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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 |"IT HAPPENED WAY BACK WHEN.. 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. i i ■■■ ... ' ■ mm<mm <■ (pi97o^~- Hat-Covered Ring <zA/{axins. *Unomh.s.on 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 r7mrp?T™™ r Iletteks]hhiob | 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 I | j j | i'y #»»'" 4 & 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 *** * * * 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. ■ HAPPY FATHER'S m\m) YOU CAN USE THE CAR UNTIL m TONIGHT... ) ( / V* J I / Kiv margin m. 1