Newsletter: July, 2007


PRAISE THE LORD FOR HOT SUMMER DAYS
IN NORTH GEORGIA!

 

It was a hot June, and July has started the same way!  For some reason, all this early summer heat has made me nostalgic for lazy, hot summer days when I was a kid here in North Georgia.  Bright sunshine, the warmth on my back, the heavy humidity relieved by an occasional breeze, all seem to take me back to a simpler time when Mother and Dad had all the problems and I had all the fun.
Many fond memories include:
·        Walking home on the last day of school before summer vacation, playing pick-up games with baseballs wrapped in tape, playing outside with the neighborhood kids until nightfall, catching lightning bugs and putting
·        them in a jar, catching June Bugs and tying a string around their leg to watch them fly, and fighting wasps with a piece of board.
·        Riding a bicycle to the pool for swimming lessons, to the library to check out books for the “Summer Reading Program”, to deliver newspapers on my paper route, and to my piano teacher for lessons.
·        Swinging as high as possible in the old tree swing while singing “We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea” at the top of my lungs.
·        Little League practice and wearing that wool uniform on game days.
·        Going barefoot and the feel of the hot, black earth between my toes while walking in the garden.  Also, wearing black tennis shoes with the round white patch that said “U S Keds”.
·        Open windows and doors with a piece of cotton stuffed in the hole in the screen door.  The noise of an electric fan.  Running through the backyard water hose.  Hanging an arm out the car window at 55 mph.  The sound of the people singing at the Holiness Church about ¼ mile away.
·        Fried chicken every Sunday (It had been running around the chicken pen a few hours earlier).  Fried hamburgers and canned chili every Friday night after Mother came home from the grocery store.  Plums and blackberries picked and eaten on the spot.  Cutting watermelons on the back steps.  Homemade ice cream.  Mother’s “pineapple upside down” cake.  Banana sandwiches and tomato sandwiches made early in the morning and eaten for lunch.  Six ounce bottled Cokes for five cents,
·        hotdogs for twenty cents, and hamburgers for a quarter.
·        Dusty red dirt roads.  The sound of trains on the switch track, the crunch of tires on gravel roads, the sound of the wind in the trees before a thunderstorm, and the symphony concert put on by the “July Flies”, cicadas and other insects all day long, but especially as night approached.
·        All day singings and dinner on the ground, Vacation Bible School, gazing out the open windows during church, while funeral fans are waving all over the auditorium. 
These and many more memories come to my mind on hot summer days.  Were we poor?  Maybe, but, naw, I don’t think so!  We had lots of love, and many things our Heavenly Father gave us that were free!

Praise The Lord for Hot Summer Days in North Georgia!


 What’s New with
WDCY, WDPC, & WNEA


Sign On Time: 6:45 a.m.
Sign Off Time: 8:45 p.m.
Increased Coverage Area for WDPC 1500 AM Dallas—The work is now complete at our Dallas tower site to give us considerably more early morning and late afternoon power.  This stronger signal will make reception much better in many areas of Paulding, Carroll, Douglas, Cobb, Bartow, and Polk Counties.  This was an expensive project, and we thank all of you who have given to make it possible for us to continue reaching more people for Christ.
New Sponsor—We would like to welcome DJ&M Enterprises back as a sponsor.  Listen for Bro. Doyce Powell’s spots at the top of each
hour as we give our weather forecasts. 
Some of The Longest Hours of Operation At Any Time During The Year—During July, we sign on at 6:30 A. M. and sign off at 8:45 P. M.
The work is now complete at our Dallas tower site to give us considerably more early morning and late afternoon power.  This stronger signal will make reception much better in many areas of Paulding, Carroll, Douglas, Cobb, Bartow, and Polk Counties.  This was an expensive project, and we thank all of you who have given to make it possible for us to continue reaching more people for Christ.

4th of July Parade—By the time you receive this Newsletter, the annual parade in downtown Douglasville will be passed.  However, as of the time of this writing, we are looking forward to having most of our staff walk the parade route.  This will be our 2nd year in the parade.  We had great fun last year playing patriotic music, giving out candy and tracts, smiling and waving to people along the parade route as we sweated alongside our float.

What’s New with the
Christian Supply Outlet

 

The International Christian Booksellers Association Meeting—On July 8, our staff will be attending the CBA meeting at the World Congress Center in Atlanta.  I found last year’s meeting in Denver to be a great opportunity to meet new suppliers, get product ideas, and learn better ways to help our customers.  Having the show in Atlanta this year will give us an opportunity to take Judy Barnard, Shiela McLean, and Linda Callaway to the show to meet the hundreds of vendors and see their wares.
Back-To-School Items for Students and Teachers—I can’t believe I am writing about Back-To-School stuff already!  We can provide Christian school teachers with many of their needs for supplies, posters, and room decorations.  We also have culotte patterns for girls and ladies, and Homeschool materials.
Doctrinal Pamphlets—We have approximately 100 Sword of the Lord pamphlets dealing with doctrines and practical questions of everyday Christian life.  These little pamphlets all sell for $.45-.54 each.
Vacation Bible School—As the VBS season winds down, we are very thankful to have been able to help 15 churches with their KJV based programs.  Please keep us in mind when you begin planning for next year.

 

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