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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 1989
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Class reunion
Many old friendships were renewed
when the Perry High School Class of
1954 held its 35th reunion Saturday.
Class members met at noon for a tour of
the Perry Annex, which was Perry High
when they were in school. In fact, the
class started first grade and went all the
way through school In this building.
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Charlie Green Jr.
Charlie Green Jr, was born June
19, 1989, at Perry Hospital to
Lynn Nixon of Marshallvillc and
Charlie Green of Fort Valley.
Maternal grandparents are Annie
Nixon of Marshallvillc and Thomas
Green of Fort Valley.
Joshua Kyle Cotris
Joshua Kyle Cotris was born
June 15, 1989, at Perry Hospital to
parents Teresa and Jeffrey Conlris
of Elko.
Maternal grandparents are Norma
Freeman and Dennis Freeman of
Gadsden, Ala. Paternal grandparents
are Carol Duling of Findlay, Ohio,
and Dennis Contris of Gadsden,
Ala.
Jerrika Nichole
Thompson
Jerrika Nichole Thompson was
born June 15, 1989, at Perry Hos
pital to parents Tina and Jerry
Thompson of Perry.
Maternal grandparents are Gene
and Christine Lemon of Perry. Pa
ternal grandparents are Wilson
Thompson of Macon and Betty
Thompson of Warner Robins.
Jeannetta D. Marks
Jeannetta D. Marks was born
June 20, 1989, at Perry Hospital to
parents Jeannette Williams Jesse D.
Marks, both of Montezuma.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Mann of Montezuma. Pa
ternal grandparents arc Mr. and Mrs.
Marks of Fort Valley.
Rethman,
Culpepper
are united
Amy Marie Rethman and Robert
Lee Culpepper Jr. were married on
May 27, 1989, at Fairlington
United Methodist Church in an
evening wedding.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward J. Rethman of
Sidney, Ohio, and the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rethman of
Versailles, Ohio.
The groom is the son of Mrs.
and Mrs. Robert L. Culpepper of
Perry.
The wedding was in peach and
was decorated with candlabras and
flowers of roses, cala lilies and gar
denias. Bridesmaids wore evening
length peach gowns and white
evening gloves. The groomsmen
wore black tuxes.
The bridal dress was evening
length gown of pearls, satin and
lace and the groom wore a black
tux.
The maid of honor was Janet
Rethman and the matron of honor
was Brenda Gilardi, sisters of the
bride. Bridesmaids were Donna
Jones, Laura Focke and Debbie Ei
sner, friends of the couple.
The best man was Robert
Culpepper, father of the groom.
Groomsmen were Chris Hunt, John
Kimball, John Geiger and Bill
O'Neal, friends of the couple.
Other attendants were Donna
Mulford, who took care of the guest
book and hostesses Laurie Litvak
and Rachel Darnell,
The reception was at Confederate
Memorial Hall in Washington D.C.
The couple will reside in
Alexandria, Va., after a honeymoon
in Jamaica.
Eight members of that first grade class
were present, and their teacher,
Frances Couey, was on hand to say
hello. After touring their old school, the
classmates went to the current high
school for a barbecue lunch, and they
enjoyed a banquet at the Holiday Inn
Saturday night.
Old acquaintances
Betty Nunn Mori and Margaret Thayer Clark were among
those renewing friendships at the 35th reunion of the
Perry High School Class of 1954 Saturday.
Proud of city police officers
A Homily: The education of
other people's children is always
more important to you than the ed
ucation of your own.
How can that be? Simply be
cause there are so many more of
these other children, and yours will
have to live with them.
The kind of world your child
will know will be most largely de
termined by these others; their con
duct, their ideals, what these others
hold to be right and good, their de
votion, their patriotism, their ca
pacity for courage and compassion
and loyally, and by the kind of per
sons they elect to leadership.
Your concern, then, must be -
even if selfishly -for the education
of all.
If your own children arc past
school age, your concern must still
be for these others. Naturally you
will want to think of the kind of
world in which your grandchildren
will have to live. But even if you
have no children of your own (and
no grandchildren) that sense of re
sponsibility should still be upon
you. Beyond your own life, you can
have no continuing interest or part
in the future of this world except as
you have it in the people who arc
to inherit it. They arc your agents
of immortality on this earth. Only
they can carry forward the things
you have accounted good, fulfill
your dreams, meet your unattained
goals.
All who worthily hold member
ship in the human race must feel a
loyalty to that first of all organiza
tions, a desire to support it now and
to remember it in their wills.
The education of other people's
children is more important than the
education of your own.
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Several members of King's
Chapel Memorial C.M.E. Church
from the Norwood family wor
shipped in one of our Circuit
Churches (Ml. Vernon) last Thurs
day night.
