Recent Signs by the Sign Man:
FLAG DAY. JUNE 14.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARSHA LANIER.
SOUTHERN SISTERS. HWY 221 NORTH. FRIDAY NITE IS SEAFOOD NITE.
COME SEE THE GREEN FISH BAIT. THEY GLOW IN THE WATER. CROW-MART.
RULES OF THE SOUTH
We don't do "hurry up" well.
NORTH & SOUTH
In the South: Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store....do not buy food at this store.
NOTES ABOUT GEORGIA
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
ATLANTA
Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. Coke's all they drink there so don't ask for any other soft drink unless it's made by Coca-Cola. Even if you want something other than a Coca-Cola, it's still called Coke.
CHURCH SMILES
"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet."
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
REMEMBER WHEN
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
REARRANGED LETTERS
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
1977 JUNE SECOND WEEK
One of the 19 runs scored by Mason's against the Bank's men's softball team. The tag was made, but the ball is on the ground.
Signs from the Sign Man
REESE SIGNS - RICKS YARD
NBA FINALS. GAME 1. CAVS-SPURS. THURSDAY NIGHT 8:30.
BREAKING NEWS. TREUTLEN LITTLE LEAGUE. AGE 11-12. WIN TOURNAMENT. BIG OLE TROPHY.
HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY BRIAN FOSKEY. LOVE ELIZABETH,BEN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCK WALKER. JUNE 10, 2007. WE LOVE YOU FROM YOUR FAMILY.
HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY JAMECIA SNEAD JUNE 12, 2007, LOVE MOM & DAD.
RULES OF THE SOUTH
We eat dinner together with our families. We pray before we eat (yeah, even breakfast). We go to church on Wednesdays and Sundays and we go to high school football games on Friday nights. We still address our seniors with "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am," and we sometimes still take Sunday drives around town to see friends and neighbors.
NORTH & SOUTH
In the South: --If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.
NOTES ABOUT GEORGIA
You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you' re done or it's too dark to see.
ATLANTA
Atlantans only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone for directions, they will always send you down Peachtree.
CHURCH SMILES
Give me a sense of humor, Lord.
Give me the grace to see a joke.
To get some humor out of life,
And pass it on to other folk.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
REMEMBER WHEN
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
REARRANGED LETTERS
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Signs from the Sign Man:
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 11.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH MEELER ON THURSDAY 5-31. WE LOVE YOU! YOUR FAMILY.
DONATIONS TO THE STEVEN GRINSTED FUND CAN BE MADE AT THE BANK OF SOPERTON. THANKS.
BUY FISH BAIT AT CROW-MAART. GET A FREE BUCKET OF WATER TO FISH IN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN BUSH. JAMES HOW DO YOU STAND IT.
CHECK OUT THE SIDEWALK GALLERY. U COULD BE IN IT. AND THE RICKS BLOG.
CYNTHIA REESE AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS ONLY AT SOPERTON PHARMACY.
IN MEMORY OF ED SHIVERS, JOHN HENRY SHIVERS, AND BUDDY SHIVERS.
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RULES OF THE SOUTH
Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
NORTH & SOUTH
The North has green salads, The South has collard greens.
The North has lobsters, The South has crawfish.
The North has the rust belt, The South has the Bible Belt.
NOTES ABOUT GEORGIA
Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
ATLANTA
Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with:
Peachtree Circle
Peachtree Place
Peachtree Lane
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Parkway
Peachtree Run
Peachtree Terrace
Peachtree Avenue
Peachtree Commons
Peachtree Battle
Peachtree Corners
New Peachtree
Old Peachtree
West Peachtree
Peachtree-Dunwoody
Peachtree-Chamblee
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
CHURCH SMILES
Sunday after church a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared; you'll get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and Mom asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said, "Don't be afraid; thy comforter is coming."
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes awhole box to start a campfire?
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH MEELER ON THURSDAY 5-31. WE LOVE YOU! YOUR FAMILY.
DONATIONS TO THE STEVEN GRINSTED FUND CAN BE MADE AT THE BANK OF SOPERTON. THANKS.
BUY FISH BAIT AT CROW-MAART. GET A FREE BUCKET OF WATER TO FISH IN.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN BUSH. JAMES HOW DO YOU STAND IT.
