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TOGETHER AGAIN Members of the
Perry High School Class of '49 gathered
in Perry May 21-23 for a weekend of 50th
reunion activities. Attending a Saturday
barbecue at Sexton’s Buzzard Roost near
Perry are (front, from left) Horace
Matthews of Lewisville, N.C., June Satter
field Miller of Marshallville, Jane Snyder
Chapman of Perry, Margaret Smith Peet
of Lincolnville, Maine, Billie Davis Sexton
of Perry, Joyce Owens Giles of Unadilla,
(Teacher) Florence Harrison of Perry,
Faye Thames Chancey of Macon, Jeanne
Pierce Bledsoe of Perry, Ed Chapman of
Perry, (middle) Paul Griffin of Perry, Wylo
Members of PHS class of ’49
celebrate 50th anniversary
By JOAN DORSBTT
Home Jouhtcal Staff
Members of the Perry
High School Class of 1949
made the history books
when they graduated. They
were the first PHS students
to attend school 12 years.
There were 36 graduates
of whom five are now
deceased: Alfred Akin,
George Davis, Bubber Riley,
Joyce Griffin Rathgaber
and Martin Silcox.
The class was and has
remained a very close class.
Perhaps one of the reasons
was the death by drowning
at Houston Lake of George
Davis a few days before
graduation.
Classmates unable to
attend the 50th class
reunion are: Barbara Tolle
son Baker, Florence Harri
son Brown, Elizabeth
Williams Cold iron, Claude
Bloodworth Hughes, Margie
Wynne Elkins, Nona Todd
Holliefeld, Charles Whit
worth and Vadie Riddle
Pauline.
Charles and Nelle Shel
ton hosted an open house
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PRETTY YARD Donnie Free (left) and Bill Hqfley,
coordinator Jot Keep Perry Beautiful, install the month
of May Pride in Perry Beautification Award. Coldwell
Banker Robbins and Free Realty earned the honor.
Behind the men is the stately crape myrtle which was
transplanted from the McLendon property across Wash
ington Street when it was cleared for CVS Pharmacy. It’s
alive and well and surrounded by beautiful summer
flowers. The former Eric Staples residence is truly a
sight to behold.
Baker completes Marine’s
training in electronics
Robert C. Baker has suc
cessfully completed an avi
ation electronics course in
Pensacola, Fla., and will
transfer to Virginia for two
months of training before
being stationed in Cherry
Point, N.C..
He is a 1998 graduate of
Perry High School, and
joined the Marine Corps in
September, 1998.
He is the son of Larry
and Belinda Bennett and
the grandson of Steve and
Elaine Clayton, all of Perry.
dene Brown Blaylock of Weatherford,
Texas, Dot Ogletree Whitworth of Hender
son, Bobby Sutton of Marietta, Ellen
Sweringen Massee of Macon, Freda Har
rison Hoff of Macon, Billy Gray of Perry,
Billy Whipple of Decatur (back) Betty
Logue Lewis of Elko, Geraldine McElmur
ray Stembridge of Perry, Rena Marchall
Emmett of Bradenton, Fla., Joanne Coop
er Davis of Marietta, Betty Connell Gray
of Perry, Nelle Tuggle Shelton of Perry,
Pete Carlisle of Memphis, Tenn., Billy
Clark of McDonough.
with heavy hors d'oeuvres
at their Hillcrest Avenue
home Friday evening.
Saturday luncheon class
members gathered at Hous
ton Lake Country Club. An
afternoon tour of the old
Perry School, now the
offices of the Houston
County Board of Education
and Sam Nunn Memorabil
ia Room and Vintage Class
room, was conducted by
Bobbe Nelson.
Saturday evening barbe
cue and brunswick stew
compliments of Ed and
Jane Chapman accompa
nied by covered dishes was
held at the Sexton's “Buz
zards Roost.”
A slide presentation of
Old Perry scenes was given
by Charles Shelton.
Class members were
given “retired" Board of
Education building orna
ments that were offered by
Balvaunuca Club and are
still available at Impres
sions.
A drawing for a Perry,
Georgia “throw" from
Impressions was won by
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day’s schedule was a tour
of Henderson Village and
lunch at Langston House
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delayed at the last minute.
That’s why he was in
church the day a pretty
girl with long hair was
singing in the youth choir.
“She had a scholarship
for Prairie View College,"
he said, "but when her
folks asked her if she
wanted to get married or
go to college, she chose to
many me. I promised her
mother that I’d send her
to college and I did. She
went to the U.S. Business
College and Wayne State
College.”
Through the years, out
of the army and holding
Jobs with increasing
responsibility, Henry Tay
lor worked hard as the
chief mechanic for the
Detroit Board of Edu
cation to make sure their
children were educated,
too. Their son, Harold, is a
dentist, and their daugh
ter, Diane, is a teacher.
Then, in 1993, back
home in Georgia, he final
ly saw his opportunity. A
pamphlet about
Emmanuel Bible College
arrived in the mail, and
Taylor seized the opportu
nity. He took his Bible and
drove to Macon to sign up.
He began the classes
that evening and has
taken classes three nights
a week to complete his
degree requirements.
A missionary who goes
abroad regularly with a
missions team, and Bible
Class teacher at both
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RELAXING Henry and Dorothy Taylor relax while
preparing for his long-awaited graduation.
Spring Creek Baptist
Church and Shiloh Baptist
Church, Taylor said he
finds joy in learning about
the scriptures and simply
being in a classroom is evi
dent in all he said.
"When they asked me to
write 250 words on the
Holy Spirit, 1 didn’t stop
until 1 wrote 300,” he said.
As for his age, he brush
es that aside with a smile.
“I was committed," he
said, “That’s what children
need to know today to
be committed. I really did
n't look for any obstacles.”
He attributes part of his
academic success to hav
ing a good memory
something which goes back
to his rural childhood.
“I learned good remem
brance walking to the
store," he explains. “My
mother would send me for
something like a spool of
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long way saying ‘spool of
thread' and the color she
wanted, over and over.
That’s how I remembered
then and that’s the way I
do it now."
Today, Henry and
Dorothy Taylor live just
down the road from the
simple farm house he grew
up in. Still full of energy,
they enjoy working at Hen
derson Village.
What are his plans for
the future? To keep on
learning, he said, and -
believe it or not, to keep
right on driving back and
forth to Macon to be in the
classroom. Just for the joy
of learning more.
“I’ve learned something
eveiy time I’ve gone there,"
he said, “and I’m going to
continue to go. Every time
you read the Bible you
learn something."