CONTINUED FROM POST 210....
THE ROAD TO MY GRANDPARENTS CLINE....
We "were going to my Grandparents Cline home on the hill back of
Burketown, I'm about 12 years old, me being the oldest born to my
parents and my siblings (Roland, Nancy the toddler, and Jerry the
family baby) like stepping stones going downward and maybe 3 years
apart."
Father driving, Mother holding baby Jerry in her lap and reading all the
road signs along the way and us kids carrying on in the back seat of the
big car that Father always liked.
The few things that I may remember correctly at the time are the Bridge-
water IGA ? (now a Bridgewater Foods), a service station directly across
and on the east side of the street (now an Exxon station). Was the chicken
processing plant there then? (a Perdue plant now and on the west side of
the street), and a lot of older houses that were there then.
A little further down State Route 42 and the main street of Bridgewater
going south, Father takes the short cut to State Route 257 mostly headed
east and just on the right hand side, maybe a football field's distance is
cobbler shop that I will tell you about tomorrow....
TO BE CONTINUED....
POLITICS
INDEPENDENT
"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off in their first debate since
becoming the presidential nominees.
The candidates entered the debate in a near dead heat as polls showed
Ms Clinton's lead all but disappear. But Ms Clinton may see a boost after
tonight's performance, during which Mr Trump appeared underprepared.
Mr Trump repeatedly resorted to the version of himself present during
the Republican primaries, as he continuously interrupted Ms Clinton and
continued to repeat falsehoods."
Update: just heard on TV that Donald Trump had the most tweets by people
on Twitter (68%) while Hillary had 32%. Some of tweets said that she won.
Update: Hillary, in response to something Donald Trump said, performed
was is now called the "Hillary Shimmer." It maybe has gone viral by now
and I'm sure it's on YouTube. She might have initiated a new dance craze.
I have 27 more presidents to tell about after President John Quincy Adams
below, so I'll need to do maybe 1 a day if I'm to cover them all before election
day.
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS....
John Quincy Adams
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"6th President of the United States
In office - March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
Vice President John C. Calhoun
Preceded by James Monroe
Succeeded by Andrew Jackson
8th United States Secretary of State
In office - September 22, 1817 – March 4, 1825
President James Monroe
Preceded by James Monroe
Succeeded by Henry Clay
United States Senator - from Massachusetts
In office - March 4, 1803 – June 8, 1808
Preceded by Jonathan Mason
Succeeded by James Lloyd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office - March 4, 1843 – February 23, 1848
Preceded by William Calhoun
Succeeded by Horace Mann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office - March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by James Hodges
Succeeded by George Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office - March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by Joseph Richardson
Succeeded by John Reed
United States Minister to the
Court of St. James's
In office - April 28, 1814 – September 22, 1817
Nominated by James Madison
Preceded by Jonathan Russell (Acting)
Succeeded by Richard Rush
United States Minister to Russia
In office - November 5, 1809 – April 28, 1814
Nominated by James Madison
Preceded by William Short
Succeeded by James Bayard
United States Minister to Prussia
In office - December 5, 1797 – May 5, 1801
Nominated by John Adams
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Henry Wheaton
United States Minister to the Netherlands
In office - November 6, 1794 – June 20, 1797
Nominated by George Washington
Preceded by William Short
Succeeded by William Vans Murray
Personal details
Born July 11, 1767, Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay
(now Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.)
Died February 23, 1848 (aged 80), Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
Political party Federalist (1792–1808)
Democratic-Republican (1808–1830)
National Republican (1830–1834)
Anti-Masonic (1834–1838)
Whig (1838–1848)
Spouse(s) Louisa Johnson (m. 1797)
Children 4, including George Washington, John II, Charles Francis
Alma mater - Harvard University
Quotes
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and
become more, you are a leader.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may
cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
WORLD
Belfast Telegraph UK Website Of The Year
Hi 17°C | Lo 13°C | WEATHER Belfast
"Colombia's government and rebel leaders have signed a historic peace
agreement to end 50 years of war that has killed more than 220,000
people. The ceremony in Cartagena was witnessed by an audience
of 2,500 dressed all in white as a symbol of peace."
worldaffairsjournal.org
US Pressures Kim Regime in North Korea
by Gordon G. Chang
7 June 2016
"On Saturday, Pyongyang reacted to the Wednesday designation, by the
US Treasury Department, of North Korea as a “primary money laundering
concern” pursuant to Section 311 of the Patriot Act.
“North Korea is not frightened in the least by the US’s stereotypical
method of labeling us as ‘money launders,’ not being content with
already branding us as ‘nuclear proliferators,’ ‘human rights abusers,’
etc.,” said a spokesperson for the North Korean National Coordination
Committee. Pyongyang, despite the bravado of the statement, is
undoubtedly concerned. The practical effect of the move is that banks
and other financial institutions, both American and foreign, will not
handle dollar transactions for Pyongyang’s entities and fronts. In all
probability, these institutions will also shun dealings in other
currencies for these customers.
