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Start Christmas at Crossroads with
hearty Kiwanis pancake breakfast
Begin Christmas at the
Crossroads with breakfast
pancakes and sausage for
$3 with the Kiwanis Club
Saturday morning from 7
to 10 a.m. That’ll get you in
the mood for the parade
with Santa Claus at 2 p.m.
Then it’s on to the Perry
Players “A Star at the
Crossroads” at 3 p.m. or
7:30 p.m. Or see it Friday
at 7:30 p.m. All seats $5.
Sunday we can shop ’til
we drop at the Christmas
open houses downtown
and attend the community
candlelight service on the
courthouse lawn at 7 p.m.
And off we go to a Merry
Christmas. As you decorate
your home for the season,
please consider letting it be
a part of the Houston Home
Journal's Home Decorating
Contest. Complete the
entry form (page 8A) and
place your showhouse on
the list of homes to be
judged Dec. 16. Prizes to be
awarded.
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Jewell J. Bowen of
Unadilla was honored Nov.
28 by her daughter,
Frances Worrall, when she
presented a new Yamaha
Baby Grand Piano to the
Unadilla United Methodist
Church in honor of her
mother and in memory of
her father, Rooney L.
Bowen Sr.
Fran Worrall Goldstein of
Atlanta, daughter of Jim
and Frances Worrall and
granddaughter of Jewell
Bowen, was guest pianist
for the dedicatoiy service.
In addition to having a
special program to dedicate
the new piano, the first
Sunday of Advent was also
celebrated with the church
sanctuary being beautifully
decorated for the Christ
mas season.
• ••
Members of the Vesta
Club recently gathered to
celebrate their 70th
anniversary as an organi
zation. (see photo, right)
Among the tasty teatime
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Home Journal Photo by Joan Dorsett
IN WARNER ROBINS Perryans Tina Simms (second
from left) and Evelyn Cox (right) were, on hand for the
Plantasia Gardens Greenhouse Open House Sunday
afternoon. Author Linton McKnight of Milledgeville (cen
ter) discussed and signed copies of his book “Birthflowers
of the Landscape" He was assisted by his publicist Bren
da Hurst, left. Also pictured is Ron Wildman of WPGA
Channel 58. Plantasia Gardens Greenhouse is one of the
several work stations for clients of the Family Support
Alliance for the Mentally 111 and b enefitted from the book
signing and open house Flowers and autographed books
are still available by calling 328-0508.
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finger foods prepared by
the club members were
Cream Wafers of member
Molly Ragan from the
recipe of her daughter,
Janice Ragan Maine of
Lake St. Louis. Mo.
Cream Wafers
Wafer:
1 cup soft butter
1 /3 cup whipping cream
2 cups plain flour
Mix ingredients thor
oughly with spoon. Chill
one hour.
Heat oven to 375
degrees. Roll dough 1/8-
inch thick but but not too
thin. Cut into 1 1/2 inch
rounds. Lay aside on
waxed paper. Dip both
sides in granulated white
sugar turning to coat.
Transfer to ungreased bak
ing sheet and prick in four
places with fork. Bake 7-9
minutes until lightly fluffy.
Put two cooled cookies
together with a little
creamed butter filling.
Filling:
1/2 cup soft butter
3/4 - 1 cup 4x sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
Mix well with green food
coloring for a pretty Christ
mas cookie.
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Perry’s own Carol
Strandburg is musical
director for “Holiday Spec
tacular" 8 p.m. through
Dec. 3 and 2:30 and B^s.m.
Dec. 4 at Macon Little The
atre.
Carol and Gary’s own
Mark who is now a Macon
resident has the part of a
singer and their PHS senior
Megan (recently chosen
region one-act play best
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actress) is a rockette in the
variety show. Tickets are
sl4 adults, $lO students.
Call 477-3342 to reserve.
Carol Strandburg, direc
tor of the upcoming Perry
Players’ production of
“Cheaper By The Dozen,"
will hold auditions Dec. 11
at 10 a.m. for children ages
6-14 for the parts of one lit
tle girl and a whole lot of
boys. Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and
Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. will be
auditions for adults and
teenagers over age 14.
Rehearsals will not begin
until after the first of the
year.
• ••
Best wishes to Viola
Broadaway upon her 96th
birthday, Nov. 30. A resi
dent of Summerhill Elder
living since September,
Viola had always lived with
her daughter, Myrna, and
with Myrna and John Ray
Moore since their marriage
in 1960.
