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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2004
VISITIN' —
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Mac and Barbara Walton
Betsy Stimus and son Scott
and Marion Stimus
Lee and Jenny Ledger
Rick and Martha Davis
Faye Wilson
Larry and Debi Hutchens
Jimmy and Patti Faircloth
and son Mitchell
Lori Dunn and son Biyce
Ernie and Jodi Price and
daughter Jenna Kate
Dick and Jean Roughton
and her mother Orleen
“Bufly” Buffington
I’m sorry I didn’t get to tell
you something about each of
them. I just ran out of time.
• • •
Oh, I’m not quitting eveiy
thing. There’s the first
Monday Hospice Cancer Pad
Project, supper club, GC&SU
Alumni Board and alumni
weekend, Neighborhood
Watch, Beltista Club annual
Home and Garden Show on
April 2 and 3, 2005, Red Hat
Society Dogwood Dames and
church and Sunday school.
Plus, I may take up knitting
again with the Knit Wits who
gather every Monday evening
at Judy Lilley’s in Lea Glen.
Seems the stars are knitting
and college students are knit
ting and we can too. Call Nelle
Shelton at 987-1986 if you’d
like to knit with a group. Judy
Lilley enjoyed a nice trip to
Brussels and Bruges, Belgium
in November with her good
friend Jane Hamilton upon
the completion of her
chemotherapy' treatments.
The highlight of the trip for
Judy was the lace making cen
ter at Bruges.
• • •
Congratulations to our own
Chrissy Calloway upon her
Christmas Day engagement to
Travis Hill of Jonesboro. Her
son Brandon is 10 and is look
ing forward to his new family
in April.
• • •
Riley and Sandra Hunt are
proud of their new grand
daughter in Atlanta. Piper is
the name for the fourth child
of Reggie and Holly Hunt
Bradford. Hazel Watson of
Summerhill is the great
grandmother.
• • •
I went looking, looking for
Perry youngsters on the
Telegraph’s annual Christmas
Tree on Sunday, Dec. 19, and
found two. Beck Beckham, son
of Ed and Tamatha Beckham,
and Benny Stafford, son of
Scott and Jennifer Stafford,
were our ornaments for this
year. It’s just a chance to be
chosen and they got lucky.
Tamatha said Beck’s Aunt
Beth sent his name in along
with her daughter Maimee’s
and only Beck was chosen,
making Tamatha feel sad. But
says Beth will try again for
next year hoping to frame
another tree to match daugh
ter Molly’s framed tree.
• • •
Congratulations to Ryan
and Jenni Saddler of Warner
Robins upon the birth of Colin
Pierce Saddler, Dec. 23 at
12:21 a.m. at Houston Medical
Center. He weighed 7 1/2
pounds and measured 21 inch
es. They and grandparents
Butch and Donna Saddler
gave birth to our koi pond
while awaiting the birth of
Colin. His great grands are
Jim and Margie Saddler and
Will and Dottie Frazier.
• • •
There I go “just visitin’”
right on and I said I was going
to stop. So long, friends.
Many lessons are to be
learned simply from obser
vation. I have memories of
my mother-in-law who
devoted much time to gar
dening, freezing, canning,
and preserving fruits and
vegetables in various ways.
She seldom had to make
trips to the grocery store for
produce that she could
grow.
“Nannie,” as my mother
in-law was fondly known to
her grandchildren and this
daughter-in-law, ranked
high among ambitious gar
deners. There was nothing
she enjoyed more than
planting, cultivating, gath
ering and “putting up”
fruits and vegetables as
long as she was able.
Dockers, old coat, and Harley-Davidson cap
I have found out that I
am treated better when
dressed up than when wear
ing ordinary clothes.
Recently I went into
McDonald’s to order a cup
of coffee. Since several car
loads of teenagers had
entered the store ahead of
me, I found myself in the
back of a long line. I was
dressed in a suit. After
standing in line for only
about five minutes of what I
had anticipated would be a
long wait, the manager
noticed me and walked over
to ask what I wanted. She
quickly served up my take
out coffee and I was gone. I
venture to say that had I
been dressed in regular
street clothes, I would have
waited my turn in line.
