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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Plans under way to make Christmas at
the Crossroads ‘biggest and best ever’
From staff reports
According to a release, big plans
are under way to make this year’s
Christmas at the Crossroads celebra
tion in Perry the biggest and best
ever.
Per the release: “Make sure your
church, club, school or business is
part of Perry’s big Christmas at the
Crossroads celebration by signing up
now to take part in the 2007 Perry
Christmas Parade, sponsored by
Spectaculathon
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Hunter Wojohn, Lauren Flowers, Katie Beth Stubbs, Kim Campbell as Rapunzel and Beau Lunceford as the
hunchback go over their lines Monday during the dress rehearse! for “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” by
Don Zolidis and under the direction of Kathy Stubbs to be presented by the Drama Department of The Westfield
Schools. The story of the play covers most of the fairy tales you’ve ever heard of plus one or two you haven’t,
according to Stubbs. Six actors perform over twenty roles during this comic rendition of well-known fairy tales
such as Snow White, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretel and Rapunzel. The crew will also be seen on
stage moving set pieces and helping with costume changes. A community performance has been scheduled for
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall of the Arts and Sciences Building. Tickets are $7 at the door.
RAFB unit earns aerospace innovation award
Special to the Journal
The first Ben T. Epps
Aerospace Innovation
Trophies, according to
a release, “recognized
the best and brightest in
Georgia aviation.” The
trophies were award Oct.
20 in Athens. Awarded
by Georgia’s Aerospace
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Group seeks help in making “Jean Rea House”
a reality. Also, Andrew UMC to hold Fall Festival;
Perry UMC to go “Prime Time”; All Saints sets up
Marketplace and more.
Houston Springs and the Houston
Home Journal .”
There is no application fee, accord
ing to co-chairs Melanie Lewis and
Julie Evans, and everyone is urged
to take part, whether on foot, in a
float, in a car, four-wheeler or golf
cart.
The parade will be held Dec. 1 at
2 p.m., starting at the parking lot on
Macon Road just below Perry High
School, and proceeding down to
Carroll Street and around to Main
Innovation Center, the three
trophies, according to the
release, recognize an inven
tor, an innovator and an
educator, and are named to
honor the 100th anniversa
ry of the first powered flight
by a Georgia resident.
In 1907 eighteen-year •
old Benjamin Thomas
Epps used a 15-horsepower
BIRTHDAYS
Oct. 26
■ Mitchell Faircloth (Happy 13th!)
Oct. 27
■ Patrick Palmer
■ Robert Tawse
Oct. 29
■ Randy Moore
■ Heather Sorrow
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danm@evaflsnewspapers.eom. Mail to:
1210 Washington St., Parry 31069 attn:
Don Moncrief. On call 887 1823, Ext. 231
Saturday-Tuesday, October 27-30, 2007
motorcycle engine to power
his plane with one elongat
ed wing and three bicycle
wheels and took flight over
a cow pasture near Athens,
Georgia, a century ago this
year. The celebration held
Saturday, which included
the innovation awards cer
emony, served as the culmi
nation of events held across
This week in HHJ history:
30 years ago:
Here are a couple of interesting things for sale in local stores: “Brother. Charger 11 typewriter. Only
$69.95. Many features. Attractive lid cover carrying case.’’ And: “Cassette recorder. Built-in ‘mike’; push
button controls. $34.88.’’ (Would these be considered “nostalgic" items today?)
Here are some “new arrivals" publicized in the paper at the Perry Library: Women and the Crisis in Sex
Hormones by Barbara Seaman, Hallucinogenic Plants by Richard Schultes (I am not making these up)
and The Illustrated Elvis by W.A. Harbinson.
Also, Houston County farmers held a meeting at Perry High School for the purpose of “setting up a
strike headquarters in Houston County.”
20 years ago:
Perry High School announces that due to the fact its enrollment has dropped below 600, it would move
down from the AAA classification to AA the year following.
Also, newly elected Commissioner Charlie Stewart takes his seat during the body's regular meeting and
the Board of Education begins implementation of a plan to install air conditioning in the nine remaining
“uncooled" schools (the nine were not listed).
10 years ago:
National President of Future Farmers of America Hillary Smith speaks to the Perry Kiwanis Club. Her
message: “Agricultural education holds deep roots and a bright future.”
Also, the Perry City Council votes to purchase a new computer system doing away with what Perry
Mayor Jim Worrall called the current “dinosaur”.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
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Street. Marching bands and Santa
Claus will be part of the show.
The theme this year is "It’s a
Wonderful Life,” and any Christmas
decorations may be used.
The Grand Marshalls will be the
Little League World Champion
Warner Robins American Little
League team.
You can find an application and
instructions in this issue.
For more information, call Melanie
Lewis at 478- 988-8100, Ext. 1102.
the state during 2007 to
commemorate the occasion.
The Outstanding
Aerospace Innovators
award went to N-l Gyro
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of the 402nd Electronics
Maintenance Group at
Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center for the development
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SOFTBALL: Demonettes face uphill
climb after losing state tournament open
er. FOOTBALL: With Ivory out, Scott gets
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Journal Charlotte Perkins
T.R. “Buck” Tol/eson and Charles Irby Shelton stand
inside the 7iSH6W Cypress tree that was once a tour
ist attraction at the old tourist court on Main and Ball
Streets. Members of the Perry Historical Society hope to
find a new home for the tree, which is about 20 feet high
with a metal roof on top.
Perry Historical Society plans to discuss
preservation, relncatinn nl landmark tree
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
What should be done with
the giant hollow tree that
once served as a tourist
attraction at the old Perry
Court on Main Street?
Buck Tolleson was a teen
ager back in the 1940 s and
he remembers the day that
the ancient cypress tree, cut
down somewhere near the
Ocumulgee River, rolled off
a lumber truck at Tolleson
Lumber, and split.
He thinks it was probably
at least 500 years old then.
You can walk inside it and
look straight up for 20 or
more feet.
The hollow cypress was
moved to the site of a motor
court in downtown Perry,
and for years was a tourist
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attraction, with many hav
ing their photos taken there.
Tolleson says it was used as
a distribution point for tour
ist brochures and postcards,
and even had a telephone
installed at one time.
The preservation and relo
cation of the tree will be one
of the subjects for discussion
at a meeting of the Perry
Area Historical Society at 6
p.m. Nov. 5.
The group, which hopes
to build membership and
welcomes all who are inter
ested in Perry’s history, will
meet at Perry Arts Center
on Macon Road and plans to
have future meetings at the
same location on the first
Monday of each month.
According to Terre Moody
Walker, one of the leaders
helping with revitalizing
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Daryl McKinney, manager of
Perry Kroger, recently donated
more than 1,500 items to help
provide for Perry and South
Houston County food needs.
Many thanks and blessings.
Alvalyn Pope, president of
Loaves and Fishes of Houston
County
Know someone or some
agency that could use a pat on
the back? Send your "Kudos" to
hhj@evansnewspapers.com.
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