New Hope Baptist Church cor
dially invite everyone to worship
with them the first Sunday in July
at 11:00 a.m. Rev. D. Harden, pas
tor.
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Mrs. Janie Gray was feeling very
well tonight when I talked with her.
Billy, had fixed her a delicious
dinner. Keep it up Mrs. Janie.
I know quite a few of us must
have sent up quite a few prayers
tonight when we were having a
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thunderstorm. I did anyway.
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Mrs. Phillips I will write you as
soon as possible. 1 had a fall last
week which crushed a few ribs in
my right chest; therefore I haven't
been feeling to well. Thanks for the
letter.
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Mrs. Corcne H. Nobles is at
home now, she isn’t feeling to
well. She is a member of New
Hope Baptist Church. Hope you
will feel better soon, Ruby.
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Melody Bacas will probably
spend the weekend or a part of it in
Atlanta - we did a little chatting
about her plans . She is fine.
1 feel proud of the "Perry Police
Dept." They are very busy night
and day trying to protect the citi
zens of Perry. People ask me how
can I say that. Well, 1 know they
would like to do more. Things will
get belter for me one day with the
help of God and the law.
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Thought for the week: There is a
lovely story about George Wash
ington when he took command of
the Continental Army at Cam
bridge; Massachusetts. He found a
ragged body of soldiers: Some of
them had uniforms, some had none,
some had guns, some had slicks;
others had only the implements
which they had brought from their
farms. A regiment from Connecti
cut looked particularly untidy. The
men were few, badly armed, and
poorly dressed. They did not even
stand at attention. Their ranks were
ragged and they had the airs of dis
couragement. Some were even
lame. The General stood erect and
he said: "Gentlemen, 1 have great
confidence in the men of Connecti
cut."
A word of confidence and en
couragement means more than we
can possibly imagine. Think how
[ Perry sodal scene)
Williams children are now \
'proper English lasses’
Although school was out about
three weeks ago, my teacher vaca
tion really just started. Fellow
Middle Grades teacher Elaine Deck
bar and I just completed a two-week
course at Georgia College in
Millcdgcvillc in Economic Geogra
phy last Friday.
The idea of going for 10 days for
4 1/2 hours a day seemed to us a
better deal than driving for two
hours a day every day all summer.
We survived the 5:30 a.m. wakeup
lime and all the driving to learn a
lot about the economics of the dif
ferent geographical zones.
We also learned a new "buzz
word" - spatial. If you take Eco
nomic Geography, be sure to pay
close attention when they mention
spatial relationships, spatial situa
tions and spatial this and spatial
that. To paraphrase the "Church
Lady" on "Saturday Night Live,"
we asked ourselves quite frequently,
"Isn't that spatial?"
But then, remember, we did get
up at 5:30 a.m. and ride a lot! Don’t
be 100 hard on our feeble senses of
humor.
Dr. Emily Abdi at Georgia Col
lege made the course very interest
ing with two field trips and lots of
interesting speakers, along with
teacher lectures and slides and VCR
films. We also did a lour of the
Central Business District of
Millcdgcvillc, asking appropriate
questions, to bear out the principles
we learned in the course. The kaolin
plant in Mclntyre was impressive
and huge, and a tour of that facility
also helped us with our study of
geography and how it related to the
economy.
However, after two weeks, I’m
glad we finished. It was worth
while, but I’m ready now for a little
vacation.
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Good news from the office of the
many people there are in this world
who arc hungry to hear someone
say a word of encouragement, a
word of cheer and courage.
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Miss Melissa Craddock spent
last Sunday p.m. with a co-worker,
Mrs. Arthur Tharpe. They enjoyed
this visit very much.
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Ms. Sheric Norwood look her
aunt, Mrs. Viola Little of Ecorse,
Mich, of the country side in and
around King's Chapel last Saturday
afternoon. Mrs. Little enjoyed this
lour very much. Things have
changed greatly since she lived out
in that section.
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Mr. Hendrix (City Councilman)
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Church women hear of poverty
The United Methodist Women of
the Perry United Methodist Church
met June 6 in the Susannah Wesley
classroom for their monthly general
meeting. President, Mrs. Elaine
Wright, opened the meeting with a
devotional adapted fro a chapter in
the Psalms tilled, "Celebration of
Life and Hope."
Following a count of circle
members and officers, Mrs. Wright
informed members that Perry
United Methodist Church will be
hostessing the Sub-District Laity
Meeting on August 8 at 7:30 p.m.
and everyone was asked to bring a
dessert
Bloodworth and Grier to wed
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Irwin
Bloodworth of Perry announce the
engagement of their daughter, Mar
garet Kay, to Michael Lloyd Grier,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Berry Lloyd
Grier Jr. of Warner Robins.
