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Viewpoints Bob Tribble Home Journal President Double breasted suit got him job In June of 1971 a young 18- year-old lad wearing a double-breasted suit came to the office of Tri-County Newspapers, Inc. in Manchester for a job interview. His name was Gary Lee Cornwell, he had Just gradu ated from high school in California and thought he wanted to get into the newspaper business. The rule of our publishing group (me) in those days was that men applying for an editor and ad rep job better at least have on a tie or they would not be considered. So I guess you could say the main reason Gary got his first newspaper job was that double breasted suit he was wearing, although he had some experience on his high school paper, and I definitely recognized potential talent and enthusiasm. The first day on the Job Mike drove Gary to Marion and Schley counties to learn the routine. The riding time was to be spent talking about ad sales and news writing. When they returned to the office late that afternoon. I asked Mike how the day went. His answer was disturbing. The boy slept all the way down and back!" Nevertheless. Gary went on to become one of the best newspaper people in the Trib group during the 22 years he worked for us. He excelled in advertising, serving at one time as Advertising Director of our group of papers, and as General Manager of our largest single group, Fayette Newspapers, for 15 years. Jokingly on occasion when it would seem that Gary needed a little toning down. I would tell him that he was so good because he had been taught everything he knew by me. Let me assure you that was far from the case. Although he only had a high school edu cation,, tjiose be <dealt with would never have guessed that. He was a selfstarter, a go-get ter, a great motivator, a good newspaper man, and through experience and self-train ing, he excelled to the top of his profession. He could cover governmental meetings, write features, columns, and especially enjoyed sports writing. Chuck Morley reminded us in the announcement of Gary’s death in the June 29 edition of the Fayette Newspapers about a plaque on his desk that read. “If you’re not going to play to win, don’t play." As Chuck said, Gary spent his life playing to win, whether at the newspapers he helped to build, or at United Speed Alliance Racing where he had worked as Director of Media Relations for the past two years. Gary loved auto racing and at one time raced his own car, a Pinto, at the Senoia Raceway. He produced Georgia Dirt, a rac ing edition for the Senoia Track, for several years while at Fayette. Therefore, it was very fitting that the USAR pace car, filled with his three children, led the hearse carrying his body from Peachtree City where he lived to its final resting place at Manchester City Cemetery. I could tell you many stories about Gary Cornwell, for you see, he was one of the Trib” boys, but I only want to share one with you. It was the summer of 1974. Gary, at the age of 21, stood beside me during a Lay Revival Meeting at First Baptist Church. At the conclusion of the service he took the most important walk of his life. He stepped out into that isle, made the long walk up front and gave his heart to Jesus. Once that’s done folks, the Bible tells us you are in God’s hands forever. Later he Joined a local church where he was baptized. If the truth be known, Gary is probably up in heaven right now. with some race car drivers and fans, Just sitting around talking about auto racing and having a great time. And who knows, surely there are some newspaper folks who have made it there that Gary is enjoying spending some time with as well. Yes, that double-breasted suit got him the job, but from that point forward he charted his own course, always playing to win at whatever he did. Note Gary Cornwell passed away June 28 at his home of an apparent heart attack at the age of 46. • Houston Home Jomiol P.O. Drawer M • 807 Carroll St. • Perry. Ga. 31069 email homejmOhom.net (912) 987-1823 (voice) • (912) 988-1181 (fax) Bob Tribble President Jj Johnson Editor and General Manager Ellen T. Green .Advertising Director Phil Clark ...Sports Joan Dorsett lifestyles Torey Jolley News and Classified Alline Kent .......Sports Pauline Lewis ....Lifestyles Rob Mead ........News and Circulation Charlotte Perkins News and Composition Paula Zimmerman Bookkeeping Talking with Dylan about the tooth fairy My five year old grandson Is losing his first tooth, the bot tom front one. It is dangling by a mere thread of a dental root. The excitement we adults feel only mirrors his concern. The suddenness of the tooth loosening caught eveiyone by surprise. He was amazed at his tooth’s wiggling. So amazed, he played with it and played with it until it turned sideways in its socket. That was when the panic set it. We calmed him down and got the tooth back into its position. We do not expect it to remain there for long though. There is a strong adult tooth under there, Dylan. It is pushing the baby tooth out to make room for its self. You are getting to be a really big boy now," we said. But I cannot help thinking of when I was a child of five or six. I, too, remember my first loose tooth as a child. I loved ~TH€ PiAWT GaiurV “ FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPO&EP (fflSL TO BE LISTENING, BBSS “TA SHE SURE IS DOING rT_-—, I ffiAMHM '99 ,»ymom<,oin.n«, A journey through the generations Molly,, my 11-year-old grand daughter, spent last week with me. It was her first long stay away from home, and my first time to have her all to myself, so we had some good “getting to know you" time. One curious thing that emerged was that she reminded me of her mother and 1 remind ed her of her mother. She doesn’t really look like her mother (her younger sister, Nora, does), but there's some thing about the rapid-fire way she talks and her excitement about ideas that had me calling her “Susan" or “Susie" half the time by mistake She never once called me “Mom" by mistake, but she when she spent the day with me at work, she volun teered that when ! was working, I acted just like her mother acts at work. (Meaning, 1 think, Just a little bit hyper.) One way we're both like Susan is that we both are fas cinated by ideas and history. When we took a full day to ram ble around middle Georgia, we wound up going to Andferson ville to see the Prisoner of War Museum and then to Habitat International in Americus. Not all 11-year-olds would chose that itinerary, but