Tignall News
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 706-285-3232
The North Wilkes Steering Committee will meet at the Tignall Lunchroom Thursday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. At this meeting more plans will be finalized for the upcoming fall festival that we are all looking forward to. As of now we know we will have a petting zoo, cloggers, a kids' fashion show, and a gingerbread house contest. Anyone wanting space at the festival should call Gloria Ware at 285-2058 or Carolyn Gammon at 285-2736 for an application. We know that Labor Day is our last chance for our summer fun activities. Some people actually labor on Labor Day. They clean house or the yards on their day off. Labor Day is usually thought of as the end of summer and once it was unheard of to wear white or linen after Labor Day. Now if you want to wear white in January, you go right ahead because no one will frown on you. I don't think there is a code of fashion today. Anything goes! Sometimes I wish there was a code of fashion, but I doubt most people would use it. Visiting Kay and Alex Tyler for the weekend was their grandson, Caleb Tyler of Hoschton. The three of them went to Dacusville, S.C., Saturday for their annual trip to Old Farm Day. Caleb wanted a bulldog painted on his face and found they didn't know how to paint a bulldog in South Carolina! Mike and Miriam Bobo of McDonough spent the weekend with Graydon and Pat Bobo. The kick-off for Awana at Tignall Baptist Church was Sunday, August 27. There was a hotdog meal for both the children and their parents. They played a few games then divided up into their classes and had a devotional. These were children from the ages of three through eighth grade. There were about 50 children in attendance. Kids Alive and Awana start next Sunday, September 10. Even if your child didn't make it to the kick-off, they will be welcome to begin next Sunday. Visiting with Tody and Dave Derrick for the weekend were Laura and Katherine Ash of Rock Hill, S.C., Sara and Lauren Ash of Greenville, S.C., Sallie Derrick of Athens, and B.K. Kennedy of Columbia, S.C. Visiting with Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Mason from Friday until Monday were their grandsons, Nicholas and Robert Ballentine of Watkinsville. The Wesley Foundation will do a program at Independence United Methodist Church on September 24. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Bunch of Milledgeville joined Margie and Zan Bunch at the home of Ellen Bunch and spent the day with her Sunday. Albert and Eudora Huyck joined Jackie Caldwell of Crawford, Johnny Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Caldwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Jody Johnson and son Cody, all of Lexington, for a cookout at Long Creek Sunday. After eating, they all piled into the back of a pickup and went to visit their old homeplace. Danny and Tammy Price had a swimming party for their preschool Sunday School children of Tignall Baptist Church Saturday. Sunday night they had a swimming party for the teenagers of the church This community is saddened by the recent death of Dr. Neal H. Newsom of Atlanta. He practiced for over 40 years there and it seems that a few years ago Dr. Newsom generously donated equipment to Wills Memorial Hospital. His wife is Lisa Newsom, founder and editor of
Veranda magazine. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Keener, Madison and Nolan of Loganville, and Vince Keener of Snellville, came Saturday after the Bulldogs' game in Athens, spending the remainder of the Labor Day holiday in Tignall. A few years back (actually over three years), a good friend gave us a copy of
The Original Mother Goose, based on the 1916 classic. During Madison's visit, I was finally able to read some to her from that book. It is amazing how many of the rimes you really remember; also, the different twist some have taken with the passage of time. If you have not traveled down Chruch Street in Tignall and looked at the old Teems lot (where the house has been torn down), you need to do so. It is a beautiful lot with huge trees. Thank you very much, National Park Service (NPS) and your plan for Cumberland Island. It seems that now the NPS is asking for public input on a transportation plan for the island. A few years ago, a group went there for the day, taking the ferry over (the only means by which to get there), carrying a picnic lunch which the wild horses and gnats wanted. The heat index that day was 117 degrees and we were strolling around in that heat, looking at the Dungennes mansion (built by the Carnegies), trying to avoid loggerhad sea turtle nests, searching for fresh water, and griping - on foot. If they want opinions, I have one. Go with the tram, minibus, or SUV to move visitors around. Environmentalists and conservationists are concerned that the natural beauty would be degraded by tours - no crying tourists degrade the beauty. Happy touring.
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