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THE HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS
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PU BLISHFARJADVERTISING DIRECrOR
JOHN KAIZ.
ASS(IATE PUBLISItF2/EDITOR
ROB RICHARDSON
.kSISTANT EDITOR
JAYNE GOI.D63N
BUSL'ESS MANAGER
A (6rimee ]luhlkatio.
MilIKd B. Grimes, Pldent
Phone (706) 846-3188. Fax (706) 846-2206
P O. Box 426
Hogansville, Georgia 30230
Just Desserts
I was told last week by a
friend the people that read
my weekly column think I'm
a little depressed. I guess the
friend was referring to the
columns written in the past
couple of weeks. Frankly,
those columns were not nec-
essarily about me, or anyone
else for that matter, they
were written as advice.
But, the friend said that
I needed to write a happy or
funny column so my readers
would know that all is well
with me.
So, for my friend, here we
go.
HAVE YOU EVER just sit
at some location like a mall,
restaurant, or other place
where a large number of peo-
ple gather and watched peo-
ple? It can be a comical expe-
rience to say the least. That
was the case for me a couple
of weeks ago.
The funny part is, I'm
probably the one that people
were laughing at the hardest.
I'm sure they were all won-
dering why I was seated all
by myself and sometimes just
erupting in laughter. The
truth is, I really couldn't help
myself.
Let me share with you a
couple of things I witnessed.
These two children were
walking through the mall a
few steps in front of their par-
ents. One of the children had
an ice cream cone in one hand
and a cookie in the other. I
was thinking... "Sugar rush,
he'll be bouncing off the walls
in a little while."
As the two made their way
down the hallway of the mall,
the other kid reaches over,
pulls the ice cream toward
him and takes a bite out of it.
Of course, the tears begin.
"Morn, he bit my ice cream,"
had to be the words being said
that I couldn't hear. Of course
Morn didn't pay any attention
and the fight was on.
The two boys were strug-
gling over the ice cream and
all of a sudden, as anticipat-
ed, the ice cream hits the
floor. Now, the crying really
starts. They child that
appeared to be the younger
brother, and had just lost his
ice cream, kicked the older
brother. Then fists began fly-
ing, Mom and Dad intervene,
and all of a sudden the fami-
ly is the center of attention.
I had lost interest in the
two boys by this time and a
little girl about four or five
had caught my attention. She
stood there watching the tus-
sling, walked over to the ice
cream cone lying on the floor,
picked it up, began to lick it
and calmly walked away. I
broke out in laughter.
A FEW MINUTES later,
this man and woman were
making their way down the
mall. They stopped to look
into the window at a jewelry
store. The woman was obvi-
ously pointing to something
in the window that she stat-
ed she would like to have. The
couple stood there for a cou-
ple of minutes and then began
their walk again.
They entered a store not
far away. A couple of minutes
later, the man emerges,
makes a bee-line for the jew-
elry store, and of course
makes a purchase. Feeling so
proud of himself for sneak-
ing away and buying a gift
for his wife or girlfriend with-
out her having any knowl-
edge of it. But he never sus-
pected what was coming
next:
The woman exits the
store she's been in and is look-
ing left and right in an
attempt to find out where her
fellow had gotten off to. She
finally caught a glimpse of
him and almost broke out into
a run. The two met only a few
feet from where I was sitting.
"How could you do that?"
she asked in a pretty firm
tone. "How could you leave
me in that store and not say
a word. I walked all over that
store looking for you .... and
so on, and so on, and so on."
She made the poor guy feel
like the heel of a shoe I'm
sure. Finally, he responds
rather sheepishly, "I, I, I... I
had to buy something?"
"What could be so important
that you walk away like that?"
the woman screamed. "A gift
for you," the man said hold-
ing out the bag.
The woman got this look
on her face, you know the one
where all the color leaves you.
She began to apologize all
over herself and all was well
again.
BY NOW I'm sure you are
wondering what this has to
do with anything. Well, it kind
of reminds me of those folks
that thought because my col-
umn on depression that I was
depressed. Sometimes,
things are not what they
appear, and those that wait
long enough will always get
their just desserts.
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PAGE 4 - HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - MAY 22, 2003
What My Mother Had Told
Written in 1979
Things my mother told
me would come true when I
was grown that I really did-
n't believe at the time:
The older you get, the
harder it is to quit smoking.
You might turn up your
nose at turnip greens now, but
there will come a time you
can't get them, and you will
want them more than a T-
bone steak.
Love is the greatest gift
one person can give anther.
Money can't buy love.
People will tell you they
love you when they don't
mean it.
There are no answers in
the bottom of a cocktail glass.
It's easy to go into debt.
Getting out is next to impos-
sible.
Marriage is a two-way
street.