when Susan was 11, she would have made the same choices. Then there are some things Molly and I have in common that Susan has never really Our Policies Unsigned editorials appearing in larger type on this page under the label Our Views reflect the posi tion of the Houston Home Journal. Signed columns and tetters on this page (and elsewhere in this news paper) reflect the opinions of the writers and not nec essarily those of this newspaper. Signed letters to the editor are welcomed. Please limit letters to 300 words and include addresses and . a telephone number for verification purposes. Letters are not published without verification. Letters should be sent to P.O. Drawer M, Perry, Ga.. 3106# or brought to the newspaper office at 807 Carroil St.. Perry. Our liability for an error will not exceed the cost Page 4A Torey Jolley Home Journal Staff the idea of a “tooth fairy" com ing to get my baby tooth from under my pillow and leaving me some money. I remember wondering how the tooth fairy knew when my tooth would fall out and where she got the money to exchange for the tooth. What did she do with the teeth once she got them? I liked playing with the loose tooth. It was fun wiggling it back and forth with my tongue. However, I did not like the way everyone wanted the tooth been into - like watching really Charlotte Perkins Home Journal Staff dumb television shows and videos, and fooling around with crafts. So we wasted some substan tial time watching t.v., and we got into some spectacularly messy projects with paint and sticky glue. Molly painted a wooden pic ture frame white and glued on purple and green hearts and stars . I wasn’t so sure how that was going to wind up looking, but I kept my thoughts to myself because I know how lit tle I like advice on creative mat ters, and I found out quickly that she’s the same way. (It actually turned out to be a nifty piece of work.) She also took a great many small items back to Kentucky with her - things she had made and things I had made. When I told Susan over the phone that the Molly would be coming back home with big box full of trin kets - including some true Junk of space occupied by the error. We cannot be responsible for the return of pictures or submitted materials unless a stamped, return address envelope is included. Our Goal The Houston Home Journal Is published proudly for the (ttlieaa of Houston and adjoining counties by Houston Publications Inc.. Perry. Ga. Our goal is to produce quality, profitable, community-oriented newspapers that you. our readers, are proud of. We will reach this goal through hard work, teamwork, loyalty and a strong dedication toward printing the truth Member of Georgia Press Association and Nation al Newspaper Association. out. “Put a string around it.” “Just yank it out.” “Want me to pull it out?" “Hurry up! Just pull it once hard.” It was my tooth. It was my responsibility to pull it or not. What if I did pull it out and there was not a “new tooth" ready to take its place? Would I look silly? I would be snag gled-toothed forever. Would it hurt? Bleed even? Maybe it falling out was a sign of some thing really, really wrong. How do I know they were telling me the truth (after all, they had their teeth)? I know my grandson is look ing forward to the tooth fairy. 1 know he is enjoying the new ness of wiggling that tooth back and forth. However, I believe he is worried. Maybe his concerns are about being snaggled-toothed. Is there real ly another tooth ready to take K i I k, Hyf Ei. .it. i v •-j llhHf . % ] Houston Horn Journal - her comment was that Molly is a “packrat" - just like her late great-grandma Violet and her late great-aunt Adrienne. I had to agree with that. My mother loved trinkets and had closets and trunks full of things she never used . To my knowl edge, she never threw anything away if she could help it - not string, not rubber bands, not brown paper bags, not even empty mayonnaise jars. She used to blame that on having lived through the Depression, but I think it s just inborn with some people. Adrienne, my much-missed older sister (who was a mere tot during the depression) also had cupboards and closets full of “stuff and bought so many odd little vases, plates and figurines at yard sales that she finally had to have a yard sale herself to sell it all back to the other yard sale folks. Molly is also like her great aunt Kristina in some ways - mostly brainy ways. Both of them love e-mail and the inter net, and know a whole lot more than I do about how computers work. Of course, Molly is her own unique self, not just a compos ite of her various female family members, but it’s fun to see how certain traits, interests and attitudes keep cropping up from one generation to the next - just like certain noses, eyes and its place? Perhaps, he is con cerned with whether or not he will bleed or hurt when the tooth finally makes an exit. It does not matter what his concerns are about the impending loss of the tooth. We have to respect his wishes. It is his tooth. Children have their own ideas, their own thoughts. They listen to every thing we say (even though they often pretend not to hear a word we say). The unknown can conjure up images that can send fear through the bravest of men. I think we can all relax and let the tooth fall out naturally. No need to push or prod. I, for one, will not be in any hurry to force him to pull that tooth. I am just going to the store to get him some taffy for a treat. Letters to the Editor ■ p.o. □rawer M Perry, Ga. Mayor commends Tucker students To the Editor: Recently the students at Tucker Elementary School collected 86,708 pennies for what they called PRO JECT 2000. These 86,708 pennies amounted to $867.08 which the chil dren donated through shared gifts to the Ameri can Cancer Society and the Genesis House for the Homeless. It was my plea sure to accept a check on behalf of the local Aineri can Cancer Society for $433.54. I want to take this opportunity to thank the students at Tucker and Mr. Ann Lanter, their mentor, for this wonderful sharing of concern. It took a great deal of effort and time to collect all these pennies and those who will benefit from the gift are most appreciative. Sincerely, Jim Worrall Why not share your views? A letter to the edi tor can be many things - a way to stand up for your beliefs and values, a way to reach the community with ideas about local gov ernment, a way to voice concerns or praise good works. 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