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The Houston Home Journal
Op-fid fi^age
Refutes Reader's Letter
‘Nunn, Talmadge Canal
Vote Was In Best Interest ’
Editor:
In reply to Williams E.
Sobers' letter of recent
date referring to Senators
Talmadge and Nunn's
vote on the Panama
Canal issue, it appears
that as usual he is
misinformed.
By taking five minutes
Personals
By Emily Montgomery
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Turner last week
were their mothers, Mrs.
W.R. Turner of Marietta
and Mrs. H.R. Medlin of
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Gibson and their guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Hawkins of South Bend,
Ind. and Mr. and Mrs.
Louie Bryant of Mason
and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
Athon spent the weekend
on a fishing trip in North
Georgia.
Mrs. Jim Vogt spent
several days in Landrum,
S.C. with the Rev. and
Mrs. George Meredith.
They visited friends in
Spartenburg, and Gaff
ney, S.C. and Saluda,
N.C.
Mr. C.R. Orser is
spending two weeks in
Atlanta with his grand
daughter, Mrs. Steve
Dixon and Mr. Dixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Casey of Storm Lake,
lowa are visiting with her
sister, Mrs. Virgil Brooks
and Mr. Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Luoma were the recent
guests of M\Sgt and Mrs.
James Paige and family
in Cabot, Arkansas.
Mrs. Tom Grant and
Lynn and Miss Kathryn
Richards spent several
days last week in
Orlando, Fla. visiting Lee
Grant and attending his
graduation from boot
training- at the Naval
Recruit Center there.
Mrs. Oris Braswell of
Alamo was the weekend
guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Jim Gillis, Mr. Gillis
and Kristi.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Logue and Mrs. Mike
Middleton spent the
weekend with Mr. and
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and using it reading in
stead of talking, enough
information might have
rubbed off on him to
understand their vote. As
stated in Senator
Ta I madge's recent
Newsletter.
Also, both of these
distinguished men and
Mrs. Jack Daniel in
Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Steck and Jonathan of
Milledgevilleand Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Newberry
and children, Jason and
Susan of Oglethorpe were
the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W.D. Bynum and
Donna during the
The Fireside
Book Review
From The Perry Bookstore
BY CHARLES HARDY
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Compromising Positions;
Susan Isaacs; Times
Books; $8.95
Judith Singer was not
unhappy with her stable
suburban family life.
Though dependent kids
and a hungry husband
limited her own self
fulfillment, Judith could
be content with the
adoration they showered
upon her. Content, that is
until the murder of Dr.
Bruce Fleckstein.
In her first novel,
Compromising Positions,
Susan Isaacs charts the
transition of Judith
Singer from suburban
housewife to crime
solving detective. Ac
tually, her writing is
more sophisticated than a
mere charting. The plot
she spins and characters
she creates are quite
impressive for a first
novel.
The title of the book
originates from a set of
Polaroid photographs.
The murdered Dr.
Fleckstein was having
mini-affairs with
numerous women in the
community. Inevitably
he would photograph
them in various por
nographic poses.
Fleckstein's flashy dress
and soothing charm
captured the trust of
these otherwise level
headed women. With the
photographs, Fleckstein
knew he had all of these
women in compromising
positions if he ever
needed to blackmail one
of them. Someone,
though, inflicted the
ultimate double cross
upon Fleckstein; they
plunged an awl into the
base of his neck.
In explaining why she
became involved in this
sleezy intrigue, Judith
told her husband, "I've
been bored silly, floun
dering between the
supermarket and car
pools, and all of a sudden,
I found something. A
murder. A puzzle. It fell
into my lap, and all of a
sudden it was something I
could latch onto." The
their staffs have spent
countless hours studying
this issue with in
formation available to
them that we may never
see or hear.
Their vote may not
have pleased us, but it
was in our best interest.
S. Hardin Hodge.
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Cosey, Cindy and Robby,
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Henson
of Athens and Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Mitchell of
Albany spent the
weekend camping at the
Little Ocmulgee State
Park near Mcßae.
early chapters read more
like Erma Bombeck than
Agatha Christie. Before
she can pursue a lead in
the investigation, Judith
has to find a babysitter.
Could Ms. Christie's Miss
Marple have coped with
kids?
The characters sket
ched by Ms. Isaacs' pen
comprise the most
memorable aspect of the
book. She avoids most all
the trite stereotypes
which trash the pages of
most best selling fiction.
Judith is an intelligent
woman on the edge of
attaining her Ph. D. in
history. Her friend,
Nancy Miller, is an in
dependent minded free
lance writer from
Valdosta, Georgia who
guzzles a bottle of wine a
day with no per
ceptable ill effects. One
unforgettable character
is Mary Alice, one of
Fleckstein's com
promised models. Mary
Alice is a completely self
possessed suburbanite
worried more about
appearances than the
fact that a man has been
murdered.
In the tradition of
Bogart's The Big Sleep,
the classic detective film,
Compromising Positions
has a romantic edge to it.
