Those from Tignall attending the LeRoy/Barnes wedding near Charlotte, N.C., Saturday were Margaret Fortson and of course Albert and Eudora Huyck. Lem LeRoy is the son of Eudora Huyck and the late Bob LeRoy. Mrs. Barbara Dickerson of Carthage, Texas, spent Friday, June 30, and Saturday, July 1, with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ware. Last Friday, Gloria and Frankie Ware went to help celebrate family birthdays at the home of Renee and John David Flanigan in Lincolnton. They celebrated the birthdays of Renee and their daughter Aubrey, and Kala and Nick Ware, children of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ware, with homemade ice cream and cake. Betty Dobson joined Amy and Robert Winecoff at Calvary Baptist Church in Williamston, S.C., Sunday, July 2, and had lunch at the church with them. She then went home with them and spent the rest of the week enjoying the grandchildren. They did visit Robert's mom, Shirley Winecoff, in Ft. Mill, S.C., one day. Kay and Alex Tyler visited with their son Jeff Tyler in Washington, D.C., the weekend before the Fourth. They said Jeff's dogs were just as proud to see them as Jeff was. While there they toured Georgetown and visited the impressive new World War II Memorial. At the National Zoo they were also able to see the baby panda Taishan who is one year old. The zoo has this panda for about two years and then he will be sent back to China unless they are nice enough to let him stay. After talking to Jeff, we found that the panda's birthday was actually Sunday, July 9, and he had a 300 pound fruit Popsicle for his birthday. Jeff says people in Washington, D.C., call the panda Butter Stick instead of his name. Butter Stick is what he looked like when he was born. Butter Stick even received a wedding invitation from some socialite in Washington, so he's quite famous. Visiting Gertrude Long over the Fourth were her daughter and her family, Nancy and Bobby Smith, Daniel, Hunter, and Noah, from Rocky Point, N.C. Marjorie Gibson of Dallas spent a few days with her mother, Lois Sale, and sister, Peggy Sale. While here she visited with Carolyn Gammon. Pat and Graydon Bobo traveled to Philadelphia last week. There they were joined by Mike and Miriam Bobo of McDonough. They were there for all the Fourth of July celebrations. They took in Gettysburg and Valley Forge. They visited a longtime friend, Mrs. Beulah Diffenbach in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Then they all went on to the Amish country. They went to Lancaster and to Hershey. At Hershey they enjoyed the gardens and the Hershey factory. They had an interesting week full of American history. The Town of Tignall wishes to thank Wilbur and Quida Maney for keeping the flowers at the town library watered. These add to the beauty of our town. We are glad to report that Vivian Wolozin is now home from the hospital and is improving. Vivian's daughter, Kathy Robertson, and her husband Dale of Dacula visited Vivian and Louie Sunday and ate lunch with Nonie and John Yochim. Also eating lunch with Nonie and John were Morgan and Tim Echols, Michelle McAvoy and Charlie, Aubrey and Blake Davis and Matthew Howard. We have learned that Sarah Lynn Hyatt, granddauaghter of Roslyn Adams, who was in the vehicle accident has been moved to the Sheppard Center in Atlanta. Her spirits are up and she seems very positive. If anyone wishes to send her a card, here is her address: The Sheppard Center, 2020 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, GA 30309. The annual camping trip at Wildcat Creek for a group of Tignall Baptist members begins this week. Some are going up for the weekend. These are people who enjoy roughing it. Speaking of camping, many families go camping now especially since the price of gas has caused people not to travel too far. When we went camping about 30 years ago we had to camp in tents and endure the insects and heat. I've been a wimp. I like air conditioning and maid service when I'm on vacation. Of course when families camp now, they have all the modern conveniences in their campers. In thinking about what kids do for fun during summer vacation other than camping, many people have their own private pools and of course there are TVs and computer games. When we were kids, we didn't have pools in our yards . . . we had Flat Rock. Everyone went to Flat Rock for picnics, watermelon cuttings, wiener roasts and some people even had family reunions there. It was the place to be back then (I won't say when). Of course when were teenagers we did have a public pool in Tignall (now the church parking lot behind the Citgo station.) Two of our lifeguards back then were Christine Burton and Ann Sheppard. You know I don't remember anyone ever having ear infections! Anyway it seems that summer vacations are getting shorter and shorter. School starts back in a few weeks. When I was teaching, I always looked forward to a new year of school, but now since I retired I enjoy hearing the school buses go by with me just thinking about getting out of bed.