The past week has been my kind of weather. The wild flowers are so pretty especially the daisies. Kinsey brought me a little bouquet last week. There was a lot of things going on last week. Norma, Kenny and Seth was here one day helping with yard work and etc.…
We have surely gotten our share of rain the past week. One morning we had 3-1/2 inches, the next morning we had 1-1/2 inches. Anytime we have more than 3 inches, the branches on either side of our house will roll. We aren’t complaining about the rain. We have been…
The holiday is almost over, hope everyone got home safe. There was lots of people on the road. All of our family from Oklahoma and Arkansas arrived home safe. Tuesday evening Kailey Thompson’s softball team played the last inning while the storm was coming in from the west. They won.…
It is hard to believe that another school year has come and gone. Kelly and DeAnn Thompson, Kailey and Kyle went to Illinois last weekend to see Kelly’s folks. Norma Cross and I went to Claremore, Oklahoma Sunday afternoon. We went to watch our great niece graduate Monday night from…
We are so thankful for the rain that is still coming so different than last year. Kenny did some weed eating and Kyle Thompson did some mowing while the girls, Kinsey and Kailey did some cleaning and picking up Tuesday evening. Norma Cross and I was in Springfield on business…
May is always a busy month, lots of things going on. Hope you all take time to enjoy the beautiful Dogwood trees as you drive up and down the roads. Norma Cross and Kenny Hunt came down last week to help put my livingroom back in order and mow some…
Monday, 4-29-13, what a beautiful day here in Peckerwood Hollar, the Redbud and Dogwoods will soon be in full bloom. Norma Cross, Kenny Hunt and Seth helped removed the stuff from my living room and Jeff laid the carpet Saturday morning. They came back down and brought it all back…
The big story is about the rain we received last week. Our house was sitting on an island. The branches on either side were running over. It took three hours after the rain stopped to get out and see what damage it had done to our road, 436, the Rome…
4-15-13. The grass is really growing, and so are the weeds. Kailey, my granddaughter, mowed part of my yard Saturday. After her, Kyle and I put more dirt and seed on Dick’s grave. Maybe since the ground is warmer, it will grow. Tony came up to fix the lawn mower…
It is kinda gloomy down here in the holler this morning, but I think spring is here. Tim Jenkins’ mother, Margie, and sister, Debbie, came up from Poplar Bluff Monday to take Tim out for lunch to help him celebrate his birthday. I can always remember he was born on…
The sun is beautiful here this morning, but it is pretty cool. Kenny Hunt was in Cox Hospital a few days last week. He had blood clots and high blood sugar. He was released Wednesday evening. His mother, Norma Cross, picked him up. He will be staying with her a…
Here in Peckerwood Hollar we got almost seven inches of snow Thursday evening. It could have been more if it had not of melted when it hit the ground the first few hours. It was a beautiful snow. The kids and I made a snowman. Norma Cross, Kenny Hunt and…
3-18-13. Friday and Saturday gave us a preview of spring which is around the corner. I noticed the cows were out eating on the fresh, green grass that is seeking up through the ground. After Bible study on Tuesday morning at Goodhope Baptist Church Norma Cross and I went to…
We got a little over an inch of rain Saturday night and Sunday. It looks good to see the branches running and the ponds full. Big Beaver is rolling, too. Norma Cross and I visited Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare last week. We had lunch with Peggy Jenkins, Goldie Miller…
2-25-13. It looks like we will get some more rain today. We welcome it even if it does get muddy. What would we do without good neighbors? After John Webster hauled a couple loads of white rock on our driveway. Jim Braden came down came down and spread it out…
While shopping in town last week I saw people buying some garden seeds, after thinking about it, I realized it’s the middle of February and time to start thinking about flowers and veggies gardens. Norma Cross and I were in Springfield Friday to take my Dodge to Carwin Auto, to…
2-11-13. My rain gauge messed up so I didn’t get a count of how much rain we got Friday and Saturday. It was welcome whatever it was. Plainview just had one ballgame last week with Ava Victory Academy the 3rd and 4th grade lost and the 5th and 6th grade…
What a beautiful January day yesterday was, hope everyone got out to enjoy the fresh air. Our brother, Pete Jenkins from Fayetteville, Arkansas came up Tuesday. He took Norma and I to the Ava Drug for lunch. He hardly ever passes up the opportunity to get a couple dips of…
