Ryder Mac Stanfield celebrated his fourth birthday on Dec. 30 with his family.
Guest of Betty Wilson on Sunday evening for a get-together were Randy, Natasha and Ellie Vaughn, Drake and Amanda Vaughn of Alexandria, Ralph and June Vaughn of Murfreesboro. They had pizza, drinks and cake for dinner and exchanged gifts.
Linda Ferrell spent Sunday evening at the home of Lisa and Roy Merriman, where the family all gathered for a get-together and a good dinner and exchanged gifts.
Get-well wishes are extended to Martha Snow. She spent a few days in DeKalb Community Hospital.
Irene Koesis of Florida visited Barbara Self. She was here for the holidays. She and Barbara visited Carl and Frances McBride also visited Charles and Meda Barrett.
Visitors of Ruth Sutton were Wilma Joe Pedigo, Dannie and Teresa Sutton, Michelle and Ali Patton, Billy Sutton, Sue McCoig and Linda Sutton.
Wanda Tramel of Crossville and Ellie Vaughn of Alexandria spent Saturday night with Lu Autry Malone.
Sue Arnold and her family, the Lawsons, gathered at the New Home Baptist Church fellowship Hall for breakfast on Saturday morning.
Steve, Susan and Kim and Chris Walls returned home after spending the holidays with his mother Marie Walls. They live in Gulf Port, Miss.
There were a number of people gathered at New Home Baptist Church Fellowship Hall for New Year to come in. They had pizza and drinks.
Faye Adkins visited Clara May Hawkins. She also visited Betty Wilson Sunday.
Sue Arnold visited Barbara and Donald Lawson Monday.
I know that people will be making resolutions for the New Year.  One resolution that I had as a teenager was to get my hair cut by a beautician and have a permanent.  In 1940, I did just that.  We lived on Lower Helton at that time.  I walked from our house to Alexandria to catch a bus to Snow Hill where my Uncle Bud and Aunt Willie White lived on Driver Hollow.
Uncle Bud sharecropped with Joe Tramel, and after the corn was gathered, he would allow us young people to look for any corn that was missed. My cousins, Joe and W.J. White, and I walked through the field dragging a sack while picking up every ear that we could find. We then sold our corn to Ed Cripps.
I don’t remember how much money I made, but got enough to ride the bus from Snow Hill to Smithville and to get Miss Alma Patterson to give me a haircut and permanent.
To tell the truth, I was a little scared, but Miss Alma was so friendly that my fears went away as she rolled my hair on some small rods. As best that I can remember, she then attached some wires to the rods.
Well, the whole thing was painless and my hair had a curly look like I had never seen before.  Miss Alma charged me $1.
Proud of my permanent, I caught the bus in Smithville and headed back to Alexandria.