July 28, 2004 from Jane Montgomery

Emmett, thanks for your comments on our history of things past. Martha said we couldn't report anything after 1947, the year she was born. She said she is just interested in things before 1947. Since all this was your idea, I guess we will have to honor your request. Emmett, Malcolm must be confused about the date they got electricity, and he must have been thinking of when the new Highway 61 was opened between Port Gibson and Vicksburg. (He says your memory is better than his.) We loved your comments, and Malcolm doesn't remember where he heard about Pearl Harbor, but I do. Every Sunday afternoon Daddy used to let Martha and me have the car to go to town and ride around. Of course, we had to go "up the hill" to Chamberlain Hunt Academy, a boy's military school. One of the boys, John Nicholson, came running out and told us. We didn't know where Pearl Harbor was either, but we came back home immediately and told Mother and Daddy. We didn't even have a battery operated radio, so they went down to a neighbor's house to get all the news. That was a sad day for everyone.

Question: What was my Shetland Pony named?

Answer: Pretty Girl, and she was as mean as a snake. She liked me, but didn't like Martha, and one day when Martha turned around to walk off she bit her in the middle of her back. When she "backed" her ears, you better watch out.

jm