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THE¥ HOUSTON HOME 1
Journal
COOPER ETHERIDGE Editor
BYRON MAXWELL Production Manager
BOBBY BRANCH Associate Editor and Adv. Manager
Published Every Thursday by The Houston Home Journal, Inc.
1010 Carroll Street, Perry, Georgia 31069, Phone 987-1823
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GA. 31069. THURSDAY, JUNE 26. 1969
Ray Worked Hard for the Cities
Mayor Richard Kay of Perry pro
bably feels a great sense of relief after
completing a year as president of the
Georgia Municipal Association, for it
is a demanding job, one that requires
tremendous patience, ability and diplo
macy.
He is held in high regard by all of
the city officials who have watched
him work so diligently and relentless
for the interests of the cities of the
state. He has given the GMA strong
leadership during the year and he has
brought honor to his hometown,. Per
ry, the Crossroads of Georgia.
He had the top spot in the GMA
in a year when its problems seemed to
be doubled and trebled. The cities are
Maddox Threatens to Run Virginia
The governor has issued his second
threat against the world if his tax in
crease doesn’t win approval, and we
are tempted to urged the legislature
to pass it in a hurry.
His first threat was issued earlier
in the year, when he said he would re
sign from the governorship if the legis
lature would approve his tax program.
That, of course, was too good to be
true. The legislature didn’t pass it and
he didn’t resign.
Last week he said that if his tax
program is not approved he will put
his wife, Mrs, Virginia Maddox, right
in the middle of the governor’s race.
Mrs. Maddox, picking up steam
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’ ■ I LIKE THESE
BY DAN HODGES, Pastor
jj -W v First Baptist Church
The hits mini criticism that
youth diroots al ohuroh members
can lie bluntly summarized: it is
a hard word hut wo must faoo it.
Young people are quick to do
ted phony or fake Christians.
Without looking 100 far, one may
see much that is not wholly
genuine in our spiritual prac
tices; it reflects spiritual care
lessness.
Young people arc especially
critical of adult behavior, and
when they sec the difference be
tween the teaching of what a
Christian scmetimes does, they
can become skeptics. They tend
not to point their finger at the
skin but at the inconsistency
between a man’s vehement con
demnation of one man’s sin and
his apparent disregard for his
own sin. For example, they say
we talk about love, but act in
self-interest; that we sing about
peace, but support war; that we
How Much Surplus? Not Much!
Ever wondered what would happen if food pro
duction stopped today? By tomorrow, no milk would
be available. In five days you would not be able to
have either red meat or eggs. In a week, all chickens
would be gone. In 25 days all canned and condensed
milk would be used. In 38 days, the last turkey would
have been eaten.
having a tougher tune meeting their
bills and trying to keep up with their
continued growth. It costs the city
more money to operate just as it costs
the individual—the inflation spiral hits
cities and counties, too.
The Home Journal salutes Mayor
Kay for his devotion to the interest of
the cities and thanks him for giving
Perry a good name among the people
who lead all of Georgia’s cities.
Although there has been every in
dication that he will not offer for
mayor again, you just can’t tell. He
has been encouraged by many local
people to run again and that is pretty
music to the ears of a politician. And
then again he might have his eyes on
a higher office.
from her free-wheeling governor-hus
band, said if she got to be governor
she would rule with a strong hand.
We think Mrs. Maddox is a mighty
nice lady and we don’t think Lester
ought to force her into the race for
governor.
We hear now that Lester is consid
ering the race for mayor of Atlanta,
which will be decided in the fall. The
rumor is that he would serve one year
as mayor, then get in the governor’s
race himself or try for the U. S. Sen
ate.
We believe everything and nothing
that we hear about Mr. Maddox’s poli
tical plans.
shout about moral standards but
order our lives by the material;
that we condemn youthful pro
miscuity, but practice the seri
alized polygamy of divorce.
Young people sometimes feel
Christians perform out of duty
rather than out of real desire.
