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Page 4 — Wednesday, June 3, 2009, The Millen News
Opinions, yours and ours
The Chatter Box
By Deborah Bennett
As school gets out for the summer, I am again reminded
of just how “short” our summers seem to be now. June barely
gets started before September arrives. I don’t recall it being
that way when I was younger.
And, it is not just the summers. The older I get, the faster
time in general passes. I am too quickly approaching the
“senior citizen” designation. I can see it looming on the
horizon!
Apparently everyone else can see it too. I am no longer
called “Miss” but “Mam” or “Lady” by strangers, and
“youngsters” have started letting me ahead of them in check
out lines at stores. I appreciate their kindness, but I fear it is
because they consider me to be “old.”
I have found, however, two good things about the situa
tion. I now have grandchildren to enjoy, and I have plenty
of company. Time marches on for all us, and there is no
point in worrying about it! So, enjoy the summer.
Happy birthday this week to: Myra Fleming, John Troisi
Jr., Randall Gay, Roy Head, Stewart Rackley, Tori Smith,
Debbie Richards, Kim Bennett, Ginger Lanier, Robert
Pierce, Shirley Dwight, Jacob Jenkins and Emory Rabitsch.
Military Active Duty List: Ronnie Perryman, Charlie
Troop, 108 th Calvary Division, 4 th Platoon, Afghanistan;
Lance Cpl. Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8 th & I Marine
Barracks, Washington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis,
U.S. Air Force, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance
Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Twenty Nine Palms,
CA; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad,
Iraq; Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA;
E5 Petty Officer 2 nd Class Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NS A
Naples, Italy; Senior Airman Charles F. Woods, Moody
Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air
Force, Barksdale AFB, Bossier, FA; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes,
1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade
Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detachment 1 Com
mander, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Aus
tralia; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade,
118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie
A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Petty
Chief Officer Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Elroy Destroyer,
Norfolk, Va.; Stephanie Crosby, R.N., U.S. Navy, Lafayette
Destroyer; Jimmy Cooper, U.S. Army National Guard,
878th Engineering Battalion-Augusta, Persian Gulf; 1st Lt.
J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Di
vision, Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th MEDCOM, 121
General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Jeffrey Sweat, U.S. Navy,
USS Kauffman, MM3 59/E-Division, A-Gang, Norfolk, Va.;
Cpl. Larry Lamont Clark, U.S. Marine Corp, 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Fejeune, N.C. Bagdad, Iraq;
Khan Young, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Persian Gulf;
Robert Milton Jr., E-3, U.S. Army, Ft. Stewart, Hinesville,
Ga., Mission Kuwait; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air
Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and Debra A. Mosley, Tech.
Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and SPC
Charles “C.J.” Amerson, U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Thank you so much to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
#2776 for all they did to make
it the best Memorial Day we’ve
ever had!
It loosened my tear glands,
which doesn’t often happen.
Needless to say. I’m a grateful
American for all the people in
service of country have done for
me.
Carlton was great! I’m sure it
meant much for him to be back
home. Words cannot adequately
express my appreciation for all
the VFW Post did.
Sincerely,
Evelyn Gunn Young
Millen
Dear Editor:
A letter of gratitude to the
members of the Jenkins County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(VFW), Post 2776, Commander
Byron Scogins, Randall Brown,
Joe Sasser, Dana Edenfield,
Pam Dwight, Jim Lindsay,
Elbert Burke, Leroy Clayton,
William Gunn, Don Leonard,
Larry Thompson, Jesse Guthrie,
Casey Johnson, William
Matthews, Darryl Drake and
Ray Garvin.
The Jenkins County War Me
morial dedication held on Me
morial Day on the steps of the
Jenkins County Courthouse was
one of the most well-planned
and impressive events held in
Millen in a long time. I’m very
sure the dedication ceremony
honoring our veterans took
many months of fundraising,
planning and hard work by our
local VFW 2776 members.
Those who attended the cer
emony heard words from Dr.
Maurice Crowder, Mayor
Rocker, Lt. Gen. David
Poythress, Ga. Senator J.B.
Powell, Ga. Rep. Jon Burns,
Nancy Bobbit-senior field rep
resentative for U.S. Sen. Johnny
Isakson, U.S. Congressman
John Barrow and Jenkins
County native, Gen. Carlton
Fulford, USMS (Ret), Ed Arita,
as well as song tributes from
Leroy Clayton and Jill Leonard.
It was a great day, and we
express our since appreciation
to the members of our VFW
Post 2776 and the Millen
Woman’s Club for all of their
hard work, time and effort in
planning and executing such a
memorable event in honor of
those who gave their lives in
service to our country.
Sincerely,
Perry and Vicki Mitchell
Millen
Dear Editor:
I am happy and proud of our
2009 baseball team. They did a
great job. I know all our mem
bers of the 1958 team were pull
ing for them to win it all.
In 1958, I was a junior and
played third base on our high
school team. This is the only
time that Jenkins County High
School (JCHS) ever played for
the state championship. Our
team traveled to Thomaston as
all the playoff games were
played there. We lost to Model,
a school from the Atlanta area.
Although we lost, this was the
best team JCHS ever had. There
were a few teams that had some
success but didn’t have the tal
ent or depth of this 1958 team.
The members were Jack
Hinson, If; Homer Meyers, cf;
Wendell McMillian, rf; Don
Parker, c; Edward Lewis, lb;
Taylor Ward, ss; Frank
Stephens,p-lb; Connie Lewis,
p-lb; and myself, played third
base. Jesse was the sub on this
team. I can’t recall the others.
Hubert Lanier was the equip
ment manager.
Frank, Connie and I played on
the 1959 Ogeechee League
champions. Connie went on to
Georgia Southern University
and was the NAIA freshman
basketball Player of the Year for
1959-1960.
These guys would be a terror
in these times with short fields
and metal bats. Jack and Don
would have lost all the balls.
Connie, Frank, Wendell, Taylor
and I would have gotten our
share. Homer Meyers was the
best hitter I ever saw in high
school and could run like the
wind. Connie had a major
league over-hand curve (drop)
that no one could hit. Frank was
our pro prospect at the time.
Jesse, a freshman, would have
been a star on any other team.
I will always believe this had
something to do with the suc
cess Millen had for 10 years in
the Ogeechee League. They
ruled baseball in this area, even
played for a national title in
Louisville, Ky.
Sincerely,
Butch Joiner
Millen
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