Church Bells

[Don Rickles]

In our small (28 houses) village, we have an old Presbyterian Church, that's been there for well over 100 years.

Yesterday, it occurred to me how much I enjoy having it so close by, with its towering steeple.

Every single day at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm the clock in the tower chimes the hour, bellowing through the valley. These are reminders to the farmers out in the fields to come in time for lunch or dinner.

Just moments later the organist hits the keys, heavenly sounds traveling for miles through the village and finally over the mountain! Sometimes it's seasonal music, but mostly it's gospel/church tunes, all are soothing melodies.

My thanks goes out to those responsible for loading the player playing the organ and never failing to miss a "beat"! Some 35 years, I don't ever remember not hearing the organ play.

[Louie Detroit]

My grandparents were farmers in Indiana and they called the noontime meal dinner and the 6pm meal supper.

[Don Rickles]

Jews call them lontsh and mitog..

[Big bob]

Sounds like where I grew up.