Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years (2003, it really is!) and other special things have come and gone since I wrote the last column.
You really don't want to know why I missed doing the columns!! But I now have another computer and am over a long siege of bronchitis. Dr. Raley wrote 'acute bronchitis'. He can have it his way, I'll have it mine, if I am going to have it that long it is going to be a cute one (Actually it was not cute!). 40 antibiotic pills and 2 bottles of prescription cough medicine later, I am better. Thankfully!!!
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We missed so many special days and remarks about them, but saying I hope those special days were really special for you.
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Cotton Harvest Festival (The actual Festival is in Sept.) will be having Bingo and a chili supper Sat. March 1, 2003 at Moody Elementary cafeteria. Eat at 5:00 p.m., Bingo at 6:00 p.m. Cost is $4.00 adults and $2.00 children. Lot's of prizes.
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February is the month of love (Valentines Day, Feb. 14 and don't you forget it, you'll be in trouble with that special someone.) and for Presidents. Presidents Day is Feb. 17; Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12 and Washington's birthday on Feb. 22.
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We are going to include some things from 'Presidential Anecdotes' by
Paul E. Boller, Jr. copyright 1981. When he wrote this book he was
Lyndon B. Johnson Professor of American History at Texas Christian University and author of other books.
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If you haven't seen the Newspaper History book edited and put together by our own
Joyce Woods Cox, you should. It is out now. Very nice. If you would like to have one contact
Joyce or go by and sign up at the Moody Library. Joyce is selling this book for a little under her cost. (You can email her at the library at
jcox1932@hotmail.com)
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In honor of Washington
Yorktown Toasts: After the British surrender at Yorktown, Washington invited
Cornwallis and his officers to dinner. "The United States!" toasted French commander
Rochambeau. "The King of France!: toasted Washington. "The King!" toasted
Cornwallis. To which Washington is said to have added: "Of England! Confine him there and I'll drink him a full bumper! (pg 12)
(And now they stand beside us as our great ally)
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There are a group of people who get together for breakfast. If I may we will just call them the Breakfast Club at Lucy's. Recently at that breakfast was
Gladys Burton, Jo Harrison, Juliette
Pinkston, Helen Caperton, Mary Glass, Eva
Butler, Deborah Fugitt, sometimes, Bobby Donaldson and
Joyce Woods Cox. They meet at 7:30 a.m. at Lucy's every Sat. morning for breakfast and goodwill. They will welcome anyone who would like to attend. Hey, they even said I could come. It would be fun to go to that, there is an assortment of different people at different times and some make it most
every time.
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In honor of Jefferson
Succession: When Jefferson arrived in Paris as U.S. Minister to France and presented himself to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the latter said, "You replace
Monsieur Franklin?" "I succeeded him," replied Jefferson, "No one can replace him."
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Normally we would put this in letters to us. But this was an answer to something we had been asking about; The Moody sign in New York. (Look in emails to us for a business place that the name Moody is in the ceiling.)
Dear Joyce,
Arthur Hill Carnes, the Carnes of Howard Carnes, was my grandfather, and I can fill you in on some of the family history. My mother, his daughter,
Mary Florence Carnes Martin, is still living in Temple (age 87). Give me some time to check with her and I will get back to you. I sure wish I could somehow get that sign back in the family!
Sincerely,
Polly Martin Campbell
Thank you, Joyce, the webmistress and I really appreciate your letter.
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Moody Cotton Harvest Festival Committee will meet 7 p.m., Feb. 20, 2003 at Moody City Hall. They will be discussing the upcoming fund raiser on March 1. They will be host to a chili supper and bingo.
For more information, contact any festival member.
The above is the normal Cotton Harvest Festival Committee Meetings which are held at the Moody City Hall on the Fourth Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Contact
Webmistress or Joyce at
jec32@aol.com for info.
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In honor of Lincoln
Slow Horse: Called out of town on an important case, Lincoln hired a horse from a livery stable. When he returned a few days later he took the horse back to the stable and asked the owner: "Keep this horse for funerals?" "No indeed," replied the man indignantly. "Glad to hear it," said
Lincoln, "because if you did the corpse wouldn't get there in time for the resurrection."
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The church news will not be in. I missed getting most of the churches news.
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Obits
BEA CARTER
Bea Carter who passed away recently was a very special and talented lady who worked hard in the Moody community. She was an artist and designer. She was the entertainment chairman for the Cotton Harvest Festival for 2002.
