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PARTICIPANTS MUCH DOWN ON HOT DOGS DURING A CONTEST TO SEE WHO EATS THE FASTEST
Several Eating Contests Were Part Of The Big Bang Boom Event At the Georgia National Fairgrounds
Thousands visit Perry
for Big Bang Boom
From Staff Reports
The sixth annual
Big* Bang* Boom Indepen
dence Day celebration was
visited by more than
35,000 people at the Geor
gia National Fairgrounds,
according to Michael A.
Froehlich, fairgrounds
director.
Thousands more
watched the fireworks show
from various vantage
points in the community.;
For the first time, admis
sion to the event was free.
Sponsors included the
Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau, the City of
Perry, Concessions by Cox,
Best Country FM 105
WDEN, and 13 WMAZ, plus
Home Journal Photos by Torey Jolly
BOOM Fireworks
capped the evening at the
Georgia National Fair
grounds, Billed as the
largest show in southern
Georgia, the show drew a
crowd of thousands to the
Agricenter. Others lined
roads near the center to
see the show. The Big
Bang Boom included arts
and crafts booths and
vendors (right) which sold
their wares to the crowd.
Estimates are more than
30,000 persons visited the
Fairgrounds during the
day.
We invite you to come and be a part of our family.
Loving and Caring in Jesus’ Name.
First Baptist Perry
llC* Main Street, Perry, Ga. 987-2002
Service Times:
Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m.
Sundays: 8:45, 11:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m.
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the Agricenter.
The day-long celebration
began at 1 1 a in. and fea
tured food-eating contests,
games, kiddie rides, free
local entertainment, arts
and crafts and festival food.
The fireworks show, pre
sented by the Zambeli fam
ily of national renown, was
the largest at the fair
grounds, with spectacular
pyrotechnics set to patriot
ic music.
Froehlich called the
Big*Bang*Boom “a great
prelude to the 10th
Anniversary Georgia
National Fair, which will
open on October 8, and is
being billed as “A Perfect
10.”
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Wed., July 7, 1999
Houston Ham Journal
AARP to sponsor 55
Alive driving class soon
July 22 and 23 at Periy
Hospital Cafeteria, mem
bers of the local AARP
chamber will offer a two
day course for age 45 and
above. Hours are 1 p.m.
and 6 p.m. Thursday and
Friday.
The $8 course qualifies
you for a 10 percent rebate
on collision and liability
insurance and is good for
three years. Willie
Kendrick, assistant state
coordinator for 55-Alive,
will be instructing the class
and may be contacted at
825-1556.
•••
Congratulations to
Nicole Fountain on honors
she received at Shorter Col
lege. She is the recipient of
the Randall H. Minor
Award for the junior with
the highest GPA (scholastic
average) and was named to
the Dean’s List fall and
spring semesters.
Fountain is majoring in
conservation biology and
environmental science.
This summer she is serving
an internship in the envi
ronmental health division
of the Houston County
Health Department.
• ••
Jesse and Susan Strick
land moved to Perry from
Atlanta almost four years
ago. Jesse is a territory
manager for Follett Higher
Education. Susan teaches
at Perdue Elementally and
is taking a summer course
toward her Master’s degree
at Georgia Southwestern
State University. Her
youngest daughter Jessica
will be in the junior class at
Perry High and has a sum
mer job at Comfort Inn.
Susan {pid a holiday
visit to her other daughter
Lauren Hftppe in Winns
boro near fColumbia, S.C.
They visited the Riverbanks
Zoological Park and Botan
ical Gardens featured in
the July issue of Southern
Living magazine and the
South Carolina State
Museum in Columbia.
Now her sister Sharon
Chumley and Samantha of
metro Atlanta are visiting
as they return from their
parents home in Florida.
Jesse and Susan need to
find the owners of two full
grown and very, very large
well-bred Rottweilers which
have made friends with
their dogs on their farm 3
1/2 miles south of The
Westfield Schools. If the
male and female dogs are
yours, please call the
Stricklands at 988-2682.
• ••
Thursday when I told our
friena Annie Buckles that
Willie; Mae Gunter had
died, she said she wished
she had known. Miss
Gunter had taught her
daughter Arjgela in first
grade and thoughtfully vis
ited Annie Mae when she
had surgery.
Billie Mosteller taught at
Perry Elementary with Miss
Gunter and recalls, “She
was a very good teacher, an
excellent disciplinarian and
deeply cared for each child
that she taught."
Joyce Brooks who taught
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Accessories
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Piliows, and more!!
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Just
Visitin'
Joan
Dorsett
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fourth grade for many
years with her remembers
how she loved her nephew
Brad, son of her brother
Lorie; he was her heart.
(Brad in turn quit his job
so he could care for her the
last year of her life.)
Joyce said, “She was a
very private person but a
very caring one whom you
could absolutely depend
on. Certainly she was an
example for me. She cared
about and loved her chil
dren. She meant much to
much of children who are
now grown in this commu
nity."
• ••
Warm congratulations to
Jay and Suzy Reed who are
expecting a baby boy Nov.
23. Their children: Luke 4.
Janna 17 and Jeremy 20,
are all very excited.
The family is planning a
move to a new home in
North Hamptons this
month to make room for
the little one. Jay is with
Conditioned Air in Macon
and they own The Inside
Scoop downtown. Suzy still
represents American Banc
Supply.
• ••
Warner Robins Little
Theatre members will pre
sent Melodrama Mania,
two melodramas by Dutton
Foster. “The Wildflowering
of Chastity” and “Babes in
Gangland" are directed by
Jerry Reppert and pro
duced by Anita Williams.
Show dates and times
are July 15-17, 22-24 and
29-31 at 8 p.m. July 18
and 25 at 2:30 p.m. Call for
reservations 929-4579, 10
a.m. - 6 p.m., beginning
July 13.
• ••
Did you see that darling
Natalie Nicole Quesenberry
in July 1 Happy First
Birthday in The Macon
Telegraph? Daughter of
Robert and Ada Quesen
berry of Warner Robins and
sister of Allison, Natalie is
the great-granddaughter of
our Ridgewood Park neigh
bor Bob Norton and Ivy of
Summerhill Elder Living
and Care.
• ••
Jimmy and Joyce Jones
recently had the pleasure
of a visit from their daugh
ters to celebrate Fathers’
Day, Joyce’s 63rd birthday
and their 43rd wedding
anniversary all in one fell
swoop. Valerie came from
Montrose, Colo, where her
dance studio with more
than 200 students recently
presented its second annu
al recital. Her 10-day visit
ended for her to return for
summer dance school.
Selecia’s visit to The Plan
tation spanned two week-
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