Comparing health problems of former Presidents
The Arkansas Living magazine for October lists areas where one might drive to view fall foliage. If you live outside the SW Arkansas Electric Cooperative, this magazine may be ordered by sending $7.00 for a year’s subscription to Arkansas Living, P O Box 510, Little Rock AR 72203. The rainfall and weather determine good colors. The northern portions of the state will receive color earlier, and the southern areas will be later and perhaps not as brilliant. Harrison, Jasper, Boxley Valley (elk habitat), Petit Jean (Morrilton), Wynne, Helena, Crowley’s Ridge Parkway, were mentions. Also Mena, Talimena National Scenic Byway along Rich Mountain, Mount Nebo State Park, as well as Lakes Ouachita, Hamilton, and Catherine.
Last week I noticed some leaves in my condo complex are turning to yellow with some tinges of red. Decades ago I would not see bright colors until driving to vote on election day (Nov 3). Were there not so many people who voted? I don’t remember early voting? Also politicians are remembered as more civil.
An article in the Hot Springs newspaper on October 4, after comparing health problems of former Presidents (Eisenhower, Wilson, Kennedy, Harrison (only one month in the White House)). The first reporter inside the White House was in 1881 when Garfield was shot. As he lay in bed, AP reporter Franklin Trusdell sat outside the sick room, listening to him breathe. “A dog barking in the distance is heard. A fountain splashes on the lawn. Not a step is heard in the mansion. The president sleeps.” President Trump seems to be recovering. In the beginning one reporter stated this virus kills more men than women, and the president is elderly, medically obese, but he will have the best care available. Physician to the President is Dr Sean Conley, Walter Redd National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
More and more couples are coming to Hot Springs to obtain a marriage license: LA, MS, OK, TX, TN, CA, AL.
I was surprised to read that Arkansas is the sixth in the country for the number of coronavirus cases per capita. Too many people refuse to wear a mask.
Governor Asa Hutchinson’s Covid-19 press briefing interpreter is Eddie Schmeckenbecher, American Sign Language. He is so energetic and seems to want all to realize he is doing a great job. Love his last name.
There will be two full moons this month. The one on the 1st was the Harvest Moon, and the one on the 31st is known as the Hunter’s Moon. There was once a program on television about the sky, and two men discussed the moon changes, any eclipse, when to go outside to watch some interesting movement.
Usually I don’t read the Sports section of the newspaper, but Bismarck was in the headlines (claims Class 3A state golf title for third-straight year). Makenna Norris, a senior at Bismarck, was a winner. Her coach is Tony Hardage.
The National Geographic magazine for September was “Meet the Robots: will smart machines make our lives better?” For October it was “Reimagining Dinosaurs: from rainbow feathers to river monsters, prehistoric icons get a modern reboot.”
Gerald Lambert, 88, of Amity, was predeceased by T. Lester and Callie Copeland Lambert, a daughter, Treva and husband Dallas Henthorn, four infant grands, and brother and wife, Jimmy Ross and Rose Lambert. Surviving are wife, Fern, son Terry Lambert (Jawana), grandchildren, sisters. Burial was in the Shiloh Cemetery.
Another burial in the Shiloh Cemetery (between Point Cedar and Amity just off Hwy 84) was that of William Jesse “Bill” May, 77, of Arkadelphia. He was predeceased by parents, his wife Marilyn Patterson May, and a son, Sean Patrick May. Survivors include a son, Joe May (Teresa), daughters, Erin May, and Molly Price (Joseph), a brother, Jack May (Judy), five grandchildren. Services were at Welch Funeral Home with Joe May officiating.
Rebecca Jimerson, 38, Bismarck, passed away. http:// www.carriganmemorial.com.
Myrna Woodward, 84, Hot Springs, was predeceased by parents Harold and Junia Burton Shuffield who lived in Point Cedar, husband, Gail Dean Woodward, siblings: Willene Bailey, Arvis Shuffield. Surviving three daughters: Regina Kidd, Robin Roberts, Becky Cole, brother Kenneth Shuffield, grandchildren. Services were Oct 3 at the Valley Cemetery near Point Cedar, with grandson Colton Sims officiating.
The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. Nicholas Chamfort. Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it, and then move on. Bob Newhart.