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The Office Cat
Colonial Dinner served 250 tour guests Saturday night in private homes, and there were last minute requests for more. . . . I don’t think I have participated in a Christmas Tour that attracted as many people. At The Rider House, we had a full house almost all day. There was not a time when there was not somebody visiting. The visitors were very complimentary of Washington- Wilkes and all its facilities and were interested in anything we could tell them. There were family members and relatives of people in Wilkes County attending, but most seemed to be just people who had heard about Washington-Wilkes from various sources.
Here at The News-Reporter we will be printing two papers next week. The first one will be the regular December 21 issue which will include our annual Wilkes County babies celebrating their first Christmas. . . . The second one will be for the issue of December 28 which will be distributed on that date. Naturally our deadlines for news and advertisements will be stepped up for those two issues and will also allow us to use color for the baby pages and some advertisements. Check these deadlines as announced elsewhere in this issue and help us meet them. . . . I especially need your help in getting this column together twice in one week. Please call me this week or by Monday next week. Thanks to those of you who gave me information this week.
When Teresa Eason told soonto be-four-year-old Garston Townsend at Sunday School that she liked his new clothes and asked him where he got them, she got an answer that she had not expected. “My mama bought them off the back of a truck,” Garston said. (The UPS man brought them).
Two beautiful Christmas stockings knitted by Mrs. Herbert Hopkins are offered for sale at Petal Pushers Christmas. Both are filled with a wide variety of pet products. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Washington-Wilkes Humane Shelter Association.
The Washington-Wilkes Bands played to a packed house in concert last Thursday night. There was the Beginner Band, the Sixth Grade Band, the Seventh Grade Band, and the High School Band. It’s incredible to me how a director can teach around 148 students who can’t read music how to play together in just over three months. The music was simple – just a melody line – but to get that many students to play together is quite an achievement. The other bands were equally impressive.
Nineteen members of a Sunday School Class from First Baptist Church cruised to Key West and the Bahamas for a five-day trip last week. Chris Townsend drove the church bus to take them to Jacksonville, Fla., to board the ship. Then, he and his family – Tara, Garston and Henry – were treated to a stay in Laura and Dave Toburen’s St. Simons home while they waited for the travelers to return. While Chris and the bus were waiting for them to return to the dock, somebody about to board noticed the Washington, Ga., bus and came to inquire about it. It was Mary Ann Cason, formerly of Rayle, now living in Macon. . . . Roberta and Ed George had dinner on board one night with a man from St. Mary’s, Ga., who asked if they knew Paula George. Paula had cut his hair when she lived in St. Mary’s. . . . Somebody got a medal for line dancing, but nobody is telling.
Frank Spradlin, new owner of Main Street Paint, donated exterior and interior paint for the Washington Wilkes Humane Shelter and all the supporters are appreciative.
George Smith told me some interesting things and showed me some pictures pertaining to his veterinarian dad, the late Dr. Clyde Smith. In preparation for observing the 100th anniversary of the Georgia Veterinary Association, Dr. Dilmus Blackmon, also from Wilkes County, solicited George’s help in furnishing interesting artifacts for an exhibit of 100 years of the practice of veterinary medicine. George says that at the convention where these items were displayed, about 75 percent were from Dr. Smith’s collection. One of the items was Dr. Smith’s “Day Book” where he recorded his calls, treatments and services. The book dated from May 1916 when Dr. Smith began his practice in Wilkes County. . . . On November 18, (2006), George and wife Doris were hosts at an afterwedding reception for their daughter Claudia and her husband, Dr. Robert Whipple. The reception was held at The Shop at the Smith Farm on the Danburg Road. The wedding cake was placed on the operating table used by Dr. Smith in his practice here. Dr. Smith’s veterinarian satchel was also prominently displayed, along with other interesting veterinarian artifacts belonging to the late doctor.
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