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The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thurs., Aug. 27, 1964
Opening of Interstate 75 from Perry
To Byron This Week Denied by State
State Highway Department of
als in Atlanta and Thomaston
e no knowledge of reported
plans to open some 15 miles of
Ir.crstate 75 between Perry and
Byron this week.
Area news media had announced
the impending opening of the su
perhighway section last Friday,
but Highway Department officials
in the Atlanta general office and
the Thomaston field division of
the Highway Department said that
the route is not ready for traffic
and will not be for a month or
more.
John M. Wade, field division en
gineer for the Thomaston division,
the highway field office super
vising work in the Macon area,
said that shoulder paving is not
complete along the section in
question; and until it is, the open
ing of the roads would present a
hazard both to traffic using it and
to the construction forces working
along it.
(It is our opinion that Macon
is going to be sorry that it decided
to take on the full load of the
interstate traffic. We can envision
the 4:30 p. m. traffic at Seven
Bridges when the traffic from
Warner Robins and the flow from
Interstate 75 try to “merge”.)
Hartley Bridge Road and Hous
ton Road are being widened, re
surfaced and center and side lines
being painted to handle the ex
pected big increase in traffic until
the next stretch of 1-75 north from
Hartley Bridge Road toward Bo
lingbroke is completed.
A representative of the Florida
Turnpike Authority told The Home
Journal last week that Perry can
expect an “initial shock” from the
opening of 1-75. Businesses that
will feel this “shock” will be the
service stations and restaurants.
T)fiC or3 * 0,n 3
ly* problems
J£-and solutions——
We are building a new home,
and I am in doubt as to what
color scheme to use in my living
room and dining area.
What would you as a profession
al decorator consider a perfect col
or scheme and what colors are
good this season?
FROM MRS. S. N.
This is a decorating problem
that should be faced open minded
Mrs. S. N.
First of all I would say to you
that the structure of your room,
the side of the house your rooms
are on, the period of furnishings
used, and whether your room will
he formal or informal will be the
determining factor of your color
scheme.
Please keep the following rules
in mind. Color is not a fad, in
other words there is no such thing
as a color that is good this season.
I will admit that some people de
corate according to what colors
are being shown in decorating ma
gazines this year but this is de
finitely wrong. The color that is
being featured will nine times out
°f 10 be 100 per cent wrong for
your particular room.
Some colors give a warm feel
ing. Reds, oranges, pinks, yellows,
°tc. and should always be used on
the north side of the house.
Others give a feeling of cool
ness. Greens, blues etc. and should
he used on the south side of the
ir) use. Since purple, lavender, vio
hJt etc, are a mixture of both
warm and cool colors blue and red
’hey may be used on either side.
Neutrals such as beige and gray
tones may be used on either side
when used with the proper accent
colors.
May I help you choose the pro
ber color scheme for your new
■ome? Remember that Interior
Decorator services are free to our
ostomers. Write your decorating
Problems to me.
JIM THORN
Interior Decorator
Stanley Furniture
1107 Macon Street
Perry, Ga.
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He feels that the motels will feel
a slight drop in business but there
will be so many cars on the road
in a short time that all business
will build back to the present
good volume.
Labor Day, of course, is usually
the signal for a sharp drop in tour
ist traffic anyhow, as schools open.
The winter season traffic will not
come until the latter part of No
vember.
At the Hospitals
Glenn Raymond Cox, Murial
Wicks and Doris Wicks were dis
missed from the Peach County
Hospital Saturday.
Helen W. Bush was admitted to
the Macon Hospital Monday.
Barbara Sewell was admitted to
Peach County Hospital Monday.
Sadie Byrd was admitted to
Peach County Hospital Monday.
Donald Oliver was dismissed
from Peach County Hospital Mon
day.
Anna Kathy Stafford was dis
missed from the Macon Hospital
Saturday.
Ruth Duke was dismissed from
the Macon Hospital last Friday.
Mrs. Donald Griffin was dismiss
ed from the Peach County Hospi
tal last Saturday.
Mrs. Ida Ruth Tucker was ad
mitted to the Peach County Hospi
tal Sunday.
Mrs. Janell Culpepper was dis
missed from the Peach County
Hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Carl Barrett was admitted
to the Middle Georgia Hospital
Sunday.
