Tignall News
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 706-285-3232
Carolyn Gammon has had a setback with her foot, so she is still sitting too much and trying to recuperate. Since she sits so much she is doing lots of thinking and coming up with lots of ideas. Richard says that is dangerous. She nearly has the answers to many questions, but then she forgets the questions, so now she keeps a notepad and pen handy. If she has forgotten anything that needs to be in the paper, please forgive her. Two Awana groups from Tignall Baptist Church, Truth and Training children in grades 3-5 and Trek children from grades 6-8, had an outing at Almond Standard's cabin last Friday night. Almond took the children on a hayride and then they roasted hotdogs. Those adults going along with the children were Debbie White, Allen Long, Nicki Fain, Diedra Strickland, Gretchen Lamar, Paula and Robert Stevens, and Annette Spence. Don't forget the soup and sandwich luncheon sponsored by the youth at Tignall Baptist after the morning worship service next Sunday, October 22. On Friday, October 27, the Senior Adults of Tignall Baptist Church are going on a mountain trip. They will leave the church at 8 a.m. Be sure to sign up and mark your calendars. We extend sympathy to Gertrude Long and Hugh Teems whose brother, Roy Teems, passed away Saturday. His funeral service was at Tignall Baptist Church Monday afternoon. We also extend sympathy to the family of Donald Walker who was buried at Beulah Baptist Cemetery Monday morning. Bozo's is open again and now serving soul food. I understand Emma Norman is cooking and the food is delicious. Twenty-one members of the Rhodes family ate supper with their sister, Sara Frances Henderson, Saturday night and then had lunch together at the home of Ed and Edna Rhodes Sunday. Betty Reese of Washington and Barbara and R.C. Oakley of Hampton spent the weekend with Ed and Edna. When those Rhodes brothers and sister get together they have a good time. Carolyn and Richard Gammon and Nonie and John Yochim went to Blue Ridge on their annual apple trip Saturday. On their way they stopped in Elberton for breakfast and saw Ouida and Wilbur Maney who were also heading north. They were going to Habersham County for a singing convention. When the Yochims and Gammons got the Mercier's Apple Shed in Blue Ridge it looked like the whole state of Georgia was there. It is always crowded there, but it was more crowded than ever. They had to suck in their stomachs and walk sideways. Visiting with Kay and Alex Tyler for two days last week were Gena, Jordan, Caleb and Sydney Tyler of Hoschton. The children had a week of school holidays. Jordan spent the weekend with Kay and Alex. Daisy Parker attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for her brother and his wife, Virgil and Emily Whittington, at Burt's Chapel in Oglethorpe County Sunday. Pat Bobo, the associational senior adult leader, and the senior adults of Tignall Baptist Church hosted the Senior Adult Rally Monday, October 9. The senior adults enjoyed Rev. Joe Mason of Sautee, Ga., with his "humor in a Mason jar." Renee Hall brought special music. Rev. James Bland gave the closing remarks. Afterwards they enjoyed the food and fellowship in the Family Life Center. A crowd of over 100 attended the rally. Beulah Baptist Church WMU had its meeting on Wednesday with the planning of the Thanksgiving fruit baskets. Beulah Baptist Church is also planning a fall festival at the Beulah ball field on October 28. The festival starts at 3 p.m. and they plan to eat at 5 p.m. There will be a hayride afterwards. Everyone is welcome. On Saturday, October 21, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., there will be chicken barbecue plates for sale at the Beulah Fire Station for $6. This is sponsored by the Beulah Volunteer Fire Department. Hunters are welcome and of course anyone who is hungry. Joining Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Keener for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Keener, Madison and Nolan of Loganville. It is said that the greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. Both were obvious while delivering apple-cinnamon bread to Mary Will Denard, who had surgery last Thursday. Upon entering her kitchen, friends and loved ones had laden her table with many foil-covered dishes. It is truly heart warming to be a part of a small close-knit community where there is care and concern for one's fellow man. Bless you, Mary Will. We're glad you are home and on the mend. While we are discussing friendship, love, small, close-knit communities, care and concern for one's fellowman, these are some of the reasons Wilkes County is good training ground for Yankee moveins. (Just kidding - we welcome you). Maybe these attributes, along with the great open land and historic homes, is why so many people are moving here. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Keener traveled to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area for a few days last week. The leaves were beginning to turn and the pumpkins and apples were in abundance. Nothing is more painful than leaving your pet for a few days. When you pick him up at the vet office, it is soooo easy to make a fool of yourself with him. He loves it but you can really get some strange looks and eyes rolling to the ceiling from "Puh-leeze." Who says you can't buy happiness forgot about dogs. A dog is truly the master of frolic. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Vinson of Greenville, S.C., and Mrs. Edna Carlton of Sylvania, visited Mrs. Ida Norman at her home in Tignall Saturday. They all joined Mrs. Roger Cleland and Mrs. Joe Cleland of Sylvania for the Mule Day celebration at Callaway Plantation. Roger and Joe Cleland flew into the Washington Wilkes Airport to attend Mule Day. The Vinsons, Mrs. Carlton and Mrs. Roger Cleland are all former residents of Tignall. Mrs. Carlton spent a week in Greenville, S.C., with Mr. and Mrs. Terry Vinson and enjoyed a trip to the North Carolina mountains. They also visited Mrs. Carlton's granddaughter and her family, Terri and Eric Wells, Jake and Lesley Ann, in Rutherfordton, N.C.
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