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r Op-ed page 1 Local opinion, Letters to the Editor ) '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 Get Ready for Hunting Season at WELLSTON PAJgM f Cross Bows V | Ammo/Guns/Rifles Jewelry visa Quick CASH Loans on Items of Value! Desl s n MC 922-4549 - Calvin Maye - 2000 Moody Rd. Sales BUY, SELL or TRADE in the CLASSIFIEDS! CALL 987-1823 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. Easy gmk . 0 jgp ,'^agr Put your mind at ease and advanced telephone technology at your fingertips with the GTE Smarter Call Phone. On its face are r buttons for all the features of the GTE Smarter Call Pak...Call | Waiting, Call Forwarding, Three- speed call Way Calling and Speed Calling. i Now it's Easy! There's no J S need t 0 Wlt h access call , frwd 'll Iff BBS 1I " Give it a try. 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W f M ■r B Dianne Passinault: "They need to get tougher drug laws and keep them in jail." • I Wmm 4¥t l Carlene Sparks: "Add more policemen. They need to get the higher ups." % Dallas Cotton: "They need more education for the school children and tougher penalties for drug dealers." 5A