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Camp News Get well wishes extended to Donald Henderson The benefit fish fry for Taylor Goode last Saturday night at Potts Camp First Baptist Church was a huge success. Donald Henderson is recuperating from recent surgery in Oxford. He had to be placed in Intensive Care on the day after surgery, but is doing much better now. We pray that he keeps improving. Charles Henderson is his brother. Jackie Ford drove Berniece Young to Byhalia on Monday to visit her daughter, Martha Ross, who is very ill. Martha is in our thoughts and prayers. She is a special person. We love her. We extend our love and sympathy to the family of Phillip Pipkin, age 54, in his recent death. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Bethlehem Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Burial was in Bethlehem Cemetery. Thoughts 1. God has the power to answer our prayers, meet our needs and change our lives. So when life’s problems are baffling and we have some bad times, call upon our wonder working God to help you. With Almighty God, nothing is impossible! 2. Jesus said, “Let your light shine before men that they might glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 3. Jesus said, “Follow me.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Mark 1:17-18 4. The Apostles Jesus chose to follow Him did not know the challenges they would face, but they followed Him anyway. 5. Jesus asks the same of His people today. 6. Wherever we are today, let’s ask God to use us as peacemakers. Thoughts 1. God has no voice but our voice, and no hands but our hands. He can use us to speak an uplifting word with our voice to people and he can use our hands to help reach the needs of people. We are human beings with faults and problems, but God has still chosen to work through us. 2. Acts 20:35 says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive, for when you give not only will the person you give to be helped, but God will give back to you much more than you give.” (I’ve found this to be true.) 3. God does need you and me! He needs us to touch the hearts of those who are hurting. 4. Poem: Do a deed of simple kindness, though its end you may not see; it will reach like widening ripples, down a long eternity. David and Teresa Hollingsworth and daughter, Sarah Lambert of Palmetto near Tupelo, visited me on Sunday. They had stayed overnight in a hotel in Memphis after attending a special soccer game on Saturday. (Tupelo Girls 96) Sarah Lambert was on the team; they won first place. She was proud of her medal. They enjoyed seeing Betty Greer, who came while they were here. Another recent visitor was our Methodist pastor, Rev. Don Newton. I enjoy his visits and his prayers. Say a special prayer for his wife, who is on the sick list. On fifth Sundays, the three Methodist churches meet for a special day and dinner (Fifth Sunday Rally). Cornersville was the church where they met on the fifth Sunday this time. The other churches on the Potts Camp charge are Potts Camp and Bethlehem Methodist. I enjoyed a recent letter and picture from Sarah Doxey Greer, who lives in Tupelo now. The picture was taken a short time before A.Q. Greer’s death. I’m proud of it. Happy birthday to friends Gerry Vanzant and Doris Goode, both on Oct. 13, and to Beth Potts, a relative, on Oct. 13. Happy birthday to Bobby Smithwick on Oct. 15; to an old friend, Iva B. Smith, on Oct. 16. Happy birthday to Danny Hollingsworth, my younger son, on Oct. 18; also to Brad Farr on Oct. 18; and to Claire Harper on Oct. 18. Happy birthday to Jeremy and Joshua Green on Oct. 19; also to the former Marla Canerdy on Oct. 19. To Rev. Bill Wallace on Oct. 21, and Rep. Jack Gadd on Oct. 21. Pray for the sick and lonely people, for those who have lost loved ones, and especially those who suffer. Pray for the soldiers fighting for us and pray for peace. Pray for friends in hospitals and in nursing homes. Thank God for all His many blessings. Pray for Taylor Goode, Donald Henderson, Jean Derryberry, Martha Ross, Mrs. Don Newton, T.M. Stone, Donna Marett, and others who suffer. History Many people have happy memories of the two-story “Greer and Greer Store” on Front St. across the road from the depot. It was owned by Douglas Laws and wife, Birdie, when I was a child. I climbed the stairs with my mother to buy a hat; Miss Birdie, as we called her, made lovely wide-brim hats trimmed in beautiful flowers. Her sister, Myrtle Jones, helped her. Mr. Laws was a funny old man; he had a lunch stand in the back of the store. Sam Howell was his cook. When they ran out of meat, they put turnip greens between two pieces of bread. (My dad laughed about that.) In the ’20s, the Laws sold the building to Greer and Greer, who had owned a store next door since the town was started. The Greers began to use the old store for storage; they sold everything in the new store and storage that anyone needed. I always enjoyed visiting the friendly “Greer and Greer Store.” Lester Greer and Curtis Greer operated it. My dad would take us there to buy our shoes (Buster Brown shoes). When my dad paid for them, they gave us a delicious cookie. Sidney Holley (Annie R. Stone’s dad) was one of the clerks in the early days. Cotton was king during the early days so the Greers would furnish some of the farmers in this area with supplies during the year; then in the fall when the cotton was sold they would collect from them. Many farmers depended on them all the year, even for food. During World War I, one of the warehouses became a sewing room to make Army clothes. Later, in the ’50s, it became the “Dixie Theater.” A man from Memphis would bring the newest movies on weekends and show them on a huge, colored screen. People came from everywhere to see the movies. One Sunday, L.D. kept our two younger children so I could see “Gone with the Wind.” I was late getting there and bought some popcorn. As I was looking for a seat, they called my name. I had won the door prize, $10. (That was a lot of money those days.) Willa Floyd sold the tickets and Charles Burris, a teenage boy, ran the projector. He purchased a motorcycle with some of his money. One Sunday afternoon, he passed our house going fast; he had a wreck and was killed. It was so sad. The funeral was held in the Potts Camp Methodist Church. All the teenagers, including my brother and sister, Ann and Lindy, attended. The church was full of people. The late Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Burris were his parents and Edward Burris was his brother. Edward lives in Cordova now. The Greer families had bought the health resort, Eagle Springs, near town about 1900. (The hotel burned later.) People came there for weekends from Memphis, Birmingham, New Albany, Tupelo and many other places. They called it magic water; it would cure anything. Cotton was king during the early days so the Greers would furnish some of the farmers in this area with supplies during the year; then in the fall when the cotton was sold they would collect from them. Many farmers depended on them all the year, even for food. During World War I, one of the warehouses became a sewing room to make Army clothes. Later, in the ‘50s, it became the “Dixie Theater.” A man from Memphis would bring the newest movies on weekends and show it on a huge, colored screen. People came from everywhere to see the movies. One Sunday, L.D. kept our two younger children so I could see “Gone with the Wind.” I was late getting there and bought some popcorn. As I was looking for a seat, they called my name. I had won the door prize, $10. (That was a lot of money those days.) Willa Floyd sold the tickets and Charles Burris, a teenage boy, ran the projector. He purchased a motorcycle with some of his money. One Sunday afternoon, he passed our house going fast; he had a wreck and was killed. It was so sad. The funeral was held in the Potts Camp Methodist Church. All the teenagers, including my brother and sister, Ann and Lindy, attended. The church was full of people. The late Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Burris were his parents and Edward Burris was his brother. Edward lives in Cordova now. The Greer families had bought the health resort, Eagle Springs, near town about 1900. (The hotel burned later.) People came there for weekends from Memphis, Birmingham, New Albany, Tupelo and many other places. They called it magic water; it would cure anything. |
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