Here it is Monday the 28th of January already, time is flying by. We had a few sprinkles of rain yesterday. We really need a good rain. Pete and Sandra Jenkins came up from Fayetteville, Arkansas Tuesday to spend the day with me. Norma Cross and I went to the…
It’s plenty cool here in the holler this morning, but we have enjoyed the last three days. We went to the Mt. Tabor Cemetery to pick up the old flowers from Dick’s grave, Friday. Kelly, Kailey and Kyle Thompson and Kenny Hunt helped me. He has been gone two weeks,…
1-6-2013. Sure glad all the holidays are over, maybe I can get the days straight again. Pastor David Welsh at Goodhope General Baptist Church suggested having a chili cook-off. They decided to have it New Year’s Eve along with food and games to start the New Year off. There was…
Monday, December 31 – It is snowing and sleeting at times here in the holler this morning, don’t think it will get too bad, wer are due for a big snow. Snow is okay, but not the ice. Pastor David Welsh read the General Baptist Church Constitution Sunday and applied…
Here it is the day after Christmas 2012, hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a blessed Happy New Year. Norma Cross, Kenny Hunt, Dick Richards and I had planned to go to Oklahoma for a few days, but the forecast of bad weather, we decided not to go. So…
Christmas will soon be here. There is lots of pretty decorations out to celebrate the event. There is so much sickness going around now. DeAnn Thompson has been really sick. She went to work today, feeling a little better. Darrel C. Luce, Peggy Jenkins brother passed away last week. She…
It was fifteen degrees here in Peckerwood Hollar this morning, Monday, December 10. On December 1st Lynn Clayton, Annie Goin and Janice Hawkins made arrangements for a lunch for the the Seniors (Jerry Hawkins’ class). A beautiful lunch at Goodhope General Baptist Church. They decorated the fellowship hall with a…
Monday morning this is a beautiful day here in the Ozarks. We better enjoy it because it’s getting close to those winter days. Georgia Sanders son, Donnie and wife, Karen came up from Claremore, OK. to pick her up. She had been visiting family and friends in the area, for…
Thanksgiving has come and gone . Hope everyone got home safe. I’ve noticed several houses have their Christmas lights up. Dick Richards went to the Mansfield nursing home to see Helen Dobbins Wednesday afternoon. She is not feeling very good. Norma Cross and Georgia Sanders was at the Heart of…
Deer season will be over Tuesday, except for bow hunting. Hope everyone got their deer this year. Dick and I were invited to the Thanksgiving dinner at Plainview Friday. We ate with Kyle Thompson and the fourth graders. Everything was very good. We had turkey and dressing and all the…
The deer hunters are having nice weather this year, not too hot or too cold. Several have gotten their deer so far. Lisa Richards got an eight-point Saturday morning. Thursday morning Norma Cross and I went down and picked Kathleen Lloyd and Rockie up. We had lunch at McDonald’s then…
We are having a pretty nice fall so far this year. By now most of the leaves have fallen off, but the grass is still green. Saturday morning the deer hunters met at our house, but I didn’t see a deer. Kenny Hunt, took Seth up in our field and…
It is 15 degrees here in Peckerwood Hollow this Monday morning and a big frost. Norma Cross and I visited with Goldie Miller, Irene Richards and Peggy Jenkins on Tuesday. Peggy had an accident on Friday as they were leaving the annual fall festival in Mountain Grove with the area…
Dick Richards drove Georgia Sanders, Norma Cross and I thru the Glade Top Trail Thursday. It was so beautiful. We stopped several times to look across the hills and valleys. The yellows were brighter than I remembered them to be. We ended up in Taneyville, where we ate lunch in…
The trees are really getting pretty here in the Ozarks. They are going to be perfect for the Glade Top Trail viewers this year. Hope there will be a big turn out. We got a call this week from Washington. Our cousin, Lena (Sis) Hull passed away. She was the…
Fall is here, we got a little frost, which helps with allergies. My Aunt Edythe Applegate passed away and was buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery last Wednesday the 5th. She was married to my mother’s brother, Lawrence Applegate. We grew up in the same area. I have always known her.…
How could anyone go, where the weather could be any better. We even have a little water in our branches. It seems like Dick cuts grass every other day, the rain has truly been a blessing. I visited with Pat Williams at our mailboxes the other day. He said they…
