The Lincoln times., 1946-01-10
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Despite the rain and mud and slush |
We can feel springtime just around
the corner. A yellow jasmine and a
waxy white Breath of Spring have
burst through, robin flew by our
window, teetered on limb, and split
his throat in melodious song, and u
few daring daffodils have peeped
from under a covering of leaves to
see what it is all about.
And We have yen to go down in
the garden and dig up some dirt.
Yet, we know it is not advisable.
So to appease cur itching fingers,
we are sitting here by glowing
CRATE tonight with plan of our
grounds before US. There are so
many changes We wish to make.
Where tulips have graced our walk,
and since they bloom only in the
Spring, we are going to. replace
them with periwinkle and alySsum-
which bloom the entire summer, and
reseed themselves from year to year.
year.
In our front yard we have only
oaks and maples-a few of them we
are cutting away and planting more
naples, dogwood trees and Grape
myrtles - incidentally NOW is the
time to plant trees, and since we
have the places prepared, We are
going to risk planting them in the
mud! Let's plant more and more dog
woods in Lincolnton NOW!
Mere Mention: We had forgotten
what lovely person Mary Rees
Noble was until we saw her again
on her recent visit Few brides
were lovelier than Nina Rees on her
wedding .day One of the most
striking looking couples around town
during holidays - Melvin Sipe, Jr.,
and Ann Crawford Mrs. Clyde
Seagle telling friend that Inez cher
daughter) had stayed close home
during the holidays-to study-she
didn't want to break her all A rec
ord at school Ethel Hunter shop
ping for groceries (while David look
ed on with interest) -. A handsome
young man STOPPING quickly to re-
cover an orange that Jane Grigg
spilled from bag . . Margaret
Quickel Smevog chatting happily
! with friends on the street Lib
Schrum Little, eyes beaming bright
ly, telling a friend they are about
to get an apartment at last :. Har-
vey Jonas, Jr., hobnobbing with a
friend on the corner . John and
Tilden Leonard back in town with
coveted discharge buttons and ready
I to take up where they left off .
Hollis Henderson telling a friend on
the corner he has about decided to
rejoin the Navy . Mrs. Bill Mod
lin telling a friend that Bill is in
Newfoundland and will not be home
before March or April - March
doesn't seem long off, but April
seems an eternity" she sighed
Mrs. Hugh Cline buying groceries
Mrs. Ed Ramsaur hurrying along
/ Main street . Mrs. Dan Boyd say
ing hello to a friend on the corner
Catherine Chamberlain pausing
to admire a window display.
Things We Like to Remember: The
oak trees that once lined Main street
and served as hitching posts for
] horses the winding steps that
led up to the old Court House
the bell on top of the Rudisill house
that once rang out the time of day
(no-we can't quite remember that
far backD =. The old White Church
and its hard but inviting benches =
Mrs. Anna Robinson sitting on the
front porch of her old home and chat
ting so gaily with all the passersby
Capt. C. F. Childs, always the
center of groups of admiring friends
on the street the lovely flowers
that grew all about the old Tobey
home the circuses that used to
come to town with their Gagged hons
their gaudy clowns, and their fancy
horsewomen Mrs. Jim Shufore
and her girl friends riding horses
Sunday mornings when every
one got up early and walked II
church the Cobb store-(or az
we remember it?) - with its glas
cases of lace and ribbons, buttons
/ and red striped candy envylnt
Peg Nixon and Johnsie Lohr becaus
they were always the center of tn
nosiest groups in high school
the beauty of the wistaria that ha
, always seemed to grace the Ear
Padgett home the pink rose arc
/ at the entrance to the old Charli
Robinson home (now Mrs. Jane
S Bridges) =. the roses that bloor
: in the spring-tra-la-on the fehc
around DR.. Coffey's back yard-an
so on far into the night!