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By Keith Brownlow
Strange Stories, Amaz-
ing Facts of America’s Past
A Grief too Deep -
“There is a curse on this
house,” Theodore Roos-
evelt’s brother told him.
“Mother is dying and Alice
is dying too.” This was
the news that greeted the
future president on a foggy
evening in 1884 as he burst
into the family’s New York
mansion in anticipation of
seeing his new daughter for
the first time. By the next
day he had lost his young
wife—who had just given
birth to their first child—
and his mother. Both of
them died on Valentine’s
Day, Teddy and Alice’s
fourth wedding anniver-
sary. “The light has gone
out of my life,” T. R. later
wrote in his diary.
Leaving the baby in
his sister’s care, the 25-
year old politician soon
resumed his seat in the
state legislature, but he
was no longer the same
man. “You could not talk
to him about it,” a fellow
assemblyman noted sym-
pathetically. “You could
see at once that it was a
grief too deep.”
After the legislative ses-
sion, Roosevelt headed
west to the Dakota Bad-
lands, where he had part
interest in a cattle ranch.
He bought another and
ran it himself, planning to
stay. The vigorous frontier
life agreed with him, but
in 1886, after a disastrous
winter, he returned east.
There he remarried and
in time fathered five more
children.
Although he mourned
Alice, oddly enough she
is not mentioned in his
autobiography. But while
out west, he did write mov-
ingly of her as “beautiful in
face and form, and lovelier
still in spirit; as a flower
she grew, and as a fair
young flower she died.”
And with these touching
words, he laid to rest his
grieving sadness and deep
despair.
“Mr. Rusevelt’s” New
Word List - Teddy Roo-
sevelt was “surprised”
at the ruckus “razed” in
response to his 1906 or-
der to the public printer.
In it he listed 300 words
that henceforth would be
spelled according to the
Simplified Spelling Board
guidelines.
Funded by millionaire
industrialist and philan-
thropist Andrew Carnegie,
the organization crusad-
ed for deleting the u in
“honour” and “parlour,”
changes that eventually
came into general usage.
(More radical ideas, like
kist for kissed and tho for
though have not endured.)
The press reacted to TR’s
order with sarcasm. One
editor wrote that “nuthing
escapes Mr. Rusevelt. No
subject is to hi fr him to
takl, nor tu lo for him u
notis.”
Questioning the presi-
dent’s power to change
American orthography,
Congress instructed the
printing office that all the
material sent to its cham-
bers contain standard spell-
ings.
Roosevelt regretfully
withdrew his order in re-
sponse to the general out-
cry. Yet he later wrote that
he was glad he “did the
thing anyhow.”
Books on Review
Title: The Wind Through
The Keyhole
Author: Stephen King
Roland Deschain and
his ka-tet-Jake, Susan-
nah, Eddie, and Oy, the
billy-bumbler—encounter
a ferocious storm just after
crossing the River Whye
on their way to the Outer
Baronies. As they shelter
from the howling gale,
Roland tells his friends
not just one strange story
but two... and in so doing,
casts new light on his own
troubled past.
In his early days as a
gunslinger, in the guilt-
ridden year following his
mother’s death, Roland
is sent by his father to
investigate evidence of a
murderous shape-shifter, a
“skin-man” preying upon
the population around De-
baria. Roland takes charge
of Bill Streeter, the brave
but terrified boy who is
the sole surviving witness
to the beast’s most recent
slaughter. Only a teenager
himself, Roland calms the
boy and prepares him for
the following day’s trials
by reciting a story from
the Magic Tales of the Eld
that his mother often read
to him at bedtime. “A
person’s never too old for
stories,” Roland says to
Bill. “Man and boy, girl
and woman, never too old.
We live for them.” And
indeed, the tale that Roland
unfolds, the legend of Tim
Stoutheart, is a timeless
treasure for all ages, a story
that lives for us.
Title: The Edge
Author: Catherine Coulter
FBI agent Ford “Mac”
MacDougal is recovering
from injuries he received
in a terrorist car bombing
when his sister, Jilly, a
medical researcher, drives
her Porsche off an Or-
egon cliff—on purpose,
it seems. Curiously, even
though he was in a hospital
bed on the other side of the
country, Mac feels as if he
were in the car with her as
she sails toward the sea.
By the time Mac arrives
in Portland, Jilly has come
out of the coma she’s been
in for four days. But af-
ter only a few hours with
her brother; she vanishes
without a trace. In search-
ing for her, Mac hears a
different story from every
one he encounters. When
the local sheriff enlists his
aid in the puzzling murder
of an elderly resident, Mac
doesn’t suspect that the
case connects to his sister’s
disappearance. FBI agents
Lacey Sherlock and Dillon
Savich join Mac to ride
shotgun. Not knowing
whom to trust and whom to
suspect, they must escape
relentless pursuers before
unearthing the tentacles
of evil undermining The
Edge.
