We were very appreciative that my dad, Gale Denley, was honored at the meeting of the Good Ole Boys last week.
He was one of the original sponsors of the group, and next to the Neshoba County Fair, it was one of his favorite outings.
He and Joel were able to attend many of the gatherings together, while his health allowed.
The meetings are held a couple of times a year at Johnny Morgan’s place just outside Oxford.
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Joel rode to the meeting last week with A.M. Zeidman, J.R. Denton, Rob Langston, Jimmy Ball and Jimmy Gage Dobbs.
Other locals or natives or those with Calhoun connections there included Paul Moore Jr., Barney and Clay Wade, Earnest Fox, Sonny Clanton, Jimmy and Mindy Maxwell, Bill Plunk and Snooky Williams.
Several have asked me how the weather change has affected my bike riding and the answer is not very much. I still ride every day around 7 miles.
The weather hasn’t really changed yet, but the fact that it gets dark earlier is a bit of a challenge.
I have flashers on my bike that I use at night for safety, but lack of lighted areas around town to ride is a problem.
And some of the roads are so bad, that if you hit a bump or dip that you don’t see, you would surely go flying. I don’t need that.
The time will change this Sunday, Nov. 1. We will go back to real time.
Halloween activities of today are certainly different than when I was a child.
The only carnival was one at the school, the only pumpkin patches were in the farmers’ fields and trick-or-treating was the main activity.
There was nothing scarier to Celia and me, as youngsters, than seeing Polly Reese dressed up as a witch handing out candy from her house on Countiss Street (where Renee Whitten lives now).
And costumes were nothing like they are now. We went to T-W-L and bought a mask and the rest of the costume was homemade, and maybe was just a sheet with eye-holes cut out.
I’m not sure those were the good old days, but they sure were different days.
Longtime player Kenneth Dye, of Bruce, was the winner of this week’s football contest with one miss, he picked Auburn over Arkansas.
Missing two were Linda Luker of Bruce; Joshua Warren of Calhoun City; Tammy Turner of Bruce; Billy Hood of Eupora; Alisa Swanson of Bruce; Rex Evans of Bruce; Pauline Crofford of Banner; and Hardy Wade of Bruce.
John Grisham’s new book “Rogue Lawyer” is out and I’m anxious to get to it.
This one is about a street lawyer who represents those other lawyers won’t.
“He believes everyone is entitled to a fair trial, even if he, Sebastian, has to cheat to secure one. He hates injustice, doesn’t like insurance companies, banks, or big corporations; he distrusts all levels of government and laughs at the justice system’s notions of ethical behavior.”
Bruce Police Chief Stan Evans was admitted to Baptist Hospital in Oxford Sunday night and had surgery Monday night. He was taken to ICU as a precaution after surgery and is reported to be stable and improving.
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