The Silerton Town Council met Tuesday, Sept. 23, to finalize plans for a free “Picnic and Pickin’” family concert to be held in the town park beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Bring your own food and drinks plus whatever chairs or blankets you need. The group “Still Water” will perform from 3-5 p.m.
The damaged “sharp curve warning” sign on Highway 125 has been repaired. Bids are still being examined for fixing some small, rotted areas in front of the city hall building.
Silerton Baptist Church sang happy birthday to Joe Seavers. Happy 19th anniversary was sung to Kevin and Guillermina Tidwell. After church, the Tidwell chickens held a surprise anniversary party for them and laid a few extra eggs for the happy occasion.
Judy Dillard and Birdie Jones traveled to Tunica, Miss., for the Righteous Brothers’ (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield) concert. In addition to the good music, they were very humorous. The one-month younger Bill Medley had his birthday on Sept. 19, making both “Brothers” 83 years old.
Bob and Carolyn Vales Kramer enjoyed a wonderful Saturday night at Simon’s Restaurant in Bolivar. They were joined by Judy Dillard, Birdie King, Melanie Jennings and Dale Jennings. They were entertained by local talent Jason Vales who sang and played guitar. He sang a variety of songs and did a great job! They also enjoyed the delicious food! Fantastic music, great food and sparkling conversation was enjoyed by all.
The Frys attended the Jackson Symphony’s outdoor Starlight Symphony at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. It was perfect weather, with a great turnout and a substantial program, ending with the obligatory cannons for the 1812 Overture, which also showed off the church’s carillon housed in the bell tower. Marcus Fry reports the saving of another turtle (a smaller fellow than usual, proving Marcus has not been saving the same turtle over and over again) off Highway 125 that he barely missed running over.
Frankie and Mary Lynn Lambert traveled to Hiawassee, Ga., to the annual Daily and Vincent concert. Performing this year was also John Conley. They remarked it was a very good trip.
Larry and Anita Lambert and Don and Frances Willis took a road trip. They traveled across Tennessee up through Virginia where they stopped to visit the Natural Bridge. They went on to Maryland, stopping along the way and driving through all the underwater tunnels. Daily for lunch, they found neat picnic areas. Then, it was on to New Jersey where they stayed in Cape May. New Jersey completed Frances’ visit to all 50 states. The other three had already been to all the states. They rode the Cape May-Lewes Ferry 17 miles across the Delaware Bay. They then traveled down through Delaware back to Virginia and enjoyed the Blue Ridge Mountains. They saw a very impressive Veteran memorial before entering the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, a modern engineering marvel designed to protect the Cumberland Gap and provide safe travels. The group stopped in Jonesboro, Tennessee’s oldest town before ending the trip with a visit to Pall Mall to see the home of Sargent Alvin York, which was on Anita’s bucket list.