The sans' person who has been
heard complaining about having
to go to a Sunday evening ser
vice can lie heard praying when
called upon, “Thank Thee for
the privilege of coming into Thy
House tonight." The "itVSun
day and » you- have —to— g»vto
church” attitude is perhaps too
easily picked up by our young
people, who are usually more
true to their own feelings and
will simply decide to slay away.
What are we to say? That we
have indeed much of which we
are ashamed. If we can’t say
that, we are indeed hypocrites
every time we confess our sin.
We must be humble enough to
admit that not one of us is liv
ing up to the highest Unit we
know. If you can say you are
perfect, then you don’t know my
Saviour. Another answer can be
given. The Christian church is
I hi' place where we come, not
to be assured that we are belter
Hum our neighbors, but to place
ourselves under the judgment
and mercy of Clod. In fact, the
church is the one place in all
the world where we are forced to
compare ourselves, not with one
another but with Jesus Christ.
It may be true Ilia I the older we
get the easier it is to dodge the
challenge of the gospel, to get
used to hearing the gospel
preached, and to slip to a lower
level of Christian life than we
once aspired to. Here again we
need the voice of youth to re
mind us of what we are really
professing to believe.
Why have 1 written these
articles? Os course the youth
cannot be exempted from a
charge of hypocrisy because that
charge has away of backfiring
on the person who uses it. Hut
it does seem we cannot turn a
deaf ear to the criticisms of the
younger generation. We need to
listen to it, to understand it, and
in some cases to evaluate our
own ways that we may gain these
young hearts, not turn them
away.
FOR THE FAMILY >
ITEM: Painting the junc
tions at walls and ceilings, or
that difficult strip where wall
meets wood trim, can be
tedious. Hold a small piece of
cardboard tightly against the
rim of the woodwork, using a
small flat brush. Place the edge
of the brush at the edge of the
cardboard, and make short
strokes toward the center of
the wall.
ornr>PFß ETHERIDGE
ABOUT NOW
HOW IN THE WORLD can they charge S2O for
a bikini swim suit that couldn’t possibly have 79
cents worth of material in it? Some of the bikinis
make a mini-skirt look like an evening gown.
WANDERING TRUCK: You wouldn’t believe it
if you hadn’t got the word from eye-witnesses, and
one of them a preacher. A pick-up truck parked
near the barbershop in the Perry Plaza rolled out
of the parking lot, backing beautifully through the
entrance, crossed Macon Street at a time when
there wasn’t a car coming, went over the embank
ment nicely and rolled to a stop in what used to be
a deep gully. The pick-up was not damaged the
least bit but had to be pulled out because Friday
morning’s rains had made a mess of the new dirt
in the gully. All the people in the barbershop, one
a preacher, saw it happening. Joe Moody of Moody
Motor Co. pulled the man’s pick-up and took cash
for the job, so we don’t have his name. Imagine how
you would have felt if you had been driving along
Macon Street and seen this driverless pick-up back
ing out of the parking lot and across the street!
GOING UP: We hate to mention it but we will
have to increase the subscription prices of The
Home Journal soon, and we have tentatively set the
date for Oct. 1, 1969. The new price will be $5 a
year in Houston and adjoining counties and $6 a
year for all subscriptions going out of Houston and
adjoining counties. The single price on the news
stands will be 15 cents each. May we suggest that
you subscribe now under the old prices before the
increase comes! As everybody else says, “you know
we have inflation.” Everything that goes into pro
ducing The Home Journal has gone up day by day
for so long that we were forced to put these in
creases into effect.
PEACH HARVEST FESTIVAL: Since Perry
hasn’t ever attempted a Peach Harvest Festival be
fore, we have no idea how it will turn out but we
surely hope that Perry will support it, as it usually
does every worthwhile project. The merchants have
worked hard and long at this event so we urge
Perryans to buy tickets to one or all of the follow
ing events: Fishing rodeo, barbecue, teen dance
and beauty revue. And check the special “peachy”
values at the 28 cooperating stores.
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FROM OUR NEWSPAPER FILES
5 YEARS A( 10: Houston Coun
ty Agent George AUmond con
gratulates Larry Barrett for
placing first in recreation, Mary
Jane Retherford for her first
place in dairying and Mary Rush
for her first place in veterinary
science, in the Southwest Ga.
