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Wilson elected to '94 Young
Banker's Committee Board
Edmond “Eddie” H. Wilson, vice
president for Trust Company Bank
of Mioddle Ga., N.A. in Perry, has
been elected to the Young Bankers
Executive Committee of the
Georgia Bankers Association.
Wilson was installed at the
group‘s recent Leadership
Conference and will serve a two
year term on the committee.
The GBA Young Bankers
Section was created in 1958 with
the purpose of developing the future
leaders of the banking industry.
The section has three primary
areas of activity: the PEP
Subcommittee, the Education
Subcommittee, and the Legislative
Subcommittee.
PEP (Personal Economics
Program) is an effort by bankers to
encourage financial education in the
most practical sense. Through PEP,
bankers make themselves available
to educators, civic groups and other
organizations to provide
information on banking services
and personal finance.
Through the Eduction
Subcommittee, the Young Bankers
Section sponsors seminars and
workshops on personal growth and
development, and holds an annual
Leadership Conference.
The Legislative Subcommittee
was developed to encourage
participation by young bankers in
the legislative process. The group
sponsors a ‘Young Bankers Day at
the Capitol’ while the Georgia
Flowers receives degree from
top Georgia Banking School
P. Andrew Flowers, Branch
Manager with Bank South, N. A.
has graduated from the Georgia
Banking School
Established in 1961, the Georgia
Banking School is a three-year
school sponsored by the Georgia
Bankers Association and part of the
American Bankers Association of
Professional Development
Program.
The purpose of the school is to
prepare managers to effectively and
profitably serve the public by
developing a very thorough
understanding of bankng.
The school includes three intense
one-week residence sessions at the
University of Georgia and requires
the students to complete home
study problems between sessions.
The school provides a well
balanced curriculum utilizing UGA
faculty members, experienced
bankers and other well-qualified
industry experts.
Dr. James A. Verbrugge,
chairman of the Department of
Banking & Finance at the
University of Georgia and GBA
Chair of Banking, serves as
academic director for the school.
“For the past 12 years,” said
School Director J. Keith Caudell,
president and CEO of the National
Bank of Walton County in Monroe,
“this school has been a highly
effective resource for developing the
leadership talents in Georgia
bankers.”
Established in 1892, the Georgia
Bankers Association is the trade and
professional organization
Davis Company announces promotions
Davis Company, Inc. has
announced the recent promotion of
several of its people to new
positions, as well as the addition of
several new management team
members.
Tommy Wehrle, customer
service supervisor of Qwik Stop
#ls in Warner Robins since
December of 1992, has been named
District Manager.
His responsibilities will include
overseeing Davis' seven interstate
and eastern district stores.
Wehrle and his wife Vicky, are
the parents of a son, Chris. They
reside in Byron.
Peggy Preston has been named
as the new customer service
supervisor for Qwik Stop #ls.
Preston was promoted from the
assistant supervisor's position at
that same store.
Preston will be responsible for
managing the six-member customer
service team at the Russell Parkway
Shell unit.
Preston resides in Macon and has
been with DCI since February of
1993.
Tracey Hobbs has been promoted
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Bankers Association is the trade and
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representing Georgia’s commercial
banks for the past 100 years.
Flowers was promoted in
January of 1994 to Branch Manager
at Bank South’s Perry .office where
he had been serving as a lending
officer for the past three years. He
to the customer service supervisor
at DCl's Eastside and Meadowbrook
Shell units in Americus.
Hobbs, who has been with the
company since August of 1993,
will lead an 11-member customer
service team at these two locations.
He and his wife, Brenda, have
lived in Americus for the past five
years.
Joining the DCI team as
customer service supervisor at Stop
Buy #ll on U.S. 19 in Americus is
Lonnie West.
Wise will be joining DCI to lead
a revitalized customer service team
after a previous career in retail
management.
Wife and his wife, Susan, reside
in Americus.
Doug Crews has been named as
the new customer service supervisor
at Qwik Stop #3 on North
Columbia Rd. in Milledgeville.