It’s really good to see all those guys out cutting hay and there is lots of people enjoying the fall veggies. Monday morning Georgia Sanders, Sue Johnson, Norma Cross and Pauline Richards had lunch with Peggy Jenkins at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center. We had a wonderful meal, while…
We got another good rain Friday and Saturday. Dick and I took Kinsey Thompson to Springfield to get an M.R.I. on her knee that she had twisted while playing softball for Ava. The results were not good. She will not be playing ball for a while. That night Kailey, her…
We had over three inches of rain the past week, the green grass sure looks good, even if it means having to cut it. Tuesday Norma Cross and I picked Juanita Herrald up and they had lunch at he Ava Drug Store, then went to Heart of the Ozark Healthcare…
The 27th of August, Glenda Sue Strong from Clinton, Missouri picked Norma Cross and me up in Ozark and drove us to Claremore, Oklahoma. Glenda is Norma’s daughter. We visited with sisters, Georgia Sanders and Sue Johnson. Several other relatives came by to say hello. We came home Tuesday evening.…
The past week has gone by so fast. I can hardly believe, here we are at the last week in August. Norma Cross’ company the past week has been Genieve and Punk Garland from Ozark, Kenny Hunt and friend, Jody. Friday she went to Springfield to pick her grandson Seth…
Isn’t this weather great for August 20th? After the rain it put people cutting their grass including Dick and Tony Richards. Thursday, Norma Cross and I vistited Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center. We had lunch there with Peggy Jenkins and Goldie Miller. We visited with Irene in her room.…
This cool weather has been welcome the past few days. We turned our air conditioner off. KKOZ radio station did a good job giving out the election returns last week. Basketball practice started last week at Plainview. Kailey Thompson will be playing. She will be in the 7th grade. Kinsey…
By the time the paper comes out this week, the primary election will have been decided who won, or lost. Some will rejoice and some will be disappointed. We’ve been listening to all the interviews on the radio, Art did a good job with the interviews. I’m sure it helped…
We are so thankful for the rain. The grass is getting green again. Not much going on here, in Peckerwood Holler. Tony Richards has had another batch of quail hatch out over the weekend. Goodhope General Baptist Church, went to the Heart of the Ozarks Nursing Home Sunday, after service…
Priase the Lord we’re getting a break with the heat. It has been raining here in Peckerwood Hollow this Sunday evening. I enjoyed being in church today, the first time for a few weeks. Mary Cox passed away Friday. Our sympathy goes out to the family. She had suffered many…
Dick Richards sat at the Walnut Grove Cemetery Saturday the 26th. He got to visit with lots of people he knew, and some he didn’t know, I think. Jerry, Joe and Jim Johnson was there most of the time. He really enjoyed visiting with them. Their dad, Mont Johnson, was…
Hopefully it will rain today. It kind of looks like it might. Freeda Richards and I attended my cousin, Ruby Miller’s funeral last week. Our prayers are with the family. Jim Haas and his daughter, LeAnn Gravel, and her granddaughter, Kaylee from Skitook, Oklahoma came up last Tuesday to decorate…
May 7, 2012 – Dick and I visited with Larry and Lynn Clayton the 7th. Larry is improving, hopefully he can soon be able to get up some every day. We talked to Bob and Ella Mae Husky at the church picnic last week. They had been visiting in Tennessee…
The weeks are going by so fast it’s hard to keep up. They say that it is a sign of old age. Mark Jones drove the third and fourth garde students from Plainview School to Springfield last Tuesday to the Discovery Center. I went along to help with the children,…
We welcome the rain we received this morning. I won’t have to water my flowers today. We appreciate the work on our road 536 a couple of weeks ago. It is the best we’ve ever seen it. Plainview School had their softball tournament at Skyline last week. I didn’t get…
What pretty weather we’re having here in the Ozarks, being a little cool at night, hope no one lost any garden plants. Norma Cross, Kenny and Seth Hunt, visited with Dick and Pauline Richards, one day last week. Kelly Thompson, Kinsey, Kailey and Kyle, Jay, Brook and Autum Groth, had…
5-16-2012. We received a little over an inch of much needed rain Sunday. Tuesday the 10th of April, Norma Cross, Kenny Hunt, Dick and I drove to Huntsville, Arkansas. Bill and Sue Johnson and Georgia Sanders from Claremore, Oklahoma and Pete and Sandra Jenkins from Fayetteville, Arkansas met at the…