You will never meet a
good woman in a nightclub.
One lie begets another.
If you don't take care of
yourself when you are young,
you might not live to regret
it.
If you don't agree with
everything the preacher
says, it won't hurt you to sit
still for 30 minutes and listen
to him.
It's okay to cry.
Never let a friend down.
You will need him someday.
You don't need to talk
dirty to prove you are a man.
The Lord listens to your
prayers.
He doesn't answer all of
them.
The best way to tell some-
body you care is to show them
first.
It's not written anywhere
that life is supposed to be fair.
Always wear clean under-
wear. You might be in a wreck.
Children and old people
appreciate kindness.
Be careful when you buy
a used car or an insurance
policy.
Pay attention when some-
body older tells you some-
thing. You can learn a lot from
people who have already been
down the road.
Being stubborn won't get
you anywhere.
Women don't like men
who drink too much.
There will be times when
you are very lonely. Just
remember your mother loves
you and always will.
People who shout to make
themselves heard usually
don't know what they are talk-
ing about.
When you get older, your
back will hurt and it won't be
that easy to get to
Someday, a
on the moon, and
will cost a quarter.
Pretty faces
deceiving.
Always say
when somebody
favor. You will
favors that way.
Ball games
most
world.
You will re
ing up your piano
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The Pastor and the Music
The story is told about a
feud that occurred between
the pastor and the music
director of a church in a small
community. It seems the first
hint of trouble came when the
pastor preached one Sunday
on dedicating yourselves to
service and the choir direc-
tor chose to sing, "I Shall Not
Be Moved." Trying to believe
it was a coincidence, the pas-
tor put the incident behind
him.
The following Sunday the
pastor preached on giving.
Afterwards, the choir
squirmed as the director led
them in the hymn, "Jesus Paid
It All." By this time the pas-
tor was losing his patience.
Sunday morning atten-
dance at the church swelled
as the tension between the
two continued to build. A
large crowd showed up the
following Sunday to hear the
pastor's sermon on the sin of
gossiping. The choir director
followed with the selection of
"I Love To Tell The Story."
The pastor was totally
humiliated. The following
Sunday he told the congrega-
tion that unless something
changed between himself and
the music director he was
considering resignation. The
entire church gasped when
the music director led them
in "Why Not Tonight."
No one in the congrega-
tion was surprised when a
week later the pastor
resigned his pulpit explain-
ing that Jesus had led him
there and that Jesus was lead-
ing him away. However, it
would have been better for
everyone if the choir direc-
tor had resisted the tempta-
tion to close with "What A
Friend We Have In Jesus."
This pastorprobably felt
like a director of a cemetery,
who has lots of people under
him, but nobody listens!
IT APPEARS that this is
my week to pick on pastors
so allow me to tell you anoth-
er pastor story.
A church in another small
community had recently
obvious that
home, but no answer
his repeated
door. He took
and stuck it in the
When the
processed the
Sunday at the m(
ship service, the
that his card
returned.
Added to it
tic message,
When the
his Bible to check out
"This pastor tion, he broke out in
probably felt like a laughter.
begins by saying,
direc
tor
of a ceme- stand at
tery, whOha=00ts of+ Genesis.
your vmce in
people under him,
but nobody lis-
tens!"
called a new pastor. The
young pastor was visiting the
homes of his members one
afternoon.
At one house it seemed
I was afraid:
THOUGHT For
While we are
set goals and
make the bes
others feel good
selves, and be
what we are and
doing.
50 Years Ago...
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r ° c:00-"+Ben Askew Wins,Second
, "i.' i - Title
onsecuttve Golfing
In the
Hogansville ,
Pssortothe Hogansvill¢ Hom0
• GOLFING
"In Hogansville there's
Ben' of golf who is
remarkable and as quickly
ciated with the game of
the original Bantam
fessional (
is 60-year-old Ben AskeW,
winner for the last twt
the city title, and
previous years."
• THREE REC
TO GET A JOB: A hel
ad from the May 21,1
"We have an attractive
tion to offer a man that
honest and willing to worl¢."
• SATURDAY NIGHT
Among the offerings
Theatre were Dean
Jerry Lewis in "The
along with news reelS;
Johnny Weissmuller as
Jim in "Savage Mutiny."
*BARGAINS: The
ads revealed that
had a 41' Plymouth for
a'49 Studebaker for',
Profit had milk powder fo
and 12 ounces of apple
$.15; and the Belk-
Miracle Barn had 50 feet
den hose for $2.99, an
mirrored medicine
$1.98, dishes for one cent=
and men's T-shirts, three
Meanwhile, Baldwin
Service's distinctive ad
the banner of "If they
for me to tell the truth
they can go jump in the
offered 25 pounds of
$2.09.
