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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
TALK
of the
TOWN
if.
By
Julie
Evans
jevans@evanshewspapers.
Birthdays and
congratulations
Today is Jan Calhoun’s
birthday. The. BIG “50”.
She told me that she is
going on a cruise for this
occasion. What a great idea.
Jan has got to be one of
my favorite cousins. Our
two families have grown up
together and been around
one another for a long as
I can remfember. Her mom
and my mom were best
friends growing up. She
has raised two great kids,
Ashley and Steven who are
practically grown now. Live
it up, Cousin. You deserve
it.. Oh, by the way. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!
One of my fellow Chamber
Board Members, Matt
Marshall just celebrated his
birthday on July 9th. I
wish that I knew the num
ber, but no one would tell
me. He must be getting old
—er!
Congratulations to Dana
Arnold. She will be start
ing her new job at HCBOE
at the end of the month.
She has been working for
Tommy Storey for the last
10 years. She is excited
because she will have the
same hours as her children
who are in school. Tommy
Storey will surely miss you
Dana. Good Luck with your
new position.
I only know by her first
name. It’s Glenda. She
looks the same to me today
as she did 35 years ago
when we first met. The
only difference maybe, is
the color of her hair. You
want have long conversa
tions with her when you
meet. Short sentences, one
or two words are about all
that you will have time for
when she speaks to you.
Why is that? Have you ever
tried to talk with a bunch
of “stuff” in your mouth?
I first met Glenda at Dr.
Jerles office. She cleaned
my teeth.... And Boy, did she
clean my teeth. Don’t think
that she wouldn’t get on to
you either, if you haven’t
been flossing. (She always
would know) And, DON’T
BE LATE either! She will
be on that phone track
ing you down in a hurry.
Glenda has been working
with Dr. Jerles and those
Shelton Twins, Drs. Lewis
and Thomas Shelton for a
total of 40 years. She drives
from Lake Sinclair every
day to work. Evidently,
she loves her job and most
importantly, she gets to see
her mom who lives here
in Perry. I even heard that
Thursdays is grass cutting
day. Congrats Glenda on 40
years in the business. Keep
up the good work. See ya in
6 months.
I have a new friend. Her
name is Edna Cladney.
Today, she lives in Warner
Robins with her daughter.
She called me the other
day so that I could put
her friend, Francis Childs,
birthday announcement in
the paper. Ms. Childs turned
100 on July 11th. Ms. Childs
is the aunt to our Governor
Sonny Perdue. Now, let me
get back to Ms. Edna for a
second. She use to work for
Foy Evans at The Sun. She
worked in the circulation
department. I asked her
how long she worked for
Mr. Evans, and she told me
“ til I retired”. I said OK.
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Celebrating America 1 * birthday with a backyard bash
A big crowd celebrated America’s birthday at Leta’s On the Square last
Thursday. The courtyard of Leta’s was filled with the smell of Big D’s
delicious BBQ, and the southern rock sounds of the Mossy Creek Band.
People gathered to feast on barbecue, dance, sing and laugh. Dodging
The HHJ QUIZ
Literary Quiz
What kind of people never
have to be shown the glass
flowers at Harvard?
According to whom?
Harrison’s Sports
Quiz
Last Sunday, Rafael Nadal
defeated top-ranked Roger
Federer in an incredible
Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final
that lasted 4 hours and 48
minutes, making it the longest
final’s match in Wimbledon his
tory. However, that was not the
longest recorded match at the
All England Lawn Tennis and
Croquet Club. When Was the
record match time set, how long
was it, who were the players,
how many games were there in
the match and what rule did it
serve to introduce?
In the News
Name the world famous tour
ist site that is going to have a
$267 million makeover.
History Quiz
How shot Tao Chengzhang?
Faith Quiz
Who was converted to
Catholicism because of an expe
rience he had while making a
television documentary about
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A while
back,
Mama,
Louise,
Rodney
and I vis
ited with
some good
friends of
ours up in
the moun
tains.
Ronda Rich
Columnist
Their standard of
living is simpler than you’re
liable to find in places far
south of their mountains and
that river that ambles lazily
through the couple of hun
dred acres that is home to
a family compound of sorts.
That means that as the kids
grew up, they didn’t move
away. They simply walked
across the hill, the holler,
the river or the pasture and
set up housekeeping. Some
are within hollering distance
while a couple can be back at
the family homestead in less
LIFESTYLE
Eye Q: In what city would you see this building?
Mother Teresa of Calcutta?
Weird Quiz
What toy can be used to
teach seismology?
Last Week's
Answers
The rabbit
Albrecht Durer drew the
rabbit (1502). Getting it
right were Michael Stanley,
than two minutes.
There are lots of trees
that shelter this land that’s
been in their family for
three or four generations.
Blackberries grow wild, Polk
salad is plentiful and honey
suckle and kudzu fight for
the right of domain. Cattle
graze and every summer,
it’s for certain there’ll be
the men, sweating, dirty and
tired, getting up hay and
silently cursing the deadly,
sweltering heat. Time was,
too, when they killed their
own hogs and made their
own sausage. One son recalls
when all the family would
get together and kill 10 or
12 at a time and spend three
days doingit.
