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The Office Cat
.. You've probably noticed the new building going up at the corner of Lundberg Road and the South By- Pass. Brian and Renee Denard are the owners and the business will be called Washington Hardware. Brian says they expect to begin with hardware and electrical and plumbing supplies and sometimes down the road get into building supplies. They hope to be ready for business in April. .. Many of us have fond memories of Virginia Peniston who died last week at the age of 102. She was a true Southern lady and elegantly presided over her home at "The Cedars" for many years. We remember seeing her on her riding lawnmower well into her 80s, carefully cutting her almost three acres of land. We also remember how much she loved to drive her car which she did until she was 95 years of age, offering to drive her friends at every opportunity. . . . I remember her mother, Bessie Sims DeVaughn - "Sister Bess" to her friends, including her piano students. She was my first piano teacher and it was always a treat to go down the hill, and then up the hill, to The Cedars and that beautiful old house for an hour with Sister Bess. I still have several small items which she gave me during that time. .. Deanne and Tim Crook, along with Irene and Wayne Bonertz who have a home on the Danburg Road, have bought the building on the Southeast corner of The Square. The building most recently housed "It's Fashion" which went out of business at the end of December. The new owners have torn out the suspended ceiling to reveal the beautiful old embossed pressed tile ceiling and other aspects of the original old building. They plan to remove the awning and other exterior additions to the outside, and restore the transoms and windows. It will be interesting to see what's under that facade. I remember the building in the 1940s, 1950s, and probably later when it didn't have all the exterior decoration and had beautiful marble tile floors at the entrance. For many years it was the home of Krumbein's - or Krummy's - dry goods. . . . Robert Geiger and Ed Franklin and their Talk of the Town shop now located in the Fitzpatrick building will be the new tenants with plans to continue their present line of antique and contemporary furnishings, gifts, bath and body products, and gourmet foods. The building should be ready for occupation soon. .. There was much rejoicing last week when Bill Latimer returned to his Upton Mill home after almost four months in the hospital in Augusta. I heard that the most rejoicing was probably by the Latimers' two dogs, Ian and Bonnie. There is a long-standing practice whereby Bill's wife Nita downloads and prints the closing stock market information each day and Ian, the 100-pound Weimaraner, delivers it to Bill downstairs. Ian resumed his duty Friday just as if there had been no interruption. .. Washington-Wilkes will have an advertisement in the travel section of the March issue of Southern Living. .. I know a couple in Tignall who have both been sick with this flulike stuff that has hit a lot of people. She had it first and then he got it. He was in the bedroom sick as he could be and needed some ice water. He couldn't make her hear him when he called to her, so he just called her on her cell phone and she answered immediately in the den. .. Kieron Barry, an English television scriptwriter for Roland Egan Productions in London, was in Washington-Wilkes last week gathering information for a pre-pilot presentation which he is working on. The script is set in the 1950s in a small Southern town and deals with a corrupt mayor. The pilot will be made in late May and has a cast of eight, including local volunteers. .. A couple from Alabama checked into the Fitzpatrick Hotel last week after having driven nine hours. They had seen a program about the amethyst mine in Wilkes County on television on the Travel Channel and had come to see it. Ronnie Moore has sold the mine and it is no longer open to the public. So they spent another nine hours going back to Alabama. .. E-Mail from Harold Hanson of Upstate New York says that he has acquired a copy of At Home in Washington-Wilkes, has read it, and declared it a "very interesting profile of your community." He wants to sell it for $10 plus shipping. You can call him at 518-947-6367; or email him at haroldhanson@ mhcable.com. The book was compiled and edited by Jane Newsome with pictures by Sparky Newsome, published in 1991. . . . They hope to have an updated third edition out this year. .. Pie Wilkinson, popular employee of Wills Memorial Hospital, will soon be honored for 55 years of service to the hospital. If you have sto ries or pictures involving Pie, call Mandy Jackson at the hospital. .. Three more homes have been added to the Spring Tour of Homes. The home of Archie and Chrean Brown on Court Street will be on the Day Tour. The home of Shane and Amy Moore on Tignall Road has been added to the Candlelight Tour. The Nash-Wills House on East Robert Toombs Avenue will be added to the Candlelight Tour if the porch which is being added is finished in time. The house is owned by Roger and Vivian Walker. .. Since It's Fashion at the Southeast corner of The Square closed at the end of December, the new owners have stripped the inside down to what looks like the original interior. The beautiful old embossed metal ceilings have been exposed and there are probably other interesting things. . . . I remember it in the 1940s, 1950s , and probably later when it didn't have all the exterior decoration on the outside and had beautiful marble tile floors at the entrance. It would be interesting to see what's under that facade and flooring. For many years it was the home of Krumbein's dry goods. .. Rich Seibert is manager of the Washington Community Food Pantry which is housed in the First United Methodist Church. He recently had a Letter to the Editor thanking people for contributions to the pantry during the holidays. He says that he was remiss in not mentioning Terry's IGA. Terry Thornton helps the food pantry on many occasions and in various ways during the entire year, not just during the holidays. "This community needs to know just how openhearted Terry is," Rich says. "We all thank him."
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