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Prison Camp Matter
There is strong feeling among
many Perryans about the future
development and expansion of the
Houston County Correctional In
stitute on Kings Chapel Road here.
The Perry Chamber of Commerce
last week voted to go on record as
being opposed to any future
development and to oppose the
possibility of obtaining a state work
release center for prisoners on the
Perry prison site.
The Chamber gave their reasons
primarily as wanting to see Perry
grow in the Kings Chapel Road area
and that because of the prison camp
developers have been reluctant to
look seriously at the area.
We favor the chamber’s position on
this matter. Perhaps the county
Commissioners should take a long
and serious look at the wishes of the
people of Perry before going into a
proposed project of constructing a
new prison camp and county jail on
the site. They should at least meet
with representatives of the chamber
and the City of Perry and discuss the
future of the camp.
We need the county work camp,
there isn’t much doubt about that.
Warden Allen Stone and his men do a
tremendous job of maintaining the
county roads and rights-of-ways and
all the many other projects they
Perry Faces Challenge
Perry City Council faces a real
challenge in the years ahead. Our
community is experiencing prolonged
industrial expansion along with a
tremendous surge in new businesses
and new citizens.
All this means more and expanded
services and utilities on the part of the
City. The Council, through a program
of planning and looking to the future,
has managed to keep pace with the
needs of industry, business and
residential demands, although there
have been some areas that have gone
lacking. The City is now involved in
an enthusiastic project to bring about
expanded water and sewage services
to the citizens and a massive paving
One of the informative (and un
controversial) remarks of the current
political campaign came from
Alabama Governor George Wallace
recently. Speaking to reporters about
the effects of being shot, he informed
listeners:
The editor and publisher of the
Malibu, California, Times, is an old
timer who, like many other
Californians and Westerners
generally, laments the passing of
wide open spaces. He speaks of the
Antelope Valley which, in the not too
distant future, may become the site of
a super airport serving the Los
Angeles metropolitan area. He
recognizes there is a need for
“progress” and for places to live as
the population continues to expand.
L Maybe an airport must be built to
serve the future needs of Los Angeles.
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PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1972
On Being Shot
Wide Open Spaces
undertake for the County. We are not
against the camp at all but we firmly
believe the opinions of the citizens
and officials of Perry should be
considered.
It has been suggested that the new
facilities be built on a site between
Perry and Warner Robins. The
present site on Kings Chapel Road
consists of 147 acres of land owned by
the County. There are a number of
possibilities for that property in the
event the Commissioners decide to re- «
locate the prison camp. For instance,
the site could be used for a much •
needed industrial park or on the other
side of the coin, it could be used for
the development of a badly needed
housing subdivision. It is all ac
cording to the type of development
that would move in that direction.
Whatever is decided, a meeting of
the minds should first take place
between interested and concerned
Perryans and the County Com- .
missioners about this matter. There
is certainly no attempt to cause any
friction here (as some would have the
Commissioners to believe) and the
only reason the chamber adopted a
resolution, we believe, to go on record
as opposing the future development of
the facilities, is because of their vital
interest in the future of Perry.
project is set for this fall.
But how demanding will the future
be on the City Council? No one really
knows but the demand grows with
each passing week as the community
continues to grow and expand. Cer
tainly everyone is for growth and
progress but such growth bears
close watching and careful planning.
There is no telling just how much
growth we can expect in Perry during
the next 10 years. One thing is for
certain -- It will be substantial and
will require vastly expanded services
and utilties from the City ... Indeed
the years ahead are packed with
challenges.
■-8.8.
‘‘lf you get shot, it’s better to do it
on an empty stomach.”
The day Wallace was shot he had
eaten hamburger steak and mashed
potatoes; the inference, of course, is
next time he’ll know better. The
Governor’s spunk evidently was not
affected by his close call.
-8.8.
But, as this editor so aptly puts it,
“Until that time, let’s drink a toast to
the dusty roads, to the lazy lizard, to
sagebrush and the Joshua tree, to
clear blue skies ... to the days that
have more substance than can ever
be filled with rush and roar -a toast to
tranquility, born of nature.”
This editor’s remarks raise the
ultimate question. How long can the
population continue to soar on our
finite Earth before all of the Antelope
Valleys and even the memories of
them are obliterated? We must ad
dress ourselves to this question.
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I just read this recipe called “How
to Cook a Husband” in an old
newspaper and liked it so much I
want to pass it on to you. Venla
Bradley used it twenty years ago in
her column in this newspaper and
said it was written by Mrs. Carrie
Williams at the University of Georgia
for a seminar on family relations.
Here it is:
You will have to think first how you
are going to catch him; you may sit at
home until one is brought to your
door, or you can go to market for him.
You will have a wider choice if you go
to market.
Wrap him in soft clean linen and
store him by a warm fireside. This
treatment will get him in prime
condition for whatever method of
cooking you may choose.
It will not help to keep him in hot
water. It only toughens his senses of
response and produces a thick outer
coating of indifference which is hard
and unpalatable.
A little spice adds variety and
flavor but much pepper has the op
posite effect.
Never pour vinegar on him, but
simmer him slowly in love and af
fection, being careful to sprinkle
occasionally with terms of en
dearment mixed in now and then with
a few words of praise for his many
good deeds and fine traits.
Never stick a fork in him to see if he
is tender but surround him with bits of
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5 YEARS AGO • The Houston County
Board of Education voted Tuesday to
seek more than a million and a half
dollars for two new junior high
schools at Warner Robins and one at
Perry ... Jim Soles, graduate of Troy
State College, joins the Perry Pan
thers as a coach ... Perry is one of 92
Georgia communities entered in the
1967 Stay and See Georgia Contest ...
The federal government notified the
Houston Co. Board of Education that
this county will receive $1,109,829 in
federal assistance for the 1967-68
school year.
