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Dale Hollingsworth Annie Stone shares birthday goodies My
son, Danny, called from Lake Junaluska, NC, this weekend, where he and
his wife, Elizabeth, and three sons were camping over the Fourth of
July holidays. Lake Junaluska is a Conference and Retreat Center of
the United Methodist Church. We were saddened by the recent death of Troy Rayburn McCraw, age 61, in his tragic death. Joan
Gurley and Mary Minor spent the weekend in Hendersonville, TN, visiting
Henry and Jimmie Ballard and attending the Fourth of July program and
fireworks at the Hendersonville Park. While there they also visited
with Frances Dunn Daws. On the return trip home Sunday afternoon they
stopped for a visit with Ron and Edna Butterfield in Henderson, TN. Jordan
and Coltan Muraco of Vacaville, CA, are visiting their grandparents
Mitch and Jeanette Stone and aunt Emily Stone, along with their
great-grandmother, Mrs. Annie Ruth Stone and other relatives. Their
parents, Mike and Holley Muraco, recently returned from a visit to The
National Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, where Holley was invited to speak at
the First Marine Animal Training Conference ever held in Havana, Cuba.
She presented information about dolphin management. We
were all saddened by the recent death of Bettie Wilson Ash, age 69. We
send our love and sympathy to her husband, J.M. (Flick) Ash, and to all
her large family. We love all of them! Services were held on Wednesday
at the Bethlehem Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Potts Camp, with
her brother, Bishop Steve Wilson, Bro. Chuck Fowler and church pastor
Jon Vazquez officiating. Burial was in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Joyce Clayton’s sister-in-law, Betty Smith of Southaven, came to Potts Camp to visit her on Friday. Betty
Greer visited a friend, Dora Tidwell, in a New Albany nursing home on
Wednesday. She had a fall and hurt her hip. Pray for her. Thanks
to Annie Ruth Stone for the delicious birthday cake and lovely rose
decoration she sent me after her 90th birthday celebration in the Potts
Camp School lunch room. Lela Jean Smith visited in my home on Wednesday. Correction — Sisters of Betty Rose Jones, Frances Fitts and Kathryn and Terry Scarbrough live in Texas (not Tupelo). Happy birthday to my niece, Erica Ann Potts of Tupelo, on her birthday, July 1; also my grandson, David Greer Jr., on July 9. It Shows in Your Face You
don’t have to tell how you live each day; You don’t have to say if you
work or you play; A tried, true barometer serves in the place — However
you live, it will show in your face. The faults,
the deceit that you bear in your heart, Will not stay inside where it
first got a start; For sinew and blood are a thin veil of lace — What
you wear in your heart, you wear in your face. If
your life is selfless, if for others you live, For not what you get,
but how much you can give; If you live close to God in His infinite
grace — You don’t have to tell it, it shows in your face. New Hope When
everything seems hopeless and life is hard to bear, just find a quiet
corner, and say a special prayer. Ask God to give you strength to see
you through the day. He alone can help you; He can pave the way.
Believe in Him and trust Him. Let Him be your guide. Miraculous things
can happen when He is by your side. Once your cross is lifted and you
can find that you can hope, be sure to thank almighty God for giving
you new hope. Prayer list: Diane Clayton, Sandy
Byrd, Betty Fincher, Louise Pruitt, Connie Work, Henry Tutor, Charles
Henderson, Mary Jarrett, Mary Frances Clayton. Memories and History Country
school teachers in this area before 1930 had to have a 12th grade
education. After 1930, the schools were all consolidated and the
country schools closed. Until 1925, Potts Camp School only had 11
grades, so the country teachers had to go to Slayden Agri School for
one year. It was hard work there; they had to raise truck patches, milk
cows and clean the barns and cook the food. My friend, Addie Hollida,
told me about it. Some of the country school teachers I knew were Susie
Henderson, who went on to Blue Mountain College later and taught in
Potts Camp School for 50 years. She taught our entire family, even my
dad. Other county teachers were Ruth Clayton; Rosa Cox; Irene Stone,
who rode a horse across Tippah River bridge to the Gurley farm to teach
their country school; Vida Mae Whaley; sisters Susie and Nadge Overton;
Lorene Gurley Boren; Rhetta Lou Alvis; Link Alvis; Grace Potts (my
aunt); Mrs. Hollida and her sister, Sarah Matthews; Dot Marrett and
many others. Susie Henderson was honored with a “Miss Susie Day” after
she retired. Around 500 people attended at Potts Camp School. Miss
Susie and Mrs. Laws were cited by the Lions Club and civics clubs as
the most outstanding teachers in Potts Camp children’s education. We all loved them.
Did you know?
Richard Simmons Love your liberty... Taking
some time for Independence Day Parade and family celebrations, this
week I am using a couple of things George Washington said regarding
liberty. “The cause we are engaged in is so
just and righteous that we must try to rise superior to every obstacle
in its support.” (In a letter to Phillip Schuyler, 1775.) “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth” (To James Madison, 1788.) “That
no man should scruple or hesitate a moment to use arms in defense of so
valuable a blessing [as liberty], on which all the good and evil of
life depends, is clearly my opinion, yet arms, I would beg leave to
add, should be the last resource, the dernier resort.” (To George
Mason, 1769.) “Interwoven as is the love of
liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine
is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.” (Farewell Address,
1796) Did You Know On July
7, 1865 – Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring
with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. July 8, 1776 – The Liberty Bell rang for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. July 9, 1868 – The Fourteenth Amendment, guaranteeing to protect the civil liberties of freed slaves, was ratified. July 10, 1778 – France declared war on Britain supporting the American Resolution. July 11, 1960 – “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was published. July 12, 2003 – The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was commissioned, the first for a living president. July 13, 1865 – In a New York Tribune article, Horace Greeley advises, “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.” This Week’s Quiz Who was Henry Knox? What kind of horse is Caesar Rodney riding on the Delaware quarter? On what date did the Continental Congress vote for independence? Who led the British Army at Bunker Hill? Which state was the last to ratify the U.S. Constitution? Answers to Last Week’s Quiz Caesar Rodney was a delegate from Delaware that voted for the Declaration of Independence. The Black Robe Brigade was ministers that supported the fight for independence from Great Britain. James Madison said; “religion is the basis and foundation of government. Martin Luther said – “The Bible is written for men with a head upon their shoulders.” In his first recording session in Memphis Elvis Presley sang, “That’s Alright Ma Ma,” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”
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