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M A Prise Winning Georgia Newspaper Celebrating 100 Years of Service”
The Houston
Home Journal
BOBBY BRANCH President-Editor-Publisher
MAXINE THOMPSON Assistant Editor
WOFFORD SINYARD Production Manager
Published Every Thursday By
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, INC.
G. OGDEN PERSONS, Vice. Pres. LEWIS M. MEEKS, sec.-Treas.
Entered At Perry, Georgia Post Office 31069 As Second Class Mail Matter
EDITORIALS
Perry Convention Center
We would like to see interest in a
civic hall and small convention center
for Perry, come alive once again.
A couple of years ago there was
considerable interest here for such a
project and we believe the Chamber
of Commerce made a study on just
how many small conventions and
meetings Perry could draw from a
round the state if we had the proper
meeting facilities.
Perry has everything going in the
right direction to attract meetings
from 50 people to around 300 or even
more. We already have some of the
finest motels and restaurants in the
We want to commend all those law
enforcement officers who took part in
the sweep through Houston County
last Thursday to clean out and arrest
all those folks who were selling moon
shine here.
The one day and night long raids
in Houston county was spearheaded by
the State Revenue Department and
they were assisted by the Houston
County Sheriff’s Department and the
Police Departments from both Perry
and Warner Robins.
The old moonshiner is finding it
More Education Offered WRAMA
We applaud officials of WRAMA
and Macon Jr. College on the an
nouncement last week of plans to es
tablish a four-year resident degree
program for both military and civilian
personnel of Warner Robins Air Force
Base.
The new Robin Resilient Center
will be administered by Macon Jr. Col
lege, working with Georgia College,
Fort Valley State College and Middle
Georgia College. The new program
will make it possible for a college stu
5 YEARS AGO—Two million dol
lars worth of motels going up here
Holiday Inn and Howard Johnson at
U S. 341 exit of 1-75 . . . Lawrence C.
(Larry) Walker was one of 112 Georgia
applicants to pass the April Bar Ex
aminations and is now qualified to
practice law in Georgia ... As part
of his law work, Larry Walker studied
the “legislative history of the Town
and City of Perry,” learning that Per
ry was incorporated in 1824 with town
limits to extend Vi mile from the cen
ter of the public square . . . Police
Chief B. E. Dennard warned parents
that youths under 18 years must have
written permission to play in Perry’s
pool parlors, and that riders of motor
ized bikes and scooters must have driv
ers licenses.
10 YEARS AGO Perry’s mayor
and council contracted to add two
miles of 4-inch gas main to relieve the
gae shortage which develops in ex
treme cold weather . . , James Virgil
A Job Well Done
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state and Perry’s reputation for being
a hospilible community to visitors is
known nation-wide.
The cerfler could also serve as a
civic auditorium for community activi
ties. Certainly a town the size of Per
ry should have a place where meet
ings and cultural events could be
held.
We hope community and City lead
ers will not lose sight of the need for
such a facility and will undertake a
study to learn the feasibility of get
ting a civic center and convention hall
for Perry. ... It seems like a pro
gressive idea to us.
—B. B.
difficult indeed to manufacture and
sell his product in this area. The rev
enue agents are just too slick for the
shiner these days. Massive arrests
came here last week only after the
agents had completed six months of
undercover work purchasing moon
shine from all those arrested.
Our hats are off to the slate, fed
eral and local officers who are doing
a fine job of keeping “white lightning"
under control in Houston County. . . .
Keep up the good work.
—B. B.
dent to get a degree without having to
leave the base.
We want to offer a special word of
praise to Perry’s Spencer Rhodes, di
rector of WRAMA education; General
A. J. Beck, WRAMA Commander and
to Dr. Jack Carlton, president of Ma
con Jr. College. These men, plus many
others, have worked long and hard to
make (he Robins Resident Center a
reality and we appreciate all they have
done for the community.
—B. B.
