It was interesting recently to meet up with a visiting group of Corps of Engineers who were here for a meeting. They were touring Old Town & Twickenham and were very interested in several of the older homes on Clinton Ave.
Congratulations to Cliff Hill , who is celebrating his 10th year of practicing law. You're the best, Cliff!
Happy September birthday to Annelie Owens , the best Mom a girl could ever have!
I want to correct authorship of a story that we ran in issue 173. "The Story of Alfred L. Clark" was incorrectly shown as being written by Emma McKenzie . It was in fact written by her aunt Nettie Mefford , who is 78 years old and lives in Indiana. The story was about Nettie's father, of whom she is very proud.
Ginny Langbehn , who works with Hospice Family Care, is sure proud of her parents! John & Elaine Langbehn will celebrate their 35th anniversary. Congratulations, you two!
Lorene Fish has lots of grandkids. Her son, Rick Carlton , lived in Huntsville for years and had many friends here. Lorene turns 90 in a few months and just loves Huntsville, even though she lives in Missouri. She has 4 grandkids, 11 great grandkids and 2 great-great grandkids!
Jesse McClain is that sweet guy we see each month, who works hard for our printer ColorXpress in Madison. He is so proud of granddaughter Velancia Long who is14, and Katrina McClain , 10. All three have October birthdays!
Bill & Vivian Kruse are proud grandparents of a hefty little boy named Nicholas William Phillips. Jason and Anita Phillips are the happy parents!
Kathy Hignite , owner of Tropical Cafe on University Drive, is sure thrilled about her handsome football player son Brett Byford . Brett will be the Starting Center for University of Nebraska this year and it will be shown on TV when they play USC. Brett is there with a full scholarship - Congratulations to you!
A big hello to Elsie Bolt from Collinsville - she has been reading about Huntsville history for many years and just loves it!
We were so sorry to hear of the death of Sarah Purdy , age 91, mom of our mayor Loretta Spencer. She will be sorely missed.
We were happy to meet Danny Alm recently, of Henry & Alm Co. CPA's. Danny was telling us about grandkids Ellie Bass , who just turned 2, and little Cole Hughes , who will soon be 8 months old.
Kathy Heckman is sure excited about another addition to her sweet family. Lee Killian Heckman was born recently to Eric and Jonie Heckman in Garmish, Germany, where Kathy's son Eric currently lives. I hope you get a visit there soon!
The Golden K Kiwanis recently hosted a very interesting speaker at one of their Thursday morning meetings. Bill Russell introduced the speaker Aladin Beshir , who spoke about Muslim beliefs and practices, and who took many questions from the audience.
I am so proud of our police men & women and of our firefighters . I think most of the time we take those folks for granted but they put their lives on the line every day and don't get many thanks for it.
Happy Birthday to Jean McIntosh ! I hope you were really pampered by hubby Ron !
Jane and Louie Tippett recently took an interesting and COOOL trip to Alaska - we can't wait to hear the details! Speaking of Jane, she is owner of the historic Lowry House and is now arranging tours of the home for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, probably in the next couple of months.
Joe Sloan turned 90! He recently celebrated with friends and family at the Grisham Pavilion at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. Happy Birthday, Joe!
Many of you may remember the Platters, and Virgil Gibson , who was the lead singer. Well, Virgil recently stopped in at Lee Ann's off Church street and had a blast there. Now he is talking about maybe joining Rudy Mockabee on some Tuesday nights to jam with him. Now THAT will be some kind of great music!
Speaking of Lee Ann's, we tried some of the new barbeque sauce for shrimp that chef Eddie Osborne created - it is really good!
Happy 2nd birthday to sweetTyler Holman . He is grandson of Liz Ford , and son of mom Laquanda Ford .
Ed Harris lives in San Diego but LOVES Huntsville, as he was raised here. His Aunt Lois Stephens , of Cullman, soon to be 84 years old, recently called us and she said was raised in Lincoln Village and misses all her friends. In fact if they want to get in touch with her she'd love it. I don't want to give out her phone # but if you call me at our office I will be happy to give it to you.
Malcolm Miller really had a rocking birthday party, arranged by sweet wife Lois , out in Monrovia. Hundreds of family and friends got together with BBQ, guitars and lots of jamming to show how much they love him. Malcolm turned 80 and is one of the most interesting guys you'll ever meet.
Steve and Kim Cappaert recently traveled to a lodge in Vickburg, Miss. to help his parents celebrate an important anniversary. Carl & Janet Cappaert have been happily married for 60 years, and they celebrated there with Steve, Kim and his sisters & their husbands for a very memorable event. Some of the family attending were Carolyn & Jim Martin , Chris & Salley Heros, Amy Franco and Jack & Beth Wridley .
We see where Glenn Watson has a large billboard on Parkway & Governors, at the location of his campaign headquarters for his run as County Commissioner . Glenn is sure one busy guy and we see him everywhere. He just had a birthday, so Happy Birthday Glenn!!
Well, have a great September and try your best to stay cool.
~Cathey
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