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ON BARNS AND ABANDONED shacks or cabins a
long Highway 41 traces are still seen of the days when
giant letters declared the wonders of far-off attractions
Perry’s Highway 41 Still Has Many
Billboards Decorating The Roadsides
BY MAXINE THOMPSON
When motorists gel tired
of giant advertising bill
hoards along interstate high
ways, they should take a
ride a few miles along old
U. S. Highway 41, the only
way tourists used to have to
cross our state fro.. "°rth
IRVA’S
BEAUTY SHOP
Styles
PH: 987-2516 p er ry, Ga.
100 Marshallville Road
“Make your next move
to the country!”
“Space for families to stretch and grow . . . plenty
of breathing room away from the city's congested
tread-mill! And all without sacrificing the conveniences
of city living!" . . .
This is the message we can send to the crowded
cities. Industry and private citizens alike are finding
rural areas mighty attractive alternatives to their urban
problems!
We need to create jobs in rural areas . . . help stop
the out-flow of our young people . . . build for the
future. We've got lots to offer! We've got power to
grow . . . out where there's room to grow!
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too south and back again,
and notice the great job
the advertising fellows did
back in grandpa’s day.
Their advertising didn’t
come from the Madison Ave
nue boys, but their ads are
still there, and nothing suc
ceeds like success.
From barn tops and barn
sides tourists are told to
“See Rock City,” “See seven
States From Lookout Moun
tain,” “See Seven States
From Rock City,” and “See
Rainbow Springs,” among
many others, in giant let
ters.
Some of the lettering is
faded from the years of ex
posure, and some of the ac
companying houses are gone,
but the billboard barns still
stand, a monument to early
rural advertising.
Why would a farmer al
"See Rock City" wet one of the most common, and
advertisers have made full use of wall and roof of this
structure between Perry and Henderson.
low his barn to be messed
up with all that advertising?
That, too, is a sign of the
times.
Those were the days of
family farms, smokehouses
full of meat, sweet potatoes
stored in hills covered with
pine straw and dirt, shelf
after shelf of canned meat,
vegetables, and fruit as well
as the ever-present syrup;
feed in the barns for live
stock but little or no
spending money.
If the house got painted,
which was extremely unlike
ly, the barn certainly did
not, and its unpainted boards
were at the mercy of every
kind of weather.
Along came an advertis-,
ing man with a proposition.
If his company could use
the top or sides of a barn
to display a message to the
public, then the barn would
be painted free of charge.
Occasionally a little mon
ey might change hands, but
most often that was the deal,
and many a hard-pressed far
mer considered himself
lucky at that.
That some of the barns
outlived the houses speaks
Trailer Park
Here Puts In
Computer
Displaying typical Ameri
can ingenuity, the owners
and operators of a campsite
in the Perry, Georgia, area
have chalked up a “first” by
utilizing a nationwide com
puterized reservation serv
ice to book and confirm
campsite reservations for
the 40-million Americans
who go camping each year.
Known as Housers Mill
Park, this progressive camp
site is owned and operated
by J. L. Leonard Jr. and G.
L. Van Fossen. It is one of
the first campsites in Ameri
ca to become affiliated with
the Pathfinder Travel Park
System. This is a firm based
in Daytona Beach, Fla. and
catering to the needs of the
camping public by utilizing
computers and a nation-wide
communications network.
"We believe this is the
first time a computer-com
munications network has ev
er been used anywhere for
the convenience of camping
and outdoor enthusiasts,”
said owners Leonard and
Van Fossen. "The response
has been most encouraging.”
There is no charge to the
traveler using the reserva
tion system and calls can be
made toll free. Three tele
phone numbers are being
used, depending in which
section of the United States
a camper lives.
Campers and lovers of the
outdoors may still enjoy
“roughing it” when they go
camping. But now they are
assured of a confirmed re
servation and a place to park
their rec vees or pitch a
tent.
When campers call in for
a reservation they are ad
vised if space is available,
cost, facilities, directions and
special attractions.