Bea had been on the committee since it's inception in January 1999. I had the privilege to be at the first two meetings in 1999. She had continued to work hard for the festival and the Moody community. She had worked in the health field.
She will be missed.
Condolences to her family and friends.
MILDRED V. GATES
ROCKDALE - Services for Mildred Vermel Gates, 88, of Rockdale was
Wednesday at Phillips & Lucky Funeral Home in Rockdale with the
Rev. Paul Kethley, the Rev. Lee Lamb and the
Rev. Tish Holland officiating.
Burial was in IOOF Cemetery in Rockdale.
She died Monday, Jan. 27, in a Rockdale hospital.
Mrs. Gates was born in Cego to Benjamin Roland and Ella Clark
Parham. She attended school in Cego through the seventh grade and graduated from Marlin High School in 1933. She married
John Wilson Gates on Nov. 4, 1933, in
Chilton. She was a homemaker and member of St. John's United Methodist Church in Rockdale. She formerly lived in Hearne and had lived in Rockdale since 1989.
Her husband preceded her in death on May 4, 1972.
Survivors are one son, Kenneth W. Gates of Moody; one daughter
Vermel Bland of Rockdale; two sisters, Dorothy Stephenson of Belton and
Betty Rose of Temple; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Condolences to Ken Gates and his wife Jane, and all their family and friends on the death of his mother. When you go ' Flowers and Things' in Moody, you can express your condolences to them.
JIMMY MARS
Jimmy Mars, 84, of Moody, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at First Baptist Church of Moody with
Rev. Eddie Johnson and the Rev. Tommy Rosenblad officiating. Interment followed in Moody Cemetery, under the direction of Cole Funeral Home Chapel, 304 Eight Street, Moody. Visitation was Monday at Cole Chapel.
Mr. Mars was born May 28, 1918, in Moody, Texas, the son of the late
William Ernest and Rosie Holder Mars, and attended school at Jones Hill. On Feb. 6, 1940, he married
Jessie C. Dowell in Moody. Much of his life was spent as a carpenter and farmer in the Moody area and could often be found grafting fruit and pecan trees. An active member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church, he was a deacon, taught Sunday school in the children and adult departments and served as Sunday School Director.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie C. Mars of Moody; sons and daughters-in-law,
James Dowell and Paula Mars of Eddy and Jerry Don and Betty Mars of Mt. Calm; and grandchidren,
Natalie Sherman, Mona Campbell, Allison Mahlstedt,
Aspen Campbell, Skylar Campbell, Aaron Mahlstedt, and
Andrew Gibson.
For those desiring the family has suggested Liberty Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 1155 Liberty Hill Road, Moody, Texas 76557, for memorial contributions.
We had the privilege of knowing and attending church with Jimmy Mars at Liberty Hill Baptist Church where he was a deacon. Due to health reasons he had not been able to come to church for some time. He was missed in church as well as
Jessie, his wife, who stayed home to take care of him.
We send condolences and our prayers out to Lee O. Bench, Jr. family in the loss of his sister,
Neva Bench, who died on Sunday Feb. 2, 2003. Neva had lived down here, but was moved to a place that they could take care of her medical problems in Dallas. Her funeral and burial were in Oklahoma. Their dad was an Indian Chief of a tribe in Oklahoma where she was buried.
Lee and Neva's dad and mother, who had lived in this area, are buried in the Indian Burial grounds there. Many will know
Lee as a deacon at Liberty Hill Baptist Church or on the board of Elm Creek Water.
MABLE EARL WHITE
Mable E. White, 98, died Saturday, January 4, 2003, at an
Abilene care center. Funeral services were Tuesday, January 7,
2003, at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 542
Hickory, with Dr. Phil Christopher officiating. Interment
was in Elmwood Memorial Park.
She was born to Marvin and Claudia Lee on October 5,
1904, in Coryell County, Texas. She lived most of her young life
in Lee Bottom - Horseshoe Bend and around Mother Neff State Park
both near Moody. Mable attended school at Willow Grove
where she graduated from high school before attending Baylor
College for Women and Gail Business College.
After her marriage to W. W. (Bill) White on July 1, 1929,
in Ovalo, Texas, she was assistant post mistress in Ovalo for
several years. In 1950, the couple moved from Ovalo to Abilene,
where Mable was the postal clerk at Nick Crain Drug Store
and later ran the post office at Thornton's Department Store at
4th and Oak for 31 years. She also worked as bookkeeper for
Woodlock Furniture Store for a time.
