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M A Prfae 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. O. OGDEN PERSONS, Vice. Pres. LEWIS M. MEEKS, sec.-Treas. Entered At Perry, Georgia Post Office 31069 As Second Class Mail Matter We want to urge all those people who are eligible to vote and not reg istered to go to the court house now and register to vote. If you are 18 years of age, lived in Georgia for 1 year and have lived in Houston County for 6 months, you are eligible to vote in three important races coming up in Sept, and Novem ber in the county and state. Here’s what you do. First go down to the courthouse here in Perry to the Board of Registrars and the Registrar will inform you on the procedure of becoming qualified to vote. Voter registration is running high in Houston County but there are still many voters who have not yet taken the few minutes to go down and regis- We have a deep interest in the youth of our community and we want to do all we possibly can to encourage them to 'become a vital part of this commun ity. We want to see our youngsters make a genuine contribution to our community in the areas of education, economic growth, culture and religion. It is only with this deep concern that we speak out now against a Geor gia law that prohibits the publication of names of youths 16 years and under who get arrested. We seldom, if ever, publish names of youths 17 or 18 years of age who have gotten them selves arrested. It has been a long standing policy of this newspaper not happened WAY BACK WHEN...” 5 YEARS AGO - Mrs. Joyce B. Griffin, tax commission er of Houston County, was elected secre tary-treasurer of the County Officers Association of Georgia at their 55th annual convention in Atlanta ... A Drive is set to raise funds for lights for ramps on 1-75 in order to attract more tourists to stop in Perry . . . Bel Aire Motel adds 11 units to present 30 . . . 110 Negro students have applied to enter Houston County white schools under desegrega tion plan . . . Eric Staples, famed coach at Ferry High School for many years, will be one of the featured lecturers at the third annual Stetson University Basket ball Coaching Clinic in DeLand, Fla. 10 YEARS AGO The new Perry Loan and Savings Bank opens its brand new $150,000 building . . . The Bonaire School gymnasium, built in 1933 as a community project, was des troyed by a fire of unknown origin . . . Criticisms received by Perry Chamber of Commerce and passed on to the merchants and citizens listed as; Junk yards should Barbed Wire by WYNN WOLCOTT ONE OF OUR hangups is deciding what education really is. Ons thing it isn't is a smattering of this and that. THE REASON we don't learn from experience is that the young haven't had any and the rest of us pay no attention to history. IT PAYS TO encourage your kids to read. In business there s a direct relationship between income and vocabulary. Register to Vote We’ll Print Names ter for one of the most precious right we as Americans have. This election year will see a record number of Hous ton Countians and Georgians go to the polls to vote for the candidate of their choice. The General Primary will take place on Sept. 9. That’s when voters decide between the Republican or Democra tic candidates of their choice. The General Election will then be held on November 3. In the event of runoffs, the General Primary runoffs will be held on Sept. 23, and General Election runoffs (if any take place) will be held on November 17. Register to vote now. Then VOTE as you please but VOTE. —B. B. 4.0 do so because of the embarrasemenl of the families involved. We don’t feel that way anymore. We are strongly considering beginning the publication of names of minors ar rested in this community for traffic violations (racing), driving under the influence and other charges. We think it is time for a little embarrasement. it might do some good. We strongly feel that the majority of our youngsters in this community are good, upstanding, productive citi zens. But those who find themselves breaking laws time after time are go ing to find their names in this news paper. —B. B. lx* removed from main streets; some of the downtown stores need to Ik 1 made more attractive; Customers on occasion can not buy basic items at local stores; the sew age disposal system is a menace to public health . . . George Riley Hunt, Jr. starts serving a three year apprenticeship with the Gardner Watson Funeral Homes in Perry and Warner Robins to become a licensed funeral director and embalmer . . . Perry welcomes new Home for Aged of Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church. 20 YEARS AGO Mayor May) Davis announced that the State Highway Dept, has signed a contract with the City of Perry for widening Main Street and paving sidewalks for a distance of three blocks . . . Rev. J. B. Smith leaves Perry to become pastor of Cordele Methodist Church after six years at Perry Methodist . . . The first cotton bloom re ported in Houston County this year was brought in to the Home Journal office by Henry Giles . . . Hot weather and a town too big for its water system produced a dangerous situation in Perry over the weekend. W-/'-- I I .x v.:.::,:,-.:-;-.,;,.-. ;. : <MM ISMks ' ADAM SMASHER axins, The 4th of July Barbecue I wonder if anybody still has a big country barbecue on the Fourth of July? I don’t mean throwing a couple of steaks or a dozen hamburgers on a little back yard grill. I mean the kind where several hams, shoulders, and whole rib sections were barbecued all mght long over coals from burning oak wood. The fire would be carefully tended by a bunch of men, from several dif ferent families because everyone in the farm area joined in and decided where to have the barbecue each year. All through the summer night they sat out under a tree in the cool night air, far enough from the house so their low talk and quiet laughter would not disturb the sleeping family in whose yard the barbecue pit was located. The glow of an occasional cigarette and the sparks from oak logs being shitted as they burned down to a rosy glow gave the only light in view un der the stars, and hopefully, the moon. Insects didn’t bother folks much in the dark, except an occasional mosqui to that decided to live dangerously, for a slap well placed usually disposed of it. Since the men operated in two shifts they all got enough sleep to get by on, and all of them were out bright and early building or assembling tables under the shade trees for the big noon meal. Wide boards kept dry all year in the barn loft were placed over saw horses or crude frames, then covered by the women with a wide variety of tablecloths, ranging from snow white to mad plaid to a wild riot of flowers. After breakfast was over