10 YEARS AGO - Lee Martin of Perry
led the South to an 86-62 win over a
taller North team in the Georgia High
School Association-Atlanta Journal
common sense, fun, truth and beauty.
Be careful not to spill any acid of
jealousy or distrust on him as it will
destroy large portions of his faith in
you and will shrink the fibers of your
togetherness as nothing else will.
Roasting is not a good method of
cooking, neither is stewing in the
juice of nagging and fretting.
Any cooking is an art and needs to
be mixed with common sense and
imagination. This is certainly true of
cooking husbands. Foods may be high
in price, but good husbands are
scarce and hard to find. So make up
your mind that one cannot be well
prepared when given only a few
minutes of attention after the bridge
game.
Children add to the flavor, par
ticularly if they are also seasoned
with love and affection and a feeling
of belonging in the recipe. They may
become sour if left outside.
At all times you must be careful not
to let the family-relations pot reach
the boiling point of discontent because
there are not enough dollars to form a
layer of the cream of fine relations.
No recipe is good without salt - so
last, but far from least, add the salt of
going to church together, the salt of
believing in a Divine power Who gives
to each of us the ability to savor each
minute of a well adjusted life and the
companionship of a husband cooked
to a turn.
sponsored All-Star game with 26
points, 4 rebounds and numerous
assists. Perry’s Ronnie Griffin was
the South’s top rebounder with 7.
Veteran coach Eric Staples was a
happy man ... Houston County
Schools expect an enrollment of 13,000
with increases of about 1,000 a year
expected to continue in 1962-63.
20 YEARS AGO • A letter to the editor
read, “I hear that you people (in
Perry) are trying to have established
division headquarters at Perry for the
Motor Patrol. It would cut your
tourist travel at least one-third. Most
towns would not have it, but would
avoid it if possible.” ... Norwood
Florist of Perry has become a
member of the Florists Telegraph
Delivery Association.
BOBBY A '
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OUT ON A ™
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THIS HAS BEEN a long week for us here at The
Journal. We stood a long vigil Tuesday night
gathering election returns so that we could
publish every return available when we printed
the paper Wednesday. I want to thank all those
who helped us gather results during the long
night. It is not as easy as it appears, I guarantee
that. We have found at least one interesting
statistic, though, it takes about 32 cups of coffee
and 8 ham sandwiches for three of us to finalize an
election edition paper ... Thank goodness it is all
over.
LESTER MADDOX will be gracing the boob
tube in the near future with his very own syn
dicated television show. The new show will be
called the “Lester Maddox ... U.S.A. Show” and
will be a half hour of cooking, talking,singing and
all sorts of things.
Ole Lester feels that those folks who like him
and dislike him will watch the show and he is
probably right. I’m one of those smart guys who
predicted Lester couldn’t be elected Governor
way back when he ran so I won’t make any
brilliant predictions about his tv show except that
it will probably have a long run and make him
even more famous than he is now ... Hey, he may
even have his good buddy City Councilman Dot
Roughton on the show as a guest. Dot and Lester
could talk up 30 minutes without any trouble at all.
WE HAD A story in last week’s paper about the
Perry chamber going on record as being opposed
to any future development of the prison camp here
on Kings Chapel Road. The chamber’s only
reasons are that growth in that direction of Perry
is stymied by the presence of the camp and Perry
needs to grow out that way.
A Warner Robins newspaper picked up the story
Friday and an over-zealous reporter made the
entire matter look like the Perry chamber is a
real “boogey man” about the matter. Assump
tions by the reporter made the chamber look as
though they had discussed the state highway
maintenance barn and facilities adjacent to the
prison camp, which they did not. It was all rather
sensational and seemed like an attempt to
discredit our chamber and City ... Oh well, at least
we know what the chamber’s intentions were all
about ... The future good of Perry.
A NOTE TO ALL those registered Perry and
Houston County voters that did not bother to go to
the polls Tuesday; If you don’t like the way the
election came out ... That’s tough. If you didn’t
vote, don’t gripe about the results.
Those who inhabit the business world speak a
language all their own. Who outside of it, for
example, knows the real meaning of such terms
as “activate” and “coordinate” and “expedite?”
In the interest of elucidation (and a smile) the
following is a handy business glossary published
by a building construction newsletter;
A Program: any assignment that can’t be
completed by one telephone call.
To Expedite: to confound confusion with
commotion.
Channels; the trail left by interoffice memos.
Coordinator: the man with a desk between two
expediters.
Consultant: any ordinary guy who is more than
100 miles from home.
To Activate: to make carbons and add names to
a memo.
Under Consideration; never heard of it
A Conference: a place where conversation is
substituted for the dreariness of work and the
loneliness of thought.
Reorientation: getting used to working again.
Reliable Source; the guy you just met.
Informed Source: the guy who told the guy you
just met.
Unimpeachable Source: the guy who started the
rumor in the first place.
A Clarification: to fill in the background with so
many details that the foreground goes un
derground.
We Are Making A Survey: we need more time to
think of a good answer.
Note and Initial; let’s spread the responsibility
for this.
See Me, Or Let’s Discuss: come to my office.
I’m lonesome.
Give Us The Benefit Os Your Present Thinking;
we’ll listen to what you have to say as long as it
doesn’t interfere with what we have already
decided to do.
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