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SATURDAY,
AUGUST 18, 2007
The big
show
This year’s Georgia
National Fair will be
Oct. 4-14.
My own favorite part of
the fair is the old-fashioned
part.
I love seeing the quilts
hanging from the “ceiling of
the Miller/
Murphy/
Howard
build
ing and
watching
the cook
ing shows.
There are
always
flowers to
see, awe
somely
decorated
Charlotte
, Perkins
Lifestyle Editor
cakes, beautiful crafts like
wood carving and decorative
painting, and a really fine
photography show.
If you’ve got something
to enter, whether it’s one
of your best roses or your
famous watermelon rind
pickles, now’s the time to
get a copy of the premium
book, which will give you all
the rules and deadlines.
I called Lora Arledge, who
is the lady in charge of all
this wonderful exhibition,
and she said that if you live
in Perry, the quickest way
to get a premium book is to
drop by the main fairgrounds
office in Reaves Arena.
If you live in Warner
Robins, it will be quicker
to pick one up at Hancock’s
Fabrics or at the Warner
Robins Recreation Center
on Watson Blvd.
Go for it! Even if you
don’t get a ribbon, just being
in the show seems like an
honor when you see your
own work beautifully exhib
ited, and some of the cook
ing contests have really good
cash prizes!
If you’ve got a creative
side, let the world know.
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Speaking of creativity, my
sister is taking beautiful
photos of summer flowers
right now.
She has three digital cam
eras a little tripod and lots of
patience.
She can even catch hum
mingbirds in mid-flight and
gets in so close to some
flowers, that you see things
you’d never notice, like deli
cate little spiders.
Also, apparently every
butterfly in Houston County
is flying in to pose for her.
She puts her best shots
on Flickr, which is a world
wide sharing of photographs
on the internet and might
interest many of you who
are enjoying your digital
cameras and want to share
your pictures. You can put
your photos into different
categories.
She gets comments from
around the world, and also
gets her various butterflies
and bugs identified almost
immediately by people who
know butterflies and bugs.
Summer reading
I started filling up a box
with paperbacks to take
down to my friendly sec
ond-hand book store and
wound up re-reading Agatha
Christie’s Death on the Nile,
and deciding that I couldn’t
part with any ofE.F. Benson’s
“Lucia” books, or anything
by Amy Tan, Haven Kimmel
or Barbara Kingsolver, or for
that matter, any of Reginald
Hill’s murder mysteries. I
decided I had to keep my
Wally Lamb books, too.
Anyway, even with all the
ones I couldn’t part with,
at this point, I’ve got a box
of books in the trunk of my
car, a bag of books in the
backseat, and another in my
bedroom, which might make
it to the car.
So that’s progress. I’m
wondering, looking around
me, if I have a deep uncon
scious fear of running out of
reading material.
Camellia Society holding plant sale
Special to the Journal
The American Camellia
Society at Massee Lane
Gardens in Fort Valley
will be selling a variety of
plants at discounted prices
during a special sale to be
held on Sept. 1.
From 8 a.m. until noon,
camellias, azaleas, gar
denias and more will be
soldat discounts as much
as 75 percent off regular
prices. Some plants will be
as low as sl, with nothing
over $5. Camellia lovers,
avid gardeners or anyone
wanting to add some beau
tiful color to their yards
won’t want to miss this
special opportunity to buy
great plants at even better
prices.
The ACS will also offer
free admission to the gar
dens until noon. Free
refreshments courtesy
of Lane Packing will be
served. A free $25 gift cer
WRHS Class of ’52 reunite for reunion
Special to the Journal
Members of the Warner
Robins High School Class
of 1952 held their 55th
reunion on Aug. 4 at the
New PerVy Hotel.
Twenty members of the
original 37 classmates were
present for the event and
enjoyed renewing friend
ships during the evening.
They were joined by three
of their teachers, Cornelia
Cooper Borers, Joseph
Bacon and Mary Pollett.
The invocation was given
by Linda Mills Sankey.
Barbara Jones Veal gave
opening remarks, remind
ing the group of the class
motto: “The shadows fall
behind as we walk toward
the light.”
Barbara Wills Hoover
recognized the teachers
who were present, and
Jean Mitchell Drury gave
a tribute to deceased mem
bers of the class; Emmett
H. Chapman, George M.
Doolittle, Charles M. Elkins,
C. Joan Lanier, Robert W.
Scandrett and Barbara Jean
Thayer.
Sara Newsome spoke
about moving from Alabama
to Warner Robins and join
ing the class in sixth grade,
and said how much the
new friends she made had
meant to her over the years.
Coming from the great
est distance to attend was
Barbara Wills Hoover of
Huntington Beach, Calif.
The one rainy night that Lucky’s luck ran out
We recently added
two new kittens to
the menagerie at
our house. Looking at them
reminds me of the untimely
demise of one of our previ
ous cats. His name was
“Lucky” and unfortunately
one rainy night his “luck”
ran out. We arrived home
one evening to find “Lucky”
lying in the yard.
Normally this wasn’t
unusual, but this night
“Lucky” was lying in a mud
puddle while it was rain
ing “cats and dogs” (pun
intended). I picked him up
and took him inside where
I laid him on the rug in the
kitchen. He lay there a few
hours looking quite tired
and sick. The boys went to
bed and Kerry and I were in
the kitchen when “Lucky”
lets out a very loud meow
and then falls over dead.
Now, it was quite shock
ing for this cat to just die
right in front of us. I ran
to the cat and I yelled at
Kerry, “DO SOMETHING!”
He asked, “What do you
want me to do? Perform
CPR on him?”
I yelled, “YES”. Well, he
Lifestyle
tificate good for ACS mem
bership, plants or Massee
Lane gift shop merchan
dise will be given away
every hour until noon.
