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The Masons of Houston
Lodge No. 35 F&AM, Perry
(Thomas Fast, secretary, 987-2376)
meets every second and fourth
Monday night of each month at the
Masonic Building, Jemigan Street.
Meals are served at a nominal
charge beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Regular meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. All member Master Masons
and visiting brethren are welcomed.
Perry High Booster Club;
Meets every 2nd Monday of each
month at Perry High School at
7:30 p.m.
Houston Drug Action
Council (HODAC): A free
rape support group is now being
formed. The group will begin
meeting on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at
Houston Drug Action Council,
2762 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins. (Next to Warner Robins
Supply) Those interested in attend
ing please call 953-5675.
American Legion, Robert D.
Collins Post 24 meets the first
Monday night of each month at the
County Ag Building at 733 Carroll
Street. Meals are served beginning
at 7 p.m. All American Legion
members are urged to attend and
visiting Legionaries are welcome.
Houston County Retired
Teachers: Every 2nd Wednesday
of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the
Holiday Inn in Warner Robins.
Perry Rotary Club meets
each Monday at noon at the New
Perry Hotel.
The Perry Evening
Optimist Club meets the first
and third Thursday of each month at
Denny's.
Perry Exchange Club meets
each Thursday at Quincy's at noon.
Ochlahatchee Park will be
holding registration for girls
and boys baseball and softball every
Saturday in February from 9 a.m.
until 2 p.m. at the clubhouse.
Meetings for parents, coaches and
volunteers are held every Monday
night at 7 p.m. at the clubhouse.
For more information, contact
David Knowles (987-2820).
The Perry Wilderness
Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the
first Thursday of each month at the
Perry United Methodist Church lo
cated at 1001 Carroll Street in
Perry. Newcomers are welcome.
February 17-19: True
Church of Deliverance Inc.
will be holding a revival at 7:30
p.m. conducted by Pastor Carrie
Lee Taylor at 1411 & 1/2 Houston
Lake Drive. Public is invited to at
tend.
Friday, Feb. 18: In conjunc
tion with National Arbor Day, the
City of Perry and the Perry
Beautification Commission is giv
ing away free Dogwood, Red Maple
and Red Bud trees to city residents
at Perry City Hall beginning at 10
a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 19: Aglow
meeting to be held Saturday, Feb.
19 at the Houston County
Extension Bldg. 733 Carroll Street.
Coffee at 9:45 a.m. and the
program will be at 10 a.m. The
speaker will be Benji Clark
Mallory.
Monday, Feb. 21: Togo D.
West Jr., secretary of the U.S.
Army, will speak at the seventh
annual Black History Month
Observance Luncheon to be held at
noon in the C.W. Pettigrew Center
at Fort Valley State College.
Tickets are $25 each. For more
information call the Office of
Alumni Affairs at 825-6347 or the
Office of Community Relations at
825-6319.
Thursday, Feb. 24: Perry
Free Will Baptist Church.
The Hall Family will be appearing
at the Perry Free Will Baptist
Church. The Hall family is from
Savannah, Ohio and will be in
concert on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7
p.m. at 1964 Marshallville Rd. We
invite everyone to attend this night
of Gospel singing. There will be
no charge but a love offering will
be taken. For more information
call 987-8068 or 987-3302.
Children's Grief Support
Groups will begin the Erst week
in March for Children who have
lost a loved one to death. Groups
will meet according to ages from
Kindergarten and first grade through
teen years. These free groups will
meet for 6 weeks. Registration is
being accepted now. Call Emily
Dennis Hospice Bereavement
Services Coordinator for
information/registration at 922-
1777.
April 23-24: Gum Swamp
Arts & Crafts Festival: Will
be held April 23-24, 1994 3 & 1/2
miles out Hwy 117 North of
Eastman. WDEN's own 'Rick
Knight' will be special guest on
April 23rd from 2-4 p.m.
