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The Houston Home Journal MEMBER Bobby Branch, President-Editor-Publisher Attoelstlon ■ Founded lift Official Organ City Os Perry And Houston County. Georgia MAXINE THOMPSON JIMMY CHAPMAN PHIL BYND Aitociat# Etflloi Production Mqr Sport, Editor DORIS RAPPIELO JANICE COLWELL Computer Opt. Bookkeeper MITIONAi Xle' EMILY MONTGOMERY NEWSPAPER^^/ "An Award Winning Georgia Weekly Newspaper” PAGE 4-A PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 Perry Chamber President Joe Poole pointed out in a story last week the vital need for an industrial park in Perry. The Chamber chief noted that Perry has recently lost an industry because of not having an industrial park site. Perry needs more small industry. We need industry that employs less than 100 people and we need the facilities to draw such industries here. Certainly we can not expect to get a Pabst, Magee Carpet or Kellwood plant here very often but we do have much to offer smaller in dustry. We have labor, tran Houston County’s oldest, and certainly one of the finest, citizens passed away this week with the death of Mrs. Bright Harper at the age of 105. Mrs. Harper was an inspiration to those who surrounded her for so many years. She was active and bright up until the last few months. Her life, indeed, served as an example to many others and she will be sorely The Georgia Supreme Court may very likely rule on the Perry election case on May 8, or soon thereafter. We hope the matter is resolved soon so that the City of Perry can get down to business with a full Council. Because of the “lame duck” Council since the first of the year, the budget is extremely late getting Salute To The Library This is National Library Week and our public and school libraries are to be commended for the manner in which they keep up with modern trends in living. They are no longer the places that smell of musty old book bindings and furniture polish, where you have to tiptoe around and the librarian “shushes” you if you even whisper. Modern libraries now include filmstrips, magazines, tapes, records, and newspapers. Andrew Carnegie educated himself in the public library of his day; today we BACEMRD% FROM THE HOME JOURNAL FILES - 5 YEARS AGO • The first roll of carpet was completed recently at the Magee Carpet Company of Perry ... Houston County will vote Tuesday on $1,400,000 school bond issue ... Houston County farmers stand to lose millions of dollars this year unless rain falls soon, County Agent Emmett Whelchel said ... Suzie White sold her reserve champion Angus, 993 pound “Willie,” to Winn-Dixie forsl a pound after the Georgia Cattle Show in Atlanta. 10 YEARS AGO • Construction of a new motel, to be known as Heart of Perry Motel, was announced this week by the Roughton Family, owners of the Swan Motor Court ... Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meens, who live near Henderson, have passed their Perry Industrial Park Mrs. Harper Passes Perry’s Court Case sportation, water and many other things to offer small industry but we do not have an industrial park. It is almost necessary to have such a park to attract small industry into a community. We endorse Poole’s statement calling for a joint effort between the City and the Chamber to seek out ways to establish a Perry industrial park. As President Joe Poole put it, “If we don’t do something about establishing an industrial park soon, we are going to be left behind in the competition for industry.” missed. We can’t help but think of the history Mrs. Harper witnessed during her long and full life. Being born in the south in the days shortly after the War Between the States and all the history filled years in that century and this one too. We had the pleasure of interviewing Mrs. Harper a couple of years ago. We were impressed. We will miss her. -8.8. prepared and committee assignments to Councilmen are uncertain. The court case has put the City in a bind, to put it mildly. But we are glad it was filed so that when the High Court rules and doubt surrounding the December 7, election will no longer remain ... No matter what the ruling is ... The law is the law. --8.8. can supplement our education with the vast array of educational materials in the libraries. Our librarians cheerfully assist the person doing research work; en courage those who need more material by ordering it from other sources; and many remember the kind of books we enjoy reading for pleasure and recommend titles we might like to check out. To all of our Perry and Houston County librarians, a big “Thank You,” -M.T. examination for U.S. Naturalization papers and will take the oath of citizenship in the next few weeks. The Meens family came to this country five years ago from Holland ... Mayor Milton Beckham itemized proposals for a bond issue estimated at $250,000 for city improvements. 20 Y’EARS AGO • Members of the Cater family, pioneer family of Middle Georgia, gather 60 strong here Sunday night for their first full-scale, organized reunion ... 23 Houston County farmers are engaged in cotton, corn and peanut production demonstrations and tests ... A total of 80 civilian employees of Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio have now been notified their jobs are to be transferred to Robins Air Force Base. jw axLm *ZJfionijiion ijm'" ~|H The View From Here IPII < r The English language, American style, is a funny, constantly changing thing. So many new words are coined through science and research; so many formerly slang words are accepted as permissible for everyday use; so many former “no-nos” are now “yes-yes.” When I was a child, I was taught at home and at school that you didn’t call Mrs. a married woman’s title, “Miz”. Instead, it was pronounced correctly something that sounded roughly like “Mizziz.” (I frequently got the creeps hearing it also pronounced “Miseries” by some; while it may well have stated the condition of the existence of some bearing the title it was still in correctly pronounced.) Now Women’s Lib has come up with Ms., a blanket title meaning “it’s none of your business whether I’m single, married, widowed or divor ced” and pronounced - I couldn’t believe it - “Miz”. My first and still current reaction is “ugh!” Now, I’m a champion of women’s rights as human beings. I’ve heard men comment that women didn’t need to make as much on a job as men. Maybe that’s true in families that have a man and woman both working. But in households such as mine, in which the woman had to be head of the house and support children until they’re old enough to be on their own, a woman not only needs to make as much as the man doing the same job but is entitled to it. I’ve quit a number of jobs because my salary stayed the same while men