Peavy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Peavy, has been awarded a $2,600 a
year fellowship by the U. S. Office of
Education for study in mathematics at
the University of . Georgia . . . Mem
bers of the Perry Presbyterian Church
participated in a ground breaking
service for their new $75,000 educa
tional building . . . The City of Perry
asked the Houston County Commis
sioners for help in building the first
segment of a proposed perimeter road
around Perry.
20 YEARS AGO Houston Coun
ty’s tax digest went above four million
dollars this year for the first time in
the history of the county . . . Miss
Margaret Smith, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. J. B. Smith, has accepted the po
sition as organist at Mulberry Street
Methodist Church in Macon . . . Red
Cross swimming lessons for persons of
all ages above 9 will begin June 12 at
Houston Lake and at Vinson Valley
beginning July 5. There will be bus
transportation provided from Perry.
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A Father’s Greatest Reward
John T. Turner and his family of
Perry were on the way to Atlanta on
1-75 on a recent Friday when Mr.
Turner got out of the car to change
places with his daughter who had
driven to a point near Forsyth. Un
known to him at the time his billfold
slipped out of his pocket to the ground
in the process.
The family stopped at a shop in
Forsyth but did not purchase any
thing. They drove on to Griffin, stop
ped there and made a purchase. Mr.
Turner reached for his billfold and
it was not there.
The $20.00 in money in the billfold
didn’t worry him so much as the credit
cards, auto registration, blood donor
card, and the many other important
papers that would not only take a lot
of time and trouble to replace, but it
would be disastrous if the credit cards
fell into the wrong hands.
The family turned around and re
traced their stops, first in Foryth and
then to the place they thought they
made the driving change, but to no
avail. They finally gave up and went
on to Atlanta, where they remained
1 with relatives until Sunday.
They had been at home about an
’ hour Sunday when the ttiiephone rang.
3 Two brothers who were truck drivers
1 were calling from above Chattanooga,
Tenn. They had called from Marietta,
then Cartersville trying to reach the
family but the Turners had not arriv
ed home yet. The men had found Mr.
* Turner’s billfold beside the highway
that day, Sunday, and knowing that
he would be worried about it they
wanted to set his mind at ease and let
him know it was safe.
They said that they would stop in
Perry on their return trip on Tuesday
and call the Turners. On Tuesday
morning, they called from a local
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Editor. Home Jovial:
The Alpha Lambda Chapter
, of the Delta Kappa Gamma So
ciety want to express our ap
preciation for your kindness
and generosity to us as we en
tertained the Slate Delta Kappa
Gamma Workshop on last Sat
urday. We came into the Home
Journal office for materials to
use in decorating and registra
tion and you insisted that you
were donating them to the So
ciety.
We had people from all over
the state of Georgia here and
" e that the meeting was
a good advertisement for Per
il *y- Vou certainly helped make
truck stop and Mrs. Turner went out
to meet them. She reported that they
were very courteous and nice, and
that when she tried to offer them a
reward they flatly refused it. She men
tioned that they had to pay for a phone
call, and they said just forget it.
Mrs. Turner thanked the men, then
on impulse laid $5.00 down by each
of their coffee cups and said, “Well,
then just give this to your wives or
children or something, I just feel you
deserve something for going out of
your way to return something so im
portant to us.” Then she left without
giving them a chance to say anything
else.
Thursday’s mail brought the fol
lowing letter to the Turner home:
“Dear Mr. and Mrs. Turner —My hus
band, Randall Carter, who works driv
ing a truck for Thompson Industries,
Valdosta, Ga,, found your billfold and
returned it to you.
“You were kind enough to give the
children $5.00, but they took a vote
on it and decided to return it to you.
Perhaps the same thing may happen
to us some day and we may not be
as fortunate. This is our way of look
ing toward the future.
“My three children said that if
their daddy could be that honest, that
they would be, too. This, to me, is the
greatest reward, to be able to set a
good example tor our children, and
have them WANT to follow it.
“Thank you—(.signed) Mr. and Mrs.
Randall R. Carter, and Kenny, Debbie
and Gene.”
What greater reward can any fa
ther have than knowing that his chil
dren feel this way about him? They
love, respect and honor him. This kind
of father is king every day, not just
on Father’s Day.
it a big success.
