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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Marengo High Alumni Association
First Annual Membership Drive
The Marengo High School
Al'umni Association
(MHSAA) began its first
annual membership drive
November 1, 2014. All alum-
ni, former students,
faculty/staff, and community
supporters are invited to join
us in making a difference at
Marengo High School and in
the community. The member-
ship drive will run from
November 1 - December 31,
2014.
Our mission is: "ro support
Marengo High School's goals
and strengthen the ties
between alumni, the commu-
nity, and Marengo High
School." As an alumni associ-
ation, we want to foster hope
and open our students up to a
whole world of opportunities.
By becoming a member of the
MHSAA, you are investing in
the future of our students and
Marengo High School. The
MHSAA plans to sponsor
events such as science fairs,
college & career fairs, aca-
demic & professional semi-
nars, classroom assistance pro-
grams, and tutoring/mentoring
programs. There will also be
events sponsored to help cre-
ate a closer bond between
MHS and the community. A
main focus of the MSHAA is
to establish a scholarship fund
for deserving seniors who plan
to further their education. The
MSHAA will assist the school
in any capacity needed.
Anyone who joins by
December 15, 2014 will
receive the early bird special
of $20 for the annual member-
ship fee and will be considered
a charter member of the
MHSAA. After December 15,
2014 the annual membership
fee will be $25. In addition to
the annual membership, the
MSHAA is also proud to offer
lifetime memberships for a
one-time fee of $100 to any-
one who is interested.
Members will receive a mem-
bership card, discounts to any
alumni association sponsored
events, and the MHSAA
Newsletter, which will be pub-
fished quarterly. Our motto is:
"Bridging the Gap One Step at
a Time." So, the MHSAA
encourages everyone to join
and help make a difference.
For more information or if
you are interested in becoming
a member contact Otis
Grayson at (334)-301-9274 or
otislgrayson @ yahoo.corn and
LaToya Allen at (210)-565-
9290 or
allenkamyrun@gmail.com.
Membership requests can also
be mailed to: P.O. Box 350
Dixons Mills, AL 36736.
ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION NEWS
Pansies Add Color to Fall Gardens
Kathryn Friday
Marengo County Extension
One plant that has become a
Staple in many Alabama gar-
dens is the pansy. The pansy
is a popular bedding plant
because it adds instant color to
a garden and has a pleasing
fragrance. They bloom fall,
winter, and spring. Pansies are
easy to grow and are resistant
to most diseases and pest dam-
age (but not deer).
Pansies grow best when
night temperatures are below
65 degrees, which makes them
ideal for fall gardens. Blooms
will last until temperatures get
hot in April. They can survive
temperatures as low as 2
degrees F in winter.
The foliage is medium
green with oval or heart-
shaped leaves. Although pan-
sies can be grown from seed,
most of us buy them in fiats at
local stores.
One reason I love pansies is
their variety. They come in
colors from bright yellow to
red, to blue, to pink to deep
purple. There are solid col-
ored pansies and pansies with
faces. There are blooms 1 inch
across and some that are near-
ly 4 inches. Generally, pan-
sies with smaller flowers tol-
erate heat and adverse grow-
ing conditions better than the
large flowered type.
