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High Points from El Camino Real
Marie Whitehead
editor@mediactr.com
Not that you need to
read this, but I thought
I would mention it
anyway! In two months, this
year will be half over! This is
only important to the precious
child who is, how old? "Five,
going on six!" Do you recall
memories of a time when you
believed the Earth was stand-
ing still? And now, do you have
moments when you believe
time is flying? And that's only
to say that this present year,
so far, has sped by! A wonder-
ful message on a small card of inspiration was
given to the Better Half last week by a special
friend, Lithana (Fanny) Sessions. It ties
to the subject of time: "Yesterday is History;
Tomorrow is a Mystery. Today is a Gift and
that's why we call it The Present.'' I couldn't
wait to share it with all of you!
We had several visitors chop by last week.
One is Odis Williams of Abilene, formerly
with Human Resources at
Rusk State Hospital. He said
he was ashamed for staying
away so long. When he left
his post in 1993 he really
expected to get back sooner
for a visit. I lo and spouse
have enjoyed the luxury of
a motor home and seeing
the USA! While here, they
camped at our beautiful
Rusk State Park. They had
the joy of seeing old friends
at a leisurely pace and
observing the many changes.
If you recall, when he came
in 1978, Odis operated
Montgomery-Ward for one
year. Then he was with RSH for 13 years, nine
months. His chiropractor son, Karl, is affili-
ated with a group in Fort. Worth. With him are
an osteopath and a medical doctor. Karl also
handles marketing for the company. Their son,
Mark, a 1985 grad of RHS, went from Abilene
Christian College to aviation and is now a
corporate pilot for Wal-Mart in Arkansas...and
loves every minute of it! And we're happy to
note that Odis is heahng from a serious auto
wreck last December. He sustained a broken
neck. That's about as serious as wrecks get!
He was rehabilitated at The University of
Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas,
followed by therapy in Abilene, Health for
him includes hving with osteoarthritis. It was
good to reminisce with our friend "the way we
were."
Mr. Perry Bass of Houston also chopped
by and we were glacl to hear his plans lor the
future of our historic hotel on the square of
historic downtown Rusk! (That, borrows a hne
from Austin Young's racho commercials for
State Farm Insurance Agency, formerly Steph-
anie Caveness', "on the square in historic
downtown Rusk") Mr. B. says lots and lots of
things are happening to the interior, "but you
can't see it!" He plans to send us plans! Blue-
print stuff. Information in the near future. We
look forward to the completion of his project!
His Right Hand Man, Gary Epperson, keeps
moving, shoving, hammering and soon, he's
going to have a fine facility for everyone to
enjoy.
A fax from Dan Eakin brought a grin
Thursday. He had read about our chance
encounter with Alvin Holley. It seems
Dan had worked for him at the Polk County
Enterprise back in the early 1990s. Also, in
that period of time, Dan pubhshed East Texas
Seniors, which Mr. Holley printed for him.
Dan says Mr. Holley had his first major heart
attack while bundling East Texas Seniors. "I
always kincla felt partly responsible for that
because he worked so hard to please me."
Dan is pastor of Old Palestine Church near
Rusk and says he will send more info later,
but to put June 9 on our calendar to come to
Old Palestine Baptist Church to help them
celebrate Homecoming. There will be a morn-
ing service, lunch and singing in the afternoon
featuring some invited groups.
And this by mail! We have a newly
announced pubhshecl writer of poetry in town!
She is Jet J and works asa correctional officer
for TDCJ. She has a bachelor of arts degree
in psychology and loves writing, composing
music, watching people and shopping! She
and her spouse have two children. She sent
to me an autographed copy of her beautiful
"Rainbow of My Soul." Dorrance Pubhshing
Co. says of the book, "This moving collection
of poetry ponders man's relationship with
God." They add, "With verse that goes from
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tion of mankind to the gritty
reality of everyday obstacles,
poet JetJ touches the soul
with this diverse assortment
of poetry. It is about cathar-
sis and illumination, and the
Higher Power that touches us
all, and in the end, can lift us
all up to a higher awareness.
If you wish to know more, call
1-800-788-7654 and ask for
Matt Weller.
Also, former staffer
Rebekah Bunn (formerly
White) and husband William
have purchased Don Reynolds Flowers and
Gifts in Pittsburg, Texas. Good luck to the
new owners, who begin operation May 1.
Moving on with notes of health news, as
gathered round and about! Gloria Dotson
continues to feel better and better! She has
had a special month of celebration as mem-
bers of FUMC have observed "April: "We Love
Gloria Dotson Month!" She is really shy when
it comes to personal recog-
nition. And yet, she knows
that what is happening is
just an out-pouring of love
and gratitude to God, for her
abundance of musical talent!