Joanne Wells was admitted to
the Peach County Hospital last
Wednesday.
Tim Curtis Dupree was admitted
to the Peach County Hospital last
Wednesday.
Mrs. W. M. Gibson was admitted
to the Middle Georgia Hospital
Tuesday.
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'Pf BY HELEN KALE
Elegant Touches
Apple juice, well chilled before
serving, takes on party manners
when you top with a scoop of
lemon sherbet.
Crumble cooked bacon and add
to thousand island dressing. Serve
this over an open-faced liver sau
sage sandwich with sliced toma
toes and onion rings as a garnish.
Having rice? Pile it up like a
cone and then place thin slivers
of processed cheese on top and
around the cone to allow them to
melt.
For a Scandinavian hamburger,
use both ground beef and pork.
Season with chopped parsley, nut
meg, salt and pepper.
Like creamed onions? After fry
ing hamburgers or cube steak,
place sliced onions in skillet and
cook in the drippings. Sprinkle
them with flour, salt and pepper
and add a little cream before
cooking is finished.
Sliced water chestnuts and
kumquats threaded on a small
wooden pick make a nice kabob
i garnish for the meat platter.
i
Helen’s Favorite:
Old-Fashioned Slaw
(Serves 6)
4 Cups finely shredded
cabbage
% cup seedless raisins
2 tablespoons sugar • .
2 teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons creamy salad
dressing
1 tablespoon vinegar
Combine cabbage, raisins,
sugar and salt. Let stand for
1 hour. Drain off liquid. Blend
together salad dressing and
vinegar. Spoon into cabbage
mixture; toss to mix well.
ALONG
SjSfj ABOUT
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BY COOPER ETHERIDGE
CHANGE: Edward J. Carter, 315
Lee Street, says he enjoyed our
recount of the changes going on
in the world and about “old days”.
His stories make the ones we told
look pretty pale. He lived in the
mountains of Virginia for 38 years
and he saw the shape of things to
come. He walked six miles a day
to school, and as high as 18 miles
a day at some times.
“I carried the same razor blade
to two different colleges,” he says,
“and sharpened it in a glass of
water. I saw wagon trains and
herds of geese driven. I saw
horses hitched on the main street
of town and men killed in gun
fights.
“At the trial of a favorite moon
shiner, we once drank up the evi
dence in court. I AM 49 YEARS
OLD.” (That’s where he beat me,
because that’s how old I am and
I haven’t seen men killed in gun
fights in Perry),
I had to leave Virginia because
a man gave me a razorback hog
tied up in a shotgun case. He got
loose from me and sacked the
town in the manner of ‘Homer’s
men’ and they declared open sea
son on me and the hog. The hog
is still abroad in the land.”
We’ll be careful about the stor
ies we tell in the future for this
man has got me beat a mile.
STRANGE NEW WORLD: We
are old-fashioned enough to think
that people who are elected to
represent a state, county or city
in government should be a resi
dent of the subdivision they wish
to represent. This apparently isn’t
so anymore. Pierre Salinger moved
to California from Washington,
D. C., quickly and got the Demo
cratic nomination for the U. S.
Senate. Now Bobby Kennedy, who
resides in Virginia and votes in
Massachusetts, is going to try to
get the nomination for the senate
from New York. What kind of
qualifications do you need to run
for office now? A well-known
name apparently is the first essen
tial; the rest of the qualifications
are forgotten.
WORLD’S FAIR: Mrs. Rebecca
Hammock has just returned from
New York, where she visited her
daughter and the World’s Fair.
She had such a good time she
wrote herself eight pages of notes
while her thoughts were fresh in
her memory. “My eyes were just
poppin out,” Mrs. Hammock said.
“This has truly been the happiest
and most rewarding vacation I
ever had.”
SHORTAGE: They say there is
a shortage of coins all over the
country. What might be happen
ing to them in Perry is that so
many people are buying those
Home Jourhals, which would ac
count for the shortage of dimes.
We like this chicken feed.
SMART: The squirrels in Perry
apparently have read the predic
tions that the pecan crop will be
about 15 per cent of normal this
year. They are taking pine cones
and hiding them just like they us
ually put pecans in storage. If
they find a tree with nuts on it,
whoever owns that tree had better
guard it with an arsenal.
