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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS.. OCT. 3, 1974.
Hospital Authority
Perryans Louis (Smokey) Harper
and Hugh Beatty ended distinguished
and dedicated years of public service
to Houston County last week when
they resigned as members of the
Houston County Hospital Authority.
Mr. Beatty has served for the past
several years, but Mr. Harper has
served on the board for many years
and was most instrumental in helping
to establish the hospital in Perry. Mr.
Harper has actually served since the
Hospital Authority was created in
Houston County back in 1958.
On behalf of the citizens of Perry
and Houston County, we want to
express our deep appreciation for all
that Smokey Harper and Hugh Beatty
have done while serving on this most
important board, and a special thanks
should go to Mr. Harper for all those
years of really dedicated service in a
spirit of caring for his fellow man.
We also commend L.A. McConnell,
former chairman of the Hospital
Pre-Legislative Forum
Perry is indeed fortunate to have
been selected as one of 15 Georgia
cities to host one of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce’s 1974 pre
legislative forums. The Perry forum
will Ih> held at 8 A.M. at the Holiday
Inn on November 11. It is being co
sponsored by the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Legislators are guests of local and
area businessmen and women at
these brief forums held throughout
Georgia prior to the legislature's 1974
session. Both meet to discuss major
issues affecting Georgia’s commerce.
Fire Prevention Week
Next Tuesday night at 6: 30 P.M. the
Perry Fire Dept will put on a
demonstration in fire prevention and
safety at the Perry High School gym.
We urge all citizens of this area to go
and take your family to this most
enjoyable and educational event.
There is not a fire department
anywhere the size of Perry that can
boast of such well qualified, trained
Farmers Rare Attitude
Living in a city where food is only i
as far away as your neighborhood
supermarket, it's easy to look upon
agriculture as a remote happening i
way off somewhere that has little to i
do with you and your lifestyle. i
But if the American farmer were i
suddenly to drop from sight, how long i
would those supermarket shelves tye
stocked with food and at what price?
Fortunately for all of us, 1
agriculture is one of the few bright
spots in the nation’s outlook today.
It’s not only continuing to produce
• food and fiber to meet the needs of our
growing population, but it’s also in*
| creasing its efficiency at the same
i lime. And that increased efficiency
; has a lot to do with your supply of food
and natural fiber, and the price you
pay for it.
Measured in terms of output per
man hour, agriculture’s productivity
has increased at an annual clip of 6.3
percent over the past ten years. By
contrast, the rate in non-farm in-
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Authority until last Tuesday, on the
outstanding job he has done down
through the years.
It is regrettable the five Authority
members had to resign in the face of
controversy but we know they did
what they thought was right and the
uppermost in their minds was the
good of the hospitals and patients and
hospital employees. They can be
proud of their actions and proud of the
job they have done for Houston
County for all these years without one
bit of renumeration.
The members who resigned felt as
though there was a situation with one
of the board members and a member
of the County Commissioners in
which they fell was a conflict of in
terest and rather than carry on in
conflict and dis-harmony, the
members resigned.
We thank them for their service and
for all they have done for our county
and hospitals.
—B.B.
All local businessmen and women
and anyone else concerned about the
future of Georgia should order tickets
from the local chamber right away
and lake part in this most important
occasion in which we as business men
and women have the opportunity to
question legislators on matters of
concern to us all.
Our own U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
will appear on the program along
with Georgia Speaker of the House
Tom Murphy. It will be a most in
formative and interesting forum and
we urge you to make plans to attend.
—B.B.
and dedicated full-time and volunteer
firemen. Perry is indeed fortunate to
have a fire department of the quality
we have under the very able
leadership of Chief Sirah Lawhorn.
Be sure to attend this fire
prevention demonstration next
Tuesday night, October 8, and learn
how you can maintain a safer home or
business.
—B.B.
dustries has been only 2.7 percent
annually in the same period of time.
