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Forgotten Days
And Times of Life
My grandfather, on my
mother's side, died when I
was only about four or five
years old. It's funny, but I can
still remember so many
things about him.
He had this favorite hat
that he wore all the time, car-
ried a walking cane, and had
this firm demeanor about
him. To say I loved him would
be an understatement.
My grandmother lived
until I was out of high school
and there is so much I remem-
ber about her. But the mem-
ories of my grandfather are
so precious to me because we
didn't have time to make
many memories.
Here is one I'll share with
you, so you can understand
why he was so dear to me and
why I loved him so.
MY GRANDFATHER
was a farmer. Let me
rephrase that, my grandfa-
ther was a good famer, but an
excellent business man. His
farm was productive and the
reason for it being so was sim-
ple. He eared about his fam-
ily, he cared about his ani-
mals, and he cared about the
people that worked for him.
I can't remember the
times my grandfather helped
out one of his workers and
expected nothing in return.
However, when it came
to his animals, he didn't take
kindly to anyone mistreating
them or misusing them. He
had some of the prettiest
mules and cattle I believe I've
ever seen.
'q'here's nothing more
important to a farm than good
mules," he used to say."We gotta
take care of the animals arotmd
here. They take care of us."
My grandfather grew
every vegetable we ate, we
would take corn to the mill to
be made into cornmeal, and
of course, every bite of meat
we took was raised right
there on the farm. So, now
you see why all the animals,
no matter how small, were so
important to him. ',
Themaddest I ever sawmy
grandfather, was the dayI
decided to cad a duck problem: k
IT WAS MY job on the
farm to collect the eggs, feed
the chickens and take care of
his other birds. Each and
every time I would go out to
feed the chickens, this duck
would peck me. It wasn't a
light peek either. He would
actimlly draw blood.
I became very afraid of that
dtr I tried everything. I woiald
give him food_, try and out run
him, anything I could to keep
him from pecking me so muc
Finally one day, as chil-
dren will do, I came up with
the solution to the problem.
I had seen my grandfa-
ther and grandmother kill
chickens many times. They
would simply pick them up,
grab the chicken by the head
or neck, sling it around, and
the next thing you knew the
chicken was dead.
The only problem was I
could get close enough to the •
duck to grab him without him
pecking me. So, I decided it
would easier to take some
bailing twin and set a trap for
the duck.
I carefully made a loop in
the twin, placeed it on the
ground, filled the middle of
the loop with food, hid in the
chicken house and waited for
my glorious moment.
It trmally arrived. I gave the
rope a quick pull and sure
enough, I had caught my duck
I had forgetten one minor
detail, the legs were not what
pecked. It was the beak.
I tried to handle that duck
every way imaginable, but I
couldn't. So finally, I took the
rope and began just wrapping
it around him as tight and as
fast as I could.
You can imagine the
racket that arose from all of
this. I pulled on the rope and
pulled on the rope and sure
enough, eventually the fight
ended.
I HAD IT all planned out.
I would take the duck into the
woods, leave him there and
noone would be the wiser.
That didn't work.
About the time the fight
ended, my grandfather
turned the Corner of the
house, walking as fast as he
could on his cane.
"What are you doing?" he
screamed.
Even though I tried to no
avail to defend myself, he just
wouldn't listen.
"\\;. "That's an animal," he
id. "He was simply pro-
tecting his territory."
That was the only whip-
ping my grandfather ever
gave me. That was the only
one he ever had to give me,
I remember it to this day.
Funny thing, while it's not
one of the best memories of my
grandfather, it's one I continue
to cherish because he taught
me something that day.
He taught me that an old
man can still swing a razor
strap, and it hurts when be does.
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PAGE 4 - HOGANSVIIJ_£ HOME NEWS - DEC. 5, 2002
How 'Bou"t,-Them Japanese?
(Written in 1988)
I thought I'd heard every-
thing:
* Hosea Williams drop-
ping a suit against the Ku
Klux Klan
• Rock Hudson being gay
• Michael Dukakis admit-
ting he's a liberal
• The Kremlin loosening
up a bit
• A pitcher of orange juice
costing me $37.50 from room
service in a New York Hotel.
* The Atlanta Falcons win-
ning a game
But that's nothing com-
pared to the news Coca-Cola
wants Georgia and Georgia
Tech to go play each other in
football in Tokyo.
It was in the papers. I read
it with my own eyes. It's prob-
ably not going to happen,
because both schools say it's
not feasible, but that the idea
was even hatched is fright-
ening.
What's going on here?
Oft I have warned about
the Japanese influence on our
country. The Japanese even
tried to buy Atlanta's
Hartsfield Airport, and
Mayor Andy Young even lis-
tened to the offer.
The Japanese have
bought every American golf
course that isn't nailed down,
several tall buildings, and
they'll probably do a deal and
wind up owning Oregon and
Lake Fxie before it's all over.
Georgia and Georgia
Tech in Tokyo, indeecL
You think we were sur-
prised at Pearl Harbor?
Can you imagine the
Japanese reaction to 10 or
20,000 bulldogs barking at
one another in a hotel lobby
in Tokyo?
"Toro! Tora! Tora!" Is one
thing, but "How 'bout them
Dawgs" is quite another.