Mrs. White was a member of First Baptist Church in
Abilene, and the Lightbearers Sunday School Class and L L Club.
She was a member of Rose Park Senior Citizens, the Rhythm Band
at Rose Park, and Texas Senior Citizens. She was also a member
of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Gen. Tom Green Chapter #
1604.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, on
February 16, 1982; her parents; two brothers, Thomas
Jefferson, Forest Lee, and four sisters, Johnnie
Lee Schaefer, Angero Susan Lee Woods, Burma Lee
Ridens and Pauline Lee Shelton.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Roy E. and
Bonnie White of Abilene and Alfred P. and Patricia White
of Irving, Texas; a daughter and son-in-law, Billie Ruth and
D. C. Rowell of Abilene; eight grandchildren; numerous
great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. She was the aunt of
Charles H. Schaefer of McGregor and Joyce Woods Cox
of Moody.
Our condolences go out to all the family and friends of these.
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But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26
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We would like to say how sad it is that the shuttle crashed and the seven
astronauts died.
I know all our prayers are with the families and all the people with the space program who have lost some of their own.
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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matt. 5:4
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Joyce Cox met and took pictures of astronaut James Reilly when he was in the Moody area with his wife. The following is from
Joyce. I had emailed her and asked her about it. Thanks Joyce.
"I called this up to see if Jim is scheduled for another space flight. He is suppose to go up this fall. I have entered him in my history section on
this web site. I personally met and took pictures of him and his family at a family reunion in
Moody.
FYI: (STS-104 Atlantis; STS-89 Endeavor; STS-117 Endeavor)
Cdr. Frederick Sturckow
Plt. Mark Polansky
MS James Reilly
MS Richard Mastracchio
MS Joan Higginbotham
MS Patrick Forrester
Official launch date - 02. Oktober 2003
Crew Members
Orbiter -
Endeavour
Cdr. Frederick Sturckow
Plt. Mark Polansky
MS James Reilly
MS Richard Mastracchio
MS Joan Higginbotham
MS Patrick Forrester
Landing - 12. Okt. 2003
..Primary payloads - ISS 20. flight , 13A, S3 / S4 / arrays
Mission Number - Shuttle Flight # 117
Endeavour Flight # 21
NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in December 1994, James Reilly reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995, has completed a year of training and evaluation, and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist.
Initially, he was assigned to work technical issues for the Astronaut Office
Computer Support Branch. Reilly flew on STS-89 in 1998 and STS-104 in 2001.
He has logged over 517 hours in space, including 3 spacewalks totaling 16
hours and 30 minutes. Reilly was next assigned as the Astronaut Office lead
on Shuttle training. Currently, he is assigned to the crew of STS-117, scheduled for flight in the fall of 2003.
Again, thanks Joyce, you such a great help.
(Click
here to view Joyce Cox's article on astronaut James Reilly)
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Talking about the space program, Johnson Space Center in Texas is named after Texan
Lyndon Johnson. My late husband, Ervin Johnson, took me to see it one time in 1993. He had been there before, but I hadn't. Quite an experience.
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In honor of Johnson
Amarillo: On a visit to American troops stationed in Iceland and Greenland,
Vice-President Johnson was asked by reporters if he was uncomfortably cold. "Golly, no!" replied
Johnson. "We've got some of this back home in Texas. You take the Panhandle, for instance. We get hail there the size of a basketball, and the snow piles up so deep the people have to follow the jackrabbit tunnels out when the spring comes. Why, one of our boys who was up here in Greenland said that life could be a heck of a lot worse. When a gloomy roommate asked him how any place would be any worse, he answered, 'Well, we could be back in Amarillo.' "
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For some of the young people not familiar with this snow and cold weather, I was raised in Childress, Texas, 100 miles, or so, southeast (more east, right at the Oklahoma border) of Amarillo. We got some really cold weather, ice and a lot of snow. They no longer get that kind of snow in Childress. They didn't let school out for weather...we never would have been in school.. Even my children
remember a visit we had to my parents and we were snowed in for a few days in the country. The kids loved it.
Alright, VP Johnson (later President) may have stretched it a dab.
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We really appreciate your emails. Thanks.
