NOTES FROM LEGAL PAD
By OLIVENE GODFREY
As I write this, it's a rainy Sunday here in northwest Georgia and the weather is warmer than it's been recently. The temps didn't rise above freezing for about two weeks. Son Barry is hoping the rain has washed away the salt and ice remnants from
the roads. He has driven over to the Home Depot hardware store to browse around and I guess he will bring me a report on the roads. A week ago, the roofer's workers began repairing the roof of our house which was damaged by a recent wind storm.
I was also suffering from some sort of virus while trying to cope with my home insurance claim. I don't think I would have been able to keep going if it hadn't been for the assistance of my friend and neighbor, Genevelyn. Thanks to her, everything has been taken care of and Barry and I can relax, knowing our house roof is in good condition now.
One recent day, I was dusting in my office and I picked up a book which was on my desk and a packet of yellowed newspaper clippings fell into my hands. I removed the large paper clip and starting looking at the articles and columns and then I spied a column written July 20, 1969 by the late well known and beloved Celestine Sibley. And I recalled the cold winter day when I met and had a chat with the wonderful woman.
Our Georgia State Senator, Bill Fincher, invited Barry to be a page in the Senate when the Georgia General Assembly was in session that year. On that day, while Barry, who was about eight years old, served as a page along with a friend from our town, Senator Fincher introduced me to Celestine Sibley who was covering the General Assembly along with other news people. At that time I was working as a correspondent for the Atlanta papers and The Associated Press. Besides the news articles I had published feature articles in the papers with my byline.
Ms. Sibley had read my articles to my delight and she said she enjoyed them. She chatted with me for about 20 minutes. When the sessions ended Barry and I and his friend and parents along with Senator Fincher had our picture made with then Gov. Jimmy Carter, who later became President Carter of the U.S. I have the picture hanging on the wall in my office and it brings comments from visitors to my office.
I received an interesting e-mail from English friend, Annie, this week. She is living in England after spending over 20 years in South Florida. Annie is a talented artist (she writes and paints) and is skilled in a wide variety of things. She has traveled all over the world and her letters read like English novels which I love to read. She had called me shortly before Christmas while she was visiting friends in South Florida, including my niece, Connie, who is bravely fighting cancer and all of her Georgia relatives,including me, are praying for her.
See you next time.
By OLIVENE GODFREY
As I write this, it's a rainy Sunday here in northwest Georgia and the weather is warmer than it's been recently. The temps didn't rise above freezing for about two weeks. Son Barry is hoping the rain has washed away the salt and ice remnants from
the roads. He has driven over to the Home Depot hardware store to browse around and I guess he will bring me a report on the roads. A week ago, the roofer's workers began repairing the roof of our house which was damaged by a recent wind storm.
I was also suffering from some sort of virus while trying to cope with my home insurance claim. I don't think I would have been able to keep going if it hadn't been for the assistance of my friend and neighbor, Genevelyn. Thanks to her, everything has been taken care of and Barry and I can relax, knowing our house roof is in good condition now.
One recent day, I was dusting in my office and I picked up a book which was on my desk and a packet of yellowed newspaper clippings fell into my hands. I removed the large paper clip and starting looking at the articles and columns and then I spied a column written July 20, 1969 by the late well known and beloved Celestine Sibley. And I recalled the cold winter day when I met and had a chat with the wonderful woman.
Our Georgia State Senator, Bill Fincher, invited Barry to be a page in the Senate when the Georgia General Assembly was in session that year. On that day, while Barry, who was about eight years old, served as a page along with a friend from our town, Senator Fincher introduced me to Celestine Sibley who was covering the General Assembly along with other news people. At that time I was working as a correspondent for the Atlanta papers and The Associated Press. Besides the news articles I had published feature articles in the papers with my byline.
Ms. Sibley had read my articles to my delight and she said she enjoyed them. She chatted with me for about 20 minutes. When the sessions ended Barry and I and his friend and parents along with Senator Fincher had our picture made with then Gov. Jimmy Carter, who later became President Carter of the U.S. I have the picture hanging on the wall in my office and it brings comments from visitors to my office.
I received an interesting e-mail from English friend, Annie, this week. She is living in England after spending over 20 years in South Florida. Annie is a talented artist (she writes and paints) and is skilled in a wide variety of things. She has traveled all over the world and her letters read like English novels which I love to read. She had called me shortly before Christmas while she was visiting friends in South Florida, including my niece, Connie, who is bravely fighting cancer and all of her Georgia relatives,including me, are praying for her.
See you next time.
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