How does this affect consumer
prices? In food alone, it means that -
if farm food production efficiency had
increased only at the same rate as
that of non-food industries - you'd be
paying between 25 and 50 percent
more today than you are now
Research, education, and incentive
have doubtless played major roles in
helping the American farmer achieve
his remarkable record of improved
efficiency.
But one key factor that can’t be
overlooked is the farmer’s deter
mination to do his job well, day in and
day out. despite seemingly in
surmountable odds.
In short, today’s farmer takes pride
in his work. This may be an old
fashioned attitude to some people's
way of thinking, but it’s the attitude
that made America and it’s the only
one we can think of that will save
America.
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"Got Room For One More?”
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The Slanted Side
By Joe Hielt
Arf, Arf. That’s All Folks
1 guess the nation can rest now for a
Utile while at least. Teddy Kennedy
has told us he isn’t running for
president in 1976. (Oh, really?) Yes,
really. The Senator from
Massachusetts, seemingly regarded
by some as the political Messiah for
our nation’s ills just because he is a
Kennedy, said he was “throwing in
the towel” insofar as casting his hat
in the presidential ring for ’76.
( Reminds me of ole Harry Truman,
or somebody somewhere, anyhow,
haruumph!) If nominated he won’t
accept, if elected he won’t serve. But
there is always a “draft” (no you
hippies, 1 ain’t talking about the
military service). 1 still have a feeling
the cause of many of the nation’s
messes will be up “thar” in 1976
trying to tell us he can get us out of
what he got us into. (How’s that for
fractured English?)
It sure is a shame that all of these
monuments of stone and steel labeled
by self-seeking politicians as
"milestones of progress” have to be
paid for with the tired footsteps of the
taxpayers. Those same fellows call
all growth by the term “progress”
when the two aren’t necessarily
connected.
My career as a football
prognosticator (for you uninitiates),
that's a game predictor of sports)
took a sharp nosedive last week.
WPG A Radio was gracious enough to
invite me to join their crew in at
tempting to select the outcomes of 16
college and professional football
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Rev. Dan Ariail
Hr a First Baptist Church
Kejoice in the l ord alway:
ami ana in I say. Kejoice.
Philippia 1: t
\t a col too and doughnut
'hop m a Texas city, there is a
largo Mgn on the wall Two
characters are shown dressed
in ihe stylo ol the Middle Ages.
One is lal and happy He is
holding a gigantic doughnut
.mil has a lug smile on his
taco The other man is very
'knmy ami has on his lace ihe
< told id look usually soon onlv
games last week. To say the least, my
record wasn’t exactly sterling. Well,
actually it was downright terrible. I
got six right and ten wrong. I picked
Tech over Clemson, South Carolina
over Georgia, and Atlanta over the
New Orleans Saints. Ouch!
I am almost qualified to be sub
stitute for “Leonard’s Losers”, only
the loser would be me.
1 was promoted early this week.
Well, anyhow I guess it was a
promotion. I am now official Houston
Home Journal “Dog” Editor. Our
Cook’s Nook hostess, Mildred
Warren, said she couldn’t think of
anyone more suited for the position.
How about that for praise ... I think.
If you ask me, I need to “bone” up
on my knowledge of canines. I’m
going out and purchase a copy of
Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog”, buy a
few Snoopy paperbacks, and ask
“Johnny Rebel’’ of the Bobby
Goldsboro Show for advice.
My wife Patsy had her 22nd bir
thday Tuesday, and our two and a half
year old son Jeffrey really took it
seriously. 1 reminded him Tuesday
afternoon of the occasion, and he had
logo get “Mommy” a birthday cake.
Then he sangi “Happy Birthday” to
Patsy, and you could really see her
eyes sparkle. If you ever want a
definition of love, try watching the
mother’s eyes when her son pipes, “I 1
love you, Mommy.”
(Arf, Arf.) That’s Schnauzer for
that’s all. folks.
on Bassett hounds. He is
holding a large but thin
doughnut with a big hole in the
middle
The words ol the sign read:
As you travel through lite,
brother.
