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Jiouaton .Ijourtuxi SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006 Belly dancing lessons TuesdayandWednesday evenings belly-danc ing lessons are offered at the Eagle Springs Community Center and Club House in Centerville. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. with the lessons lasting from 7-8 p.m. The cost is $7 a night and Turkish hand-made hip scarves, veils and jewelry are available for purchase. To get more information on this enjoyable dancing oppor tunity in the atmosphere of middle Eastern music email esbellydancing@cox.net or phone 953-5922 after 7 p.m. Price of parenting For $160,140 you get a frontrow seat to history to witness the first step, first word, first bra, first date, and first time behind the wheel. Jane Winston The Left Rail You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you are lucky, a long list of limbs in your obitu ary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, crimi nal justice, communications and human sexuality that no college can match, conclu sion next week Brain cramps “I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,” University of Kentucky basketball play er. “Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff,” Pop, R and B singer, song writer and actress. “Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life,” A movie star during an inter view to become spokesper son for federal anti-smoking campaign. (A Miss USA contestant in response to the question, “If you could live forever, would you and why?”) “I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.” Disappearing words Fender skirt, curb feeler, steering knob, Continental kit, emergency brake, run ning board, foot feed as opposed to accelerator, store bought as in “store-bought” cookies and lastly when did the wonderful word percola tor, disappear? Until next week “It is therefore rec ommended to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and conse crate themselves to the ser vice of their divine benefac tor.,” Samuel Adams, father of the American Revolution on Nov. 1, 1777 (adopted by the 13 states as the first official Thanksgiving Proclamation) though Kerry’s pssi By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Lifestyle Editor If you’ve ever looked at an old hodse and won dered about its history, or noticed the ornate brickwork on a down town shop, or driven down Perry’s older resi dential streets and won dered what they looked like in the old days, you’ll want a copy of Ellie Loudermilk’s book, “A Ramble through Olde Perry.” Just published by Indigo Press, the book is an invaluable resource for all those interested in Perry’s past, and even for those who own older houses and would like to know the history of their homes. That’s how Loudermilk, who moved here with her husband in 1971 as employees of the Houston County School System, got interested in deeds and records, old photo graphs and old maps. It stated simply enough with her wanting to know the history of the old home they bought and restored several years after moving here, but she got still more enthu siastic about capturing the beauty of Perry’s small town beginnings when she worked with Bobbe Nelson on the his tory of Houston County, and saw Charles Irby Shelton’s slide show of old Perry sites. The end result after more than two years of research in deed records and plat books is an invaluable archive for the people of Perry that also happens to be a delight to look at, and a treat to read. The book has hundreds of pictures, not just of homes, but also of old businesses that have sur vived through the years, and in most cases owner- \ aj^HW '• v- 9 ML fl||§||[^^^HHp WpJjjfljpF ■'■ i V ■ Journal/C'harlotte Perkins ABOVE LEFT: Amy Griggs of The Sweet Pea Shop gets her handmade and one-of-a-kind items ready for the big show. ABOVE RIGHT: Marti Tolleson of Two Friends shows off a monogrammed robe, one of many Christmas gifts at the Mistletoe Market. Mistletoe Market event scheduled for this weekend Special to the Journal The Mistletoe Market, organized by the Perry Balvaunuca Club starts Saturday at 9 a.m., at the McGill Building, Georgia Lifestyle ® ** H* i \* • „ t 111 ; Jia&. pm mk ft |K>.■ f JH' :r - Wl " "g/Er jm mm '4 Journal/Charlotte Perkins Charles Irby Shelton and Nell Shelton get the first autographed copy of "A Ramble Through Olde Perry” by writer Ellie Loudermilk. Charles Shelton wrote the introduction to the book as well as providing many of the old photo graphs, and his wife, also a lifelong Perryan provided valuable information as well. * J^j^f "’" «y Courtesy of “A Ramble Through Olde Perry” ABOVE LEFT: A turn of the century scene on Swift Street. Many of the homes and businesses pictured in the book as they were in the century are still standing, while some were moved as the commercial area of downtown Perry grew. Author Loudermilk has provided a detailed guide of ownership and also the locations where some old houses were moved. ABOVE RIGHT: A line drawing of the old Perry First Baptist Church. ship is traced from genera tion to generation. National Fairgrounds, Perry and will offer a shopping extravaganza along with live music and a number of experts giving presenta tions on holiday cooking, “A Ramble through Olde Perry,” may be purchased 1 o'; entertaining and decorat ing. You can have your child’s photo taken with Santa, meet Mark Ballard and Chef Audrey, watch the Three from the author. The cost is $35. Order on line, Southern Sisters cook up a meal and buy many one-of a-kind gifts. There will be more than 70 vendors at the show, which will continue until 6 SECTION c eloudermilk@alltel.net or call 987-4267. p.m. Saturday and will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. All proceeds from the show will go to local charities and service orga nizations.