CHECK OUT THE SIDEWALK GALLERY. U COULD BE IN IT. AND THE RICKS BLOG.
CYNTHIA REESE AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS ONLY AT SOPERTON PHARMACY.
IN MEMORY OF ED SHIVERS, JOHN HENRY SHIVERS, AND BUDDY SHIVERS.
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RULES OF THE SOUTH
Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.
NORTH & SOUTH
The North has green salads, The South has collard greens.
The North has lobsters, The South has crawfish.
The North has the rust belt, The South has the Bible Belt.
NOTES ABOUT GEORGIA
Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
ATLANTA
Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with:
Peachtree Circle
Peachtree Place
Peachtree Lane
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Parkway
Peachtree Run
Peachtree Terrace
Peachtree Avenue
Peachtree Commons
Peachtree Battle
Peachtree Corners
New Peachtree
Old Peachtree
West Peachtree
Peachtree-Dunwoody
Peachtree-Chamblee
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
CHURCH SMILES
Sunday after church a Mom asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared; you'll get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and Mom asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said, "Don't be afraid; thy comforter is coming."
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes awhole box to start a campfire?
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Big Bass Picture
1977 JUNE FIRST WEEK
Although the family liked the conventional photo best, this is the one that won the award for originality. I wonder if Robby's children or grandchildren have caught any fish like this one he caught 30 years ago.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The Brooks Family
Hoyt and June forwarded an e-mail about some Soperton folks featured in the Mothers Day issue of the Gainesville Times. At the bottom of this post you will find the URL to reach the feature on the Times website.
The Brooks family helped to create the great community that Soperton was in the 60's and 70's. They were more than a ministerial team. They lived their Christianity. They led and taught by example. I remember Gene as a practical preacher, an Auburn engineer with a brilliant mind and great talent and versatility. No work was too high or too low for him. He fired the gun at every track meet in the days of Holliday and Berry. He provided Soperton Scenes for the newspaper and could crank out a perfect editorial in 20 minutes. His personal columns made Bahaia grass famous.
Ella, a good mother of three fine daughters, supported every aspect of the church, played organ, led choir, kept a household, and earned a degree to become one of the school's best teachers. (Just ask The Sign Man, who was a student way back when.)
Rebekah was one of June's well trained majorettes. Ruth did such a good report about the creation of Treutlen County that it became a part of a souvenir book of the Million Pines Festival. Lois, always sweet, has her story told in the Gainesville feature.
If you lived in Soperton during those two decades, you knew the family and they knew you. You will want to read the feature at:
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20070513/localnews/173535.shtml
I'm acquainted only to MacIntosh computers, and I would highlight and delete the address strip, copy and paste the URL line to the address strip ( Highlight the URL, type Apple key + C, mouse click on address strip, then type Apple key + V.) Then hit the return/enter key.
If one of you who is using a Windows computer would send me the "copy and paste" info I would love to pass it on to others who need it.
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
The Brooks family helped to create the great community that Soperton was in the 60's and 70's. They were more than a ministerial team. They lived their Christianity. They led and taught by example. I remember Gene as a practical preacher, an Auburn engineer with a brilliant mind and great talent and versatility. No work was too high or too low for him. He fired the gun at every track meet in the days of Holliday and Berry. He provided Soperton Scenes for the newspaper and could crank out a perfect editorial in 20 minutes. His personal columns made Bahaia grass famous.
Ella, a good mother of three fine daughters, supported every aspect of the church, played organ, led choir, kept a household, and earned a degree to become one of the school's best teachers. (Just ask The Sign Man, who was a student way back when.)
Rebekah was one of June's well trained majorettes. Ruth did such a good report about the creation of Treutlen County that it became a part of a souvenir book of the Million Pines Festival. Lois, always sweet, has her story told in the Gainesville feature.
If you lived in Soperton during those two decades, you knew the family and they knew you. You will want to read the feature at:
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20070513/localnews/173535.shtml
I'm acquainted only to MacIntosh computers, and I would highlight and delete the address strip, copy and paste the URL line to the address strip ( Highlight the URL, type Apple key + C, mouse click on address strip, then type Apple key + V.) Then hit the return/enter key.
If one of you who is using a Windows computer would send me the "copy and paste" info I would love to pass it on to others who need it.
Posted by Bill Ricks of Soperton
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