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The Houston Home Journal
Official Organ City Os Perry And Houston County, Georgia
BOBBY BRANCH A Pri*«-Winning
PRESIDENT-EDITOR-PUBLISHER 1974
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News Advertising Production Mgr Sports Editor
. Jeanie Pace Janice Colwell Vennie Moss
Class Ad Mgr Bookkeeper Typesetter
Emily Montgomery
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"An Award Winning Georgia Weekly Newspaper" N‘MA
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURB.. JUNE 5. 1975
Airport Dedication
The culmination of many years
work and cooperation between of
ficials and citizens of Peach and
Houston Counties will take place this
Sunday afternoon, June 8, when the
Perry-Fort Valley Airport is officially
Cl dedicated by U.S. Senator Sam Nunn.
C From a meager beginning, the
ci airport has grown into one of the
tl finest 5,000 foot runway facilities in
n the entire Southeast. Airport
* Manager Jim Brown and wife Kay
n have attained the reputation of out
standing airport managers making a
w lasting impression on many
e newcomers to Perry who got their
first view of the community when
they landed at the airport.
« The great accomplishment of the
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Perry Tourism
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Tourism is the biggest industry in
Perry. With the arrival of June,
hundreds of tourists from all parts of
the U.S. and Canada will be stopping
over in Perry on their way to and
from vacations in Florida and
Georgia.
Perry has long been a place tourists
have stopped repeatedly to spend the
night, eat at a restaurant and fill their
automobiles with gas. This has been
because of the outstanding facilities
here and for the hospitable manner in
which tourists are always treated in
Perry Boy Scout Troop 96 was
selected recently to receive the
coveted ‘‘Presidential Award” (or the
fourth straight year. This is indeed an
outstanding accomplishment and
reflection on the character and spirit
of the young men who make up the
troop and the adult scout leaders who
devote much of their time to working
The City of Milwaukee is about to
get its waste problems solved, ac
cording to an item brought to our
attention by J.B. Olliff.
American Can Co. is going to
design, construct, finance and
operate an $lB-million resource
recovery project to process all of the
municipal solid waste for that
Wisconsin city.
Milwaukee is the largest city in the
U.S. to enter into a long-term contract
for a systematic solid waste recycling
« Famil l Lawyer
Young Lawyers Section
Stale Bar of Georgia
J
Jackson hired a painter to repair and refiniah
his kitchen ceiling But the man had scarcely
darted work when a loose chunk of plaster came
crashing down on his head. Could Jackson be
held legally liable for the mishap' 7
No. a court ruled, because the faulty condition
of the ceiling was just as obvious to the painter as
to Jackson The court said he had "assumed the
risk" of failing plaster by undertaking the job In
the first place
This is the law’s usual attitude when a
householder employs somebody to do repair
work The repairman is expected to notice—and
accept —those hazards that are "natural” to the
employment.
Consider another case applying a similar
principle:
A tree surgeon was summoned to trim the dead
wood from a large oak. During the operation he
put too much weight on a decayed bough The
bough snapped off, dumping him to the ground.
Again, the victim tried to collect damages
Scout Troop 96
Recycling Waste
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new airport facility is that it has been
a cooperative effort in planning and
funding between the counties of
Houston and Peach and the cities of
Perry and Fort Valley. The old
Airport Commission and the new
Airport Authority have guided the
cities and counties into an ideal
situation that serves the needs of both
communities. We commend them for
their long years of work and we
commend the city and county officials
who have had the foresight to plan for
the future.
We urge all citizens to attend the
dedication ceremonies Sunday. It is
your airport and it is a facility you
can be proud of.
—B.B.
Perry. We urge every Perryan who
has any contact with a tourist to be as
helpful and polite as possible.
Tourists are vital to our economy and
that good “old Southern hospitality”
pays off. Let us all be aware of the
importance of tourism and make an
extra effort to show visitors to our
city we appreciate their business and
want them to return.
Tourism is our biggest industry. It
is vital to our economy. Let’s
remember those facts...all the time.
--8.8.
with the scouting program in Perry.
These young men and scout leaders
dedicated to the ‘‘God and Country”
teachings of scouting serve as a
shining example of what the youth of
today is all about. We proudly
congratulate Troop 96. They are in
deed an asset to our community.
—B.B.
program.
