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PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972
Perry Riders Prepare For Horse Show
Karen Aydlett and Wanda Bragg will be among those riding in the first Open
Horse Show of the year of the Perry Saddle Club. The event will be held
Saturday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the Pitzer Arena.
Top Priority Already Met
Chamber Head Says
1972 Goals Being Met
Perry Chamber of Com
merce President Joe Poole
told members of the Perry
Rotary Club Monday that the
Chamber is meeting the
goals "head on" that have
been set down for 1972.
Poole said the Chamber
had six priority goals for this
year with the location of
more doctors in Perry at the
top of the list. He said
because of the work done by
the Chamber and hospital
administrator Cliff Hamer,
Perry has three doctors that
will be practicing here this
summer.
He said he had set a goal of
Memorial Day will be celebrated April 261 h at
Westfield School. Exercises will begin at 11:00
a.m. The Rev. James M. Teresi will deliver the
address. The public is invited to attend.
The program meeting of the Pilot Club of Perry
will be held on Tuesday, April 25th, at
Ochlahatchee Clubhouse. Dinner will be served
for members at 7:15 p.m. The committee on
Education and International Relations has invited
a health program representative from the North
Central District of the Georgia Department of
Public Health to speak on venereal diseases. The
civic clubs have been invited to attend this
program which will begin at 8:15 p.m.
The Idaka Club will meet Tuesday, April 25th at
7:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Heyward Boyette.
Free Providence Baptist Church of Grovania
are celebrating their women's and men’s day
program, Sunday April 23rd at 3:00. Speaker for
the evening is Rev. Walton Glover who is asking
all members to please meet in conference at 7:30.
Sunday School will be at 11:00 and regular
meeting at 12:00. A. G. Tharpe, pastor, Annie
Lane Secretary and Norma Jean Taylor, reporter.
200 members plus for the
Chamber this year and that
already the membership
stands at 140. Poole said he
expects the Chamber’s
membership to go over 200 in
the near future.
The Chamber head said
one of the priorities is a civic
center-auditorium for Perry.
He noted that work is now
underway to determine the
cost of such a center and how
the structure will be
financed and operated. He
said Perry needs a facility
that will seat about 2,000 for
local functions and shows
and that special facilities
will be needed for small
state-wide conventions.
Poole said he and the
Chamber are now actively
•pushing” for the
development of frontage
roads along Interstate 75 in
Perry and for an additional
exit and entrance to 1-75 at
Thompson road between
Perry and Byron. He said
the new roads are needed so
that the land fronting the
interstate can be developed
and so that the traffic flow on
1-75 can be relieved. The
Chamber is also working for
the four-laning of highway
341 from Perry to Bar
nesville. The route from
Barnesville to Atlanta is
already a four lane highway.
Poole also pointed out the
need for an industrial park in
Perry. He said the Chamber
is working towards the
establishment of such a park
in an effort to locate small
industry in Perry.
The Chamber head noted
that work is now underway
on a study of the downtown
business district and that a
Chamber committee is
looking into downtown
development and parking.
Pres. Joe Poole
Impressive Line-up Os Famous Stars
Country And Western
Music Show Coming
To Perry On April
A Georgia boy who made it
to the top in country music,
proving his versatility by
entertaining “country
folks”on las Vega’s Golden
Strip and throughout Europe
and all of the United States
will be in Ferry to entertain
country music fans from
throughout the Middle
Georgia area Saturday,
night, April 22.
Roy Drusky will have with
him his back -up bank, The
Loners, and lovely com
poser and recording star
Jeanne Pruett for two shows
on that date, 7 p.m. and 9:30
p.m.
A native of Atlanta,
Georgia, Roy discovered
country music while he was
a member of a captive, and
very appreciative, audience
when a group met for a
“pickin’and singin’” session
at night on a ship sailing the
Pacific while he was in the
Navy. The “try it you’ll like
it” bit worked for Roy, who
had been taught to play the
piano by his mother and who
sang in the Young People’s
choir at Moreland Baptist
Church in Atlanta and was
accustomed to musical
expression. Country music,
however was new to him.
He bought a seventeen
dollar guitar at a pawn shop
when he docked at Seattle,
and taught himself to play it
by sitting next to the fellow
who played best and wat
ching his fingers. Then he
practiced along until he
mastered the chords.
After his Navy discharge,
Roy returned home to
Atlanta and enrolled at
Emory University to study
veterinary medicine. He had
previously attended the
University of Georgia before
entering service. He had
wanted a baseball career
since the age of five, but four
days with the Cleveland
Indians were enough to show
him that was not what he
wanted.
Roy and a little group they
called “Our Sunday Af
ternoon Living Room Band”
who played just for their own
enjoyment entered a talent
contest on radio station
WE AS in Decatur, Ga. and
won. The prize was a regular
show on the radio. Roy’s
career in country music was
launched.
In addition to performing
on radio he accepted a job
announcing on the station,
and soon added two weekly
television shows in Atlanta
any many live shows in the
area to his activities. After a
period of 18 months in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
where he met with success,
Roy’s songwriting and
recording activities caused
him to move to Nashville. He
soon became a member of
the Grand Ole Opry and has
remained and has remained
one of their top stars since
1960.