Drawings both days for free gate
prizes. On the 23rd, Rick Knight
will have drawings for a 12 or 20
gauge shotgun and a SIOO gift cer
tificate.
Congressman Bishop visits Perry High School
VETO F. ROLEY
SUff Writer
U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop took
some time out of a busy Monday to
tell Perry High School seniors to
never give up.
"You are right on the edge," said
the Second District Congressman
from Georgia. "You are just about to
disembark on anew phase of your
lives.
"What you are to become," con
tinued Bishop, "you are now becom
ing." He added that while teenagers
make up 40 percent of today's popu
lation, they are "100 percent of the
future."
"Most of you have many goals
that you want to pursue," noted
Bishop. "Be prepared to deal with the
difficulties of life."
Bishop told the students they
should be concerned with the "dash"
in their lives. He said that he visited
many cemeteries and was most con
cerned with the dash that separated
the date of birth and the date of
death.
"Neither one of those is very im
portant," said Bishop, saying the
years in between birth and death are
important. "Set goals," he said,
"work hard to achieve your goals and
don't give up if you make mistakes.
You can do whatever you want to do
if you put your mind to it."
Bishop told the seniors that they
should emulate President Abraham
Lincoln, who was elected president
in 1860 despite losing the vice pres
idential nomination, two U.S. Sen
ate races, Congressional races, leg
islative races and failing at business.
After reading a poem with the
message that adversity made strong
trees and men, Bishop told the stu
dents to "make sure you are good
timber."
In the question and answer ses
sion following Bishop's talk to the
senior class, he said that he voted
against NAFTA because it was bad
for his district, which is composed
of peanut farmers and labor intensive
industries.
Bishop also told the students that
Agricenter
schedule
February 18-20: SE
Antiques & Collectibles
Market: Friday, 2 p.m. to 6
p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $2. McGill Building.
For information call 912/994-9882.
February 18-20:
Horseman's Quarter Horse
Show: Daily 9 a.m. Free
admission to the general public.
New South Arena.
February 19: Houston
County Hog Show and Sale:
Show/ 2 p.m.; sale/4:30 p.m.
Free admission to the general
public. New South Arena.
Feb. 23-March 5: Georgia
National Stock Show: Daily
8 a.m. Free admission to the
general public. Features Georgia's
4-H and FFA students competing in
statewide championships for
heifers, steers, hogs and lambs;
also features open events for beef
and dairy cattle and dairy goats. For
additional information, call
800/YUR-FAIR.
Feb. 24: Georgia National
Rodeo "Family Night": 7:30
p.m. Full rodeo performance only;
no concert; reduced ticket prices.
Tickets, $6.50 for adults,
$5.50/children 2-12. (The ticket
price includes the $1.50 service
charge.) Reaves Arena. For more
information call 800/YUR-FAIR.
Feb. 25: Georgia National
Rodeo & Brother Phelps
Concert: 7:30 p.m. Enjoy
Brother Phelps in conceit during the
rodeo intermission. Tickets:
$ 11.50/adults, $9.50/children 2-12.
(The ticket price includes the $1.50
service charge.) Reaves Arena. For
more information call 800/YUR
FAIR.
Feb. 26: Georgia National
Rodeo & Highway 101
Concert: 7:30 p.m. Enjoy
Highway 101 in concert during the
rodeo intermission. Tickets:
$ 11.50/adults, $9.50/children 2-12.
(The ticket price includes the $1.50
service charge.) Reaves Arena.
Call 800/YUR-FAIR for more
information.
Shrinerssetthe
dates for pair of
1994 barbecues
The Perry Shrine Club will hold
their yearly barbecues on April 15
and October 14,1994.
The barbecues will be held at the
barbecue pit located on Courtney
Hodges Blvd. next to the Sandman
Motel.
If the above dates are in conflict
with fund raising projects planned
by other organizations, please
contact Bob Vance at 987-3128.