Hog killings, though, that
takes a lot of hard work
and time so that has kindly
passed by the wayside. They
still grow their own gardens,
though, and every late sum
mer, you’ll find a few on them
gathered on Mama’s front
the rain, the Mossy Creek Band played some of the all time favorites of
the crowd. Good food, good service, good music, and great friends; it
couldn’t have been better!
by Krystal Riner
Chris and Larry Thomson,
Nancy Braswell, Jim Worrall,
Bill Harrison, Terry Everett
and Olivia Stachorek.
Poor old dad
Emma and Mr. Knightley
decided to live in Hartfield
rather than the Knightley
home because Emma
couldn’t leave her father,
the sickly, hypochondriac Mr.
Woodhouse. Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Nancy
porch, stringing beans in the
waning light of day and talk
ing about what was, what is
and what could be. Then, the
women will spend days can
ning and freezing vegetables.
And in the language of these
rural Southerners, one will
surely say to another after
church on Sunday morning,
“We put up 50 quarts of
green beans this week and
fixed 60 messes of corn.”
For these Southerners
know that a “mess” is the
perfect portion for a family
dinner. Take a package of
corn out of the freezer, dump
it into the pot and there
you’ll have just enough for
dinner. That’s a mess.
Now, this isn’t to say that
their lives, less complicated
that they are, are not with
out trouble. This family’s
seen plenty of it. Too much,
really. Sickness and death
has plopped itself right into
the bosom of this close knit
family and made itself an
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Braswell, Laurie Jones,
Jim Worrall, Bill Harrison,
Terry Everett and Olivia
Stachorek.
Three times
Two men have played in the
Little League World Series, the
College World Series and the
Major League World Series.
Jason Varitek accomplished
the feat playing for Altomaonte
Springs, FL, Georgia Tech and
the Boston Red Sox. He is
currently with the Red Sox.
Ed Vosberg also did it playing
for Tucson, AZ, the University
of Arizona and the Florida
Marlins. He is currently in the
Mexican League playing for the
Gusave Cotton Pickers. Getting
it right were Michael Stanley,
Chris and Larry Thomson,
Nancy Braswell, Laurie Jones,
Terry Everett and Olivia
Stachorek.
Antioch
It was in Antioch in mod
ern-day Turkey that the fol
lowers of Christ first called
themselves Christians.
Getting it right were Michael
Stanley, Chris and Larry
Thomson, Nancy Braswell,
Laurie Jones, Jim Worrall,
Bill Harrison, Terry Everett
and Olivia Stachorek.
unwelcome extra member.
But through it all, they
have pulled together, loved
mightily and never ceased
to praise the good Lord for
the hard times as well as the
good ones.
In my first book, I includ
ed a story that sprang
from the well of this family
and its beloved matriarch.
Stories still abound of how
she clearly spoke her mind,
pulled no punches and took
no bull. Her life, though, had
been hard. Her husband died
way too young and left her
to finish raising the kids and
minding the farm. She was
a tiny but fierce woman and
though she lived into her
90s, she fought for survival
almost every day of her life.
I shall never forget what I
heard her once when I was
young.
“The good Lord never
gives ye more than ye can
bear.” She paused thought
fully then quietly continued.
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 ♦
The marathon runner
Phidippides, upon running
from the plains of Marathon to
his king in Athens with news
of the Athenians’ battle vic
tory over the Persians, rejoiced,
“Nike!”, (Victory!) before drop
ping dead. Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Bill Harrison, Terry
Everett and Olivia Stachorek.
Disagreeing
Justices Ginsberg,Stevens,
Breyer and Souter dissented
in the recent Supreme Court
ruling regarding the Second
Amendment. Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Laurie Jones, Jim
Worrall, Bill Harrison, Terry
Everett and Olivia Stachorek.
It was Ike
Rearrange the letters
to reveal Dwight David
Eisenhower “viewed the
war doings.” Getting it right
were Michael Stanley, Chris
and Larry Thomson, Nancy
Braswell, Laurie Jones,
Jim Worrall, Bill Harrison,
Terry Everett and Olivia
Stachorek.
“But he shore kin bend ‘cha
double sometimes.”
The values of this family,
though, are to be admired.
They haven’t gotten caught
up in chasing bigger houses
or fancier cars. They want
simple to be family and cel
ebrate who they are.
After a country supper and
all that entails, the evening
was winding down when the
eldest sister settled at the
piano and called her siblings
over. In perfect blood har
mony, they beautifully sang
a couple of old hymns.
“Daddy never liked for
company to leave until we
sang for them,” a sister
explained.
Simple joys are so nice,
aren’t they?
Ronda Rich is the best-sell
ing author of What Southern
Women Know (That Every
Woman Should). Sign up for
her newsletter at www.rond
arich.com.
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Journal/Julie Evans