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A single-car accident on U.S. 341 North on Monday morning sent three to the Peach County
Hospital. The driver and one passenger reportedly had minor injuries, but the front-seat
passenger was reported as having facial lacerations. He was taken to the hospital by a
passerby.
The auto was traveling north on 341 about two miles inside Peach County when it crossed
the southbound lane and traveled for a distance along the left shoulder of the road, stop
ping when it hit the edge of the railroad track.
Derailed boxcar gets a helping hand
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A boxcar loaded with wood chips that lost its way and left the railroad tracks alongside Jernigan
Street in Perry Friday gets a lift from a large crane. The crane slowly lifted the boxcar’s front
wheels from mud beside the track and set it right again.
Farmers' Market still going strong
PERRY - Downtown
Development Authority
Director Tish Mims, who over
sees the Perry Farmers’ Market
that takes place each Saturday
morning, said participation
from area farmers has been
great.
This past Saturday, locals and
visitors milled about the mar
ket located on Commerce Street
looking at everything from
fresh vegetables to baby chick
ens.
Perry Animal Control Officer
Happy Shenal had a number of
cats and dogs on hand for adop
tion to good families.
Mike Brennan and Mike
Robertson provided toe-tapping
music, along with an impromp
tu appearance by Caroline
O’Neal, who sang “You Are My
Sunshine.”
Mims said plans are to con
tinue the market at least until
September.
There have been some
requests to extend it until later
in the year, she said.
Anyone interested in learning
more can contact her at 988-
2700.
- From staff reports
Tolleson to chair GWCC committee
From staff reports
ATLANTA - State Sen. Ross
Tolleson, R-Perry, has been
named chair of the George L.
Smith II Georgia World
Congress Center Overview
Committee, which is charged
with reviewing the success with
which the GWCC Authority is
accomplishing its duties.
“The Georgia World Congress
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HIM /Emily Johnstone
You can find just about anything you might want at the Perry
Farmers’ Market held each Saturday morning along Commerce
Street. Here, Arin Sharpe and Adrienne Chase find some black
eyed peas.
Center is very important to the
state of Georgia,” Tolleson said.
“It has enabled Georgia to
become a facility to
host conferences, conventions
and major events such as the
1996 Centennial Olympic
Games. The recent expansion of
the GWCC will give us the
opportunity to attract more
tourism business ( to Georgia,
which benefits our state as a
whole by increasing our state
revenues and showcases
Georgia as the undisputed capi
tal of the South.”
Also serving on the committee
are Sen. Don Balfour (R-
Snellville), Sen. John Bulloch
(R-Ochlocknee), Sen. Jack Hill
(R-Reidsville), Sen. Regina
Thomas (D-Savannah) and Sen.
Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga).
LOCAL
Those beautiful Gibson Girls!
During the Victorian era, peo
ple looked to celebrities, musi
cians and magazine models for
fashion ideas and moral inspira
tion, just as we tend to do today.
For the first quarter of the 20th
century, the “Gibson Girls” as
they became known, were rep
resentative of the “ideal
woman” of the day. This tall
willowy beauty was in all the
popular magazines and adver
tisements of the day. She
appeared in stiff shirtwaists
and billowing skirts, her hair
almost always pulled up in a
chignon. She was poised and yet
delicate, well-bred and inde
pendent with just a flash of mis
chief in her eyes! These gals
embodied the spirit of libera
tion and spunk and yet were
soft and feminine. The public
dubbed the Gibson Girl the
“ideal American girl.”
The “inventor” of this elegant
“fictional girl” was Charles
Dana Gibson. He was the son of
a Civil War lieutenant who hap
pened to also be an amateur
artist and his mother was a
very encouraging and loving
woman to Charles and his four
siblings.
During a childhood illness,
Gibson’s father taught him how
to make silhouettes of people,
animals and plants. Gibson’s
parents could see that their son
had a knack for art and
scrimped and saved to be able
to send him to an artists school
in Manhattan. One of Gibson’s
schoolmates also turned out to
do very well for himself and
that fellow was none other than
the famous Western artist,
Frederic Remington! Gibson’s
first illustration was sold to Life
Magazine, where he eventually
would become editor.
By 1890 Gibson was working
for all the major publications of
the time including The Century,
Harper’s Bazaar and Life. The
pen-and-ink drawings of his
“Gibson Girl” became so popu
lar that Gibson was inundated
with young ladies being
brought in by their chaperones
wanting to model for illustra-
Wednesday Is Senior Day
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THE CITY OF UNADILLA WILL ACCEPT SEALED BIDS ON THE
FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT. BID DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2003 AT 5:00 P.M. BIDS
WILL BE OPENED AT THE REGULAR SCHEDULED AUGUST MEETING ON AUGUST 12, 2003
AT 6:30 P.M. AT UNADILLA CITY COUNCIL ROOM LOCATED AT 1616 BORUM STREET.
1996 FORD-CROWN VICTORIA GOOD CONDITION
1983 FORD LIT) FAIR CONDITION
1986 CHEVROLET C-l 10 PICKUP TRUCK POOR CONDITION
1986 FORD DUMP TRUCK GOOD CONDITION NEEDS WORK
LIMB SHREDDER W/FORD MOTOR MOTOR RUNS GOOD
HONDA MOTOR SCOOTER NEEDS WORK
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT THE HIGH BID
ON THIS EQUIPMENT OR REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS. A BID PRICE MUST BE
SHOWN ON EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT BEING BID ON.
THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE INSPECTED BY CONTACTING CHARLES WALKER,
CITY MANAGER, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M. MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. CALL 478-627-3022 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.
MAIL BIDS TO: CITY OF UNADILLA
P.O. BOX 307
UNADILLA, GA 31091
ATTN: CHARLES WALKER, CITY MANAGER OR
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Jillinda Falen
Antiques
falen@alltel.net
tions. Thus, the “merchandis
ing” of the Gibson Girl took off.
There were table albums,
plates, souvenirs, pillow covers,
chair covers, plates, screens,
you name it! There was even a
wallpaper produced for the
“lonely bachelor”! Americans
loved the beautiful illustrations
of these spunky girls with the
humorous captions. Gibson
even created an illlustrated
“Gibson Man” who was hand
some, romantic and courteous
at all times. The illustrations
were often humorous or roman
tic, never offensive or demean
ing.
Collier’s offered Gibson thou
sands of pre-tax dollars if he
would become their exclusive
illustrator but he wanted to
remain true to Life which had
given him his start. Gibson also
did a series of illustrations for
“The Education of Mr. Pipp”
and other books as well as doing
illustrations for government
posters to promote the war
efforts during World War I.
Unfortunately after the war,
the public’s attitude had
changed and the flapper draw
ings of John Held caught the
country’s attention. Charles
Gibson dedicated himself to his
oil paintings until his death in
1944.
If you would like to learn
more about Charles Dana
Gibson or see examples of his
work, check out www.gibson
girls.com or enter search his
name on your favorite Internet
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2003
search engine. Happy collect
ing!
Jillinda Falen is the owner of
Carrie Lynn’s Antiques in
Perry. She has been collecting
and selling antiques for over 20
years. She is also an experi
enced estate liquidation special
ist. You may contact her via e
mail at falen@alltel.net,
www.perryantiques.com or
through The Houston Home
Journal.
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