From the tiny Johnny jump
up in yellow and purple to the
large Majestic Giant, there is a
September Marriages
Sixteen couples received
marriage licenses for the
month of September. They
were:
Quentin Cordero Bouler, 25
of Dixons Mills and Lateisha
Yvonne Walls, 24 of
Demopofis;
Willie Albert Bonier, 42
and Sylvia Renica Tucker, 30
both of Magnolia;
Van Brown, III, 31 and
Hannah LeeKita Simmons, 43
both of Demopolis;
Thomas Maurice
Desroches, 27 and Tiffany
Faye Fetzer, 20 both of
Demopolis;
Karl Whitfield Duke, 39
and Donna Michelle Edgin,
41 both of Lavergne, Tn;
Demarcus Lamont Files, 23
and Dominique Darkel
Tucker, 26 both of Magnolia;
Antoine Lemar Fisher, 44
of Linden and Edna Lashone
Oodfrey, 40 of Huntsville;
Collin Monroe Hall, 21 of
Linden and Heather Leigh
Parson, 21 of Demopolis;
Derrick Denarder Howard,
29 of Gallion and Gemia
Geniece Collins, 28 of
Enterprise;
James Frederick Keeley, 33
and Monica Noel Upchurch,
30 both of Demopofis;
James William Manning,
56 of Demopolis and Regina
Kay Phillips, 55 of
Birmingham;
Travis Bradford Ray, 21
and Alexandra Nicole Collier,
19 both of Troy;
Steve Andrew Smith, 50
and Tomika Lattice Armstead,
39 both of Demopolis;
Benjamin Bruce
Turberville, 24 and Stacie
Brooke Davis, 25 both of
Thomasville;
Wesley James Watts, 23
and Kristi Lynn Bracknell, 22
both of Demopolis;
Michael Bernard
Westmoreland, 61 and Yris
Margarita Jimenez Vasquez,
49 both of Forkland.
Chickasaw00
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color and size to suit every
personality and landscape.
Some choose to plant one
color; others, like me, mix
them.
Pansies can be planted now.
Plant them at about the depth
they are growing in the packs
or just slightly higher. Don't
plant them too deep, with soil
covering the stem. They love
to grow in full sun, but they
will grow and bloom in part
shade.
Like any other plant, pan-
sies are going to do better if
the soil is well prepared before
planting. Choose a location
with well-drained soil.
Pansies don't like wet feet.
Before planting, water the
plants well while still in the
containers. Dig a shallow
hole about twice as wide as
the packet the pansies are in
for each plant. Make sure the
hole is wide enough that the
roots won't be cramped.
Space plants about six inches
apart. Place in the holes with
the planting medium sur-
rounding the roots intact.
Cover with garden soil and
thoroughly water the plants.
Mulch around the plants to
conserve moisture.
Fertilize sparingly. Pansies
do not need heavy fertiliza-
tion. They also prefer a low
pH soil. In Demopofis you
might consider a raised bed or
pot.
I like to plant pansies in
large pots on my deck and
patio. They add a really nice
bit of color all winter. They
can be planted in flower beds
to add color throughout the
winter. Try planting a large
group in just one color. This
can be a dramatic statement in
your landscape.
The only difficulty I have
with pansies is pulling them
up in the spring when I pre-
pare beds for other annuals.
Camp Ground Brunswick
Stew Dinner, selling, Nov, 8
Camp Ground United
.Methodist Church is having a
Brunswick stew dinner and
also selling stew at their
Fellowship Hall on November
8, 2014. Dinner will be at
12:00 p.m. Free Will dona-
tions wiLl be accepted. Stew
will be sold by the gallon for
$25.00 and by the quart for
$7.00. To order call 295-
5995. If no answer, please
leave your name, number and
order. We will call you back
to confirm your order. Orders
will be taken until November
6, 2014. Orders can be picked
up at the Fellowship Hall
between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00
p.m. We are located on Hwy.
69, between Myrtlewood and
Nanafalia. Everyone is invit-
ed to come, enjoy the dinner,
fellowship and buy some stew
to take home. Please call your
orders in early, this helps them
to know how much to cook.
Thank you.
Simmons Clinic
Family Medicine
100 E Cahaba Ave, Linden
John C. Simmons, MD, FACS
Deirdre Aycock, FNP-BC, CRNP
334-295-0170
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R DAYS GONE BYE...BY TOM BOGGS
Ho, Ho, Ho Said Buddy Bley
Chullun and grown folks
alike have some pretty high
falooting entertainment
these days, but please go
with me now to a simpler
time, and then tell me if
that was not a pretty good
time.
