.
The plan was simple, like
my brother-in-law, but
See WINSTON, page 4C
Crniain Calls
Two local productions set to open Sept. 8
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The cast of “On Golden Pond” includes, seated, Jaloo and Tony Zelonis; standing: Brandi Marks, Todd Wilson,
lan White and David Voltz. Wilson is also the director of the Perry Players production.
A slice of life ♦♦♦a look at love
Perry Players performing ‘On Golden Pond’
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
Perry Players will pres
ent “On Golden Pond,”
starting Sept. 8. Todd
Wilson is the director, and
Martha Alexander the pro
ducer.
As the play opens, it’s
Norman Thayer’s 80th
birthday, and he has man
aged to dress up and put on
a tie for the occasion, but
he’s not really celebrating.
For one thing, he’s iras
cible by nature.
For another, he knows
his health and his memory
are failing.
His wife, Ethel Thayer
isn’t sure what the future
holds, but she’s eager to
make everybody happy,
including their middle-aged
daughter, Chelsea, who
has a difficult relationship
Collectible cow creamers prove to be decor with staying power
Beautiful bovine cream
pitchers are one of
the oldest surviving
forms of decorative table
ware that have graced din
ing room tables since the
1700 s.
Some collectors have
traced the history of cow
creamers even further back
to 13th century Europe
where animal shaped jugs
known
as “aqua
maniles”
were
used to
contain
water for
drink
ing or
washing.
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Antiques
were usually in the form of
lions, knights on horseback
or mermaids.
Silver artisans of Holland
popularized the cow cream
er as the animal of choice as
coffee drinking had become
quite popular in the 18th
century. The cow was the
perfect animal because it
had four legs, the curled tail
Lifestyle
At A Glance
‘On Golden Pond’
Perry Players Community
Theatre is at 909 Main
Street in downtown Perry.
Call 987-5354 for reserva
tions.
Show times: 8 p.m.
performances - Sept. 8-9,
Sept. 13-16. Sept. 10, 2:30
matinee.
Call 987-5354 for reser
vations. Ticket prices are
$lO for adults and $5 for
youth.
Play includes some pro
fanity and discussion of
sex.
with her father; Chelsea’s
dentist boyfriend, Bill, and
13-year-old Billy, Jr., a kid
with an attitude.
Then there’s Charlie,
who always was in love
with Chelsea, and there’s
could be a handle and the
mouth could be the perfect
spout. There was also an
opening with a lid on
the back to pour the \
cream into the contain- y
er. Cow creamers with a
bee perched on their
backs were the most /P
popular. The little /
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perfect lid
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Bible con
cept, “land
of milk and
honey”. You will also notice
that early cow creamers
also had a base that the cow
is standing on.
Not everyone could
afford silver cow cream
ers so pottery companies
began to produce them in
porcelain and earthenware.
Some of the most collect
ible cow creamers are the
ones that were produced
in the Staffordshire area
of England. The colors and
styles became quite beauti
ful and diverse.
These popular little cows
began to fall out of favor
Chelsea’s hope that her
aging parents will take care
of Billy, Jr. for a month
while she and Bill take a
trip to Europe.
All of these people come
together at the Thayer’s
summer home, a rustic
cottage on Golden Pond,
which is somewhere in
New England, and their
stories begin to unfold.
The play, which was
made into a highly suc
cessful movie in 1981, is
a love story, according to
Jaloo Zelonis, who plays
the role of Ethel with her
husband Tony in the role
of Norman.
The Zelonises agree that
while they aren’t like the
characters they’re bring
ing to life in the play, the
fact that they have been
married for 36 years means
that scenes of intimacy
are no problem for them,
during the cholera out
breaks in the middle 1800’s
when people finally figured
out that cleanliness and
good hygiene could put
a stop to a lot of
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clean and
were rele
gated to the
back of
the china
cup- p
board.
Cow
creamers make
splendid collectibles because
they don’t take up a lot of
and they already have
the emotional bond that
actors would have to make
to depict the relationship
of a long-married couple
convincingly.
Tony and Jaloo Zelonis
have enjoyed taking part in
local theatre productions
for years, first in Montana,
and now in Houston
County, where they have
lived for the last year.
They have both been on
stage with Macon Little
Theatre, Warner Robins
Little Theatre and Perry.
Also in the play are
Brandy Marks as Chelsea,
Todd Wilson as Chelsea’s
new boyfriend, Bill;
lan White, a student at
Bonaire Middle School, as
Billy Jr.; and David Voltz,
as Charlie.
Parents are advised that
the play is not for young
children, as it includes
some frank language and
discussion of sex.
room and can be very color
ful displays. They also make
great planters or vases for
the ones that are missing
their lids and therefore
not as valuable. Some
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auction records bringing
bids of between SI,OOO to
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and antique shops are from
the 1930 s to 1950 s and can
be found for under SSO. As
always, beware the repro
ductions. How can one tell
if your bovine is vintage?
Look your gift cow in the
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Little
Theatre
offering
comedy
Special to the Journal
The Warner Robins Little
Theatre will present the
world premiere of “The
Exorcism of Eletson” a com
edy written by Peggy Vesely
of Warner Robins and direct
ed by Jerry Reppert, with
the opening performance on
Sept. 8. Join the cast and
crew on opening night for a
Green Room reception after
the show.
Play dates are Sept. 8-10,
14-17, 21-23 at 8 p.m. with
Sunday Matinees on Sept.
10 and 17 at 2:30 p.m.
According to the director,
“This show is a fun frol
ic with ghosts, aliens, and
lots of zany characters that
remind you of someone you
have met but can’t quite
put your finger on who it is.
Peggy Sue and Ed Capone
exorcise some ghosts and
confront some aliens with
the help of a few friends.”
The production is spon
sored by Riverside Ford
The cast includes Charles
R. Grubbs as Loran Maloney
Terri Hatton as Peggy Sue
Capone
Anita Hayes as Mary
O’Reilly LaMarr Johnson as
Simon, Nicole Johnson as
Ellen Easterling, David B.
Kelley as Richard Adamson,
Katie Manning as Sheila
Maloney, Katey Randall
as Judy Swenson, Frank
D. Riley as Ed Capone,
Christopher Smith as Don
Brykowski, Robert Smith
as Denny Morris, Anna
Randall and Ed Vesely as
party extras.
Tickets are sl2 adults,
seniors $8 (Sundays only),
students SB.
For reservations, call 929-
4579. Reservation lines will
be open Sept. 4.
To learn more about Warner
Robins Little Theatre, visit
www.wrlt@org.
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. 1 Jillinda
Falen is the
m, l owner of
M I Carrie
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I Antiques
i n Perry. She
has been col
lecting and selling antiques
for 22 years and is an estate
liquidation specialist. You
may contact her via the
Houston Home Journal,
www.antiquesingeorgia.
com or carrielynns@alltel.
net