Lamar-Monroe-Forsyth County GaArchives News.....Mother Manry Again Sends Big Gobbler to President November 17, 1934
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Unknown Newspaper November 17, 1934

WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 17--President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving turkey--a forty 
pounder and Georgia grown--has arrived.

The bird, a gobbler, was sent to the President's "other home" by 97-year-old 
Mrs. Eliza F. Manry, of Goggins, in Lamar County.

It was Mrs. Manry who provide the Roosevelts with their Thanksgiving piece de 
resistance last year.  The president personally served the bird to a number of 
younger patients and others at a gaily bedecked table.

The turkey, of the mammoth bronze variety, is at present "boarding" with 
Duncan Leverett, groundsman for the Warm Springs Foundation, of which the 
President is head, awaiting the pleasure of the chef.

The bird was brought to the foundation by Mrs. J. R. Terrell, a close friend 
of the Manry family.

Commenting on the turkey, Mrs. Terrell said:
"Mother Manry, as she is affectionately known, is a most wonderful woman, 
greatly beloved in Lamar County, where she has spent an eventful life.

"She really had lots of fun last year in sending the turkey to the President.  
She received letters from all over the nation.

"'I call it much ado about nothing.' Mrs. Manry said at the time.

"In addition to daily interest in her home and farm and with her family, 
Mother Manry is a writer of real charm and ability, her rippling rhymes 
portray current events and appear in the local papers at intervals, and she is 
deeply interested in state and national affairs.

"Mother Manry has her own idea as to just how a fine turkey should be cooked 
and quite a bit of merriment went the rounds last year when a New York paper 
carried a story saying 'The venerable donor of the President's Thanksgiving 
turkey thinks the Yankees may not know how to cook in true Georgia style.'"

A dozen patients are to be seated at the President's table this year when the 
turkey is carved.

They are selected by a drawing, originated by the patients themselves.  There 
will be six boys and six girls, grouped by age.

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