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Some warm welcomes
to new co-workers
Welcome to The Houston
Home Journal, Susan Gris
som Thomas and Andy
Stuckey.
Susan hails from
Mitchell, Ind.. and is living
at Robins Air Force Base
with her Air Force husband
John and children, 10-
year-old Nickolas and 8-
year-old Alexis. She will be
replacing Paula Zimmer
man as bookkeeper.
Paula has accepted a
position with FSAMI in
Warner Robins. Interest
ingly, Susan is a second
cousin of the late Gus Gris
som, one of the first seven
astronauts in space. He
later lost his life in a cap
sule fire.
Andy Stuckey, new to
classifieds, is a Perry native
who attends Middle Geor
gia Tech majoring in com
puter information systems,
specializing in networking.
He is married to the former
Melanie Turner of Warner
Robins who works as office
manager for Regal Car
Wash. They have two
daughters, Kymberley age
6 and Katelyn age 4 and
live in Perry.
Andy’s parents are Jerry
and Gail Stuckey.
• ••
Congratulations to Brett
and Tammy Giles Hardy
upon the birth of their
daughter Christin Eve, Oct.
7 at 7:04 p.m., at the Med
ical Center of Central Geor
gia. Eve weighed 7 pounds
and 4 ounces.
Proud of their first
grandchild are Malcolm
and Jeanne Giles of Fort
Valley, Percy and Beverly
Hardy of Byron and Susan
Glidewell of Centerville.
Brett teaches at Perry Ele
mentary and Tammy
teaches at Bonaire Elemen
tary.
• ••
Henderson Village was
the beautiful outdoor set
ting for the Oct. 16 after
noon wedding and recep
tion of Brandie Thompson
and Tom McNeal. Following
overnights in Atlanta and
Miami they are honey
mooning this week on a
cruise to the Bahamas.
Brandie is employed by
Panaprint of Macon and
Tom is with McCullough
Funeral Home of Warner
Robins. Her parents are
Perry and Nita Thompson
and his parents are Larry
and Carol McNeal.
• ••
Book Browsers Book
Club members are plan
ning a tea and book signing
of “Journey of a Gentle
Southern Man" for local
author Jackie Cooper at
Perry Library, Nov. 7, 2-4
p.m. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
• ••
Congratulations to
Bobby and Dianna
Williams on the birth of
their grandson, Cameron
Huntlee Powell at Perry
Hospital, Oct. 2.
Proud parents are Tim
and Crystal Williams Pow
ell of Bonaire. Cameron
weighed 8 pounds 15
ounces and joins 2Vyear
old brother Cole in the
Powell home. His paternal
grandparents are Jack
Powell and Mildred Powell
of Warner Robins.
• ••
Jon David Kennedy, a
sophomore at Westfield,
recently finished second in
the Valdosta Junior Golf
Classic. This, along with
three previous top three
finishes on Southeastern
Junior Tour Sanction
Events, qualifies Jon David
to compete in the South
eastern Junior Champi
onship.
This event will be held at
the Peninsula Golf Club in
Gulf Shores, 41a., Nov. 6
and 7.
Good Luck, Jon David!
• ••
At the Oct. 12 meeting
Perry Kiwanis Club mem
bers heard from Alice
Knierim, Executive Direc
tor of the Georgia Sports
jK.A
Just
Visitin’
Joan
Dorset*
987-5272
Hall of Fame in Macon.
Knierim reported the
facility opened April 23 but
actually began in 1956
with the Georgia Prep Hall
of Fame. It has something
for everyone: school groups
studying famous Geor
gians, tourists traveling the
1-75 and 1-16 corridors,
families looking for fun and
educational outings, busi
nesses seeking a dynamic
meeting place, shoppers
hunting for that special
gift, and individuals and
groups reliving their
favorite sports memories.
Every sport, every high
school every college, all
regions are included with a
racial and gender balance
that takes life - 2 hours
minimum for a lively, color
ful, dynamic, energetic,
exciting, educational,
interactive museum experi
ence to have fun and make
noise, learn, get involved,"
Knierim said.
Plans are being made to
take the museum on the
road to boys and girls
clubs, churches and com
munity and school groups
for character building and
lessons for life.
Hours of operation are
Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-
5 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m.-5
p.m., Knierim said.
Ticket prices are $6
Adults, $5 Seniors 60+,
$3.50 Ages 6-16j-sFree -5a
and under. Groups of 10 or
more receive $ 1 off the reg
ular admission price. Call
752-1585 for more infor
mation.
Club business included
compliments to Emmet
Whelchel, Robert Brown
and Bill Hailey and mem
bers who made the farm
city/fair parade a success.
Dave Crockett was in
attendance and plans to
join Kiwanis Club. He
spoke of the need for funds
for playground equipment
for 4, 5 and 6-year-olds at
Perry Primary' School.
• ••
Dr. Deryle and Jane
Whipple recently teamed
up with his artist daughter
Valerie and Peter Craig of
Bryn Mawr, Pa. for a 10-day
tour of fall colors in Ver
mont and New Hampshire.
They spent three nights at
the historic Red Lion Inn in
Stockbridge, Mass, where
the Norman Rockwell
Museum houses many
original paintings of the
artist.
Then they drove north to
Arlington, Vt. where Rock
well spent 17 of his most
productive years painting
such as “The Four Free
doms" which raised $132
million during WWII for the
War Bond effort.
