HHS - 1966

 Headland High School

Golf & Baseball Teams

Thanks to Darwin Kelly, Jr. for these photos!

Beverly's Memories

Back in 2015, cousin Beverly (Espy) Dayries shared these memories of her grandfather, John Jolly Espy, Sr..

-  He always read the newspaper and kept a dictionary on the table by his side as he read.  I think we had his dictionary.  If so, it is here at our house - somewhere.

- He loved to sing.  Mother frequently accompanied him on the piano.  I'm guessing that Aunt Frances was not living in Headland at the time.  I would have to look up dates, etc.  According to Mother, one of his favorites was "Flee As a Bird."  When the family was clearing the Espy house on Church Street, I came home with several of his Baptist Hymnals.  I know at least one of them had shaped notes.  They are probably stored in our attic now.

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- I think I recall Mother saying that one time he made some pickles.

- Espy, Sr. was a diabetic.  When she was living in Headland, she gave him his shots.

 

- Oh yes - there was the story about his meeting up with the Alabama governor.  Watty told me this one, and I think it has already been passed on to you.  Espy, Sr. was with the Alabama governor, I suppose in the vicinity of Headland.  Espy invited him to his house to eat.  I guess whatever servants they had were not at the house at the time - at least not the cook.  The story was that Granny boiled some eggs and set them on the table, saying, "At our house, we peel our own."

Let's Roll

We have been on a little bit of a cinnamon roll binger this winter.  Let's see how that plays out on the scales!  Recently, while searching on Reddit, I discovered Gogos Cinnamon Rolls.  Somebody said they are the best in the area.  GCR is based in Old Fort, a town about thirty minutes up I-40.  Luckily for us, though, this morning they brought their Let's Roll truck to Asheville.  I bought several.

We sampled their Original Cinnamon Rolls.  The first verdict: They were ultra-sweet.  Too sweet.  And it was the icing!  Icing is what I love!  Trust me, it was way too sweet.

We tried two more, and the outcome was much better.  We simply scraped off all but a very thin layer of the icing.  That did the trick!  The bun was wonderful and the fresh cinnamon was sublime.  I would say they are top-tier so long as you eliminate lots of the icing.

Our rankings this winter:

City Bakery - # 1 overall

Gogos

Fresh Market

Whole Foods

Harris Teeter

Reynolds Mountain

Mt. Pisgah

Asheville Country Club through there

Merrimon Avenue and the Grove Park Inn in the distance

Better view of them here

Beaver Lake on the right

French Broad River

See it out there?

Downtown Asheville

Beaver Lake & French Broad River

Who dat?

3.4 miles

875 ft elevation gain

Morning Greeting

Lakeview Park

Mt. Pisgah in the distance

Reynolds Village down there

No wonder bears have fewer places to go.

I was heading up there.

Notice all the downed trees from Tropical Storm Helene a year and a half ago.

You can see the Asheville Country Club golf course down there.

That's the Omni Grove Park Inn through there.

4.72 miles

601 ft. elevation gain

Lakeview Park