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Can you believe it’s almost Christmas?The Christmas holiday came upon us fast. There are those among us who still have some shopping to do, some groceries to buy, presents to wrap and perhaps a trip to take somewhere.Be careful these next few days a...
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Do you remember Grandpa keeping bees when you were a child? Have you been thinking about keeping bees to help your garden? Well, the Wilson County Beekeepers Association will be offering a three-night course in beginning beekeeping. This class will ...
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By W.H. WATERSOh, what a glorious time of year this season is. Especially is this true if you grew up in a loving home and in your late teens war interrupted your youth and sent you far across the world. It does not dull the beauty of the season but stamp...
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To the Editor:Chapter 1004 of the Vietnam Veterans of America has received so much by giving to those need veterans in our community that when a big gift for us came along, we staggered....
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To the Editor:I had the opportunity to visit the Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro on Thursday, Dec. 17 with J.C. Satterfield, director of Veterans Services in Wilson County, and his secretary, Carol Dedman.Mr. Satterfield presented Joella Bensore, volunt...
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Lebanon/Wilson County Chamber of Commerce is asking the public to help with the send off of the Lebanon National Guard unit on Monday, Dec. 28.The local unit will follow a parade route leaving the Lebanon armory at 1 p.m., heading east on Leeville P...
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Dear Ken: Does Christel Khalil, who plays Lily Winters on “Young and the Restless,” have cancer in real life? ...
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Every Christmas I get at least one poinsettia. I love their vibrant color in the drab of winter. I do not have a green thumb, however, and by the end of the year, my poinsettia usually looks like six sticks stuck in a foil-wrapped pot of dirt. Last year m...
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Gene and Martha Dickson suit up for the Christmas smiles on children’s facesBy KEN BECKNorth Pole correspondent In the past two decades no jolly fellow in Lebanon has had his snowy-white beard tugged by as many children as has Gene Dickson. You...
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To the Editor:Tuesday evening it was an honor and a privilege for Don and me to take part in the yearly Christmas Party for the Special Needs Children of Wilson County. This is the major project of the Wilson County Shrine Club, along with Wilson County F...
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By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.“Merry Christmas” is what you hear anywhere you go this time of year. People are definitely friendlier now than at any other season. I love the excitement in the air in the wild-eyed look you get from children when you...
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From Post staff reportsAnother Christmas tradition opens tonight as the Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church presents “Journey to Bethlehem,” a live Nativity offering scenes that can be viewed as you drive through the parking lot.This is the...
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Editor’s Note: The following is one of those articles that makes its way around the Internet. We don’t know its origin but thought you would be interested in reading it as Christmas nears.It has come to my attention that many of you are upset ...
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By TOMMY BRYAN NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore went back to his school last week. The 1981 Mt. Juliet High graduate took the opportunity to offer a couple of lessons to a gymnasium jam-packed with friends, family, dignitaries and the Mt. Juliet stu...
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We are expecting a busy Christmas week at The Wilson Post, and we are asking for our readers’ help.If possible, please submit news items for the Wednesday newspaper by Monday, Dec. 21 and for the Friday paper by Tuesday, Dec. 22. All news items may ...
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Wilson County Retired Teachers' Association met at the First Church of the Nazarene on Dec. 5. The meeting was called to order by President Betty Hall. The Rev. Gary Wilson, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, presented an inspirational ...
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Traditions are a theme for the holiday season. Many of us enjoy special traditions with family and friends during Christmastime such as drinking eggnog, singing Christmas carols, or even visiting Santa. The University of Tennessee Extension also has...
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By KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson PostREADYVILLE -- “We’re grinding corn!” said Tomm Brady excitedly as he grins from ear to ear inside the ancient Readyville Mill whose origins date back to 1812.Brady, 48, a resident of Bell Buckle, has ...
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By ANNE DONNELLThere’s so much change in English; people say, even on TV, and write things I was taught (years ago) to be incorrect usage. Why all the change? Is it all right to continue with what I was taught?-“Old Biddy”...
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Dear Ken: When was bubble gum invented? How old is Bazooka Joe and ditto for Pudge, the cartoony kid of Dubble Bubble fame? ...
