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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., MAR 23, 1»78,
Reader Blasts Nunn ,
Talmadge Canal Votes
Dear Editor:
The position of Mr.
Nunn and Mr. Talmadge
in the current Panama
Canal tragedy is clearly
not the will of their
electorate. They are
therefore representing
other interests some
Perry High Thespians
Thanks For Support
Dear Merchants and
Citizens of Perry,
We would like to ex
press our sincere ap
preciation for your
assistance in our Miss
Panther Pageant.
All the merchants
showed their support in
Here March 29
Children’s Plays Set
One act plays, "The
Invention" and "Reunion
on Gallows Hill" are in
their final stages of
rehearsals. Both plays
will open Wednesday
night, March 29, at the
Warner Robins
Children's Theater next
to Freedom Lanes on
Russell Parkway at 7:30
p.m. Tickets are
available at The
Bookshop, Gateway
Bookshop, Shaheen Of
fice Supply, Ken's Steak
House, at the Theater any
evening or call Marie
Roth 923-7594. As tickets
are limited to ap
proximately 130 seats
each performance, the
public is urged to make
reservations as soon as
possible. Tickets are $2
for adults, $1 for students
and children.
The Invention is aimed
for the smaller children.
This play allows the
audience to participate
in the goings-on and be
part of the performance.
The second play.
Reunion on Gallows Hill,
will appeal to older
youngsters through
teens.
Seven shows are to be
presented, five evening
performances and two
matinees, Saturday and
Sunday 1 & 2 April at 2
o'clock. Both plays are
directed by Peter
Sugden, assisted by
Wendy Eastman. In
charge of production is
Marty Woods.
The purpose of the
WRCT is to encourage the
youngsters of the Middle
Georgia area to par-
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some way. A special
thanks goes to the
Method ist Church,
Beckum's Garden Center
and Mrs. Shirley Parker.
We would also like to
express to the public
what an excellent job our
new Thespian Sponsor,
ticipate in theater arts,
both on stage and doing
production jobs of set
designing, and con
struction, doing make-up
The Fireside
Book Review
From The Perry Bookstore
BY CHARLES HARDY
The Only Investment
Guide You'll Ever Need;
Andrew Tobias; Har
court Brace Jovanovich;
$5.95
Boy, have I got a book
for you. Do you want to
turn your financial slide
into a phenomenal rise?
Do you want to make a
quick fortune in the stock
market? Do you want to
turn $15,000 into $400,000
by age 70? The solution to
all these get rich schemes
await you in the pages of
Andrew Tobias' The Only
Investment Guide You'll
Ever Need.
The first thing one
learns in The Only In
vestment Guide is how
much malarky such get
rich schemes really are.
If you throw money
around with such vain
hopes, then, as Mr.
Tobias writes, you nave
about as much business
sense as a monkey
throwing darts at a
board. The single
ingredient an investor
needs most is good
common sense.
Mr. Tobias writes with
a healthy amount of this
key ingredient. He is
level headed about
dealing with the vast
system of finances which
provide the fodder to run
America. He warns us
that the truly high level
managers and brokers
dealing with millions and
billions of dollars over
whelm the small investor
with their vast resources
of information.
The best alternatives to
foolishly investing money
is to spend less rather
than earning more.
Higher earnings can
place you in a higher
income tax bracket, and
deeply slice into your
extra earnings. He lists a
number of ways bv
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have purposely deleted
their titles of office so
they can start getting
used to being without
them.
Sincerely,
William E. Suber
1430 Elizabeth Ave
Perry, GA
Ms. Janet DeFore, has
done with our troupe. We
hope to continue to
achieve our goals set
forth.
Thank you,
Perry High School
Thespian Society
and costuming and.
learning the business of
tickets, publicity and
general box office ac
tivities.
spending money wisely
that you can actually
spend less and save
more: buy a high rated
miles - per - gallon
economy car; install
solar heating; buy per
sonal items (toothpaste,
tuna, wine, etc.) in bulk
quantities and store them
in your home.
One of the exciting
paragraphs in the book
dealt with retirement
savings. By saving with
the Keogh Plan or an
Individual Retirement
Account, a young person
can benefit from tax free,
high interest rates.
Though one must exert
great patience and not
touch his savings at least
until age 59’/?, the size of
one's retirement nest egg
should prove more than
adequate for a feathered
existence. The key, Mr.
Tobias stresses, is
starting early in life. Like
age 20.