New Year's celebration
End-Time Harvest Church, 114 Bell Drive,
Warner Robins, will host a New Year’s Eve
Celebration Service starting at 10 p.m. tonight
and continuing through the new year. A break
fast will be served. For more information, call
Pastor Melvin Womack, (478) 922-7910.
New Year's service
New Life of Perry, 2089 U.S. 41. S., Perry, will
hold a special New Year’s eve Service, beginning
at 7 p.m. tonight. The guest speakers will be
Bishop and Mrs. Ken Dyson from Tennessee.
For transportation within the Perry area, call
(478) 988-LIFE. A nursery will be provided for
children two and under.
Bridal shower fetes Katie Stewart
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Friends of Katie Stewart, fiancee of Sam Smarr of Americus, were invited to a
Christmas Shower at the Brittany Drive home of Kathy O’Neill on Dec. 18. Katie
and Sam plan to be married at First Baptist Church Perry on Saturday, Jan. 1,
2005. From left: hostesses Kathy O’Neill and Annette Gentry, bride’s sister
Jennifer Stewart, groom’s mother Gerri Smarr, bride-to-be Katie Stewart, moth
er of the bride Debbie Stewart and hostess and Debbie’s sister-in-law Kim
Herrington. Not pictured hostess Kathy Lewis.
Helping Tsunami victims
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
HHJ Lifestyle Editor
With the death toll
reaching 80,000 and
many desperately in need
of clean water, food, shel
ter and medical supplies,
help is needed for all
those whose lives have
been shattered by the
Indian Ocean tsunami.
Salvaging the culls
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Reflections
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Nannie let nothing go to
waste if there was any way
possible to salvage some
part of the product. I have
seen her surrounded, year
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Columnist
On another occasion I
learned that dressing down
has the opposite effect. It
happened recently while
vacationing in the north
Georgia mountains at a
Holiday Inn. I was eating
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in and year out, with
bushels of culls in additions
to the first quality harvest.
Diligently she worked with
the defective products, sav
ing the good portions, dis
posing of the bad. I do not
recall ever seeing her cast
aside one piece of fruit that
had some good left.
Unlike my mother-in-law,
I rarely devoted time to
“putting up” fruits and veg
etables. When the notion
did strike me to make an
attempt at canning or freez
ing produce, my patience in
dealing with culls is very
limited. I wanted only the
best to begin with - nothing
with blemishes.
Now, wouldn’t we be in
sad shape if God’s attitude
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breakfast. Dressed in
Dockers, an old coat, with a
Harley-Davidson cap on my
head, I was reading the
morning paper and sipping
coffee. The waitress walked
over and asked if I were the
maintenance man.
Apparently she needed
something repaired. I
replied that I wasn’t the
maintenance man but was
just a guest staying at her
inn. She came unglued at
her faux pas and apologized
profusely.
Man’s outer appearance
can be deceiving. Jesus
criticized the Scribes and
Pharisees for their preten
sion of righteousness: “Woe
unto you Scribes and
Pharisees. For you are like
unto whited sepulchers,
which indeed appear beau-
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toward humans should be
the same as mine toward
fruits and vegetables?
Fortunately this is not the
case. His attitude is more
comparable to Nannie’s.
He is willing to take the
culls, remove the blemishes
and make good use of the
product.
As we venture into a New
Year, we can take comfort
on knowing that God
removes the blemishes of
our past and transforms us
from culls to lives of pro
ductivity. “Thou hast in
love to my soul delivered it
from the pit of corruption:
for thou hast cast all my
sins behind thy back.
(Isaiah 38:17b&c).
The Ruppes
tiful outward, but are with
in full of dead men’s bones,
and of all, uncleanness.
Even so ye also appear
righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity.”
Pharisees were not restrict
ed to Jesus’ day. They exist
today and are as equally
deceptive as the Pharisees
of old. Shakespeare said a
man may walk with bowed
head and reverent steps
and folded hands in the pos
ture of humility, and at the
same time be looking down
in cold contempt on those
he regards as sinners.
