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Remembering Ed Waggener: JIM always associates with laughter I'll forever associate Ed and laughter, and likely nothing I ever sent CM elicited more laughter from him than a 1947 classified ad that began... "NOTICE: Absolutely no more baptizing in my cow pasture...." - JIM Linda, I can't begin to imagine. There's little Libby & I can offer you except hugs from afar and love from our hearts, but those come in great abundance. The last time I saw Ed was October 2017 when I breezed into Columbia for a few hours on Saturday of Downtown Days. We had breakfast at Moore's, talking non-stop -- imagine that! -- and then made a lap or two around the square, stopping to talk to any number of folks, including Joey White and Shannon Sexton. Ed obviously was in his element, enjoying the crowd, enjoying the sights and sounds, and taking in everything with his reporter's eyes and ears and heart. He and I also talked about some of the buildings and long-ago occupants near the Well Walk, this in relation to a writing project that's stalled. I'll forever associate Ed and laughter, and likely nothing I ever sent CM elicited more laughter from him than a 1947 classified ad the Adair County News reprinted from the Casey County paper: "NOTICE: Absolutely no more baptizing in my cow pasture. Three times now the gate has been left open. The last time I had to chase my heifers all the way to the top of the ridge, and before I brought them home it was dark, my supper got cold and the Old Woman was fit to be tied. I sure like to see folks baptized, but I ain't going to chase them heifers any more this year. s/ Jake Smith, RFD, Liberty."And too, I always looked forward to his prefaces, postscripts, and personal notes for ar-tickles I sent. A particular favorite is this letter, inspired by a two-sentence mention of how Christmas has "passed off" in Knifley in 1910: "If the Knifley Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade does't adopt the line, 'Knifley, KY: No drinking or shooting to any amount' as a motto, they are missing a golden opportunity. "Population would swell by thousands: Good, hardy souls. Survivalists. Sons of Anarchists. Motorcyclists like the one Wayne Napstead saw on crossing the Arizona line and "feeling" a motorcyclist behind him with a holster with a high powered rifle reaching near the highway. Didn't know what to think. He was from San Francisco, he said, and didn't think the guy was carrying the arsenal just to shoot his next meal. "Knifley is getting too tame. But it's economy is doing well. From August to October a lot of $10-20,000 cash transactions are said to be made. And the community is one of the biggest buyers of 4 wheelers and 50 gallon water tanks to be carried in the summer time to fight droughts which threaten their Salad Plant industry, so valuable they have to post Posted Signs and Trespassers will be Shot signs along roadways to keep poachers out and keep a canopy over the plants to thwart helicopters. "Or so I'm told." - JIM This story was posted on 2018-09-29 07:25:06
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