And Beijing is also concerned. For the most part, North Korean
banks plug into the international financial system through Chinese
ones. The New York Times recently quoted Andray Abrahamian
of Choson Exchange in Singapore, a nonprofit providing training
for North Korean entrepreneurs, to the effect that big Chinese
banks stopped doing business with North Koreans in 2013.
There is some evidence, however, that the biggest Chinese banks—
Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, and Industrial and Commercial
Bank of China—kept some of those relationships until early this year,
when Beijing apparently ordered them to cut off dealings. Moreover,
Bank of Dandong, a much smaller institution at the China-North Korea
border, severed its relationships with North Koreans at about the
same time.
These and other Chinese banks will lose substantial revenue, in the
billions of dollars according to some estimates. It is no surprise,
then, that China’s Foreign Ministry immediately complained of
Treasury’s designation, which amounts to a unilateral sanction,
but these banks will undoubtedly fall into line with Washington’s
order, at least at first.
Chinese banks made a show of complying in 2005. Then, Treasury
designated Banco Delta Asia, a Macau bank handling North Korean
transactions, a money launderer, essentially freezing $25 million.
Caught off guard, Pyongyang was forced to use diplomats to ferry
cash in suitcases around the world. This time, the regime is thought
to be better prepared to handle such a designation, but Treasury’s
move will nonetheless make money transfers substantially more
difficult.
And North Korea has to be worried about what comes next because
the designation suggests Washington is adopting a harder approach
toward the regime of Kim Jong Un. Up to now, American policy has
been designed “to bring the North to its senses, not to its knees,”
as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel
Russel said nearly last month.
Yet former State Department official Evans Revere, in an interview with
NK News published at the end of May, argued that Washington should
“take North Korea to the edge and have them stare into the abyss of the
possible collapse of their system if they do not return to the negotiating
table.” Moreover, Revere, once a tireless advocate of patience toward
Pyongyang, said the US is already on that course. “I think there is a lot
more coming,” he noted, referring to tougher US actions.
Days later, Treasury proved Revere right.
And there is more the US government can do. The State Department
could have added to sanctions on Pyongyang on Thursday if it had
re-designated North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism a prior
designation was lifted in 2008. State did not do so, however, although
some believe there were grounds for a re-designation.
Perhaps the terrorism-sponsorship designation is the next turn of
the screw. In the meantime, Pyongyang will have to figure out how
to move money around the world without banks. And how to deal
with a Washington that, for the first time in years, looks serious
about shoving it into the abyss."
MOTHER AND/OR FATHER
CONTINUED FROM POST 210....
"I can remember Father singing 'me o my o' and that's all I remember.
I googled 'me o my o' and came up with a song written and sang by Hank
Willams called "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)""
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
The popular song "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" became a hit for Hank
Williams in 1949.
There are several versions of how Williams got his first guitar. His mother
stated that she bought it with money from selling peanuts, but many other
prominent residents of the town claimed to have been the one who
purchased the guitar for him. While living in Georgiana, Williams met
Rufus "Tee-Tot" Payne, a street performer. Payne gave Williams guitar
lessons in exchange for meals prepared by Lillie Williams or money....
Payne's base musical style was blues. He taught Williams chords, chord
progressions, bass turns, and the musical style of accompaniment that
he would use in most of his future songwriting. Later on, Williams
recorded one of the songs that Payne taught him, "My Bucket's Got a
Hole in It".... Williams musical style contained influences from Payne
along with several other country influences, among them "the Singing
Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers, Moon Mullican, and Roy Acuff.... In 1937
Williams got into a fight with his physical education coach about
exercises the coach wanted him to do. His mother subsequently
demanded that the school board terminate the coach; when they
refused, the family moved to Montgomery, Alabama. Payne and
Williams lost touch, though eventually, Payne also moved to
Montgomery, where he died in poverty in 1939. Williams later
credited him as his only teacher....
Early career....
In July 1937, the Williams and McNeil families opened a boarding house
on South Perry Street in downtown Montgomery. It was at this time that
Williams decided to change his name informally from Hiram to Hank,
a name he said was better suited to his desired career in country music.
During the same year he participated in a talent show at the Empire
Theater. He won the first prize of $15, singing his first original song
"WPA Blues". Williams wrote the lyrics and used the tune of Riley
Puckett's "Dissatisfied."[25] He never learned to read music and, for
the rest of his career, based his compositions in storytelling.... After
school and on weekends Williams sang and played his Silvertone
guitar on the sidewalk in front of the WSFA radio studios.... His recent
win at the Empire Theater and the street performances caught the
attention of WSFA producers who occasionally invited him to perform
on air.... So many listeners contacted the radio station asking for more
of "the singing kid" that the producers hired him to host his own
15-minute show twice a week for a weekly salary of US$15 (equivalent
to US$246.90 in 2016)....
In August 1938, Elonzo Williams was temporarily released from the
hospital. He showed up unannounced at the family's home in
Montgomery. Lillie was unwilling to let him reclaim his position at
the head of the household, so he stayed only long enough to celebrate
Williams' birthday in September before he returned to the medical
center in Louisiana....
Williams' successful radio show fueled his entry into a music career.