COLORED NEWS
The New Hope Baptist Church
will begin revival services Wed
nesday night, August 26. Prayer
meeting starts Wednesday night,
Aug. 26, and preaching starts
Monday night, August 31.
Miss Milledge L. Dixon, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Miller L. Dix
on, received a $750 scholarship
from Fort Valley State College.
She is an honor students and this
is her junior year. She is major
ing in Mathematics.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wynn
visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Miller L. Dixon. Along with them
was their daughter, Tonja Michelle
Wynn. Their home is in Thomas
ville, Ga.
Miss Brenda Dixon has returned
home after visiting her sister, Mrs.
Carolyn Wynn, while Mr. Wynn
was attending Purdue University
in Indiana.
Youth Council meeting will be
held on Thursday night, August
27, at Mrs. Lockett’s den. We are
asking all members to be present
and on time. Business of extreme
importance.
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Dear Cooper:
Although I am a little late in
commenting, I can’t resist telling
you how much I enjoyed your ar
ticle in the August 6 issue con
cerning your early experience be
hind the old-time soda fountains. I
suppose I enjoyed this especially
because my own story would
match yours almost exactly.
The first job I ever had was as
a “table boy” in Wright’s Drug
Store in Fort Valley in 1914. I was
nine years old at the time and was
paid $3 a week or 50c a day. I
started to work at seven in the
morning and we usually quit about
ten at night—later on Saturdays.
Subsequently, I worked there off
and on for six or seven years—
sometimes in the summer, some
times after school and on Satur
days.
In those days, Fort Valley was
a very busy place during the sum
mer with thousands of newcomers
in the area on account of the
booming peach business and be
lieve me we really worked in this
drug store. But what a thrilling
thing it was for me in those days.
I can remember how proud I
felt the first time I mastered the
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art of carrying a loaded tray on
the tips of my fingers without
spilling anything. And how I look
ed forward to the time when I
might qualify as a soda jerker. I
can remember to this day the first
time I was permitted to actually
mix a drink for a customer.
Grover Ivey was the head soda
jerker in those days and it is in
teresting to note that he later left
Fort Valley and I understand owns
and operates one of the largest
drug stores in Orlando, Fla. today.
In fact, it may be one of the out
standing drug stores and soda
fountains in the whole state of
Florida.
A drink that was very popular
in those days was chocolate milk
(a little chocolate syrup in the
bottom of the glass, a slap of ice
cream, fill the glass with milk and
stir). These may still be popular
in the South but I can assure you
they are unknown in the North.
We had a variation of this drink
which we called a chocolate
frappe. It was the same as a
chocolate milk except that we ad
ded a spoonful of pecans. Real
good!
Sometime we’ll have to get to-
gether and talk some more about
this subject! I could go on for
hours about some of the humor
ous and unusual experiences
which I recall from the old soda
fountain days. I still think this was
wonderful training—that from this
experience I learned an awful lot
about getting along with people
that has stood me in good stead in
later life.
Keep up the good work on your
paper; I continue to enjoy it week
after week.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT E. BROWN JR.
W. Hartford, Conn.
Stnohey Saya:
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You and only you!
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to thank all my
friends and neighbors for their
many kindnesses during my recent
stay in the hospital. Your cards,
flowers, visits and gifts will always
be remembered.
MRS. DONALD GRIFFIN
JOKES
Teacher: “Now, George, if I
subtract 25 from 50, what’s the
difference?”
George: “That’s what I say. Who
cares?”
The honeymooners were walking
arm-in-arm along the beach. Sud
denly inspired by the occasion, he
exclaimed, “Roll on, thou deep
and dark blue ocean, roll on!”
His bride gazed at the ocean for
awhile, then cried, “Oh Herman,
you’re wonderful! It’s doing it!”
Stranger in town: “Did you see
a pedestrian go by here awhile
ago?”
Villager: “No, sir. I’ve been
here an hour, and there hasn’t
been a thing go by except one
man, and he was walking.”
“Call up your husband and tell
him you will be late and go out
with me,” the patron told the pret
ty manicurist in the barbershop.
“You tell him,” she said sweet
ly, “he’s shaving you.”