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VOL. >8 NO. 25 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1968 ESTABLISHED 7*
Pabst Brewing Company
Welcomed into Community
Perry and Houston County welcome the forma
tion of our newest community “Pabst, Ga.”
which came into existence five miles souheast of
Perry Tuesday when the Pabst Brewing Company
broke ground for its massive, S4O million brewery.
Those who are in the business of forecasting
say that this big plant will change the face and
the economy of Houston County in a very few
years after it opens operations in 1970. Two years
will be required to build he plant, which will have
a can manufacturing plant in the complex.
The 400 to 500 jobs that will become available
will bring a sizeable boost to the economy of all
of Middle Georgia and more especially to Perry,
the nearest city.
Pabst will pay wages above the average and it
has been known as a fine corporate citizen in the
communities where it has plants. Its contributions
to the area will be considerable.
Perry’s next move should be to start working no
the construction of a four-lane highway from Perry
to Pabst, which would amount to a widening of the
present U. S. 341. Trucks hauling Pabst beer will
need to get on Interstate 75 quickly and safely and
a four-lane will be a necessity.
This newspaper joins the community in wel
coming President James C. Windham, Pabst presi
dent, and his associates as a citizen of our city and
county and wish them success.
is Perry Warm or Cold?
How well does Perry receive newcomers? Are
they made to feel at home in the stores, in the so
cial. civic and church life of our community?
We get conflicting reports. Some say that (hey
feel right at home here from the day they arrive.
Others say that Perry is “cold”.
The Home Journal would like to hear from the
newcomers themselves as to how they feel about
Perry’s attitude toward them.
Newcomers, write us a letter about your atti
tude toward Perry and Perry’s attitude toward you.
We will not need signed letters, and we will not
get involved in personalities.
Start those letters right away and we will print
those that show a sincere effort to bring Perry and
our newcomers closer together.
| FOR TIMES /^V
LIKE THESE * ’ ' I
I BY DAN HODGES, P«tor
Fir»t Baptist Church j| _,rWV
Millions of people, camera in
hand, looded with fishing gear,
or just "traveling light”, head
for the seashore, the mountains,
or a hundred and one other plac
es. Their one common desire is
"a change." Or ns a catchy
song puts it, "Let’s Get Away
From It All!”
Many are tired of their jobs,
their environments, and them
selves. A vacation in a quiet
place seems to be away out.
And a vacation is a wonderful
time for relaxation and change.
The only catch is—you have to
take yourself along. Wherever
you go—Hawaii, Yellowstone,
Miami—you take your disposition,
your thought patterns, your
deceitful heart along with you.
You have to live with yourself.
An alcoholic soon finds that
he didn’t leave his craving for
liquor at home.
A lustful man finds temptation
lurking even in vacation spots.
A nervous, hot-tempered
woman soon finds that there’s
plenty to upset her on a long
trip.
The Psalmist David felt his
need to get away from it all.
But soon he realized that the
strength and the calmness he
needed would not be found in
escaping from his post of duty.
He discovered that real soul
rest does not come from around
but from above; not just a new
view, but a different viewpoint;
It
i not altitude hut attitude. He
expressed it this way: “1 will
1 lift up mine eyes unto the hills
, from whence cometh my help,
- My help cometh from the Lord,
* which made heaven and earth"
y (Psalm 121:1,2). David didn’t
/ look just at the hills; he looked
above the hills to his helper
and strength—God. In Him he
, found the restoration he needed.
t Someone has pointed out that
, w e often ask the Lord to change
1 our circumstances, or other
, people, but seldom do we ask
» Him to change ourselves. God
r 1R interested in changing people.
, °od has promised that "if any
, man be in Christ, he is a new
r creature: old things are passed
, away; behold, all things are
, becom? new," (2 Corinthians
, 5:17).
»
Before you enjoy the moun
tains, experience the mercy of
God that is higher than" the
mountains and deeper than the
sea.
Before you take a vacation
trip, confess your faith in Christ,
and your desire to live for God.
Remember, it was Jesus who
offered the rest cure that you
need: "Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden,
and 1 will give you rest" (Mat
thew 11:28).
Come to Him—NOW— and He
will give you the heart change
you desperately need.
