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/ The Houston Home Journal
1010 Carroll St.. Post Office Drawer M, Perry, Ga„ 31069
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PHILBYRD JOELFERGUSON JANET McELMURRAY
General Manager News Editor Advertising Mgr.
JUNE VOGT TERRY WOOD DONNA BRYAN
Bookkeeper Classified Ads, Features Typesetter
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L OFFICIAL ORGAN OF PERRY AND HOUSTON COUNTY
Perry Cyclists In Danger
It has come to our attention that
many Perry youngsters are riding
their bicycles on city streets at
night, without benefit of headlights.
A Perry woman narrowly missed a
youngster who darted across the
road in front of her. Riding bikes
without lights is not only
dangerous, it is illegal.
An ordinance on the books of the
city requires a light on both the
front and rear of a bicycle to make
it acceptable for night-time riding.
Teachers Deserve Credit
Students are already busy
studying, doing homework, taking
part in numerous extra-curricular
activities, football games will soon
be crowding the sports pages as
another school year commences.
We’d like to take this opportunity
to express our thanks for the very
existence of all teachers in the
county. We take them too much for
granted. We get our children ready
for school, send them off and then
entrust them to the guidance of
teachers. And the reimbursement
we give to those teachers is
scandalously low.
Realize what we do: we entrust
our most precious possession, our
children and the highly
impressionable mind of our
children to their teachers and yet
we are unwilling to pay them
Don’t Be Dead Right
It’s the time of the year again
when newspapers join with school
boards and safety officials to ask
the public to watch out for kids on
the highways.
The stories are always the same,
the gist of the editorials is the same
and if the public is aware the
outcome exists.
Perry and Houston County are no
exception. There are children alive
today we want to see alive
tomorrow.
There are some dangerous areas
where drivers should pay special
attention to avoid injuring,
maiming, or killing a child.
Schools should have a plan for
kids who walk to school. This plan
should be backed up by parents.
But the primary responsibility for
students understanding traffic
safety lies with the parents at
home.
The child should be made aware
A Positive Talmadge Note
Sen. Herman Talmadge has been
having his own problems recently
and it’s no real wonder that a
significant piece of legislation
produced by him passed the U.S.
Senate last week with little at
tention.
We refer to a Talmadge
sponsored bill which requires
foreign investors to publicly report
any purchase of U.S. agriculture
land. The measure, which must
(and should) win House approval,
is the outgrowth of growing con
cern over the gobbling up of prime
farmland by foreign companies
and individuals.
The bottom line of the Talmadge
bill is that it will bring to public
light who is buying what farmland
and for how much. It would do this
by establishing a system for
registering and reporting with the
Chicken Cheaper Than House
For those concerned with the
mounting costs of home con
struction, a recent advertisement
sounds encouraging.
The heading of the ad, catching
our eye, made this attractive offer:
“You can buy a home cheaper
than you can buy chickens.”
As explanation, the firm con
tends that “for 36 cents a pound you
can own a 1976 24-ft. x 60 ft. home -
A child is too precious to lose
because of simple regulations not
being followed. And a child will be
hurt eventually if the number of
light-less bikes continues to in
crease.
We urge parents to look at their
children’s bicycles. Please put
lights on the front and back.
Reflectors alone are insufficient.
You may save your child from
serious injury or death, and may
save yourself from a fine.
—B.B.
salaries commensurate with that
awesome responsibility. Add in all
those hours spent collecting tickets
at football games, correcting
papers and preparing lessons at
home at night, to get boosters to
support various activities, serving
as sponsor of extracurricular
school clubs, etc., etc., and you’ll
know teachers earn their salary.
We’ve heard the reply: Oh, they
only work nine months. Forget it,
friend, every teacher we’ve known
has spent countless summers at
college taking courses so he or she
can move up the monetary ladder
one more notch, such as it is.
We wish them well in the school
year now underway and again
extend our sincerest thanks for
their efforts. „. B B
of the seriousness of walking near
traffic - especially during peak
hours of the day. The impact of a
parent exercising this information
is far greater than in the school
setting.