The greatest values of
The Only Investment
Guide (besides its ob
vious money savings
tips) is its readability.
Mr. Tobias' writing
possesses no particular
grace of style but wields
an unwavering wit. I
never thought I would
read an investment guide
that could cause me to
laugh out loud. This one
did, though, and on
numerous occasions.
At $5.95, The Only
Investment Guide You'll
Ever Need may be one of
your wisest investments
of all. Potentially, the
advice offered can save
you hundreds of dollars a
year on cars, life in
surance and brokerage
commissions. If nothing
else, the book is, as Mr.
Tobias points out, tax
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Warner Robins Little
Theater has cast their
next play of the season.
The play is Woody Allen's
"Don't Drink the Water"
and it will be directed by
Joyce Graden Curry. If it
is as good as their two
previous plays it will be
most enjoyable.
The cast includes
Douglas Ellis, Rick
Kelley, Ron Bell, Sarah
Dauby, Alan Larson,
Ruth Logan, Lisa
Newberry, Ray Bryan,
Chris Holmes, Ron
Butler, Carleton Tobler,
Dennis Evans, Darlene
Leib, Mike Callaway and
Allen Newberry. Look at
that list of names
carefully. I don't
recognize anyone of them
as being from Perry but I
always miss somebody. If
you see someone's name
who is a Perryan let me
know.
The play will be
presented sometime in
May. I'll let you know the
date and place when I
find out.
"The Turning Point"
will be playing in Macon
the end of this month. It is
a super movie but if you
are completely turned off
by ballet you had better
steer clear. I had thought
that ballet would just be
the backdrop against
which the story would be
played. No so - this is a
ballet movie. Shirley
MacLaine and Anne
Bancroft are the stars
and the focal point of the
story is theirs but a
strong second plot con
cerns Mikhail
Delphian Club Holds
\
Interior Decorating Program
The March meeting of
the Delphian Club was
held at the home of Mrs.
Emmif Akin with Mrs.
Dot Greene and Mrs.
Helen Mason as co
hostesses. A delicious
dessert plate with the St.
Patrick's theme was
served prior to the
meeting.
Mrs. Ed. Weaver in
troduced Mr. Bob
Brewer, Minister of
Music and Youfh of the
First Baptist Church. Mr.
Brewer gave a most
inspiring talk on the topic
“Interior Decorating”.
He made a few remarks
about the special, per
sonal touches which can
Bibb - Houston Kick Off
Luncheon Set For March
Dr. Kirby Godsey,
Dean of Mercer
University, will be guest
speaker for the Bibb and
Houston Counties "Take
Stock in America” kick-i
off Luncheon on March
30, 1978.
Marion P. Gilbert,
Macon District Manager
for Southern Bell and the
1978 Bibb and Houston
Counties "Take Stock In
America” Chairman,
said, "The Kick off
luncheon will be held to
Baryshnikov and Leslie
Brown. All four have
been nominated for
Oscars.
Leslie Brown is the
young ballerina in this
show and she is exquisite.
I have never seen a
motion picture debut that
makes this much impact.
She is going to have her
own "turning point" now
that this movie Is in
release. Her decision will
have to be between
pursuing a movie career
or staying with dance. In
either field she will be a
superstar.
The more I talk with
people in the en
tertainment field the
more true I find the plot
of this movie to be. Every
performer, or career
person, usually faces a
poinf in his or her life
where a choice has to be
made between further
pursuit of success or
development of personal
relationships. Very few
successful people can
combine their career
with a happy marriage.
In this day of dual
careers the percentage is
even less.
I recommend "The
Turning Point" to you. It
is not the type of movie
that will send you into
gales of laughter, nor will
it keep you on the edge of
your seat with suspense.
It will, however, give you
an insight into the choices
that people face and how
they cope with that
decision. And you will see
some truly fine acting. As
icing on the cake you will
create warmth and
beauty in our homes. He
then talked about how we
can beautify our spiritual
houses by allowing Christ
to live in our hearts and
have complete control
over our lives. He con
cluded his talk with a
prayer.
'Mrs. Earl Smith,
President, presided over
the business session.
Reports of standing
committees were given.
The club voted to give
$25.00 to the Easter Seal
Society.
Mrs. Smith closed the
meeting with a Robert
Browning poem, “The
Year's at the Spring."
encourage area business
leaders to vigorously
promote the payroll
savings plan with their
employees.” Goals and
objectives will be an
nounced for 1978 at the
luncheon.
