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The Waldo Phoenix LLL FREE - TAKE ONE! Published by Waldo Historical Society, Inc. Volume Three - Issue 12, February, 2013 www.WaldoHistoricalSociety.YolaSite.com Cultural Affair - 2013 Waldo’s Kids Bug In A Jar Mary Ann Rich Thelma Bay by Eldon Darrah he City of Waldo has given want to say a special s a child, I distinctly recall the W3C's permission to Thank You to all those being substantially Tuse the Waldo Community Iwho worked so hard to Abewildered by adults who Center the make our Safety Patrol Spaghetti would marvel at something I had entire week of Dinner a done. Sometimes they’d call me February success: dirty names like genius, or prodigy. 18-22, 2013 S h a r on I wanted to kick’m in the shins ‘til I looked the words up in the and all day Eudailey, who dictionary. (took me a while to find Saturday, the cooked for 2 Lawrence Stephens, rd that word prodigy. I figured it had Tuskegee Airman 23 . days, Brenda to have a “T” and at least a couple Mr. Coleman, who “E’s” in it).Those three cylinder Powell, Principal of the Waldo helped cook and words were always so perplexing Community School, will bring the serve, and Kim Worley, who for me. 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students decorated the Family Life Building WOW! Me…?? ... A gifted to the Center on the 19th, 20th, so beautifully. child? Apparently they weren’t &21st from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm. Our 5th grade teacher, Mr. peering over my shoulder as I The speakers are as follows: Schumacher, has worked hard to struggled not to scrub holes in my • 2/18---Displays out make sure the Safety Patrol kids drawings, as I would erase line 11am-4pm participate in fund raising after offensive line, hoping the • 2/19---Mr. Wayne activities. We had 9 Safety Patrols next scratch of my cantankerous Sparkman will talk about who served our food and drinks pencil would satisfy my worst critic. The Florida Black Heritage and they are: Brian Davis, Isaiah And I never failed to keep a keen Trail. Fletcher, Cody Braund, David Ray, eye on everything I did. Maybe, • 2/20---Mr. Stephen Brianna Bedford, Chloe Keenan, just maybe, this ‘next’ one would Lawrence, one of the James Jackson and Samantha make it beyond my pile of Tuskegee Airmen, will give Caldwell. Thanks to each of you! wretched attempts of the same thing. a presentation. We are in another Box Top Genius? Really now. • 2/21---Mrs. Vivian Filer, will contest at Wouldn’t a genius be able to just be telling stories. school. Last scribe that line perfectly on the first • 2/22--Displays out 11 year we raised try? Believe me, if you attempt am--4 pm nearly $1,500 something over, and over, and • 2/23--10 am - 4 pm There for Waldo over again--- guess what. You’re will be speakers on how Community going to find yourself getting better cane syrup, moonshine and School by working together. Those and better at it. turpentine are made. little pink box top coupons are on NOTE: The above Displays will be on the dozens of products, so if you come paragraph is mostly a lie. I really Military, Black Churches, across any, please save them for am very adept at many things. I Old Black School, and much the school. They really add up. just don’t like patting myself on the more. And last, but never least, back---much. For information about any Thank You to all of you who Now, getting back to of the above, please call came out to the dinner to support reality… I believe it is down-right 352-226-9610 the Safety Patrol kids. cruel to pin such a horrible label on a young person. And in my case I nothing but the truth for everyone where she first blew the whistle on felt obligated to try to learn else. a major technology initiative which “everything,” which is, of course, Now back to some more would control curriculum in impossible. At least for most confusing reality. America's classrooms. Google people. (wink) Well, the way I see it, ‘WE her name.