PERRYS and PARRISHES

 

Across the Fence

By Arvord Abernethy

 

(About 1980)

 

 

No sooner do we say "hello" to the Bryan Parishes than we hae to say "goodbye" to the Willie Perrys.  Willie and Janice moved last week to the new home on their ranch 10 miles southeast of Lampasas on Highway 183.

 

Sometime back they bought the 2900-acre ranch of Janice's grandfather, and they have been building a home, dairy barn, and other improvements on it.  A modern dairy barn was completed first, and Willie was able to begin his dairy operation there the first of July.  Willie has been in the dairy business for 21 years, so he has it in his bones just like Bryan said he had.

 

The large ranch home is practically finished, so they are moving in.  It is built of native stone right off the ranch with Truett Townsend doing the work.  

 

There are around 75 acres of cultivated land on the place that will be used mostly for small grains and sudan.  North Rocky Creek runs through the place and some of it may e cleared some day, but Willie feels that he has enough tractor riding to do him for a while.  Since the dairy will not be using much of the pasture, he will be moving his beef cattle there a little later.

 

Hamilton County is losing some of its respected people in the Perrys' moving.  Several years ago Willie was chosen the Star Farmer of Texas by the Young Farmers.  Later he was recognized by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce  and the Jaycees for his work in agriculture.  I remember times when we would be driving visitors around over the country.  We would always try to come by Willie's crop as it would be one of the best in the country.  Janice served as County Home Demonstration Agent for three years.

 

Not only did Willie take an active part in Young Farmers and other civic activities, he served for several years as the Sunday School Director of the Blue Ridge Baptist Church.  The Perrys have already found a church home at the First Baptist Church of Lampasas, and they say that they are enjoying worshipping there very much.

 

The Perrys have sold their home on Barkley Drive to Mrs. Charles (Dot) Taylor, and she plans to move there real soon.  Her new home backs right up to the home of her sister-in-law, Kitty McMullon on S. Williams.  Kitty is the youngest sister of Charles.  Dot and Kitty have already put a gate in the fence between them so they can visit each other.

 

Dot has sold her home on E. third (who knows where First and Second street are?) to the John Calaways.  John is a Highway Patrolman and his wife Jeanne works at the drive-in window of the Hamilton National Bank.  They moved here from Dublin about a year ago.  John grew up at Alice and Jeanne is from Lockhart. The Calaways have a 14-month-old daughter

 

 

 

The Garlon Leonard home, about a mile out on Farm Road 2905, suffered severe damage by fire a few days ago. Hope returned home to find the fire, but was unable to get to the phone. She then drove to the dairy, but was unable to use that phone, so she had to drive to a neighbor’s house to turn in the alarm. This gave the fire more start.

 

The Leonards say that our fire boys are tops in doing their work. This is the second time that they have had to call on them, so they have the highest praise for the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department.

 

Art Linkletter used to say “Kids can say the darndest things.” If you can’t talk to Art, see Mrs. Saundra Lengefeld. Saundra teaches Physical Education in school and in starting off one of her classes of young children she was telling them how exercise developed the different parts of the body, such as muscles, etc. Then she asked if anyone could tell her what a joint is and a little boy back in the group held up his hand. Saundra said, “You tell us what a joint is,--(name withheld).” “My daddy and mother go to a joint every Saturday night.”

 

I hope that not many of you kiddoes get a spanking.

Randall Hill was telling about a happening here in our hospital lobby.  A five or six year old boy was sitting in there when two ladies nearby started talking about Dr. Spitzser coming to Hamilton and one of them remarked. "He is a baby doctor."  The little boy spoke up, "Well I don't want any baby doctoring me."

Shared by Roy Ables

ACROSS THE FENCE