Bishop discusses topics of
interest with Perry leaders
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop
Jr.' discussed issues of national and
local importance with city leaders at
Perry City Hall Monday, Feb. 14
following a visit at Perry High
School.
Perry Mayor James Worrall, Perry
City Councilman Hervia Ingram,
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce
President Peggie Williams and
Chairman John Sundquist and
Houston County Development
Authority Executive Director Tim
Martin asked Congressman Bishop
for his views on the following is
sues:
•Robins Air Force Base-
Congressman Bishop said the local
base was "probably ahead of the
other bases (on the possible
BRACC 1995 closure list) as far as
preparation" made by the 21st
Century Partnership, of which
Bishop is involved.
•New post office-Mayor Worrall
asked Bishop for help in aiding a
local effort to acquire anew post of
fice in Perry.
"This has been a project of mine.
he was not a proponent of gun con
trol, saying he voted against the
Brady Bill. "It's already illegal for
youngsters to to have guns, for
criminals to have guns," he said,
adding that those weapons were ob
tained from "underground" sources.
"I am very disturbed about vio
lence," said Bishop. "Violence is not
the result of guns. It is the result of
those people in whose hands guns
are found." Only when Americans
start to revere human life will vio
lence go down, he said.
Abortion was a "very, very con
troversial issue," said Bishop when
asked about his views on the sub
ject. "It's a very, very emotional is
County market hog show
to be held today at Agricenter
Sponsored by the Houston
County Young Farmers, the
eighteenth annual Houston County
Market Hog Show will be held in
the New South Arena at the
Georgia Fairgrounds and Agricenter
on Saturday, February 19, 1994,
from 2 - 4:30 p.m.
The Show will include the Record
Book awards, and trophy and ribbon
presentations by Charles Stewart.
The Herdsman Award will be
presented by Bill Bennett.
Foster Rhodes will serve as Ring
Announcer.
Local residents named to FVSC Dean's List
Local residents named to Fort
Valley State College's Fall Quarter
Dean's List include:
Dawn Z. Goodman, Eula D.
Perry and Mary L. Simon, all of
Perry.
Dennis Boyt of Kathleen.
Annette V. Ayers, Sandra L.
Closing, from 1A
Robinson said. “And, our cus
tomers have been very loyal. Unfor
tunately, there just wasn’t quite
enough of them and the situation
has not changed.”
According to Robinson, all of
the local store’s 40 employees have
or will be offered other positions at
one of the company's other loca
tions, the closest in proximity to
Perry being Cordele and Fort Val
ley. •
As for the store’s inventory,
Robinson said that from Wednes
day, Feb. 23, until Saturday, Feb.
26, everything in the store will be
discounted 10 percent at the
register. All inventory not sold will
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for five years" Worrall stated,
adding all local efforts have been in
vain.
Bishop advised Worrall to send
him a letter on the situation "and
what you need to be done," he said.
•Unfunded mandates-Bishop is the
co-sponsor of a bill to prohibit un
funded mandates but he said that as
to whether the bill will pass or not
"we'll have to wait and see."
•Brady Bill-Along the lines of un
funded mandates, Bishop said, "I
was disappointed in the Brady Bill."
He added that besides supporting in
stantaneous checks, he was disap
pointed that no funds were set up to
help local law enforcement agencies
perform checks on handguns pur
chased.
•Prayer in schools-When
Councilman Ingram asked Bishop
how he felt about this subject,
Bishop replied:
"Asa civil libertarian, I can make
several arguments against it, but, as
a person" Bishop said he saw sev
eral reasons, one being his own
positive experiences with prayers in
school, it should be supported.
sue."
While Bishop said that he felt
"very strongly" about life, he indi
cated that he was pro-choice. "The
matter of abortion leaves itself to the
women, God and the doctor.
"One good thing about our sys
tem is that it allows us to disagree,
agreeably," Bishop told the seniors,
telling them that the United States
was very divided over the abortion
issue. "We do respect each other's
rights to have his or her opinions.
