Congratulations to Geneva Shoemake. Her name was drawn on the WJLE birthday club for roses from DeKalb Florist.

Cory McAtee visited Mabel Pack Saturday.

Diane Smith of Watertown visited her mother, Betty Joe Cantrell and Charles Cantrell Sunday after church.

Congratulations to John and Peggy Caldwell. Their name was drawn from WJLE for the anniversary of the month they received a lunch for two from Kilgore’s Restaurant.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Danny Stewart in his passing.

Get well wishes are extended to Linda Kilgore Armour. She spent a few days in the hospital at Murfreesboro.

I was sorry to hear Randall Davenport has had several health problems. He was our song leader at New Home Baptist Church. We miss them at church.

Recent visitors of Betty Wilson were Ralph Vaughn, Faye Adkins, Betty Byford, JoAnn Pittman and Rebecca Ervin.

Tracy Stanley had emergency surgery Saturday in Cookeville General Hospital. He is at home now doing well.

Treba Hawkins and Audean Pack went to McMinnville shopping on Tuesday.

Supper guests of Don and Treba Hawkins Monday evening were Trent Hawkins, Michelle, Shane, Brittany and Chloe Miller.

Visitors of Sue Arnold were Adam, Dawn, and Ali and Ana Lawson.

Mark and Kim Violet celebrated a wedding anniversary March 25. I hope they have many more.

I enjoyed my visit to Dr. Donnie Cripps last week; mainly because I got a good report on my regular checkup. My son, Ralph, took me. I also enjoyed getting to talk with several others who were at the Doctor’s Building.

I told Dr. Cripps that it is always like a social event for me, because there is usually someone there that I have not seen in a long time. One of the first I spoke to was Doris Donnell and then to Frances Caplinger.

I hardly knew Helen Taylor at first until she reminded me about attending Cross Roads School when Ralph was there. She was Helen Hale back then and was on the basketball team. Her husband, Joe Taylor, was one of the school bus drivers when Ralph went to Cross Roads.

Ralph said he enjoyed Joe as his driver, because Joe would sing to them while driving. Many of my readers will remember Joe and his brother, who would sing at pie suppers and others events. I recall going to the pie suppers at Cross Roads and hearing the Taylor brothers sing along with Chuck Evans. They were good.

Helen’s brothers, Harold, Carl Ray and Jimmy, were good basketball players at Cross Roads. The county schools were a big part of each community; such as Cross Roads, Pea Ridge, Blue Springs, Belk and the many others.

Also while I was at Dr. Cripps’ office, Ralph introduced me to Doug Hodges. I felt like I knew him because of my friend Faye Atkins. She works for Doug and Evelyn from time to time and says they are kind and considerate to her.

Dr. Cripps always tells me how much he enjoys reading my New Home News. I thanked him, and he also mentioned how he and Rita loved to read the Smithville Review years ago when he was in medical school in Memphis. It made them feel like they were back home in DeKalb County after reading Miss Ocie Carter’s Temperance Hall News. She was a great writer and person.

In closing, I want to thank those who give me their news for my article, and for those who tell me from time to time that they appreciate me continuing to write after almost 50 years. I think Miss Louise Frazier has written for the paper longer than anyone else. She does a wonderful job reporting from Dry Creek.