God has given us an-
other good week at Ramah.
We've got a few projects
going, and another we're
talking about. One thing I
can say about the people at
our church, we all try to be
in one accord and get along,
of course we don't always
agree, but we work it out.
We have a lot of good
people at Ramah. On our
birthday list this week we
had Julian Petty, he's not
a member of our church,
but he comes quite often
with Elaine. So we count
him as one of us. Our An-
niversary couple was Stacy
and Amanda Fox, fifteen
years, I think she said. On
our prayer list this week
we put: Mr. Horn (which
is Venita Horton's father),
Marilyn Retamar, Martha
Avavedo Chan Family,
Bro. Tom Ramsey, he lost
his father this week, re-
member that family when
you pray.
We had a special song,
Sunday morning by Aman-
da Fox, " Better than a
Hallelujah," Bro. Keith's
message was titled, IMI-
TATION OF JESUS. Acts
4:13. If we could live our
lives like Peter and John,
it would have so much ef-
fect on people. To imitate
is to model oneself after
the behavior or actions of
someone else. If we spent
time with Jesus, people
will know, by the way we
act. We should be a striking
likeness of him, and not
deny Christ. We should
be bold, the words we
speak should come from
the Lord. We should be
like him in love and have
compassion for people.
Also in humility, we should
be humble as a child. When
should we imitate Jesus?
EVERYDAY, and why?
FOR THE CHRISTIAN
SAKE, FOR YOUR SAKE
AND FOR CHRIST’S
SAKE.
This Thursday, we rode
over to Appleby to a place
that re-opened. It was a
Catfish Restaurant. Now
it'd called "The Niche."
Joy didn't get to go with us
but she told us about this
place. She was on her way
to their son's wedding. The
food was very good and
plenty of it, on the lunch
menu. If you go by there
stop and check it out. We
didn't do any shopping this
time, if you can believe
that, so we came on back to
Retha's to play our game.
Friday night, the 11th
there will be a County
wide Youth Rally at Boles
Field starting at 7:00 pm.
Go and carry your youth,
or just go yourself. There
will be a movie , games,
refreshments and other
things to do. The youth in
our county need spiritual
guidance.
Everyone is invited.
Until next week may
God be with you and keep
you safe.
View From The
Back Porch Swing
By Maggie Casto
Good morning! This is
the day the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad
in it.
Did you see that “su-
permoon” Saturday night?
I tried to get a picture of it
framed between branches
of the oak tree, but couldn’t
quite get it. Any full moon
is fabulous but this one was
especially gorgeous. All
the meteorologists were
giving the reasons why but
I just liked looking at it.
Hello to all. I pray you are well and have a blessed week. Have a few more
garden tidbits I want to share with you this week. These come from a book a dear
friend gave me called A Folk History of Texas Foods.
1. If you plant beans while a norther is blowing, they will never cook soft.
2. Onion's skin very thin, mild winter coming in
3. Onion's skin thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough.
4. When okra pods sheds its seed, do not bum the pod, or there will be a drought.
5. Redheaded fanners raise more canots than anyone else and the hottest red
peppers.
CORN AND SHRIMP SOUP (one of my favorite soups)
4 to 5 lbs. med. headless shrimp
Seasoning mix (recipe follows)
1/2 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup flour
2 med. onions, chopped
1/2 bell pepper, chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (8 oz.) can Rotel tomatoes, undrained
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can tomatoes, undrained
1 (12 oz.) can shoe peg com, undrained
1 (8 3/4 oz.) cream style com
1 (12 oz.) can niblets com, drained
10 cups water or seafood broth
3 med potatoes, peeled & cubes (opt.)
Peel shrimp and toss with seasoning and green onions. Set aside. In a heavy
dutch oven combine oil with flour. Cook slowly over low heat, stirring often until
golden brown. Saute onion, bell pepper, celery and garlic in roux until vegetables
are tender. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce and Rotel. Mix throughly and cook
over med. heat for 20-30 minutes. Stir in com and broth. Continue to cook another
30 minutes. Potatoes may be added if desired. Add the shrimp mixture. Cook 20
minutes. Yield 10-12 servings.
CAJUN SEASONING MIX
3 tsp. ground red pepper
1 tsp. thyme
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. oregano
2 tsp. white pepper
4 tsp. paprika
2 tsp. salt
Sift all ingredients together and store in tightly covered jar.