Rockwell lived to age 78.
painting covers for Satur
day Evening Post magazine
and was the official artist
for the Boy Scouts from
1919 painting covers for 50
years of Boys Life magazine
which every scout received.
Driving up 1-81 and back
down 1-95 the lively couple
put some 3,000 miles on
their new Chrysler Con
cord, a result of their
August Outer Banks vaca
tion “burial at sea."
• ••
Cooler weather making
you want to cook up some
thing? Here are some
oldies but goodies of mine.
Most of the ingredients you
probably have on hand.
Meat Loaf
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons Worcester
shire sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 egg
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oftossy Creek...
a magnet for craft workers and
performers across the country
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
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Musicians, magicians,
potters, painters, seam
stresses and metal-workers
... they came from near and
far to set up their wares,
and share their talents
under the pine trees at the
Mossy Creek Barnyard Fes
tival, and the October
weather cooperated - with
blue skies and a light
breeze.
Lisa Lynne came from
California - bringing her
electro-acoustic Celtic harp
to play and CD’s to sell.
Joined by her good friend
George Tortorelli, who
brought his bamboo flutes
from Florida, she filled the
air with New Age melodies.
On the other side of the
festival grounds, there was
another kind of music, with
the Fox Fire Boys playing
and singing a rousing ver
sion of the Gospel favorite,
TU Fly Away."
Kathleen Green came
from Columbus, Ohio., with
her easel, her paints, and a
big collection of prints to
sell. The first day of the fes
tival, she said, was “her
best day ever."
Haley Jensen came from
Wytheville, Va., to sell her
framed pressed flowers,
and the Thomas family
came all the way from Iron
River, Mich., to sell their
wooden toys and crafts.
“It’s the best, “ says Jan
Ballew. who sells a line of
homemade bread called
“Our Daily Bread."
Ballew, who is from Elli
jay, said that she sold all
her homemade sourdough
bread on Saturday, and her
husband got busy to bake
more loaves for Sunday.
In the meantime, not far
from home at all, the ladies
of the Perry Sogadera Club
were doing a brisk busi
ness, selling individual
slices of pie and cake.
“It’s all homemade.” Vicki
Mosteller explained.
And that’s at the heart of
Mossy Creek’s success. At a
time of mass production,
this twice-a-year festival is
still about the homemade,
the handmade and the orig
inal. According to Barbara
Thomas, the exhibitors
spend as much - buying
each other’s work - as the
festival-goers spend.
John McDevitt, a college
math teacher who makes
dulcimers, was at the first
Mossy Creek festival 21
years ago.
'That first time, I asked
myself why anybody would
have a festival here," he
says. “The wind was blow
ing hard and the rain
clouds were right on top of
the pines."
He’s come back for every
festival since then.
Exhibits at Mossy Creek,
limited to 150 each year,
must be made up of items
created by the exhibitor,
with no duplications. Shop
pers and browsers can find
Warner Robins Community Concert Association
presents varied cultural series for 1999-2000
Special to tux How Journal
WARNER WSISS^
The Warner Robins Com
munity Concert Associa
tion has announced# its
scheduled performances
at the Warner Robins Civic
Center for 1999-2000.
A Festival of Four, fea
turing three guitarists
and one flutist, will per
form Oct. 23, taking the
audience through the
Wed., Oct. 20, 1999
everything from a pewter
Civil War chess set, to
embroidered vests, from
bird houses to wooden
puzzles. They can also can
see pioneer demonstra
tions of almost-lost skills
such as basket weaving
and soap making.
The exhibitors come
from 26 states, and are
mostly “regulars”, with a
few newcomers each year.
The festival, held just
north of Perry off Lake Joy
Road, for one weekend
each October and each
April, has been listed
among the top 100 events
in North America and the
top 20 in the Southeast .
New Age - Lisa
Lynne of Califor
nia and George
Tortorelli of
Florida fill the
air with music.
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Homr Journal photos by Charlotte
Perkins
Selling Sweets -
Members of the
Perry Sogadera
Club, above, sold
slices of home
made cake and
pie at the Mossy
Creek Festival to
raise money for
their community
service projects.
From left , Marsha
Christy , Linda
Johnson , Vicki
Mosteller and
Annette Waites.
Barbara
Thomas of Iron
River; Mich. f and
her daughter
Anitha , demon
strate an old
ftishioned “tele
phone'" set at
their wooden
ertofts exhibit.
world of classical guitar,
Andean folk music and
Spanish Flamenco.
Fred Garbo’s Inflatable
Theater will perform Nov.
15. This performance of
“pneumatic Vaudeville"
has been featured on Late
Night with David Letter
man as well as at the
Kennedy Center.
Edward Eikner. pianist,
will present a concert
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Jan. 18. 2000. Eikner,
who is Comer Professor
Fine Arts at Wesley Col
lege, has performed
around the world as a
recitalist and soloist with
symphony orchestras.
The Joe Trio, which
presents music from the
classics as well as pop,
jazz and rock tunes, will
perform March 11.
Bryetta Callaway, a
graduate of Northside
I ligh School who is in her
third year at the New York
School for the Performing
Arts, will sing songs from
Broadway musicals and
other popular music in a
concert on April 3.
Tickets are sls each at
the door. A full season
costs $35 , and a choice of
three concerts is $25. All
events begin at 7:30 p.m.