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AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH: May the promise of God’s word be upon you. That you shall prosper if you follow him and his word. May God Bless everything you touch, as you Love and Honor the Lord Jesus Christ, in everything you do and say.

It was a normal day. All was going well. My sister-in-law and mother had come to help me for the day. They were mending and hemming shirts, dresses, and pants for the children when my Dad came downstairs where we were working and with a no-nonsense look on his face told Mom to come right away.

Million dollar suggestions: Bill and Melinda Gates have made a fortune in computers and now are enjoying their middle age by being retired and funding school projects.

A special thank you to one of our readers who sent the following. It is great! MOM WINS! My son came home from school one day, With a smirk upon his face. He decided he was smart enough, To put me in my place. HE SAID: “Guess what I learned in Civics Two, that’s taught by Mr. Wright?

There are four large pecan trees in my yard. Seems as if every time I look out the back door I see a new patch of web worms in one of the pecan trees. I have not seen them on any of the other trees in my yard. Just in the pecan trees.

A story made its way to me from Dr. Ron Bullard via his brother, Steve, last week. It is a long ago story about the Allen Mustang (oops, I mean Midgets) back in the fall of 1926.

It’s always fun (for me anyway) when the First Baptist Church does its annual back to school luncheon the day before school starts. It takes care of a need of the teachers to have a good meal as well as to have a little social time in the fellowship hall at the church.

by John Bill Martin By John Bill Martin Staff Writer This is a history quiz for the Over-40 crowd (or anyone else who wants to take it NO Cheating - don’t look at the answers until you take the test!!!! Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam.

This is a history quiz for the Over-40 crowd (or anyone else who wants to take it NO Cheating - don’t look at the answers until you take the test!!!! Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, establishing a minimum wage was one of the main ideas that activist groups had to end sweatshops, where workers were being forced to work in terrible conditions for low wages.