EGGPLANT DRESSING
2 eggplants
1 lb. ground beef
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 cup grated cheese
2 cups cooked rice
Peel, cube and boil eggplant until tender. Set aside. Brown ground meat until
crumbly. Drain and blot. Return meat to pan adding eggplant mixture. Stir in rice
slowly, varying amount according to preferred consistency. Mix thoroughly
CHOCOLA TE POUND CAKE
6 (1.65 oz.) Hershey chocolate candy bars
1 (16 oz.) can Hershey's chocolate syrup
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 cup buttermilk
Melt chocolate bars and stir in chocolate syrup. Set aside. Cream butter with
sugar and eggs. Stir chocolate mixture into creamed mixture; add vanilla. Sift to-
gether flour and soda and gradually combine with chocolate mixture, alternating
with buttermilk. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for
1 1/2 hours. Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Invert onto cake plate.
Gene and I have been
spending a lot of time in
the yard lately. He says he’s
already mowed four times
more than all last year.
Little by little I’m getting
the flower beds weeded
and replanted and now
I’m working on mulching
them I decided I wanted
pine bark mulch this year
instead of pine straw and it
sure takes a lot of bags. The
daylilies are beginning to
bloom this week and there
are several dark red with
a yellow throat and edges
that really stand out. I don’t
remember buying but one,
so there was a successful
division sometime in the
past year or so. The day-
lilies were sharing space
with the cannas and they
were about to be overrun,
so now they have beds of
their own.
The hummingbirds
seem to have all made it
safely back to our back
yard and brought a few
friends with them. We
started with one feeder six
or seven weeks ago and
now all eight quart sized
feeders are out. Early in
the morning and late in
the evening the air is full
of hummers; four to six on
a feeder with more perched
in the Grancy greybeard
tree and even more hang-
ing on the wires waiting,
not too patiently, their turn.
Last Friday was AgEd
day at the arena in Center.
The AgriLife Extension
Agency sponsors this each
May, allowing 4-H, FFA,
individuals and groups
to share agriculture, in
many of its forms to Shel-
by County students. The
William Carroll Crawford
Chapter of the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas
has a table showing a little
bit frontier life when life
was “grow it, make it,
trade it or do without.”
Six of us showed several
hundred kindergarten and
elementary school Texans
from Center, Joaquin and
Excelsior classes about life
in Texas over a hundred
fifty years ago.
Speaking of the DRT
Chapter, our May meeting
is this Saturday at 1:00
PM. at the Sam Samford
Lodge in Center. Gail
Sholar is bringing a pro-
gram on the Mason County
HooDoo War, which oc-
curred around 1870. Gail
is from Mason County,
which is north of Freder-
icksburg. She began the
story a while back, and
is finishing it this week.
Texas history is nothing if
not interesting. Several of
our newest members will
be installed and we’ll make
plans for the DRT Conven-
tion, which is next week in
Austin.
It’s about time
to close and get ready to
go to Shreveport to band
rehearsal. We missed last
week, so gotta see what’s
on the calendar for the
summer. Until next week
this is Maggie wishing you
hummingbird days, whip-
poorwill nights and lots of
hugs.
Our sympathy to the
family of Jimmy Hopkins.
Leeoma is so special to
many of us, and we need
to keep her in our thoughts
and prayers.
We lost a Stockman
legend on Sunday; Scooter,
Horace Francis Jr., passed
away. The Francis and
Williams families have
been in Stockman prob-
ably as long as there has
been a Stockman. No one
loved the area more than
Scooter, and there are not
many in this area who have
not benefited from his veg-
etable-growing skills. For
years Scooter had regular
customers who could not
wait for his peas, beans,
corn, and turnip greens.
Every morning he made
his early rounds down the
road to check on David
and usually stopped to see
about his friends. Tony and
the rest of the family have
our sympathy.
I attended the Timp-
son Booster Club Athletic
Banquet on Friday and pre-
sented this year's Real Bear
Award to Carlos Johnson.
Congratulations to him for
his work with the young
people in the Timpson
Area.
As usual, Charlie and
his helpers did a fantastic
job. Charlie is a true Timp-
son Bear who puts his heart
and soul (and Beverly's)
into taking good care of
our athletes. We appreci-
ate them!!
We didn't see Graycie
this past week end; will
be anxious to see her this
coming Friday. We are
postponing our Mother's
Day at Zachary's until the
next week end. Zachary
will cook dinner for Pam
and me.
We will be thinking
about Lurlene this week
as she undergoes back
surgery; we hope she has
a speedy recovery.
I visited Aunt Marie and
Uncle James yesterday; he
is back at Lakeside with
Aunt Marie and improv-
ing every day. They are so
happy to be together again.
Looks as if this year's
garden is going to be really
good!! The peas, com, and
tomatoes are growing. So
is the squash!! We are en-
joying onions and radishes.
School is winding
down with activities and
events back to back. The
Prom will be May 19—the
theme—Hollywood!! We
are excited about seeing
all our students dressed in
their finery.
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