News For the Week of November 19, 2012

Hope everybody has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. We expect to have all of our kids and grandkids home except for David, and we will try to talk to him on Skype sometime during the day. He always has a houseful of friends at his house for Thanksgiving and then he comes home to spend Christmas with us.

Congratulations to Dustin and Chi-Anna Johnson on the birth of their daughter, Avery Jane. Avery weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 19 ½ inches long. She is a beautiful addition to their family and I know big sister Brenley will enjoy helping her mommy take care of her.

Bob and I went to the Blue and White scrimmage last Friday night to watch both the girls and boys basketball teams and they really looked good.

High school basketball season has started again at Bradleyville School, next week the boys will be playing in the Forsyth Tournament and the girls will be playing at Mansfield.

My step-mom, Donna Sloan has spent a few days in the hospital. As of now they are running some tests to determine what exactly is causing her to be sick.

New Mansion Church had the final Chili Feed for this deer season last Saturday and was thankful for everybody that came and ate and donated sale items, food or money. All the proceeds went to the Vacation Bible School fund. Several of us workers probably gained a few more pounds while we sat around and visited and sampled every chili, soup, stew and dessert on the tables. They were all delicious.

The Getaway Gift Shop will be having their annual Holiday Open House on Friday, the 30th of November from 3pm until 7pm. Santa will be there from 4pm until 6pm and Ashley Mann will be taking pictures of him with the children. Cindy Dalton will be there with holiday florals and several other vendors will have their items for sale too. There will be discounts, food and holiday fun for all.

Birthdays for the coming week includes: November 21: Chelsie Brumfield, Denzil Roberts; November 22: Jennifer Flannery, Roger Hankins; November 23: Darin Hodges, Lacey Malcom; November 24: Tammy Pollard; November 25: Lisa Lux, Derek Rogers, Wendy Cash, Gina Smith; November 26: Julie Bettis, Denny Burkhart; November 27: Jean Robison.

Anniversaries for the coming week include: November 26: Chris and Julie Bettis; November 27: Kirk and Tammy Baird.

News For the Week of November 12, 2012

The night before deer season Bob remarked that this would be the first season in twenty-one years that he hadn’t taken a kid or grandkid with him. I told him he wouldn’t know how to act out there all by himself, and it seems I was right. He came in around 9:30 the first morning and I asked him if he had a deer, then saw his truck---with a load of firewood. He said he parked his truck right beside a dead tree and thought what good firewood it would make, so he cut it and loaded it and brought it in. I appreciated the firewood, probably more than a deer.

Scott Lawson and David Robertson went hunting up around Nevada over the weekend and both got big bucks. I saw pictures but I didn’t count the points.

Bob, Julie, Garrett and I went to Ava last Sunday after church to get some antifreeze for Bob’s trucks and winch truck. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. We were hungry by the time we got there, so we went through the drive through at the fast food restaurant. Garrett was asleep and it was raining so we didn’t want to get out and go inside. The rain was still coming down by the time we got to the discount store, but we had to get out there to get inside, wonder why they haven’t put in a drive through window yet? It would be pretty handy, don’t you think?

Donna Sloan got a call from her grandson, Jeremiah Cummings last weekend. Jeremiah is career Army and on his third overseas tour of duty and is in Afghanistan this time. He doesn’t get to call very often and Donna was really happy to finally hear from him.

The Chili Feed and sale at New Mansion Church was well attended last Saturday. There were several different varieties of chili, soups, stews and desserts to choose from, and lots of treasures for the sale browsers. There were lots of hunting stories being told, and lots of visiting among those like me that didn’t care to hunt. Along with having the Chili Feed, we wrapped and filled over sixty Christmas boxes for Operation Christmas Child. If you missed the chili feed last Saturday it will happen again this Saturday.

The FFA Chili Supper and auction at Bradleyville School last Friday night was very well attended. A lot of donated items were auctioned off to raise money for the FFA. The items ranged from gift baskets and pies to a trolling motor, a pie safe, several large round bales of hay, a meat smoker, several cages of chickens and many more items.

Several Lady Eagles, including Danielle Crouch, Emily Todd, Casey Ridings, Ellie Combs, Ally Swift and Savannah Norwine attended church at Bradleyville General Baptist Church last Sunday morning to show support for a fellow Lady Eagle, Mariah Clemans who injured her knee in ball practice last week. Mariah will be having an MRI this week to find out how much her knee is injured and what treatment she will have.

This Friday night will be Meet the Eagles at Bradleyville School. You may call the school for more information.

I didn’t get any news in the paper the last couple of weeks so I missed making special mention to congratulate Joe and Nadine Horner who celebrated their 60^thwedding anniversary on November 8^th. There are a couple more anniversaries this coming week which I feel need special mention also, but I am unsure how many years for each couple. Avriel and Lois Patterson on November 14 and Ray and Bonnie Hurst on November 16.

Birthdays: November 14: Jan Scantlin; November 15: Marilyn Albright; November16: Bill Austin, Jason Crouch, Donna Grigg, Joshua Howie, Kassidi Wilkinson; November 17: Larry Blair, Brandon Burkhart, Jerry Day; November 20: Brian Moore, Wanda Osburn.

Anniversaries: November 14: Avriel and Lois Patterson; November 16: Ray and Bonnie Hurst; November 17: Gale and Wanda Osburn, John and Tampa Rogers; November 18: Garland and Beverly Smith; November 20: Jerry and Jackie Hodges.

News For the Week of November 5, 2012

The Bradleyville Talent Show was held last Friday night, sponsored
 by the Music Department. We had to miss it this year but heard the attendance was good and the talent was wonderful. I do know that Megan Howie won first place in her age division. I’ve heard Megan sing before and she has a beautiful voice, so that doesn’t surprise me. Megan is the daughter of Mike and Nancy Howie.

The Senior Class will be sponsoring an Alumni Basketball game on Thursday evening, November 8, and the FFA Chili Supper and auction on Friday evening, November 9. For more details you may call the school at 796-2288.

New Mansion Church will be holding their annual Deer Hunter’s Chili Feed on Saturday, November 10 and again on Saturday, November 17, starting at 10:00am until dark. There will be lots of different kinds of chili, soups, stews and desserts to choose from, for just a donation. There will also be an indoor yard sale the same day. Everybody is welcome to come and eat, visit and browse the sale. You’ll probably hear some really good hunting stories also.

Birthdays: November 7: Levi Collins, Tommy Roberts; November 8: Paula O’Neal; November 10: Dustin Harris; November 11: Derek Hartzell; November 12: Barbara Fuller, Doris Manes, Ryan Melton, Chauncey Paul, Vicky Rogers; November 13: Kirk Pollard, Larry Thomas, Johnny Whitaker.

Anniversaries: November 8: Joe and Nadine Horner; November 12: Gary and Vivian Simpson.