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Lifestyle Library to be closed for one week, help needed Perry Kiwanis Club members heard from one of their own, Perry Library Director Judy Golden, when she reported on the state of the Perry Library at the Sept. 14 meeting. Perry Library is one of the pilot projects for the statewide circulation sys tem which is the reason that the library will be closed the last week in Sep tember for bar coding everything. However, the library will be open Sept. 28, 3 to 9 p.m. Perry Library is one of 26 library systems in the first group to be bar coded after which a Perry Library card will allow checkout at any of those systems. Volunteers are needed and welcomed for this bar coding project. County Library Director Ji'idy Golden reported an extremely successful sum mer with children reading more than 46,000 books in reading clubs county wide. Same 70,000 people came into the Perry building last year. More than 130,000 items were circulated in Perry. With federal money, Perry Library is getting two new Internet machines. It is also one of four pilots for new accounting systems in the state. Donations for new books are always welcome. • •• Happy Birthday to Aure lia Evans who will turn 97, Sept. 25. She is Perry First Baptist Church's oldest church member. She also has the longest church membership of 87 years, having joined in June of 1912. • •• Joe Gayle has just returned from a reunion with veterans and histori cal researchers of the land ing of the first Marines on the island of Peleliu in the Pacific near Guadalcanal almost 55 years from the day Sept. 15, 1944. lie was accompanied by his three sons, Joe Jr. of Atlanta, Currey of Marietta and Dr. Dick Gayle of Augusta, on the Continen tal Airlines flights to Hous ton, Honolulu, Guam and Koror and by speedboat to Peleliu. The 79-year-old former Marine and his boys had planned the trip back in time for a year and stayed in cabins on the beach of a Polynesian native's Story board with painted histori cal scenes where there’s no written history til the late 1700’s. Over time the jun gles have come back from being denuded during WWII, and wartime arti facts were everywhere as no effort has been made to preserve them. It was here where ‘'ATI Gave Some, Some Gave All." Joe Gayle was shot through the neck and com- We Want To Be YOUR STORE OF CHOICE! PVC UTILITY PRESSURE PIPE ' 2 XlO »■/.«"x io' 59* 1 " X lO' #1070218 T 9 •— 1 —n^vj|nALi ■ Per Piece #1046697 BUY THE BEST, BUY IT FOR LESS, BUY IT AT WES'' WEST BUILDING MATERIALS CENTER | WEST] Just Visitin’ Joan Dorsett 987-1823 pletely paralyzed but was determined he would sur vive and conquer his dis abilities. He received the Purple Heart and Silver Star for his action. Meanw'hile. Connette Gayle and her girls Sylvia. Pat and Melissa Gayle and Debbie Davis and some of her grands enjoyed a lovely visit at They went antiquing in Charleston and dined fab ulously. . 1 JL. % The family of Velma Head invites you to cele brate her 90th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m., Sept. 25, in the Fellowship Hall of Perry First Baptist Church. No gifts, please. • •• Congratulations to Perry Players and Kopie O'Neal on the success of their fifth annual dinner theatre held Sept. 16 prior to opening night of “1940's Radio Hour.” The "variety caval cade of Dec. 21, 1942" runs through Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. There will be a mati nee Sept. 26, 2:30 p.m. For reservations call 987-5354. Piano music by Lu Mellin accompanied a feast of eye of round roast with tomato garlic gravy and all the trimmings of Caterings by Kelly. It was a "perfect five" for the several devotees of fine food and entertainment who have attended all five dinner productions. It was the fifth year that Rental Concepts of Macon has generously donated tables, linens, china and cutlery. This was a bittersweet occasion for our tablemate Diana Wilson who last year accompanied us with her late husband Jimmy. If you think you might like to be a part of the pre play scene and attend this See VISITIN’, Page 6B 1985 Gray Hwy. Macon, GA 31211 912-742-5346 All items are not available at all stores limited quantities on others We reserve the right to limit quantities on sale items, and not to sell to dealers or wholesalers Prices quoted are baaed on customer picking up merchandise at store Delivery available ten small charge Stores are not responsible lor typographical errors Art is representative-may vary trom actual merchandise Refunds, cheer tully given when register receipt is presented Price* May Vary After 9/1/99 If there are market variations Wit Ky By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Home Journal Staff Of you're old enough to remem ber bobby socks, saddle oxfords, “Chiquita Banana" and a time when the whole country was united behind troops fighting in World War 11. then you’ll have a won derful evening of nostalgia when you see the Perry Players' latest produc tion. And if you aren't that old, you'll still have a wonderful time, because |^^orive^H| W TODAY! 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The Annual Walk Ameri ca March of Dimes Walkathon was held in Perry on Sept. 12, with volunteer fund-raisers walking from the Court house square to the Perry Hospital. Accord ing to Rhonda McLeod, March of Dimes Com munity Director. Perry was already over the goal of $13,000 when the walk began. Teams from Riverwood, Northrop Grumman, Security Bank. the Church of Christ, Perry Hospital and the Inside Scoop took part in the big event. Home Journal Photos by Charlotte Perkins. Perry Players take audience back to World War II Wed., Sept. 22, 1999 ana F* "F ' Isa » j this musical is tun from beginning to end, with delightful song and dance routines, old familiar hits, humor, romance, and just a trace of sadness and uncertainty about the future. (Will "the boys" be home from the war when another Christmas rolls around? The audience knows the war is far from over, but the cast of this play is still hoping.) “1940's Radio Hour” is directed by Carol Strandburg. with Lu Jellin as Musical Director and produced by o&@ff H (( y 'i ' 'mh |u AUB B Houston Home Journal Tony and Barbara Meads, who were participants in the March of Dimes Walkathon. GETTING BETTER MILEAGE FROM YOUR CAR THAN YOUR CUT-RATE CAR INSURANCE? Tommy Storey I _ Don't trust just anyone to insure your ear. see me: Agent Name. Agent 100 Washington St. 4Tm Perry ’ GA 3f ° 69 A “ 987-1224 Like a good neighbor, Slate f arm is there." /**^***^V State Form Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (not in NJ) Stole Form Indemnity Company (NJ) * Home Offices Bloomington. Illinon Georgia Porter. The play re creates a radio show broadcast from New York City just before Christmas 1942. but there's more to it than that. It begins with the disorganized arrival of the cast and the band in the run-down radio station, giving the audience a chance to learn a lit tie bit about each character before tlie- performance begins. See REVIEW, Page 6B