I recall Gloria Nichols
and Buddy Morgan used to
do some fine singing back
in the fifties around these
parts, and especially at the
annual Linden Fiddlers'
Conventions held at the
gym Shucks, every now
and again they'd even have
a fiddler or two, but there
were other entertaining
acts. My teammate and
buddy, Jimmy Roberts and
I used to harmonize...well
mouth the words anyhow
as we'd be riding around
with Mack Nichols, Jerry
Kirkham and Moose Glass.
We got encouraged to enter
a talent show at the gym
one night, and I reckon the
world will never know just
what it missed when we
chickened out at the last
minute.
Fifteen years ago or so, I
had the chance to carry on
a conversation with a fel-
low by the name of Phillip
Rumore, and when I asked
him if he were kin to
THE...yep, Joe Rumore,
turned out that was his
daddy. Now, not too awful
many of y'all can identify
with hanging around an old
AM radio set listening to a
country disk jockey on
WVOK radio in
Birmingham, but I sure did.
O1' Joe carded on with the
likes of his brother, Duke
and Rive and Rave and the
Sunny Valley Gang. Joe
would broadcast from his
own basement a heap of
times, and all of a sudden
he'd say, "Honey." He'd be
talking to his wife upstairs.
"Honey, I know you're lis-
tening. Would you bring
me a cup of that good Red
Diamond coffee?"
Joe never called my
house, but I listened on
account of it you answered
with the words "Joe
Rumore" you were apt to
win some money. I still
miss his down home voice.
All of us did gather
around a big o1' AM radio
before we had a television,
and even after since we
only picked up one station
on that TV anyhow. There
was some music on AM,
but there was more than
that. There were soap
operas, comedy, adventure
and great commercials.
They advertised interwov-
en socks, Barbasol, lava
soap, and Rinso as well as
Chestefield smoke dream
commercials.
I've come in from school
many afternoons, and lis-
tened to "The Shadow"
"Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon" and "Sky King."
Many adventures, but also
comedy such as "Amos 'n
Andy", "Jack Benny" and
one program with a charac-
ter by the name of Senator
Claghorn.
Now, closer on to home,
a World War II pilot came
to Demopolis and set up a
-country radio station with
the call letters WXAL, and
it radiated even south of the
Bogue except after dark
when the wattage
decreased. I will never for-
get us coming from Linden
to Demopolis to visit kin-
folks, and listening to
Santa Claus himself read
letters from kids. The truth
of the matter was that the
Saint Nick of WXAL was
really the voice of Buddy
Bley, who had a distinctive
voice like Joe Rumore. I
remember talking with
Buddy after I was grown,
and telling him I still got a
warm feeling from heating
him read a letter, and then
saying, "Well, I believe O1'
Santa Claus might be able
to do something about
that."
Back to the Fiddlers'
Conventions and local
Talent Shows, we'd all get
a big laugh out of watching
men from the town line up
behind the curtain with just
their hairy legs showing,
and get judged as to which
one had the best looking or
worst looking set of legs.
Yep, I was a httle embar-
rassed at the time, but my
daddy won hands down for
the worst looking legs one
night.
There were Womanless
Weddings with a bride
being Big Jimmy Hall and
the groom being little
Jasper Tucker. Back up in
Demopolis Woody Dinning
used to steal the Kiwanis
Club Variety show all
dressed up in one of Polly's
dresses, and down in
Sweetwater, you'd think
the entire building was
filled with birds as Mr.
Clearly sent his whistling
from wall to wall.
Hey, as we approach this
wonderful holiday season
why don't you do what you
can, in your own way, to
spread some old fashioned
cheer in the neighborhood.
Shoot, you might even try
singing a song. I love to
sing even if my singing is
sorta like my homemade
barbeque sauce. Never
know how its goner turn
out.
Ho, ho ,ho, and thanks
for the memories Buddy
Bley and Joe Rumore.
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