“ Charlotte Iserbyt “ It is ARE ALL “genius.” In my now 60+ fascinating. years of insatiable tenaciousness Oh yea, about that I’ve discovered that we all possess newspaper clipping. A bug in a jar! ‘natural gifts’. But sadly, through Yep, that’s what I felt like most of social engineering, we’re that day about 48 years ago. I inspected, sorted, labeled, never had a clue about what was stamped, and stuffed into a planned for me. Even at a young societal box, and for the most part age I was not ‘too brite’ “SEE!” Mr. stripped of our ‘genius’ (God Noe knew it. Mrs. Padgett knew it. Given) traits. You see, NO I think that’s why they took it upon governing body, world or themselves to help me all they otherwise, wants its schools full of could. WOW! Talk about being However, I did read our kids with high IQ’s. It is impossible embarrassed! Photographers, complete set of Britannica to control human intellect when Reporters, The whole school being Encyclopedia’s from cover to cover permitted to flourish. Why do you assembled in the auditorium on by the time I was 14. I was terrified think they have ‘tele tubbies’ ‘MY’ behalf---- aaahhh I still have someone would ask me a blubbering at our toddlers while nightmares! question, and I wouldn’t be able to they’re bouncing around in their Note: The part about feeling answer correctly. What kind of walkers? Our children, God’s little like a bug in a jar.. That’s genius would that be!? Very scary creations having their brand-new absolutely true. But it had nothing stuff for an up & coming prodigy! super-computer brains, being fed to do with me winning those Thank goodness I’ve never had to a mind-altering ‘tele’ virus. Our awards. I loved that! All the face such an embarrassment. innocent child’s sponge-like, tiny, attention! WOO HOO! I just wish I Note: The above paragraph absorbing synapses’ being had worn my other shirt! is absolutely true, in terms of how bombarded with mindless babble, my adolescent mind processed their natural genius being subdued Little Bird current information at that time. Oh en-mass. Yes, we’re being ‘socially yea, I started playing lead guitar engineered’. (aka, brain-washed) Lucy Roe Cook and singing in Bobby Akers Turn the TV off! You see, I was told, by a little bird, country band along about that time REALLY do believe “A Mind is a t h a t also. Terrible Thing to Waste!” But when IFebruary Now back to reality again…. the TV tells you that, it’s just for was to be Tenacious, now that’s the word I’d pacification purposes. With very protected from use to describe myself. Every time few minor exceptions, the TV is the mundane. something intrigued me, (nearly not your friend! January began every day) and was something I Please note: The above with several of wanted to do, or know about, I lengthy paragraph is not just my our loved ones letting go of their bought the books, the tools of the opinion. It stems from personal pain. They will be missed from our endeavor. Be what it may. And I research from a book written in the lives but they will live out eternity learned about it. I’d practice early 80’s by Charlotte Iserbyt. The pain free. diligently. And then, one, or two, consummate whistleblower! Keith and Carla Mauldin, of maybe three years later---‘poof’--- Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Cracker Hill, hosted a party for LOOK! This guy’s a genius, he can Advisor in the Office of their daughter, Evon Mauldin, who do that too! Educational Research and turned five years of age. They had Note: The above paragraph Improvement (OERI), U.S. is a near total lie in regards to Department of Education, during a good time. Nana, Vera Mauldin, myself. However, It does speak the first Reagan Administration, was so happy to have her home filled with laughter and love. 2 Feets Don’t year was a “transient” one for Fail Me Now!! Daddy’s family as he moved us Mary Sue Holton from place to place trying to find something Mama could adjust to. y memories of In the end, nothing worked for her attending outside of going “home” to Waldo. what was then M And that’s exactly what we wound called “Waldo Jr High up doing. School” are some of In Third grade we had a the most cherished in my treasury teacher named Ms. Payne. I don’t Highway 301 of “yesterdays.” We moved quite remember a lot of details about 3rd Cottage at Waldo often when Daddy was still at grade except that’s when Sara Jo home with us, so at times I did by Lajana Hill Adkin’s mother died and we all felt attend schools in Gainesville. But purchased the property so sorry for her. I couldn’t imagine somehow we always found our about 10 years ago with the being in a world that didn’t include way back “home.” Nothing Iintention of opening a my mother. It’s also when Sara Jo compares to the experience of a store. I have an antique store in and I became close friends.