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Attorney General Praises
Perry Automobile Dealer
(The following letter was
written to McLendon Auto
Co. of Perry by Georgia
Attorney General Arthur K.
Bolton. The Home Journal
got a copy of the letter from
the Perry Chamber of
Commerce and it is being re
printed in the “letters to the
editor” column this week).
Gentlemen:
Yesterday I came to your
place of business unknown to
you with some minor
trouble, as it turned out,
with my automobile. No one
in your business knew me, as
I was just a stranger who
walked in and asked you to
check my car.
I just wanted to thank you
for the very excellent service
Sharing
Rev. Dick Reese M : - h%
Crossroads Methodist Church £j
“...let us run with per
severance the race that is set
before us, looking to Jesus
the pioneer and perfecter of
our faith...” (Hebrews 12:1-
2)
There is an old legend
which tells of a prince who
had a crooked back. He was
very proud, and suffered
much because he was not as
handsome as others whose
backs were straight. One day
he called upon a skillful
sculptor to make a statue of
him, but with a back that
was straight. He said to the
sculptor, “I would like to see
myself as I might have
been.”
When the perfect statue
was finished, it was
suggested that it be set up by
the palace gate. But the
prince said, “Place it in a
secret place somewhere in
the garden of the palace
where only I can see it”. His
wishes were carried out and
the statue was placed in a
small nook of the garden.
The sculptor and members
of the palace staff who knew
the statue had been com
pleted, soon forgot about it,
but not the prince. Everyday
he would go into the garden
and look long and earnestly
at the statue. Each time he
made a visit to the garden
something seemed to make
his heart throb and his blood
tingle. ‘‘Just think”, he
‘would say to himself, “that’s
how I could have been.”
Months passed, and people
within the kingdom began to
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you did and want you to know
it was most refreshing to
receive such prompt and
courteous service, although I
was not surprised in the fine
town of Perry, Georgia. We
always go through Perry
whenever possible, and I
would particularly like to
thank the very nice gen
tleman, who apparently is
your chief mechanic, and
replaced the braxe au
justment cable on my right
rear wheel. Sitting in the
office which I occupy, I hear
so many complaints and
receive so much mail about
how people have been
swindled and taken ad
vantage of by various ser
vice stations and repair
shops all over the State, I
just felt that I should take
say:“The prince’s back is
not as crooked as it once
was. ” “He does seem to
walk a bit straighter doesn’t
he?” One day the price
overheard a conversation
such as this. He went into the
garden and stood before the
statue. It was true. His back
had become as straight as
the statue’s, his brow had
become as noble. He had
become the man he could
have been.
It is just a legend, or is it?
Human beings have within
them a capacity to become
more than they are. We can
become something more not
only physically, but men
tally, spiritually and in every
other way. We can grow. But
we must be very careful who
or what ideal we use as a
pattern for our lives. The
prince used a perfect
specimen of what he might
have been. We often use
something less than the best
as a pattern.
The author of the New
Testament book of Hebrews
encourages us to look to
Jesus as the pattern for our
lives. He is the Perfect Man.
If we can keep before us the
ideal of Christ, we may not
reach the perfection which
he knew as a man upon
earth, but we will be moving
in that direction.
Life is not an easy race to
run, but in the words of the
author of the letter to the
Hebrews, “let us run with
perseverance the race that is
set before us, looking to
Jesus the pioneer and per
fecter of our faith.”
this opportunity to tell you
that your service was ex
cellent and I couldn’t have
asked for nicer or fairer
treatment.
Many thanks for your
courtesies.
Sincerely,
Arthur K. Bolton
Attorney General
"Don’t Air
Condition
Cafeterias”
Dear Editor:
Regarding the proposal by
the Houston County School
Board to possibly air con
dition the cafeterias in
Perry, Warner Robins and
Northside high schools, that
would be ONE of the most
flagrant misuses of county
and federal funds that has
been brought to the tax
paying public in the past
year or so!
How many minutes does
each child spend in the
cafeteria each day? Do they
propose moving the
classrooms there? If they
proposed air conditioning for
the classrooms where the
children and teachers spend
most of their day - where
they are in their learning
process -1 would be the first
to help and support such an
effort!
Most schools don’t even
hold assemblies any more. Is
this big expenditure
“Eyewash” in election year
for those they wish to im
press?
Well, I’m for impressing
the children who sit in those
hot classrooms day after
day. I’m for impressing the
teachers who try to teach
those young people day after
day.
The expense of installation
(we all know it’s less during
construction) and operation
for the 15 minutes or so per
day that some students
actually spend in the
cafeterias ( remember also
some don’t even eat in the
cafeterias) is ridiculous.
If they want an air con
ditioned cafeteria there’s
one in Warner Robins on
Watson Boulevard. There’s
one in Perry - and they both
even have air conditioned
bathrooms.