Drivers on their way to work in
the morning have a lot on their
minds. It would be a guess, but we
think just a few are thinking about
kids on their way to school.
Nonetheless, the responsibility of
driving includes watching out for
the safety of pedestrians.
A driver who maintains the speed
limits can control the car. If a
student happens to run out in front
of that car the driver may not be at
fault - but there’s such a thing as
being dead right.
We join with the parents, school
board and safety officials in calling
for a safe school year by everyone
using a little care.
—B.B.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
foreign ownership of lands.
All foreign owners would have to
report existing landholdings, in
cluding location, size and pur
chasing price, plus the full identity
of the owner or owners. The same
information would be required on
future foreign land purchases
within 30 days of the transaction.
The intent of the legislation is not
to deter foreign investments as
such. But, it is aimed at protecting
America’s great agricultural
resources and to keep American
farmers from being forced off the
land by petro-dollar rich com
panies from abroad.
Toward this end, it is good
legislation. Final passage cannot
come too soon.
—B.B.
- wood siding, shingled roof,
separate den, 3 large bedrooms,
living room, foyer, two full baths,
central air, washer and dryer
connections, beautifully fur
nished.”
All for 36 cents per pound!
Yes, cheaper than chicken.
Who would go unhoused with
such a bargain in the market
place?
—B.B.
the HOUSTON home JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1978
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By Joe! Ferguson
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One of the funniest columns
we’ve read lately was penned by
Jerry Pryor, editor and publisher
of The Fitzgerald Herald and The
Fitzgerald Leader. Pryor’s column
is entitled, “Send $5.95”, and it
reviews a number of fascinating
goods and services available in the
classified section of a publication
circulated in the Fitzgerald area.
Following is the original and
uncensored version of Pryor’s
column:
“After reading the publisher’s
statement that he “assumes no
responsibility or obligation for
information contained in ad
vertisements,” I hurriedly scanned
the abundance of classified ads in
the small publication that is cir
culated out of Alma. I thought you
might be interested in some of the
products and services offered.
For $lO somebody will send you a
list of confidential addresses of
Arab oil millionaires. Then what?
For $9 Rev. Dye, “Georgia’s
own, gifted psychic-minister,” will
send an “unusual reading.” Mine
certainly would be unusual.
For $5.95 Sister Marie Laveau
will ship you Book No. 64, con
taining the “magical secrets for
love.” Too late.
For $lO a predictionist in
California will answer three
questions; for sls, seven questions.
I’d probably get my questions and
my money back.
For $8.98 you can get your supply
of Natural Super Potency
Ribonucleic Acid, which will
“rejuvenate and invigorate your
body; reverse the aging process!”
Just think, you’ll get younger every
day.
For $2 a man in Indianapolis will
send you the “true life story of a
farm boy.” Think I’ll order copies
for all my friends.
For $1.49 you can buy a hawk
decal to prevent birds from flying
into your window pane. 1,612 flew
into mine last year.
For $1 “many proven effective
ways to prevent hangovers.” I
know of one surefire method, which
I’ll tell you about for nothing. Don’t
drink!
A firm in Knoxville will tell you
Got A Gripe?
Write Us A Letter
To The Editor
“How To Live Forever”
how to “make $70,000 a year doing
nothing 515,000 guaranteed.” I
know lots of people who have
already learned the secret.
For sl2 the Great Pyramid will
tell you what is going to happen on
September 22, 1978. What a
bargain!
For $lO a California man will tell
you “how to live forever!” Think
I’ll take George Burns’ advice.
For free a man in Indiana will
guarantee you $45,000 in three
weeks. Wonder how many jobs you
have to pull.
With $25 send your request and
birthdate on “a piece of brown
paper bag” to an Ohio woman and
you’ll get help. I’m going with tax
relief.
Absolutely free from Reno, Nev.,
is the “big list of lonely men and
women matrimonially inclined.” I
Thought all lonely men and women
were!
