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Houston Ttmes-Joumut
Volume 124 No. 16
3 Sections, 24 Pages
Inside
Today
News of Record A 5
Legal Ads B 5
Classifieds B 6
Editorials A 4
Society A 3
Obituaries A 2
Sports B 1
Views On
The News
Oh, How True
Quote of Note: "If you find
an injured dog and nurse it back
to health you have a friend for
life. Unfortunately, this is not
true of humans."
Another Excuse
This is the era of excuses.
Everybody who commits a
crime seems to have one. In
Mississippi, last year's police
officer of the year blames the
use of the drug Prozac for
robbing a bank.
Big Surprise?
News Item: A new fiscal
report card cm governors rates
Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia a
"conservative". It probably
comes as a surprise to most
Georgians.
Go Get 'Em
According to state officials
eight out of 10 children on
welfare in Georgia are there
because their fathers are not
paying child support. The
state is looking for 467,000
absent parents-mostly fathers
who owe child support. The
state says that last year more
than $250 million in child
support ordered by the courts in
Georgia was unpaid. Our
recommendation to the courts:
Sick 'em. Go get ’em. Throw
the scoundrels in jail or garnish
their wages. They fathered the
children. Make 'em pay to
support them.
Are They Nuts?
Esquire Magazine reports that
women 18 to 25 years old
would rather have Elizabeth
Taylor for a mother than Gloria
Steinem. It's hard to imagine
any halfway intelligent young
woman wanting either for a
mother. But these are the same
young women who said they
would rather receive underwear
than a great book for a present
Good To Know
Words To Live By: "The
man who tried his best and
failed is superior to the man
who never tried."—Bud
Wilkinson, one of football's
Please see Views, page 6A
To Our Subscribers..
Local newspaper subscribers
may receive two editions of the
Houston Times-Joumal today.
"During the initial transition pe
riod of combining both subscrip
tion lists from the past two papers
many of our subscibers may receive
two editions for a few weeks,"
Houston Publications, Inc. Vice
President Danny Evans said, but
added he would rather have sub
scribers receive two newspapers
than none at all.
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Community Leader, Yates Green, Dead at 80
By BOBBE NELSON
Special to tho Timas-Journal
Always a man of his
word...modesL..generous...consid
erate...honest...unselfish...a
gentleman...a successful
businessman. These are the words
most often repeated as Perry friends
remember Yates Green, who died
here on February 20,1994.
Born in 1914 in Baldwin
County, Georgia, Yates was the
son of the late Walter C. Green and
Pearl Stiles Green. He moved to
Perry with his wife, Nannette Dial
Green, in 1944 when they
purchased the New Perry Hotel.
Yates quickly made himself an
integral part of the community
through the unselfish sharing of his
On With
The Show!
Perry Players Opens
The Music Man'At
New Theater Friday
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
After months of rehearsals and
hard work, the Perry Players are
tuned up and ready this week for the
opening of what has been dubbed
“everyone’s favorite musicaT~77ie
Music Man.
To be held at the Players’ new
theater at 909 Main Street, perfor
mance dates are Friday, Feb. 25,
through Sunday, Feb. 27, and
Tuesday, March 1, through Satur
day, March 5. Except for a Sunday
matinee at 2:30 p.m., all shows
will begin at 8 p.m. Sell-out
crowds are expected.
“The seating capacity in our new
theater is approximately 165 and we
are already seeing signs of sold-out
performances,’’ Players’ President
Dennis Hooper said during re
hearsals Monday evening. “We just
opened reservations to the general
public today (Monday) and have
already sold 120 tickets for the first
Saturday evening performance!”
Hooper added that those inter
ested should nake their reservations
as soon as possible by calling 987-
5354. Tickets are $lO for adults, $5
for students and $3 for children un
der the age of 12.
Written by Meredith Willson,
The Music Man is a musical com
edy which opened on Broadway in
1957. It sports one of the largest
casts ever utilized in a Perry Play
ers’ production and has introduced a
Meet The New Staff Of The Times-Journal
The publishers and staff
welcome you to the very first issue
of the Houston Times-Journal.
Owned by Houston
Publications, Inc., a newly formed,
Georgia-owned corporation, the
Times-Journal is the result of the
recent purchase and merger of The
Perry Times and The Houston
Home Journal. The sale and merger
were effective on February 1.
Owners of Houston
Publications, Inc. are Danny F.
Evans, Julie B. Evans and Robert
E. Tribble of Manchester.
In addition to Houston
Publication, Inc., Danny and Julie
Evans also own and publish
Motorsports Weekly, a regional
newspaper covering short track
racing in six southeastern states,
and Evans Motorsports, Inc.,
manufacturer of race cars for short
track racing. They reside in Perry
and are members of Perry United
Methodist Church.
Robert “Bob” Tribble is also
president of Trib Publications, Inc.,
which publishes three newspapers
in this area-TAe Leader-Tribune in
Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia
time and talents and his generous
support of worthwhile activities.
As Mayor Jim Worrall points out,
"It would be difficult to tell the
story of Perry without mentioning
Yates and Nannette Green, for it
was they who first put Perry on the
national map with their work in the
Highway 41 Travel Association and
the American Automobile
Association. Their efforts and their
outstanding New Perry Hotel
brought the tourist down US 41 to
take a look at our city and then
return year after year."
"Yates Green was a community
leader in a great and modest but
effective way. Yates and Nannette,
more than any two people, put
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Member* of the Perry Players are warming up their vocal cords for the opening performances of their spring musical, -The
Mu sic Man . The show debuts at the Players’ new Main Street theater Friday evening at 8 p.m. and continues through
Saturday, March 5.
number of new people to the local
drama organization.