Lots of people are out working in yards and gardens. Grass is a little early this year I think, but the weather is great. Dick stopped to see Helen Dobbins Wednesday, but I think he spent more time with Ronnie. They always have a lot to talk about. Norma Cross…
March 24, Sue Brown surprised her husband, Tom with a birthday party for his 70th birthday at their home in Goodhope. Meat and cheese tray, veggie dish, chips and dip, cake and ice cream were served to Ervin and Lodean Schultz, Rodney, Lisa and Kayli Brown of Seymour, Terry, Mel,…
All the rain we received was welcome around here. Our branches were full, but didn’t stay up very long. Julian Cavalier helped their neighbor get across their road, there wasn’t any problem with four wheel drive autos. Seth Hunt spent last week with his grandma, Norma Cross, and his dad…
We got a little rain this morning (Monday.) Hopefully we will get some more. I talked to my sister, Georgia in Oklahoma. She said it had rained there since early morning and her yard looked like a river. Dick and I visited with Helen Dobbins Tuesday. She is doing pretty…
We got two inches of much needed rain here in the holler. It sure feels like spring with all the flowering trees. I hope it doesn’t come a big freeze and kill everything. We’ve had several calls from relatives in other states, asking if we had any damages from the…
2-27-10 The March winds are coming in early this year, maybe they will go away earlier. We were in Springfield last week for Dick’s check up with his heart doctor. He got a good report. On the 17th, Kelly and DeAnn Thompson took Dick and I to Montana Mike’s in…
We are still having spring-like weather, sounds like those of us that are bothered with allergy and sinus, are in for some problems. Georgia Sanders, Norma Cross and I went to the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare to visit with Peggy Jenkins and Golda Miller. We didn’t get to see…
Hope everyone enjoyed watching the snow fall today. The good thing about it is that it won’t stay on very long. My sister, Norma, called to see if I had made some snow ice cream yet. I meant to, but got busy and forgot to go out and get the…
The sun is shining so pretty down here in Peckerwood Holler this Monday morning, but it is chilly outside and that’s okay. After all it is still winter. Terry Nelson and Dick Richards decided the weather wasn’t too bad so they went to Crain, MO. to the farm machinery auction…
This spring like weather has got a lot of us thinking about gardens. Ray Cunningham called this morning to see if we had our tomatoes out yet, he told me to tell Dick he was going into Ava, to get his plants today. On our way to town last week…
Looks like we are going to have a beautiful day this Monday morning, January 23, so thankful the storms went South, our electric was off a couple hours last night. The wind must have caused a tree to fall on a line somewhere. White River Valley Electric is really good…
Old man winter hasn’t hit us too hard yet this winter and that suits me just fine. It sounds like we might get some snow later this week. Plainview School’s 5th and 6th grades and 3rd and 4th grades had their first basketball games Thursday night at Skyline. Both teams…
1-12-12 It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. I wish everyone a happy new year. Jim and Cherrie Goetsch from Long Grove, Iowa and their daughter, Jennifer, and her friend, Brad, from Iowa City, came down for a visit Tuesday. Jennifer and Brad went to Branson Wednesday…
Hope everyone had a good Christmas and all got home safe. Dick and I stopped to visit with Helen Dobbins Tuesday and on our way home we saw where a house burned at the end of A Highway at Rome. We didn’t know the people, they bought the place from…
Christmas is almost here. Hope everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I think most churches had their Christmas programs last night, the 18th. We did at Goodhope Baptist Church. The youth did a good job, showing what Christmas is all about. Norma Cross had…
12-5-11. We have a touch of winter here this morning December the 5th in Peckerwood Hollow. It looks like the snow is missing us up this time. Dick and Danny Davis went over to Crain, MO. to the farm machinery auction Tuesday. That evening Kelly, DeAnn, Kinsey, Kailey, Dick and…
2011 Thanksgiving holidays are in the past. Hope everyone had a safe and happy weekend. We all have so much to be thankful for. Dick and I had an unusual Thanksgiving . For years my sisters and I fixed dinner for our family and friends at the Jenkins building in…
The 2011 gun deer hunting season will be over Tuesday. I think most everyone around here got one or two since you could get a buck and a doe. Russ Ryan, Irene Richards grandson, from St. Louis spent Sunday until Thursday with Tony Richards. They did some hunting and he…