4-11 finals... The newly installed
time and temperature clock at
Perry Loan and Savings Rank
got a real workout last week as
the mercury soared to the 100
degree mark almost every day...
Free parking for 00 day trial
gets unanimous vote from coun
cil... Surprise raid uncovers local
moonshine operation (200 yards
off Perimeter road in a hig pen
in a pine thicket)...Leon Rober
son and Mike Seago were se
lected us winners in the Perry
FFA Chapter Home Improvement
Contest.
10 YEARS AGO: Jaycees to
send four boys to Junior Golf
Tournament at Valdosta, The
boys are Bobby Jones, Norman
Parker 111, A Idene Lasseter Jr.
and Mike Grant ...Robert McNeill,
probation officer of the Macon
Judicial Circuit, was elected
vice president of the Ga. Pro
bation and Parole Assn... Mayor
Stanley E. Smith presented
plaque to J. M. Tolleson Sr.
‘‘for outstanding service and
contribution to the development
of Perry” at dinner given by
Perry Industrial Devel. Corp...
Six girls will attend Majorette
camp at Wesleyan College. They
are Eunice Terry, Martha Lynn
Watson, Melba Gibson, Lynn
Smith, Billy Reid Coby and
Carol Etheridge...Wilson Martin
of Perry was honored at the
annual session of Roys State,
sponsored by the American Le
gion, along with Pierce Staples
and Larry Walker,
20 YEARS AGO: Fishing has
got to be such a big business
in these parts that F, E. Buck
ner, owner of the Wiggle Worm
Farm here, cannot supply the
demand for red wigglers. His
two retail outlets, Houston
Hardware and Richards Service
Stat ion, were sold out last week
...The Perry Garden Club was
organized last Thursday at a
meeting of a group of Perry
Women at the home of Mrs.
George E. Jordan... 801 l weevil
damage is serious here and
early action necessary, agent
warns... Sam Nunn Jr. of Perry
appeared on the radio show at
the Macon Lions convention in
Macon Sunday night and won a
dollar for his efforts in Imlloon
blowing contest.
30 YEARS AGO; Monday night,
June 19, 1939 the 2,030 Kiwan
is clubs on the North American
Continent met simultaneously at
9 p.m. to observe All Kiwanis
Night. G. W’, Rhodes is local
president... Marion Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown,
left Friday ftr Washington D.C.
where he has accepted an ap
pointment with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation,..Ex
cerpts from girl scout camp:
Keeping in mind our motto, ‘‘Be
Prepared”, early Monday morning
last week we raced for the Lake.
Our mornings were devoted to
Scout work. Joyce Tolleson and
Louise Kezar became Tender
foot Scouts, while the more
advanced Scouts worked on first
and second class ranks. Among
the things that made us enjoy
camp were Joyce’s radio, Mat
tie’s cooking, Senior’s orations,
our charge account at the store,
and our grand chaperones. Ca
therine Hickson, Scribe, Anna
Debbins, patrol leader.
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1 BOBBY BRANCH
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The three of them walk into this
Perry restaurant Monday morning
about 8 o’clock and slump down in a
booth.
There’re two boys and a girl. They
don’t look very neat and their eyes
are pufy and red like maybe they’re
all got a hangover.
The oldest-lookng of the two boys,
probably 19 or 20, pulls out a pack of
long cigarets and sticks one in his
mouth, letting it droop down on his
chin. His hair was long and greasy
looking and a clump of it hung down
over part of his forehead. He finally
pulled a match from his pocket and
fired up the cigaret, still slumpde down
in the booth.
“Gimme one of those weeds,” the
other boy said. He took it and lit it
from the other’s cigaret. He took a long
drag and coughed loudly. His coughing
went on for 30 seconds or so and you
could hear the phlegm bubbling around
in his lungs and throat.
“Man you sound like the big C has
done made the scene in your lungs,”
the girl said. “You might even cough
up a lung if you don’t watch out,” she
added as her and the other boy laugh
ed about the weird joke.
