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Earthquake aid
The catastrophic earthquake in
Turkey has caused great loss of life
and has left thousands of others
injured and homeless. .
This is a time when the best con
tribution is the most practical one.
That is the contribution of money.
For all who are able to share with
others in need, here are some
names and addresses, with tele
phone numbers, of aid agencies now
accepting contributions for assis
tance to earthquake victims. All are
members of Inter Action, a coalition
of relief, development and refugee
assistance agencies.
VAdventist Development and
Relief Agency, Turkey Earthquake
Relief Fund, 12501 Old Columbia
Pike. Silver Spring, Md., 20904.
\American Red Cross Interna
tional Response Fund, P.O. Box
37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. 1-
800 HELP-NOW.
Catholic Relief Services, P.O.
Box 17090, Baltimore, Md., 21203-
77090. 1 -800-736-3467.
\Church World Service, Turkey
Emergency Response Fund, 28606
Phillips Street, P.O. Box 968,
Elkhart, Ind., 46515. 1-800-297-
1516. Ext. 222.
World Relief, Turkey
Earthquake Fund, P.O. Box 17061,
Baltimore. Md., 21298-9832. 1-800-
LWR-LWR2.
Food for the Hungry Interna
tional. Turkey Fund. 7729 East
Greenway Road, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
85260. 1-800-2-HUNGER.
‘Doing recess’ easier
than ‘doing a diet’
Doing recess. That is what my grand
son. Dylan, (and not Dillon as my editor
spelled it last week!) told me he was
learning at
his new
school.
Doing
recess.
1 am glad
he is
thrilled
with his
new school.
Perry Pri-
Torey
Jolley
Home
Journal
Staff
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School. He really looks forward to going
to class. 1 believe it is important for chil
dren to enjoy school, especially in their
early years.
Everyone knows when you like some
thing, you do better at it than something
you are less thrilled with doing kinda
like dieting.
I have been faithful on this diabetic
diet for three months now. I’ve passed up
the delicious smelling doughnuts my
work colleagues have brought in (numer
ous times). I’ve passed up the ice cream,
cake, pies, cookies, and candy my family
seems compelled to bring in the house.
I cannot remember the last time I had
pizza (except for the Healthy Choice ones
in the grocer freezer section and you’d be
surprised to learn how tasty they can be).
However, I am not groaning and com
plaining (well, maybe about the dough
nuts and pizza). I have lost weight and I
have not been starving. I know I have a
long road left and, to be honest, it is a
road 1 will never be off of ever.
I have had a few times 1 really, really
wanted something gooey and chocolatey
you know, something tilled with calories,
sugar, and fat. I have fussed. I have got
ten upset. 1 even wonder if I was "mistak
enly” diagnosed. Stupid, I know. I never
did get what 1 wanted. I had only to
remember how sick I was and how bad
See DIET, Page 5A
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Were testing for possible senior citizen status
Several days ago, a friend
sent me a “test" to determine if
I was “older than dirt.”
I passed the test easily, scor
ing 24 out of a possible 25.
1 shared the list with some
friends, and they had a good
time remembering many of the
items listed. Surely there are a
few folk who can match my 24
of 25. After all, I’m not that old
...(am I?)
Anyway, here’s the test.
1. Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles
with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that
dispensed bottles
5. Coffee shops with table
side jukeboxes
6. Home milk deliveiy in
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Perry businesses have staying power
Forty Years Ago
This isn’t from the old newspa
per. but from Chamber of Com
merce records. I stopped by to
talk with Chamber President
Chris Kinnas the other day and
we wound up looking through
some old Chamber minutes.
Here’s a list of Chamber members
from 1959, which will be filled
with nostalgia for some, but is
also remarkable in terms of how
many are still going strong, and,
according to Chris, still in the
Chamber. Check it out:
Akin Drug, Andrew Hardware
Co., Andrew & Tuggle, D&S. Bar
ber Shop, Dr. Leonard Bell, E.F.
Bellflower Garage, New Mecca
Court, Borden's Milk Co., Brooks
Auto Parts, Sheriff C.C. Chap
man, Chapman Beatty Tractor,
Cinderella Beauty Shop, Cleve's
Department Store, Colonial
Stores. Crockett’s 5 &10, Davis
Oil Co., Edwards Harper Co.,
Evergreen Nurseries. C.J.
Farmer. Foremost Dairies, Dr.
J.L. Gallemore, Georgia Limerock
Co., Georgia Power Co., Gilbert
Electric Co.. Gray’s Service Sta
tion, Gray-Walker Supply, Gray-
Walker Tractor, F.M. Greene Jr..
Harry Griggs;
Gulf Oil, Gulf Service Center,
Gulf Super Service, Hardy-Stone
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Page 4A
Wed., Aug. 25, 1999
Johnson
Home
Journal
Editor
glass bottles with cardboard
stoppers
7. Party lines
8. Newsreels before the movie
9. P. F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11. Telephone numbers with
a word prefix (Olive - 6933)
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody
Charlotte
Perkins
Home
Journal
Staff
Construction, Heller Bros., Dr.
