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Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, April 3,2019 I Don’t Miss My Teacher’s Hickory Stick, but She Never Did Special to the Ledger Dr. James L Snyder I am not sure why I think of some things, however, every oc casionally I remember something that hap pened a million years ago. Or so it seems. This week for some reason, I happened to think of my fifth grade elementary school teach er. Her name was Miss Ammon. She was a wonderful teacher in many regards and taught me quite a bit or at least she tried. As a fifth- grader, I looked at her as a very old woman. She might’ve been 50, I’m not sure. One of my friends joked and asked her, “Miss Ammon, how was Noah as a student?” I am glad he asked and not me because the class was then introduced to her “Hickory Stick.” I say we, but it was my friend with the stupid question that was actu ally introduced to it. After the incident, she told the class, “I have here in my hand the Board of Education which shall be applied to the seat of your learn ing when necessary.” Nobody even snickered, but left that alone. Miss Ammon did not have a sense of humor. Everything was very serious to her and I do not remember ever see James L. Snyder ing her even smile. She probably did, but that is not a memory that I have of her. I remember the day that the government ruled against Bible reading and the Lord’s Prayer in school. Being young, I did not quite understand the signifi cance of it. The next day in school Miss Ammon stood in front of the class with a hickory stick in her right hand. As she was smack ing her left hand she said, “Let them come into my class and tell me I can’t read the Bible or say the Lord’s Prayer.” Knowing her as we knew her then, she would have been very good on her word. In fact, when we were outside at recess (re member recess?) we all talked about how excit ing it would be for them come into our class and face-off with our dear Miss Ammon. She is the only woman that could have gotten away with something like that. She was afraid of no one. Ev eryone was afraid of her; even the principal but that is another story. Once I was to give a little oral report before the class and Miss Am mon called me up front and asked me if I was ready. I stupidly said, “I rehearsed this in my sleep last night.” Some of my friends snickered, but Miss Ammon said, “Well, I hope you can repeat it while you’re awake.” That was the only time I ever saw something close to a twinkle in her eyes. That was not the encourage ment to put me in a posi tive position of present ing my little speech. I well remember the day that my seat of learning was introduced to her Board of Educa tion. I was chewing gum in class, and back then, you were not allowed to chew gum in class. I knew it, but for some reason I thought I could get away with it. When she saw me chewing the gum she said to me, “Get rid of that gum right now!” I had forgotten I was chewing it because at that time that was a natural thing to do. She alarmed me and I turned to my left and spit the gum out on the floor. Then I laughed. It was a natural response for me and then I was introduced to the natural response of Miss Am mon. She quietly turned around, went to the corner of the room and picked up her hickory stick. I could hear everybody in the class sighing. “Mr. Snyder,” she said in a very rever ent tone, too reverent for me. “Will you please come to the front of the class?” I knew it was not a question. I knew it was a direct order from “the boss.” To show how old she was, she was my father’s teacher when he was in grade school. Bank ing on that she said, “You tell your father about this and it will be repeated.” There in front of the class, I bent over on her command and received four swats of her hickory stick. She did not miss a lick. I did not tell my father. He had a rule in our home that if you got a spanking in school you also got a spank ing when you got home. This is the first time I am telling anyone about that episode. Occasionally I feel a little tingle on the “seat of my learning” remind ing me of Miss Ammon. I have not chewed gum since. Many years later when I was an adult and had published several books, I took some to her and thanked her for teaching me to read and write. We need more Miss Ammon’s in our school system today. Person ally, I would like to see every politician bow be fore her and be initiated. I’m not sure and I never asked, but I think her favorite verse was, “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chas- teneth him betimes” (Proverbs 13:24). At the time, I did not know how much Miss Ammon really loved her see Smile, page 5B From The Bible By Jerry Kingery Joshua commanded the officers Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Is rael. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. Prom the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may est prosper whitherso ever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I command ed thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Then Joshua com manded the officers of the people, say ing, Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, say ing, Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. Your wives, your little See Bible, page 5B Attend The House of Worship of Your Choice This Sunday Lee County Church Of Christ Eddie Garcia, Minister Bible Study 9:30 AM Worship..10:30 AM & 6:00 PM Smithville Baptist Lance Fendley, Pastor Sunday School... 10:00 AM Worship...11 AM & 7 PM Philema Road Baptist Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Alpha Baptist Tom Howard, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM 1st Sunday of the Month Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Antioch Baptist Church Rev. Lem Wright 1st and 3rd Sunday Sunday School 9:00 AM 4th Sunday Worship Service. 10:00 AM Friendship Baptist Church of Lee County Mark Spraggins, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Service.. 11:00 AM Phillip Grove Baptist Pastor Jenkins Sunday School... 10:00 AM 1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 AM Mt. Pleasant Baptist Pastor E B Washington Sunday School 8:00 AM Worship Service ...,9:15AM Albany Bible Church Pastor Pete Daughtry, Sun. 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