His salary was enough for him to start his own band, which he dubbed
the Drifting Cowboys. The original members were guitarist Braxton
Schuffert, fiddler Freddie Beach, and comedian Smith "Hezzy" Adair.
James E. (Jimmy) Porter was the youngest, being only 13 when he
started playing steel guitar for Williams. Arthur Whiting was also a
guitarist for The Drifting Cowboys.... The band traveled throughout
central and southern Alabama performing in clubs and at private
parties. James Ellis Garner later played fiddle for him. Lillie Williams
became the Drifting Cowboys' manager. Williams dropped out of
school in October 1939 so that the Drifting Cowboys could work
full-time.... Lillie Williams began booking show dates, negotiating
prices and driving them to some of their shows. Now free to travel
without Williams' schooling taking precedence, the band could tour
as far away as western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. The band
started to play in theaters before the start of the movies and later in
honky-tonks. Williams' alcohol problem started during the tours, on
occasion spending an important part of the show revenues. Meanwhile,
between tour schedules, Williams returned to Montgomery to host his
radio show....
1940s
The American entry into World War II in 1941 marked the beginning of
hard times for Williams. All his band members were drafted to serve in
the military, while he got a 4-F deferment from the military draft after
falling from a bull during a rodeo in Texas. Many of their replacements
refused to continue playing in the band because of Williams' worsening
alcoholism.... He continued to show up for his radio show intoxicated,
so in August 1942 radio station WSFA fired him for "habitual drunkenness.
" During one of his concerts Williams met backstage his idol, Grand Ole
Opry star Roy Acuff,.... who later warned him of the dangers of alcohol,
saying, "You've got a million-dollar talent, son, but a ten-cent brain."....
He worked for the rest of the war in a shipbuilding company in Mobile,
Alabama, as well as singing in bars for soldiers. In 1943 Williams met
Audrey Sheppard on a medicine show in Banks, Alabama. Williams and
Sheppard lived and worked together in Mobile,.... Sheppard later told
Williams that she wanted to move to Montgomery with him and start a
band together and help him regain his radio show. The couple were
married in 1944 in a Texaco Station in Andalusia, Alabama, by a justice
of the peace. The marriage was declared illegal, since Sheppard's divorce
from her previous husband did not comply with the legally required
sixty-day trial reconciliation.....
In 1945, when he was back in Montgomery, Williams started to perform
again for radio station WSFA.
He wrote songs weekly to perform during the shows.... As a result of
the new variety of his repertoire, Williams published his first song book,
Original Songs of Hank Williams.... The book only listed lyrics, since its
main purpose was to attract more audience. It included ten songs: "Mother
Is Gone", "Won't You Please Come Back", "My Darling Baby Girl" (with
Audrey Sheppard), "Grandad's Musket", "I Just Wish I Could Forget",
"Let's Turn Back the Years", "Honkey-Tonkey", "I Loved No One But You",
"A Tramp on the Street", and "You'll Love Me Again"..... Williams
became recognized as a songwriter,.... Sheppard became his manager
and occasionally accompanied him on duets in some of his live concerts.
On September 14, 1946, Williams auditioned for Nashville's Grand Ole
Opry but was rejected. After the failure of his audition, Williams and
Audrey Sheppard tried to interest the recently formed music publishing
firm Acuff-Rose Music. Williams and his wife approached Fred Rose, the
president of the company, during one of his habitual ping-pong games at
WSM radio studios. Audrey Williams asked Rose if her husband could
sing a song for him on that moment,.... Rose agreed, and he liked
Williams' musical style.... Rose signed Williams to a six song contract,
and leveraged this deal to sign Williams with Sterling Records. On
December 11, 1946, in his first recording session, he recorded "Wealth
Won't Save Your Soul", "Calling You", "Never Again (Will I Knock on Your
Door)", and "When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels".... The recordings
"Never Again" and "Honky Tonkin'" became successful, and earned
Williams the attention of MGM Records...."
TO BE CONTINUED....
QUOTE (S) FOR THIS POST
"Weeds are the work of the devil to agravate the gardener."
Forrest Caricofe
Google search: About 653,000 results (0.85 seconds)
No results found for "Weeds are the work of the devil to aggravate the
gardener."
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN WITH FORREST CARICOFE
Ryan and I went to Wooster yesterday where Ryan wanted to go the Dollar
Tree and General Dollar. I wanted to go to Walmart and Lowes and I went
to the latter first.
At Lowes I picked 2 bags of top soil, 1 bag of fertilizer (13-13-13) and 1 fern
and 2 other perennials that were on sale. As I was looking over the grass seed,
one of Lowes' employees came up to me with some advice. He said that he
had worked for Ohio University as a grounds keeper and said that it is too
late to plant regular grass, but a fiscus grass seed would work.
I told him about my difficulties with wire weed, which he had never heard of
before, and he suggested that I use a weed and grass killer to spray on the
wire weed, wait 3 days and then seed the that same area with the fiscus grass
seed. If this works, it will sure be a lot easier than digging up the clumps of
wire weed. It rained yesterday, so I'll have time for working on the wire weeds
as described above.
I picked up Ryan at the Dollar Tree and we then went to Walmart to shop for
some things and then on to Dollar General and the house.
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