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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1980
Tucker Elementary Students Hear Program
Tucker Elementary
School’s third and fourth
grade "Tigers” recently
were in assembly to hear
a program of bicycle and
pedestrian safety
presented by Corporal
Mike Vance of the
Georgia Highway Patrol
and Dottie Veal of the
Houston County Sheriff’s
Department.
Corporal Vance opened
the program by asking
"What does the State
Patrol do?” with many
answers received in
cluding that of being
responsible for safety and
helping people. He stated
that the laws of Georgia
are for the protection of
everyone. He emphasized
that each person must
look our for No. 1, that
you yourself should ob
serve the rules for your
own safety’s sake.
In the discussion on
pedestrian safety he
spoke of: walking
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posture, the correct side
of road on which to walk,
the importance of
walking on a sidewalk if
one is available, and
when where and how to
cross a street. All these
points were reinforced
with a Georgia State
Patrol film "I’m No
Fool” -- "Pedestrian
Safety” with Jimmy
Cricket.
In the discussion on
bicycle safety Corporal
Vance made certain that
the students understood
on which side of the road
you rode a bicycle and
why it was the opposite
from when walking. He
reminded the students of
the cardinal rules of both
hands on handle bar, both
feet on pedals, and both
wheels on the ground. He
stated that the bicycle
was the most widely used
vehicle in the world and
that in Georgia bicyclist
observes the same rules
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as a driver of a car. He
reminded the children
that most accidents on a
bicycle happen when
going straight ahead.
Corporal Vance spent
some time in being
certain that all the
Pictured during a demonstration of the proper
hand signals are Corporal Vance and Charqueal
Ragin.
students understood the
hand signals of bike
riding, including the use
of the right hand-gossip
hand. Again all of these
points were reinforced
with the film "I'm No
Fool with a Bicycle”.
School Receive Impact Aid
Gary Sapp, the
assistant county schools
superintendent for
business affairs, said last
week that the Houston
County school system has
received between $161,000
in impact aid funds from
the federal government.
The money will
represent 15 percent of
the county’s annual
allocation for impact aid.
Seventy-five percent has
already been received;
the other 25 percent was
being withheld by the
government while
deciding whether enough
money was left in the
budget to cover all the
school systems that are
entitled to receive the
funds.
Sapp said the
remaining 10 percent of
the money will be
distributed by the
government at an un
specified date if the funds
become available.
The county receives
impact funds to offset the
educational costs of
families who live on
Robins Air Force Base
and do not pay property
taxes. He said the county
would have to raise taxes
about three mills to
maintain the current
level of educational
services if the system did
not receive impact aid.
Sapp said the govern
ment is considering
cutting back these
payments in the future
because, even though the
base pays no county
taxes, it makes up for the
loss by bringing in
related industries which
help pay taxes.
School Superintendent
David Perdue attended a
meeting in Florida last
week along with
government officials and
other school superin-
tendents who receive
Impact Aid because of
military installations
located in their counties.
At a recent school
board meeting, Sapp told
Little Lessons
bf Barline Roes Cole
Something To Be
Thankful For
Selected for this
column is an unedited
writing in which my older
brother, Charlie W. Ross
of Milner, penned per
sonal thoughts to God
during the 1968 illness
and death of our father
who was affectionately
known to his children as
“Daddy”.
“The end of the year is
fast approaching, the
closing holidays draw
nigh. With Thanksgiving
nearing everyone in some
way or another expresses
his or her thanks to an
Almighty God for all the
blessings of past life and
the promise of a better
one out yonder in the
future.
Guess I’m feeling sorry
for myself but how could I
be thankful when it seems
that the best friend a boy
could have might slip out
into eternity before the
year comes to a close?
But, Lord I believe,
help thou my unbelief.
Thanksgiving comes and
goes and Daddy is still
with us. Nothing to be
thankful for? Shame on
me!
Yet there still looms in
the future the Christmas
holidays. What will they
bring? Will the family
circle remain unbroken?
Time alone held the
answers to such
questions. Before the first
week in December had
passed these questions
were answered.
God saw fit to call
Daddy home on the 4th
day of December. Sorrow
and grief replaced much
of the joy and happiness
usually seen in most
people at this season of
the year. I began to ask
myself, Why Lord? Then
I realized that surely God
Community Cakndafi
Reminder -- The Annual Christmas Luncheon
for the DAR will be Sat., Dec. 6 at 12 noon at the
New Perry Hotel.
Perry Chapter No. 1744 of the American
Association of Retired Persons will hold a supper
meeting Tuesday night at seven o’clock at the
county agricultural building. Officers for 1981
will be elected.
G.A.’s - Acteens Christmas Rally for the
Rehoboth Association will be held Dec. 7at
Second Memorial Baptist Church, Kings Chapel
Road, Perry, from 3 to 5. A nursery will be
provided. Mrs. Claudia Graham will be guest
speaker. She will show slides from her recent
visit to China.
A retirement dinner and program will be held
on December 4 to honor David A. Perdue who
has served as Superintendent of Houston County
Schools for 20 years. For those who purchased
tickets in advance, dinner will be served at 7:00
p.m. in the Warner Robins High School
Cafeteria. The program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in
the school auditorium. Tickets are not required
for the program and all interested persons are i
invited to attend.
The Houston Child Development Center will
have a Bazaar and Bake Sale at Eastgate
Shopping Center December 6, at 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
The Perry chapter 1744 of AARP will be having
a cover dish supper, Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7:00
p.m. at the Houston County Agricultural
Building. Officers for the coming year will be
elected during the short business meeting which
will be followed by the signing of Christmas
carols. All members are invited to attend.
A “Meet Mack Mattingly’’ dinner will be held
at the Warner Robins Holiday Inn Tuesday, Dec.
16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are sls; all persons in
terested should contact Ruth Wickham at 987-
0329.
The ExAinmo Toastmistress Club of RAFB
will have a bus leaving Eastgate Shopping
Center in Perry at 6:30 a.m. Dec. 6 going to
Cumberland Mall. The bus will return at ap
proximately 7:30 p.m. Cost is 7:50 per person.
For more information call Sadie Holt at 922-6515
or Dorcas Moore at 923-2795 after 5 p.m.
The Book Browsers will hold their Christmas
Party Dec. 9 at 12; 00 at the New Perry Hotel.
the board the system has
spent about 32 percent of
its budget, but had
received only 29 percent
of its budgeted funds
from the county. _
makes no mistakes.
Several weeks pass and
I continue to think on the
happenings of this
December. Then sud
denly a new light shines
on the whole situation.
Wasn’t Daddy a rail
welder? Maybe there was
a broken rail on life’s
railway to heaven that
needed some repairs. *
Certainly a more
qualified person couldn’t
have been found.
Following the feasting
that always goes with
these holidays there’s
usually quite a bit of
discomfort and probable
sickness. Yet for Daddy
there would be no
sickness, no sorrow, no
pain. Why then should I
sorrow?
Then we see the beauty
of the Christmas lights
and think of what he may
have missed. But Alas!
He’s not missing
anything there either.
For God is the light and
even the streets are
paved with gold. What
Christmas decoration
could surpass this with all
its brilliance and beauty?
Well, family reunions
are usually in line for
Christmas but how could
we think of such with
Daddy gone from the
family circle? Forgive us
for thinking in earthly
terms. Daddy wasn’t with
us but we begin to think of
his mother, brothers,
sisters, other relatives,
many fellow-workers of
the past that went on
ahead.
Yes, there was a
reunion for Daddy too.
Taking everything into
consideration we need
only to say, “Lord I
believe - Help thou my
unbelief!”
(Ref. Mark 9:24)