The computer reservation
service is sure to capture the
imagination and fancy and
meet with the approval of
campers across the nation.
for the preserving qualities
of the paint.
It doesn’t pay to ride a
long the old roads while you
are hungry. Hand painted
signs nailed to trees regale
you with their promises of
“Fresh Peaches”, “Country
Hams,” “Pecan Candies,” or
“Pit Bar B-Que” along with
souvenirs and gifts. They
keep giving the distance at
intervals, first in miles, then
in hundreds of feet, until
the driver is led almost by
the hand to the roadside
stand or shop where he and
his money are soon parted.
Unlike the sheared-clean
expressways, these older
roads treat one to the near
forgotten sight and smell of
Seven Sisters roses spilling
over a sagging fence; or
nestled against a deserted
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Commodore Perry Society
To Sell American Flaas
A Flag Sale will be held
on Thursday, June 4th, by
the Commodore Society, C.
A. R., it was announced at
, the society meeting held last
Tuesday afternoon at the
Speech School
Has Newsletter
The Newsletter of the
Houston Speech School has
a new name! Stan Simmons,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelly
Simmons of Warner Robins,
submitted the name which
was the unanimous choice of
the judges, “The Sound
breaker”.
There was a tie for sec
ond place between David
Hunt’s “Tiny Talk” and
Rhonda Boor's suggestion,
‘lnformation Please”. David
Hunt is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Brevard Hunt. His mo
ther is a teacher at the
school. Rhonda is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan
Boor.
Other entries were: The
Ephepheta; Houston Speech
School; Here Today, Hear
1 omorrow; and the Residual
News.
Judges for the contest
were: Mr. Bobby Branch,
Editor of the Houston Home
Journal; Mr. Jim Cosey,
News Editor of the Warner
Robins Sun; and Mr. Ches
ter Tatum, Editor of the
\\ arner Robins Journal.
house, a tall cape jasmine
with its heady fragrance.
Gnarled Chinaberry trees
that once played host to a
generation or two of boys
and tomboys who swarmed
over their limbs now droop
in their loneliness. A soli
tary chimney, all that is
lelt of a house full of me
mories, is decorated with
kudzu vines and a brick
company advertisement.
Don’t ride over one of
these roads in a hurry. Take
time to read the faded old
signs on the trees and barns.
One of these days the last
one of them will be gone,
leaving only a memory be
hind.
home of Mrs. W. R. Richard
son, Jr., on Eleanor Circle.
The Flag Sale will be in
preparation for Flag Day
which is June 14. Orders will
be taken by the Flag Chair
man, Joel Moody, telephone
987-1760.
Chris McQuaig, Patriotic
Education Chairman, report
ed that flags were flown by
members on Armed Serv
ices Day, which honors all
branches of the armed for
ces. President Harry Truman
founded Armed Services
which was first celebrated
in May 1950.
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In Bank of Perry Building 987—1951
ardship Week, May 3-10 was
reported by the Conserva
tion Committee. Several
booklets on conservation
which were presented to the
society by Mr. Drew Bynum,
District Conversationist for
the the Soil Conservation
Service, after his program on
the “Balance of Nature”,
are still available to mem
bers.
“Summertime”, from Geor
ge Gershwin’s “Porgy and
Bess”, was played by Jean
nie Howard, as a continu
ance of her American Music
program for the year on Am
erican composers.
It was announced that
Clare Smyth, president of
the local society, has been
appointed as State Chair
man for Patriotic Education
for the Georgia Socitey, C.
A. R., by the State Presi
dent, Laura Reid of Vidalia.
The Southeastern Region
al Conference o$ C. A. R.
will be held July 24-26 at
the Heidelberg Inn at Jack
son, Mississippi. A bus for
members of Georgia Society
will leave from Macon.
An interesting program on
Gadsby’s Tavern was given
by Robert Richardson. This
historic inn in Alexandria,
Virginia was a favorite meet
ing place of the military,
government officials and vis
iting diplomats. The D. A. R.
and C. A. R. have helped in
its restoration as a museum.
Several pictures and memen
toes of the inn were shown
by members who have visit
ed it.