Emails from:
Hello, I really enjoyed my tour of the Moody, TX and Cotton
Harvest Festival web-site. My dad, Ray Garrett was born and raised in Moody, TX
and my Aunt Gladys Burton still lives there.
I was wondering what the date will be this year for the "Cotton Harvest
Festival".
Thanks alot,
Connie Spivey
I really enjoyed finding and looking through your web site. My father,
Walter Ray Garrett, was born and raised in Moody and my aunt,
Gladys Burton still lives there. I'd like to know the date for the 2003 Moody Cotton Harvest Festival.
Thanks,
Donna Garrett English
Doe,
We just completed searching the Internet for information on Moody. In doing so, we found your community news page and your information. It looks like there is a lot of interaction going on in your community.
Helen S. from the state of Washington
Joyce,
I just returned from a business trip to Las Vegas. One day I had lunch in a
very nice restaurant called Star Canyon. It is in the Venetian Hotel and it
has a Texas motif. The ceiling has the names of Texas towns "branded" into
it and Moody is one of them. Sorry I didn't get a photo for you. I will next time.
David
ps. My mother has been enjoying your book.
(Referring to book mentioned in first part of this column. How about Moody Texas in a ceiling in Las Vegas?)
Thanks for a great web site for Moody, TX. My daddy, Willie Rufus Melton was
from Moody and still half the town is kin to us. ha Seriously, we do have lots of kin there,
Lynch's, Melton, and Dorothy and Alvin Rhoades (both now deceased).
Dorothy was my dad's sister. It made me sad seeing the pictures of
Frankie Lynch, my Grandmother Clara Melton Hartman raised
Frankie after
his mother died. My daddy and Frankie were more like brothers than cousins by
growing up together and doing everything together. If Daddy was still alive, he and
Frankie would be the same age. My sister, Brenda and I use to spend every summer in Moody and I really miss those days. I forgot another kin, the
Coulters. Hazel Coulter is a cousin to us. Is there anyway that you could
send me copies of the pictures you had of Frankie's birthday? I would appreciate it greatly. He and my dad could pass for twins. Keep up the good work and I have already added your site to my FAVORITES. I noticed in the Temple paper site that my dad's cousin
Wendell Melton's wife, Emily died last week. (what a way to find out news of family.). Thanks again and please
respond.
Debbie Melton Coker
(below is second letter)
Thank You for your reply to my message re my family and Moody connection Keep up the good work and I will continue reading great info on people I might know.
Deb Melton Coker
Again, thanks so much for the emails.
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If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving. Anonymous
The way to love anything is to realize it might be lost. ---Gilbert K. Chesterton
Look at your spouse and remember Valentine's Day is a good time to put some romance in your marriage.
For those who may have forgotten what romance is, you will find it in the dictionary under r
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The following is taken from a column in The Waco Tribune Herald called Focus on Youth by
Bruce Kabat. I thank Joyce Cox for sending it to me. She
remembered him and said "He's someone I remember and he is a very nice guy. He was just a kid to me when I worked at the Trib.
Joyce and I can relate to this column he wrote. Excerpts:
"Then there's the realization, which comes only with age, that glasses actually are living organisms that can walk on their stems and hide in the unlikeliest places. Thankfully, I haven't had occasion yet to find mine in the freezer, where my mom once discovered her frosty bifocals. How's that for the cold reality of growing old? ..... .....Plus, I have my own special age-defying secret. I plan never to update the photo that runs with this column, even though I now sport a graying beard. Actually, I don't have time to get a new photo made. I'm too busy hunting for my glasses."
(I can relate that, and all the rest he said, have you noticed the picture in this column, I haven't had a picture made in quite awhile, long while...I have been looking for my glasses.)
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Chris Harry is the nephew of Dottie and J. D. Naler (Many of you know the
Naler's.) Joyce sent me a story, very nice, that he wrote for the Orlando Sentinel. It started out:
"By Chris Harry
Sentinel Staff Writer
January 27, 2003
SAN DIEGO -- The Oakland Raiders can have those two first-round picks, two
second-rounders and $8 million.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a world championship. And Jon Gruden got it for them at his former team's expense."
Truly spoken by a writer from Florida. I was telling those Buccaneers get out there and win. I didn't see the game only the start of it before going to church. But, I like to root for the underdog. We underdogs have to show them
sometimes, don't we?
Thanks Joyce for these stories.
