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k-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1991
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Perry viewpoint
The Houston Home Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN, CITY OF PERRY AND HOUSTON
COUNTY, GEORGIA, SINCE 1870
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Editor & General Manager
JAN HAMPTON TERESA HAWK
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
Elderhostel could bring
benefits to area
The Houston Counts'Development Council has begun
exploring the idea of establishing an elderhostel in our
area.
With the elderhostel concept, retired persons take
university courses about a particular area of the state. They
visit different campuses and take in the historical sights
and visit local attractions.
According to Development Director Dick Ulm, the elder
hostel in our area would be tied in with one now being
sponsored by Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.
It is estimated that the elderhostel would pump $5.5 mil
lion in added revenue to our area’s economy.
Can you imagine what a terrific boost this revenue would
bring to our area? With the gulf war making tourist travel
unstable this year and the economic forcast only adding to
the instability, the idea of an elderhostel is enticing indeed.
These retirees will be exposed to the beauty of middle
Georgia. And if properly impressed, they will sing the
praises of middle Georgia and Houston County to others.
The result will be a definite plus to all of us who call
Houston County home.
Older Americans Council
deserves new building
Perry city council members learned Tuesday that the city
may become owners of the new Older American Council
building.
The OAC is in the process of building a new facility on
Kings Chapel Road on land donated by the county. Private
funds are being used to construct the building and accord
ing to OAC spokesman Frank Shelton the Older Amercians
Council is not the kind of organization which can actually
own the building.
Perry city manager Marion Hay said the city would be
responsible for utilities and operational maintenance but
added, "it is not much money, but an occasional expense."
We think the Older American Council’s new building is a
fine example of what can happen when private citizens and
municipalities work together. Many years of planning and
hard work are coming together for the good of many of
Houston County and Perry's older residents. It's a big
step in a positive direction.
We must maintain our unity
Editor:
At a time when the men and women in our armed forces
are facing their greatest test, we at home are facing a test as
well. Our test is to maintain our unity and resolve, as our
troops are doing in the Persian Gulf.
We don't want Saddam Hussein to take this country's
tolerance for anti-war demonstrators as a signal he should
wait out our resolve in a long and bloody war.
I'm outraged at the brutal treatment of our POW's. And
I'm saddened to see the media give so much attention to
the small number of anti-war protesters who have sprung
into action. It seems that every time a few protesters pick
up their signs, the cameras swarm around them, and they
end up on the news.
Our soldiers have said that they have a job to do and are
going to get it done. I feel I have a job to do, too. And
that's to stand up in strong support of our troops.
I want them to know that I and the American people are
very proud of them. We are all inspired by their bravery.
I hope that you'll print my letter, and others like it, in the
days ahead. Thousands of local American newspapers are
reaching our men and women in uniform every day. I want
the troops to know that we hold them in our thoughts and
prayers every day.
Sincerely,
Arthur F. Cliff
Perry, Ga.
P.S. As a WWII overseas veteran of the ETO with six
battle stars for the Battle of Britain, Air War over Europe,
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Relay winners in 1961
The Perry High relay team set a new state Class B record in 1961. The relay
team included: (L to R): Larry Giles, David Lawson, Lee Martin and Lee
Rush.
Tabor wins public speaking contest
Feb. 11,1951
Allen Tabor, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Tabor, won the local public
speaking contest in the Perry
Chapter of FFA.
***
Nine Penn Dixie employees
received 25 year certificates at the
general plant safety mass meeting
at Clinchfield.
***
Grape raising is to be introduced
as a new cash crop in Houston
County.
***
Members of the Houston Factory
Baptist Church gave their pastor,
Rev. Alfred Palmer, a suit of
clothes on his 23rd birthday as an
expression of their appreciation to
them
Feb. 16i 1961
Mary E. Manship has been
named the 1961 STAR student for
Shipley asks'What would you do?'
She sat in my office wringing her
hands and describing how her new
husband spent most of the savings
that she had before their marriage
and how he manipulated her into
signing bank notes pledging the
rest of her assets to fund a very
shaky business enterprise that he
had started.
What is so pathetic is that she is
an experienced, middle-aged, sharp,
business woman who is known for
her ability to make wise invest
ments.
He, on the other hand, has not
had a good history of success. He
also belittles her in public, seems
to enjoy embarrassing her in front
of her friends and makes her feel
that she can't do anything right.
After finishing the day at her own
job, for which she is highly
competent and highly regarded, and
while often exhausted, she will go
to his business and try to help him.
Her reward is criticism when she
makes mistakes and more resent
ment from him.
When she points it out and
makes it clear that she has reached
the end of her patience, he dissolves
in a puddle of self-pity and begs her
forgiveness or says that she is too
demanding.
This is one of many examples of
how we allow others to manipulate
us with guilt She would never do
some of the foolish things she has
done except under the influence of a
master manipulator.
He has very cleverly discerned
how to get through her armor and
hit her where she is most vulnera
ble. It works every time.
We all seem to have hooks of
guilt inside of us that those who
Remember
when?
A look back at the people and
events which shaped Perry. This
column is compiled from past
Houston Home Journal issues.
Perry High School and tor the
Houston County School System,
and she has selected Mrs. Florence
Harrison as her STAR teacher.