who came in later climbed over my head salary wise while doing less work. But other than that, I’m a woman who has been married, however disastrously it may have turned out, and since there are children involved I still wear the title of “Mrs.” proudly. If I had never been married at all, I wouldn’t care a fig who knew it and a “Miss” would be worn just as proudly. I don’t care to be called a “Miz.” Wanting that title because all men are “Mr.” may be all right for those clamoring hordes of women wanting to dig ditches and work in foundries and drive semi-trucks like the men. If they want to be like men, that’s their business and more power to them. j i . . . . . If You Don’t Read The Home Journal You Really Don’t Know What’s Happening In Perry ************************************** tHoo They deserve everything they get. I was created a woman, and that’s what 1 want to be. With some ex ceptions, women were created with softer voices and bodies than men. While many have great physical stamina, they don’t appear to have great physical strength that shows, as that of men does in bulging muscles. Since God created man and woman different, I prefer to emphasize the difference, to play up femininity and make the most of it. In the same way most men want to appear as masculine as possible, scorning the idea of being considered soft or sissy. I thoroughly enjoy having doors opened for me by gentlemen; chairs pulled out for me; my coat held while I slip my arms into it. And since they so obviously enjoy doing these little things for a lady, why should the women’s libbers get so hot under the collar about them? Or is that the reason in itself - they want to deprive men of as many as possible of the few little pleasures left in life? Big things in life occur in frequently; it’s the little incidents that happen each day that are so vital a part of our lives. The flash of a smile; a sweet, kind word; the soft touch of a hand; often these are the only things needed to “make” someone’s day. Far be it from me to snap and snarl at someone trying to be kind to me just because that person happens to be male. I’d rather help “make” someone elses day, too. There are enough problems in most people’s lives to fill volumes of print; sometimes a bleeding heart is given a transfusion by kindness. You won’t find me picketing, marching, or carrying banners for Women s Lib. I’m going to continue to carry on the best I can with the abilities, talents, and ambitions with which God endowed me, and leave it up to Him to show me the best use for them. Very few people here call me anything except Maxine; it’s one of the things I like about a small town. But if anyone feels compelled to call me anything else, or to write it, please don t call me Ms.” It appears too much to be a neuter symbol, neither masculine of feminine. And I’m not one of those mixed-up kids saying “What am I?” I know what I am. BOBBY BRANCH k£l OUT ON A BRANCH IT OCCURS to me that Perry City Councilman D. K. (Dot) Roughton may be going after the block vote for whatever future political cam paigns he plans to wage. The female block vote that is. The colorful Councilman Roughton brought up the subject of “Women’s Liberation” at the Council meeting Tuesday night. He said he could not understand why the City does not pay the full time female policewoman the same salary earned by the male policemen employed by the City. Other members of Council pointed out that the lady cop does not perform the same type of duties as the males on the force, such as regular patrolling at night and carrying a pistol. But Roughton stuck to his obvious belief in “women’s lib.” Os course, all the Councilmen agreed that the lady police officer in question is one of the most dedicated officers on the force and performs her job most efficiently and satisfactorily. You may not know this but Councilman Roughton is a bachelor. Now, I don’t know if that has any bearing at all on his feelings towards “women’s lib” but most certainly it is interesting. Personally, I believe the ladies movement is fine to a certain point. As far as I know, my better half is liberated. I get my orders in the morning before I leave the house and again at night when I get home. Maybe Councilman Roughton will one day give up his bachelorhood and at that time his feelings on “women’s lib” may change. I think his point is well taken. I have to because I have several ladies working for me who strongly believe in “women’s lib”. Especially in the area of male-female salaries. Oh well, as Dizzy Dean would say, “take the bad with the good podner.” what ever that means. MY MIDDLE son had a friend spend the night with him the other night and the two got into a very deep conversation about who they love. My boy pointed out that he loves his parents and his brothers and his grandparents. His friend thought a minute and came up with this quote, which ain’t bad for an 8 year old. ...“I love God because he made me. I wasn’t made in Japan like all the other junk around.” MY GOOD FRIEND Bo McLeod, the sage of Seminole County (and also Editor of the Donalsonville News) wrote in his column last week that the good folks in Donalsonville are planning another “Jallop supper.” I didn’t even know they had already had a Jallop supper but I am certainly pleased to hear they are going to throw another one. By the way, what is a Jallop? Must be some particular type of Seminole County food foreign to us in Middle Georgia. It bothers me somewhat, however, that I am not familiar with a dish that is so widely touted in Donalsonville, and perhaps in other areas of the state. And me, who is a devotee of just about any kind of food around, not knowing what Jallop is. I hope Bo McLeod sees this column and im mediately sends me a sampling of Jallop ... I’ll send him some roasted soybeans in return. SUMMER HAS finally arrived. I know it has because my boys have begun their annual cam paign of working on me to convince me that it’s not too early to go swimming. Another sign of the approaching summer is the arrival of the mosquitoes in Perry. From the looks of things, we are going to have some healthy crop of mosquitoes this season and it’s going to be a banner year for makers of insect sprays. The City is going to try and get the jump on the pesky little insects, though, and start spraying them by airplane in the next few days. It costs us taxpayers, by the way, about $425 each time the plane sprays the City. But it’s worth it If the City didn’t control the insects by spraying, it would be almost impossible to get outdoors during the summer ... Now just wait until the sand gnats arrive. They’ll be here in about a month. It's Finally Happened, Mildred, We've Hit A Bracket Where Our Tax Rate Is Higher Than Our Income....