In this disposal program the
company will utilize shredding, air
classification and magnetic and
electromechanical separation, to
enable recovery of up to 80 percent of
the incoming waste.
The recycling process in nature has
been around a long time.
Man seems te be just a little slow
catching on. -THF Sr.
The Douglas Enterprise
from the home owner. But in this case too, the
court ruled that he had no claim. The court
pointed out that the nature of the task gave him
fair warning that such an accident could occur.
On the other hand, the householder must in
deed speak up about risks that the workman
would not ordinarily notice.
In another case, a man was hired to shovel
snow from the roof of a garage. Unbeknownst to
him, a strip of roofing paper had buckled up
ward. He caught his foot on the paper and suf
fered a painful fall.
Under these circumstances, a court held that
the home owner could be held liable for not
warning the man about the rooting paper. The
court said this hazard, hidden beneath the snow,
was not the sort of thing a shoveller was likely
either to see or to watch out for.
A public service feature of the American Bar
Association and the V onager Lawyers Section,
Slate Bar of Georgia. Written by Will Bernard.
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'* ”' HAT IN THE RING
The Slanted Side .
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The City of Perry lost a fine family
last week when Church of Christ
minister Clifford May and his family
moved to Troy, Ohio. Clifford said he
made the decision to accept the offer '
in Troy after much thought and
consideration. In two short years here
the Mays had become a vital part of
our community. I wish them the best
of success in their future endeavors.
Two local geniuses (Wayne Defore
and Sammy Green) have come up
with a new idea for a National
holiday. They want President Ford to
proclaim June 8 as National Male
Alligator Day. They say that the
female alligator each year lays at
least 15,000 eggs. Along comes the
male and eats up all but two or three.
They reason that the male alligator
deserves a day of recognition because
he keeps the world from being over
run with alligators. I’ll go along with
that, but only after a while, crocodile.
“Bite the Bullet” is a famous way of
telling politicians that they must hold
the line on taxes if at all possible. Last
week and Tuesday the County
Commission did just that, although it
appears they might wind up with
powder burns from the bite. The five
commissioners whacked away at the
county department budget requests,
eliminating everything they con
sidered unnecessary, but were still
faced with two obvious facts.
One, they had no money available,
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Eagle Arrives At Robins
We were on hand last Friday at
Robins Air Force Base when the Air
Force’s newest and greatest fighter
jet arrived—The F-15 Eagle came
home to the nest at Robins—For it is
at Robins the Eagle will be tested and
maintained.
The impressive ceremonies
featured a demonstration of the F
-15’s capabilities by Col. Roger
Smith, who was greeted by the
Commander of Robins, Major
General Ralph Holland.
The economic impact of the new F
-15 will have far-reaching effects on
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at 10 mills, to budget to pay bond
expenses for the hospital. Two, they
had no funds available to build the
proposed State Court building, aside
' from about $600,000 in revenue
sharing funds. Both facts were less
than pleasant news.
The board has indicated they will
probably borrow necessary amounts
to pay any bond expenses unable to be
assumed by the Hospital Authority.
But the commissioners obviously
hope the Authority can assume a
lion’s share of the bond expenses.
Possibly the Authority can con
tribute, but don’t bank on it.
As far as the State Court building is
concerned, the board wants to build
half of the building now (to house the
State Court) and to wait on the portion
that would house the Sheriff’s offices
(and other offices as well). Seems to
me to be poetic justice. It never has
seemed ethical for them to go ahead
and build offices that include quarters
for the Sheriff away from Perry,
when that idea is still under
discussion in the legal suit. I have
been wondering how legally they
could assume rights to do that until
the Court rules on the appeal, but
then, I’m no lawyer.
In the September 29, 1954, issue of
the New York Herald Tribune, Calvin
Coolidge was reported to have said
during his term as President: “When
more and more people are thrown out
of work, unemployment results.”
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Middle Georgia. There are now
nearly 300 people involved directly
with the F-15 program at Robins,
many of them Houston Countians.
We are proud to welcome the Eagle
to Middle Georgia. The aircraft is a
welcome addition to the complex at
Robins and it will mean more jobs
and an even more stable economic
future for the Middle Georgia area.
Our hearty congratulations to
General Holland and his outstanding
military and civilian staff at Robins
for this most impressive
achievement.
—B.B.