I was glad to get the much needed rain last week. We had three and a quarter inches down here in Peckerwood Hollar. Our branches were running a little. Georgia Sanders has been visiting Norma Cross and other family membmers in Goodhope. While everyone was gone Friday, the 5th, we…
The guys around here have been buzzing around getting ready for deer season this coming Saturday. Youth season opened Saturday. My nephew, Seth Hunt, who is 13 years old got an eight point buck Saturday morning. He sure was proud of it. Our hearts and prayers go out to Irene…
Last Weeks News – We are still having beautiful weather here in the Ozarks. I will take it as long as it continues. Dick and I had lunch with Norma Cross and Kenny one day last week. Seth was with them over the weekend. He wasn’t feeling very good. Hope…
It looks like this almost perfect Ozarks weather might be leaving us. I was hoping it would last long enough for my zucchini to grow just a little bit more, but we can’t change mother nature. Tony and Dick Richards drove to Oxford, AR. Saturday to Townsend Supplies to check…
Dick and Pauline Richards, Norma Cross and Kenny Hunt met J.D. and Angie Todd and Vi Twibble at Shoney’s in Ozark Wednesday the 5th to help Vi celebrate her 92nd birthday. She was the daughter of the late George and Dora Applegate. The Plainview basketball girls lost their game at…
Hope everyone is enjoying this weather as much as we are. Dick Richards went to the farm machinery auction, at Crain with Terry Nelson and Danny Davis last Tuesday. They hadn’t been over there for a while. Several people from Goodhope General Baptist Church had dinner in Ozark on the…
It’s hard to believe fall is here already, where has this year gone? DeAnn Thompson took me to Branson last week to see Noah the Musical. It was very entertaining. They kept it pretty close to the Bible account of the flood. They used sixty-five live animals and hundreds of…
The weather has been beautiful the last week or so, as for me the temperature could stay this way. We’ve had sadness in our family, over the passing away of our sister, Reatha Haas. Her obituary will be found in the paper. She had been in ill health for some…
Norma Cross and I drove to Owasso, Oklahoma a couple days last week to be with our sister, Reatha Haas, who was very ill then we got word last evening that she passed away and in heaven at 6 p.m.yesterday. Sunday there will be a service in Skatook, Oklahoma before…
First of all I’ve got to retract something I wrote last week. It is about the Peckerwood Hollow slab. It was put in in the early 1940′s. Dick and I were in town Tuesday and we stopped for a visit with Helen Dobbins on our way home. I visited with…
8-15-2011. Everyone that travels the Rome road between 76 Highway to A Highway, had a surprise this past week to find a new slab over the Peckerwood Hollow branch, the old slab finished washing out, this spring with the heavy rains. Dick Richards said he could remember him and Harvey…
We certainly appreciate the rain that has come our way the past couple days. There were some thieves down our way last week. Mary Jones, who is in the nursing home in Ava had her house broken into and they stole her car that was setting in her carport. A…
We were very happy for the rain that came over the weekend. We got an inch and a quarter. Several people got two inches or more west of Goodhope. Pete Jenkins from Fayetteville, Arkansas came up Tuesday to spend the day with Norma Cross and I. We visited with Peggy…
We were at the Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center, Tuesday visiting. Irene Richards and Peggy Jenkins were both about the same. The residents there get such good care and it is always clean and the employees are pleasant and helpful. Our area is fortunate to have a facility like…
It sounds like we are in for some more hot weather this week. We appreciate the air conditioner. I wonder how we ever got along without them. Dick and I put a bushel of peaches in the freezer Tuesday and went to Sparta to get some green beans and cucumbers…
I am proud of the showers we got last week. Some were not so lucky, we could use a lot more. It is so terribly warm. I had company the week before last, Scharleen Bricker, Donna Bricker and Kim Ragles from Mineral Wells, Texas. They spent a week at their…
I hope everyone had a safe and good fourth of July. There was so many places celebrating the holiday that most everyone had a chance to see the fireworks and eat somewhere. We went to all the ball games last week. The games will all be over after this week.…
