DOGWOOD ACRES, 7/14/08, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. Another stormy weekend came our way with rain, thunder and lightning Saturday night. This time our electricity stayed on and no trees were blown down so we felt fortunate.
The Ladder Club had a busy week at the fishin’ hole, although not as many fish were caught. I was told the moon is wrong, so guess that time will tell. I sure hope the moon sets things straight in a week or two; otherwise we have a good selection of lures, line and poles that could just go to waste.
Christie has been in the blackberry patch and filled several ice cream buckets with beautiful sweet berries. Sean told her he could see where a bear had been sleeping amongst the berries, but she didn’t seem to be afraid.
Bill, Chris and their family joined about 30 Biggs cousins for their annual vacation at Blue Waters Resort in Protem this last week. Even with the high waters and rain for two days it didn't stop them from having a great time boating and tubing. Each year seems to gain new cousins and memories with each of them eager to get booked for next year.
Vanessa Bilyeu was involved in a basketball tournament at Forsyth gymnasium Saturday, winning all 3 games and then playing for championship on Sunday…I have not heard who won that game.
The recent flooding has affected many in our area including one family very near Dogwood Acres. Helen and Wimpy Everett's home place is now enjoyed by their granddaughter Brandy and her family. Many rainy seasons had kept Wimpy and Helen monitoring the water level over the years and putting in the pretty little bridge had given them a sure way to access until this year. Brandy and her family had a pretty exciting morning a couple of weeks ago when waking to water up on their doorstep and rising up over the wheels of their car. The swollen little creek swept away the stash of firewood for next winter, damaged their lawn equipment and everything that was stored in and around the barn.
Neal, LeaAnn, Ashton and Erin made a quick trip to Ft. Jackson and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina last week. Neal had purchased some tents at the base and they enjoyed the beach and rode the waves on a boogie board.
Saturday night we went attended a birthday party at Plainview School for Doyle Humbyrd who turned sixty-something. One of the neighbors made a kettle of authentic Louisiana Jambalaya. Frances made cornbread and beans and then there were all kinds of salads and desserts. After we had eaten, Frances took some of us ladies to see their house. They moved into Grandma Comer’s house after she passed away and have done some remodeling. It is really cute and has a lot of character that only comes with an older home. Handmade quilts on the beds, hand crocheted throw rugs and family keepsakes made you just want to sit down and rest a spell.
Jim and Dawn spent some time in the sun canoeing with Kasie and Trent on Bull Creek Saturday, then came home and fried fish for supper. Before leaving the creek Dawn got to use her new fishing equipment from Forsyth Bait and Tackle to catch a good mess of perch and goggle eye at the mouth of Goodnight. She said the lure that Joe picked out for her is the best lure she ever had. She called it her secret lure, but if you twisted Joe’s arm he would probably tell you what it is.
While she fished in Swan Creek Sunday night, Jim sat up in Roeder’s field at a groundhog crossing, but never saw a thing. Dawn caught a few little perch and bass there, but no keepers. She did lose her “secret lure” so will be visiting the bait shop again.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Rich Dinkela whose wife, Linda, passed away last week. Although Rich and Linda’s home is Winfield, Missouri, they own property near us and have enjoyed their camping trips here for many years.
Rick and I were on Hwy 176 last week and he spotted a home that looked like an old school and I told him that was the Pleasant Shade Schoolhouse. While going through old papers and pictures recently I found a news clipping of the Pleasant Shade news column from January 3, 1963, written by Goldie Bilyeu. I will close with a couple of paragraphs from Goldie. “Last Friday night Jeff Blansit, Willie Capeharts and Elzy Bilyeus attended church in Craig Hollow, just west of Highlandville, the reason being we wanted to hear Willie Bilyeu preach. H brought a good message straight from the Bible.”
“Saturday night the fiddlers and other music makers around here met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bilyeu and enjoyed a music party. The report is there was standing room only.”
I expect that most of the music makers from that group have long passed on, but they left a rich heritage of “making music” and one can still find a group of Bilyeu’s making music somewhere just about any time.
Bye for now.
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