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By Joyce Wray
Adapted
from "Tater Town
Talk" September 9th & September
16th, 2008
The celebration is over until next Labor Day weekend. It was a very
pleasant week and we had great attendance.
On Monday, the reception for J.C. Cary, the 07-08 football team, and
Jimmy Vaughn was at the Methodist Church. Around one hundred friends
came out to greet and honor the honorees.
There was a large crowd for the gospel singing on Tuesday night at
the Methodist Church. Everyone enjoyed it so much that they lingered
for more music and a great time even after the 8:30 p.m. ending.
The Thursday night adult Bingo brought out the largest crowd to ever
attend and they even ran out of Bingo cards. Very nice donated gifts
were presented to the lucky ones in the massive crowd! During the
intermission ten delicious cakes were auctioned off to benefit the
community fund, adding $600 to the much-needed fund.
In the Barbecue Cook-off on Friday night more people were served
than ever before and they ate until they were full. The teams
cooking for the event were Unimen, Spinks, Doyle Sims, Bank of
Gleason, Trevathan Bros. and Chris Chadwick. Each of the six teams
won prizes for various things.
 The
community church service on Sunday morning was at First Baptist
Church and their pastor, Bro. Keith Sumner was the speaker. There
was a packed house with Bro. Mike Jeffers and the First United
Methodist Church, Bro. Jim Pennell and the Presbyterian Church and
Bro. Bob Copeland and Beech Springs Baptist Church, all present.
After a powerful message in song and sermon the 35th Annual Tater
Town Special closed to come back around in 2009.
Howard and Shirley Ross attended her 1953, 55th Class Reunion of
Martin High School on August 30 at the Hampton Inn in Martin.
Forty-seven graduates and guests attended the meeting at 4:00 p.m.
for pictures and reminiscing. Dr. Hobart Beale was the guest speaker
and showed a
slide show on Martin High School since its origin. “Another Thyme”
of Union City catered the event. Some of the classmates continued
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The class of 1950 enjoyed dinner and fellowship in the home of Joyce
and Kenneth Campbell on the Greenfield Highway on Saturday night.
The Gleason High School class of 1953 met
for a reunion dinner in the home of Jimmy Bradberry in Dresden. Some
of the members there were Peggy Fanning, Rubye Snider, Raymond Wade,
Ray and
Martha Lemonds,
Sue Dean Williams, Ann Mc Cain, “Bird
Dog” Reed, Jack Dunning, Cody Adams, Betty Esch, Bobbye Robison,
Sue Maddox, Rushlene Dunlap and Jimmy Bradberry. Some of their
spouses and friends also enjoyed the fellowship.
The G.H.S. Class of 1958 had their 50th Class Reunion on Friday
night at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall with Tammy Collins
catering. Persons that were with them from 7th grade up but not
graduating were invited. Seventy former students and guests
attended. They had a great time of memories and laughs during the
evening.
Some other Gleasonites coming home for the festivities and seen
around were Jimmy Killion, his wife, daughter and granddaughter from
Memphis; Clareda and Joe Mansfield from Tullahoma.
Also visiting was Jim Johnson of Gainesville, Florida who has the
wonderful Web site all about Gleason - Tater Town on the Internet.
You can check it out by going to GleasonOnline.com! There’s both old
and new pictures and news there.
 There
were 10 of 24 graduating seniors attending the 1963 45th reunion
held at Lepanto Steakhouse in McKenzie on Saturday for lunch. The
ten graduates were Wanda Hodges Pritchett, Pat Dewberry, Patricia
Reed Segraves, Leroy Segraves, Bobby Lou Williams Chandler, Sandra
Taylor McMackin, Janis Hodges Featherstone, Delois Boane Shaw, Joyce
Brinkley Barksdale and Kaye Billington Owens.
Some of the class of 1964 met at Hig’s Restaurant at McKenzie. A
group of the girls also had a good night of fellowship in the home
of Sandra Tilley Bradberry. They were Judy Mansfield, Wanda Maddox,
Karen Dellinger, Martha Sublett, Suzette Edmonston, Carol Sue
Dellinger, Pam Finch, and Rosemary Capers. Other friends dropped by
for a visit during the evening.
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