Crews brings several months of
retail and food management
experience to the business.
Crews and his wife, Margi, are
new residents of Sparta.
Leading the customer service
team at the award-winning Shell j
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professional organization
representing Georgia’s commercial
banks.
Andy Flowers
is very active with the American
Cancer Society, Perry United
Methodist Church, Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce, and
Salvation Army. He and his wife,
Elizabeth, have two daughters and
reside in Perry.
Qwik Stop #2l on Moody Road in
Warner Robins is Steve Burnette.
Burnette joins the team with
experience in food management in
Warner Robins and Macon.
He and his wife, Rita, reside in
Warner Robins.
Montezuma's downtown Qwik
Stop #2O will be supervised by
Rov Williams.
Williams brings experience in
retail management to his new
position.
Williams and his wife, Annie,
have resided in Montezuma for
several years.
The 48-year-old, family-owned
Davis Company, is a major Shell
and Chevron petroleum distributor
in Middle Georgia.
The company's retail division
operates 17 Food Plus, Qwik Stop,
and Stop Buy convenience stores
and So-Low discount stores in a 12-
county area.
DCl's new Baskin-Robbins
division recendy opened its first 31-
flavor ice cream store on Sam Nunn
Blvd. Davis company employs over
140 people.
Kistler announces plans to
retire at Clinchfield plant
Richard P. "Dick" Kistler,
plant manager at the Clinchfield
based Medusa facility, will retire
Nov. 1.
Kistler has been in charge of
plant operations for more than
20 years.
"Dick's many years of service
and accomplishments,
particularly in the area of safety,
will be missed," said Alan E.
Redeker, vice president of
manufacturing.
Gattis completes geriatric
exam to specialize in field
Dr. Larry Gattis, a Hawkinsville
physician, recently completed
requirements for the geriatric board
certification exam.
Geriatrics, best described as
sicknesses and problems related to
elderly persons, is a complicated
field these days.
To become certified, one must
take additional training in geriatrics
and then chart a passing grade after
a day-long exam. Once that
certificate is awarded, a physician
must then undergo periodic
additional training.
Though Dr. Gattis said he "has
always leaned toward geriatrics," he
only began working towards
certification about four years ago.
"Until a few years ago,” Gattis
said, "there was no specialty in
medical school for geriatrics."
"It wasn't until the 1980's that
there was the realization that senior
citizens were living longer," he
said. "It was also during that time
that doctors knew these problems
needed to be addressed on a more
timely basis."
Dr. Gattis is now one of only
two such physicians in the Middle
Georgia area.
"There just isn't as much interest
as there should be,” Gattis believes,
adding that within the next 20 years
geriatrics will become more of a
specialty area of medicine.
According to recent statistics,
senior citizens was found to be the
fastest growing segment of the
earth's population.
Gattis, who said he doesn’t plan
New homes being built are
increasing, county reports
By JIMMY SIMPSON
Staff Writer
The number of homes being
built county-wide is on the rise,
according to a recent report released
by the Houston County Building
Inspection Department.
A total of 376 single-family
dwellings have been constructed
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A Winning Campaign...'
Beverly Mathis, (center), the wife of Democratic
candidate Craig Mathis, solicits a vote for her husband
recently from Perry businessman Ford Wilson. Mathis
won the Democractic bid for the Bth District
congressional seat and will now face Republican
candidate Saxby Chambliss in November's general
election. The seat is being vacated later this year by
U.S. Rep. J. Roy Rowland, a Dublin Democrat. (HTJ
photo by Pauline Lewis)
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Wednesday, August 24, 1994, Houston Times -Journal
Dick Kistler
"Retire at a later age.
Working longer helps
keep a person's mental
state working longer and
allows an individual to
retain his or her memory
better."
to alter his practice much, said
treatment and prevention is one of
the biggest challenges facing
doctors when treating the elderly.
"Preventing some problems
before they happen is a big part of
keeping seniors as healthy and
active as possible," he said.
