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Grandchild
I never knew I could love so deeply.
Until your eyes met mine.
I never knew tantrums and fits.
Would be so cute and fine.
When I thought you were in danger
I was in a scare.
Just thinking how you might get hurt
threw me in despair.
Qettiny to know
Jenkins (Bounty,
By Sam Eades, Publisher/
Writer
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The Times
Scarboro, Ga. &
Scarboro Landing
One of the oldest settlements in this part of Georgia,
which was established sometime prior to 1840, is Scarboro,
Georgia. A variant spelling was "Scarborough". A post
office was in operation in the old town from 1839 until
it was closed in 1951. The town received its name from
Enoch or Hardy Scarborough of Screven County. In 1839
it became Station No. 7 on the Central Rail Road and
served one of the very oldest rail roads in the United States
as a refueling station for more than 30 years. The Georgia
General Assembly incorporated Scarboro as a town in 1859.
During the War Between the States, General Sherman’s
army camped alongside the railroad in Scarboro on the
night of December 3, 1864.
In 1854 Scarboro Church was formed. Being the only
Church is Scarboro, folks from the entire area would
come to worship. It still has services today. Members of
the congregation being baptised were then and are still
baptised in the Ogeechee River at the landing.
About 1/2 mile east of Scarboro, stands the old Woods’
house constructed in part about ten years before the War
Between the States.
Scarboro Landing Bait and Tackle located in Scarboro
and close to the Ogeechee River, was a busy little country
store for many years. Selling everything from Bread and
Milk to fishing gear, bait and of course cold Royal Crown
in the bottle along with a moon pie. Many from the local
area would hang out on the store's old front porch for
chatting and possilby playing a game of checkers. Close by
was a bridge that crossed the Ogeechee River, however in
1953, under the weight of an over limit truck, it collapsed.
Clayton Rhodes of Savannah, Georigia said, "my
Gandmother, Bessie Parker Clayton lived in the what was
then called the old railroad conductor’s house in Scarboro.
It was on a dirt road near the tracks." Although the house is
still standing, it is covered by trees and vines.
This town with it's long history of its railroad, country
store. Church, older homes, and work on the Ogeechee, it
is still a beautiful place to call home.
City (jhl on the
• • •
By Tracey Pruitt
Special to
The Times
GOT
GOATS?
Several years ago,
my husband and I decided to acquire goats for the sheer
pleasure of watching them. A friend gave us two to
start our herd (a nanny and a baby billy goat). “Chester”
(our billy goat) was approximately six months old.
He was cute and fluffy though slightly stand-offish.
Approximately two weeks after he came to live on our
mini farm, he decided to break out of his captivity and
head for freedom. That afternoon, I came home and
found his pen empty. Using my very limited tracking
skills, I saw that he had escaped from his pen and made
his way through our garden to the back of our property.
From there, I lost his trail. I was completely distraught.
My distress worsened when it began to rain excessively.
I thought of my poor baby goat in the cold, besieged by
predators such as coyotes and alligators.
Two long days had passed and I was sure that
Chester had met his demise. Our neighbors drove up
unexpectedly at the end of the second day and asked if
we were missing a goat. They had been having a cook
out when they saw a ghostly figure of white and black
tentatively approach the fire pit. As they attempted to
apprehend the little fellow, Chester headed towards the
paved road. He was he determined to evade capture. I
surmised that he was trying to get across town back to
his original home.
We jumped in the truck and found that our neighbors had
trailed little Chester to another neighbor’s yard. He had
found sanctuary in a metal bam and was hiding. Four
grown men went into the bam and I have to admit that I
have never heard such a commotion in my life. Chester
was kicking the walls and bellowing at the top of his
lungs as if he were being slaughtered. It seemed like an
eternity when the four emerged with a bedraggled and
slightly dehydrated Chester. They placed him in my
grateful arms and we took him home.
Realizing the he had probably not eaten or drank
anything since he had been on the ran, we made him
a goat milk bottle. As he latched onto it hungrily, I
discovered the joys of having a “bottle baby”. Though
Chester would grow to become an obnoxious, smelly
billy goat, that night I was glad he was home!
Many months have passed. Chester has grown up and
gifted us with beautiful baby goats. He is stubborn and
very smelly. However, I am very glad we found our goat
and also learned that goats are very much escape artists.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
TOM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ROBERT
How I love you so deeply,
I never knew I could.
To love you and care for you,
I knew I thought I should.
To love you so deeply,
who thought it could be.
To love a grandchild like no other.
Now I can see.
I never thought a love.
Could be such a joy.
A love I want to hold forever.
And never destroy.
I love you completely, my grandchild
Written by Kim Wright, Millen
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EVENTS OF
INTEREST
August 11 - 12 - Second Annual Rincon Rodeo,
Freedom Park, 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm,
August 11 - 13 - Savannah Outlaw Pro Rodeo
World Championship, All New South Georgia State
Fairgrounds (Fort Argyle Rd), August 11 & 12 (open
8 pm), August 13 (open 2 pm), Free parking, Rain or
Shine
August 12 - The PAL Theater in Millen presents the
Chi-Town Transit Authority!! A tribute to the music
of Chicago. Purchase Regular Seating for $20 or the
VIP Pass for $30. The VIP Pass includes exclusive
front row seating, a pre-party show and appetizers at
6PM, and a meet and greet with the band!!
September 9 & 10 - Steel Magnolias, Pal Theater,
Millen, September 9, 7 p.m. and September 10, 3
p.m., General Admission $15, Reserved Seating $25,
Table VIP Seating $40, tickets available at the door
(until sold out), tickets available at The Sylvania
Times office, Jenkins County Chamber of Commerce,
Spring Creek Auction and Jenkins County Times.
September 16 - 34th Annual Brooklet Peanut
Festival, 10 am, Downtown Brooklet
October 16 - 21 - 61st Statesboro Kiwanis
Ogeechee Fair, Statesboro.
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