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Read the book
The Houston County history, “A Land So
Dedicated,” has finally arrived from the
printers. The long-awaited update of the
county history, written by Bobbe Nelson, is
now available.
We strongly recommend the book for
both reading and owning. Nelson’s original
manuscript is good, and the additions
reflecting on the past 25 years are a welcome
addition.
Houston County has a wonderful her
itage. We hope residents, both long-time
and recent, will read Nelsons book ana learn
more about this wonderful community.
Luckys trip ends in Perry
Editor
If you were driving along Ga, 127 between Perry
and Houston Lake Feb. 14 between 12:30 and 1:30
p.m., you were most likely a part of this miracle res
cue.
A little dog (name unknown) was running east
along 127 trying to rind his way home. He never left
the highway, several times crossing from the east
bound to the west bound lane. He stopped periodi
cally to look around, but eluded anyone
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trying to catch
him.
More than
30 drivers
were in a pro
cession trying
to protect this
little dog from
certain death.
After running more than five miles down 127
toward Houston Lake, he decided tp change direc
tions and run back to Perry. Many cars were involved
in the procession behind this litde dog.
Several people stopped their cars and tried to
catch him when he became tired and would stop to
rest. He was so frightened he would start to run
along the highway again. He was finally caught by
Angela Parise after several attempts by many people.
Our many thanks-to aH the people involved in
this rescue special thanks to the two drivers who
were at the end of the procession and jumped out of
their cars to block the road when the little fellow
decided to return to Perry.
You see, this little dog isn't from Georgia, he has
a Los Angeles County dog tag and was lost from his
owner while in Perry Thanks to Dr. Felix Smith for
his treatment on Sunday of “Lucky." Other than
having raw paws and bloody nails from six miles of
running on the pavement, Lucky is in good shape
he needed pain medicine for three to four days for
his sore feet and legs.
If you have anyone who is from California and
has lost their pet, please call 987-1248 after 6 p.m.
Thanks again to all who helped save the life of this
precious animal.
Tiny Jo 8c Angela Parise
Bone marrow drive successful
Editor
The Middle Georgia Bone Marrow Donor
Committee would like to express our sincere
appreciation to the 212 individuals who recently
became a part of the National Marrow Donor
Registry. We are also grateful to the many individ
uals who made an effort to become potential
donors but were unable to meet specific criteria
regarding age and health.
Your newspaper’s support in publicizing our
recent bone marrow donor recruitment drives cer
tainly played a role in the success of having these
over 200 new potential donors added to the reg
istry. Without your assistance, we could not have
spread the word throughout the community.
Our appreciation is also extended to the
Houston Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary and
Chick-fil-A Watson Boulevard for their generosity
in supporting our efforts.
We believe that these organizations, along with
those involved in our committee including the
American Red Cross/Houston-Middle Georgia
Chapter, Peachbelt Medical Alliance, Houston
Healthcare Complex, Wamer-Robins Rotary Club
and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority have demonstrat
ed a true sense of community to create awareness of
this important need.
Together, along with the many area churches
who helped us spread the word ana the individuals
who have registered as potential donors, we can
make a difference.
David E. Manning
Assistant Administrator, Houston Medical
Center
Chairman, Middle Georgia Bone Marrow
Donor Committee
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The preacher was riding a bicycle in heaven
The story is told about this young
boy who asked his dad if he could used
the family car to go out on a date. His
father told him he would not let him
use the car until he got a haircut.
The father said, Til never let you
have the car until you try to look
decent and get your hair cut. Have you
ever known anyone with hair like yours
to amount to anything?”
The young boy said, “Yep, Jesus had
long hair ana he did pretty well.”
The father replied, “Yeah, and he
walked everywhere he went too.”
In today’s times it would be pretty
safe to say that the majority of our
young people don’t have to worry
about walking too many places. They
are either fortunate enough to have
their own vehicles, use the family car
when needed or ride most places they
want to go with a friend.
But it hasn’t always been that way.
Back when I was in high school not
very many students had an automo
bile. Most of those who did purchased
their own old cars with a few dollars
they made working after school and on
Saturdays at some local business.
When our family moved to
Manchester in 1951, my Aunt Maggie
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Bits ’n pieces: Pears and the history
From time to time, I’ve got a lot
of little things on my mind, but
nothing big enough to stretch into a
whole column - so please bear
with my bits and pieces.
• ••
Signs of Spring: I’ll start with one
of the wonders of living in middle
Georgia which is that just about
this time every year Mother Nature
starts showing off. Yesterday I was
surprised to see the Bradford pear
trees on Sam Nunn Boulevard start
ing to bloom. Not that they’re earli
er than usual. I guess I was just in a
wintry mood and it changed in an
instant when I saw those trees just
beginning to turn white.
It starts that way, with just a few
splashes of color here and there, and
then it turns into azaleas and dog
woods and wisteria and more. New
England has the most beautiful falls
and winters, but there’s no place like
right here for springtime.
•••
Annie: I saw the play Sunday
afternoon and enjoyed it a lot.
There’s something about seeing
children give really fine perfor
mances that gets to me every time,
but the grownups were outstanding,
too.
Also, I really loved that perplexed
dog which played “Sandy” and I
think the whole audience did.
Thanks to Perry Players for
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Bob
Tribble
Times-
Joumal President
Hull, who seemed to know most
everyone in town, was able to get me a
job for a few hours each week at the
Rogers Grocery Store on the east side
of Main Street. E.J. “Junior” Bowen
was the young, new manager of the
store.
1 was able to take some of those
dollars earned on the job with the gro
cery store and buy a 1934 Chevrolet
we named “Clairabelle” to drive
around town. I don’t recall driving over
five miles from town in that car
because we were afraid we would not
get back.