Danny and Mark Davis and Terry Nelson came down and cut and baled hay, last week in Dick Richard’s field. Dick and I attended the kids ball games last week and we visited with Helen Dobbins one day. Kenny and Seth Hunt spent the weekend with Norma Cross in the…
Sounds like we are going to have a few days of cooler weather. I don’t think many people had problems getting there hay up this past week. Norma Cross and I spent some time with Peggy Jenkins at the nursing home Tuesday. She seems to be feeling better. We also…
No rain this past week. We need a good soaking rain on the gardens and fields. May was such a wet month. It then turned off so hot. It nearly cooked the plants and young grass. Tony and friends returned home from their trip. They are tired, but they had…
We are having beautiful weather. I hope everyone is able to get out and enjoy it. Norma Cross and Seth Hunt and Juanita Herrell visited with Dick and I Thursday. We stopped to see Helen Dobbins Friday. We sure have had calls from kin folks in Wisconsin and Washington asking…
We are having some beautiful weather at last. Things will really grow since it has warmed up. My brother in Texas said it was over a hundred degrees down there and very little rain. He lives in the drought area of Texas. He said every pecan tree has pecans on…
Our hearts and prayers go out to all those people that were in the path of those tornados over the weekend. We got lots of rain but no wind. Georgia Sanders and Sue Johnson from Claremore, Oklahoma came up Friday from Oklahoma and drove all the way in the rain. …
It has turned cold again almost cold enough to frost. Surely it will warm up before long. I hope all the lightening strikes are over. Visiting me this past week were my brother, John Bricker, and oldest daughter, Sherry Jean from Mineral Wells, Texas. The weather is much warmer down…
What a beautiful day we had for Mother’s Day. I’m sure there were lots of picnics, barbequeing and visiting going on. Kelly grilled hamburgers for our lunch, along with, potato salad, baked beans and corn on the cob. Brian and Amanda Levelle, Gus and Stetson came by to pick Montana…
We are getting plenty of spring rain this year. The grass is so pretty and green. It will keep one busy mowing the yard this spring. Lisa Richards and Tony visited with me Saturday. I have had several phone calls this week. One was from my half sister, Vivian Henley,…
Last week I mentioned how pretty the dogwood trees were, well you should see them now. They are even more beautiful. We had to be in town on Tuesday. While having lunch at McDonalds, Dick got to visit with Raymond Bricker and Martin Hathcock and while I was in Town…
Hope everyone got some rain this weekend. The gardens need showers to make them grow. Those visiting me over the weekend were Lisa and Tony Richards. They thought they would find mushrooms, but didn’t get any. They shopped all day Saturday in Springfield. They were give out Sunday. Braxton Richards…
We got a good shower of rain this morning. The grass will grow now. There is nothing like the spring of the year, flowers blooming and grass growing tall. The trees are leafing out. Cathy Cornett, Tyler and Kayla stopped by one day and visited with me. The kids were…
Last Weeks News – I was sorry to lose another dear friend last week, Ethel Posey. She will be missed by so many people. Our neighbor, Jim Bracken, came down to visit with Dick Richards one evening last week. Julian Cavalier, another neighbor, has been here a couple of times.…
We got a good rain over the weekend. We can always use a good rain. It is quite a bit cooler though. Spring isn’t here yet but we get to thinking it is. We also got hail. I think it was Saturday. Cody Richards brought Braxton by Saturday a while.…
Last week was a busy one for me and Dick. We praise the Lord for the good rains and they finally graded our road. The Rome road was getting almost impossible to drive on in some spots. The flu bug and strep hit the Thompson house for over a week,…
Dick and I stopped to see Helen Dobbins one day last week. It was one of those cold, rainy days. She is doing pretty good, like the rest of us, waiting for warmer weather. We stopped to see Peggy at the nursing home to see how she was, but Randy…
We had another week of nice weather. February is almost gone and March will be here before we know it. Tony and Cody Richards were here over the weekend. Also Buddy Quessenberry of Seymour was with Tony. Buddy was a young boy when he came here and fished with Jack.…
At last the snow is almost gone and the weather is so much warmer. It stayed so bitter cold so long. It is a while before spring. We know we will have more winter weather yet. Every day will bring us closer to spring. Sunday visitors were Tony Richards, Cody…