***
Miss Miggie Molliur and Ronnie
Davis were selected "Miss Cour
tesy" and "Mr. Courtesy" at Perry
High School.
***
Jim Shipley
Pastor, Perry
Presbyterian Church
get to know us well learn how to
attach to and motivate us with
them.
The first step in defending our
selves and breaking this vicious
bondage is to recognize and label
these pockets of guilt
The next step is to understand
why we feel so bad about these ar
eas we have identified. Often, we
will find that we carry heavy loads
of false guilt.
This is guilt imposed upon us
by others because we have not met
their particular standards or self-im
posed guilt which is not necessary.
In her case, she is a perfectionist
with very high standards
(impossible standards) of what a
wife should be. She constantly
feels like a failure, because she can't
seem to reach those standards. He
is no help, but makes her feel that
it is all her fault.
He does this by concentrating on
some of the normal weak points we
all have, blowing them up, and
making her feel that she is the only
Perry's Mayor and Council
Tuesday adopted a 5178,000 budget
for the year, almost 515,000 more
than anticipated revenue.
***
Sgt. B.E. Dennard was promoted
from sergeant of the police
department to assistant chief.
Feb. 12, 1966
The Perry High Key Club, which
is sponsored by the Perry Kiwanis
Club, received its charter last
Wednesday night
***
A.A. White Sr. was chosen as
the outstanding farmer of Houston
County by the Woodmen of the
World for 1965.
***
Dr. Lewis Smith of Eatonton, a
missionary doctor for the last five
years in Hong Kong, spoke to the
First Baptist Brotherhood Tuesday
night.
one left in the world who is that
bad!
The next step is to recognize the
method of operation of guilt ma
nipulators. They all work about
the same. That is why I have taken
so much space to flesh out this ex
ample.
Then it is important to stand up
for your rights. Realize that no one
can make you feel guilty unless
you let them. No one can keep
hurting you unless you keep
allowing them to.
So make it clear to that manipu
lator that the manipulation is over.
Snip the strings he or she has to
you that make you jump like a
puppet at their every whim.
Recognize that we have a
wonderful God who forgives the
sins which cause us guilt if we will
confess them to Him and deal with
them His way, changing where
necessary and making restitution
when it is due.
Understand that when God for
gives and you have done all you can
to make it right, that is all that
counts. Really, if the other person
will not forgive, after you have
done all of the above, then that is
their problem. Stop letting them
make it your's.
Is this an isolated case? Are there
others out there who are dealing
with guilt manipulators or are ma
nipulators yourselves?
Please write and give me pointers
on how you deal with these types
of people, things that have worked
for you:
f The Houston Home f
Journal
Mike Principato
HHJ Staff Writer
Children cry out
in anger, they
cry out in pain
Today, the world seems to moves
at an accelerated pace. Breadwinners
are working longer hours, in more
complicated job scenarios, and
many seem to be making less
• progress than ever before. Where
once dual income households were
the exception, today they are the
norm.
The American dream, though not
lost, seems harder than ever before
to obtain.
As adults continually adjust to an
ever increasingly complex society,
internal stresses build to explosive
proportions.
Ulcers and other stress related ill
nesses are more common today than
at any time in our history. Stress
management courses and stress re
lief seminars are a thriving enter
prise.
An unwelcome, horrible side ef
fect of adult social adjustment is an
ever increasing child abuse incident
rate. It is occurring here in Houston
County, throughout the state,
throughout the nation and through
out the world.
Cases are growing in number and
severity with each passing day.
As the incident rate, both
domestically and internationally,
soars public recognition and re
sponse to the needs of victimized
children dwindles.
And the children cry.
The children range in ages as
young as just a few months to near
adult. Assaults against them are
physical, sexual, psychological, or
a combination of these.
Abuse can be as simple as exces
sive punishment or as complex as
beatings which result in long term
physical injury and death. Psycho
logical deprivation can be as simple
as neglect or as complex as sexual
attacks.
And children cry. They cry out in
pain; they cry out in anger, and
they cry out in frustration. For
them, tomorrow will be the same
as today. For them, the world has
stopped listening. The world has
stopped caring.
Attempts by the Department of
Family and Children Ser
vices(DEFACS) to identify and as
sist our young, who are in desperate
need of help, barely scratch the sur
face.
DEFACS' efforts are noble and
more than justified. However, their
efforts resemble the efforts of an
individual attempting to light a
candle in the midst of a wind storm.
It is amazing the light of hope
was able to be lit. Having been lit,
their efforts must be assisted by the
public to keep the flame burning.
Their efforts must be strengthened
if the flame is ever to provide
warmth for so many of our young
caught in the cold.
The tears of the children for now
are seen by only a few. The extent
of their pain and anguish, held
deeply and silently within, must be
shared by all humanity. The tears of
the children must become the tears
of the society which spawned the
brutality our young now must en
dure.
Society must strip away the
blinders. It must strip away the de
sire to forget such a problem exists
and it must stare into the eyes of
the monster it created.
Only then will the tears begin to
subside. Only then will children
cease to cry.
The world will continue to
evolve and become more complex.
Stress related disorders will con
tinue to plague mankind as it at
tempts to keep pace in a continu
ally accelerating environment.
However, how humanity treats
the issue of world-wide child abuse
impacts on the future in far greater
ways than technology ever could.