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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006
A king, president, 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
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Thanksgiving 2006
Every year as crisp cold
weather approaches, I
find myself thinking
back on the Thanksgiving
days of my childhood.
On the first morning fol
lowing a night’s hard frost
that arrived to kill the kudzu
and finish off the raggedy
remains of summer gardens,
Daddy would step out on the
porch, fiddle with the zipper
on his jacket and then when
fastened into his coat, gaze
out on the
glimmer
ing frost.
He'd draw
in a lung’s
worth
of the
nippy air
and then
smile, his
green eyes
twinkling
brightly.
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Columnist
“Yep,”
he’d say with the kind of
authority that defied being
defied. “I think we’re just
about right for a hog kil
lin’.”
I’ve made no secret that
I come from parents who
sprung from the loins of
the Appalachian Scotch-
Irish. They boldly escaped
that existence in their dif
ferent ways. Mama put on
her high heels, hat and best
suit and openly bid her fare
well on an October’s morn
but daddy, just a boy who
could take no more, stealth
ily took his leave by the dark
of night.
Yes, the eyes have it
I admit it. I was the lit
tle four-eyed girl in the
third grade. At the age of
9,1 had to have glasses and I
have been dependent on cor
rective lenses ever since.
I look back at my glasses
through the years and cringe
slightly,
wondering
at times
what I
was think
ing. Then
I look at
the ones I
have now
and think,
“What will
I think
about
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these in another 20 years?”
However, thanks to my
parents’ generosity, by the
age of 111 was free of glasses,
at least in public. I entered
the world of contacts - and
solution, cleaner, lens cases,
and rewetting drops.
My eye doctor suggested
that my sister and I both
wear gas permeable con
tacts - the ones that bounce
when you drop them. I know
because I have heard the tell
tale click too many times
through the years. The only
worse sound is silence when
you drop one - because then
you have no idea in which
area to begin the search.
Unlike people who wear
soft contact lenses, I don’t
have several pair. These
aren’t disposable. If I lose
one, I’m sunk. My husband
found this out late one night
as I was in a panic looking for
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What is the name of this
actress?
Literary Quiz
Name the king who
wore a green suit, married
Celeste, and had three chil
dren named Flora, Pom and
Alexander.
USA
What place in history does
the Rev. Oliver Brown hold
and what was his little girl’s
name?
Georgia
Which president ordered
But they always took us
back to the places from
where they came and made
certain we knew our kinfolk
and understood their tradi
tions and lifestyle.
On Thanksgiving, we’d
head into the North Georgia
mountains to Mama’s folks
where Daddy would help
Paw-Paw kill a hog while the
women prepared the mas
sive holiday dinner.
“You young’ins stay on this
here porch ‘til that hawg’s
killed,” Maw-maw would
command, sticking her head
out of the screen door. “Ya
mind me, ya hear?”
Obediently, my cous
ins and I, though eager to
scramble to the barn loft,
would line up and watch as
Daddy raised the rifle to his
shoulder, steadied his aim
and squeezed the trigger to
release one perfect shot. As
soon as the mighty animal
fell with an earth-quivering
thump, we’d jump off the
back porch, paying no-never
mind to the steps and race to
the barn.
We’d skitter up the hand
hewn ladder, plop ourselves
down into the soft, scattered
hay or sat atop of bales and
try to out-do each other with
the scariest, biggest ghost
tale of all.
It’s the feel and the smells
of those Thanksgivings that
I remember most. There was
definitely a chill in the air
because you only killed hogs
when it was cold enough
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the tiny bit of shiny plastic
on the bathroom floor. “Why
are you so upset?” he asked
in exasperation. “Because I
can’t see without my con
tacts and my glasses give me
a headache if I wear them
for very long!” I wailed.
I never did find that one,
and my grandmother had to
drive me to the doctor for a
replacement. I finally got a
pair of glasses that matched
my contact prescription,
after learning my lesson the
hard way, and can wear them
for long periods of time sans
headache.
Still, I am sunk if I lose
a contact or misplace my
glasses. Want to play a cruel
joke on me? Hide my con
tacts then move my glasses.
You can put the glasses down
in plain sight, just not where
I normally put them. The
search would take hours.
My husband realized my
vision shortcomings early in
our marriage. He had been
working out and came to
show off by flexing his mus
cles for me. What he did
not realize was that I didn’t
have my contacts in and I
wasn’t wearing my glasses
either. I was unimpressed
by his show, only because I
couldn’t see it. His feelings
were hurt, until I finally
convinced him of that fact.
Now he makes sure I have
some sort of corrective lens
es available when he wants
to show off.
Truly, unless my own child
were within a couple of feet
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the building of Fort Benjamin
Hawkins?
Bible
Who had 1400 chariots
and 12,000 horses?
Weird
Why are so many peo
ple familiar with Byron
McKeeby’B face even if
they never heard his name
before?
Last Week’s
Answers
Go, Laurie!
In regard to the last Eye
Q, I never saw so many
different guesses, and there
was only one right answer:
Gene Tierney. Laurie Jones
was the sole and only one to
get this Eye Q, and also got
Submitted
The cast of ‘‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
Centerville Elementary presents ‘Charlie’
Special to the Journal
Centerville Elementary
School will take a trip to
the land of Oompa-Loompas
and chocolate rivers Dec.
1 when “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory” opens in
the school cafeteria.
“We didn’t realize how
many wonderful, exhilarat
ing, and eager young actors
and actresses we had at
Centerville Elementary,”
said Sherry Campbell, play
producer and PTO presi
dent. “For last year’s play
we had an overwhelming
response, and we knew this
year would be no different.