Diseases, according to Gattis,
present themselves differently in
older people.
"Doctors need to be trained to
recognize this fact," Gattis said.
"Sometimes treatment is just
getting medications right for the
elderiy," he added.
While many senior citizens are
told to "slow down," Gattis said
oftentimes that same group of
persons should be encouraged to
remain active.
"Walking, mowing the grass... a
lot of things' can provide good
exercise," Gattis said.
And the old adage about early
retirement...
"Retire at a later age," he said.
"Working longer helps keep a
person's mental state working
longer and allows an individual to
retain his or her memory better."
through the month of July. That
figure represents a 4 percent
increase in homes built year-to-date
last year at this time.
A total of 14 single-family
dwellings were constructed in Perry
during the first seven months of the
year.
Weyerhaeuser
ships wood to
affected area
Oglethorpe, Ga.--
Weyerhaeuser's Flint River
Operations has donated a truckload
of lumber to the Macon County
Disaster Distribution Center in
Montezuma to assist in area flood
rebuilding efforts.
Flint River officials were or
hand to welcome the arrival of
lumber along with volunteers from
the Disaster Distribution Center an<;
the Mennonite Disaster Services.
The bundles of plywood and 8'
studs totalled nearly 21,000 board
feet of lumber, which is equilvalem
to building four homes.
Kent Walker, vice president and
site manager of Weyerhaeuser, made
the presentation to the Mennonite
Disaster Service Coordinator Lloyt
Swartzentruber.
"Weyerhaeuser wants to help out
our neighbors with their
reconstruction efforts and put thi
disaster behind us," said Walkei
"As a forest products company, w
feel this lumber donation represent
what our industry is about
growing trees to produce useful
products and provide jobs, while
planting and nurturing forests fo
our future generations to use and
enjoy."
Swartzentruber commented, "We
really appreciate the lumber
donation from Weyerhaeuser and the
effort put forth to help out
Donations like this have helped to
lift the morale of the people in the
community who are rebuilding.
"I know many residents would
not be rebuilding if donations like
this had not been made. It has made
the lives of local individuals
better."
Other Weyerhaeuser employees
attending included Human
Resources manager Jim Bisbee,
Chip Procurement manager Randy
Starling, and Plant Production
coordinator Ron Wilson.
Bisbee and Starling initiated die
lumber donation, while Wilson
coordinated other plant donation
efforts- gloves, coveralls, bleach
and paper towels-- to the
community.
Swartzentruber, fellow
Mennonites Marvin Kauffman and
Chris Miller, along with
Montezuma Distribution C.entei
volunteer Buckshot Stafford, will
be distributing the materials to
local businesses and residents who
have suffered damage from the
flood.
The lumber donation was trucked
in from Weyerhaeuser's Customer
Service Center for Lumber
Distribution in Atlanta.
Weyerhaeuser has 10 facilities in
the state, with over 1,150
employees and an annual payroll in
excess of $52 million.
Earlier in the "Flood of '94 '
Weyerhaeuser made a donation ol
$25,000 to the American Red Cross
of Macon, Sumter, and surrounding
counties for relief efforts.
W.R. Supply
announces
new store
Warner Robins Supply has
announced the opening of a new
home center at its Middle Georgia
store.
The center, "Homeworks", is
located at the Macon-based
Windows, Doors, and More. A
variety of goods for the entire home
will be showcased at the new site.
A special ribbon cutting
ceremony for the addition, at 3972
Northside Dr., was held last Friday.
Electronic Data
Course Aug. 31
The Georgia Procurement
Assistance Center, and the Warner
Robins and Perry Chamber of
Commerce's will sponsor an
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
course on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
The course is a two-hour
seminar designed to introduce
businesses to the soon-to-be
mandatory process of selling to the
federal government through EDI.
The course will be held at the
Flint Electric Corp., on Hwy. 96,
west of Houston Lake Rd. There
will be no charge to attend, but
individuals must have reserved
seating by calling 953-9931.
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