And what on earth would
fans do about the traditional
tailgating parties before the
game?
Is fried chicken easy to
find in Tokyo? And if it's not,
if we cook our own and took
it with us, would it spoil on
the plane ride?
I talked to few Georgia
and Tech fans soon after the
news of Coke's idea to switch
the game. They were sur-
pn.'singly warm to the idea.
Said Leroy Parsons,
Georgia fan: "At least it would
be a lot easier to get to Tokyo
than it was to get to Starkville
when we played Mississippi
State."
Said Miles Purvis, Tech
fan: "I'd rather go to Tokyo
than back to Athens. Last time
I was in Athens, a Georgia fan
barked at me and bit my leg.
It took me four hours to get
home in all that traffic."
Offered Dorothy Sims,
Georgia fan: "I'd rather go to
Tokyo than back to Grant
Field" (now Bobby Dodd sta-
dium).
"At least the rest rooms
would probably be cleaner."
Countered Ruby
Lesterfield, of a Tech persua-
sion: "I think it would be excit-
ing. The only other time I've
been overseas is when we
took the kids to Canada."
Well, not me. We've tam-
pered with enough traditions
in this country as it is, and
I'm damned proud of our two
major state schools who
would not budge, and the
Tech-Georgia game isn
going anywhere.
Move the game to
and the next thing you know,
the Masters will move to
Lisbon and Andy Young will
uproot the dogwoods
replant them in Botswana.
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Let's All Keep Christ in Christmasl
Someone has made the My wife has a pin she one reading this article ever
statement, "He who has not wears during this time of been left out of your own
Christmas in his heart will year, maybesomeofyouhave birthday celebration? Then
never find it under a tree." the same pin. It reads, "Jesus why do we often leave Christ
The season is definitely upon is the reason for the season." out of his?
us. May we all realize the only ,
The turkeys that were way we can enjoy a season as I do not know of a person
stuffed have now stuffed us, festive as this is solely who does not like to celebrate
the pies that were f'ffled with because of Jesus. Christmas. But if you are
apples now fill us and now our looking to have a Merry
attention has been drawn to THIS WORLD offers "The point is, Christmas, remember, "If
the festive Christmas season, many substitutes for Jesus, you do not have Christmas in
Duringthistimeofyearmany but the bottom line is, there hOW car we leape your heart, you will never
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find it under a tree. It is my t
things beg our time and atten- is no substitute. If it weren't Jesus out of prayer that each of ["
tion. for a babe wrapped in swad-
you
has f
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Things suchas Christmas dling clothes, there would be ChFtD'las sJJ'le a wonderful holiday season!
parties and, dinners, no reason for beautifully urithouthim, there difyou.rlooJgjpgfor"
ays to haeffi'besroliday
ChristmtiOF and special wrapped packages. If there COU/d b no season, doWt'loo qder' s
services, family get-togeth- wasn't any suffering on the
ers and company parties all cross of Calvary, there could Chr/stDlaS." tree, but look upon a cross, f
call for some portion of our be no Joy to the World. If don't look in a beautifully 1
time. Jesus had not come to us, wrapped package, look in a
Just as it is easy for the there would be no foundation empty tomb.
child's eye to be turned to the for singing O Come All Ye asidd a day to honor the corn-
bright lights and decorated Faithful. ing of the King of Kings to THE PLACE you will find
trees, it is easy for adults to The point is, how can we the Earth. I guess you could the very merriest of
get sidetracked as well. leave Jesus out of Chris'unas say as the song does, "It is the Christmases is the heart
As enjoyable as the se- since without him, there birthday of a king." If this is where Christ dwells as
son is and the things that Ira- could be no Christmas? the time we celebrate the Savior. To leave Christ out of
ditionally accompany it; if Although most scholars birthday of Jesus, then tell Christmas is to leave-the
you do not have Christmas in conclude that December 25 me, why is it so many leave merry out, for there can be
yourheart, it will not be found is probably not the most accu- Christ out of his own birth- no real peace on Earth and
under a tree or in a beauti- rate date for Christ's birth, I day? Allow me to ask a bit of Joy to the World without
fully wrapped package, see nothing wrong of setting a sarcastic question: Has any- Christ.
*CATCH THE WAVE: In a
week the photographer appar-
ently had off, the Dec. '4, 1952
Hogansville Herald front' page
continued to extol the-Green
Wave football team. Thb lead
story proclaimed, "rorght in
South Georgia, Screven and
Camilla battle for the dubious
honor of meeting the (per-
haps they meant "victOr') of
tomorrow night's game 'here
between lhe Milton High Eagles
and Coach Castronis" Green
Wave... 7 .......
• ELECTION RESULTS:
"W.A. (Bill) Crawford, of Crawford
Hardware and Crawford Jewelry,
is the new mayor of lle,
elected yesterday in an election
that saw him succeeding Mayor
Fred Redmond without opposi-
tion. €1
• HEY, WHEN WAS THAT
RRE? "The Hogansville High
Sdxx libran/, which was entire-
• SUDDEN TRAGEDY:
Nalter Joseph Dunn of Brazell
Street, Hogansville, died sud-
denly last Tuesday afternoon
while talking to some friends at
Carden Service Station:
