The winners from last night's womanless beauty contest at Estes in Plantersville. Gloria reports the event was a great success, lots of money raised, cell phones donated and everyone had a great time.
Someone identify these beauties, if you dare.
Friday, February 26, 2010
And The Winner Is
The winners from last night's womanless beauty contest at Estes in Plantersville. Gloria reports the event was a great success, lots of money raised, cell phones donated and everyone had a great time.
Someone identify these beauties, if you dare.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Reminder About Womanless Beauty Review
From Gloria:
"Just a reminder about the event on the 25th. We have 10 contestants, could use a few more, need a great crowd and lots of cell phones and donations for the youth council. Please pass this on, try to attend/participate. So far 31 people have said in the event list that they are attending! I sent out nearly 300 invites, realizing that not everyone lives here, but like to know what is happening in our fair city. Thanks to all!"
"If you cannot come please feel free to drop your donation and/or cell phones off at Town Hall, Mon.-Thurs. 9:00-12:30 and 1:30-5 pm. Or see any youth council member, drop off is ok at Estes, or see me or Renee Morris. Thanks, looking forward to a great evening."
"Just a reminder about the event on the 25th. We have 10 contestants, could use a few more, need a great crowd and lots of cell phones and donations for the youth council. Please pass this on, try to attend/participate. So far 31 people have said in the event list that they are attending! I sent out nearly 300 invites, realizing that not everyone lives here, but like to know what is happening in our fair city. Thanks to all!"
"If you cannot come please feel free to drop your donation and/or cell phones off at Town Hall, Mon.-Thurs. 9:00-12:30 and 1:30-5 pm. Or see any youth council member, drop off is ok at Estes, or see me or Renee Morris. Thanks, looking forward to a great evening."
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Carly in the Snow
Yesterday was the first measurable snow of Carly's seven years, and she took full advantage playing outside from six thirty in the morning until six last night.
Snowed for Seventeen Hours
It snowed for about seventeen hours in Clinton; fortunately, the flakes were small leaving us with about five inches.This is a shot of our back yard.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Snow Day
It started snowing at eight o'clock last night and is still snowing now at just past noon. This picture was taken around seven this morning; we have about 5 inches now.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Cecil's Other Park
As mentioned before, Benji Borden has a Facebook site entitled Cecil's Park; there are numerous pictures and memories about Cecil's park. I grew up before the full development of the park, but
for those boys, and it was just boys then, growing up from ca. 1947 to 1958 in Plantersville, Cecil still had a major impact.
I composed a few thoughts about my years with Cecil and especially at his other park:
Cecil became a factor in my life some time in the late 40s when our park was a baseball park or field located behind the Parker’s Blacksmith shop on land I assume belonged to the Parker family. I don’t know when the park was constructed or who constructed it but during my time, Cecil maintained the park, and it was, as you might guess, one of the nicest, if not the nicest, in north Mississippi.
The infield was dirt but smooth as Cecil had a Model T Ford which he used to drag the infield every day, and one of our great pleasures was riding on the Model T or on the sled or whatever it was, boys being the ballast.
A wooden fence about six or eight high stretched from right field to left center; however, for reasons that remain unclear, there was no fence in left field; the grass was cut short up to where the fence should be, but beyond that was a pasture where we often wandered in the tall grass and weeds searching for a lost baseball, and sometimes someone had to go ask Jiggs Monts who was blessed with almost super human eye sight to come find the baseball for us.
I don’t know many people the stands would hold, but to a young boy they seemed large.
I was told that in the 30s, probably 1935 or so, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox played an exhibition game on the field and that Paul Richards, a journeyman catcher, but later a very successful manager, hit a home run that either landed on the blacksmith shop or sailed over it depending on who was telling the story.
I saw the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Baseball League play there and think maybe the Birmingham Black Barons did as well. The House of David performed at the park at least once that I remember, and I think Tupelo had a semipro team that played there some.
Plantersville’s youth baseball team always faired well since most of the teams they played were coached by men who didn’t know nearly as much baseball as Cecil and most of the other teams practiced Saturday morning before the games on Saturday afternoon while Plantersville practiced every day and often twice a day. We spent a lot of time at Cecil’s other park.
At some point, Cecil began to have difficulty finding enough boys to field a team and Plantersville merged with Brewer coached by a Mr. Flynn, I think. If you knew Cecil, you know that he didn’t care to share responsibility and eventually Tack Grant took over coaching the team with Cecil assisting, and at some point the games moved to behind the school,
After summer ended, some of us went to Cecil’s house where we played catch and various games. A select few of us were allowed inside the old Johnson family house to play cards and games and view Cecil’s many treasures.
Cecil took us trot line fishing ( I thought it was trout line, which I found strange since we always caught cat fish), and our catch was cooked in big black pots at the baseball park. We went camping; I’m not certain where, but assume it was the state park, and he took us to Memphis to the Chicks’s games and to the zoo. There’s a picture somewhere on this blog of Larry Mims and me from one of these trips.
