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The reason
Now it came about in those days
that an order went out from Cae
sar Augustus that there was to be
a numbering of all the world.
This was the first numbering, which
was made when Quirinius was ruler of
Syria.
" And all men went to be numbered,
everyone to his town.
And Joseph went up from Galilee, out
of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to
Bethlehem, the town of David, because he
was of the house and family of David,
To be put on the list with Mary, his
future wife, who was about to become a
mother.
And while they were there, the time
came for her to give birth.
And she had her first son; and folding
him in linen, she put him to rest in the
place where the cattle had their food,
because there was no room for them in
the house.
And in the same country there were
keepers of sheep in the fields, watching
over their flock by night.
And an angel of the Lord came to them,
and the glory of the Lord was shining
round about them: and fear came on
them.
And the angel said. Have no fear; for
truly, I give you good news of great joy
which will be for all the people:
For on this day, in the town of David, a
Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ
the Lord.
And this is the sign to you: you will see
a young child folded in linen, in the place
where the cattle have their food.
And suddenly there was with the angel
a great band of spirits from heaven, giving
praise to God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on the
earth peace among men with whom he is
well pleased.
And when the angels had gone away
from them into heaven, the keepers of the
sheep said to one another. Let us go now
to Bethlehem, and see this thing which
has come about, which the Lord has made
clear to us.
And they came quickly, and saw Mary
and Joseph, and the child in the place
where the cattle had their food.
When they saw it, they gave them an
account of the things which had been said
to them about the child. Luke 2:1-17
Leaving notes
Well, this is my last column for the
Houston Home Journal at least for a
while. I am moving to Lawrenceville.
After ten
years in prac
tically perfect
Perry. I have
my concerns
about moving
away. I will be
leaving so
much — my
precious
daughter and
the little
apple of my
Torey
Jolley
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Staff
eye, Dylan, (though I will be seeing them
both at least every other week), as well as
my friends and my job .
1 can tell you that I never thought I
would ever call anywhere but Wichita
Falls, I'exas home. However, I now know
that while 1 have some of my roots in
Texas, I also have a large chunk of them
firmly rooted in Perry as well. Transplant
ing hurts-and just when a Super Wal-mart
arrives, Kmart remodels, and they begin to
build a Sonny’s. How unjust.
I’ll miss the ease of driving here and
there. The traffic where I’ll live is so con
gested. I’ll miss being here for the parades,
the fair, the pageants. I’ll miss the beauti
ful blossoms on the trees along Sam Nunn
Boulevard come spring.
However. 1 am not going to moan and
groan. The year 2000 is right around the
corner. New year, new home, new adven
tures are all on the horizon. Opportunity
only knocks once and I believe in answering.
I'm looking forward to finding my way
around the area and meeting new friends.
I’ll be searching for a new job and, with
any luck, the new one will be close to being
as wonderful as the one I am leaving.
I’m not going to say good-bye, just see
you around. After all. I plan to visit often.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: We the members of
the Home Journal staff, and the greater
Perry community, are richer for having
been here as Torey Jolley passed our
way. We look forward to her return
and soon.)
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Many contribute to success of Perry High Band
Editor:
During the past year many
Perry and neighboring area
businesses, clubs, individuals,
and schools have kindly donated
money, equipment, food, and
supplies to the Perry High
School Band. These donations
have enabled the band to pur
chase uniforms and instru
ments, and to travel to band
competitions, successfully run
our concession stand during
football season and support a
variety of activities that make
the band a positive experience
for so many students at Perry
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AfettßV Chwstmas
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Ridiri around, lookin' at the lights
We had a great time last
Thursday night checking out all
the holiday lights.
As many of you know, the
Home Journal sponsored a Holi
day Decoration competition this
year as part of the Christmas at
the Crossroads festivities. This
was a first for us, but it sure
won’t be the last.
In the first place, we got a
good response, with 25 out
standing submissions. And. in
the second place, we had fun.
Six of us went together in a
van provided by Wayne Morris
and his generous staff, and we
each ranked the houses we saw
on a scale of 1 to 10. Then we
went out to dinner together and
added up the scores for each
home.
We saw some impressive dis
plays of lights along the way
not just those who were in the
competition, but many more. It
seems that when one homeown
er puts a lot of effort into deco
ration, many others on the same
street will get into the same spir
it.
While the winners were all
A merry joyous and blessed Christmas to all
We do not really know the
date of the birth of Jesus, but
the Church was celebrating the
Nativity of Christ on Dec. 25 by
336 A.D. The date was probably
chosen to oppose the pagan hol
iday celebrating the birth of the
Sun God.
By the sixth century, Chris
tians had supplanted the
Epiphany (Jan. 6) as the more
important winter feast of the
Church. Some of the customs of
St. Nicholas Day, Dec. 6, such
as gift-giving, were merged into
Christmas celebrations over the
centuries, and indeed we have
St. Nicholas as Santa Claus
today.