We heard teachers say that
they were having such a good
time in Perry that they didn’t
want to go home.
Several recipes on the menu
came from the Cook’s Nook and
we really were proud that they
caused such a sensation.
Sincerely.
Alpha Lambda Chapter.
(Margaret Talton, Cor
responding Secretary)
Dear Editor:
The Perry Business Wom
en would like to take this
opportunity to thank the
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merchants of Perry for the
support they have given us
over these many years, of
donations, buying ads. buy
ing tickets on every thing
we were selling to help us
build a better town for the
young and old.
We want the merchants to
know that all the business
women are behind them and
will support them by shop
ping here at home. No finer
place to be found to buy
the things you really need.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mary L. Langston,
Secretary
SUPPORT
PERRY
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Bobby
Branch
I CANT GET very excited over the slate of
Gubernatorial candidates. There’s 13 men (and
women) running this season and some of the birds
in the race are just downright nutty.
One thing about this election year, though,
Georgians have a selection from an osteopath, to
a liberal, to a racist, to a women’s liberation fight
er, to . , . you name it. Never in the history of
the Peach State has such a group fallen into the
race for Governor.
It looks right now like the Democratic race is
between Carl Sanders and Jimmy Carter and the
Republican race seems to be down to Jimmy Bent
ly and Hal Suit. Os course, the other candidates
are going to get, split, bloc, knock and generally
foul up the entire race and that aspect of the Gub
ernatorial run for the races ought to make this the
most interesting year in history in Georgia poli
tics. ... I hope they all run big newspaper ad
vertisements in The Home Journal.
HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFF ALBERT HUD
SON w?s answering the phone, working the radio
and talking to people who came into the Sheriff’s
office, all at the same time. ... It was last Sun
day afternoon. . . . And I didn’t think Sheriffs
had to work on Sunday.
STATE TREASURER JACK RAY came by the
office this , week and we had an informative talk
on Georgia politics. Mr. Ray, who has been around
the Georgia political scene since the early forties,
still hasn’t been able to figure politics. . . . Who
can?
HAVE YOU NOTICED the wide choice of
newspapers available to Perry readers? Just lock
at the news racks around town sometime. Daily
newspaper readers have a choice of five different
papers that are put into news racks in Perry.
There are the two Atlanta newspapers, the two
from Macon and the Daily Sun from Warner Rob
ins. I think it’s a good thing for people to have a
choice of daily newspapers. Some are good and
some are better than others. That’s the great thing
about a newspaper, a person can choose to read
what he likes.
I’m glad we have so many dailies in this area
available for the readers. I welcome them all. The
Home Journal is not in competition with any of
the daily papers. The Home Journal is a communi
ty, hometown newspaper and that’s all. . . . But
all of us here think that’s a lot. ... So, all you
dailies hang in there.
HARRY HAMRICK, who edits our newspaper
in Unadilla, wrote in his column last week about
two Unadillans who lost some prized possessions
in the downtown area of that city recently.
Harry wrote that a lady lost her upper dent
ures while shopping last week and that a new
comer to town had reported that he lost his glass
eye somewhere downtown. . . . Harry wrote on,
“If anybody has run up with these and found
no use for them the original owners would like
to get them back.”
I GUESS I NEED A HAIRCUT because when
1 walked into the Edwards-Harper store Tuesday,
Jerry Rogers asked me right off did I have $1.75.
I told him I didn”t so he said just go over to the
barber shop and get a haircut and tell them I’ll
pay for it later. . . . And 1 thought I could get
by for at least another week.
BILL HOLLAND, the sage of Perry, was back
in town Tuesday going around speaking to every
one and chewing on his cigar. Bill now lives in
Cochran, but for the many years that he was in
Perry his was a familiar face at all the Perry
High football and basketball games. He also sold
boiled peanuts and peaches from his stand at the
old icehouse for many years. . . . Bill told me
Perry is still the best place in the world to live.
. . . And old Bill is about right about that.
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