The (Mon Home Journal
Official Organ of Houston County and City of Perry
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ON A BRANCH. .
I had occasion to travel a good bit
last week-end, mostly in Southeast
Georgia. I don’t usually listen to the
radio while I’m driving, because the
noises distract me, as they would dis
tract anyone. By noises I mean the
type music most radio stations choose
to play these days.
Coming back to Perry Sunday af
ternoon, I listened to five different
religious programs originating from as
many different towns. I listened and
it was difficult to believe what I was
hearing. I don’t usually listen to reli
gious programs either but these parti
cular programs demanded listening to
because of their subject matter ....
Money. Every one of the programs
started out with a minister who said
he wanted to help “everybody out
there in radio-land find God.” They
were all a little radical in their
preachings, but that wasn’t so bad.
What got me was when they all finally
got around to what they really started
out to accomplish and that was to ask
all listeners to send a contribution.
One preacher said: “Send me sl, $5.
$lO or any amount you wish and we
will all pray for you.” It marked the
frist time I had ever heard of buying
prayers.
This one program, which origina
; ted from a town near here, was run by
i a woman, who called herself the Rev.
i something or other. She started the
r program off by telling all the listeners
that she had a special message for
them that was given to her by the
Cord. The message was a special one
she kept repeating, and it had been
given to her by the Lord especially for
the coming week. She finally gets
i From Our Files
s't EARS, 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS
ami 30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
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5 year* ago . . . $50,592 con
tract let for new State Patrol
Station. The building will double
the space of the largest patrol
station in the state as far as the
number of men assigned to it
.... Local motels turned away
customers by the hundreds last
Saturday night. One motel owner
by actual count turned away ov
er 300. Donna Horton. Judy Gray
and Alice Hunt attending Girls
c/fdjudgcd One. of i £diioiiai
State in College Park . . . L. B.
Lester honored by Lions Club for
22 years of perfect attendance
at Lion’s Club meetings . . . Miss
Nan Johnson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Johnson receives
DAR History medal . . . Andrew
Snyder, president, declares Hous
ton County Mutual Concert As
sociation membership drive an
outstanding success with over
400 members enrolled . . . Mike
around to telling everyone who writes
her to get the special message they
must send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope with sl. “Be sure and in
clude a $1 donation in all your let
ters,” she kept saying over the air
ways.
Before this self-styled woman of
God got through with her broadcast,
she started selling special prayer
cloths. She said she had a supply of
specially biassed prayer cloths that
would help anyone who sent for them.
To get one of these you had to send
her a $5 donation, “to take care of
all the postage and handling,” she
said.
I’m not trying to indict anyone for
their religious beliefs nor do I mean to
condemn certain radio stations for
broadcasting such programs. The sta
tions are piad for the time used by
the preachers. There are many religi
ous programs being broadcast over
both television and radio that I am
sure are worthwhile and serve a pur
pose and need of many individuals.
But such programs as I heard Sunday
serve no need except that of the peo
ple who are receiving donations in the
name of religion.
This newspaper would never ac
cept advertising material that dealt
with religion the way some of the ra
dio programs I heard Sunday. It is not
our belief that prayer, religion, heal
ing or anything else promised by the
persons on these programs can be
bought by sending a $1 donation in a
stamped, self-addressed envelope ... I
just don’t think it works that way.
None of these programs were
broadcast over the local radio stations.
Ratliff and Larry Barrett win
events at District Achievements
Contests at Rock Eagle. Ratliff
won in the cotton marketing con
test and Barrett in Recreation.
10 years ago . . . Five men
who have qualified for the two
seats on the Houston County
Board of Commissioners are Ho
mer J. Walker Jr., J. E. Eason,
Claude Watson, Wyatt Kersey
and Dr. W. M. McEver. Rep.
Herman Watson qualified for re
election to the slate legislature
.... City’s recreation program
under the direction of Ben Lee
begins next week with volleyball,
softball, tennis, badminton and
baseball to be included in the
schedule for ages 8-16 . . . For
est Purdom elected to Post Com
mander of American Legion . . .