Judith becomes in
timately involved with
the head police detective
assigned to the
Fleckstein case. The sex
between them is more
that of thoughtful in
dividuals than athletes.
One really feels for this
couple each time they
simply touch one another.
Compromising Pos
itions ends with the lovers
in each other's arms and
Judith no longer having
to worry about baby
sitters. Yet, she's not
ready to leave her family.
Consequently, the reader
is left without a complete
resolution. I assume that
this means there will be
more episodes of Judith
Singer Detective. But
be sure not to miss this
first engaging in
stallment.
Porky Sez:
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finte/italnment
s.
I hope that by now you
have ehd a chance to go
to Warner Robins and see
the "Follies". It was the
best this year that it has
ever been. From the all
black musical "Your
Arms Too Short To Box
With God" to "Annie" to
"Bolero", it was a fan
tastic evening. I saw a lot
of Perry people there the
night that I went so I
know that a lot of you
made the trip over for the
"event". "The Follies"
continue through this
Friday night.
"Promenade All"
starts this Thursday at
Macon ACT. It is a four
character play and in
volves the evolution of
four characters through a
span of a century. Call
the Macon ACT box office
for reservations.
1 am in the middle of
"Holocaust" as I write
this. I have found it to be
a very engrossing, though
depressing, drama. I
know that there are many
of you who found it too
violent to watch. The
acting is top caliber with
most of the actors being
Broadway performers
rather than "movie
stars". Outstanding so
far are Fritz Weaver,
Michael Moriarty and
Meryl Streep. I think that
this is going to be a very
high rated program
based on all the comment
that I have heard about it.
This week my son JJ
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Rev. Don Arioil /;
First Baptist Church
Faith Answers Fear
Leave all your worries
with him, because he
cares for you. - I Peter 5:7
(TEV)
In the late sixties, one
of the women nominated
tor the Academy Award
for best actress was
Patricia for her
magnificent performance
in The Subject Was
Roses. Many agree that
one of the great moments
in American theater
came when the cameras
focused on Patricia Neal.
Most Americans did not
know her story. In 1960
she was wheeling her
infant son across
Madison Avenue in New
York when a cab hit the
baby carriage and
smashed it into the back
of a bus. The baby lived,
but there were months of
hospitalization and the
child had to have several
operations. Two years
later, Patricia's oldest
daughter, Olivia, was
stricken with measles
and died quite suddenly
one night without war
ning. And then in
February of 1965,
Patricia herself almosf
and I took in another Walt
Disney movie. This time
it was "Candleshoe". I
believe that each Walt
Disney movie I see gets
better and better.
Anyway having a five
year old son is a great
excuse for getting in to
see them.
"Candleshoe" stars
David Niven, Helen
Hayes and a young ac
tress of enormous charm,
Jodie Foster. The plot
involves the search for
hidden treasure and the
search for a long lost girl.
It is all tied in together
with Disney brilliance
and all comes together in
a perfect ending. While
the plot is progressing
from point A to point B
there are spooky scenes
in a cemetary, a comic
fight scene where no one
really gets hurt, and
David Niven changing
roles about three times.
Jodie Foster is not the
prettiest little girl in the
world but she does have a
special charm about her.
I remember seeing her in
"Taxi Driver" where she
showed a lot more acting
skill and a lot less charm.
It is good to see her in
something this light and
funny. Helen Hayes is
eternally youthful and
gracious. The fact that
she can put so much skill
into a role such as she has
in this movie makes it
evident why she is a
Broadway and Hollywood
legend. I read somewhere
died; she had three
massive brain
hemorrhages• and five
heart attacks. Her speech
and vision were im
paired, and her keen
mind was blunted.
But she would not be
defeated. She fought back
in a terrible, agonizing
battle back to health and
resumed her career.
And so the Academy
nominated her for an
Oscar, not out of sym
pathy, but because of her
great performance, one
which had come in spite
of such suffering and
struggle.
A reporter, one day,
asked Patricia the secret
of her survival and later
recovery. She shook her
head and told him it was
not courage. She said it
was not something you
are born with. She
pointed to a large copper
plaque which was nailed
to one of the beams
overhead, saying that
this was her secret; this
is what he read:
Fear knocked at the
door.
Faith answered.
No one was there.
the other day that she is
retiring. I hope not.
There are so many new
shows on television right
now that it hard to see
them all. This is the time
that the networks are
testing out some pilots to
see if they should become
regular series next year.
That's why you are
seeing "The Young
Pioneers", "Dallas",
"The Ted Knight Show"
and "Another Day". I
watched "The Ted Knight
Show" last week and
thought that it stood a
good chance of becoming
a series. In this show Ted
Knight is a little smarter
than he was as "Ted
Baxter". Plus he has the
utterly nutty and always
funny Iris Adrian as his
secretary. If you haven't
tried it, watch it on
Saturday night on CBS at
8:30.
Then you can flip the
switch at 9:00 to NBC and
watch one of my favorite
movies "Airport 75"
where Charlton Heston
once again gets to save us
all. Its all hokey but
seeing Karen Black pilot
that plane over the
mountains is loads of fun.