Additionally, new ACS
members signing up dur
ing the sale will receive a
free copy of the ACS cook
book.
The American Camellia
Society is a national mem
bership organization dedi
cated to fostering appre
ciation for and knowledge
of plants of the genus
Camellia.
Founded in 1945, the
society is now headquar
tered at Massee Lane
Gardens on Georgia
Highway 49 between Fort
Valley and Marshallville
in central Georgia. Massee
Lane Gardens has nearly
30 acres of gardens, includ
ing nine acres of camellia
plantings and several spe
cialty gardens and collec
tions.
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Members of the WRHS class of 1952 held a reunion last Saturday at the New Perry Hotel. They are shown here
with three of their teachers who were also in attendance. Names of all in attendance and those remembered are
given below.
Newsome, Mary Foreman
and Benny Harris were
among those planning the
evening. Jack Foreman
received special recognition
for his help in organizing
the reunion.
The classmates were
joined by a continent of four
members of the Class of
1951.
Closing remarks were
given by Benny Harris.
poked around a little on him
but refused to breathe into
the cat’s mouth, which to
this day I still hold against
him. I’m quite emotional
when I realize that the cat is
really dead and is not going
to be resuscitated (again,
this is Kerry’s fault).
By this time it is very late
and I ask Kerry, “What are
we going to do with him?”
Well, Kerry being the
quick thinker that he is
says, “Well, I don’t know
where we’re going to put
him, but I can guarantee
you wherever it is, he’s not
going anywhere.”
We finally decide to put
him in the back of the pick
up truck and bury him the
next day. The boys hear the
commotion and send Ben
downstairs to investigate.
Ben comes downstairs
and asks, “Where’s the
cat?” Kerry replies, “He’s
dead”. Ben does not say
another word, but shoots
upstairs like a rocket. A
few moments pass and five
little boys tiptoe downstairs
and peek their heads around
the stairwell to take a look.
Luke bravely asks,
hi
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ACS volunteers John Gamble, left, and Warren Thompson, right, help arrange the large
variety of plants that will be on sale at Massee Lane Gardens on Sept. 1.
The group plans another
reunion in 2010.
In attendance were
John and Beulah Atkins,
Woodstock; Bernice
Davidson Wills, Bonaire;
Douglas and Miriam
Garrett, Macon; Benny
and June Harris, Warner
Robins; Betty Jo Harris and
husband Harold Vaughn,
Gulfport, Fla.; Barbara
Jones and husband, Billy
“Where’s the cat”?
Kerry replies, “I told Ben,
he’s dead”.
Luke says, “No he’s
not”.
The boys have gotten
quite used to the practi
cal jokes that Kerry pulls
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look. He’s in the back of
the truck in the garage.”
At this point in time,
they’re obviously thinking,
“This is a set up. We’re
about to be ambushed.”
The group stealthily
moves to the garage and
slowly makes it to the truck.
Hunter bravely peers over
the back of the truck. He
says, “He looks dead”.
The other boys finally
look into the truck also,
and realizing that the cat
Veal, Macon; Bobbie Mims
Mize, Warner Robins; Jean
Mitchell and husband,
Roscoe Drury, Athens; Betty
June Moon and husband,
Delawood Jones, Carrollton;
Doc and Doris Poole,
Bonaire; Sara Newsome
Satterfield, Perry; James
and Karen Swain, Bonaire;
Hubert and Evelyn Watson,
Lake Blackshear; Mary
Lynn Watson and husband,
is truly dead, become much
more animated. Luke hops
up into the bed of the truck,
poking the cat a few times
and says,”Yep, he’s dead.”
I am still upset that this
family pet has just passed
away, and I am getting no
sympathy whatsoever from
the male population in
my house. The boys are
fascinated with this dead
animal and don’t seem
to care that their pet just
died. They’re too busy con
templating where they are
going to bury him the next
day. After much prodding
and poking of the cat, they
finally go to bed. The next
morning they awaken early
since they are excited with
the prospect of having a
“cat funeral”.
Their long time babysit
ter, Casey, arrives on the
scene and the boys eagerly
show her “Lucky”, who
is still in the back of the
truck, and still, obviously
quite dead. She, being a
sensitive female like me,
begins to cry.
Hunter very logically
tells her, “Casey, don’t cry.
It’s JUST a cat”.
on them.
They
refuse to
believe'
that the
cat is
dead.
Kerry
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says, “If
you don’t
believe
me, go
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Jack Foreman, Perry; Reba
and Roland Welch, Warner
Robins; Barbara Wills
Hoover, Huntington Beach,
Calif.; Beulah and Frank
Childress, Warner Robins;
Marie and Bill Douglas,
Warner Robins; Winford
and Marie Lewis, Canton;
Wyman Treadaway, Stone
Mountain; Natalie and
Eddie Mathews, Warner
Robins.
Casey finally composes
herself, and she and the
boys prepare for the “funer
al”. They gather shovels,
hoes, trowels, and the cat,
then troop out to the woods
to begin the process of dig
ging the hole. After a lot
of digging and a few brief
words, they FINALLY bur
ied Lucky. Then with a
surprising show of senti
ment, the boys built a cross
to mark the spot where
“Lucky” was buried.
I thought, “Well, they
really are sensitive after
all”, until a few days later
when I realized that the
reason the boys placed the
cross on “Lucky’s” grave
was so they would know
where to dig him up again
when they studied the
effects of decomposition on
a dead animal.
So, remember, if my boys
ever visit your house, guard
the burial sites of your late
pets, or you just might end
up seeing them again.
Angela Lineberger lives
in Perry with her husband
Kerry, and five boys, Tully
age 14, and Tal, Hunter,
Ben, and Luke, age 12.