• ••
Julian and Ketus
Cawthon hosted a family
gathering at their U.S. 41S
home, Nov. 27. Thanksgiv
ing provided the theme but
prominent among the fes
tivities was the celebration
of Julian’s Nov. 29, 78th
birthday. The retiree now
plays golf just about every
day with Walter Gray, Otis
Whitten. Harvey Coleman.
Doug Wilson and Bo Arnall.
He and Dot Roughton are
about the only players left
on their PHS basketball
team.
Julian and Ketus’ family
included David Cawthon
and Emily, Ashley and
Whitney; Myra Winner of
Fernandina Beach; Steve
and Mary Stubbs, Tyler
and Will, of Fernandina
Beach; Deen and Marci
Cawthon, Griffin and Con
ner.
Susan Cawthon Wod
dail’s family included Ken
neth Woddail and Kaitlyn of
St. Louis, Mo., Bill and
Kathy Woddail, Austin,
Mara and Joe of Mont
gomery and Phillip and
Susan Woddail and Mars
den of Floyd, Va.
Dixie Minchew and her
grandson Josh attended.
Chesley and Evelyn
Cawthon’s family included
Juan and Debra Powell,
Lindsey and Kristen of
Leesburg and Ches and
Kathy Cawthon, Chris and
Katie.
Jim and Julie Cawthon,
Trey and Lacey were pre
sent.
• ••
Holiday Inn was the
gathering place for some
ninety relatives of 90-year
old birthday girl Ruby Gar
land the Saturday after
Thanksgiving. Luncheon
was followed by speeches
and songs filled with love
and admiration for the fam
ily matriarch.
Most impressive was a
family tree almost the
width of the end wall of the
banquet room which family
members were encouraged
to complete. When Ruby
finally had her chance to
express her love and appre-
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“Insight On Eyesight”
Making “Contact” with the past
by Dr. J. Mathis Dixon,
Eyesight Associates
We like to think we’re as mod
em as it gets, so it may surprise you
to leam that the concept of contact
lenses is almost 500 years old!
In 1508, Leonardo de Vinci
described contact lenses to correct
the refractive error of the cornea.
He suggested placing a small half
sphere filled with water over the
eye. In 1636, Rene Descartes went
a step further by proposing the
placement of a lens directly onto
the cornea.
Another 250 years passed
before the first contact lens with
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Home Journal Photos by Joan Dorsett
PRE-SHOW FUN Draper Watson. fashion com
mentator Jot the Pilot Club Holiday Fashion Show at
Rozar Park Nov. 18, enjoys a dessert experience with
Ruth Moore and Dawne Watson bejore he begins his
duties. Meanwhile (right photo) Holly Sikes and her
three-year-old daughter Kaley model matching dress
es by Cottontail from Sugarplum Tree. Betty Seago
was the lucky recipient of the Pilot Club decorated
Christmas tree whose winning ticket was drawn dur
ing the fashion show.
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A CELEBRATION Celebrating 70
years of homemaking clubs are Vesta
Club members Seated: Alice Pitzer,
Katherine Borders, Annie Beeland, Adrian
Harris. Standing: Joy Murvay, Minnie Lee
Tomlinson, Doris Taylor, Lucy Talton,
Home Journal Photo by Joan Dorsett
OOPS Jeweler Harry
Dußois (seated, right) is
one of Perry's treasures
who fixes treasures, not
treasurers. Another Perry
treasure just down Main
Street waiting to fix your
wearable treasures is Sue
Wicker (inset picture) who
recently set up shop next
door to New Perry Clean
ers, a convenient location
for making alterations and
repairs. She is enjoying
working in downtown
Perry. So get all the new
clothes you want but give
Sue a chance to alter them.
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refractive power was developed in
1887. One year later, A Eugen Fick
placed a spherical glass spectacle
directly on the cornea to create
what is considered the first actual
comeal contact lens. ©
Dr. Dixon is available
for eye examinations, con
tact lens Fittings, and
treatment of eye diseases
such as glaucoma and
ii\fections.
Call 987-5500f0r your
appointment today!
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Home Journal Photo by Joan Dorsett
Barbara Tyson, Molly Ragan, Martha
Fisher, guest Peggy Bledsoe. County
Extension Coordinator. Missing from
photo: Marianne Whelchel and Dot
Sandefur.
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