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“Bad Day”
I’m sure everyone has “one of those days” when
nothing seems to go right. Last Saturday was
definitely my turn.
The day started off well enough, but then about
8:30 the first of my day-long troubles began. The
breakfast I had partaken of an hour earlier began
to disagree with my stomach. By 9:00 the ole
bread basket felt like I had been slugged by Sonny
Liston. I withstood the pain and continued my
usual Saturday chores.
Nothing of significance happened again until
about 10:00 when I decided to be a good husband
and dump the garbage. While picking up the
week’s refuse the bottom fell out of the sack
spilling paper, cans and little odds and ends all
over the kitchen floor. Gritting my teeth and
holding back a profane word, I stooped down and
commenced to clean up the mess I had created.
With the garbage re-sacked I strolled out to my
underground trash can to get rid of another
headache. Upon opening the flip-top cover I let out
with a blood-curdling scream. The lever on the
trash cover had come down on my bare big toe
producing a blood blister the size of a dime. My
nerves were slowly but surely fraying.
After getting over my latest ordeal I decided to
get in my trusty truck and go down town for
awhile. That trip ended quickly when 1 suddenly
realized that my truck wouldn’t start. Thanks to a
loose fan belt my truck’s battery had died; but
with the help of my pop and a recharged battery I
was on the road inside an hour. But I wish that I
hadn’t.
I was cruising down East Tolleson wondering
what was going to happen next when I came to a
stop sign. Horrors! My brakes weren’t working. I
pumped the devil out of those dudes and managed
to stop about fifty feet past the stop sign. Shaking
like a drunk with a hangover, I proceeded to the
nearest service station , very slowly, to rectify the
problem. Thank goodness, they only needed ad
justing and it set me back only $2.50.
I went home again, where more problems arose.
When I walked in the front door I noticed the
mailman had arrived; there was a stack of en
velopes on the table. To my chagrin most of them
were bills. I was beginning to wonder if I was
going to make it through the rest of the day.
Utterly frustrated, I decided to turn on the
television and watch some of the baseball game.
Shucks, the dadburn cable combined with a weak
tube provided a picture that drove my eyes to
tears; so after watching five minutes of confusion
1 flipped it off and went and took a nap. What could
go wrong taking a snooze? Fortunately, nothing.
Around 3:00 I hopped in my truck and headed
down to old Houston High to pick up my baseball
team. We had a 4:00 game at Moody Field in
Warner Robins. When I arrived the fellows were
all rearin’ to go, so we boarded and proceeded to
our destination.
About half way to Warner Robins one of my
players yelled out, “Hey, Coach (I like that),
what’s burning?” “Stupid truck must be running
hot,” I thought. We pulled over to the side of the
road and 1 jumped out to see what the trouble was.
Yep, it was running hot, but that wasn’t the only
problem. The brake shoe on the left front was
smoking like a chimney. We flagged down a
passing car and the driver (from Perry) took a
few of the boys on to the field.
1 let the brake and the engine cool down awhile
and then cranked up and continued on to Warner
Robins. We crept along about ten miles an hour
and arrived at the field a few minutes before
game time. With scorebook in hand I glanced over
my shoulder. My truck looked like it was sending
smoke signals. I was thinking, “Would it ever run
again?”
With the way my luck was going, I wasn’t
surprized when we lost the game in the last inning,
12-11. It was our first loss of the season; but I’ll
have to hand it to my kids, they played their
hearts out and came within an eyelash of pulling it
out.
Dejected, we climbed in the truck and went on
in to Warner Robins. I wasn’t going to chance it
driving back to Perry with a burned up brake
shoe. Roy Hill's father helped out considerably by
taking home a bunch of the players in his truck.
After spending another seven dollars on that
contrary brake, we finally started home and got
back to Perry a little after 7:00. I dropped off my
players and headed to the house, vowing to sit in
my easy chair the remainder of the evening.
When I rolled into bed a couple of hours later, I
crossed my fingers hoping Sunday would be a
better day.
It was.
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Win HLCC Golf
Saturday, June 8. Houston
Lake held the Blind Partners'
Point System golf game. The
first place winners were
Randy Griffen and Ricky
Robinson with a score of +4.
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There was a tie for second
place between the team of Roy
Young and Stev<’ Sarandis and
that of Monroe Webb and Bill
Pippin. Both teams had a final
score of -4.
