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Perry Dealt Another Injustice
Dear Bobby;
It is my belief that
Perry has been dealt
another injustice by the
Georgia Chamber of
Commerce. Last year we
entered the “Stay & See”
Program to be defeated
by Andersonville. I noted
with much interest that
Peggy Sheppard of the
Andersonville Guild
writes for Georgia Life
while one of the Judges
that evaluated the An
dersonville and Perry
Rationing Not The Answer
Dear Sir:
In a most recent
“Letter to the Editor”,
Mr. Walter Houghton sets
about easily describing
how gasoline rationing is
the only answer to the
energy problem.
I must respectfully
suggest that Mr.
Houghton has simplified
the problem and its an
swer. Rationing of
gasoline will do little to
correct the complexities
of rising energy costs,
thus will not reverse the
inflationary spiral. I
think he will agree that
his $30.00 per week cost
for gasoline is only the
beginning, as OPEC is
the culprit and will soon
increase his costs by
perhaps 100 percent.
I must concur that
automobiles now
frequenting this nations
highways are simply not
abiding by the 55 MPH
law. If we would insist
that today’s automobiles
have less power or have a
mandatory governor
factory installed, then
and only then can we
expect compliance.
Obviously if today’s cars
were mechanically
controlled, then anyone
driving in excess of 60
MPH has removed the
governor or souped up the
car illegally and would be
subject to intensive fines
and or imprisonment.
My experience during
WWII rationing leads me
to make the following
rebuttal to Mr.
Houghton’s statement.
Favoritism and fraud
in the disbursement, and
j. the publics mishandling,
*of the stamps was the
norm of the day.
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BY MILDRED E. WARREN
I
It ’s 1980!
Can you believe it, 1980 is here!
May it be a happy and prosperous
one for you. For our first Cook’s
Nook of 1980 we have a Brunswick
Stew that will be good to serve
these coolish nights, a Coleslaw to
go along, always good to serve with
your stew and a Broccoli Casserole
which is a request recipe.
BRUNSWICK STEW
3 pounds beef
2 pounds pork
1 large chicken, boned
2 cans (No. 2) tomatoes
1 cup chicken broth
3 cans (No. 2) corn
3 lemons (juice and rind cut up)
1 stick butter
1 large bottle catsup
Vi cup vinegar
Vi cup sugar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce
2 large onions, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Cook meat in 3 separate con
tainers until well done. Cool. Grind
in food chopper and add
ingredients. Cook until well mixed
stirring almost constantly to avoid
■fc sticking. Serves 15 to 20. Note: I
think you might add a dash of
Tabasco if desired.
Programs also writes for
the same publication. I
would not consider this to
be in good taste by the
Georgia Chamber.
This year our entry
compiled by Bobbe
Hickson, Denise Adams
and Ann Conner had
many outstanding
projects to report in
cluding the American
Camellia Society and
International Camellia
Society Convention.
Perry did itself proud
rampant thru-out the
country.
Imagine the millions of
dollars, perhaps billions
that would be spent in the
program. It would take
thousands of additional
personel to implement
the program, not to
mention policing it!
This country would see
a increase in the cost of
moving food stuffs and
RtmBOTTOM
RAMBUNGS
BY WAYNE ALLEN
Crying Time Again
Deer season is almost
over. Big Deal. Big deal
my hip boots. The last
day is almost like at
tending a funeral. One
has to fill up the empty
days with boring stuff
like quail and ducks and
maybe an afternoon or
two chasing squirrels.
Consolation in having
no deposit ticket printed
up by Aartistik
Taxidermy that says
“deer mount”. Your kids
aren’t chasing each other
around the house with a
freshly preserved deer
tail, and maybe you lost
the back end of your
favorite hunting shirt.
What the heck. There’s
always next year. Rustle
out your whining dogs
COLESLAW
IVz pounds cabbage, shredded (6
cups)
3 tablespoons grated onion
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
Vi teaspoon celery seed (optional)
Va teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons vinegar
% cup mayonnaise
Crisp the cabbage in ice water if
necessary. Drain thoroughly. Add
remaining ingredients; toss to
combine. Serve 6 to 8.
