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''   .      Hartford Pryor
'•I remember in the late 40's, Upson
County was having a -drive "to raise
money for the March of Dimes (an
organization which funded efforts to
eliminate polio and to help its victims).
Reverend Herbert Morgan was put in
charge of this effort. He came up with a
plan to have a contest, to see who could
raise the most money. The loser would
have to push the winner around the
courthouse in a wheelbarrow.   There
were two other well-known people to
enter the contest.   One was Adrian
Wellborn and the other was Guy Sharpe,
who was pastor of the Rock Methodist
Church, and later a Channel 11 TV
announcer. When the contest was over,
you can guess who won; Rev. Morgan
got the ride around the courthouse in that
wheelbarrow. • ••; A.-- ' -';.^ :,,'    ' \
I rememberwhen we were all kids

•r. and we would have to create some of our
own games. We would go to the woods
and rake up large piles of pine straw and
jump into it or ride our bicycles real fast
into it and the sudden stop would throw
us over the handlebars into the straw.
Speaking of bicycles—when bicycles
first started being build with motors, we
created something that we pretended was
a motor by the sound of it. We would
attach a clothespin to the frame of the
bike with a piece of cardboard extended
into the spokes of the wheel; and as we
pedaled along, the card would make a
clicking sound as it hit each spoke,
making it sound as if you had a motor.

One of my precious memories is
about my daughter Gayla Trice. One day
I was working on my lawn mower out in
the hot sun and perspiring heavily.  1

. asked Gayla to bring me a glass of water.
She came back with the water and an

. umbrella to shade me while I drank it.