"Our Town This Week..." The stars fell, not on Alabama, but on Our Town, this past weekend when "the kind hearts and friendly people" came from far places to greet, love, visit, and in general sweat it out in the great crowds that gathered both on Saturday evening and Sunday all day. The humid weather was the only thing amiss, and no one seemed to mind it too much. But, for the record, there is talk to be put into operation (next time) to get a shade over more space and over the food tables. Compliments were in excess for the management of the entire affair, so with more shade and seats on the outside, it will be complete. Five years is plenty of time to get things done. It is noteworthy that so many of the coming middle-aged group and the yet younger ones attended the meetings. They will be the ones who glory in the get-togethers in a very few years. Reams have been written telling about what was to be and it would take reams and reams to tell all the story--if it could be assembled--but no one can do that. I believe the largest class group that was together--at least the one handed to me--was the class of 1949. There were fourteen present out of a class of twenty-three. Present were Artie Clinton, Captain Harry Wilkerson, Jimmie Jean Passons Nichols, Mary Harris Morriss, Jimmy McMichael, Rex Hudson, Edwin West, Jimmy Don Mulkey, Bobbie Hunter Rysinger, Peggy Lewis Norwood, James David Lacy, Jackie McGahee Stranlin, Clifford Clark, and Rachel Glasscock Clark. Well, I don't know, haven't time to figure percentage, but Marjean Henslee's class of 1941 had sixteen present out of forty-seven. Reba Bland and eight members of the first grade picture she was displaying, were present from the '41 class. Lena Harrison Rowell was present from the class of 1920. Good for Lena. The class of '27 with five present were Mary Braly Doyle, Eula Jones Lewis, Truett Wilburn, Carl W. Ross, and Charles Luna. Solon Milton turned in a list of thirty-two people who were in the 1930 to 1940 room gathering. Carl Lacy listed twenty-nine names in the classes of the twenties with the class of '30 represented by Marie Patterson Connatser, Ruby Jones White, Cleatis Green Hudson, Mozell McGee Jacobs, Mildred Felty Evans, and Ruby Blankenship Warren. Others in all groups were present the next day. Albert's class, 1936, a rival in Celeste Homecoming attendance, may have been beaten as only seven were named for the class meeting. The homecoming postmortems were again thrashed over, retold, and related last night, Monday, over a sixty-three pound watermelon that was the gift of a friend of Norris Lewis of Brownfield, and now our friend for this is the second homecoming that he has contributed a giant melon. The eating of the most delicious melon was in our yard, and the hard working committee members were invited to enjoy it--and enjoy it they did. Sid, you can pick fine ones and you have five years to plan for another--please! Mr. Frankie Szydloski (Sid), a farmer and a businessman in Brownfield, and Mr. Bill Timmons, a farmer, also sent along a fine one. We will have it later when our California family gets here. The O. L. Nichols, Jr.'s, deep freeze cooled the huge chuck of melon in a few hours. Again, about the homecoming, among the many there, relatives were missed. Too bad to have not seen the Marvins, Ray and his mother, Lillian, the West Texas cousins, and we had expected to get a visit. Just a lot of people to get all around. (By Mrs. Lois Lacy Lewis, September 10, 1965, The Celeste Courier)