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• JOHN KUYKENDAIL
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P. O. Box 426
Hogansville. Georgm 302.30
l e's Hard Sometimes;
Sniffle and Go Forward
Oh no. Termites!
A few weeks ago, I read
with interest an article about
termites in one of the area's
daily newspapers. •
As I was reading the news
article I ff~ught, '~mk God
I dou't have that problem."
A few days later, while
cleaning the house, I noticed
what I thought to be a dirt dob-
ber's nest on my wall. I walked
over, gave it a flick off the wall,
and noticed that there was a
hole in the sheetroclc.
With a little further inves-
tigation, I realized that the
backing of the sheet rock had
been eaten away and the top
layer of paper was the only
thing between me and the insu-
latiou in the wall.
The first thing that raced
throughmy mindwas that arti-
cle I had read about termites.
I immediately called my
exterminator. I was told that
not all exterminators treat for
termites. Guess what? Mine
didn't.
He did offer me the names
of a couple of companies in
the area that could treat my
home.
The next day I visited one
of the companies and set up
umn know that I've spent a
great deal of time working on
my home the past few months.
Ironically, the location the
termites decided to attack was
one of the rooms that a great
deal of work had gone into.
Now, it has to be done again.
It would have been really
easy for me to be upset by all
of this, but I really didn't let
it bother me that much. I've
tried to be optimistic about the
situation.
Funny, a few years ago I
would not have reacted that
way. I'm not sure if I'm just
mellowing a little now that I'm
older; simply realize that
things happen and you just
have to deal with it and go on
with your life; or if I'm final-
ly maturing. Whatever the
reason, I'm really proud of
myself for not being upset.
Well, not really upset. I mean
PAGE 4-A HOGANSVIIa£ HOME N~:ws ' ':~ ' '
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Reealll nddaddyBun's Ixmgd
My granddadd3 Bun's famil5 would lhen gather, :~ ~ changed a lot after 1~
funeral lasted all day. It was and one by one they would l~n I Bun died• She wasWt ~
held at his home church, stand over the casket and ~ 1 as spirited. Her meX~
Pleasant Grove Baptist in peer in at the departed The ~.-~ 1 ~ began to go. I could he~
Heard County, and three closestfamih, membersusu- talking to "Daddy' i~i~
preachers I had never seen ally broke d~wn when they ~ 1 ~ sleep, and sometimes, u1
before took turns at *he pul- looked at the body of their r~ ~ ~i Col I sat with her at night~
pit. It was just the kind of loved one, but friends ,sual- k~ ~ conversation would
service my grandfather ly didn't cry They ,qmplv : i: and she would discuss0~
would havewanted, stared awtiiJe al~d thei~ rencesoflongagoasffIt
Noneofthethreepreach- remarked, "Lord. Ixwd, he him all the way back to Daddy Bun. I nevertri4
ers had any prepared notes.
I was positive, because
nobody could have read that
fast. They would start out
slowly, but by the time each
had reached the climax of
his message, his coat would
be off, his tie would be
undone, his shirt would be
wringing wet with perspira-
tion, and he would be gasp-
hag for breath every five or
six sentences that would
come rushing out of his
mouth in powerful gusts.
It was impossible to keep
up with what the preachers
were trying to say, but I was
able to pick up a "Pah-raise
his name!" here and a "Have
you been washed in the huh-
hid?" there, and so I at least
knew the general subject
matter.
THERE WERE a couple
of things I would have
changed about my grandfa-
ther's funeral, however. It
was the custom then to bring
a body back home after the
undertaker had completed
looks like he could just sit up
and talk, don't he?"
Actually, my grandfather
didn't look like he could just
sit up and tall< at all, al~d e\'en
if he had, his first words like-
ly would have'been an apol-
ogy for the x~ay he was
dressed. They put him in a
banker's suit and put a white
shirt and a tie on him, and
they took off his glasses. And
if I hadn't been with him
practically every day of my
life since I was seven, 1 might
not have recognized him.