Pauline Lewis Lifestyles
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three in the “bright lights" cate
gory, there were also many that
were very traditional, and some
that were downright elegant.
If you haven’t taken a ride
around Perry and South Hous
ton County to see the lights and
decorations, now’s the time.
Sometimes you’ll see an awe
some effort with thousands of
lights. Sometimes you'll see
beautiful old-fashioned wreaths
and greenery, or dazzling Christ
mas trees in picture windows.
All of it’s just proof of the cre
ativity and happy spirit of this
community. I’m looking forward
to the contest in 2000.
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Coinings and Goings - We all
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roads. Perry
The Puritans, early Baptists,
Presbyterians. Methodists and
others who had separated from
the Church of England were not
given to feasting and other cele
brations and were opposed to
Christmas observations.
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Ralph Baker, Balvaunuca Club.
Bank of Perry, Beltlsta Club,
CB&T Bank. Chick-ffl-A. Ctvl
tans Club. Com South. Cross
roads Bank, Domino’s Pizza,
Edward Jones Co., Exchange
Club of Perry,
Also Food Bank of Macon, 41
Grocery, Frito-Lay, Georgia
National Fairgrounds and Agri
center, Harvey’s, Hamby Chevro
let, High Energy Systems of
Eastman, Houston County
Board of Education, Kings
Chapel Elementary School, K
mart, Kroger, Longhorn Butcher
Shop, Mellco, Rick Nables of
hate to see Torey Jolley move,
since she has been such a hard
working and dedicated reporter,
and a good columnist, too.
At the same time, we had the
good fortune to find Lanorris
Fleming to replace Torey. Lanor
ris is a Perry girl from birth, so
many of you may already know
her. She’s got a great back
ground for the job, and she was
working hard on a story 10 min
utes after she arrived on Mon
day morning.
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Feeding the volunteers -
Something Joan Dorsett does
evety year is organize lunch for
the hard-working volunteers at
the P.A.L. distribution center.
This year, she got great help
from Craig Oplinger at Wendy’s;
Mike Hughes at Pizza Hut; Tim
Linderman at Arby’s and John
and Evelyn Lamberth at the 41
Grocery.
Thanks to all of them, and
thanks also to Joan, who said I
shouldn’t mention her name.
(Joan should know better than
to tell me something like that!).
Christmas as we know it
today owes much to 19th centu
ry England. Queen Victoria's
husband, Albert of Saxe Coburg,
imported some German customs
(such as the Christmas tree) and
the novelist Charles Dickens
greatly influenced the English
Victorian Christmas.
We in the United States happi
ly imported the Victorian Christ
mas. Clement Clarke Moore, a
priest of the Episcopal Church,
contributed his bit in 1823 with
the poem. “A Visit from St.
Nicholas." commonly called by
its first line. "Twas the Night
Before Christmas."
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Poetic inspiration
Drinking from my Saucer
I’ve never made a fortune
And it’s probably too late now
But 1 don’t worry about that much
I’m happy anyhow.
And as I go along life's way
I’m reaping better than I sow.
I’m drinking from saucer
'Cause my cup has overflowed.
Haven’t got a lot of riches
And sometimes the going's tough
But I’ve got loving ones around me
And that makes me rich enough.
I thank God for his blessings
And the mercies He’s bestowed
I’m drinking from my saucer
‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
Oh. remember times when
things went wrong.
Did my faith wear somewhat thin,
But all at once the dark clouds broke.
And sun peeped through again.
So Lord, help me not to gripe
about the tough rows I've hoed.
I'm drinking from my saucer
’Cause my cup has overflowed.
If God gives me strength and
courage
When the way grows steep and
tough
I'll not ask for other blessings
I’m already blessed enough.
And may I never be too busy
To help others bear their loads.
Then I’ll keep drinking from my
saucer
’Cause my cup has overflowed.
The above poem was passed on to
me recently from a friend. I don’t
know who wrote it. but it is very fit
ting for this special time ol the year.
Yes, my cup has overflowed and I
bet yours has, too! Now let’s look
around us this Christmas Season
and share our blessings by helping
“others bear their loads.”
Have a very Merry Christmas!
we Americans are, we have com
mercialized the season out of all
reason and the birth of Jesus of
Nazareth has been buried in
elves, bells, trees, toys and all
the rest. 1 believe it is senseless
to oppose all this. It is better to
rejoice that never has a birthday
been so celebrated, and the fact
many of the celebrants have no
notion of the reason behind the
hoopla does not alter the fact it
is His birth behind and under it
all.
The Star is His, it is the life
that He gives which is symbol
ized in the trees and greenery. It
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