Roy Drusky is not only a
writer and composer; he is a
record producer for the MTA
Need To Sell
Used Light Bulb?
Want to sell a used light bulb?
Want to buy one tennis shoe?
lave you lost your pet prairie
log?
\nyone want to get a free button
rom the shirt of Joe Namath?
Well, look in the Classified Ad
Section, you never know what
you may find?!
label; he is the president and
owner of Funny Farm
Music, a publishing firm
through which he releases
his own songs; and he is a
respected professional in his
business.
Three movies and a
number of network
television guest spots are
among his credits. With The
Loners, he travels over
90,000 miles a year making
personal appearances.
Among some of his hit songs
are Alone with You, Country
Girl, Anymore, All My Hard
Times, and Rainbows and
Roses. "My Grass is Green”
is one of his best-known
albums, and he lives in
Cedar Green Acres near
Nashville with his wife,
Bobbye, and their three sons.
Since Roy travels so much,
he cherishes his time at
home with his family. He
says he is happy that his
mother urged him to
acquire an education and
surrounded him with a
Christian environment. His
father died when he was just
five.
Jeanne Pruett
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100 Females To Each 145 Males
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|Houston County Haven |
| For Single Females |
Marriage-minded gals, take notice. Houston
County is the place. It is harboring a surplus of
singlemen.
i;i; The excess of bachelors in the local area is such
that there are 145 single men around for every 100
single women.
The findings are based upon the latest marital
:§ data, gathered from all parts of the United States
;£ by the Census Bureau.
It shows that marked variations exist, from
: jij: community to community, in the male-female
ratio. In many places there is a marked shortage
of eligible bachelors.
In Houston County, according to the figures, the
j:j: number of single men and boys over the age of 14
comes to 5,793, while the number of single women
g: and girls in that age bracket is only 3,988.
:ji: This refers solely to persons who have never
been married. Not included are those who
1 have been divorced or widowed.
,!$ The ratio of single men to single women locally,
145 to 100, is greater than in many areas of the
I country. The average is 117 to 100 in the United
1 States and 124 to 100 in the State of Georgia.
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"I can’t see raising a
famiy without God,” Roy
said. "It’s just so important
to have Him there and I
really believe that anyone
who doesn’t make religion an
important part of their
family life is making a big
mistake.”
Jeanne Pruett got her start
as a recording artist through
her song writing
capabilities. Her husband,
Jack, was playing guitar for
Marty Robbins and through
this association, Jeanne
became an exclusive writer
for Marty Robbins En
terprises. Marty recorded
many of her songs, in
cluding, Count Me Out,
Waiting in Reno, The Things
I Don’t Know, Christmas Is
For Kids, and Lilly of the
Valley.
Through her demon
stration tapes, it was
brought to Marty’s attention
that Jeanne would make a
fantastic recording artist.
Marty brought a tape to Chet
Atkins at RCA and to Owen
Bradley at Decca, and both
paid off. Her latest Decca
release is her own com
position, Hold To My Un
changing Love. Earlier
releases have included It
Ain’t Fair and Harland
Howard’s King-Size Bed.
Her recording, Love Me, is
being currently heard on
area country music station.
A highlight of her career
was the show she headlined
on tour in Europe. She and
Bobby Bare shared the
distinction of being the only
two country performers to
receive mementos of ap
preciation from the Green
Berets in West Germany.
She was feted by the ABN
Europe 10th Special Forces
at Bad-tolz with a Green
Beret and an official scarf
and swagger. She was
featured recently in a color
cover story in the Air Force
Magazine.
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In general, throughout the United States, 28.6
percent of the men over 14 are single and 22.4 :j:i
percent of the women, reports the Census Bureau.
In the State of Georgia it is 28.3 percent men and |:j:
20.9 percent women. $
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for Health Statistics and others, the time-honored g;
institution of marriage is here to stay. Despite the g:
objections to it from some antiestablishment g:
groups, it is more popular now than at any time in gj
the nation’s history.
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taking place, per 1,000 population, is greater than g
it has been in the last 20 years.
However, contrary to the situation that
prevailed in the 1960’5, when a large proportion of
the brides and many of the grooms were teen- g
agers, marriages are now taking place at a later g:
age -a median of 23.3 years for men and 20.8 years g
for women, the Commerce Department states.
The current marital picture in Houston County j;j:
shows a total of 14,753 men and 15,163 women over j;.;
14 in the married column.
This special Country and
Western show is being
sponsored jointly by the
Perry High School Athletic
Association and the Perry
High School. Tickets can be
picked up at the principal’s
office through Friday, April
21, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
They may also be purchased
at the gate on show night.
Advance tickets are $2.00
general admission, $3.00
reserved seats. At the gate,
they will be $3.00 general
admission, $4.00 reserved
seats.
If you’d like to see more
first-class, live en
tertainment in our area,
show it by attending one of
the two shows Saturday
night. If the show is web
attended, it could set a
precedent for others to
come.