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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! nmnecmc Membership Corporation £/|c) COMMUNITY OWNED • COMMUNITY BUILT • miu • COMMUNITY BUILDER PERRY DISTRICT OFFICE Office Hours: I to 5, Men. thru Fri. Phono 9t7-2506 After Hours. Phone 923-6479 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 Start next Summer’s Vacation now by joining THE BANK OF PERRY’S *Jw i ? y ‘ >& s&mw&tw 'WSB' VACATION CLUB ■ fIAH | Choose One Os These Plans I / $2.00 each week for 50 weeks»sloo.oo | f $3.00 each week for 50 week»-$150.00 \*% I $5.00 each weak for 50 weoks-$250.00 | fu | SIO.OO each w.ok for 50 weoks-$500.00 Our Vacation Club is easy to join Just decide how much you want to save for your Family’s Vacation Come by THE BANK OF PERRY and let us arrange the Vacation Club for you H THE bank of perry MEMBER F.D.I.C. 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. Observance of Soil Stew Before you take off On vacation - See us We Offer Complete Vacation Insurance Coverage IpSSE—- For the Entire Family TUGGLE & JENNINGS INSURANCE AGENCY 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.