“Fifty cast members may seem
just right for an average musical,
but the Perry Players has never
been average, and neither is this
cast,” Hooper said. “At least two
thirds of those involved with ‘The
Music Man’ are people new to the
Perry Players; some of them from
as far away as Dublin and Macon.
To make that kind of commute for
Fort Valley, The Cochran Journal
in Cochran and The News-Observer
in Vienna.
He is also a past president of the
Georgia Press Association and is a
Sunday School Director and Deacon
in the First Baptist Church of
Manchester. His wife Frances is
corporate secretary of Trib
Loudermilk Promoted To Editor, General Manager
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Former Houston Home Journal
managing editor Brigette Louder
milk has been promoted to general
manager of the Houston Times-
Journal, vice president Danny
Evans announced this week.
She replaces Jim Kerce, who re
cently resigned the position to be
come managing editor at The Daily
Sun in Warner Robins. Kerce had
held the position of editor/general
manager of The Houston Home
Journal for the past 13 years.
Loudermilk assumed her new du
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Legals
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Wednesday, February 23, 1994
Perry on the map with people all
over America who looked forward
to their next visit to the New Perry
Hotel. The New Perry Hotel reflects
Yates Green's devotion to quality in
his business and in his life," said
Perry native and U.S. Senator Sam
Nunn of Green and his
contributions to the local business
community and tourist industry.
As the owner and host of the
New Perry Hotel and later, the
Quality Inn also, Yates was
naturally interested in promoting
tourism. Even so, his interest went
far beyond his own business to
include all of Perry. Mrs. Gardner
Watson recalls those early days
when Yates and her husband,
every rehearsal says a lot for the
character of our newest members.”
“It also says a great deal about
the character of the Perry Players.
Having a place to call home and our
continuing reputation of good qual
ity is really drawing attention,” he
continued. “I, myself, can remem
ber times when we were doing four
person shows and still had to go
out and recruit the fourth person.”
Director for the show is Perry’s
Publications Inc.
“We’re thrilled to be able to
merge the two newspapers together
and put one quality product for the
people of the Perry area,” Danny
said. “We now have the vehicle and
the staff to give Perry the quality
newspaper they deserve.”
ties on Monday.
“We are happy that we were able
to promote from within and retain
someone as qualified as Brigette to
take over this important position,”
Evans said upon making the
announcement on Monday.
“Brigette is both well known and
well liked in our community and is
definitely a major asset to our oper
ations.”
A native of Eastman and a 1990
graduate of Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro, Loudermilk
came to The Houston Home
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Gardner, both lately discharged from
service in World War 11, established
a lifelong friendship as they sought
to strengthen Perry's business
community. With Cooper
Etheridge, Stanley Smith, and
many others, they worked to
establish a Chamber of Commerce
with a committee devoted to
tourism for Perry. According to
Worrall, long before it was a
reality, Yates proposed a Perry Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau and
helped to make that feasible. A
former mayor, James McKinley,
remembers that in his quiet way,
Yates Green could always be
counted on to use his influence for
Please see Green, page 7A
own Carol Strandburg and the pro
ducer is Carol Howard, also of
Perry. Stage manager is Jo Ann
Aaron and Sally Stanley is choreog
rapher. Musical director is Lu
Mellin; Ann Marie Saul is in
charge of props; Gary Strandburg is
handling lighting; and Tom Ritter
is in charge of publicity efforts.
Helpers include Cynthia Waters,
Rita Schube and Susie Frederick.
Lead characters are A 1 Pearson of
Meet The Staff:
•New general manager Brigette
Loudermilk, former managing
editor of The Houston Home
Journal, is featured in a sidebar to
this story.
•As bookkeeper, Judy Hubert is
the person to call with questions
regarding billing and legal adver-
Journal as a city reporter in
November 1991 and was promoted
to managing editor just six months
later. Her journalism experience
also includes stints with the
Statesboro Herald’s college
newspaper, The Eagle, and The
Dodge County News, a weekly
newspaper in Eastman.
With her new title of general
manager, Loudermilk will not only
oversee the overall operations of the
newly merged Houston Times-
Journal, but will also still be heav-
Please see Loudermilk, page 7A
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Perry as Professor Harold Hill and
Donna Bunn James of Macon as
Marian Paroo.
Other cast members are: David
Galloway, Richard Alexander, Bill
O’Neal, John Waters, Jim Boyd,
Richard Smith, Mark Strandburg,
Ryan Crowe, Rose Mae Smith, Al
ison Hooper, Megan Strandburg,
Bridget Boyd, Betsy Johnson,
Bronwyn E. Green, Kellie Bowen,
Please see Players, page 7A
tisements.
A seasoned veteran in the publi
cations field, Hubert was first intro
duced to the world of newspapers in
1971 when then owner Foy Evans
hired her to work with him at The
Daily Sun in Warner Robins. She
remained at that paper until 1992
and in May 1993 was hired to over
see all bookkeeping functions at
The Houston Home Journal. She
says she is thrilled to now be work
ing for Foy’s son, Danny, at the
newly merged Houston-Times
Journal.
A resident of Warner Robins,
Hubert has two children, both of
which are affiliated with the mili
tary and stationed in Germany and
California. She has three grandchil
dren.
•Senior reporter/photographer
Brenda Thompson is a Houston
County native, growing up in Cen
terville, where she currently resides.
Thompson is in her second stint
at the with a Perry newspaper pre
viously serving as news editor of
the Houston Home Journal (1985-
Please see Staff, page 6A