185 enroll in Bible School at First
Baptist . . . Perryans graduating
from colleges included William
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WELCOME TO PERRY: Dr. Leo
nard Cochran was welcomed Sunday
as the new pastor of the Perry Metho
dist Church. He tells the story that
when he first arrived he asked a lady
for directions to the parsonage of Rev,
Billy Key. The lady said the Metho
dists surely hated to see Mr. Key
leave Perry. “Who’s coming in his
place,” Dr. Cochran asked. “Some old
fellow from down at Albany” the lady
answered. Whether this actually hap
pened or not we do not know, but the
story helped Dr. Cochran “break the
ice” upon his arrival.
E. Beckham, Clifford B. Grimes
and Wesley R. Tabor from Geor
gia Tech; Marcy Strother Sued
from the University of Ga.; Mrs.
Elizabeth Ann Walker from Ohio
State ....
20 years ago: Rev. J .B. Smith
has made such a fine record as
pastor of the Perry Methodist
Church during the past four con
ference years the board unani
mously requested to return this
minister to the local church for
another year . . . Jaycees will
take census of Perry with a view
to obtaining city mail ddivery
and decided to spend $450 on
equipment for the two city play
grounds . . . M. Driskell, a pilot
connected with the Veterans Fly
ing Service of Gunn Field, near
Warner Robins, escaped serious
injury when a cub plane he was
flying crashed into power and
telephone lines near the Skyway
Inn Airport . . . D. N. Whiddon
of Sumner, Ga. has been elected
as the vocational agricultural
teacher at Perry High School,
County School Supl. S. W. Hick
son announced last week . . , The
Greyhound bus station has been
transferred from the Kicklighter
Drug Co. to Owen Auto Co. . , .
Mayor Charles P. Gray of Perry,
one of the few Republican city
officials in Ga., left Friday for
the Republican Convention in
Philadelphia, Pa. . . . Houston
Hardware Co. this week bright
ened up its store front with a
brand new paint job and a new
sign “Hardware” in 3-foot-high
letters .... While workmen
kept up a steady pace on the new
Perry grammar school building,
painters completed redecorating
the exterior of the high school
building and prepared to move
inside . . ,
30 yeras ago: A celebration of
the one hundred year old Perry
Baptist Church with a special
feature being roll call of visiting
former members . . . Explosion
of a gasoline tank on an engine
at the A. W. Tabor peach pack
ing plant Saturday caused dam
age estimiated at SIO,OOO and
slightly injured a young work
man, J. W. Hester .... Three
sweet potatoes of this year’s
crop were brought to the office
Tuesday by T. D. Mason from
his farm near Perry. These were
the first sweet potatoes reported
this year. The crop is over a
month advanced this summer . .
Perry’s two drug stores, Perry
Pharmacy and Houston Drugs
are being remodeled and re
painted and the interior rear
ranged to provide more floor
space .... The engagement of
Miss Carolyn May Scharff was
announced Sunday to Charles *
Cooper Etheridge, their marri
age to be solemnized in August
.... Marriage of Miss Clyde
Tabor and Mr. Wordna Gray
takes place Sunday . . . Miss
Willie Dean Grace weds Harvey
NeSmith.
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BOBBY BRANCH....Associate Editor and Adv. Manager I
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i |LETTERS to EDITOR |
J Editor, Home Journal
t Please publish the attached
. in your “letter to editor”
. column. Thanks.
! W. E. SUBER
I Commissioners of Roads and
' Revenues
r Houston County
, Perry, Georgia
’ Gentlemen;
It has come to my attention
■ that my name has been brought
; up in connection with alleged
. water and revenue shortages in
the county system.
In 1966, in the presence of
one or more commissioners and
i some personnel of the water
I dept., an agreement was made
I whereby I might draw water from
the county system for use in
' spraying pecans. At that time
I paid by check for a specified
amount of water for my own use
1 and agreed to report that which
1 drew for other persons. (This
I have faithfully done.)
In 1967, upon cessation of
spraying at some point mid
season because of crop failure,
I reported by phone to the water
department the amount used and
asked to be billed. The water
office had been moved to Warner
Robins at that time. I do not
recall whether I was ever billed,
but if not, I cannot feel any
responsibility for the water
department’s errors. However,
if this amount (I have forgotten)
can be reconstructed, I will
be glad to pay.
