Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. This is when we have more daylight in the morning and less in the evening. Right now, daylight arrives about 7:30 a.m., although there is a hint of light at 7:00. Beginning November 1, daylight will arrive at about 6:30 a.m.; and shut down around 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. . . . So, remember to turn your clocks back an hour before you go to bed Saturday night.

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A portrait in memory of Dr. Charles E. Wills Jr. will be dedicated in the lobby of Wills Memorial Hospital Thursday, October 29, at 11:00 a.m. The portrait has been provided by Mercer Harris. Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Charles Edward Wills, Dr. Wills Jr. served the people of Wilkes County and surrounding areas for around 60 years before his retirement. Family members will be present for the dedication and any interested persons are invited to attend.

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Ora Mae Kirk (David and Jack Kirk's Mom) says she's pleased that there are still honest people in the world. She must have inadvertently driven off from her home with her billfold on top of the car and did not discover that it was gone until she got to the grocery store. She was devastated because it contained her driver's license, all her credit cards and insurance cards, plus some cash. She called and told Jack about her predicament and was surprised some time later to get a call from him saying the billfold was found. Dottir Jackson was on his way to work in Athens when he found it in the middle of Robert Toombs Avenue. He remembered having heard his mother mention Dr. Kirk and called the office. Everything was intact and Ora Mae was greatly relieved -- and "hats off" to Dottir for his good deed.

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Chris Townsend and his Dad, Ronnie Townsend, spent a couple of days in Hershey, Pennsylvania. They didn't go to stock up on Hershey's chocolate products which is the reason most people go to Hershey, Pennsylvania. They went to attend the annual flea market and car show sponsored by the Antique Automobile Club of America. Chris and his family have been antique car buffs for several generations. The flea market is the largest collector car show in the world, with more than 10,000 flea market spaces and 1400 registered show cars. One of the highlights was getting to see an original 1934 Brewster Town Car. Chris' family had owned one just like it at one time. There were cars from 1900 to 1983 with names like Locomobile, Stoddard-Dayton, Briermobile, etc. Chris' favorite was a 1929 Lincoln Town Car. Unlike today's version, this one stood at seven feet tall, and was chauffer driven. Chris says, "The best thing about going is seeing cars, and parts from cars many have never seen or heard of, and all the cars must be as produced from the factory and no customs or hot rods are allowed." He concluded by saying, "Football has the Super Bowl, Baseball has the World Series, and Car Guys have Hershey in the fall."

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Donna and Albert Cram will have their first guests in their new RV park at Aonia this weekend. A couple from Tennessee will be coming to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary and they have made a reservation. The name of the RV park is Feathered Camp'n Acres and it's located on Aonia Road. Donna raises a variety of chickens and brings them to the Farmers Market at Fort Washington Park on Saturday mornings.

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Steve Blackmon called to alert us that the American Cancer Institute has begun its annual solicitation of funds from Wilkes County. When the group began soliciting in Wilkes County a few years ago, Steve checked on them and concluded that we need to stay with the American Cancer SOCIETY for our contributions to cancer research.

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Avola Callaway sent me a clipping from her hometown newspaper, The Marshall County Tribune in Tennessee. The article was about Ashlyn Avent, granddaughter of Lucy (Callaway) and Gartrell Blackmon. Ashlyn is a 4-H Club member and participates in a variety of equine activities sponsored by 4-H. The article says, "Ashlyn is a very talented young rider who has proved to be an all-around equine professional. She shows, and is very successful in three different categories: Walking Horse, Spotted Saddle Horse, and the Hunter/Jumper events." Ashlyn's High Point win at the State 4-H Horse Show earned her the right to represent Tennessee at the 2009 Southern Regional 4-H Horse Show in Little Rock, Ark.. She brought home a second place in Halter Geldings and second in Walking Horse Pleasure. . . . Ashlyn is the great-granddaughter of the late Helen and Dolph Callaway of Rayle and Washington. . . . Avola also sent another clipping which I will share with you next week.

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I want to thank all of you readers who help me write this column. I couldn't do it without you. I can't write about something I don't know about, so I depend on our readers to call me (706-678-2636) or come by; or email me at jane@washingtonwilkes. us. I especially need your help this time of the year when we have early deadlines for the holidays and it's hard to come up with items in a hurry.

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Here's another interesting item from Chip Hardin's The Georgia Bar Journal and the article about the Wilkes County Courthouse from "The Grand Old Courthouses of Georgia." The article states that by 1790, over one-third of Georgia's 82,548 inhabitants lived in Wilkes County. In that year Washington was "a thriving village of 34 dwellings, a courthouse, a temporary jail and an academy." The article says that the town flourished in the hospitable waters of cotton's rising tide in 1820 as a branch of the Georgia State Bank was established. The article also says that with its rather "vernacular look," the 1817 building appears typical of the work of that generation of untrained "architect/ builders" who practiced in rural America in the first decades of the 19th century. The "architect" was Frederick Ball and not much is known about him except that he was "a carpenter."