11/18/2009 2:12:00 PM
JUST AMONG FRIENDS
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By RACHEL EVANS
Love can get spooky as Ashley Thomas and Chris Davis learned when they were honored at a costume shower on a "spook-tacular" Halloween night hosted by Jhaun Sparnecht and Jennie Bobo.
Witches were cackling and doors creaking in the West family cabin at the Neshoba County Fairgrounds, spooked up with spider webs, skeletons, monsters and pumpkins. Guests were treated to taco soup, dips and finger foods and a scary three-eyed monster cake.
Ashley and Chris will be married on June 5, 2010, the 55th wedding anniversary of Ashley's grandparents, Max and Virginia West.
The costumed party-goers were recognized as follows, Jhaun Sparnecht, Josh Sansing, Brook and Jennie Bobo, Jillian Sparnecht and Sam Mars as the Flintstones; Ashley Thomas and Chris Davis as 70s bride and groom; Hollie Thomas and Drew Breland as a French maid and butler; Jana Sansing as 1920s flapper girl;
Erica Tullos and Tyler Peterson as a patient and doctor; Bo and Lindsey Burkes as a cowboy and witch; David and Kelly Cheatham as cowboy and Rainbow Bright; Tracy and Jennifer Phillips as Frankenstein and The Wicked Witch of the West;
Jess and Renea Hardy as Dan Mullen and an MSU cheerleader; Sydney Collins as a witch; Misty McKay as a cat; Spencer Dickinson and Jessica Galloway as a cowboy couple.
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Frankie Harpole and Lorraine and Clay Blount visited with Helen Harpole Latimer in Starkville last Saturday. Nana, as Helen is affectionately called by her family, has a "wonderful apartment" in the home with her son, Bruce and Betty Latimer. Helen is a sister to Boots Harpole, Jennie Harpole Dees and the late Jeff Harpole.
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Amid strains of "Happy Birthday to Shirley," audibles of "I bid four spades" and "I double your four no trump" were heard when members of Shirley Cox's bridge clubs gathered for the celebration of her 70th birthday in the new home of Bobby and Joyce Hardy on Pleasant Ridge Drive.
Hostesses for the five-table bridge luncheon, plus other guests, were Shirley's daughters, Terri McCarver, Carla Martin and LeeAnne Marshall Cox: her sister, Frances Cumberland and friends, Joyce Hardy, Alyce Belenchia, and Rachel Evans.
Quoting Shirley, "I really sorta dreaded my 70th birthday, but when I got to my party with my family and wonderful friends, a wave of joy came over me, and I had a wonderful day."
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National Collection week for Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child is underway now through Nov. 22. You may pick up your show boxes to be filled or take your donations to the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Philadelphia.
The boxes are to be packed with items which will make Christmas happier for boys and girls in remote villages and other out-of-the-way places in the world. Don't miss this opportunity to invest in God's kingdom by sharing His love with His children all over the world. For more information call 601-656-4312.
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In celebration of her 93rd birthday on Oct. 21, Ethel Lundy received 28 phone calls from eight different states! One of the best parts of the birthday was lunch at Peggy's with her son, Bill Lundy of Conway, Ark.
"Going to Peggy's is like believe it or not," Ethel and I agreed. "You never know who you will see." As a testimony to a great lady and friend, some of Ethel's good friends filled her freezer with all kinds of goodies as a birthday gift to her.
Representing two more of the eight-state residents who called were her sons, Charles Lundy of Gray, Ga. and Bobby Joe Lundy of Lake Charles, La.
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Billie Barfoot Latting, Frances Williams Hardy, Dorothy Jones Jackson, Norma Dees Laird, Elizabeth Welch Riley, Mary Janes Williams Lang, Iris Turner Kelso, and Wilma Earl Houston Culver called themselves the JUGS (Just Us Girls) while in school together in Philadelphia.
Their friendships continued strong through the years, and last week JUGS Billie, Mary Jane and Frances visited the Waterfall Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Clayton, Ga. They were guests of absentee residents, Dr. Bernie and Nell Stamper, cousins of Billie, who had returned to their home in California for the winter.
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Eckle Wood of Eufala, Ala. and Ollie Fay Wood Flint were in Pineville, La. last week to celebrate the 76th birthday of their sister, Elinor Sonya Wood Marcase. Joining them for dinner at the Outback Restaurant were Sonya's sons, David Marcase and John, Monica and Nolan Marcase.
Back at Sonya's for dessert, 2 1/2 year old Nolan helped his grandmother open her gifts. Returning to Philadelphia, Fay and Eckle stopped in Decatur for a visit with Ovid and Carol Vickers and a "showing" of the pictures they made last September on a trip to Mackinaw Island, Mich. Eckle's wife, Janet, and their cousin, Zane Wood Black, accompanied them on this trip with members of the First Baptist Church in Eufala.