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Joyce has a nephew, Bobby (He lives at Ft. Hood), is in Germany right now.
Bobby's mother is Carol.
So many mothers and dads, wives and children, brothers and sisters have loved ones who are overseas or on their way. The world is a troubled place and many things need to be done to ensure dignity, peace and safety from tyranny and threat of annihilation for so many.
We remember all of these who go and serve, willing to give their lives for others, and so many of them go for such a low pay, starting out around $13,000 a year for enlisted. Not that the politicians don't need their money for serving their 'elected to" office, but why can't our soldiers have dignity of enough money to take care of themselves and families. I am sure the politicians who vote their own pay raises in, could replace themselves with that low of pay, they would think twice. The enlisted troops seem to be in the worst financial situation. I know that situation, my children's dad was career military, enlisted and we struggled, while moving time and time again. Four moves in three different states in six months at one time. God always saw us through, but at times it wasn't that easy. Their dad,
Art Warren, was in Korea and Vietnam conflicts. He willingly went and served (receiving the Purple Heart in the Korean conflict) his country. With our five children it was at times hard to have time with them, but he really loved his children.
We pray for the safety of these troops who will go anyway and offer their life up for us and others. We appreciate the families of these who go and serve, because they have a rough time of it, many times not knowing about their loved one.
You can click on the page in this website for listing of many of those who are serving in the military service from the Moody area. Take time to check that site out.
And with that I would like to say there are many 'click on' sites in the Moody website, and please check those out.
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The Moody Library hours are Mon-Wed-Fri from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Tues. and Thurs. from 12:30-5:00 p.m. Go in there and say hello and look around at all they have in there. To find out information about the library you can call
Cora Lee Jones or Clora Cagle at 254-853-2004. You can email the library to
Lula Jo Beerwinkle at lulajo1932@hotmail.com or
Joyce Cox at jec1932@hotmail.com
If you know someone that would like to go on line (internet) to see this website or others, they can at the Moody Library for free. If they don't know how to do that, call the library and find out when someone will be there to help them
And we want to say that we hope Clora is feeling much better.
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If you have been reading this column for the last few years, you will notice I quite often have things that are from books. Books are great. If you have never caught the fever of reading books, you should start. There is such a wonderful and fascinating world in books. I really like my books and I have a lot. Mostly over a lot of years bought at thrift stores, yard sales and book sales, many for 5, 10, or 25cents. I have a number of them that came from the Waco Library sales to raise money for their library. The other day I bought several from the Moody Library. I have a great interest in books. I find it not strange for me to buy a book on how to build a log cabin, one of the books I bought from the Moody Library. At the back there is a survival section. I haven't read the whole book, but parts and in particular some of the surviving. What can I say, never expect to need it, but just like to learn. For example I found out that you can't live on eating rabbit alone, without any other food (Repeat: without any, that is no other food, you can if you have other food to go with it.). Boy, does that sound strange. But it is true. Then I found out how Eskimos get their greens. Never really thought about it until now. Whoa, glad I don't have to do it that way, but for them it is a way of life and doesn't seem that strange. Also, found out how some Indians survived by some smart 'squaws' for periods of time when things were really, really lean. Also interesting to see the drawings on the schematic of wilderness, basic, survival log cabins, or the leisure ones with bathrooms, running hot and cold water and some other luxuries none of which the survival cabin has. Very interesting book. Go down to the Moody Library, check some books out and find out wonderful things, some including great pictures, you may have never known or seen. Not all books come in textbook style. There are some very interesting writers out there. The library is a start and it may inspire you to buy some of your own books. You don't have to have a lot of money to do that, I didn't. Go, enjoy, and have a great time...then impress your family and friends with some unusual knowledge, whether they want to hear it or not.
For the rest of the info mentioned above, email me, with good subject line, and I will respond and tell you why and how.
WEBSITES
Below are some interesting websites. You may want to check some out. Some were sent to me, some I found.
You can type into your search engine (I used Google) the following:
Cal's Art Gallery
For a great site of beautiful pictures, which truly is an art gallery of beautiful photos of all kinds of things grouped into different sections. For example, I enjoyed many of them including lighthouses, big cats, and daydreams. There are many more. This is truly an inspiring nature slideshow site. Sent to me email from
Charlotte.