Jesus tells the parable of
two men who went into the
temple to pray: a Pharisee
and a publican. The
Pharisee stood up and
prayed, “God, I thank thee
that I am not as other men
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Primetime Luncheon
The monthly Primetime Luncheon will be
held on Thursday in the Fellowship Hall of the
Perry United Methodist Church. The program
will feature Rebecca Moore, certified athletic
trainer from Houston Healthcare Center, who
will talk about exercise and good health habits
for the new year. The cost of lunch is $5 and
reservations must be made. Call the church
office by 4 p.m. Tuesday.
IHo in concert
The Ruppes, a top female gospel trio, will be in
concert at 6 p.m. on Sunday at Southside
Baptist Church. They have been nominated for
Dove and Grammy awards. The concert is open
to the public.
Where did summer go?
I said in a previous column
that my summer went on vaca
tion without me as it slipped
away almost before I knew it
had arrived. Now here it is the
end of the entire year and I
have no idea where it has gone.
When I was a kid one of the
most amazing thoughts was
that we would, if lucky and
careful, be alive when it
became 2000. Now, I’m waiting
for 2005 to arrive.
I’ve had some really super
times and some real bummers
this year. The good ones
include the health and well
being of our family and friends,
the bad ones include some
glitches in health of some and
the passing of others.
Now is when I look both for
ward and back comparing and
hoping the coming year is bet
ter than ever.
One of the worst New Year’s
Eve was in the mid-1950’5.
Myrel, as usual was gone some
where across the world and our
two little kids and I were alone
with our families half-way
across the country. The kids
were asleep when a neighbor
knocked and said her husband
was working and she was lone
ly. Boy, was I glad to see her! We
talked a few minutes and she
mentioned another neighbor
was alone as his wife had not
returned from Christmas with
her folks so we called him to
join us. Between the three of
us, we found we had coffee and
grape juice to celebrate with.
We opted for the grape juice in
wine glasses trying to convince
ourselves it was as good as
champagne for our New Year’s
toast. Unfortunately, even our
vivid imaginations would not
stretch that far but we felt bet
ter since we were together and
not sitting waiting for midnight
and the beginning of a new
year alone.
One other New Year’s Eve
stands out by the fact that
Myrel was actually home. We
were invited to a small gather
ing of friends and friends of
friends. Times were a little bet-
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can. I fast twice a week. I
give titles of all that I pos
sess.” The publican, stand
ing afar off, would not lift
up his eyes unto heaven but
smote his chest, saying,
“God, be merciful to me a
sinner.” Jesus said, “I tell
you this man went down to
his house justified rather
than the other, for everyone
that exalteth himself shall
be abased, and him that
humbleth himself shall be
exalted.”
This story illustrates that
Jesus did not judge men by
their outer behavior, but by
the inner disposition of
their minds. Insincere men
may fool others but not
God, for I Samuel 16: 7
states: “The Lord seeth not
as man seeth, for man
looketh on the outward
appearance, but the Lord
looketh on the heart.”
Irene Hamer
Columnist
irenehamer@juno.com
ter, we had snacks and real
wine—true it was gotten from
the winery for a SI.OO a gallon
if you had your own jug, but
then none of us were connois
seurs—and we’re still not
although we do go for a little
higher grade of the grape.
Someone, for whatever reason,
had brought a couple of records
of polka music and sometime
during the evening they were
put on the record player. Since
no one knew how to polka, we
wound up kind of skipping indi
vidually around the living room
in a circle. I stopped when the
feet of my stockings started
flapping around my ankles and
I discovered the friction of the
carpet had worn the soles away.
Recently we again shared a
gathering of old friends with
whom we have shared fishing
and bowling with for nearly 30
years. Two of the group have
passed away and are missed, a
few of us still bowl, but only
Myrel fishes occasionally. We
had good food and good conver
sation, but there were differ
ences; no polka music, wine
doesn’t go with our medicines
and we celebrate at lunch time
because we’ve aged to the point
that we hate to drive at night.
But polka music or not, we
thoroughly enjoyed our party
and the easy companionship
that comes with old friends and
that’s what makes the best par
ties.
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