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Let’s honor all veterans on Nov. 11.
"A Glass of Milk"
This is a true story – author unknown
One day, a poor boy, who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you? “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.”
He said... “Then I thank you from my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was stronger also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.
He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case. After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words. “Paid in full with one glass of milk.” — signed — Dr. Howard Kelly. Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: “Thank you, God, that Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.” There’s a saying which goes something like this: “Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place.”
And, after all, isn’t that what life is all about? Dr. Howard Kelly was a distinguished physician who, in 1895, founded the Johns Hopkins Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins University. According to Dr. Kelly’s biographer, Audrey Davis, the doctor was on a walking trip through Northern Pennsylvania one spring day when we stopped by a farm house for a drink of water.
A little girl answered his knock at the door and instead of water, brought him a glass of fresh milk. He visited with her briefly, then went his way. Sometime after that, the little girl came to him as a patient and needed surgery. After the surgery, the bill was brought to her room and on it were the words, “Paid in full with one glass of milk. Good friends are like angels...you don’t have to see them to know they are there.”
Services were great at Grace United on Sunday with Bro Jamie Leach absence. He preached at Center Ridge Baptist for their homecoming, and Bro Glenn Jackson did the preaching at Grace United.
My deepest sympathy is extended to the family of Ole Jean Parker, 87, of Lawrence. She will be remembered as cashier at Piggly Wiggly, where she retired in 2005. Services were held on Monday with burial at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Prayer requests go out for Ola Jean Parker’s family, (Cheryl Stacy’s family, mother of Paula Norman,) Stephanie Wright, Dannie Walker, (Patricia Harris Duncan family, former classmate of mine from Varnado High School Class of 1961), John Stogner from Bogalusa, La., Norman Snowden, Carol Ann Alexander, William Redd, Jack Graham, Marie Eason, Bonnie Walker, Bill Matlock, John Patterson, Doyle Gibbs, Doyle McMullan, Cili Norman, Micheal Roland, Aaron Stokes, Stephanie Roland, Betty Kennedy, Janie McMullan and Stacy Stevens.
Shut-ins are Christine Herd, Johnnie McMullian, Mary Stamper and Abertine Walker.
A fundraiser for cancer patient Ann Todd will be held on Nov. 11. Spaghetti plates will be sold at $7 a plate. You may pick them up between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sand Springs Baptist Church on Hwy. 15 North of Interstate 20. If you want to pre-order, call Brenda Todd at 601-604-9895.
Birthday wishes for the week for Nov. 8 go out Amelia Jo Hurst in memory, Mary Jane Evans and Lara Miller; for Nov. 9 to Grace Walker; for Nov. 11 to Roberta Thorne in memory, Emily Craven and Curly Burks; for Nov. 12 Mike McNeil; Nov.13 to Carol Smith and Eleanor Craven in memory; and for Nov. 14 to Olive Meaders in memory, Mack Fanning, Dyesha Bell, Robbie Wyatt and Wanda Dean.
Recipe of the week: Divinty Candy Recipe
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup light corn syrup, 1/2 cup water, 2 egg whites, 1-2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, or almond extract,1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions: In a large saucepan over medium high heat, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and the water. Cook and stir constantly until boiling. Clip the candy thermometer to the pan and without stirring over medium heat, bring the temperature up to 260 degrees (hard ball stage).
This will take approximately ten minutes. When the candy is nearly to the hard ball stage, begin the next step. In a large mixing bowl, attached to an electric freestanding mixer, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Gradually, in a slow steady stream, pour in the hot mixture, beating on high the entire time. This should take about 3 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add in your vanilla extract (or almond). Continue to beat on high speed for approximately 6-10 minutes, until the candy starts to lose its glossy finish.
When the beaters are lifted, the mixture should mound on itself, and not flatten. You can test it by dropping a spoonful onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
If it stays mounded, the mixture has been beaten sufficiently. If it begins to flatten, continue beating and check again after a minute or so. Once it’s properly beaten, fold in chopped pecans and spoon (I use a heaping tablespoon) onto your parchment paper lined baking sheets. Allow about an hour or two to set. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature. Enjoy!
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