ELLAVILLE — Early announcement for Community Thanksgiving Day Meal

This is a early announcement about our annual Community Thanksgiving Day meal that is served in the Ellaville City Center each year for those in need of Thanksgiving dinner.

If you wish to attend or to have your Thanksgiving meal delivered, please sign up by Nov. 18 by calling Neil Snyder.

Friends, we are also in need of volunteers for donations to help us with food as well as helping serve on Thanksgiving Day. We served over more than 150 last year.

Thank you so much for volunteering your donations of food to our community. If you would like to make a donation of money where we can buy things to help out, you may do so.

This is what Thanksgiving is all about: helping others.

Call Neil Snyder at 942-4968.



Schley County High School Homecoming Queen crowned

On Friday, Sept. 30, Schley County High School celebrated Homecoming at half-time of the football game.

During half-time members of the Homecoming Court were escorted on the field by their fathers. Each girl’s name was announced as she was escorted onto the field.

The Queen, Ansley Phillips, was announced. She is the daughter of Glen and Heather Phillips of Ellaville. She was crowned Queen by Schley Schools Superintendent Larry Stubbs.

The Queen was elected by the whole school, with all students voting from 9th through 12th grades.

The Queen received her crown, a Homecoming Queen sash and a bouquet of long-stemmed red roses.

The Queen’s Court consisted of three more senior representatives — Lyndsey Metheny, daughter of Steven and Christy Metheny and Gwen Metheny of Ellaville; Lily Welch, daughter of Raymond and Kelli Welchof Ellaville; and Kayla Womack, daughter of Bud and Faye Womack of Americus.

The two junior representatives were Hannah Conger, daughter of Jamie and Polly Conger of Americus, and Callie Timmerman, daughter of Jerry and Rita Timmerman.

The two sophomore representatives were Danielle Goodin, daughter of Frian and Sandy Justice of Ellaville and Hershell and Mia Goodin of Albany; and Casey Lawhorn, daughter of Toby and Angie Lawhorn of Ellaville.

The two freshmen representatives were Lauran Albritton, daughter of Robbie and Pam Albritton of Ellaville; and Jordan Booker, daughter of Karl Booker, and Foy and Sherri Walker of Ellaville.

All Homecoming representatives received a long-stemmed white rose and a Homecoming sash.



Chief Lightner attending Police  Academy

Ellaville's newly appointed chief of Police, Robbie Lightner is attending the Georgia Association Chief of Police Academy in Duluth for newly appointed chiefs. He is attending classes at Dr. Curtis McClung's Training Center.

He must have 60 hours of classes to be certified, which he will have when he returns this week. He  left Oct. 3 for two weeks of training.



More coats needed for Schley County

Fall is already here and winter is approaching fast. We need more coats to complete our coat drive. Due to the economy, the demand for coats has increased this year. Currently we have over 150 low-income children who have signed up for coats.

We need coats, blankets, gloves, scarves and knit caps. We will also accept monetary donations to purchase coats.

An additional 80 coats are needed to meet this year’s need.

You can drop off coats [all sizes] from infant to large, X-Large and 2xlarge sizes for high school students, at the collection site, Schley Department of Family and Children Services office here in Ellaville.

Our goal is to distribute the coats to children in Schley County by the end of October.

If you are planning a yard sale, please donate your coats, blankets, gloves and scarves to us.

If you have any questions or need more information call John Greene 937-2591 or 591-2323. Thank you.



Bringing back the old-fashioned fish fry

On Saturday, the Thomas Edwin Wall Post 191 American Legion will be bringing back its old-fashioned Catfish Supper, the supper that everyone loves.

The time will be from 5-8 p.m. at the American Legion here in Ellaville.

Tickets are available for $6 each and you may purchase them from any Legion member.

You may dine in or carry out your meal. They will serve catfish, cheese grits, cole slaw, hush puppies, dessert and coffee or tea.

Plan to come down to the Legion and eat and just enjoy friendship with others. This is a special time to visit with friends and share your love for the community with others.



Memories, decorations for fall

As I was sitting and remembering the other day, I remembered when my Daddy had returned from World War II, and it was about the middle of October. My Mother and Daddy took me to get a pumpkin for Halloween. Daddy carved a Jack-o-lantern, put a candle inside and placed it inside the fireplace. As a 4-year-old, I thought that it was the prettiest pumpkin I had ever seen.

This brought thoughts about how Nature's pallet can bring such brilliant colors for fall, and how we all can decorate our homes. There are so many ways to decorate with these brilliant glowing leaves, flowers and  more.

About two years ago for Thanksgiving, I got Perry's Produce to get me eight small pumpkins. I cut a small hole in the top and carved out about 2 inches wide and deep and placed a tea candle inside and placed them at each plate setting for Thanksgiving Day.

These small pumpkins were my candle holders. My table cloth was green with a ceramic scare crow that I had made as a center piece, and the candles all bright just brought out the table.

One year I got a pumpkin about the size of a salad plate in width and I poked holes outside of the pumpkin with a tool that Bobby had and cut bronze mums and placed them in the holes. The entire pumpkin was covered with bronze mums and the stem of the pumpkin showed, and you would think that I had a flower pumpkin. It was a real pretty arrangement for our party.

Get some leaves of brilliant colors and stems: mums, blazing red Pyracantha berries, and make yourself a lovely centerpiece by getting a medium size pumpkin of white and green (pumpkins come in different colors), and cut out the inside, and place a piece of soaked oasis inside of the pumpkin; then make your arrangement inside the pumpkin. Make sure that you have some leaves or berries falling over the side of the pumpkin.



Correction

I made a mistake in last weeks article about Caylee Hammack. I put that she attended the Schley County High School and she is a senior at Southland Academy in Americus.