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GARY VIRDEN and KATHERINE HARRELL
Harrell, Virden
plan April wedding
Christina Harrell of
Richmond, Va., and Riddick
Harrell of Nags Head, N.C.
announce the engagement
of their daughter, Katherine
Grace Harrell to Gary Roger
Virden, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Freddy Virden of
Marshallville. The wedding
is planned for April 30 at
Harry R Leu Gardens in
Orlando, Fla.
The bride-to-be is the
granddaughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Helfert
of Richmond, Va., and the
late Mr. and , Mrs. Osroe
Harrell of Suffolk, Va. She
is a 2001 graduate of the
University of Tennessee and
holds a bachelor’s degree in
exercise science. Katherine
is currently a licensed mas
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BLAKE BOHANNON and ERICA WRIGHT
March wedding for
Wright, Bohannon
Linda and Ken Water of
Byron and William “Billy”
Wright of Perry announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Erica L. Wright, to
Blake J. Bohannon, son of
Tracy and April Bohannon
of Perry.
The wedding will take
place at Massee Lane
Gardens in Marshallville at
6:30 p.m. on March 26,
2005.
The bride is the grand
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Marigolds, during the
early stages of growth, gen
erally prefer warm days and
cool nights (55 degrees),
not-too-rich and not-too-wet
soils, and a soil pH of about
6.0 to 7.0. Rich soils encour
age lush vegetative growth
at the expense of flower pro
sage therapist at the Ritz-
Carlton Spa, Orlando,
Grande Lakes located in
Orlando, Fla.
The groom-to-be is the
grandson of Nettie Harbuck
and the late Alva Harbuck
of Marshallville, and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Virden of
Marshallville. He is a 1999
graduate of Westfield
Schools. He attended
Georgia College and State
University in Milledgeville,
where he was a member of
Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
He is currently the spa
director at the Wyndham
Palace Resort and Spa in
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
The couple plans to make
their home in Orlando.
daughter of lona Thomas of
Byron and John and Beverly
Tyndel of Perry.
The groom is the grand
son of Earl and Orpha
Anderson of Perry, Saundra
Rozeel of Burkburnett,
Texas, and the great-grand
son of Arnetta Goodwin of
Vienna, W. Va. He is a Perry
High School graduate an is
working for Graphic
Packaging International
while attending Middle
Georgia Technical College.
duction, and wet soils make
the plant susceptible to the
fungus Botrytis cinerea,
which causes rotting and
discoloring of the petals.
The infamous slug also does
his best work in wet soils,
and can severely damage an
otherwise promising
marigold crop.
CELEBRATIONS
Cherry Supremes meet at Johnny Carino’s
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The Cherry Supremes of Middle Georgia Red Hat Society met Feb. 16 at Johnny Carino’s to celebrate Barbara
Head’s 70th Birthday. Members attending were, from left,Pinky Roth, Connie Currington, Shirley Rowan, Bobbie
Gordy Queen, Betty Wafers, Dee Deck, Agnes Angle, Jeanne Parnell, Denna Rowan, Kathrine McCloud, Bobbie
Webber, Nancy Carroll, Martha Foust, Dianne Huddleston, Maxine Foster Vice Queen, Myma Moore, Barbara Head,
and Mavis Buchanan.
Cruising down the mighty Mississippi
MISSISSIPPI RIVER -
“One cannot see too many
summer sunrises on the
Mississippi,” wrote Mark
Twain who shared a well
publicized love affair with
the river. “They are
enchanting. ”
I wouldn’t know.
I don’t believe that I have
ever seen a sunrise - sum
mer or not - on the
Mississippi. They always
arrive inconveniently early
for me. I have, however,
seen many red-orange sun
sets and a few times I have
seen a full moon, pregnant
with light and wonderment,
hover majestically over the
storied river.
The charms of the
mighty, mystical Mississippi
have long held me
enthralled. I have a favorite
spot at the back of New
Orleans’ French Market
where I like to sit quietly -
unusual for me - and pon
der her magnificence as
well as the role she played
in the history of our South
and the rest of the nation.
This romantic dalliance
recently developed into a
full-blown, heart-throbbing
infatuation when I cruised
the river for several days. I
was on a modern version of
an old-fashioned steam
boat, a stunning rendition
of the kind that Mark
Twain captained up and
down his beloved river.
It is called the American
Queen and she is the king
of the riverboat queens.
There are three of them
Learning to Read With Dick and Jane
From 1930 until 1970,
generations of American
children learned to read
with a handful of delightful
ly innocent characters such
as Dick and Jane, their lit
tle sister Sally, Puff the kit
ten and of course, good old
Spot. See Spot run! Run,
Run Spot! One of the
secrets of these books was
that only a few new words
were introduced at a time
and repeated over and over
in the chapter. Many home
schooler’s parents still seek
out this timeless classics for
their own children. No
other school book since the
McGuffey Readers have
been so popular or well
loved.