Last weeks news – There was a couple of good ballgames last week. One against Ava Victory Academy on Tuesday night and with Mark Twain Thursday night. We went to town Tuesday for lunch and did some shopping then stopped by the nursing home to visit with Peggy Jenkins and…
Plainview School got in one evening of basketball games this week on Tuesday night. They will be making up the Thursday evening games later. They won all their games. The snow came in Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Dick got ready to take DeAnn Thompson in to work Thursday morning,…
Last weeks news – While Dick and I were in town last week, we rain into Randy Jenkins and Susan. We visited with them while having lunch. They had returned from Nebraska Sunday evening. Susan has folks out there. After that we all visited with Peggy in the nursing home.…
We got some rain out of the two storms that come our way. We are so lucky not to get a tornado like some got. Some things cannot be replaced such as pictures and many keepsakes. Charlie Hampton and Tony Richards came by for a short visit Sunday. They went…
Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare Center invited the families of all their residents to join their loved ones to have lunch last week. I sat with Peggy Jenkins, my sister-in-law, and two of her children and their spouses, Oliver Lee and Liz and Randy and Sue. The food was great…
Not a lot has been going on the past couple of weeks. Last week Dick Richards met his cousins, Randy and Max Utchman in Fordland, MO. They all went to see Chester Utchman in the Mt. Vernon hospital. He has been there for some time. After leaving there they drove…
Christmas 2010 will be history by this time next week and every one can get back into their routine. Christmas time is a wonderful time of the year. If we will remember Christ made it possible for us to have the best gift every given, that is everlasting life through…
Georgia Sanders hosted a Thanksgiving noontime meal in the Jenkin’s building in Goodhope Thursday. Those attending were Norma Cross, Randy Jenkins and Sue and Peggy Jenkins; Scott and Missy and Megan Richards from Cape Girardeau, MO.; Gerride and Kate Reeves; Josh and Luke from Cape Girardeau; Ron and Shelia Sanders…
Last Weeks News – Kailey and Kinsey Thompson had to miss school last week due to a bug going around and I came down with it a couple of days. Dick and Pauline Richards went to Plainview School Thursday to watch the students sing several songs to honor Veteran’s Day.…
The rain passed us by last week. It will get here sometime. I am sure as it always has. Visiting me today was my sister-in-law, Betty Bricker. She has been making pear butter with the pears that John brought from Texas. Tony Richards and Charlie Hampton also was here for…
Another week has passed with no rain. Maybe this week we will get some rain. The weatherman is giving rain for this week. It is getting awful dry. Tony and I spent Friday in Springfield. It was time for my doctor’s appointment. It wasn’t too good. He said I was…
We still haven’t got any rain so far. It will start before long. We will wish it would stop probably. I certainly can say we have had beautiful fall weather. The trees are so pretty with their different colors. The leaves are gone off the trees most of the time…
No rain again this week. It is getting dry now. We have had some heavy frosts last week. It will cloud up and rain before long probably. The timber is getting pretty now. The leaves will be falling soon and before long it will be snowing and winter will be…
No rain this week. It is getting awful dry again. The leaves are getting pretty now. This time of year is so beautiful. Tony and I were in town Friday. He had some business to do and I grocery shopped. Cody and Braxton Richards visited me on Sunday. Braxton is…
We had a heavy frost here this morning. The ground was white. Tony Richards took me to Ava Friday and I did some shopping. Cody Richards saw his first bear in the wild Monday evening. He had started home from work. It came out of the woods and ran down…
Last Week’s News – Sept. 18 was the fifty-second Applegate reunion. The first one was at Melvis and Berthie Applegate’s home on T highway. After a few years it was moved down at the Swan Creek Bridge. In 2001 it was moved to the Jenkins-Applegate Pavilion. In 2007 it moved…
What nice weather we are having after the rains. It reminds me of fall, which is just around the corner. I had a call from my grandson in St. Louis. He said he planned to come down the first week of deer season. I hope everything works out for him.…
At last we got a good rain not as much as some did. The grass is getting greener. Tony mowed the yard again. It won’t have to be mowed too many more times as frost will get it. Those visiting me today were Cody Richards and Lisa. Cody visited with…