For Christian websites:
Amazing Bible www.amazingbible.org
CrossDaily
CrossWalk
http://www.iclnet.org/ an Internet Christian Library
To have someone else check out the Christian websites for you for free and even can get an email from them from time to time listing the best sites. Best of the Christian Web on the internet.
http://www.botcw.com
For another prophecy site (there is one on the AmazingBible as well as great study sites)
Into search engine: Jack Van Impe Ministry
You can just type in Christian and get all kinds of websites, but like all other things be wary, and that goes for websites in general. If something doesn't sound right, it may not be.
Worldwide newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
for Texas newspapers you can just type in the name of the paper (in search engine, easier, unless you bookmark or put in favorites) or type in Texas Newspapers to find the name.
College info www.educationindex.com
http://www.collegescholarships.com
some of these showed 2002/2003, there will probably be more 2003/2004 out soon. Many of the sites also show financial aid.
Type in education resources, I am sorry I didn't write that website address down. Type in colleges and maybe the info you want like subjects/scholarships/financial aid etc and you will many listings.
You can get the Internal Revenue site, I did by just typing it in. They have several things on that site as well as question/answer pages.
There are websites for just about any state, federal, or government agency. Example for Texas Attorney General just type that in and you will get it.
Most stores have websites today, if you want to check out a store or stores, just type their name into a good search engine. You can even find bargain pages on some sites.
Amazon.com is a wonderful place to explore books etc. Some of the books will have a few to many pages of the book you can check out. There are other things besides books on that site.
There is another site Ebay where many love to browse, and some find bargains of just about anything you can name. Know what things cost, so you don't get taken. It is a good site as is
Amazon.com just to browse on.
There are any number of sites to look for peoples addresses and/or phone numbers. Many of them will have maps to show you where that address is. Type into your search engine (If you don't already have a people/white pages/yellow pages site) people search, and you will probably get a lot of sites to check out to find your best. You want to get more search engines type in search engines into the search engine you have. You can add those to your favorites. There are sites that will give you best route between two locations and info on it.
As the old saying goes "not all search engines are alike" You will/may get different results with different search engines. Most of my searches have been with
Google.
There are numerous sites for anything including weather.
The National Weather forecast site
Intellicast.com for the United States or the world
United States Radar Intellicast
There are sites for you to find out about hoaxs, myths, facts etc. And scams.
If you or someone you know has medical problems are you would just like to check some out, there are sites for everything. Type in the disease or illness and you will probably get many sites for that one.
You can find about anything on the internet. You don't have to have the address, a good search engine will bring up many listings for whatever you type in. For example a man was looking up something and typed in a person's name. That person's name was listed in a writing,
Joyce had put in, on the Moody website. That was one of the websites that came up for him to check out. A good search engine will find you more sites than you probably want to look at. The gentleman who did the above wrote the Moody website so surprised at finding the man on the Moody website.
Don't be afraid to get into the internet. But there are sites you may want to be suspicious of and stay out of.
I have been intending to do some of these in different columns. Read on down and you will see why I put these all in now.
(I am not responsible for any mistyped words or websites. If that happened...chalk it up to a mystery for you to solve. <grin>)
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I have enjoyed so much doing this column, but due to health reasons I will not be able to do it for now. I am not sure if I will be able to come back to do it anytime soon. It has been a pleasure writing, getting your emails, keeping up with some things in the community with help from others, especially
Joyce Cox and also the webmistress and those who sent things in. It has been such a pleasure for me and I hope some for you and maybe a little humor and insight to some things along the way. I will miss you and writing it. I have wonderful memories. Feel free to email me anytime, but please put recognizable subject in. God bless
One more time.
It has been great and enjoyed it, and a wonderful cup of coffee with a good peanut butter cookie from my son,
Marion. I have 5 wonderful kids in 4 time zones. They are all great and they have been a great source of encouragement to me.
Marion happens to be the one who lives closest to me, about 45 minutes or so away. He got the job of seeing after me, checking on me (making sure I behaved, <grin> And he has done a great job on both counts) after I was dx with myasthenia gravis (already had a number of diseases, a sweet lady I know and saw in David's grocery store in Moody the other day said I like the diseases that weren't as familiar). Hey, I always said I didn't want to be just like everybody else, I wanted to be me. Just as God made me. He is my source of strength and he uses my children and so many wonderful friends, church family and people to make my life so enjoyable. I thank each and everyone of you and I thank you for having read this column. God bless
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise Him. Psalm 28: 7
Doe Statham Johnson
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