Originally developed for
The Scott Foresman
Publishing company by Dr.
William Gray, Zerna Sharp
and Harry Johnston, the
three worked with teams of
teachers and school psy
chologists to develop an
effective learning method
for children. Topics such as
responsibility, sharing,
health, safety and helping
your neighbor were fre
quent themes of the stories
that also taught basic read
ing skills.
Some of the characters
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including the Mississippi
Queen and the 77-year-old
Delta Queen, which, by
Congressional exemption, is
the only wooden construct
ed boat allowed on
American waters.
The American Queen was
built for $65 million and
launched in 1995 for river
cruises. It is Victorian
glamour at its best with
rich red velvets, carved
antique furniture, Tiffany
lamps and dark wood panel
ing. Southern hospitality, at
its most impressive,
resounded throughout the
boat in the largest and
smallest of ways. Staff
called passengers by their
first names with Miss and
Mister in front of them so I
was regularly greeted with,
“Hello, Miss Ronda! How
are you today?”
Most of the passengers on
our cruise were non-south
ern so it was very interest
ing to observe their reac
tion to our fabled Southern
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evolved over the years and
you can tell what time peri
od the books were printed
just by looking at the cloth
ing and automobile styles.
“Baby” became Sally, Little
Mew became Puff and poor
old Spot changed from a
terrier to a spaniel!
Catholic schools had Scott
Foresman produce a reli
gious version just for their
use that incorporated reli
gious stories and the char
acters were renamed John,
Jean and Judy! Canada
also jumped on the Dick
and Jane bandwagon and
published exact copies of
the American originals.
The series started with a
pre-primer and continued
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hospitality. They melted.
Then, they mellowed. And
soon they started practicing
the particular art of south
ern courtesy, sliding into it
as easily as Tom Sawyer
slid out of painting that
picket fence. It was all very
pleasant.
When the boat - and yes,
despite its size (3,707 tons),
its captain and staff insist
that it be referred to as a
“boat” and not a “ship” -
pulls out from port in New
Orleans as well as all of its
subsequent stops, the
Calliope (a steam-propelled
pipe organ), always plays
Dixie while passengers
dance happily on the decks
to the merry melody.
The best part of all was
that I danced intimately
with Mark Twain’s river,
sweetly astounded to dis
cover that the land along its
edge is still virtually
untouched by development
in an age where skyscrap
ers, malls and subdivisions
have rudely pushed in and
took hostage of our treas
up through grade six with
such titles as We Work and
Play, Sally, Dick and Jane
and Guess Who.
There were also many
workbooks and teaching
aids to go along with the
series. With the civil rights
movement gaining ground
in the ’6os, the series intro
duced the first African-
American characters, Mike,
Pam and Penny who moved
in next door. Children were
taught to love each other no
matter what their skin
color.
Unfortunately the series
fell out of favor in the early
’7os when different teach
ing methods became more
popular and politically cor
rect. These wonderful
books can still be found at
book sales, yard sales and
flea markets. Take a look
at eßay and you will be
amazed at the prices some
of these wonderful old
books are bringing, espe
cially pre-primers, complete
sets, teachers editions and
the large rare picture
charts the teachers used on
an easel at the front of the
class. Happy Collecting!
I would like to take this
opportunity to invite every
one to check out the newest
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
ured Southern soil.
Swaying gently in a rocker
on a balcony, I spent hours
reading Southern writers
and glancing up from time
to time to watch the
unharmed Southern land
drift quietly by. Twain was
right. There is something
enormously peaceful and
simultaneously majestic
about that river.
On the last night of the
cruise, Linda, a charming
reporter from Toronto,
sighed heavily when one of
the staff greeted her with,
“Hello Miss Linda!”
With a wane smile, she
shook her head sadly and
said, “It’s going to be awful
ly hard to go back to a world
where no one calls me ‘Miss
Linda.’”
And so it was for all of us.
But, to me, leaving behind
the music of the Mississippi
River was even harder.
Ronda Rich is the author
of “What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman
Should)” and “My Life In
The Pits.”
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Carrie Lynn’s Antiques at
901 Northside Drive which
is behind the Perry library
at the corner of Northside
and Ball streets. Both loca
tions will be open until the
property that we rent from
Mr. Gayle next to Antiques
from the Shed sells. Come
by for a visit!
Jillinda Falen is the
owner of Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques in Perry. She has
been collecting and selling
antiques for over 21 years.
She is also an experienced
estate liquidation specialist.
You may contact her via
email at falen@alltel.net,
www.antiquesingeorgia.co
m or through the Houston
Home Journal.