in each home in the area, the women put on big pots and pans of peas, beans, squash, turnip greens and collards, ok ra and potatoes for salad, to cook. They filed piles of chicken, sliced mounds ot tomatoes, washed pans of their own garden lettuce, made dozens of deviled eggs. Into the boxes they carried to the long dinner table (nobody in his right mind would have thought of call mg the midday meal lunch) they tuck ed jars of cucumber, beet, and peach pickles, pepper sauce, chow chow and pear relish, fig preserves and water melon rind preserves. Inside the host farm kitchen, a veri table beehive of activity was taking place. Town relatives usually spent the night or came out early, and prepared SUPPORT PERRY .wMm MSSm I X W^m their food there alongside that ot their hostess. Cakes were stacked and frost ed at a big kitchen table, huge pans of biscuits were made, and someone at the big stove was sure to be frying ap ple tarts. Laughter rang out otten, and children pressed their noses flat a gainst the screen door and asked, “is it about ready?” every 10 minutes. Meanwhile, back at the barbecue pit, the men were still busy. A couple of metal washtubs, bought just for that purpose, were scrubbed thoroughly and all of the meat from the hams and shoulders was cut into small pieces in one of them for easy serving. Into the other one they poured several big cook pots of brunswick stew that had been simmering all morning. A dipper with a bent handle that would hook over the edge of the tub so it would not fall in was used for serving the stew. Spareribs were hacked into serving size pieces and piled in dishpans next to the tubs at one end of the table, with pots of mild and very hot barbe cue sauce placed near them. Someone went to a country store that had an icehouse and brought back blocks of ice wrapped in sacks. The ice was washed and chipped with an icepick in another wasjatub, and the men filled glasses with it and the tea from countless gallon jugs and pitch ers brought out from the kitchen. The older children were pressed into serv ice carrying food from the kitchen and taking it out of boxes and placing it on the table. By this time everyone was ravenously hungry. At the sight of each lemon pie and chocolate cake they unpacked, the youngsters would drool and groan. At long last everything was on the table, with all of the families lined up on both sides of it. Suddenly, as if by magic, a hush fell on the assembled friends and relatives as someone—the patriarch of a family, or the preacher from the nearby church raised his hand, then bowed his head and gave thanks to God for what the day repre sented, for the spirit of love shown there around the table, and for the food placed on it. His “Amen” was echoed in muffled tones by some of the men. And they ate, and had plenty left over for supper, and even carried food home. Bobby Branch I Fun At Jekyll Island Governor Lester Maddox had a lot of fun Saturday as he joked and jumped on an audience filled with newsmen at a meeting of the Georgia Press Association -I love newspapers,” the controversial Lester quipped,‘‘Why don’t you fellows just show a little love for me every now and then. He kept the group of Georgia new* men laughing at points all through his speech, which was aimed primar ily at newspapers in the state. He really cracked up the editors and publishers when he quoted a poem of his own writing concerning his recent kidney stone operation. Said the Governor, ‘‘Stiches and stones may rack my bones, but it’s words that really hurt me.” I here s no doubt about Lester habing arrived at being a true politician, even though his methods are usually unorthodox. And Lester Maddox, in spite of his running feuds with newspapers, has had more publicity during his tenure in the Governor’s chair than justabout the last couple of governors put together. There’s no possible way of telling just how much space Lester has taken up in Georgia newspapers in stories, editor ials and editorial cartoons . . . It's just like he says, I guess, Lester Maddox makes good news copy. Jimmy Carter Has Goofed Democratic candidate for Governor Jimmy Carter surprised me at the Georgia Press Convention. All the candidates were alloted a few minutes to make a speech at an early morning breakfast meeting of the convention and Carter made his entire speech a heated attack on the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Carter unleashed a long letter to the editor of the Atlanta Constitution during the meeting that reeked with charges of prejudice and unfairness to his cam paign. 1 could understand Lester doing what he did when he lashed out at the two Atlanta newspapers but Jimmy Carter just isn’t the same kind of politician as Lester Maddox. Sanders And Bentley Os all the candidates that spoke to the newsmen Saturday, Democrate Carl Sanders and Republican Jimmy Bentley made the best impressions. Both Sanders and Bentley are seasoned politicians and public servants and it looked to me as though their esperience showed through to the members of the press. Both Sanders and Bentley handled themselves well during a question and answer period following the speeches. They fielded questions without hesitating and Carl Sanders took the cake when he answered a question as to what the George Wallace victory in Alabama meant to him . . . The former Governor came back with a fast answer and said,“The Wallace victory seems to me to be a good omen former governors are going to be re-elected this year.” Governor Marvin Griffin You know who really took the spotlight at this year’s convention? It was my friend from Bainbridge, Ga., former Governor Marvin Griffin. Governor Griffin, who is a newspaper publisher along with his son, Sam, in Bainbridge, kept the attention of everyone e was around during the stay at Jekyll. I enjoyed being with Marvin Griffin more than any thing else at the press convention this year. His story telling is second to none and I sat up until the very wee hours of the morning one night listening to stories of his experiences when he was Governor of Georgia. Governor Griffin was a controversial Governor (just like all governors)- but he accomplished a greatdeal for this state during the four years that he served us. He’s just got to be Georgia’s most likable Governor and I lookforward to seeing him again soon in Bainbridge . . . Maybe at a turnip supper or catfish stew supper or one of those good suppers the fine folks in Seminole County and Bainbridge are famous for putting on . . or, just call me when the fish are biting, Governor Griffin. They Said It Like This... "I ask only to \ be a good \ JTS life] faithful llp7 servant of / my Lord and my V_, "llm \ Vj MARRY S. TRUMAN 7 I A THIRTY- second PRESIDtSfT -I-'::