They should have
dressed him in one of his old
shirts and in his work pants,
and they shouldn't have put
all that powdery gook on his
face. And had it been left up
to me, I would have put the
Market Bulletin in the cas-
ket with him, so that when
he got to heaven, he could
have looked in the classifieds
at what they were getting for
mules around the state, one
of his favorite pastimes
AFTER THE SERVICES
Moreland to bury him in the
family plot: Unfortunately,
there had been no more room
available in the Baptist
cemetery near his house
when Daddy Buu and Mama
Willie decided it was time to
plan for where they would
go to rest. So they had reluc-
tantly bought in the
Methodist cemetery a mile
or so away from their home.
There was one other
thing I would have changed.
It was, indeed, fitting that
they had a girl from the com-
munity sing "What a Friend
We Have in Jesus" when we
got to his graveside, but I
would have asked her to hum
the last two verses.
MAMA WILLIE refused
to move out of their little
house after Daddy Bun died.
I didn't blame her very
much, and I even agreed to
spend the night with her in
nay old bedroom She wasn't
in the best of health, either,
and the family was afraid to
leave her alone nights.
correct her, and I
enjoyed sharing
some of the things
shared with him. I also!
certain that at least
week, when I came
her house to spend then
I brought a little c~
Brutton's with me. i
"You always tel
sweet boy," she would
me. I sort of wished
~ ould send me for onei
switch, just for old
sake.
...to be continued
week
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Good Memories and a ProJect Gonejsam
This year is the 100th
anniversary of Georgia 4-H
Club, which was first organ-
ized in Newton County in
1904. My membership in the
4-H Club brings back many
memories.
she had ever Mlown was hard
work and "'how to save a dol-
lal:"
My brothers and I were
taught a work ethic earl3 in
life. If our mother had not
interfered we would have
the 4-H Club. i
One of my most exei~
days was when I was ele~
Clarke County Preside#~
our 4-H Club. I had reaclt
the zenith among our
youth.
an appointm~t date for tlmm it does bother me some. My two younger brothers
to come out and inspect my,~,~ Anyway, thethingislthink and I grew up on a rather
home. I've finally reached a point in ~.~rllR!l~.~lll, solne two
After the inspe~ffib~ my lifethat I realize that worry
bad news fell like a ton of
bricks.. "Yep, it's termites!"
I OFTI~ Imar it is expen-
sive to treat a home for ter-
mites. R was not until the next
day, when I ~ my esti-
mate, that I knew how much.
The fact of the matter is,
it doesn't matter what the cost
is, you have to do it. That is if
you want to stop the slow dem-
olition of your home.
The company is supposed
to treat my home this week.
However, I've also learned
that treating the home is not
e~ough. You must get rid of
all wood to ground contact in
the home.
Now, my home was built
in the early 1920s and some of
the pillars under the home
were made from wood. So
those have to be removed and
replaced with meal pillars.
Of course, ther~s st~ the
damage that has alr~,~]
done, that has to be rei~ir~.
So, Ive contacted a co~trae-
tor to take care of that~
The bottom line is, what I
had heard was right. Getting
rid of termites is very expen-
sive and of course, repairing
the damage they've causedis
as weR.
Those termites are pesky
little creatures, but that's not
exactly what this column is
slx~t.
I GUESS THAT most of
the people that read my c01-
won't help things; getting
angry doesn't fix the problem;
and treating everything like a
crisis only makes you miser-
able.
As a youngster, I loved
Charlie Chaplin movies. Crazy
I know, but true.
As I was reflecting on the
termite situation, how I react-
ed and wondering why I react-
ed as I did, I thought about a
quote from a Chaplin movie I
saw as a child.
"Life is a tragedy when
seen in close up, but a come-
dy in long shot," Chaplin said.
I now know what that say-
ing really means. It simply
says that when we are close
to any situation it seems like
a tragedy, when we're not
close to it then it simply
becomes a nuisance.
It's kind of like when some-
one tells you about something
bad going on in their life. We
all feel for that person, but it
really doesn't affect us so we
don~ dwell on it or worry about
it.
So, here's a good thought
about life in general from
William Sydney Porter: "Life
is made up of sobs, sniffles,
and smiles, with sniffles pre-
dominating."