That old Chevrolet apparently real
ly appealed to the young ladies back in
those days. We had a teen-age club at
the old fairgrounds. A friend of mine
from Warm Springs, Eddie Hunter,
drove an almost new Nash Rambler.
We would meet at the club with
Clairabelle and the Rambler parked
Charlotte
Perkins
Times-Journal Staff
another good one.
• ••
News from Atlanta: Remember
Yogi Berra’s famous line - “It ain’t
over ’till it’s over." I wonder if he
knew Larry Walker. Note that two
weeks ago we reported the House
had passed a barrel of good stuff for
Houston County in the supplemen
tal budget.
Well, it wasn’t quite over. The
next week, the Senate took it all
away. It sounded pretty dire, but it
still wasn’t over.
All’s well that ends well, though.
Back in the budget conference, a
great deal came back to Houston
County including funds for the
Agricenter and the Museum of
Aviation expansion, thanks to the
determined efforts of Rep. Walker.
Now it really is over with the sup
plemental budget just as soon as
our new governor puts his signature
on it.
•••
Houstoun County? I’ve been
enjoying reading Bobbe Nelson’s
newly-reprinted history of Houston
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side by side.
When the evening;s activities were
over and it was time to take a ride
around town before dropping the
young ladies at their homes by curfew
time, my old car would fill up with
cute, young ladies and many times
Eddie would be in the only one in his
Rambler. We would ride around town
singing and having a good time before
heading home.
We drove old Clairabelle for well
over a year but she finally put us down.
First, the reverse gear went out so we
would always have to park where we
wouldn’t have to back up. Next, first
gear vanished and we went with sec
ond and “high" gear as long as they
lasted and then she wound up in the
junk yard. After all, Mr. Bowen sold
me that car for less than SIOO.
Many of you have stores you could
tell, I am sure, about your means of
transportation when you were growing
up, so as I conclude today, let me tell
you another story relating to automo
biles.
These three ladies went to heaven
and St. Peter was going to give them
any type car they desired, depending
on they type of life they had lived on
County, particularly since so much
of it is new to me.
I didn’t know for example, that
the man the county is named after
really spelled his name “Houstoun”
or that Hayneville was originally
quite a wealthy center of activity for
the county.
It’s fascinating to read the histo
ries of the different communities
and towns, and to realize that this
entire country grew in that same way
with one group of people after
another putting down roots and set
ting up schools, churches and even
courthouses.
Lots of people will be more inter
ested in all the solid research on the
Civil War, but I’m partial to that
pioneering period which came
before the war. Also, the old photos
are wonderful.
•••
The American Red Cross is look
ing for volunteers to help at blood
drives. If you’d like to help call
Louise Sturgis at 987-3723.
There will be a training class this
Friday at the Houston County Ag
Building. (You don’t have to draw
the blood. Just be a friendly helper
and make sure people have their
refreshments and sit a while before
they leave. Yes, you can do that, can’t
you?)
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.earth. The first lady said she went to
church every Sunday and did a lot for
her neighbors, so he gave her a
Cadillac.
The second lady said she was a
Christian too, maybe not so good as
the first lady, but she was all right. St.
Peter gave her a Ford.
The third lady said, “Well, I’ll tell
you, I wasn’t nearly as good as the
other two ladies, but I wasn’t all that
bad either.” St. Peter gave her a
Volkswagen.
That night the three ladies were
discussing their means of transporta
tion.
Once of them said to the lady with
the Volkswagen, “Aren’t you ashamed
to be riding around in that ‘bug’ up her
in heaven?” To which she replied, “I
was until I saw the preacher riding on
a bicycle.”
Think about this. When we meet
St. Peter at the Golden Gate one day,
if we were given the means of trans
portation in heaven according to the
way we have lived our lives on earth,
would we be riding in a Cadillac, a
Ford, a Volkswagen, a 1934 Chevrolet,
on a bicycle or would we be walking or
maybe crawling everywhere we went?
Stacie
Vu
Times-Journal
Staff
Busing is a major
concern in change
While planning for new attendance
zones and decreasing class sizes, mem
bers of the Houston County Board of
Education should consider the safety
of our children.
Already, we are risking our chil
dren’s lives when we put them on a bus
in the morning and afternoon.
Some of them ride on school buses
designed to scat almost 100 students.
These buses have no seat belts, yet
these same children are required xa use
seat belts in an automobile.
In the case of a school bus crash,
only the driver of the bus has the reas
surance of a seat belt to keep him or
her safer.
If the school bus becomes involved
in an accident, who would be more
likely to get hurt, the belted-in driver
or the unbelted student passengers?
Are we really looking at what is best
for our children?
It has been my observation that
when children are confined to one area
for a long period of time, they become
aggravated. Confining our children to
a bus for an hour and a half, five days
a week is going to increase the number
of students seen in the office and dis
ciplined at home.
Students who live outside the city
limits of Perry could face rides of that
length, especially those children from
the Henderson and Grovania commu
nities.
I remember when our family
moved into town many years ago. We
looked first at what schools the chil
dren would attend, and then selected a
house based on our feelings about
these schools.
Parents send their children to peo
ple we trust and to learn with friends
they made in their neighborhood and
on their first day at school.
With proposed changes now before
the Houston County Board of
Education, these children are going to
be taken out of familiar surroundings
and placed in new environments with
people they do not know.
Likely many parents will be think
ing, “We did not look at this school
when we moved into anther school
zone. We thought our children would
always go to the school in our area.”
Being school students, especially
Joung students, is emotionally trying,
umping from one school to another
puts an additional strain on learning in
a comfortable environment.
Change is necessary, but I hope the
Board members can find a plan which
changes the school districts for the
fewest number of students.
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