Tomorrow is a sad day for me and all of you who have enjoyed reading my "correctly edited" column for the past few years. Leaha Winstead, my friend and colleague who works magic with my copy, is leaving her post at The Neshoba Democrat tomorrow.
When I deliver my copy to the office, it looks somewhat like a ransom note, all marked through and taped together with Scotch tape. But Leaha works her professional magic and it goes to press almost error free. Losing Leaha is certainly our loss, but I am happy for her that she will have more time to spend with her 3-year-old son, Riley, and his dad, Brant. Thank you, Leaha, for all you have done for me!
Not too good with a hammer? Enjoy the game of bridge? You can help open the doors to a new Habitat house by attending the bridge benefit to be held at the Holy Cross Catholic Church Thursday evening, Oct. 8, beginning at 6:30 p.m. No reservations or partner are necessary. Refreshments will be served. The evening will include an auction on larger items, and a silent auction on smaller, more affordable items being donated by individuals and businesses in our community. Tickets are $25., and are tax deductible, as are bids made at the auctions. Make your plans to attend. You may obtain tickets by calling Billie Latting at 601-656-2268 and Marianne Enochs at 601-656-5288, or get your ticket at the door.
Last Saturday morning at The Fancy Flea was like Flea Market Day at the Neshoba County Fair! There was some of everything in a total of 42 booths located inside the old Western Auto building on Holland Avenue, including antiques, floral arrangements, hand crafted leather, handmade wooden toys, hand carved walking sticks, monogramming, clothes for everyone, furniture, tools, housewares, home accessories, books, movies, you name it! and food!
Steve Mabry operates The Burger Baron, a full-service deli. As owner, Angie Conn, says about flea market addiction, "Once you get hooked, you just can't help yourself! You never know what treasures you will find." Some call it the "gorilla store" because of the life-size stone gorillas at the entrance.
"We bought them at an auction in Alabama because Jack (Conn) said we needed something to draw attention to the flea market. It works" Angie told me, "You can't imagine how many people ask to buy them or have their picture made beside them or on them." Fancy Flea hours are from noon to six on Fridays and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday. Treat yourself!
Perhaps you have seen the ads on TV where the girl in her pajamas and fuzzy pink bedroom slippers says, "I'm not going to bed. I'm going to college." Did you see Velma Caviness, Bevin Sistrunk, Laurie and Shelby Herrington, Judy Mason, Carolyn Emerson, Vonnie McCown, Billy Greenleaf, Frankie Price and Tommie Banks last Tuesday morning in their pajamas? No, they were not going to college.
They were going to church - to a cat's meow pajama breakfast, no less. In a cat-friendly motif at The First Presbyterian Church, the pajama clad women in the church were served pancakes topped with nuts, whipped cream and homemade muscadine syrup, along with
link sausage and orange juice flavored with mint leaf and lime slices by the ever-cre-
ative juice flavored with mint leaf and lime slices by the ever-creative Vonnie McCown. Now that's a cat's meow! To which you might add: Your first kiss
Spending the day in your pajamas (and you're not sick)
Having dinner and conversation with the person you most admire in this world
Going for a hot air balloon ride
Eating anything chocolate without guilt
Having a summer home in the mountains or at the beach
Sending a message in a bottle and hearing back from the person that found it
Having a croissant in a French cafe with your best friend
Being able to open a Swiss bank account
Getting on the scale and it reads ten or more pounds lighter than you thought
Having someone who loves you no matter what
Giving an anonymous gift to someone who needs help
Being a virtuoso on the musical instrument of your choice
There was no "little old lady lavender stuff" for Maedell Guthrie White when she celebrated her 90th birthday. It was suggested that guests might "put on their sunglasses" before viewing her birthday cake which was decorated with fall colors in their brightest hues. the com-and-go Sunday afternoon tea party was hosted by her daughters, Evelyn Perry and Ann Caves at The Hope Baptist Church.
The honoree has been a member of the church for 70 years, since she and Marvin White were married in 1939. Sixteen-month-old Will Perry and Elizabeth and Catherine Burford represented the family's fourth generation and promise of continuance. Candace Lyn Perry and Bronwyn Caves Burford of the third generation were present for the happy day. Paul Perry sent congratulatory love greetings from his post of duty at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Don Perry and Roy Caves assumed "tea boy" duties. Happy birthday to this lovely lady who has devoted 90 years of love to the happiness of others.
The beach house Darlene Shrock's family built on Orange Beach in 1976 has withstood hurricanes and the multiplication of Mary Ann Hammett's four children. Darlene, Dr. Mike Shrock and Carrie joined 17 members of the family for Labor Day weekend in the house with its seemingly expandable walls. "We've got to get a bigger house!" Carrie laughed. Giving up his space was David Shrock who could not miss Mississippi State's opening game to the season.
It is important to the B.A.L.L. group at First Baptist Church that they keep moving in order to live up to their theme: Be Active Live Longer. It was fitting that Robert S. Crockett, DPM, of the Neshoba Foot and Ankle Clinic speak to them on the importance of ways to keep your feet healthy at their potluck luncheon held at First Baptist on Sept. 15. He was accompanied by his nurse, Katie Burrage, and office manager, Janice Sistrunk. Dr. Crockett announced that there will be a free foot screening at the Neshoba Foot and Ankle Clinic located at 1003 Holland Avenue, Suite 102 on Friday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Attending the informative meeting were Jane Parker, Roy and Eunice Jones, Andrew Jones, Jean Griffith, Buck Bounds, Ada Mooney, Estelle Fowler, Rita Harmon, Mary Bennett, Katherine Farned, Mazine Winstead, Elmo Winstead, Sylvian Bengs, Frances Davin, Joyce Adams, Jerry Adams, Loree Brown, Sue Lewis, Shirley Breazeale, Billy and Louise Sharp, Bill Nation, Jane Cole, Cecil Wyatt, Myrtis Richardson, Mildred and Everitt Estes, Bob and Ellene Turcotte, Rachel Murphy, Sandy Tolbert and William Smith.
