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The Purdy Street News-Love from 208, Saturday June 24, 2006---Hot & Muggy-Normal

Dear Everyone:

It is just normal summertime weather here in Sumter---hot muggy thunderstorms, etc.

Most of the annual meetings are over with and many organizations are not meeting over the summer church services are on the summer schedule at many of our houses of worship hard to get in touch with a lot of folks as they are on vacation local governments are meeting trying to put budgets together for next year City of Sumter will raise taxes, water and sewer rates to cover some raises and higher prices on fuels, etc.

Did not read in the news articles about any cuts but when I was there, as it is now you always say you are running on an extra tight budget. One thing is that funding by the Feds a year or two back did not include yearly appropriations to cover expenses just the building of some things like Hope Centers, swimming pool,     and we will add a new full time sub- fire stations one was the Lyman Station on Alice Drive added in the 1970's my memory says it cost 60 to 70 thousand but cost over 100 thousand yearly to man etc. Now I think the city operates 2 more---Stadium Rd---Manning Ave---Lynam

Lynam station was not named for aviator Billy Lynam---but was named for his father long time Chief Zeke Lynam

Sorry to report that Retired USAF retired Col. Bob Levy has been promoted to glory He and his wife Eileen (64 years) have been residents of Covenant place for the last few years sons are Brian, Geoffrey, and James and their wives and children He was with 9th AF but upon retirement took full advantage of things Sumter was and excellent participant for the betterment of things here, we were fortunate that they chose Sumter.

Phil Booth is in hospital is in intensive care diva-tic-u-litis or however you spell this??..Bubba: Doris has been moved to NHC Mauldin, Room 115B, 850 Butler Road Greenville,S.C. 29607. Her condition has grown worse and her daughter wanted her near so she could make sure she was getting the best care. Please keep her in your prayers.Ed Ervin Hello to you, Mayor Bubba. Just thought that you might like to pass along that Momma, Jeanette Stafford Parnell (Sheriff Byrd Parnell's widow),is now a resident of Covenant Place. She has been quite ill since December 2005 and we almost lost her twice, but God has been good to her and us and she is getting along quite nicely....she especially likes the food at her new home! But I bet they can't cook grits and quail like she used to do for Daddy's bird suppers. He will have been gone 17 years in October. Time has passed so quickly. We miss him a lot. Sending tons of love to you from 4120 Hwy 15 North! Jean Parnell Graham

Dear Bubba, Harvey Tiller will be greatly missed around this little community of Mayesville. I just wanted to pass along the fact that Mayesville High School's baseball team with Harvey (1943) was the STATE CHAMPIONS. As Always, Kell B.Compton

--- It was surely sad to see Harvey Tiller's name in the obituary list this week but I do appreciate your mention of him in "With Love" this morning, Bubba. It's a very minor thing but his brother's name was Wray, not Ray, as most people thought. Their (Harvey's and Wray's) mother was a Wray from the highly regarded Wray family in Burnsville, North Carolina. Billy, the other brother, and I were the same age and were classmates at PC. Those of us with Mayesville connections will never forget the annual fish stews Tiller Brothers Chevrolet used to put on. It seems they were held late in the Fall after the cotton was ginned and it was time to kick back and relax a little before the cycle started over again. Robert Bass was the head mechanic at Tiller Brothers and he would clean up the garage area so spotlessly you could almost have eaten off the floor in there!Long tables were set up on saw-horses in the shop area and all the men of the community were invited to the supper. It was a public relations gesture on behalf of the dealership, of course, but we never looked at it quite that cynically. Drayton Cooper---

Last week we had a request for any memories anyone had of a Mrs. Whitmore that lived on Harby Ave here are a couple of replies edited of course---Fran Siddall wrote:

Dear Bubba--regarding Mrs. Whitmore, my grandparents lived at 12 Harby

Avenue. Directly across the street lived a family named Neighbors. Mrs. Whitmore lived next to them, towards Hampton Avenue. A Blanding family lived just beyond Mrs. Whitmore. Mrs. Whitmore had at least 35 cats. But they were not a problem with the neighbors because the cats stayed in the house. When she died it was quite a job cleaning up the place. Incidentally, the Neighbors family had a large "Mother Goose" goose for many years. The bird came out with them on the porch or front yard of a

summer evening Never heard of it harming anyone. An interesting time of life. (Bubba note this was Ray and Sarah Blanding---he was clerk of court as long as OV Sarah is still living in Raleigh NC tried to contact daughter Emily..but do not know how help anyone???)--And---Bubba, I knew Miss Whitemore as she ate at my Mother's boarding house and she would take her leftovers home to feed her cats. She was very interested in antiques, she had a sign on her house on Harby Ave. and because she knew I played the piano she gave me old sheet music that had notes that looked like triangles. She wanted my brother Alfred Murrell to drive her around town, being a teenager he refused. She was an unusual person. Thank you, Bubba for keeping us up on the happenings in our town. Bless you, Ann Shaw (While talking about boarding houses---anyone remember Smiths on Bartlette---how about Mrs. Spencer on Calhoun ???)

I am answering your question sitting on a tour bus in St Petersburg, Russia..isn't technology amazing. The Logan's will be out on Broad St by the IHOP.Note to recipient:

This message was sent from my Treo cell phone which has a tiny keyboard...please excuse any typos. Ray Reich.--- Jim Jones got Love from 208 while in Nova Scotia

Tony Stokes will retire from Sumter County June 30.excellent resource for us thanks

******My new address on Nevis island is catsinnevis@hotmail.com Please not only

add me to your weekly letter, but also pass it on to all my Sumter friends. We are building a home, in which (eventually-no telling when) we will have guest quarters and look forward to having Sumter friends come! Carole Lita Harvin Cantrell (aka Carolita)

American Legion in a partnership with the city is planning some improvements to the walkways at the entrance to Riley Park it will be paved in brick they are getting commemorative bricks made---these will have the players name, position, and the years he played American Legion (P-15 baseball)it is getting wonderful response people sending money from all over the country I have a list of the players and maybe I can get it reproduced to send they are charging $20.00 each if you like send me e-mail with name of player (like Corky Lynn, Pitcher, 1944-1945)I have the honor of submitting this one as he was classmate of mine)some are just sending money and the committee will see that all are honored if funds stretch that far Try this website www.P-15.com Coach Jim Hoshour is the webmaster and does a great job. Thanks, Regina

Gene Moses and I will go to game tonight he drives and I furnish tickets we split a drink ---When P-15s played the other night Cory Prescott hit three homers in the same game just like Richard Jones did never seen that before Prescott played for Lakewood High he is 6-8hope he likes marching and will consider The Citadel---they are looking for good hitters that like marching

Paul Jennings (accompanied by Marjory Curtis Ward) did a program this week at 1st Pres. It was excellent he played the trumpet and was entertaining with what he had to say it was short if you need a program you can reach him at his quarters on Perot Street.

Roly Poly restaurant has closed and is being remodeled into a place that has school in the title---but could not tell what is was when I passed to busy looking out for all that traffic Wilson Hall School additions etc.. are well under way and shaping up someone says they will have a brick fence lots of building still going on please let us hear from you if you or your Dad or granddad played for the American Legion hope you all will tell Dick Harvin Children about thousand know I will hear from the Foley Brothers. Their Dad was outstanding in athletics and life

Have enjoyed this visit with you all and enjoy what I do.feel like I have been blessed far more than I deserve think it is that God Loves us all all his gifts are by his grace in the name of Love this is all free just give some of yours away more will be on the way

Love from 208

"The Browns"