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BOBBY
BRANCHK'U
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Nothing—absolutely nothing—creates more
interest, speculation and rumors in Perry than a
city council election. And with the announcement
last week that City Councilman Henry Casey will
resign his post in September, the Perry rumor
factory has been hard at work cranking out
rumors of possible candidates for the regular city
elections this coming December.
Let’s analize rumors. Where do they come
from? How do they start? WeU, to begin with, a
close look and definition of what is known in Perry
as the “Coffee Cup Crowd” should be explained to
readers who are not familiar with this
phenomenon. The “Coffee Cup Crowd” is com
prised of a group of Perry businessmen, at
torneys, farmers, insurance agents and a various
gathering of other types who gather each morning
(never on Sunday) to discuss, analize and make
suggestions and predictions on just about any
subject relevant to the happenings of today—
local, state or national.
The meeting hall of the “Coffee Cup Crowd” is
at the (surprise, surprise) Coffee Cup Restaurant
in downtown Perry. The hard-core leaders of this
group usually gather at the back double table
designed for around 10 persons, but with the
closeness of the “Crowd” 15 or 16 can easily
gather and sip coffee, while heated and deep
discussions of the problems of this city, county
and nation take place.
I have long since learned that the “Crowd”
offers countless reams of information for a
newsman. I have gotten news tips, rumors,
predictions, criticisms, praise and a few other
things by sitting in on a round table discussion of
the “Crowd”. *
Never—not for once—make the mistake of
underestimating the wisdom of the data that
evolves from the “Crowd’s” discussions each
morning. The coffee cup folks take a small piece
of information fed into the middle of the table and
they completely discuss and analize the in
formation. When they complete their analysis, a
computer is actually needed to accomodate the
information formulated from a half hour of
deliberation.
Getting back to my original point in this thesis
of dubious origin, the “Crowd” will surely spur on
many names as possible candidates for the up
coming December city elections. Thank goodness,
I as the local newspaper editor, have some friends
and spies among the “Crowd” and will be able to
keep the general public of Perry informed as to
the goings-on at the Coffee Cup in relation to the
election and those who may have aspirations of
representing us all on council. f
In the meantime, if any of you readers out there
seek information, verification of rumors, answers
to world problems or who is the next Democratic
nominee for President—go to the Coffee Cup one
morning and listen. All you must do is listen. If
one of the regular “Crowd” looks at you kind of
funny just say you are there at the recom
mendation of The Home Journal and you’ll be in
on home plate—free.
In conclusion, let me say the “Crowd” is alive
and well and I suspect between now and the city
election in December, I will receive an abundance
of information from this most news-worthy source
to report to our readers. In the meantime, drop by
the Coffee Cup and see that what I say is true....By
the way, The Coffee Cup has some of the best
country sausages and home-made biscuits (with
Georgia Cane syrup) you ever tasted. —Excuse
me while I “sop” my biscuit and listen to some o#
the latest news.
MALE AND FEMALE
Bn And they shall be one flesh.
mm* j*A -Genesis 2:24
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FIRST BAPTIST
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During this month of June
many persons will bind
themselves to another person
for better or worse, promising
to love and to cherish each
other. While we as men and
women are drawn to each
other, we also feel that we do
not quite understand one
another and experience some
rivalry between us.
A grammar school test
paper asked students “Give
an account of the creation of
man.” One sweet little girl
answered: “First God created
Adam He looked at him and
said, ‘I think if I tried again I
could do a better job than
that.' So then he created
Eve.”
At a P,T.A. meeting a
spirited discussion was being
held on the question of male
and female teachers. One
large and noisy lady said: “I
say that women make the best
teachers. Where would men be
today if it weren't for
women?” A man is the back
shouted: "In the Garden of
Eden, eating watermelon and
taking it easy!”
Women have always felt
that their husbands could use
a bit of perfecting. One man
was telling another what his
wife was going around saying;
he said: “If I were you I
wouldn’t let my wife go all
over town saying that she’s
finally made a man of you.
You don’t hear my
talking like that, do you.
“No,” came the reply, “but I
heard your wife telling my
wife that she’d done her best,”
It seems that a hotshot
young salesman fell in love
with a waitress, but he thought
he had better get a report on
her character before he
proposed marriage. His
private detective sent him this
summary: “Fine reputation,
kind and gentle, excellent
health, has a wide circle of
church-going friends. Only
stain on her character is that
lately she has been going
around with a salesman of
doubtful reputation.”