Send a $4 donation and become a
“legally ordained minister in a
denominational church. Creden
tials and tax saving information.”
Services at 11 a.m. Sunday at my
tax sheltered home.
Send $1.50 to Hartford, Conn., to
learn how to make homemade
meat balls and spaghetti sauce.
How about boiled eggs?
Send the name and address of a
“boozer” or snob, together with
their hangup,” and for $1 “we’ll
send them an insult,” promises an
Illinois firm. I’ll have to save my
money for a long time.
“Enjoy sex, smoke and liquor.”
All you need to do is send an ad
dressed stamped envelope to New
Mexico. I thought everybody
already had.
Send sls and two tablespoons of
hair to Toronto, Canada for a hair
analysis. My analysis: “It’s falling
out!”
You could load down a
wheelbarrow with the classified
ads we reject every year for
various reasons, most having to do
with our feeling of responsibility
and obligation to our readers. Now,
after thoroughly enjoying the ads
in the Alma publication, it’s no
telling what we’ll let get into print
in the future.
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Help Us Help You
With the beginning of Sept., all those civic and
social clubs that have not met during the sum
mer, get back on a regular meeting schedule. As
far as The Home Journal is concerned, that
means club publicity, photos of new officers and
photos of various club projects.
All you publicity chair-persons can make life
easier for the newspaper staff as well as for
yourselves and your clubs. When you want the
paper to shoot and publish a photo of your club’s
activities or new officers, give us as much lead
time as possible. When you submit news articles,
be sure they are double-spaced and type-written.
Always try to tell us who, what, where, when,
why in your news stories about your clubs.
Club news is a very important part of your
community newspaper. It will all work smoother
and result in more publicity, if we work together
on a schedule. Many times, club publicity per
sons will call us an hour before a scheduled
meeting and ask that we send a photographer.
We try to fill all requests but I can tell you if you
give us some notice, we can just about always
guarantee having a photographer on hand at
your meeting.
Our staff is looking forward to working with all
the civic clubs in Perry this Fall. Let’s all work
hard to work together for a better club and a
better newspaper.
Parking Lost Use
I was very pleased to note this week that more
people are beginning to use the new downtown
parking lot. Judging from the cars parked there
this week, many of those using the facility are
people who either work or own stores in the
downtown area.
I like to think that this trend has developed
because of what was written in this corner last
week, but it is probably because common sense
has told people working downtown that if they
park in the lot more of their customers will be
able to park near their stores. Whatever the
reason, it is good that more people are using the
parking lot.
Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time there was a man who lived in
a town and spent all his money away from home.
He was sure he could take care of himself and his
town didn’t need anything from him.
After a few years, his business wasn’t as good
as he had hoped it would be, his friends didn’t
seem to think he was quite as important as he
thought he was and trade seemed to flow by his
door.
The man began to watch his competitor, who
was an intelligent advertiser, a contributor to the
public purse, a man eager to give his time and
thought to community projects and a believer in
the fact that it pays to keep money at home.
After noting all these factors, the man con
tinued to wonder why some of his old customers
went to the newcomer and why almost everyone
had the idea that he was a tightwad but that his
competitor was a public spirited leader of
community life.
Bits And Pieces
The best way to forget your own problems is
to help someone else solve theirs.
It isn’t the incompetent who destroy an
organization. 1 he incompetent never get in a
position to destroy it. It is those who have
achieved something and want to rest upon
their achievements who are forever clogging
things up.
F. M. YOUNG
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble.
Pride is what keeps us there.
The trouble with people who talk too fastis
that they often say something they' haven’t
thought of yet.
People rarely succeed at anything unless they
have fun doing it.
The goal of criticism is to leave the person
with the feeling that he or she has been
helped.
The development of a new product is a three
step process, first, an American firm an
nounces an invention; second, the Russians
claim they made the same discovery twenty
y ears ago, third, the Japanese start exporting
it.