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What a week end - stormy weather. An umbrella jes don't hep no whole lot - got drenched twice - even though wid a big umbrella.

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Sometimes - (wal - more than once or twice) mistaken information is reported in this column and a reader will call me to tell me what wuz reported wuz wrong. Jes love them corrective phone calls 'cause it means they is reading dis column

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In 08-25-10, a caption under Saif Shahid's photo had him enrolled in Southeastern.

Wal! Dat ain't so! The young man enrolled in Tulane on 08-22-10. Understand he's going into Pre-Med. Saif is the son of Dr. Muhammed and Sadia Shahid. He was Salutatorian of the 2010 Graduation Class of Oak Forest.

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Nother mistake made in 08-25-10 column - it was reported dat Ellis and Wilda Hayden been married "40 years and would celebrate o August 28." Wal! Shucks! That wuz all wrong. Think it kinda upset their son. So! He axed a friend to call me and get it straight. Sho' wuz glad to receive dat call. Ya' see - Ellis and Wilda has been married fer "60 years." So - they wuz cheated out of 20 years. The Anniversary Celebration will take place on September 4, 2010 at their home in Baton Rouge. Sorry 'bout dat mistake, Folks! Wish Ellis and Wilda many more years of happy marriage!

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These are some among us who have suffered strokes, cancer and heart attacks. Send up prayers dat God will bless 'em and send 'em comfort and healing: Marie Kent Hood, Vera Hurst, Melissa Easley, Robert and Janice Spinks, Millie Spence, Danny Sanders - Arva Lynell Kopfler.

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In spite of "Stormy Weather", had a very happy Sunday afternoon. Michelle Dees invited me to have Sunday dinner at her home. Her Grandmother, Mary Howard and her aid, Nancy (forgot to get Nancy's last name) were also present fer dinner. Ya' remember Mary Howard broke her hip last Christmas Day. Wal! She 'bout totally recovere from dat injury and recently made a "miss-step" and badly injured her left leg - so now - she needs someone wid her all de time. Mrs. Mary Howard is pert near the same age as me, so we have shared great stories from de good old days. Now, Nancy is a whole lot younger, but she comes from a large country family and grew up much lak me. Really enjoyed talking wid her. Lak me - she didn't have expensive dolls, bright , shiny colored plastic toys, computers, cell phones or mechanical toys. Her play things were pine cones and straw, flowers in the woods, and sand and rocks along the creeks and bayous. She wuz raised in Cajun Country wid six kids in her family. She is very fond of Justin Wilson. Nancy's Dad wuz an Army M.P. One day, Willie Nelson wuz playing a gig on her Dad's army base. Willie Nelson became very drunk. Howsome ever, instead of arresting Willie, her Dad brought him home, fed him and sobered him up. So - Nancy got to meet Willie Nelson. She had an interesting childhood and she and Mary Howard made for a very pleasant afternoon - in spite of the stormy weather.

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Had a chance to talk wid an old friend, Elouise Carney Lee of Picayune, Mississippi. Elouise started - (along wid me) in the First Grade at Ella Strickland Grammar School and we became fast friends all through those years. We graduated from Amite High School in 1944. Not many of dat class is left. We had a picnic out at Big Creek. Dat wuz our "Senior Day Celebration". Now-a-days - Seniors go on cruises or long trips to Disney World. The World - especially America - jes ain't de same. Back in the 1930's, Tom Carney,(Elouise's Dad) would load up some of his kids and Elouise and me in his old 4 door vehicle - drive up Town and park in front of "Morgan and Lindsey" and watch the Folks parade by. That wuz our entertainment. Morgan and Lindsey wuz located on NE Central R.R. Ave. - rat cross from where the Amite City police Station is now. The tornado of 1940 destroyed Morgan and Lindsey - and our Saturday afternoon entertainment. Them wuz good day!

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Can't figger out what people in Naw Leans is celebrating. It wuz said they wuz celebrating - Aug 25, 1995, when Katrina devastated this part of our world. They is been partying fer the past two weeks jes lak Mardi Gras. It would be nice iffen they said a prayer fer their deceased loved ones and try to keep them 15,16,17 year old younguns off the streets - killing whoever they come up on. Them kids need to be home, in bed and supervised by a responsible adult. Wonder where they get they guns from? May the Lord have mercy on Naw Leans!

Marie L. Pulliam