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' NATIONAL TJm/button Home Jamal gfac&Mr* NEWSPAPER^/ PAGE 2-A 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 X;X!X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X:X!X!X!X;';";”x":':’:W;";";":'!X:X!X:X:X‘X;X‘X!XvXvXvX 100 Females To Each 145 Males I | |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. ftVA%VAv.v.v.v.v.v* %v v.v "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. ML „ Wr li^H WM -i Roy Drusky s%wa»<":%*^^>:*x<*X‘X<*»»x«<«v.vav.v.v.v.v.’.>w.w.v<.«.!.v*w^ 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. $ According to reports from the National Center g: 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. The figures show that the number of weddings g: 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.