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'We Salute:' Perry's Bertha Hill
is a faithful friend, loyal worker
By MELODY BACAS
Staff Writer
Bertha Hill is one of those peo
ple that folks just like having
around.
"Everyone has been a friend to
me," Ms. Hill said.
It was easy to sec why. Ms. Hill
smiled and laughed throughout her
interview. She would occasionally
thumb through five sheets of hand
written notes she brought, but
never used any information from
them.
This story came to us from peo
ple who know her. Ms. Hill, 54,
docs domestic work in many Perry
homes and has close to several
families for years. Some of those
people called, saying she deserved a
salute because of her hard work and
for all she's done for the
community and her family.
Ms. Hill also works at the New
Perry Hotel where she helps make
customers a little more rounder
with sandwiches and desserts. She's
done that for 25 years, she said.
Letters to the editor
Permit needed for burning
Editor:
The recent Supreme Court deci
sion, relative to the Constitutional
Right 10 burn the United States
Flag (calling it Freedom of
Speech), may, or may not, raise
your ire. Perhaps I have a rational
solution to the problems that it
might raise with patriotic Ameri
cans.
They DID not rule that ANY
ONE has a Constitutional Right to
bum ANYTHING, without a per
mit to burn materials in the open
air.
Whenever a person tries to bum
something (which we might hold in
Let brewery produce ethanol
Editor:
According to the conversation I
had with you on the telephone June
21 about the closing of the brewery
in Perry, my suggestion for the use
of the brewery is to use it to make
ethanol, which would be a great
benefit to all the people in Houston
County, as well as surrounding
counties, especially to the farmers
supplying the corn and other farm
products to manufacture ethanol.
There would only be a small
modification required to change over
to manufacture this product.
Melissa Craddock, from p-4A
things. We’re put out when our car
is in the shop, we curse at getting
caught out in the rain, and when the
grocery store doesn't have our brand
of cereal, we get mad at how unfair
life is.
What we don't think of is how
fortunate we arc, and moreover how
we are called to share those fortunes
with people who have nothing. Be
cause they're out there needing our
help.
It is up to us to help through
churches and organizations like The
Salvation Army. Whether that
Jim Kerce, from p-4A
Confederacy -- and highly
encouraging news for the North.
It was this campaign that at
tracted President Abraham Lincoln's
attentions, and which led to Grant's
appointment as the Union Army's
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Some might dread doing house
hold chores. Ms. Hill doesn't.
"I look at everybody as a friend,
not an employer. Then you're so
anxious to get to work and see your
friends. You don't mind working for
your friends and doing a good job,"
she said.
Her many jobs has helped to gel
her five children through college.
Ms. Hill said she and her husband
divorced when her youngest son
was three so she's almost always
been a single parent.
Her oldest, Spencer, went to Sa
vannah Slate and Marvin graduated
from Savannah State. Mclcana went
to Mercer University and is an in
spector analysisl for a manufacturer.
William went to Middle Georgia
College and works in day care.
Ms. Hill said she's extremely
proud of all her children. She said
her friends were "so very helpful"
while she was raising her children.
"I was fortunate enough to be
working for somebody, Mr, and
Mrs. Hugh Lawson Sr. doing do-
revcrance) we could just refuse to
grant a burning permit.
At the time they would be ar
rested for burning without a permit,
I'm quite sure that the personality
of the individual would guarantee
that there would also be some other
charges that could be levied against
them, to be dealt with in court.
Wouldn't you enjoy watching
them in court, claiming the protec
tions of the "Filthy Rag" they were
destroying?
Andrew M. Fuetterer
1813 King's Chapel Road
No. B-3
Perry, Ga. 41069
We would need to employ the
help of all the city, county, state,
Chamber of Commerce and fellow
governments in our district to sup
ply the funds, techniques and what
ever is needed to put this plant in
operation to manufacture this prod
uct as soon as possible.
It would also help in the fuel
crisis, help clean the air environ
ment and ease dependence on for
eign oil, as well as improve the
economy of this county.
Sincerely,
Emmett E. Carroll
Perry, Ga. 31069
means a homeless shelter where
they can sleep, bathe and feel cared
for or a soup kitchen supported by
local restaurants donating their left
overs for the day, something must
be done in this community to help
the people we see pushing their
only belongings around in a grocery
cart.
A soup kitchen supported by
churches, local restaurants and clubs
would be a good start in helping
some people get help in holding
jobs, feeling cared for and becoming
part of the community again.
commander in the east.
Within two years, through the
relentless pressures Grant main
tained on the Confederacy, Lee was
forced to surrender in April 1865,
which in effect ended the war.
mcstic work. They've been wonder
ful," she said, adding that she's
known them for more than 40
years.
Ms. Hill said she also docs some
catering she learned a well-known
cooking due, Mrs. Shelton and
Mrs. Cawthom.
But this lady's lime doesn't end
when she's not working. She also
visits people in the nursing homes
and at the hospital, usually once a
week.
"That's my missionary work,”
she said.
Ms. Hill is a member of New
Hope Baptist Church doing
"whatever needs done." She has re
ceived the Community Award from
the Perry Women's Society.
She said if parents want to raise
their kids to be responsible produc
tive adults, they should leach their
children to work, to be disciplined,
and to seek more education. Ms.
Hill said the most important thing
parents can do is pass along their
faith.
"Teach them about God and
make sure they attend Sunday
school and church," she said.
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SO
THE POWER ISON
Street talk; Sen. Sam Nunn held a hearing In Macon Monday on the drug
problems In Middle Georgia. We asked, "What should be done about the drug prob
lem?"
Lashonda Woodard: "More
punishment for the wrong
doers."
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Nellie Morton: "I think ev
erybody should work hard
er at it."
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
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Becky Ferguson: "Ed
ucate your kids."
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Dianne Passinault: "They
need to get tougher drug
laws and keep them in
jail."
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Carlene Sparks: "Add
more policemen. They
need to get the higher
ups."
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Dallas Cotton: "They need
more education for the
school children and
tougher penalties for drug
dealers."
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