She is a super leader in the
field of music!
Steve Guy had surgery
last week for a problem
called a "deviated septum"
and there were tumors.
That problem can only occur
in your nose! He's better
according to wife Connie.
And looks forward to easier
breathing, should get riel of
the headache, too!
the spirituality of God's plan for the salva
The Bunn family
Mary and Frank Madden were to leave
Sunday and stay with son David at Bryan/
College Station. His wife was scheduled for a
meeting in Austin. Mary and Frank offered
to keep him company while David is recuper-
ating from heart surgery. When Frank gets
around to it, he will seek surgical assist to
remove some scar tissue resulting from leg/
artery surgery last year. He says it is taking
too long to mow his yard these days. Getting
his blood to flow better should speed up his
work! Mary will like that, too.
We "hear" that Lloyd Pipes is fine (he
doesn't stay home to answer phono!) and
Genelle Richards went to Dallas last week
for a check-up. Son Ricky and beautiful child,
Ashlyn, accompanied her and spouse James.
You could call a trip like that... an expensive
vacation?
Prayers for Tom Haddock and family
should be warming up! He is to have surgery,
something rather new. May 14 to help reheve
the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Tom and
wife Pat are two of everyone's most favorite
folks. Special folks! Please remember them.
Sometimes an event occurs and you know
that you will always remember the where and
what. I was grocery shopping at Brookshires
Saturday when Judy Vermillion and I spoke.
She gave me sad news, the death of Abe
Lang. Abe always appeared to be a young
person, still growing up. And now I learn he
was 84.1 can't imagine this town without him.
I can't imagine the Lions Club without him.
His mother was a super caregiver as long as
she lived- He has been a blessing to all who
knew him.
Last week's report on the Better Half was
not quite as up to date as we would have
liked.. At this date, we can say with finality
that the decision has been made to forgo the
experimental, chnical trials, the protocols at
MD Anderson, Houston. We will be tested as
time goes by, monitored by Dr. Arielle Lee
in Tyler. We have complete faith in this being
the right decision. Now, that doesn't mean you
can stop praying! Your good thoughts push the
wind under his wings. And we do want him to
fly again! There's too much stuff he still hopes
to accomplish for his beloved people. That's
what he told the doctor in Houston.
Thursday, May 2 is National Day of Prayer,
We hope that it will be observed in this area
by grateful folks. Not intending to be a smart
aleck, but it seems to me that every day
should be National Day of Prayer.
Well, it's that time. May you have the best
possible May, enjoying the benefits of April
showers! Here's one of those one sentence
sermons, borrowed from FUMC Rusk news
bulletin: "One thing you can't recycle is time!"
What, would a bunch of yesterdays look like,
anyway? How about a bunch of history books?
Keep smiling...and thinking! It could be a life-
changing thought!
Chris Davis
elcaminoreal@inu.net
It looks hke the dog days of
summer have come to El
Camino Real a httle early
this year with the tempera-
tures already rising into the
nineties. A httle rain would
certainly help out the garden-
ers about now. The school
year is winding down and the
pace is beginning to pick up
for many families in the area
in anticipation of the big day.
I was able to dig up a quar-
ter's worth of news this week
with the help of a few folks that needed some
information passed along.
If you hke garage sales then you better
best be in Alto on Saturday May 4. The Alto
Lion's Club is sponsoring their annual garage
sale starting at 8 a.m. in the Lion's Club
Building downtown. Money from this event
will help fund Lion's projects throughout the
year. The youth of A. Frank Smith United
Methodist Church are sponsoring another
garage sale behind the church at the same
time. Folks have been digging stuff out for
weeks so there should be some great bargains
at both of these places. The money raised at
the Methodist youth sale will help send kids
to church camp and sponsor a mission trip
for the youth. If you have items you'd like to
donate to the Methodist garage sale contact
Tony Simms at 858- 3530. If you have items
for the Lion's Club sale get a hold of Larry
Griffith or David Middleton. Remember
that your junk could be someone else's trea-
sure. Several men in our area have offered
to donate their unused kitchen appliances,
but their names have been withheld for their
own protection. I'm sure that there are some
optimistic young newlyweds around who
would jump at such a bargain only to find
that they remain unused even after finding a
new home.
The Stella Hill Memorial Library had some
bad luck this week. The computer at the
library crashed and they need one really bad.
I am hoping that some of my readers might
have upgraded or work for a company that
upgraded and they might could help us out.
Dealing with picture files and keeping up
with all the books will require at least 24 MB
Ram and Windows 95/98. The hbrary patron
chive is still going on, so if you want to be a
patron, and help out the library, donations of
$25 or more, will clo the trick. Please clo your
part to make our great httle hbrary even
greater.