This year we chose ‘Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory’
which allowed us to use as
many characters as pos
sible.”
Based on the book by
Roald Dahl, the play is the
story of Charlie Bucket, the
poor boy who finds a golden
ticket that takes him into
the inner workings of Willy
Wonka’s candy factory.
A cast of 64 students
brings Wonka’s factory to
life as Oompa-Loompas
make the chocolate bars
and lollipops, which seem
to have lives of their own.
“Participating cast
members will walk away
from this production with
great self confidence,”
Campbell said.
“The play will provide
a lifetime of wonderful
memories for both actors
and audience members.”
“Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory” is pro
duced by Sherry Campbell
and directed by Jerry
Reppert. The produc
tion is sponsored by the
Centerville Elementary
PTO. All proceeds will go
toward purchasing play
ground equipment.
Show times are 7 p.m.,
Dec. 1; 7 p.m., Dec. 2; and
2:30 p.m. Dec. 3.
Tickets are $5 each.
Seating is limited. For
more information, or
to purchase tickets, call
Sherry Campbell at 973-
9379. Tickets may be
purchased at Centerville
Elementary School during
LIFESTYLE
all the others right so she
gets gold stars.
Last Week’s
cognoscenti
William Dobbin, after six
or seven hundred pages of
“Vanity Fair,” finally won
the hand of Amelia Sedley
Osborne. Apparently, there
is also a William Dobbin in
“Tom Sawyer,” which I did
not know, and which Jim
Worrall pointed out. Those
getting “Vanity Fair” were
were Jaloo Zelonis, Laurie
Jones, Olivia Stachorek,
Larry and Chris Thomson,
Nancy Braswell, Mike
Stockwell, Terry Everett,
Bill Harrison and Mike
Stanley.
The Republic of
Texas
Texas was a country in
school hours.
Cast members for
“Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory”:
■ Willy Wonka - Josh
Campbell
■ Charlie Bucket -
Mitchell Basham
■ Narrator - Akshay
Sadalge
■ Grandpa Joe - Jordan
Thigpen
■ Mr. Bucket - Evan
Gambill
■ Mrs. Bucket - Destini
Joyner
■ Grandpa George - Jake
Long
■ Grandma Georgina -
Ciara White
■ Grandma Josephine
- Morgan Campbell
■ Mike Teavee - Anthony
Angiolillo
■ Mr. Teavee - Zachery
Bynum
■ Mrs. Teavee - Mykenzy
Bartlett
■ Mrs. Gloop - Cara
Douglas
■ Augustus Gloop - Justin
Smith
■ Veruca Salt - Rebekah
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its own right - a Republic
- between being part of
Mexico and deciding to join
the states. Getting it right
were Jim Worrall, Laurie
Jones, Jaloo Zelonis, Olivia
Stachorek, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Nancy Braswell,
Mike Stockwell, Terry
Everett, Bill Harrison and
Mike Stanley.
Georgia Geniuses
Pulaski County is named
after Casimir Pulaski, a
nobleman and military
genius from Poland. Getting
it right were Jim Worrall,
Laurie Jones, Jaloo Zelonis,
Olivia Stachorek, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Mike Stockwell,
Terry Everett, Bill Harrison
and Mike Stanley.
The Scripturally
Savvy
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Patterson
■ Mr. Salt - Jared
Watson
■ Mrs. Salt - Rebekah
Brown
■ Violet Beauregarde -
Megan Bowen
■ Mrs. Beauregarde -
Baylee Durenberger
■ Elevator operator -
Jesse Campbell
■ Camera man - Jonathan
Wright
Dancing Oompa-
Loompas:
■ Brittany Dubose
■ Christopher Paterson
■ Troy Windham
■ Jordan Brown
■ Courtney Cox
■ Katie Norman
■ Holley Taylor
■ Ashleigh Gray
■ Kelsey Gore
■ Autumn Blackburn
■ Candy Canes:
■ Cara Stasel
■ Scarlett Niehaus
■ Lauren Thompson
■ Jessica Bynum
■ Savannah Anderson
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Greek alphabet and Omega
is the last. Getting it right
were Billy and Pete Greer,
Laurie Jones, Jim Worrall,
Jaloo Zelonis, Olivia
Stachorek, Larry and Chris
Thomson, Nancy Braswell,
Mike Stockwell, Terry
Everett, Bill Harrison and
Mike Stanley.
Padmelon
Country
The padmelon is a bouncy
little marsupial in the kan
garoo family - and lives in
Australia Tasmania, New
Zealand and other places
“down under.” Getting it
right were Jim Worrall,
Laurie Jones, Jaloo Zelonis,
Olivia Stachorek, Larry
and Chris Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Mike Stockwell,
Terry Everett, Bill Harrison
and Mike Stanley.
Loompas:
■ Kristin Hamilton
■ Miranda George
■ Alex O’Connor
■ Michael Craven
■ JoyNaya Foster
■ Cassidy Thornton
■ Denisha Statham
■ Jada Bembry
Maya Kesler
■ Alex Leßlanc
Lollipops:
■ Macie Flesher
■ Sydney Shugart
■ Tysheana Brantley
■ Jared Hilliard
■ Tailor Joyner
■ Autumn Johnson
Speaking Oompa-
Loompas:
■ Ragan Shaw
■ Autumn Lee
■ Taylor Simpson
■ Graysen Parrish
■ Kaleb Lee
■ Krista Blackburn
■ Megan Gibbs
■ Kendall Bowen
■ Daniel Underwood
■ Miranda Thigpen
Wonka chocolate bars:
■ Jordyn Joines
■ Zachery Peffer