Mrs. G. N. (Sandy) Elliott
403 Pine Valley Drive
Warner Robins, Georgia
WRAMA Awards
Elbert Davis
Elbert R. Davis of Perry,
who works for Air Force
Logistics Command as a
Supply Clerk in the Star
Support Unit at Robins Air
Force Base, has been
honored with a performance
rating of “Outstanding.”
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FROM THE HOME JOURNAL FILES
5 YEARS AGO - The annual Perry
Future Farmers of America Parent-
Son Banquet was climaxed by
honoring Advisor Earl Herman Cheek
for 30 years of distinguished service
in the field of vocational agriculture
... The City of Perry accepted
delivery last weekend of a $9,000
street sweeper ... “Communities that
fail to plan ahead build-in their own
problems,” Jim Watson of the
University of Georgia told Perry
Businessmen here Tuesday night...
The Perry High Marching Band,
under the direction of Gilbert Acosta,
will give a concert Friday night, May
19.
10 YEARS AGO • Perry’s track team
captured the state “B” track title ... A
flury of entrants in the races for
county commissioner and the board
of education brought the total to 24
men seeking 10 jobs in the state and
county in the June 19 county primary
So What’s
NEW?
By Susan Ray
We are passionately fond
of those doubly delicious
added-attraction vacation
packages ... the kind where
you learn to scuba dive, get
skinny, study French, ride
horses, prowl nightclubs. A
trip with special focus or a
great activity has another
dimension (aside from
travel and sight-seeing), and
so you come home with more
than just a tan.
The dimension to which I
am speaking ranges
anywhere from sharing
cornflakes with a college
dorm housemother to
chatting informally with
Senator Talmadge. The
vacation package:
Washington, D.C. The
package includes air travel,
some meals, theatre tickets,
individual tours, new
friendships, and numerous
opportunities. Now, many of
you are probably thinking “I
would never go into that city
at nightl” “Wasn’t she
scared to death to stay
there?” “How can she stand
the ... well, you know, mess?
I am none of these. I enjoyed
the convenience of living two
minutes from everything
that was happening. And I
loved being in the middle of
what could be a bigger thing
- the revitalization and
rebirth of the city. For
many, Washington, D.C. is a
Promised Land. Despite
your decided preference,
people have spent months
trying to figure out why
Washington, is a better place
to live than Florida or
Georgia, with all their ad
vantages.
Whether you call it style or
color, Washington is loaded
with something that most
cities lack. This difference in
lifestyle is at least part of the
reason why millions of
Americans flock there each
year. And it is the core of the
new expatriatism: the
exodus of ordinary people,
along with the rich and those
blessed with special talents.
Now, returning to Perry, it
is diffucult for me to accept
the fact that I only spent 1
week in the city. During
those 6 days, I gained a new
view, everything appeared
to be changed, and was
experienced more than in all
the previous trips.
But I can count - and
remember the moments.
The lifestyle was designed to
make each day vivid. Should
you decide to taste life
elsewhere, and travel to
Washington, you may find a
Promised I.and or you may
end up having to explain
your every action in order to
pass the morality test of
... The Perry Loan and Savings Bank
sold its old building at the corner of
Carroll and Ball Streets. M. M. and
8., Inc., buyer, announced it will
remodel the building into offices ...
Andrew Hardware Company laun
ched a remodeling project this week.
Redding Talton, owner, ‘‘rode
shotgun” on the store all Monday
night when the entire front was ex
posed. New front will feature a lot of
glass.
20 YEARS AGO ■ Houston County
Board of Education has decided to
abandon the Henderson School, which
has a total enrollment of 32 pupils. It
includes the first four grades, all
taught by Miss Lessie Langston ...
The Perry Country Club will open the
swimming pool Sunday afternoon ...
The golf course is nearing completion
... The Perry High School baseball
team won the Third District Baseball
Championship Tuesday afternoon,
defeating Dawson at Americus 4 to 0.
someone you met at a party
five minutes before.
You just have to do with
your life what you can. And if
you can, you should go
wherever it is that, to you,
produces pleasure ex
citement, and a comfortable
atmosphere.
As for me, Perry is my
Promised I.and.
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* Taking Time To Shop At
The Swank Shop
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Woody Hunt
Gets UGA Honor
Mr. Woody Hunt, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. William W.
Hunt of Perry, has recently
been invited to join Biftad
Honor Society at the
University of Georgia.
Biftad is the highest honor
that a freshman or
sophomore male can attain
at the University. Mem
bership selectivity is based
on past leadership
achievements as well as on
PERRY |
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WED. thru TUI. May 17-23
Detective Harry Callahan. You don’t assign
him to murder
, cases.
You just turn
jxi him loose.
Clint Eastwood ,
Dirty Harry
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academic standings. Woody,
who is a sophomore at the
University in the School of
Pharmacy, has been ex
tremely active in campus
organizations and service
projects.
He was elected with
unanimous approval on the
pari of the members of the
honor society.