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M. C. Jacobs of Perry picks tomatoes from the lush jungle of vines in his
large greenhouse where he harvests two crops each year. These vine-ripened to
matoes are very popular in the area, especially the late crop when they can no
longer be grown outside.
Perryan Heads WRBN Radio
John Lynn has been nam
ed as general manager of
WRBN, Warner Robins.
Lynn, a veteran middle
Georgia broadcaster, heads
both the AM and FM facili
ty.
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He was previously associ
ated with WPGA, Perry, for
8 years, serving as sales man
ager for 6 years. He joined
the sales staff of WRBN
March 9, 1970, assuming
managerial responsibilities
June 18.
Lynn is vice president of
the Perry Exchange Club,
has served with the United
Givers Fund of Houston
County, and is an active
member of the U. S. Army
Reserve. He and his wife,
the former Sheran Halvig,
are members of the First
Baptist Church, Perry, and
they are the parents of a
two-year old son, John.
SERVICEMEN
Pt*C Woourow W. Moony Jr„
of the U. S. Army Engineer
Corps completed basic training
at Ft. L)ix, N. J. April 2. 1970
and completed AIT Engineer
Training at Ft. Leonard Wood,
Mo., May 28. His company re
ceived the Post Commanding
General’s Award as the Most
Outstanding Unit in the First
Brigade. PFC Moody is a pla.
loon leader. He will assume
new duties June 28 at Ft. Dev
ens, Mass, where Mrs. Moody
will join him. For the past two
weeks, he has been visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son Moody: his wife. Mrs. Mi
chele Moody: and grandmother
Mrs. Ouida Thorpe in Macon.
Perry Grown Jacob’s Tomatoes
Have Become Area Favorite
BY MAXINE THOMPSON
Approximately six months
out of the year residents of
Perry can buy homegrown,
vine-ripened tomatoes at
their grocery stores. At the
produce counters they head
straight for the bin with a
sign proclaiming them to be
‘‘Jacobs Tomatoes.”
For the past ten years M.
C. Jacobs has grown the to
matoes in his greenhouses
behind his home on Houston
Lake Road near Perry. He
originally had two small plas
tic covered greenhouses, but
now he has a 64 by 100 foot
fiberglass greenhouse which
he plans to double in size in
the near future.
At present two crops a
year are harvested. Mr. Jac
obs orders seeds from New
York, a hybrid variety
General Tel
Expansion Here
On Schedule
The General Telephone
Company of the Southeast
has announced that it is on
schedule in providing Ex
tended Area Service for its
customers in the Unadilla
and Byromville area.
District Manager Kenneth
Aldridge of Perry announc
ed that General Telephone
would be ready to join the
other telephone companies
in order to provide an EAS
network, and that the est
ablished in-service date of
March 21. 1971 is on sche
dule. This means that sub
scribers of General Tele
phone in Unadilla and By
romville will be able to pick
up their telephones and dial
toll free from one town to
another, and to Vienna and
Pinehurst through intercon
nection with other telephone
companies serving that area.
A person living in any of
these four areas will be able
to pick up and dial any
where else in these areas
just as they would call next
door.
Aldridge indicated that in
order to provide this service
it would be necessary to
double the existing equip
ment and building in Byrom
ville at a cost in excess of
$45,000. Construction on this
project is set up to begin
on August 1, 1970.
Aldridge recently met with
Mr. Earnest Hayes, Chair
man of the Dooly County
Telephone Committee, and
other members of his com
mittee, to explain the pro
gress that had been made in
providing EAS service.
LT. GARY WILLIAMS
FT. SILL, OKLA. Gary
L. Williams. 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Talmadgc L, Wil
liams, Kathleen, recently was
commissioned a second-lie
utenant upon graduation
from the Officer Candidate
School at the U. S. Army
Field Artillery Center, Ft.
Sill. Okla.
Gunnery was the primary
subject taught during the 23-
week course, designed to
prepare men for officer du
ties in artillery units, He was
also trained in artillery sur
vey and transport, commun
ications. map and aerial-pho
to reading, electronics, coun
terinsurgency and leader
ship.
His wife. Sandra, lives in
Lawson, Okla.
—Navy Senior Chief Petty
Officer Patrick H. Stone, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.
Stone of Route 1, Bonaire,
participated in “Operation
Foopdeck" while serving a
board the guided missile fri
gate USS William V. Pratt
in the Mediterranean.
“Operation Foopdeck” was
a joint United Slates-Span
ish exercise to test anti-air/
anti submarine warfare cap
abilities.
HELP BOOST PERRY
known as Veegan recom
mended for greenhouses, and
grows his own plants. After
each crop the greenhouse is
cleaned out and fumigated
with methalbromide, and
seedlings are set out in nows.
Plants set out around the
middle of February or the
first of March start bearing
in late April. For the fall
crop, plants are started the
last of August or early Sep
tember and tomatoes are
ripe the last week in Octo
ber.
With temperature and hu
midity rigidly controlled by
thermostat, the greenhouse
resembles a lush green jung
le with tall vines loaded with
scarlet globes from the
ground all the way up over
the heads of the pickers.
Left alone, some of the
plants have grown to heights
of 10 to 12 feet. Mr. Jacobs
pinches off the tops of his
plants and prunes them to
one stem each. Not only does
this control height, but the
vines then average 7 or 8
clusters of fruit each, some
times having as many as 10.
Each vine is staked and
fastened to crosswires, and
in the absence of insects in
the controlled atmosphere
pollination is accomplished
by tapping on the wires with
a stick when the plants blos
som.
During picking time a
screened porch at the house
is filled with boxes of to
matoes, and Mrs. Jacobs,
who works at Georgia De
cor Co., and their son, Clint,
who was graduated from
Ferry High School this year,
lend a hand a people drive
out from town to buy large
quantities of tomatoes.
Mr. Jacobs also has an
equal amount of tomatoes
growing out in the open dur
ing the summer, but ho is
the first to admit that their
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quality and taste just don’t
quite come up to that of
those grown in the big green
house.
I NOTICE j
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I WILL BE CLOSED I
SATURDAY
j JULY 4th
The Home Journal, Perry, Ga„ Thursday July 2, 1970
f^erdonai
Mrs. Orval B. Stever was
honored at a luncheon at the
New Ferry Hotel by Mrs.
Tom Cater, Mrs. Allen Whip
ple and Mrs. C .C. Fierce Jr.
recently. The hostesses pre
sented Mrs. Stever a gold
monogram pin.
Mrs. Tom Cater, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Pierce, Jr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fryer en
tertained the Stever family
at a cook-out at the Pierce
home at 1105 Duncan Ave
nue prior to their departure
to Wilmington, N. C. where
they will make their home.