The wedding is planned for 3
p.m. on July 15 at the First Baptist
Church in Perry.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Robert Bonner of Vienna and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Bloodworth of Elko.
She graduated from Abraham
Baldwin College, where she was a
member of the ABAC tennis team,
Phi Theta Kappa honor society,
"Who’s Who at ABAC," and the
Student Government Association.
Miss Bloodworth received a de
gree in special education from the
University of Georgia, where she
was a member of the Golden Key
and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies.
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Sarah Beth and Mary Margaret Williams
director of the Outstanding Young
Women of America publication.
Two women with a Perry connec
tion have been selected to be listed
in the 1988 edition of "Outstanding
Young Women of America." The
organization is now in its 241 h
year.
From Perry, Dccna Kay David
son of Springdale Street and Bonnie
Davis, now of Abbeville, Ga., were
selected after 115,(XX) nominations
were received from many sources.
Achievements in the area of ser
vice to community, professional
leadership, academic achievement,
business advancement, cultural ac
complishments and civic and
political participation were among
the criteria for selection for the
honor.
Congratulations to both Dcena
Kay and Bonnie for this fine
achievement!
It was so good to get a letter
from Traci Williams and her hus
band Robert, who now make their
home in Ashton Keynes, England.
The couple is formerly of Perry,
and both their children, Sarah Beth
and Mary Margaret, were bom here.
They write that that keep up
with Perry through the Houston
Home Journal and sent pictures of
the two girls for us to run for their
upcoming birthdays. Traci writes,
"We fell this would be a great way
to let all our friends see the changes
that have taken place in (the two
girls) for the past eight months."
We agree. Sarah Beth Williams
was bom June 23, 1983, and Mary
Margaret Williams was bom July
Mrs. Jamie Watson then pre
sented an enlightening program ti
lled "People in Poverty." Much of
her information was drawn from the
book, "How the Poor Would Rem
edy Poverty." She discussed the
different viewpoints on eliminating
poverty which were given in inter
views fro people who actually live
in poverty.
These interviews were given in
four different areas of the United
States. However, the responses
were surprisingly the same. The
three major reasons given for peo
ple living in poverty were: a lack of
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Margaret Kay Bloodworth
5, 1988. Parents arc Robert and
Traci Williams of Ashton Keynes,
England, formerly of Perry. Grand
parents arc Harold and Frances
Sikes of Sylvester, Ga., and Kirby
and Quida Smith of Cochran, Ga.
Both little misses arc beautiful,
as you can sec here in the column.
The Williams will return to Perry
in 1991.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Harris and
children, Heather, Amber, Amy and
Anthony, spent last week camping
and fishing at Eufaula, Ala.
From all reports, they had a
good time as well as pretty good
luck fishing. They caught 194
perch and catfish while staying at
the Eufaula campground. The Harris
family is from Perry.
Sounds like some good eating
coming up for the Harrises!
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Congratulations to Daniel
Christopher Connell, who is a
freshman studying Textile Engi
neering; Bobby Lawrence Mc-
Swain, who is a junior studying
Aerospace Engineering; and Saralj
Leigh Thomas, who is a senior
studying Management, all of Perry,
for being named to the Dean's List
for the 1989 Spring Quarter at
Georgia Tech.
To qualify for the list, a student
has to achieve a 3.0 or better grade
point average out of a 4.0.
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Macon Little Theatre is gearing
up for its summer musical, "The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,"
which will be presented July 14
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adequate child care, a lack of educa
tion and a lack of proper training.
Newspaper articles dealing with
poverty were then read by Mrs.
Elizabeth Talton, Mrs. Mari Lyn
Lyons and Mrs. Halsic Kinsley.
The major theme of these articles
was that poverty exists everywhere
and that we can make a difference,
especially on a local level. In clos
ing, Mrs. Watson pointed out that
we should develop an attitude about
what we can do to help others and
then follow through with an action.
Mrs. Wright then gave a prayer
of thanksgiving as the benediction.
She taught special education at
Perry Middle School the past two
years.
She is currently working on her
master's degree at the University of
Georgia.
The groom-elect is the grandson
ol Mrs. Carolyn Clements and the
late Mr. Eldrcd Clements of Birm
ingham, Ala., and Mrs. Barbara
Grier and the late Mr. Berry Grier of
Birmingham, Ala.
He attended Abraham Baldwin
College on a baseball scholarship.
Mr. Grier received a degree in
agricultural engineering technology
from the University of Georgia,
where he was vice president of the
Engineering Club and a member of
the American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers.
He is currently employed by
Millikcn Company in Toccoa, Ga.