Whatever be your goal.
Keep your eye upon the
doughnut
And not upon the hole
Par I(hi many ol us today
have a real difficulty in this
area Although we are lacing
problems in America today,
we are still living in the nation
with the highest standard of
living the world has ever
known. We enjoy luxuries
which most of us have come to
view as necessities Too often
we cast a glance at our neigh
bors and see that they have
been able to outdo us in some
area or other and become
quite miserable over our
relative poverty.
But even the poorest of us
has much to be thankful for
and Paul says in this passage
that the characteristic at
titude of a Christian is that of
rejoicing and gratitude to God
for His sending the many,
many blessings which we so
lake for granted.
How much happier we
would be if we would only take
lime to thank God for what we
have and if we would only stop
making so many comparisons.
Alter all. a thin doughnut is
better than none at all.
BOBBY A%i
BRANCH InJ:,
OUT ON A if
BRANCH *** .1J
Week Began
Monday morning was crisp and sunny with a
fresh smell of fall in the air and if you looked
closely a few leaves were beginning to turn into
the magnificent Georgia Autumn colors.
Then Tuesday came and I was told by the editor
of our Unadilla Observer (which we publish each
Thursday) that she was unable to get out a paper
this week because of a death in the family and also
that she plans to leave the paper soon. I made
plans Tuesday afternoon to spend most of Wed
nesday and Thursday morning in Unadilla myself
to get up enough news and advertisements to get
out a paper this week for our Dooly County friends
and subscribers.
Then Tuesday....
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Then came Tuesday evening about six o'clock
as we were trying to complete the last ten pages (k
this week’s Home Journal... Boom. Our computer
typesetting machine blew several transistors,
coughed a few times and then stopped completely.
Here it was Tuesday night now and no way to
finish these pages and I had a City Council
meeting to cover looking me in the face at 7; 30. il
got on the telephone and called the Atlanta office
of the company that makes and services this
machine and a recording came on the phone
telling me I would have to call Wilmington,
Massachusetts, because it was after closing time.
The recording gave me a number and I called it
immediately. A fellow answered and I told
our problem and he then said he could help us ....
Man, we were saved and The Home Journal would
be published on time ... I thought.
Phil Byrd, our loyal Sports Editor, and Jimmy
Chapman, our loyal production manager, can
celled their supper and started right in to correct
the problem with the computer as they talked with
the expert in Wilmington. I went to City Council
and returned to the office about 9:30 and both Phil
and Jimmy, looking very tired and concerned,
were bent over the machine working diligently,,to
make the proper adjustments and replace the
damaged parts. I pitched in right away to offer
my services and was immediately placed in
charge of passing wrenches, screwdrivers and
getting fresh coffee for the two men doing all the
work.
Hours Wore 0n.... •
The hours wore on and still not much progress.
It was soon midnight and still their efforts had not
yet paid off and then it was 2 A.M. and 3 A.M. and
then 4 A.M. I was ready to faint, not only from
exhaustion, but from the thought of how we were
going to get The Home Journal on the street by 5
o’clock Wednesday afternoon and to the post of
fice by 5: 30 in order not to miss an issue since 1871.
Then it was fixed. Jimmy Chapman and Phil Byrd
had won out over the computer and we were all too
tired to celebrate. We went home and slept for two
hours and came back to the office to complete the
last pages.
It may be vain and it may be taking advantage
of a situation by having control of the media to
brag on someone but I have the highest praise for
Chapman and Byrd. Thanks to them you are able
to read and enjoy your Home Journal this week;
housewives are able to shop the grocery and other
ads; readers are able to learn of county and city
government happenings; readers are able to re i
all the local sports, editorial opinions, features
and social news of the week.
1 here was a television program a few years ago
called, “That Was The Week That Was”....Thank
goodness this was the week that was and next
week is the week that is. Selah ... Selah ... Selah ...
Amen.
' ■And Because Os My Personal Responsibilities
I Have Decided Not To Seek The Presidency.”