BROCCOLI CASSEROLE
2 packages chopped broccoli,
cooked and well drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup (or
celery)
Lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
2 beaten eggs
% cup amyonnaise
2 tablespoons grated onion
1 cup sharp grated cheddar cheese
Add grated cheese to warm
drained broccoli. Add other
ingredients and mix well. Put in
casserole. Top with crushed
cracker crumbs. Refrigerate until
ready to bake. Bake at 350 degrees
for 30 minutes. This may be frozen
before baking.
HAPPY COOKING IN 1980!
during the year and I
think we all believe Perry
won. Still, a trip to
Atlanta to find out An
dersonville won again.
There seems to be no
way to beat the Georgia
Chamber. In the last two
years, the Judges have
made comments while
they were here that lead
me to believe we had a
winner. Did someone get
to them after they left
Perry? Did someone
change their minds?
products as well as a
drastic cutback in
delivery promptness.
Trucks would not move
until each of them were
filled to capacity. I
assure you the civilian
economy would suffer
greatly.
Instituting new and
additional bureaucracy
would accomplish
nothing. As the cost of
and put on your briar
britches and hit the
fields. Mr. Bob White is
just as quick as ever. I
know. I done already
missed 12.
If you know of a good
beaver pond with a little
cover on the edges and a
multitude of floating
acorns, plant your rear
end in the bushes and
wait for the ducks. I’ve
neard all the bragging
about mallards and
blacks, and I even saw a
Pintail once, but the
beautiful Wood Duck is
game enough for me.
So deer season is over.
Maybe I’m a little bit
relieved. I’m satisfied
and happy, and ready for
some new scenery.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. 1980
Frankly, I think they did.
The Scrapbook is
available at the Chamber
for anyone to see. A
glance through the book
will show you that Perry
had a winner taken away
by someone else.
I am sure you will
agree that “Perry is the
Winner” regardless of
what the Georgia
Chamber has to say.
Sincerely,
Glenn H. McGee
petroleum continues to
increase and your stamps
would no longer entitle
you to purchase required
fuel for your daily trips to
work, your alternative
would be change jobs or
move to Perry, its a great
place to live!
C.A, Hague
317 Carroll Blvd
Perry, Ga. 31089
I’ve got to get out my
turkey yelper and
practice some. I can
make my son laugh like a
clown, watch my wife go
crazy (more en
tertainment fore
laughing kid) and I an
drive the dogs absolutely
mad. Maybe I’ll even
learn to use it.
Perryan
Inducted
In Honor
Society
Twenty new members
have been inducted into
the Order of the Gown
honor society at Georgia
Southwestern College.
Order of the Gown is an
honor society designed to
promote and recognize
the achievement of
academic excellence. To
become eligible for in
duction into the society,
students must be ranked
in the top five percent --
for juniors and seniors
seeking four-year
degrees - or in the top
three percent of those
seeking two-year degrees
—of their respective
classes.
Inducted was Rosemae
Foley Smith of Perry.
Mrs. Smith is the wife
of Mr. Richard Smith, Sr.
of 539 Ansley Street,
Perry, and the daughter
of Mrs. Rebecca Ann
Foley of Mobile,
Alabama. She is a junior
majoring in English at
Southwestern.
Perryans Thanked
For Support Os
ü ßaby Cont
Dear Editor:
Members of the Zeta
Upsilon chapter Beta
Sigma Phi would like to
thank every merchant
who donated gifts for the
annual Baby Contest.
Sponsored by the
chapter. Special
“thanks” go to Gary
Bishop, Floyd Gregory,
Mrs. Dean and all of the
tellers at the First
National Bank for all the
i By Millard Grimes ■ - ■
The Flickering Lamps
The year end holiday
season in this country is
usually a time of hope,
tradition and illusion.
Christmas and New
Year’s, by their nature,
raise hopes of brighter
tomorrows, both near and
distant. Tradition is one
of the essential
ingredients in making the
Christmas season the
most special time of the
year. And we must have
our illusions to make
hope and tradition
meaningful.
But as the year and the
decade fade into time,
and the United States
looks to the 1980 s, there is
little evidence of hope for
a better tomorrow, doubt
hangs over many
cherished traditions and
our illusions are
challenged as seldom
before.
President Carter
expressed it simply in his
summer speech on the
energy crisis. He said
that for the first time he
could remember most
Americans don’t believe
the next five years will be
as good for them as the
past five years.