This season, 1968, I have
used 11,500 gallons, all from
the Elko system. This includes
500 gallons which I marked
down on a pad at Davis’ store
at their request. To complete
my spray program I will need
10,000 more gallons. Please
bill me for the entire 21,500
gallons at this time.
The water system is a bene
fit to us who are farmers, but
please cease the unfavorable
publicity which uses us as a
scapegoat for its financial
troubles.
Politically inspired, basically
uneconomic installations can
be expected to bring on finan
cial troubles.
William E. Suber
EDITOR’S NOTE: Neither
the county commissioners nor
this newspaper have accused
any person of any water short
ages. Mr. Suber was mentioned
at a commissioner’s meeting
only as one of the many farmers
who used county water. The
-commissioners have not caused
any unfavorable publicity. They
hope that the water system will
pay itself out and the sooner
the better for all concerned.
Editor, Home Journal
Your very fine, well written
editorial on “Gun Law” in the
HHJ of 6-13-68 read carefully,
as a gun dealer, shooter and
citizen of the local community.
The Macon and Atlanta news
papers have taken a demanding
“know-it-all attitude” on this
subject, very biased and preju
diced. Your view is not so
radical as the larger newspapers,
and whom is qualified to say all
they write is 100% correct.
In cities such as New York, i
Washington, Boston, Philadel
phia, Detroit, Chicago and Bal
timore, they have very strict i
hand gun laws. Has this cut 1
the crime rate, with registration
NEW METHODIST WAY; The Me
thodists are handling their pastoral as
signments differently than in the past.
It used to be a big secret until Friday
morning of the conference as to who
was going where. This year we heard
a week or two before the conference
where our Billy Key was going and
that Dr. Leonard Cochran was com
ing here. People keep telling us that
this is a changing world. This is one
of those changes. We have no objec
tion; just noting the change.
of firearms, being fingerprinted,
photographed and have permis
( sion of local police to purchase
a gun? Absolutely not. So t
evidently these methods are
a failure as a deterrent to crime
and murder.
Last year, 52,000 people
were killed and almost two mil
lion injured by automobiles and
the only one to get concerned
is the National Safety Council
of Chicago.
Does anyone suggest we stop
making 3 and 4 hundred horse
power automobiles to cut down
on speeding and reckless driving
these days? No, and the Horse
power Race goes on and on and
on. Many thousands of lives are
lost yearly and many thousands
of homes broken up by the sale
of beer and liquor. Do the large
newspapers campaign against
this great evil? No, because
their income yearly runs millions
of dollars for advertising.
Should 200 million Americans be
penalized because a few nuts go
wild with a gun? No, definitely
not.
If at anytime the writer can
be of help in hand gun shooting
and proper landling of firearms
to local citizens, and this also
applies to city, county and state
police, call on me—my pleasure.
Again thank you for a very
good gun editorial you have
written, Mr. Editor.
ALDEN E. HAGAMAN
Perry
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THE OLD TIMER J
From Olivia Bauer, Tell
City, Indiana: I remember the
asafedida bag we wore around
our neck to ward off disease.
We also had to swallow a
small pill of it now and then.
I remember the baby car
riages made of reed. And the
heavy homemade comforters
to keep us warm in the winter.
And how we brightened the
carpets with a solution of
water and ammonia.
I remember the sprays of
artificial greenery and flowers
that were used for funerals and
now the artificial flowers are
coming back into use. 1 re
member, too that the dead were
embalmed in the home and the
body was kept at home when
friends called and paid their
respects. And the wakes, too,
with the low-voiced conversa
tion in the night and later a
light lunch. The "crepe" that
hung on the front door during
the time the body was in the
home. And the hearse drown
by horses that carried the body
to the cemetery.
I remember the "umbrella
man” who made his rounds
of the town repairing um
brellas, often sharpening
scissors and knives as '
The boys made their
tall, wooden stilts and the
smaller kids made their
from tin cans and chair c. -
We would punch holes in the
bottom of the cans and run
chair canes through the 1
then knot each end so it
against the inside bottom •
can. The canes were cu *e
needed length for each s
fry- |H
Girls always had an
rope to use as a jumping
and we always had a
bag handy for some fun.
(Sm 4 contribution* to column tol
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