So, when something goes
wrong in your life, just take
Porter's advice. Don't let it get
you down completely. Just
sniffle a little about it, get over
it and move forward with your
life.
miles north of Athens. Soon
after our father died in the
summer of '35 our maternal
grandparents came down
from Jackson County to live
with us.
Our grandfather had been
a su~sful farmer that rose
from the ashes of recon-
struction following the Civil
War and had been a local
leader in his community in
social affairs, the church and
school.
Several times I have said
that our grandfather was one
of the more educated persons
I have ever known to have
very little formal education.
Our grandmother was a
Bulloch who migrated to
Jackson County with other
• siblings after their parents
died from a flu epidemic. All
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never been able to play ball.
School was "tmpo~tant to both
grandparents, but work ethic
was most emphasized.
Wheu we came home
from school there was ahvays
something to do besides play-
ing ball. If it wasn't taking our
one horse wagon to the field
to gather rocks it was going
to the garden to pick bugs off
the potato vines. There was
never a dull moment.
AT THE RURAL two
room county school we
attended the 4-H Club was
absolutely the biggest social
event around.
Don L. Branyon was the
Clarke County agent at that
time, and he would visit each
county school at an appoint-
ed time where the boys and
girls, from ages 9-19, could
become 4-H Club members.
We had separate clubs, a
home demonstt'ation agent
for the girls and our county
agent handled the boys.
Looking back at these
times, our grandfather was
right. None of us would ever
make a farmer as long as our
mother let us play ball.
We still had our regular
chores to do, such as bring-
ing in stove wood, coal, water,
trash to build morning fires,
milking our family cow, and
cleaning the yards around our
home.
Soon after I was old
enough to join the 4-H Club I
helped organize a ball team
x~fithin our club. We called our
team the Green Devils from
the green and white colors of
.50 Years Ago...
It was during this perJ
of time ~ mother.let i
buad anewc c!¢ oi s !
my chicken project in
club. ~*
This all ended one]
night when I was late getfl
home from football praet~
I was scurrying around tol
my chores done and sett
temperature too high o.n~
brooder. All of my SO
chicEs died. 1
This ended all plans
me to be a farmer, hut !
days in 4-H will remain ar~..,
the happiest days of my ~,
Howwell I rememberu
4-H Clover emblem and tl
4-H pledge:
"I pledge.., my head
clearer thinking, my head
greater loyalty, my han~
larger service, and my he~
to better living.., for my eli
my community, my eou#
and my world."
In the
Hogansville Herald
Predecess~ tothe Hogansville Home News
• GOING FIRST CLASS - The biggest headline on
front page of the July 8, 1954 Hogansville Herald announce0
the installation of a 'Cinamoscope' screen at the Royal
Theatre. The manager told the paper that "This improve"
ment, which will cost several lf~usand dollars, will put the
Royal Theatre in the highest class of movie houses in the
state." According to the story, "Cinemosco~ ~ 1t'~ audi-
ence a sense of participation while achieving the illusion
of depth."
oSHATrERING DEVELOPMENTS -The two larga plate
glass windows of Hogansville's Belk-Gallant store had been
destroyed when a car crashed into the buUding and were
replaced on Thursday morning. But Thursday night "a young
visitor from North Carolina stumbled and fell agaiost the
largest panes of glass," knocking them out again. _
• MODERN MARVELS -'Deep freezers now ~ vogue
in Hogansville' headlined a story about steady sales of tt~
appliances here. The article noted, "Whitley Barrett, the
genial proprietor of the Westem Auto Associates Store of
this city, reports a mn on the store this past week for deep
freezers."
*WANT AD WONDERS - "Wanted: 10 customers for
good used washing machines at give-away prices."
-BARGAINS OF THE 50s - The Hogansville Colonial
Store advertised five pounds of potatoes for 23 cents, three
pounds of yellow onions for 20 cents, lettuce for 10 centS
a head, cantaloupes for 23 cents each, toilet tissue for 9
cents per roll and pork and beans at 10 cents for a 16-
ounce can.
• CINEMA TIME - Offerings at the Royal Theatre includ-
ed "Alaska Seas," "Thunderhead, Son of Ricka," "Tough
asTheyCome, Saadia, and"Phantomoftt,~RueMorgue.
