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In Memory
Of My Mother
By CONNIE LITrLE DAVIS
With work worn hands she soothed me.
If my soul began to bleed.
Without a word passing my lips.
She could sense my every need-
In all the sixty nine years,
that on earth she did live-
There was never one wrong done to her.
that she did not forgive-
She would share in my happiness
She would hold me and kiss away my pain-
When a burden seemed too heavy for me to bear
she picked it up and made it lighter
Time and Time again-
She always tried to protect me,
to keep me safe from harm-
With her back against the wind,
she helped me weather every storm-
If sometimes my steps did falter, and
l fell far behind the rest-
She would just tell me it didn't matter.
as long as I tried my very best-
If she ever heard me lash out with anger,
I got a gentle reprimand-
She would softly say, you know, God holds
us all, In The psalm of his hand-
And I guess if she told me once.
I guess she told me twice-
never let the sun set on your anger,
all you have to do, so just be nice-
Her heart was as big as mountains,
She really gave so much-
not only to her children, but to
every other soul she touched-
I thought about great leaders that had
walked the earth, and there was not another-
who was greater or dearer to me.
Than my own dear mother-
I Love You Mother-
Faded Glory
By INEZ BRINKLEY
Plaster peeling off the walls
Speaking tales of woe
Hard times come to devastate
Good times seem to go
Windows broken, staircase missing
Shutters lean awray
A broken home is sad to see
It has so much to say.
Once tall and stately, it's past does tell
Of balls and courtship here
Dashing men on horses came
But one was very dear.
Then gray and blue a clash did meet-
The country split in two
My heart beats for the gentle gray
But God must favor the blue.
They pillage and despoil the land
Their cannons sputter and roar
And soon I get the news I dread..
My dear one is no more.
So now I walk the empty halls
Frail ghost of splendor past
Haunted by the backside of time
Grieving till the last.
Then faded glory no more I'll see
On gold my feet will trod
For soon I'll see his precious face..
Standing near the throne of God.
LETTERS
Marriage Day
Dear Editor:
We are writing to ask you and your
newspaper to join hundreds of
thousands of married couples across the
nation in proclaiming Sunday, February
9, 1986 as World Marriage Day.
In order to support local activities in
conjunction with World Marriage Day.
we ask that you print the attached
announcement titled Search On For
Longest Married Couple" during
November 15- December 14, 1985:
Worldwide Marriage Encounter, the
world's largest pro-marriage organi-
zation, is sponsoring the event a
a visible sign to the world that love.
happiness, and romance are alive in
marriage today.,,
Many area churches will be identifying
the longest married couples from within
their congregations and hosting cele-
brations honoring all marriages,
If we can provide any additional
information, we stand ready to serve
you.
Sincerely,
Carl & Carol Michelli
P.O. Box 825
Baker, Louisiana 70714-0825
Phone " 504 775-4755
Simpson on banking
Gentlemen:
First Guaranty Bank in Hammond
publicly announced that it has fired
15% of its employees and announced a
freeze of all pay raises to all personnel in
1986. The reason given was the general
poor economic conditions in Tangipahoa
Parish.
The actual reason for the firings and
the freeze took place three or four years
ago when a group of stockholders of
First Guaranty Bank successfully took
over the bank, fired the chief admini-
strative officers, demoralized employee
morale, and turned a profit-making
bank into the present day condition of
the bank.
All over the United States. corporate
takeovers of other corporations and
stockholder fights have resulted in
instant wealth for some people, but the
end result has been the firing of
employees and it is the employees who
ultimately suffer.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph H. Simpson
Tangi Relief Center in conjunction
with First United Methodist Church,
Gamma Beta Phi of SLU teamed
Local
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES. DECEMBER 5, 1985, SEC. A., PAGE FIVE
together to aid twelve families during
the Thanksgiving Holiday with much-
needed food baskets.
(Times Photo by Eddie Ponds)
man charged for shooting at teens
Sheriff's Report
A Ponchatoula man was charged
with two counts of aggravated assault
and one count of criminal damage to
property after he allegedly shot at a car
occupied by two teenagers that ran
through his front yard Saturday
morning early,
According to reports, an ]8-year-old
and a 17 year-old were driving toward
one of the youth's houses in Baywood
Subdivision when the car reportedly
went over a curb and partially through a
man's yard. The driver told deputy
Gerald Barton he heard a window
shatter and two thuds on his car.
Barron found a window broken and
two holes in the right doors of the
teenager's vehicle on inspection at the
passenger's house on Timberlane Drive,
Ponchatoula. While inspecting the car
and interviewing the witnesses Barron
said the suspect who lives in the area
came up and starting relating the
incident to the family of the passenger.
After interviewing the suspect and
witnesses Barton arrested James R.
Bordelon, 55, 101 Timberlane [)rive.
Ponchatoula and charged him with
aggravated assault and criminal
damage. A .32 caliber pistol was seized
Plans are now completed for the bt.
Albert's Christmas party. It is to be held
next Tuesday. December i0, at 8 p.m.
All are invited to attend and share in the
fellowship of this most blessed season.
Bishop says mass for college Catholics
The pre-Thanksgiving week was an the Bishop at a social hosted by the
active one for the St. Albert's cam- Newman Club and Adult Community.
munity. On Nov. 24 Bishop Ott cele- On the following night, the Newman
brated the 7:30 Mass. Many of the 200 Club again played host. this time to the
in attendance stayed afterward to meet S.LU. Lady Lions basketball team
as evidence in the case, according Io
deputy Barton. Apparently only very
light tire marks were in the yard where
the shooting occurred. The incident
occurred at about 12:30 am. Saturday.
• Gator song
FROM PAGE ONE
never visited and an alligator he had
never seen, was one of the 21.
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how he came to write the song, played
it for everyone in his clinic office,
extended citizenship to the young man,
and presented him with a strawberry
lapel pin from off his own jacket.
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