The 1978 Savings Bonds
Campaign in Bibb and
Houston Counties will
officially start with the
March 30 luncheon to be
held at the Macon Health
club beginning at 12:15,
p.m.
see Baryshnikov in all of
his glory making ballet as
fascinating as possible.
. One last word. I read
Charles Hardy's review
of A Stranger Is Watching
a few weeks ago. I don't
think that he found the
book as fascinating as I
did. 1 read it in one sitting
from 1:30 to 5:00 one
morning. Contrived or
whatever, it is still one of
the most enjoyably in
teresting books that I
have read in some time.
And it will make a great
Alfred Hitchcock movie
some day. I recommend
it!
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First Baptist Church W
A Kiss Without Love
Now he that betrayed
him gave them a sign,
saying, Whomsoever I
shall kiss, that same is
he: hold him fast. And
forthwith he came to
Jesus, and said, Hall,
master; and kissed him. -
Matt. 26:48-49
What was it that killed
Jesus? We could say the
Jews, the Romans, the
cross, his own love, and
other elements which had
a part. This question has
been a part of Christian
thought in every age; but
if we are to get more than
a superficial answer, we
must probe deeper than
looking at the events
which make up the gospel
narratives. The whips
and the thorns, the cross
and the spear, these were
the immediate causes of
his death, but they were
only the symptoms of
deeper issues. The real
culprit is seen in human
attitudes, motives and
STAY AND SB
GEORGIA
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Perry
Chamber \*fjP
Report
By Ann Conner \ST !►
V Executive Vice President j
There is a program that
is sponsored by the Small
Business Administration
called SCORE (Service
Corps of Retired
Executives) that is in
tended to help small
business owners solve
their problems. This
volunteer group is
comprised of over 6,000
retired business
executives both men and
women - who provide free
management counseling
to owners-managers of
small businesses and
those who are con
sidering starting a
business. The collective
experience of these
SCORE volunteers spans
the full range of
American enterprise.
Assigned SCORE
Counselors visit the
owners in their places of
business. Through
careful observation, an
analysis is made of each
business and its
problems. On a complex
problem, other volunteer
experts may be asked to
assist. Finally, a plan is
offered to correct the
trouble and help the
owner through the
critical period. This
service is provided at no
cost to the small business
owner.
Also SCORE sponsors
or co sponsors business
workshops. These
concerns. And because
these same attitudes
occur again and again,
every age finds the cross
to be its accuser.
Jesus was crucified by
a kiss that showed no
love. Judas betrayed
Jesus with a kiss; why
did he not point boldly an
accusing finger and say:
“There is your man. Take
him!" and be honest
about it? Did he think to
hide the nature of the
deed behind a symbol of
love? Did he feel f hat only
the soldiers would be to
blame if he hid behind a
kiss? Had he, by some
strange process of
rationalization, per
suaded himself that he
did it in love?
The kiss that said love
but meant betrayal has
been repeated through
the centuries since the
crucifixion. Men have
lavished skills and
materials on beautiful
buildings, created
workshops are in
formation training
sessions on a variety of
business subjects such as
accoun ti ng, record
keeping, retail mer
chandising, personnel
management, taxation,
etc.
The Atlanta chapter of
SCORE has 58 members,
who provided free con
sultation to 830 small
businesses during 1977.
These 58 members
represent over 2,200 man
years of experience In
such fields as sales,
personnel, retail
wholesale, office and
plant management,
accounting, financial
analysis, manufacturing,
purchasing, and research
and engineering.
Atlanta SCORE offices
are located in the SBA on
the sixth floor at 1720
Peachtree Road NW. The
telephone number is
(404)881-2441. There is
always someone
available during normal
business hours to handle
requests for counseling or
to answer questions about
the seminar programs.
Retired business men and
women who want to
volunteer a part of their
time to help others as
business consultants are
also invited to contact
SCORE.
beautiful poetry and
music, and done a
thousand things meant to
say: "Christ is important
to me;" yet our world is
scarcely changed by
those of us who have been
given orders so be like
Christ.
Jesus was also
crucified by other
elements which followed.
He was crucified by a
watch that was not kept;
he told them to watch and
pray, but they slept and
allowed Jesus' enemies to
get in. He was crucified
by a question which
desired no answer: Pilate
asking "What is truth?"
when the ultimate truth
stood before him. He was
crucified by a vow which
could lightly be broken:
Peter vowed he would
never deny Jesus, but his
vow did not last the night.
The question is this:
Were you there, and how
did you betray and
crucify Him?