Recent visitors of Barbara Self were Peggy Caldwell and Mary McKenzie.
Jewell Wiser visited Rebecca Ervin, and they visited Jeanette Redmon. Rubbie Carter was guest for lunch Sunday after church with Lynn and Larry Eaton.
Ashli Chew and Hayden Ervin visited Spencer Stanfield. Virginia Jones visited Louise Jones recently.
Kenneth and Elaine Hawkins of Lebanon and Faye Adkins visited Clara May Hawkins Monday.
Christine Arnold was guest Sunday after church for lunch with her son and family Dennis and Gena Arnold and children. They helped her celebrate her birthday.
Faye Adkins and Christine Cripps visited Dwight and Jim Cripps and Joe Ayers recently.
Valerie Mears visited Mable Pack Saturday. Mabel received a telephone call from two of her cousins, Myrtle Heers and Bessie Elkins of Australia. Bridgett Atnip and family visited her grandmother Mabel Pack.
Kelly Walker was guest for breakfast with her grandmother, Billie Simpson. Visitors later were Michelle Walker and Anita and Chloe Braswell.
Visitors of Betty Wilson were Faye Adkins, Ralph and June Vaughn, Douglas Ervin, JoAnn Pittman and Deanne Evans.
Nickolas Daw celebrated his sixth birthday with a party at Chuck E. Cheese. Those attending were; Raylie, Jaylie, Ryan and Shara Cowan, Kim and David Wheeler, Jack Gassaway, Ryder and Nicole Stanfield, Kayce, Tonya, Jeff and Kayla Hale, William Willee and Noel Dowling, his papa, Larry Daw, Heaven, Debbie and Leslie Peace, his parents, Artie and Regena Daw. Everyone had a good time.
I am proud of my great-granddaughter, Ellie Vaughn.
She is a member of the Infinity Athletic Strikers, a youth cheerleading sports competition group.
They recently competed in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium, and in Knoxville at the Convention Center.  Ellie is the daughter of Randy and Natasha Vaughn of Alexandria.
My friend Werdna Moss called me from California, where she is visiting her family. 
I always try to remember some story to tell her about her daddy, Mr. Alton Tramel. He was one of my favorite teachers.
When I was in the sixth grade and living on the Nashville Highway, I would ride to Snow Hill School with Mr. Tramel. One day I told him that I needed to leave school at lunch to do some things at home. He never questioned me and let me walk home from school.
The reason I left school was to get my shipment of candy.
You see, we had a salesman who came to Bruno Davis’ home each week with boxes of candy. Those of us who wanted to sell the candy would meet there.
The way it worked was this:  I took a box of candy bars going house-to-house. Each customer would use a punch board to see how much to be charged. No candy bar would be over a nickel, but if you punched the right spot on the board, your candy might be bought for such as three-cents or maybe a penny.
When the salesman came back the next week, I would turn in my money from the sales and he would reward me and the others in fabric. I don’t remember how much I earned, but I know that I got enough fabric to make dresses for myself, Mama and my sister Ruby.
I always looked for ways to earn extra money; like the time when I did restaurant work in Smithville for a dollar a day, cooking, waiting tables and washing dishes.