Appreciation Dinner
Rep . Brinkley Will Be
Honored This Saturday
A Reception and Ap
preciation Dinner are
planned for Georgia
Third District
Congressman Jack
Brinkley at the Columbus
Iron Works Saturday,
January 5, 1980.
Congressman Henry
Reuss, Chairman of the
House of Representatives
Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs Com
mittee, will be the
principal speaker at the
dinner which begins at
7:00 p.m. He will be in
troduced by Warner
Robins Mayor Foy
Evans.
Individual ticket sales
are being handled locally
by Lewis Meeks at the
Bank of Perry. Tickets
may be purchased for
$50.00 each.
Also in attendance is
expected to be
Congressman Bill
Nichols of the 3rd District
of Alabama,
Congressman Dawson
Mathis of the 2nd District
of Georgia, Congressman
Bo Ginn of the Ist District
of Georgia, Congressman
Douglas Barnard of the
10th District of Georgia,
Congressman Ed Jenkins
of the 9th District of
Georgia, Congressman
Wyche Fowler of the sth
District of Georgia, and
Congressman Newt
Gingrich of the 6th
District of Georgia. Other
members of the Georgia
Delegation have been
invited. Congressman
Brinkley is Dean of the
House Delegation, and
will be introduced by Mr.
John B. Amos, former
Chairman of the 3rd
Congressional District.
Local attorney Harold
Posey will M.C. the
Dinner Ceremonies and
former Brinkley Staffers,
Julia Payne and
Catherine Biggers, will
help given and for
providing a place to hold
our contest.
Many thanks for all of
the support and interest
shown by everyone and
for all the help given in
making this contest a
success once again.
Sincerely,
Jeanne B. Diebert
President, Zeta Upsilon
9480
Beta Sigma Phi
In some respects 1979 is
comparable to 1929 and
1939, when illusions were
perhaps stronger, but the
knowing American
realized that the decade
ahead contained
economic deprivation, in
the case of the 30s, and a
devastating war in the
40s.
The prospects for the
1980 s are not that easy to
define but the signs all
point down, for economic
progress, for living
standards, for America’s
respect in the world, for
stability and reason, and
for the extension of in
dividual freedoms and
constitutional democracy
conduct the Reception.
Mr. Posey headed
Brinkley’s Washington
Staff as Administrative
Assistant between 1968
and 1969. During 1967 he
served as Legislative
Assistant.
Congressman Reuss is
a graduate of the Fort
Benning Infantry School
and is a member of the
Fort Benning Hall of
Fame. He will be hosted
at a Breakfast by post
officials the following
morning.
Among the invitees are
Third District Mayors,
General Assembly
Members from the
District, and Columbus
Council Members. The
welcome will be given by
Brinkley’s hometown
Mayor, Harry Jackson of
Columbus.
Mr. Jake Riley, Jr. will
introduce public officials.
He is a former Columbus-
Phenix City - Fort
Benning Association of
the United States Army
President and former
President of the
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Rev. Dan Arioil
First Baptist Church JP
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Dedicating Our Wrinkles
"And whatsoever ye do
in word or deed, do all in
the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to
God and to the Father by
him.” -- Colossians 3:17
The end of the old year
and the beginning of the
eighties has made each of
us a bit more aware of the
passing of time; never
mind whether this is
really the beginning of a
new decade or not, time
has passed. And in our
culture which so worships
youth and beauty, that is
cause for most of us to be
a bit apprehensive about
the ravages of time.
And it comes to each of
us, this realization that
we are not immune to the
changes which the
passing years bring to us.
Even as I write, the lines
in my new bifocal glasses
divide between the
typewriter keys and the
copy being written. A
part of me rebels against
this reminder that I am
getting older; but the
other part is glad that I
in other nations.
Even the chance of
nuclear holocaust sud
denly seems a more
logical possibility
because illogical people
now have their hands
near the buttons of
destruction.
The most distressing
signal of Khomeini’s
emergence as a powerful
national leader is the
absence of the usual
political motives in his
aspirations. A mystic,
devoid of any
pragmatism, is a new
force in governments of
the 20th century, and a
future in which such
leaders gain access to
nuclear weapons adds a
frightening dimension for
potential terror.