Becca Reina had a birthday April 23 and
has now reached the ripe old age of 20. Becca
is a student at Stephen F. Austin State Uni-
versity. I hippy birthday, Becca!
Mark Landrum is going to be 12 years old
May 1. He is one step closer to whiskers and
I'm sure his Mom and Dacl are cringing at
the thought of their baby growing up. Happy
birthday, Mark!
The Alto Band Boosters will be selling
Mother's Day flowers at the school until May
9. The cost of the flowers is $3. For more
details, contact Jennifer Dearman at the
Alto Middle School. Get on the right track
with Mom while helping out the Mean Sting
Music Machine.
Liz Pearman is going to be opening her
new business in downtown Alto very shortly.
Tin Lizzys will be a combination antique
Store and tea room. I ventured across the
street from the Hall of Justice last week and
got a grand tour of the place. She has a large
quantity of antique glassware and other
items from years gone by. The back room is
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full of antiques; some tables
are set up where laches young
and old can have tea parties.
I guess this set up is similar
to the rouncltable over at the
café, but for ladies only. I
clon't think Liz is excluding
men from her tearoom, but
I can't see the fellows from
the rouncltable sitting around
in floral hats sipping tea in
the afternoon. On second
thought, maybe I can. Be
sure and go by and check out
this new establish men I when you're in town.
Managing our three boys brings new
challenges everyday that my wife being a
girl has difficulty cleahng with. Behind our
house on the other side of the garden are
a catalpa tree ancl a mulberry tree.. The
mulberry tree is loaded with the sweetest
mulberries you ever tasted ancl the catalpa
tree is loaded clown with catalpa worms. The
boys have eaten so many mulberries that
their mouths look like they are going to be
stained purple forever. Several shirts have
also been ruined. On Saturday Creager
ancl Grant got Ziploc bags ancl decided to go
ancl pick a quantity of mulberries in hopes of
getting enough for a pie. You coulcl probably
hear them fighting all over the neighborhood
as the youngest, Creager, picked some that
weren't quite ripe while being continuously
scolclecl by older brother Grant. After finally
having enough of the arguing Creager moved
over to the catalpa worm tree. I was relax-
ing on the patio when Creager came ancl sat
clown beside me. The pie had long since been
forgotten ancl he was digging out mulberries
with his purple fingers ancl popping them
into his purple mouth. It was about this
time that I notiqecl the catalpa worms he had
added to the mulberry bag when he changed
trees. He was carefully picking the berries
out of the bag ancl leaving the worms. I took
the bag ancl explained to him that we need
two bags when gathering worms for fish bait
ancl berries at the same time. His mother
was not as understanchng about the matter
as I was ancl I think this is clue to her lack
of training in the ways of boys. I think her
main problem with the ordeal was the fact
that green ancl purple clon't match ancl a
tightly squeezed catalpa worm makes a green
stain whereas a tightly squeezed mulberry
makes a purple stain. Virgil said that he
hoped the boys ate every one of the mulber-
ries, because if the birds got into them they'd
fly over ancl paint everything we had purple.
I went over to see if Virgil wanted to
replant his peas the other clay ancl he was
macl because he was having to baby sit ancl
couldn't come outside. Thank goodness no
one had entrusted their child with him; he
was only watching his niece, Sue Liles'
clog. Virgil saicl that if he left the clog alone
it would have a fit ancl tear up everything in
the house.
It was just a httle bitty clog ancl I didn't
See the problem but Virgil was taking his job
very seriously ancl wouldn't come out. I'm
going to keep an eye out on what kind of
babysitter he is ancl if he works out with the
clog, I may start sending my kicls over there.
A cat, a clog, a bird ancl a Virgil—I swear it's
like living next to a zoo.
I guess it is about time to wind this one
up ancl start gathering news for next week.
Don't forget to keep me posted on any new
happenings in the area. I'll see ya next week!
And remember: Love will die through
neglect just as a flower, tree, or bush.
Alto teacher selected as consultant
Sue Zane Robinson, Alto High School art
ancl geography teacher, has been selected as
a teacher consultant for the Texas Alliance for
Geographic Education ancl will attend a two-
week workshop titled World Geography: Big
Issues ancl Problem Solving. The seminar will
be held July 8-19 at Southwest Texas State
University in San Marcos.
Ms. Robinson was selected to attend the TAGE
Seminar by winning an essay contest. "Mrs.
Robinson is an asset to our school. Her even
applying showed her willingness to give up
two weeks of her summer to be able to better
educate our students. We are all very proucl
of her," Jason Duphchain, Alto High School
principal saicl.
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