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Perry High student Hillary Smith of the Georgia state
FFA association met with the event sponsor represen
tative Scott Rawlins, Director, Horticulture Dept.,
American Farm Bureau Federation. Smith was one of 45
state winners participating in the National FFA Extem
poraneous Public Speaking Career Development Event
at the 67th National FFA Convention in Kansas City,
Mo. Smith was accompanied by advisor/coach, Argene
Claxton of Perry.
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PHS competes in FFA events
This PHS FFA team, which is also Georgia State FFA
meats technology and evaluation team, composed of
Trey Allgood, left, Jason Long, Mike Soderman and
advisor/coach Argene Claxton (not pictured) met with
the Career Development Event sponsor representa
tives Michael D. Van Ess, corporate fresh meats pur
chasing manager, Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., and Gary
Esbech, Hormel Food Corp. The team was one of 37
participating in the National FFA Meats Technology and
Evaluation Career Development Event at the 67th Na
tional FFA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
Author speaks at the annual
Kiwanis Ladies Night Dinner
Richard Speighi, renowned author,
speaker and story-teller, was guest
speaker at Perry Kiwanis Club’s
Ladies Night Dinner held at the New
Perry Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
1994.
As a speaker and storyteller,
Speight has a knack for relating his
life experiences, and the experiences
of others, in a style that charms,
captivates and motivates audiences of
all ages. He has been invited to tell
his stories to church, school,
corporate and civic groups in twenty
six cities from coast to coast.
Speight is completing his thilrd
novel and has already begun the
fourth which will be released next
year. His first novel, Desperate
Justice, was published in 1987 by
Warner Books in both hardback and
paperback. Warner published his
second novel, Triple Jeopardy a year
later. His third novel is Dead
Wrong.
His Desperate Justice was an
ABC-TV Sunday Night Movie in the
fall of 1993 under the title "A
Mother's Revenge'. Triple Jeopardy
was read by Dick Estell on National
Public Radio.
In 1992, The Pancake Man and
Friends, a collection of original
stories, was published. The second
volume in that series, Second
Helpings: More Stories from the
Pancake Man, was published in
1993. He has just completed a third
volume, Fried Egg Sandwiches and
Other Comforts of Home, which is
scheduled for a March, 1995 release.
He recently began a new writing
adventure. His human interest
column now appears every
Wednesday in the Nashville Biutner.
Speight, a 1962 graduate of
Vanderbilt University, earned his law
degree from Vanderbilt Law School
in 1965, with high honors. He
served as an Assistant District
Attorney for three years, then
embarked upon a ciireer as a civil uial
attorney which lasted until 19X8,
when he bcciune a full-time writer
and speaker.
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Richard Speight and his wile,
Barbara, have been married more than
31 years and have three grown
children and one grandchild.
Dr. Michael Drake is President of
Perry Kiwanis Club. Past-President
Earl Cheek is Lt. Governor of
Division 25 of the Georgia District.
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How the tradition of the Christmas tree evolved
By Dr. Kim Coder
Special to the HTJ
Cutting your own Christmas tree,
choosing one at a local lot or
bringing in a living tree tire all part
of modem family holiday traditions.
To many, the beginning of the
Christmas season is getting a tree
decorated. The aroma, beauty and
special adventure of having a tree is
sensed by all in the home.
But having a tree at Christmas is
a relatively new tradition in Amer
ica. Across the Christian world,
Christmas trees haven't aiways been
associated with the holiday season.
The roots (no pun intended) of
Christmas trees can be traced back
before the birth of Jesus Christ to
early Egyptians who would bring
palms ind(x>rs as symbols of eternal
life.
Artcient Jewish religious feasts
were bedecked with tree boughs.
The Romans exchanged tree
boughs with friends for luck. They
celebrated their winter festival by
decorating the house with tree
boughs and greenery, and they pa
raded trees around with candles and
trinkets attached to the branches.
Many Christian traditions were
derived from older p-ig-in celebru
tions. Around A.D. 600, Pope Gre
gory 1 told churchmen to encourage
harmless folk customs, like the use
of greenery and trees, where Chris
tian interpretations could be made.
In the 700 s, St. Boniface encour
aged nature worshipers to stay out
of die dark forest ;utd t;ike a tree in
doors to worship in the light and
warmth of the one true God.
Many folk legends have grown
around the Christmas tree. Christ's
blessing and gift to mankind in the
form of a decorated tree remains the
central theme of most.
Across Europe, people used folk
tales to teach children about the cel
ebration of Christ's birth. The ever
green tree's symbolism of eternal
life was strong.
In the early 1600 s, many German
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towns were celebrating Christmas
with elaborately decorated trees.
Decorations first used were paper
flowers, fruits, nuts, gold foil,
cakes, small gifts and candies.
Martin Luther may have begun
the Christmas tree tradition in
Germany around 1500. It was said
that he was walking on a bright,
snow-covered, starlit night, ponder
ing the birth of Christ. Enthralled
by the evergreen trees, the stars mid
the landscape, he took a tree inside
and put candles on it to try and rep
resent the majesty he felt about
Christ's birth.
German mercenaries used by the
British in the Revolutionary War
were responsible for bringing the
Christmas tree tradition to the
United States.
Old Puritan doctrine banned any
celebration at Christmas, and holi
day festivities around the Christmas
tree took a while to become estab
lished in America.
In the 1840 s the use of Christmas
trees across the Christian world ex
ploded. From the royal family in
England to the elite of America,
Christmas trees were fashionable.
In 1851, the first retail tree lot
was set up on a sidewalk in New
York City and sold out quickly.
Also in 1851, an Ohio pastor set
up a tree in church and was told by
congregation members that it was a
pagan symbol with no place in
Christianity. Despite these
concerns, the pastor continued with
the Christmas tree tradition.
The first American president to
show off his White House tree was
Franklin Pierce. Benjamin Harrison
declared his White House tree to be
part of an old-fashioned American
tradition in 1889.
By the 1880 s the Christmas tree
market was large, in the following
decades, large numbers of trees were
harvested from the native forests.
Theodore Roosevelt decided for the
sake of forest conservation that the
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White House would not have a tree.
But his two sons sneaked a small
tree into their room and were
caught, to the embtirrassment of
their father.
In the 1800 s, many referred to the
decorated trees as "German toys".
Airman Wheat graduates from basic training
Air Force Airman Eric A. Wheat
has graduated from Air Force basic
training at Lackland Air Force Base
in San Antonio.
During the six weeks of training
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization and customs
and received special training in
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The First Baptist Church
of Hayneville’s
Higher Ground Ministries
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Now, though, the Christmas tree
tradition seems to have always been
with us in the United States.
(Dr. Kim Coder is a
forester with the University
of Georgia Extension Ser
vice.)
human relations.
In addition, airmen who
complete basic training earn credits
toward an associate degree through
the Community College of the Air
Force.
Wheat is the son of Mark D.
Wheat of Kathleen.
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