Cecil mowed the cemetery and we would tag along as he worked, and for a time he manned a fire tower which we climbed several times to visit with him.
In the late fifties, 1956 or 57, Cecil built the tennis court and around the same time he tore down the old Johnson house and built the smaller one.
If memory serves, when I left to enroll at Ole Miss in September of 1958, the tennis court was still the only attraction at Cecil’s park.
I’ll be seventy in about a month and am subject to frequent senior moments so please correct or add to my memories of Cecil’s other park.
for those boys, and it was just boys then, growing up from ca. 1947 to 1958 in Plantersville, Cecil still had a major impact.
I composed a few thoughts about my years with Cecil and especially at his other park:
Cecil became a factor in my life some time in the late 40s when our park was a baseball park or field located behind the Parker’s Blacksmith shop on land I assume belonged to the Parker family. I don’t know when the park was constructed or who constructed it but during my time, Cecil maintained the park, and it was, as you might guess, one of the nicest, if not the nicest, in north Mississippi.
The infield was dirt but smooth as Cecil had a Model T Ford which he used to drag the infield every day, and one of our great pleasures was riding on the Model T or on the sled or whatever it was, boys being the ballast.
A wooden fence about six or eight high stretched from right field to left center; however, for reasons that remain unclear, there was no fence in left field; the grass was cut short up to where the fence should be, but beyond that was a pasture where we often wandered in the tall grass and weeds searching for a lost baseball, and sometimes someone had to go ask Jiggs Monts who was blessed with almost super human eye sight to come find the baseball for us.
I don’t know many people the stands would hold, but to a young boy they seemed large.
I was told that in the 30s, probably 1935 or so, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox played an exhibition game on the field and that Paul Richards, a journeyman catcher, but later a very successful manager, hit a home run that either landed on the blacksmith shop or sailed over it depending on who was telling the story.
I saw the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Baseball League play there and think maybe the Birmingham Black Barons did as well. The House of David performed at the park at least once that I remember, and I think Tupelo had a semipro team that played there some.
Plantersville’s youth baseball team always faired well since most of the teams they played were coached by men who didn’t know nearly as much baseball as Cecil and most of the other teams practiced Saturday morning before the games on Saturday afternoon while Plantersville practiced every day and often twice a day. We spent a lot of time at Cecil’s other park.
At some point, Cecil began to have difficulty finding enough boys to field a team and Plantersville merged with Brewer coached by a Mr. Flynn, I think. If you knew Cecil, you know that he didn’t care to share responsibility and eventually Tack Grant took over coaching the team with Cecil assisting, and at some point the games moved to behind the school,
After summer ended, some of us went to Cecil’s house where we played catch and various games. A select few of us were allowed inside the old Johnson family house to play cards and games and view Cecil’s many treasures.
Cecil took us trot line fishing ( I thought it was trout line, which I found strange since we always caught cat fish), and our catch was cooked in big black pots at the baseball park. We went camping; I’m not certain where, but assume it was the state park, and he took us to Memphis to the Chicks’s games and to the zoo. There’s a picture somewhere on this blog of Larry Mims and me from one of these trips.
Cecil mowed the cemetery and we would tag along as he worked, and for a time he manned a fire tower which we climbed several times to visit with him.
In the late fifties, 1956 or 57, Cecil built the tennis court and around the same time he tore down the old Johnson house and built the smaller one.
If memory serves, when I left to enroll at Ole Miss in September of 1958, the tennis court was still the only attraction at Cecil’s park.
I’ll be seventy in about a month and am subject to frequent senior moments so please correct or add to my memories of Cecil’s other park.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Plantersville Womanless Beauty Review
From Gloria:
Event: Womanless Beauty Review and Cell Phones for Soldiers
"Womanless Beauties???"
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: Thursday, February 25 at 6:00pm
End Time: Thursday, February 25 at 9:00pm
Where: Estes Fish and Steakhouse
Event: Womanless Beauty Review and Cell Phones for Soldiers
"Womanless Beauties???"
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: Thursday, February 25 at 6:00pm
End Time: Thursday, February 25 at 9:00pm
Where: Estes Fish and Steakhouse
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Cell Phones For Soldiers
Gloria Holland wrote: "The Plantersville Youth Council is collecting, in any condition, cell phones. This is the "Cell Phones for Soldiers" project and after refurbishing, wil be sold and the proceeds will go for prepaid phone cards for soldiers . Posting again because this is a great project and my youth council is THE BEST IN THE STATE!!!"
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Cecil's Park
Benji Borden, Cathy's son and Brother Johnson's grandson has started a site on Facebook entitled Cecil's Park. I don't know much about it yet, such as if it can be accessed if you are not a Facebook member, but will find out and let you know.
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