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Sogadera Members Special Guests
Old-Time Barn Dance
Kicks Off Idoka Season
The Idaka Club is
celebrating America in
this Bicentennial year and
launched the 1976 club
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Square Dance Winners
...Tommy and Jane Storey
Houston Farmers To Choose
Candidates
Sought For
ASC Ballot
Farmers are asked to
nominate candidates of
their choice to be on the
ASC community com
mittee ballot, says James
L. Taunton
The ASC community
committee election will be
conducted from Nov. 21 to
Dec. I, by mail ballot The
three ASC communities in
Houston County are:
district A, district B, and
district C.
ASC committees are
responsible for managing
government farm
programs on the local
level. To meet needs ot
individual producers, ASC
committee members must
be concerned and
responsible individuals,
Taunton said. Houston
County farmers have the
opportunity to nominate
persons they feel would
best serve the farm
community. Farmers have
received petition forms by
mail and began submitting
them to the county ASCS
ottice on Oct. 2
A few basic con
siderations should be kept
In mind when circulating
petitions Taunton said In
order to be valid, petitions
must be limited to one
nominee each, must in
elude written certification
that the nominee is willing
to serve if elected, must be
signed by at least three
eligible farm voters in the
ASC community, and must
be received in the county
ASCS office no later than
Oct 28
A farmer may circulate
or sign nominating
petitions for as many
candidates as he chooses
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VOL 105 No. 42
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season hosting a rousing,
old tashioned barn dance
recently Sogadera Club
members and their
Anyone wishing to
nominate a farmer for the
ASC committee election
may contact the county
ASCS office for full details,
including eligibility
requirements for of
ficeholders.
Taunton believes that
farmer nominafions of
candldafes for the up
coming ASC committee
election are very im
portant He said, "Far
mers should petition for
and elect those individuals
they feel would do a good
job as ASC committeemen.
The election of concerned
farmers to positions on
ASC committees is
necessary for good ad
minisfration of farm
programs."
Taunton further ex
plained that the county
ASCS otfice welcomes all
valid petitions. The op
portunlty to nominate,
vote, and be elected to
office is guaranteed to ali
farmers regardless of
race, religion, sex, color,
or national origin.
Delphians
Nominate
Directors
The Delphian Club held
its first meeting of the new
year at the home of Mrs.
Tommie Hunt. Mrs.
Emmitt Akin, president,
presided over the business
session.
Mrs Ed Weaver
presented the program,
following the Bicentennial
theme She gave an in
formative presentation of
"The American's Creed"
by William Tyler Page,
with background in
formation on the author
and how this Important
creed was written.
Two new directors were
nominated to complete the
slate of officers. Mrs.
Margaret Talton and Mrs.
Charles Andrew were
unanimously elected. Mrs.
Joe Bedingtield, Yearbook
Chairman, distributed the
new yearbooks. The theme
tor the year will be "Our
Country's Bicentennial
Year''.
Prior to the meeting a
delicious salad plate was
served by the hostesses,
Mrs. Seaton Carpenter,
Mrs. Lewis Tabor, Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller and Mrs.
Hunt.
husbands were special
guests. Caller Larry
Sandefur and Mrs. San
defur guided those new to
the old time square dance
through the basic steps,
and soon dancers were
moving with grace and
precision to the rollicking
tunes.
The scene of the party
was a rustic, old barn style
pavilion near Byron,
Georgia, under a
cooperative harvest moon.
Idaka Club members
created a feeling of rural
America with bales of hay
and arrangements of corn
shucks, pumpkins, and
gourds Two scarecrows
presided over she
festivities from the
sidelines.
A huge farm style kit
chen table covered with a
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red checked cloth was
laden with country kitchen
delicacies: fried chicken,
sausage, ham and biscuits,
relishes, cheeses, peanuts
boiled and parched,
popcorn, pound cake and
other baked goodies
reminiscent o< an earlier
era, Apple cider was ladled
from a great earthen
churn.
The colorful costumes of
the merrimakers reflected
the strong individuality
that has always charac
terized Americans-
Prizes were given to the
best square dance couple,
Jane and Tommy Storey.
Best dressed lady in
country style, Terry
Cooper, and best dressed
man, Larry Walker. Door
prizes were also given
throughout the night.
The Idakas and
Sogaderas join many
thousands of fellow
Americans who are en
joying a revival of interest
in square dancing as a
wholesome and enjoyable
form of entertainment.
Through their club ac
tivities this year, Idakas
will explore other of the
country's varied folk
customs, crafts and
traditions
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New VOCA Officers
The Perry High VOCA (Vocational Opportunity
Clubs of America) organization held its 1975-76
officer installation ceremonies last Thursday
night. Left to right are the officers installed in the
impressive candle services: Advisor- Jeanne
McDonald ; Parliamentarian- Ken Streetman;
Sergeant At Arms- Dale Johnson; Reporter-
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT 14, 1975,
Shirley Hancock; Treasurer- Eugene Napier;
Secretary- Jeannie Melvin; Vice President- Jeff
McCuan; and President- Wayne Merritt. VOCA
club members are CVAE (Co-ordinated
Vocational-Academic Education) students at
Perry High School.
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