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Wed., July V, 1999, Houston Home Journo! Page 2B Visitin’ ends. She returned to her travels about the southeast to install railroad crossing signals for Norfolk South ern. formerly Southern Railway. Meanwhile Joyce's moth er, Irva Bridges who will cel ebrate her 82nd birthday July 27, is in her second month as a resident at Autumn Terrace. She is regaining her strength each day. • •• Sandy and Nancy Shelton McLendon have selected the Doug and Chris Walter home on Inverness Drive in Cheshire Place and will be moving to Perry the last week in July. Sandy is with Weyerhaeuser and Nancy teaches piano lessons. The McLendon children are planning to attend The Westfield Schools. Charles will be in the tenth grade. Robert in the eighth and Mary Nan the fourth. • •• Last Thursday Ralph and I took advantage of The Macon-Bibb County Con vention and Visitors Bureau's free offer to visit Macon attractions. First we saw a 15-minute preview of The Pirates of Penzance production at Theatre Macon. Terrific entertain ment at a very nice down town theater. Then it was on to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame where we almost stepped on Coach Herb St. John and his good friends Johnnie and Mary Foreman. Their contributions to the hall substantiated > their engraved bricks in the walkway at the sports hall’s main entrance. Inside on the entry wall Coach St. John is listed as a member of the Authority of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame since its inception. Then we found Coach Eric Staples' 1957 induction into the Georgia Prep Sports j)(^jr^Pj * ||/jjjf '%«■ -ZmtimA ■ sKi Special photo VISITING COAST Claire Beckham recently visited with Becky Branch DeLoach in Hinesville and toured in Savannah and Beaufort, S.C. She returned with a photo and news of Becky’s granddaughter, Callie Grace Branch. Callie is the daughter of Geoffrey and Aimee Branch and was diagnosed with neuroblastoma (a malignant tumor found in children) last November at age 10 1/2 months. After treatments of chemotherapy and radiation she is now in remission. Callie and her family would like to thank friends in Perry for their prayers, cards and calls. Please continue to pray for Cal lie as she has months of tests ahead checking on her progress. Geoffrey Branch (left) and daughter Callie are the son and granddaughter of Becky and the late Bobby Branch, former editor of the Houston Home Journal. •• J.R. Rockers Jumps & Rocks with excitement! •• j Interested? Come to the Job Fair *# •* Bring your winning attitude & •* * become a part of the ** • JR. ROCKERS TEAM IMiiflllllSaMfiHlWlßi ® i +• • • e QUESTIONS? CALL (912) 926-4142 Hall ofHFame. Founded in 1956, it was dedicated to the state's great high school sports fig ures, both players and coaches. In 1963 it was expanded into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame to encompass high school, col lege, amateur and profes sional sports. At the Georgia Music Hall of Fame I found these words about a Perry High school mate: “In 1963 Bobby Smith, with King Records, built the first real recording studio in Macon, Macon Recording Studio, a division of King Records at the old Georgian Hotel on Mulberry St. His first engineer was Dave Harrison from Perry, Ga. Dave was an exception ally talented engineer. Dave, later in the 1970’5, moved to Nashville and set up his own business building the Harrison recording board. Dave's boards/consoles became the standard for recording boards in the 1970’s and 1980'5." Virginia Coleman recalls, “Ever since he was a little boy David tinkered with electrical things. He once wired up an old telephone to play a shock trick on me and I learned to watch out for him! He was a good kid, kind and good to many peo ple." A lew years ago David suffered from a tumor on his brain that eventually led to his death. His sister Emily lives out west. A couple of weeks ago Virginia Coleman took a tumble at her home and broke her ankle. Now with a cast above her knee she’s mending nicely. • •• There was still time Thursday to take in the Macon Braves vs Hickory Crawdads win at Luther Williams Field, also part of the Be a Tourist event. No Continued from page IB good seats with our hot dogs and fries for supper, than we got hugs from Nancy Hilderbrand. She, David, Sarah and Ben had been to dinner at Carrab ba's Italian Grill to cele brate Sarah's 21st birth day. The pretty girl is tak ing Georgia Military College classes on Robins Air Force Base and working at Angelina's Italian Garden Cafe. Ben turned 16 in March. ••• Get well wishes for Hazel Watson. After several weeks of traction therapy at Hous ton Medical Center, her condition is now improving for her to soon return to Summerhill Elder Living and Care. Meanwhile Hazel’s great-granddaugh ter, Reilly Bradford of Atlanta, is enjoying a visit with her grandparents Riley