Very few adults agree 100 percent of
the time."
Bishop was also asked about how
he made decisions. "I approach ev
erything prayerfully," said Bishop. "I
Sid Bledsoe will preside over the
auction and Richard Goodroe will
be auctioneer.
Special thanks go to all who
attend and purchase pigs.
Also, special thanks go to:
Cordele Livestock, Charlie Walker,
Georgia National Fair and
Agricenter, Richard Goodroe,
Dudley Heath, Classic Award and
Trophy Shop, Dr. Jerome
Bloodworth, Dr. Scott
Westmoreland, Houston Fertilizer
and Grain and Laurie Sterner.
Faulk and Rwnda B. Gates, all of
Bonaire.
To be named to the Dean's List,
a student must earn a 3.33 or higher
grade point average on a 4.00 grad
ing scale.
Boyt and Faulk were recognized
for achieving a perfect 4.00 average.
be moved into the company’s other
locations.
At present, J.H. Harvey and
Company, which was founded in
1924 and is based in Nashville,
Ga., has 38 stores in operation, 34
in Georgia and four in Florida.
Robinson said that they are cur
rently looking for a replacement
store for the one that is closing
here.
“We like to maintain our num
bers,” Robinson said. “The
replacement may not be in Perry
now, but we certainly haven’t ruled
out returning one day if
circumstances permiL”
THF HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1994
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Congressman Sanford D.
Bishop Jr. of Georgia's
2nd District visited Perry
Monday, Feb. 14. He
spoke to students at Perry
High School, encouraging
them to complete their
education. Afterwards, he
paid a visit to community
leaders Mayor James
Worrall, Councilman Hervia
Ingram, Chamber Director
John Sundquist and
Chamber President
Peggie Williams at Perry
City Hall.
look at what is good for the whole
district."
Some issues "will be issues of
conscience," said Bishop, producing
"such strong feelings that I vote my
conscience." On other issues, he said
he looked at the mail and phone
calls.
Bishop told the students that mail
against NAFTA ran 2-1 against the
bill; while mail against the Brady
Bill was 100-1 against the bill.
"I'm glad to know that you are
thinking," said Bishop after the ques
tion-and-answer session,
"considering these very weighty is
sues."
A ward,
from 1A
The other candidate for Young
Careerist was C. Jeanene Fowler
Coleman, self-employed by DBA
J. Coleman Interiors in Warner
Robins, of which she is owner.
She operates an interior decorating
service, specializing in custom fab
ric window treatments and other
custom fabric products for the home
and office.
The judges worked diligently,
came up with a tie and did a tie
breaker, in which Coleman barely
out scored Tolleson. Tolleson will
serve as alternate to the district
meeting which will be held in
Warner Robins in March.
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Lunch Menu
Monday, Feb. 21: President's
Day.
Tuesday, Feb. 22: Chicken
Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Field
Peas, Cherry Pie, Yeast Roll,
Choice of Milk.
Wednesday, Feb. 23: Pizza,
Tossed Salad, Com, Choice of
Milk.
Thursday, Feb. 24: Principal's
Choice.
Friday, Feb. 25: Corn Dog,
Macaroni and Cheese, Tossed Salad,
Citrus Fruit, Wheat Roll, Choice
of Milk.
Westfield
Lunch Menu
Monday, Feb. 21: Chick-Fil-
A Sandwich, Lettuce & Tomato,
French Fries, Fruit, Cookie.
Tuesday, Feb. 22: Steak
Nuggets, Macaroni and Cheese,
Fried Okra, Roll, Jello.
Wednesday, Feb. 23: Baked
Chicken, Com on the Cob, Green
Beans, Fruit Cobbler, Roll.
Thursday, Feb. 24: Pizza,
Tossed Salad, Fruit, Chocolate
Pudding.
Friday, Feb. 25: Barbecue
Sandwich, Potato Chips, Pickles,
Cos!?. Slaw, Ice Cream.
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