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Westfield’s Joey Mann Reaps
Awards At Mercer Cage Camp
1973-74 Westfield High All-
State basketball player Joey
Mann attended a recent
Basketball Camp at Mercer
University, under the tutelage
of Mercer Coach Joe Dan
Gold, assistant coach Bill
Bibb, and Harlem
Globetrotter Jack Scott. Mann
emerged with flying colors,
winning a trio of trophies in
competition with 50 other high
school cagers.
Joey, headed for South
Georgia College in Douglas,
won the Free Throw Shooting
contest, the One-On-One
contest, and was a member of
the winning team. Mann sank
84 of 100 free throws to capture
the Free Throw trophy.
Second was Mike McDaniel of
Beechwood with 78 of 100. The
boys shot 25 free throws a day
lor four days. Mann hit 20 of 25
on the first day, 23 of 25 on the
second, 20 of 25 on the third,
and 21 of 25 on the final day.
In the One-On-One com
petition, Mann faced cagers in
his age group, going head-to
head in games played until a
player scored ten points. In
(he semi-finals Mann beat
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At Perry High School
Board Os Ed. Stays Mum
On Stands Construction
The Houston County Board
of Kducation discussed in
stallation of new football
stands at Perry Wish School at
its Tuesday meeting, but took
no action. School Board Vice-
Chairman Hugh Brazell
(presiding in the absence of
Chairman Or W. G. Talbert,
Jr. who is ill' may have
summed up the feelings of the
entire board when he said, “1
don’t think we can talk about
cutting the millage rate, then
spend a lot of money up
there.’’
Talk was made of possibly
categorizing the football
stands as "replacement
costs" instead of new con
struction, but School
Superintendent David Perdue
said, “The state auditor would
call us on the carpet. All of us
recognize something needs to
be done.”
Perdue also said, “Going
and spending about $40,000 is
only a partial answer. We
want something permanent -
to last 25-30 years. 1 hardly
know what to recommend to
you. The original plan was for
construction of 3,000 scats on
the south side, near the gym,
for use as Home stands. The
north side would then become
visitors’ stands."
The discussion was held
McDaniel 10-4, In the finals,
Mann was matched against
Willie Johnson, Southwest of
Macon star. Joey again won
10-4. Mann said his driving
ability won that contest.
In the team competition,
Mann’s five won by a 48-30
score in the finals. Joey
collected “about” 26 points.
As a result of his efforts, Mann
received a “Superior” rating
in tour different categories
jump shooting, free throws,
the ability to drive, and
defensive rebounding. He was
rated above average in other
categories.
Coach Gold’s comment was,
“A fine young man. If he
improves his quickness,
should make a fine college
prospect.”
The camp, held last week at
Mercer gym, was open to boys
11 through 17 years of age.
Mann said that another camp
was being offered at Mercer
next week. He suggested that
any ballplayers who wanted to
improve their skills should
call the Mercer University
atheltic office for further
details.
concerning categorization as
■‘replacement costs” instead
of new construction because
money is included in the
general operation budget. No
money is available in the
capital outlay fund, and ac
cording to state law capital
funds can only be acquired
through gifts or by a public
referendum.
Financial Chief Seabie
Hickson told the board that
they could legally remodel by
‘‘replacing" the current
visitors’s stands on the south
side. The stands are five rows
high, and three of those five
rows are almost useless
because the football field has a
natural crown, rising in
the middle and sloping to
either side.
Brazell and Perdue con
firmed that “every year"
maintenance such as
"painting" and replacement
of broken boards is done by
the school system.
School board member Glenn
Heck asked, “What about
raising the level of the existing
seals?" This idea was in the
original plan three years ago.
but was appearently
discarded because the board
members felt the stands would
be unsafe.
No one at the meeting made
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a direct response to Heck's
question, but Hrazell did ask if
a “survey of the situation"
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The Houston County recreational park swim
ming pool on Creekwood Drive opened for the
summer Saturday and the youngsters really
appeared to enjoy the water. Pool hours at the
facility are 10:00-7:00 Tuesday through Friday,
and 2:00-6:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.
Lifeguards are Maria Antionette Smith and Elijah
King. Concessions supervisor is Mrs. Jeannette
Moss.
Park director Willie Street announced that
would be feasible. But it ap
peared clear that expansion of
the seating was out of the
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JUNE 13, 1974,
question unless a bond
referendum is held (that
would probably also call for
swimming lessons are being offered Tuesday
through Friday from 10:00 through 12:00 noon. m
The Adult Training Union is in charge of operating *
the park and invite others to become “volun
teers”.
Working at the park this summer are seven
Neighborhood Youth Corps students, under the
auspices of the Houston County Job Placement
Director and Randall Bacon.
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construction in Warner Robins
of several buildings including
a junior high gymnasium).