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Mrs. Essie Hammett Is 93
Love The Lord, Work Hard Is Her Secret
Love the Lord and work
That’i Mre. Baele
Hammett's secret for
kmcevlty.
The well-known Llnwood
Ruaa resident celebrated
her Mrd birthday Sunday
and well-wishers from the
community and her
church-Orace United
Hethodlst-Jolned her at
1:80 p.m. for cutting of a
pink and white decorated
birthday cake.
Mrs. Hammett, who
resides with her son and
daug^ter-ln-law, Mr. and
Mrs. D.M. Hammett, had
to retire at age 70 because
of falling eyesight but her
q>ryness belles her age.
She continues to busy
herself at home and her
memory and hearing Is
Mrs. Plato Heavner, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy
Ellison on Sunday af
ternoon. Also Joining In the
celebration were Mrs.
Hammett’s son, H.P.
Hammett of Charleston,
S.C. and her grandson, Roy
Hammett and Mrs.
Hammett, of Kings
says she knows all about
hard work. She helped to
rear her younger brothers
and sisters. She was
married over 00 years and
has lived most of her
married life In Kings
mett. She has a younger
sister, age 81, and
longevity "runs In the
family", according to
"I've done some prac
tical nursing for senior
cltlsens and quite a lot of
babysitting In recent
years”, said Mrs. Ham-
Mrs. Hammett received
some of her favorite gifts—
sweet-smelling perfumes
and powders-on Sunday
and Mrs. Emmett Ross,
who has been baking a
cake for "Miss Essie" for
more than M years.
decorated a large, tiered
cake with pink roses and
topped It with a rocking
chair. The numerata 88
were reversed to be 88.
"Mama doesn't look and
act like she's 88", said her
proud son.
And, "Miss Essie”
agrees that she doesn’t do
a lot of rocking In a rocking
chair.
"I enjoy life’;, she says.
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celebrated her 8Srd birthday Sv
and friends at 718 Llnwood Roa
pink decorated trirthday cake fi
called during the afternoon.
"I expect to live to be
100”, she told her visitors.
Including Mrs. J.E.
(Beulah) Mauney, Mr. and
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Exhibit
Planned
The Third Annual
Student Art Exhibit,
qwnored by the Shelby Art
League, Is being held In the
Shelby OaUery at the Hotel
Charles. Beginning on
Monday, March 0, It will be
on exhibit until Sunday,
March 18. It la open to the
public from 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. weekdays and from 3
to B p.m. on Sunday.
A reception for the ar-
ttsts wlU be given on
March 11 for Shelby Art
League members and
friends and family of the
artist.
Several other upcoming
eventa scheduled by the
Art League Include a
lecture on March 30 by
Clement E. Conger,
curator of the White
House, who wUl qwak on
"MAS tar Pisa of
Americans In the
Diplomatic Reception
Rooms"; a lecture on April
32 by Herb Jackson <m
contemporary art from the
artists viewpoint; a
aeveland County artists
exhibit on May 18-33; a
lecture by Michael
Kampens on September 16
on contemporary art from
the critics point of view;
and the Fifth Annual
Juried show cm Nov 4-18.
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