Tignall News
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 706-285-3232
Porches. "The porch promotes good conversation simply by virtue of the fact that on a porch there is no need for it." Garrison Keillor. In the early 1900s, porches were a way of life. Also, before the days of airconditioning and having no television, summer nights were spent outside in rocking chairs on front porches. Neighbors would come up on the porch and visit. Porches were visiting places. Folks would even conduct business of everyday life on their porches. A porch was a place to daydream, gossip, court, nap, cool off, or grow old! Since ancient times, the porch has also provided shelter and a comfortable lookout perch. Air-conditioning and backyard patios are great; however, nostalgia for the romance of porch life still percolates. Today, an e-mail nation regards the porch as an architectural synonym for relaxation - a way of getting away without going away. Tignall families used to be gracious porch-sitters. There is still something very special about the porch, a big glass of sweet iced tea and a rocking chair - just watching the world go by. My co-conspirator in news gathering for Tignall, Carolyn Gammon, will have surgery on her foot this week. We will all want to keep her in our thoughts and prayers on Friday. When you are traveling the back roads of Wilkes County or for that matter any roads out of Washington, the rolling hillside and pastures are beautiful. Take Highway 78 from Athens, traveling into Washington, and when you are approaching Newtown Road, just take a look at the dumpsters (what a sad sight), then you have the airport and the beautiful Callaway Plantation. It's the same sight out toward Lincolnton (near the old Burgess Store), in the middle of Rayle, and in the middle of Tignall (but you've heard that before). When are we as citizens of this county going to address our garbage disposal issue? Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Maney and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Keener had dinner at Cliffords on the lake in Elberton Saturday night. You would have thought we were at an Atlanta restaurant (except the wait was only 30 minutes.) The crowd was enormous. Enjoying the last weekend of July with Kay and Alex Tyler was their grandson, Jordan Tyler of Hoschton. Albert and Eudora Huyck visited with Albert's son Charles and wife Pam in Fernandina Beach from Wednesday until Saturday. They enjoyed touring the historic Amelia Island while there. Carolyn and Richard Gammon took their grandson, Curt Gammon, to Cherokee last Wednesday. When they got to Bowman, Curt wanted to know if they were there yet. They had a full day of activities to keep him busy. It was just as hot in Cherokee as it was here. The North Wilkes Steering Committee had a very productive meeting last Thursday. They prepared vendor applications and got them ready to mail. They also made big plans for the upcoming festival. In the plans are a fashion show for the children and a gingerbread house contest. So make plans for your children to be included in these fun activities. Visiting Tignall Baptist Church Sunday and giving a very inspirational mini-concert were Ronnie and Teresa Crouch and Jan Hardy of Grovetown. Teresa was a talented musician on the piano with Ronnie singing several songs with Jan joining him with the last two songs. We could have listened to the group all day long, for it was beautiful. Teresa and Jan are daughters of Gene Standard, Almond Standard's twin brother. Ronnie said that they had a quiet night to sleep in Almond's country cabin. Tignall Baptist Church also had five new members to be baptized Sunday morning. Don't forget the Kids Day at Tignall Baptist Saturday, August 12. We got the name of Danny and Tammy Price's new granddaughter wrong last week. We now have the facts about this little girl born to Jessica and Jason Mathias on July 27 weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. and her name is Elizabeth Viola and will be called Evie. Myrline Thornton and son Jerry attended homecoming at Rehoboth Baptist Church Sunday and really enjoyed the day. Myrline says those Wheatleys really know how to cook barbecue. Sally and John Kennedy will be conducting a Bible study every Sunday
night at Beulah Baptist Church from 7 to 8 p.m. Celeste and O'Neal Adams attended a birthday dinner Saturday night at the Sportsmans Club at Lake Lanier for Jim Presnell who is the brother-in-law of Celeste. Sixty-five guests celebrated his 70th birthday. Gloria and Layton Harris camped for several days at the beautiful John W. Tanner State Park in Carrollton. While in Carrollton they visited Layton's uncle, A.J. Harris, his son Michael, and his family and Dora Matthews. On the way home Sunday they visited Tony Harris in Atlanta. Spending Saturday night with Larry and Pam Pullen were their grandchildren, Avery, Carson and Sydney Pullen of Elberton. On Sunday their parents, Jeremy and Stephanie Pullen, joined them for church and spent the day with Pam and Larry. Visiting with Vivian and Louie Wolozin Saturday were Morgan and Jackie Waters of Buford. On Sunday, Kathy and Dale Robertson of Dacula visited. Family and friends celebrated Rose Ware's 85th birthday at the fellowship hall of Fishing Creek Baptist Church Sunday after the church service. About 60 or 70 people attended the celebration. Another birthday celebrated this past weekend was Lois Sales' 82nd birthday. She will actually be 82 on August 17. There were 25 family members here Sunday for the party. Frank Bentley cooked barbecue for the occasion and they had many other delicious dishes prepared by others. Marjorie Gibson of Dallas came for the weekend to help celebrate her mother's birthday. While here she visited three of her old former classmates, Carolyn Gammon, Jeanette Broome, and Nancy Hilley. Kristy Bufford and Madison of Thomson spent Saturday night with Gloria and Frankie Ware. Wilbur Maney grew a 51 lb. watermelon and recently grew a 41 lb. one. He attributes the size of the melons to the fact that he fertilized and watered. The 41-lb. melon was sampled and was very sweet.
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