“Whatcha kids gonna have,” the
Perry waitress asked in a long, south
ern drawl.
“Well, mam, I think we’all just
gonna have us a little cupa’ coffee rat
now,” the oldest boy said in a half
hearted effort to mimic the waitress.
When the waitress left, the three
of them began talking about southern
accents and how funny they thought
they sounded. They continued for a
few minute§ poking fun at the south
.... This writer being a born Geor
gian, tried and true, just couldn’t keep
the old big nose out of it, so I got up
and walked over to their table.
I asked them to tell me in what
part of the country has most of the
racial rioting and college campus un
rest taken place? Not in the south and
not in Georgia, they finally conclud
ed.
I asked them to tell me what sec
tion of America more and more indus
LETTERS to EDITOR
FACS Director Defends Agency
Editor, Houston Home Journal:
I read with surprise the let
ter from Mr. William E. Suber,
in your issue of June 19lh,
headed, “Many Drink up Wel
fare Checks.” Nowhere in the
letter did I see proof that those
he saw on the one occasion
mentioned received Public As
sistance and were drinking up
their checks.
Let me say that we in the
Houston County Department of
Family and Children Services
cannot say how a person can
spend his money, but if a re
cipient drinks up his check we
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try is moving into? The south, they fi. I
nally concluded, and it was made clear
that industry is not locating here sim- |
- ply for labor reasons. The southern
environment and southern people are
better for industry.
I asked them to tell me what they
knew about the south and what they
knew about Georgia? I told them I fig
ured they knew plenty because you
can’t sit around and ridicule a place
and the people that live there unless
you knwo something about it.
But the thing was, this was their
first trip south. Here were two guys,
one about 19 and the other maybe 17, fl
and a girl about 18 or so, who had left
their homes in Ohio, and were headed
for Florida.
“Whatcha’ll cats gonna’ do for the I
betterment of Florida,” I asked in a E
sarcastic tone. I
“Oh, man, we’re going to look for I
the beautiful people down there and
when we find them, we’re going to * I
join them and see what we can do about
making this world a better place to I
live,” the oldest guy told me. “I mean
really now, you probably don’t under- :
stand that, man . . . Because you’re a \
southern newspaper cat and you just I
automatically are against our move- I
ment,” he added. I
“What is your movement,” I asked, 1
“because I really don’t know.” I
“Our movement is for peace and t
love for everybody, man, why can’t f
you see that?” the same guy said. I
So, I talk to them for a few more I
minutes nad I still can’t figure out I
what kind of movement they’re hung |
up on. And I ask them who in the heck ■
is paying for their expenses while they f
wander around and look for peace and
love .... I’m not of the older genera
tion but I just can’t understand it.
They finally finish their coffee and
leave. I walk to the window and watch
all three of the grubby people climb
into a 1969 Delta Oldsmobile and I
away in the direction of Florida . . . • I
You ask yourself: what’s it all about |
and what does it mean? . . . Me, a writ
er, I should know what their move
ment is all about, but I don’t... I wish j
I knew. I
can question where the money
comes from, for the grants are
usually enough to meet shelter,
food, clothing and utilities by
welfare standards, most of the
time not enough. Statements
made like Mr. Suber made
should be proved.
I only wish you, Mr. and
Mrs. Houston County Citizens,
could know how much the “wel
fare” checks mean to people.
It gives security to the senior
citizens, it lets them have
pride and independence. They
no longer have to be entirely
dependent upon their son or
daughter who is rearing his ‘ I
own family. Thd same is ■
for the blind and disabled. ■
gives food to the children « I
are deprived of one or I
parents because ol deal ■ Py ■
health, or desertion. H I
prevent a welfare cycle. - ■
check made to determine ■
number of the "young ... ■
and females in the c ■
who received assistance ■
they identified as weltare I
ients? Were their tags chec ■
I wish to state that i . |
proud of our agency an ■
work it does. I
Sincerely, K
Mrs. Aurelia C. t m
Director. Houston ■
ty Department flj rV . I
ily and Children - K
ices. I