Farmerville Gazette, February 15, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Community Heartbeat: Faces about the country: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shaver coming up from Ruston to visit his mother, Mrs. Jane Shaver .... Gordon Albritton home from school in New Orleans, due to illness .... Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Poland a-goin' to see Mrs. … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of Week
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Farmerville Gazette, February 8, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Wal, I'll be doggone if ma didn't muss up my colyum last week'. Ma jest ain't a natural born writer like I am. A-puttin' in thar about quilt de-signs, settin' hens and sech follishness! As if my readers keered anything about that! My colyum is … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of Week
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Farmerville Gazette, February 1, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige (Ma Substitoothin) Oh, my goodness, but pa took thet bathe las' week and fer varous reasons he ain't able to writ this week. First, he went to bed sniffin; got up snortin' and chokin; by dinner he had a temper and temperture; an' by night … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of the Week
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Farmerville Gazette, January 25, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Ma and I Do a Fireside Chat Ma and I wuz a seated by the fire one night last week, she a sewin' up my pants and me wif my feet almost on the mantle. "I hear Junior Barham is losin' money fast," I pipes. … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of the Week
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Farmerville Gazette, January 18, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige "You look like a drowned rat" or "you're as mad as a wet hen." You could have said any of these things to any of us last week and they'd have fitted. Ma had been griping fer months now wantin new pots and pans in … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of the Week
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Farmerville Gazette, January 11, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Wal, fust I'll say I stayed at home New Year's Eve, of my own free will. Then, Sunday, I was a tellin' Ma (my wife) how some of my neighbors spent the Eve, a gal frollicin' I calls it. Danged if Ma didn't get riled. … Continue reading From Evergreen, Shiloh and Union Gin Communities
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Farmerville Gazette, January 4, 1939Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Christmas mails got me mussed up and I got bee-hind with my news. And doggone, if lots ain't took place durin' the holidays. Lots of good eatin' and rejoicin. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Albritton were made happy when their son Gordon, came home for … Continue reading From Evergreen, Shiloh and Union Gin Communities
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Farmerville Gazette, October 5, 1939 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige "Wal," sez Ma, "reckons as thar is a little nip uf frost in thar air, we'd better set a time on killing our yearlin' to can so's the adpshuns kin haf sum hambergers to put in their lunch." I bin alookin' fer this. "ma, … Continue reading News from Union Gin, Evergreen and Shiloh
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Farmerville Gazette, June 22, 1939 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige I bin feelin' sorta queer ever since I took my nap this afternoon and I bin a -sittin' at my stool and apple box fer on hour tryin' to write in my distinktive style but every once in a while Ma who is asleep … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of Week
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Farmerville Gazette, January 4, 1939 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Christmas mails got me mused up and I got bee-hind with my news. And doggone, if lots ain't took place durin' the holidays. Lots of good eatin' and rejoicin. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Albritton were made happy when their son, Gordon, came … Continue reading From Evergreen, Shiloh and Union Gin Communities
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Farmerville Gazette, December 7, 1938 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige I see my pert epistle got in the good ole Gazette and it peps up my crooked fingers to send in more. The news aint so good this week. Fust off, J. D. Bennett's house burned and all his ownings. He was away … Continue reading Union Gin, Shiloh and Evergreen News of the Week
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Farmerville Gazette, November 30, 1938 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Wal folks, bein' as nobody sends the good old Gazette news from our district each week, how about letting blinking, winking, spitting Uncle Lige be your newsman? We have some real bits of excitement hereabouts once in a while, so's you're born. Now … Continue reading Evergreen, Shiloh and Union Gin News of the Week
“Goin’ To Town”
Farmerville Gazette, November 9, 1939 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Horns wer a blowin', cars war a-rumblin', things a poppin' an'screechin' tootin', roarin' and a boomin'. "Wal, Ma", I said happy as a dead pig in the sunshine, "hyar we be in Shreesport. You satisfied?" Fer nuttin' would do Ma and them thar … Continue reading “Goin’ To Town”
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Farmerville Gazette, December 14, 1938 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Sitting around Albritton's store, the hub of our three communities, I jedge the chief topics of interest fer the week are tomato plantin' and hog killin'. Bunch of us farmers killed our hogs this week, and dadburn' It's turned warm on us. Even … Continue reading Evergreen, Shiloh, Union Gin News
News from Union Gin, Evergreen and Shiloh
Farmerville Gazette, October 12, 1939 Written by Edna Liggin as Uncle Lige Never have I seed days go by in sech a whizz, a bam, and whirl like they have these last few days with the big sellebration cuming off Friday in Farmerville...It is the talk uf our house...Sis can't decide wheter to wear a … Continue reading News from Union Gin, Evergreen and Shiloh
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