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I read in Jim Prince's Madison County Journal that Charlie Mars, son of David Mars and Sylvia Mars of Ridgeland and the grandson of Charles Mars of Madison, sang the national anthem at the New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers game.
The singer/songwriter, who now lives in Oxford, released a new album in June, "Like a Bird, Like a Plane" which hit number two on the Rolling Stones charts this past summer. We claim bragging rights!
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Laura Cole Thrash, playwright and director, and her crazy cast and crew of the Philadelphia-Neshoba County Arts Council's productions of "Casserole and Mistletoe", Would like to thank the community for their wonderful support.
"We took in over $9,000 which will go toward retiring our $15,000 debt on the theater." And we thank them for four nights and a Sunday afternoon of pure delight!
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In today's world with so much meanness, we need to be reminded of the good in the world. Peggy (Hal) Russell fell in her front yard on Morrow Street several weeks ago and broke her hip.
"A nice man was passing and he stopped to help me. I have no idea who he was, but I would like to say 'Thank you.'" This message was conveyed to me by Peggy for the nice man who knows who he is.
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The Lights of Love ministry sponsored each year by the Neshoba County Hospital Auxiliary is underway. You may make $5 donations in memory or in honor of a special someone in your life and this money will be used to enhance the lives of residents and patients in the hospital and nursing home. This major fundraiser for the auxiliary is under the direction of Melissa Burnett.
You may mail your donations to the Neshoba County Hospital Auxiliary, P.O. Box 648, Philadelphia, 39350, by contacting any Auxiliary member, or visiting the gift shop in the hospital.
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In response to our article last week about organ transplant Donate Life, Shelby Parker wanted to share her story with us.
Shelby wrote, "It always makes me so thankful to God when I hear of a successful organ transplant. On July 25, 2005, I received a liver transplant at UAB. I plan to buy a 'Donate Life' car tag the next time I buy a tag. Our daughter, Carol Thaggard, who lives in Ridgeland has already purchased a 'Donate Life' tag. She and her husband, Dr. Andy Thaggard, are now organ donors, as well as our other daughter, Amy Bagwell and her husband, John Bagwell of Birmingham, Ala.
"You don't know how blessed you are until you receive God's blessings from an organ donor and I praise God for what He did for me, giving me a new liver. All organ recipients should thank God everyday for His blessings.
"I was very sick for a long time and people from everywhere were praying for me. I received cards from many different churches that they were praying for me and I was (and still am) so thankful for all the prayers.
"Grace Baptist Church (my home church) prayed for me and was so wonderful in every way possible." An at-home, one-of-us, it-could-be-me, true story.
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It's that time of year when we look forward to hearing from our own "Philly Pheasant Hunting Crew" about their annual hunting trip to South Dakota. Here it is as shared with us by Scott Bounds, speaking for himself, Dr. Kent Stribling, Mike Tinsley, Mike Price, Bill Rosamond, Amy Breland, Dewayne Sharp, Tommy Williams, Dustin Cheatham, Speedy Calvery of Louisville and Mickey Montgomery of Starkville.
This group, or pieces of it have been making this annual trip since the late 1980's. Their first foray's were into south central Nebraska, then central Iowa, and now central South Dakota, more specifically, Saint Lawrence, South Dakota (pop. 250).
This year, Dewayne, Speedy and Scott made the drive, while the others flew. It is about an 18 hour drive (1250 miles). The drivers will usually pack all the guns, ammunition and a chest freezer to bring home the birds.
Accommodations are at a retired farmer's home where a large basement sleeps the crew. It is arranged with a full bath, separate bunks, satellite TV and all the other comforts of home. Mr. Hugh Huntley, a Noxapater native, now of Eatonville, Ga. serves as the groups "unofficial" guide. He has gone to this same area of South Dakota for over 30 years to hunt and has over the years developed relationships with the local farmers to hunt their lands.
Saint Lawrence is a small farming town located in central South Dakota. There is one locally owned restaurant, a grocery store, and a Dairy Queen, and some privately owned businesses. If you have ever seen a movie that was made in the Midwest, this town epitomizes the scenes.
The group had a successful year this year, although some years have been better. The farmers in that part of the country have, like us, experienced a lot of rain. Consequently, they have not been able to get in the fields and harvest the corns, soybeans and milo so prominent in this area of the country, giving the birds much more cover in which to hide. The weather was pleasant for October in South Dakota.
This group has ties that go as far back as childhood among some of them. This time they spend together each year further solidifies these ties.
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