Terry Headlight News

The Town of Terry will host a job fair next week at the Town Hall. The time for this fair is from 10:00 a. m. until 2:00 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. If more information is sought, the Town Hall may be called (601-878-5521). Please add to your prayer list the names of Rachel Arrington, Jan Davis Salvo Barfield, Betty Davis, Donnie Phillips and the people of Europe (especially those affected by war). It has been reported that Gladys Shack Peoples is in the process of returning home after residing for a while in a recovery home in the Byram area.

The First Baptist Church on Raymond Street will be having a church work day Saturday, April 9 from 8:00 a. m. until 12:00 noon.

Holy Eucharist will be observed on the first Sunday of May at the (Episcopal) Church of the Good Shepherd on Claiborn Street. Father John Childress will be leading the congregation on the first Sunday in May. On other Sundays, Morning Prayer services will be held. The service on Good Friday (the evening of April 15) will be at 5:30 p. m.

Among those who have celebrated recent birthdays are: Terry Tennehill (March 14); Rebecca Booth and Christopher Cohn (March 14); Jeff Whitlow, Jill Whitlow Hardy, and Jody Whitlow Hardy (March 16); Joyce Patrick Preston (March 17); Ms. Addie Green (March 20) Mark Witherington (March 21); Bobbie McMillan (March 23); Luke Rice, Jr. (March 24); Alderman Dr. Kelsey Bloomenberg, Paula Hood Sheely, and Ashley Terrell (March 26); Julious McKay and Ina Marie Jenkins Slade (March 27). The ribbon-cutting for Terry’s newest business, Furniture City, was help two weeks ago. The Mayor and First Lady, three of the alders, Jackie Allgood Walker, Rev. Lee Faler, and Pat Roberts were all in attendance.

This column was not published in last week’s Gazette due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control. Last week was a special week with both Saint Patrick’s Day coming on Thursday and Saint Joseph’s Day on Saturday. The first day of Spring 2022 arrived on Sunday. (A salute to springtime is published below.) This Sunday, March 27, will be the fourth Sunday of Lent. The scriptures for this weekend are Joshua 5:9-12 (the Passover at Gilgal); Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (the parable of the lost sheep).

The strawberry season is here. I love to eat strawberries during this (or any) time of the year! I remember a strawberry pie that my mother would make on some years during the strawberry season that uses a bottle of 7-up. I have had other strawberry pies made with other recipes (I especially remember one at a wedding rehearsal dinner in Simpson County which had been prepared by one of the most excellent cooks that I have ever known) that did not equate the taste of the following recipe that I found. The pie takes five minutes to prepare, fifteen minutes to bake, and eight hours, twenty minutes to chill. (The waiting is probably the hardest part.)

Seven-up Strawberry Pie Ingredients: 1 cup Seven-Up, or lemon-lime soda 4 tbsp cornstarch 1 pie shell, (8-inch), blind baked 1½ oz strawberry-flavored gelatin powder, preferably Jell-O 2 cups strawberries, hulled, sliced 8 oz heavy cream, cold 1¼ cups granulated sugar For Garnish: 8 strawberries

Instructions: Combine Seven-Up or lemon lime soda, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan. Cook until thick. Remove from heat. Add Jell-O mix and stir well. Arrange strawberries at the bottom of the pie crust. Pour Jell-O mixture over strawberries and refrigerate until set, preferably overnight. Once the filling is firm, whip your heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Whip your cream using a chilled bowl to achieve the peaks faster. Spread the whipped cream on top of the filled strawberry pie. Take your time on this. Slice according to your preference and garnish with a strawberry per slice. Serve.

I found this tribute to spring, written by the American writer of both inspirational and religious poetry, Helen Steiner Rice (1900-1981), entitled There’s Always a Springtime: “After the winter comes the spring; To show us again that in everything There’s always a renewal divinely planned. Flawlessly perfect, the work of God’s hand. And just like the seasons that come and go When the flowers of spring lay buried in snow, God sends to the heart in the winter of sadness A springtime awakening of new hope and gladness.”

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THERE’S ALWAYS A SPRINGTIME - BY HELEN STEINER RICE After the Winter comes the Spring To show us again that in everything There’s always renewal divinely planned, Flawlessly perfect, the work of God’s Hand. . . And just like the seasons that come and go When the flowers of Spring lay buried in snow, God sends to the heart in its winter of sadness; A springtime awakening of new hope and gladness, And loved ones who sleep in a season of death Will, too, be awakened by God’s life-giving breath.

LEN STEINER RICE After the Winter comes the Spring To show us again that in everything There’s always renewal divinely planned, Flawlessly perfect, the work of God’s Hand. . . And just like the seasons that come and go When the flowers of Spring lay buried in snow, God sends to the heart in its winter of sadness A springtime awakening of new hope and gladness, And loved ones who sleep in a season of death Will, too, be awakened by God’s life-giving breath.