and Sandra Hunt. • •• Dennis and Torey Jolley are enjoying a two-week visit with her mother, Han nelore “Schatzy” Crabb, who arrived Thursday from Wichita Falls, Texas. • •• Pauline Lewis is home after recovering from a stroke and some eyesight problems. She made it back to her Macon Street home last week and is look ing forward to getting back into the flow of life in Perry. She has spent the last 20 months in Milledgeville, with her sister, Madge Ricks. Pauline has new comput er equipment which enables her to read much better. She also has a new view out her back door of the almost-complete sanctuary of the Perry Presbyterian Church. Church members will occupy the building July 18. • •• Eleven-year-old Molly Weston of Danville. Ken tucky is spending this week visiting her grandmother, SALE! mP <k*^CteLers iLaundry Pants J NOIU IN TUJO PERRV LOCATIONS! 1422 Sam Nunn Bind.,Perry ■ Newt to UJaffle House & Baskin Robbins 1109 Macon Street, Perry ja UHKx ' ■ 't v '’Jjjß li * *jpp •; JpSMH*''' '■ . j^ : - |pj| J * ON A CRUISE Ron and Liz Faucon naire represented Perry Kiwanis Club at the Kiwanis International Convention in Denver, Colorado June 19-20. They also enjoyed a loop tour of the Rocky Moun tains, Vail and Aspen. Back in town just long enough Jor Liz to celebrate her 64th birthday, they took off again with their entire family and the Vandergrifts on a Big Red Boat cruise to the Bahamas. Nas sau for shopping and sightseeing and the private island of Salt Cay for swimming, snorkling and parasailing were plusses Charlotte Perkins, and her great-aunt, Tina Simms. • •• A huge thank you to the officers who managed the traffic into and out of the festivities of the fabulous Fourth. We the public are always so anxious to get there and then so anxious to leave, and it’s the seri ous chore of the officers to direct us safely. The U.S. Air Force Reserve Band and Crystal Gayle put on a show that would have been hard to beat by any others. Her Mother's sister was her backup, her husband and son were along for the ride and she seemed genuinely pleased to be back in mid dle Georgia. Her dark mane is truly almost down to her heels. 1 don’t know of anyone who didn’t take in the Big*Bang*Boom fireworks either inside the park or ; > . to the joy and fun of the cruise. With friends on the Big Red Boat are (front) a clowning Nick Fauconniere First Row- Casey Vandergrift, Brooke Livingston, John Wiley Bell, Mallory Young, Adam Moyer, Tyler Vandergrift Second Row- Scarlett Vandergrift, Donna Livingston*, Liz Fauconniere, Debbie Fauconniere, Jessica Bell, Jeanne Moyer Third Row- Eric Moyer, Derek Livingston, Ron Fau conniere, Ron Fauconniere Jr., Connie Bell, Jason Moyer. on the outside I believe everyone who was able saw the show of all shows, heard the noise of all noise and enjoyed the patriotic music. The glorious fireworks at the Veterans Memorial Park paled by comparison to the “Boom" but certainly satis fied us Dorsetts as we dined by candlelight at dusk amid the vast flotilla of assorted boats on Lake Blackshear. It doesn’t get any better or any more patriotic than Sunday services were at First Baptist Perry. The Perry High School Color Guard, the orchestra, the choir with readers, the video depicting wars and lives lost for our country plus a stirring sermon all amidst flags and bunting. I Free, no hassle credit approval for auto loans ♦ You may qualify regardless of • Good Credit • Blemished Credit • No Credit • Bankruptcy It’s Easy, Fast, and confidential! From your touch-tone phone call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! 1-800-975-3325 Electronically answered Another exclusive service from Our Dealership “With My Active Lifestyle, I Can’t Afford To Be In Pain.” Do you live with hip or knee pain? Join us for a free seminar to learn about advanced treatments that may offer dramatic relief of your pain, including information on medications, nutrition and exercise. Wednesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. The Medical Center of Central Georgia 777 Hemlock Street West Tower, Room 7 TointWorks At The Medical Cantor of Central Georgia (bit of Central Georgia Health System For reservations or information, coll 912-633-7878. was proud to be a Perryan and happy to be at home. • •• Pound Puppy Report... Something to look forward t 0..." They say when you die and go to Heaven, all the dogs and cats you've ever had in your life come running to meet you." Kinky Friedman Animal Control Officer Dan Bass at 988-2800 has male and female puppies, small, about six-weeks-old. brown with short hair. Grant and Myers Helping Hand animal shelter at 905 Jernigan still has that grown black lab/shepherd mix that would be an excel lent watch dog. Also a whole litter of six adorable, cute half Shih Tzu/half dachshund puppies. Do You Need A Car... AND WONDER ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Special Photo