A.G. Hendrick. Houser Insur
ance, Houston Drug Co.. Hous
ton Hardware, Houston Home
Journal. Dave Hulbert. Johnson’s
Stores, W.C. Jones. Jones Jewel
ers, King & Hackney, Leonard
Realty, Malatchie Farms, Massee
Furniture, Moody Motor Co.,
Moody Service Station. Moss
Oaks Lodge, McLendon Auto Co.,
New Perry' Hotel. Nick's Place,
Charlie Norman, Norwood Florist,
Geo. C. Nunn & Son, Nunn &
Aultman, Penn-Dixie, Perry
Court:
Perry Federal. Perry Loan &
Savings, Perry Pharmacy, Perry
Service Station, Perry' Super
Foods. Perry'Veneer Co., Pritchett
Construction, R&G. Cleaners.
Ray Pest Control, Risher’s
Restaurant, D.K. Roughton,
Rumph’s Grocery. Stanley Smith,
of space occupied by the error.
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14. 45 RPM records
15. S&H Green Stamps
16. Hi-fi’s
17. Metal ice trays with
levers
18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulbs
20. Beanie and Cecil
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers
And your score is:
If you remembered 0-5 =
You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 =
You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 =
Don’t tell vour age
If you remembered 16-25 =
Jr., General Telephone Co., Stan
dard Oil. Stanley Furniture,
Thompson Warehouse. Tolleson
Lumber Co., Tolleson Supply,
Crow's Service Station, Union
Motor Co., Vanity Shop, Gardner
Watson. Dr. H.E. Weems. H.E.
Weems Sr.. Western Auto, Whip
pie Insurance. Whipple Realty.
Wrights s Grocery, Wvnn's United
5&10. WBBN. Rodgers Garage,
Dr. Felix Smith, Perry . Mfg.,
Andrew Truck & Tractor, Big
Indian Feed Mill. Dr. C.E. Gra
ham. Goode TV. Elliott Finance.
Parenting
I read the results of a poll the
other day which showed that
many people in this country
think that poor parenting is the
root cause of the outbreak of
shootings in the schools.
1 think I'd rank the pseudo
sophistication and violence of
pop culture, and the easy avail
ability of guns ahead of parental
failure, but I’m also very glad my
own children are grown, because
this is a tough time to be a par
ent.
For parents who are “tired of
yelling" and could use some good
ideas for raising responsible chil-
See KIDS, Page 5A
You’re older than dirt!
Oh, which question did I
miss? I couldn’t remember
Beanie and Cecil, but good
friend and Perryan Skip Hodge
came to my rescue with the
answer.
Guess that makes him older
than me?
***
Don’t forget to get tickets for
the Houston Lodge chicken
barbecue this weekend. These
folk do a great job fixing their
chicken, and the plate makes a
great meal.
Those plates can solve a real
problem for football fans head
ed to Pinehurst to watch the
season opener between West
field and Fullington, too. Get
'em quick.
Bob
Tribble
Home
Journal
President
When Your Mind Retires
Before Your Body Expires
As we grow older our minds
seem to fail us more often and
sometimes we do some rather
silly things. Things like coming
out of church and heading in
the wrong direction for your
car. Things like going to the
grocery store and forgetting the
most important item you went
for. Things like forgetting peo
ple's names that you certainly
should know.
A long time local resident
who lived to make it into his
80 s had a favorite saying that
one time or another he proba
ble relayed to most everyone he
met. Brooks Robertson use to
say. “It ain’t going to get no bet
ter;” referring to our memories.
The longer we live, the more we
full well realize how right
Brooks was.
When walking back to the
office one day from lunch I
noticed Fire Chief Ted Rogers
come out of a store across the
street. Ted walked up the street
in the same direction I was
going as we spoke a few words
back and forth. As we walked
along. Ted suddenly stopped,
looked around and realized he
had walked right past his pick
up truck that was parked in
front of the business he had
come out of.
As he turned and walked
back toward his truck he
exclaimed. “I forgot I had that
truck painted the other day."
Just for the record so you city
folks won't worry'. Ted retired
as fire chief recently
Frances and I were talking
the other day about my moth
er. Mrs. Effie Tribble. Mrs. Effie
worked at the newspaper part
time answering the phone and
billing the classified ads until
well past 80. One day she came
home from the grocery store
and put light bulbs in the
refrigerator. Frances found
them there when we went bv
for a visit.
But then, its not always the
older folks who do some pretty
silly things. Mitch. Patty and
another couple were fishing
one day. They had caught a
nice string of fish and had
them tied on a rope, they
thought, to the dock.
Suddenly Mitch looked
down, saw the mess of fish on
the rope swimming away and
hollered, "Get those fish. Get
those fish." Patty, being a pret
ty good swimmer, jumped in
the lake, bottom first, without
See FISH. Page 5A
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