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Visitin
With Joan Dorset!
National Victims
Awareness Week
observed in Perry
April 26 through May 1 is National
Victim’s Awareness Week. Janice Walker
serves as a member of the Advisory
Council for our local Family Violence
Shelter, The Salvation Army Safe House.
To commemorate this week, the
council is asking for your support. Please
send checks made payable to The
Salvation Army Safe House (all dona
tions are tax deductible) to Mrs. Larry
Walker, 1905 Northside Road, Perry,
Ga., 31069.
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April is Keep America Beautiful
Month. This week of April 17-25 is the
Great American Cleanup/Let’s Keep
Georgia Peachy Clean statewide event
and a perfect time for us to see to it that
Perry is every bit as clean as it is pretty. If
every one of us will sack up the unsight
ly stuff we see along the streets this week,
our town will sparkle. Let’s do it for Bill
Hafley, coordinator for Keep Perry
Beautiful, in memory of his wife, Betty.
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Volunteers have that magic touch!
Tucker Elementary School salutes their
VLP’s (Volunteer Literacy Partners):
Caroline Cassell, Thelma Greco, Carrie
Hale, Elizabeth Hill, Jackie Marshall,
Laura May Watson and Jane Whipple.
These “angels” from the Perry United
Methodist Church go t.o Tucker on
Wednesdays at 8:45 a.m. and tutor
fourth grade students in math, spelling
and social studies.
This is the fourth year the VLP pro
gram has been in effect at Tucker, and
the loving kindness of these ladies does
make a difference in education. If you
would like to be involved in the VLP
program, call the counselor, Ann Lanter,
at 988-6387 or 988-6278.
•••
Heartfelt sympathy to Frank and
Doris Jaros upon the death of their son,
George Dana Jaros, April 13 in
Columbus. Also to George’s brother
Mike and Sallie Jaros, Jamie and Kellie.
•••
Johnny and Betty Knowles had yellow
ribbons in all the right places on Chapel
Ridge Drive for the welcome home fes
tivities for their son, Bruce, upon his
return from four months’ duty in Kuwait.
Yellow ribbons were lovingly hand-fash
ioned by Betty who was a professional
floral designer before she became sight
impaired and surgery affected the use of
one hand.
Following a 22-hour flight that
returned him to Ft. Stewart Thursday,
Bruce and Ruby motored to Perry for a
visit with their parents in their former
Thomason home they purchased since
Bruce has been in Kuwait. Also included
in the festivities were Bruce’s two broth
ers and their families who live in Perry.
•••
Congratulations to Tori DeLoach and
Greg Morris who became engaged to be
married on March 27. Their wedding is
planned for November of this year. They
are both employed by Henckles 6c
McCov Inc. which does all cable work
for ALLTEL. Tori also attends Macon
State College.
•••
Cornerstone Baptist Church at 1618
S. Houston Lake Road, Kathleen, will
have a churchwide yard sale April 24, 9
a.m. to 2 p.m.
•••
Things were looking up for Delacy
and Betsy Rogers after the flood of ’94
drove them from their Warner Robins
home to remodel the Marion Brown
home on historic Evergreen Street here.
Their daughter Melanie and Wayne
Murphy reside on Clifton Road in
Cheshire Place with their five children.
Last summer their daughter April and
David Tew with sons, lan age 10, and
Ross age 6, purchased the John Houser
home on Forest Hill Drive.
Now they’re all one big happy family
in one wonderful place except for son
Jonathan and Lou Alice who live in
Nashville, Tenn. with Heyward age 3,
Henry 2, and Lawrence 9 months. Those
three grandboys are here with their
grandparents this week while their mom
is at Highpoint for her decorative pillow
business.
That tale resulted from Betsy’s call to
remind me that Melanie’s husband
Wayne is a twin; however, his twin
brother, Dwayne, died after a lengthy
bout with cancer.
The youngest children of Mary
Murphy and Larry Murphy after Debbie
and Randv, the twins grew up to gradu
ate from Perry High School and went on
to college, Dwayne to Middle Georgia
College and Wayne to Macon College.
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New manager at Henderson Village plans to be good neighbor
Stuart MacPherson brings Scottish background to historical village y hospitality firm in Henderson
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Times-Journal Staff
The new general
manager of
Henderson Village
is a long way
from his home
land, but with his outgoing
and friendly approach to peo
ple. he still seems right at
home in south Houston
County.
A native of Inverness,
Scotland (famed as the home
of the legendary Loch Ness
monster), Stuart MacPherson
came to this country seven
years ago to work at Blantyre,
an inn in Lenox, Mass.
Since that time he has
worked in management at
Keswick Inn, Charlottesville.
Va.. and the Main Street Inn at
Hilton Head, S.C.
Now, at 31, with his wife
Susannah soon to join him
here, MacPherson is succeed
ing David Dew as general
manager of Henderson
village. Brent Wiechhorster is
continuing as sales manager.
MacPherson has big plans
for Henderson Village, an ele
gant, restored “country retreat"
which offers gourmet dining at
the Langston House
Restaurant.
Henderson Village has got-
NAP TIME - Little Leah Kitchens isn't paying a bit of atten
tion to the festival. She is shown here with her parents, Lisa
and Shawn. The Kitchens family is from Perry.
RAISING FUNDS - Members of the
Perry Sogadera Club spent the weekend
raising funds for their community service
projects by selling "Sogadera sweets'' -
individual servings of homemade cakes,
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Wed., April 21, 1999
and other goodies. From left, Vicki -
Mosteller, Sandy Talton, Andrea Kusar,
Wanda Davis, Linda Christie, Martha
Davis.
ten regional attention and will
soon be featured in the maga
zine “Southern Living." but
MacPherson is also interested
in building business in the sur
rounding communities.
With the goal of attracting
more business from Perry,
Macon County and Dooly
County, MacPherson is work
ing on a neighbor’s rate pro
gram. He has already estab
lished a moderately priced
daily lunch menu.
“We’re extending a hand to
the community." he said, “and
asking for support."
The restaurant also offers a
country brunch on Sundays
with a free carriage ride
around the village grounds,
and has just introduced a spa
with massage therapy.
For skeet-shooting enthusi
asts. MacPherson said,
Henderson Village has
opened a National Sporting
Clay Association (NSCA) sport
ing clay five stand which will
be open to the public. Plans
are also under way to offer
quail hunting when the sea
son opens In October.
For information on these
services, call MacPherson at
988-8696
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MUSIC MAKERS - 'Georgia Rose'' Creek Festival,
bluegrass performers liven up the Mossy
Mossvj Creek Bamvjarb
Festival, 57th edition, April 17-18
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STUART MacPHERSON - A native of Scotland, McPherson is now general
manager of Henderson Village.
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HEADING HOME - Gracie and Mistletoe (the llamas) are
ready to go home after a busy day at the petting farm.
Holding the reins are Mark Arrington and his son Adam,
from Sugar Run Farm in Peach County.