Suppose, for instance,
the so-called students in
the U.S. embassy in
Tehran, had just one
small nuclear weapon in
their possession. Then,
rather than 50 hostages,
they would be in a
position to threaten the
lives of thousands, even
millions.
For Americans, there
is also a feeling of
Columbus Chamber of
Commerce.
The adjoining offices of
Congressmen Brinkley
and Reuss in the Rayburn
Building provide a
comradery based upon
both having been
stationed at the local
post, Brinkley at Lawson
Field during the Korean
era and Reuss at OCS
during World War 11.
With a twinkle in his eye,
Reuss describes his
military service here as
culminating in his
graduation from “Upatio
U!”
Upatoi Creek is a
famous landmark at Fort
Benning for trainees and
thus the affectionate
categorization of OCS as
Upatoi U.
The arrangements
committee includes Mrs.
Ruth Wall, Mr. Jack
Mickle, Mrs. Rita
Lowman, Mrs, Chris
Spence, Mrs. Betty Reed,
Mrs. Julia Payne, Mrs.
Glenda Amos, Mrs. Judy
Thomas, and Lt. Joe
Lunsford.
can now see better.
Rather than wasting
the time which we have in
chasing some illusion of
eternal youth, there is
something to be said for
experiencing the joys of
adulthood and enjoying
the time which is at hand.
While getting older does
not by itself grant us
great wisdom, it does
give us a perspective
which youth cannot have.
It lets us see that some
things are much more
important than we used
to think, and some things
are less important.
At the shopping center
the other day, I saw a
lovely lady who must
have been about eighty or
so. Her face was deeply
wrinkled and furrowed,
but she had a regal
beauty; she had a
character about her
which was beautiful in a
way different from that
which would qualify a girl
as Miss America. You
know, it would be a
shame if Helen Hayes
were to waste time
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hopelessness as we watch
the mobs in Iran on TV
each night, shouting their
hatred of the United
States, and read and hear
of similar incidents in
other nations. Our em
bassies are attacked,
every motive
questioned, and even in
our own nation there are
many who undoubtedly
empathize with the mobs.
Why are the mobs not
attacking Soviet em
bassies, or Chinese
embassies, or even
Iranian embassies? Why
is the United States ap
parently the most
despised nation on the
globe?
The most cherished
American illusion - and
desire -- is to be loved and
respected, individually
and as a nation. It is an
illusion especially
evident in the good ole
Georgia boy who heads
the government.
And the United States
has an unprecedented
record of using its
strength and influence of
the overall betterment of
life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness
throughout the world.
Why have our efforts
and our generosity
produced the mobs in the
streets, the obscenities,
the unreasoning hatred so
vivid in the faces of the
demonstrators? There is
no acceptable answer.
So illusions fade, and
the cruder nations watch
U.S. discomfort with ill
concealed smugness.
As the 1980 s dawn, the
world is growing colder.
That is the main legacy
from the 19705.
The end of cheap
energy will affect the
poorer more than the rich
of course, and the
Ayatollah and his ilk are
the real culprits.
But the coldness goes
beyond physical con
ditions, to the very spirit.
Not only the pilot lights of
our heating systems are
flickering but the flames
in the lamps of 20th
century civilization are
flickering.
And in the 1980 s, as in
all the decades of this
century, it is still only
America - the idealistic
America of Jimmy
Carter -- that can hold
back the darkness,
steady the flames of hope
for a better life, and
assure a meaningful
freedom for all the
peoples of the world.
That is an illusion we
must sustain -- because it
is true ... isn’t it?
moaning that she could
not look like some
Playboy bunny.
Dag Hammarskjold
had a wonderful way with
words and a power of
expression which thrills
the mind. He said in
Markings:
“This accidental
meeting of possibilities
calls itself I. I ask; what
am I doing here? And, at
once, this I becomes
unreal. Be pure and dare
- in this fight with the
mountain, with myself
against me. For him who
has faith, the last miracle
shall be greater than the
first.”
But, as always, the
Bible puts it much better.
"To everything there is a
season, and a time to
every purpose under the
heaven. He hath made
every thing beautiful in
his time” (Eccles.
3:1,11). "This is the day
which the Lord hath
made; we will rejoice and
be glad in it" (Psalms
118:24).