There has been an
"Airport", and "Airport
75", an "Airport 77" and
they are working on
"Airport 1980". Success
breeds success. Although
the critics hate these
movies, the public loves
them.
A woman in Illinois had
an unusual experience.
She had been hearing
footsteps behind her for
several days, but when
she looked, she saw no
one. When she walked
faster, the footsteps also
went faster. If she ran,
they ran. Concerned
about her sanity, she
went to a psychiatrist.
After they had talked
briefly, he asked; ''How
long have you been
wearing a hearing aid?"
"A week," she replied.
Then he asked how long
she had been hearing the
footsteps, and she an
swered that it had also
been a week. He
suggested:; "Go have
your hearing aid
checked."
She did, and she found
that she had been
wearing it backwards;
the sound of "footsteps"
had been her own
heartbeat!
Like hers, many - if not
most of our worries and
fears are groundless and
consume too much of our
valuable time and
energy. When faith an
swers, nothing is there.
Perry
Chamber
Report
By Ann Conner w
Military Affairs Com
mittee:
The Military Affairs
Committee and the Board
of Directors of the
Chamber entertained
Major General John R.
Spalding, Jr., Com
mander Warner Robins
Air Logistics Center,
Wednesday, April 19.
This is the first op
portunity the Chamber
has had to meet with
General Spalding and
welcome him to Middle
Georgia. He and several
members of his staff
attended a dinner
meeting at Mr. Mayo
Davis” lake house.
General Spalding
assumed command of
Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center on
September 1, 1977, after
having been Vice Com
mander and Chief of Air
Defense Command
AeroSpace Defense
Command (ADCOM) at
Peterson Air Force Base,
Colorado. General
Spalding is originally
from Illinois, and entered
the Air Force in 1943. In
1944 he was com
missioned as a 2nd
Lieutenant and rated as a
Navigator. He is a
Command Pilot and
Navigator with more
than 5800 hours pilot
time. He has flown the F
-80, F-84, F 86, F-102, F-4,
B 47 and B-52.
We have enjoyed a good
relationship with the
base, and look forward to
working with General
Screening Clinic
Set By Jaycees
The Bonaire-Kathleen Jaycees and the
Houston County Emergency Medical Service
invite the public to participate in a screening
program for diabetes and high blood
pressure, this Saturday April 22. This
screening is free of charge and will take
place at the Bonaire Elementary School
Ballfield from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. All
tests will be given by members of the
emergency medical service of Houston
County. An emergency medical vehicle will
also be available for public viewing.
4-H’ers At Rock Eagle
Thirty-five Houston County 4-H’ers at
tended Central District Project Achievement
at the Rock Lagle 4-H Center recently. 4-
H’ers representing 34 counties in Central
District competed in a variety of project
areas for district honors.
Houston 4-H’ers receiving recognition at
the Saturday afternoon awards ceremony
were: Jerry Rigdon Ist place Fashion Revue,
Tommy Watson Ist place Plants and Soils,
Thadeus Porter Ist place Frozen Foods,
Jerry Baker Ist place Recreation, Lana
Taylor Ist place Electronics, Tina Sayre Ist
place Home Furnishings and Art, Laurie
Kirby 2nd place Human Development, Gena
Self 3rd place Frozen Foods, Michael
Madison 3rd place Between Meal Snacks and
Terry McDowell 3rd place Horse.
Others attending included: Kyle Jackson -
Automotive, Gary LeVar - Woodworking, Lee
Spears - Forestry, Paul Laster - Recreation,
Ryan Bailey - Recreation, Caron Collier -
Fashion Revue, Shari Smith - Fashion
Revue, Ginger Winegar - Recreation, Susan
Watson - Recreation, Angela Sipes -
Recreation, Kim Collins, Veterinary Science,
Lorraine Johnson ■ Horse, Paula Jones •
Dairy Foods and Kim Pitzer - Between Meal
Snacks.
Junior Leaders attending were: Chris
Spears, Ray Stapleton, John Barrett, Dexter
Porter, Jody Tyson and Shelly Tucker.
Spalding.
Minimum Wage Impact:
The National Chamber
is reaching out to
business people across
the country for in
formation measuring the
impact of the new
minimum wage law on
the economy. The
federation is asking
business men and women
to write the Chamber
with their assessment of
the law's effect on
business operations.
The data will be useful
in dealing with the new
National Minimum Wage
Study Commission and
Congress.
Within the next two
months, the Secretaries
of Labor, Commerce,
Health, Education and
Welfare, and Agriculture
each will appoint two
members to the study
commission, created by
the 1977 amendments to
the Fair Labor Standards
Act. The blue-ribbon
panel is likely to be a
major force in future
minimum wage
developments.
The National Chamber
has recommended
several persons to serve
on the commissioh to
ensure it is staffed by
those who fairly
represent all viewpoints.
Information should be
sent to David Shapiro,
Labor Law Section,
Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, 1615 H
Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20062.