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- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 11 Sep 2005.
Just Plain Talk
„E2005 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL Maggie Shelton will soon be opening her own flower shop off East Main Street. Carpenter Clifford Morse was at work last Friday building a partition wall.
By: David Popiel
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
09-11-2005
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A coolness only associated with early fall fell across the Smoky Mountains in our hometown in early September lessening some of the pain of high gas prices and painful hurricane stories.
One thing that most people have is stories to tell. Rich or poor or in between we all have some interesting ones. While visiting Robert and Kate James in Crum Hollow last week, Robert told me one of the best I¡¦ve heard. Somehow we were talking, as everyone has been, about gas prices, gas lines, and how people are affected. Do you remember the oil embargo of 1973? Robert said it affected the county workers who had to keep a watch on their overtime hours. It seems that one worker fell asleep about quitting time and didn¡¦t wake up for two hours. When he did, he jumped up and said, ¡§Well, look here. Now, I¡¦ve had to work two hours overtime and probably won¡¦t get paid for it.¡¨ On the working end of the shovel, Robert told the story of his father during the 1930s working hard on the tobacco crop. He harvested it and took it to Greeneville for sale. There were no price supports and this was the Great Depression years. He got one cent per pound.
You saw the news weeks ago about our new director of elections, Joyce Slagle. I read our story but it didn¡¦t answer a few questions about who she is. Of course I knew, because she was one of my favorite Cosby school students¡Vby the way, it was fun to revisit the school on Wednesday when Dr. Duran Williams and faculty were hosting teachers from Bulgaria, Norris, and other exotic places. I saw Charlie Ruble, met John Williams (no kin to Duran), Joel Bell, and others¡Vmore about this in a minute.
At the county annex last Wednesday, I chatted with Joyce whose parents are the late Tom Wines¡Vhe died in 2003¡Vand Elmer Rose (Lane) Wines. I had to ask several times for the spelling and Joyce assured me it was ¡§Elmer¡¨ as in Elmer Fudd. It seems she was named after Elmer Denton. I¡¦m sure you know her as Ronnie Lane¡¦s first cousin.
She lives on the hill off Bogard Road next to her brother, Kenneth Lane. Joyce¡¦s brother, Edward Wines, works for Lenzing Fibers, which recently called folks back to work. He lives off O¡¦Neil Road. There is also a sister, Kim Wilson, married to George Wilson. You know his parents, Johnnie and Alvin Wilson. Joyce¡¦s husband, Charles, is the Yankee in the clan and works for BellSouth. We were wondering if he might be sent to the Gulf Coast where BellSouth suffered huge destruction. They have a daughter, Kenzie Crumb from Joyce¡¦s first marriage. Now you know that she is a real solid local girl who will do well overseeing local elections. She was taught by the diligent Diane Driskill.
Back to Cosby School. We had a luncheon for the visiting Bulgarian educators. I thought it was interesting that the older of the four spoke English. About 80 percent of the Bulgarian children study English, not Russian. Director of Schools Larry Blazer talked a little about his continuing problem with his failing kidneys. They have him on steroids and chemotherapy to halt further loss. He said he is handling the treatment OK except for some morning nausea. He looked chipper to me. The highlight of the luncheon, other than seeing my teacher friends was the delicious caramel pie provided by Erin Woods, who I know as my friend Barbara Morris¡¦ daughter. Erin married Scott Woods, of Newport, and worked as a counselor before joining Cosby School a year ago. Scott is in sales, and you know his mother, Sue Woods, at Jabo¡¦s Pharmacy. Back to the real story here, the pie. It was Barbara¡¦s recipe and Erin learned it well. I barely captured a slice before two pies slipped into eternity. The cold, smooth caramel pie should be nominated for the Pie Hall of Fame.
So you think you have problems with gasoline prices. Imagine operating a fleet of school buses as Jimmy McNabb does. We talked a few minutes last week and most of the talk was about the $2.20 wholesale price he pays for diesel. I noticed retail prices of $2.85 on Thurs. Jimmy said that the buses use 700 to 800 gallons per day. The kick in the bumper is that two years ago it was 80 cents a gallon.
I saw window washers and an empty building where Wanda¡¦s Florist used to be at the corner of East Main. Wanda (Turner) Thomas told me she has moved her popular florist business so she and husband, Bill Thomas, can spend more time together. Wanda will still handle your calls from her house at Lehigh Acres just off Rankin Road at 1020 Sturmhaben way (German for storm harbor). And it is a quite a wooded area with plenty of deer and turkey they feed. Wanda has been in the floral business for 35 years and made her fame when she helped decorate the Nixon Whitehouse for Christmas 1973.
On Friday I saw activity in the former Wanda¡¦s Florist and found carpenter Clifford Morse at work and talked to Maggie Shelton. She worked for Wanda about 10 years and has decided to open her own shop in the same location in the building owned by Tommy Large. She¡¦s a local girl¡Vthe daughter of late parents Burnie and Cordelia (Coggins) Hall. Her late husband was Clinton Shelton, and they have two sons: Mike Shelton, who works at Ball Corp. plant, and Scott Shelton, who was at the shop helping Mom ready for opening later this week. Of course, it will be called Maggie¡¦s Florist.
In plain talk, where one door shuts another opens, where one road ends another begins. And so it is with fall approaching.
Just Plain Talk
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 8 Jan 2008.
(c)2007 NPT PHOTO BY RICK HOOPER Dan Ford, who plans to run for state representative, receives his petition last week from Cocke County Administrator of Elections Joyce Slagle.
By: RICK HOOPER
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
01-08-2008
NEWPORT-Early voting for the Feb. 5 election in Cocke County will run Jan. 16 through Jan. 31, according to Joyce Slagle, administrator of elections.
Early voting times are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Cocke County Election Commission Office. The Election Commission, however, will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, which is a federal holiday. The office will be open until 7 p.m. the last day of early voting.
Voters should bring their voter card or other identification. Voters in Tennessee do not register party. The voter must choose which primary they wish to vote in.
The last day for anyone registered in Cocke County may apply to vote by mail is Jan. 29. Voters may call the Election Commission Office at 623-2042 for requirements.
Property assessor and an unfinished term for 5th District constable are the only local races on the ballot, along with the Republican and Democrat presidential primary.
Also approaching is the state primary and county general election, which will be Aug. 7.
The first day to pick up petitions was Jan. 4 and the qualifying deadline will be noon on April 3 for party and Independent candidates.
Offices on the August ballot will be U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Tennessee House and local offices for the third, fifth and seventh district school board members. School board members must file non-partisan.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Elmer Rose Lane
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Aug 1953
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: Kenneth Wines
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1955 - (~ 68 years)
, d. 6 Nov 2003, Cocke County, Tennessee