Community potluck, free live music tonight
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Equality & NIxburg News
Jennifer Williamson
I am very excited, for two reasons. First is that the new neighbors next to Jenny’s General Store have some exciting plans for their store front. They recently visited and shared how excited they were to move into the Equality neighborhood and open their business. I will let them share more in the future, but it will be a very nice addition to the community.
The second reason I am excited is that I have been able to get more color painted onto my old house.
While we have uncovered numerous clues regarding the original interior, the clues regarding original colors just aren’t there.
We thusly assume that the exterior wood on our house was probably left unfinished for the first many years of its existence. Eventually, it was painted all white. We assume that probably occurred sometime after WWII ended, but that is just educated speculation based upon the fact that times were hard and money scarce throughout the Great Depression that preceded the better times that came after the war ended.
The house was built in about 1910 (+/-) by Dr. John T. Hunter for his family. Our goal is to restore the home to the original splendor that he probably intended before the onset of the Depression era. We have opted to go with several coordinated exterior colors.
We chose a sage (or olive) green for the main house body, with dark emerald-green trim on the window frames and porch columns, sunflower-gold on the gables with red trim accents, and a sky-blue for the ceiling of the wrap-around porch. We still need to paint the screen doors sunflower-gold, strip and re-stain the entry doors, and finish up with the red accents, but that is all that remains for the front house to be done.
We have already had several neighbors comment about how nice the new colors look. As we wrap up the exterior, we find ourselves now in search of a licensed contractor to help with the inside. We have already spoken to several builders, but our renovation mortgage insists upon having one that is a “licensed” general contractor that they can “interface” with, that can provide a firm estimate for the intended work. … As they say, “one step at a time.”
The Equality Neighborhood Watch meeting just happened yesterday, Thursday, February 23, at the Equality Volunteer Fire Department Community Center (old Masonic Lodge) on Highway 9 in downtown Equality. I will share more on that with you in next week’s column.
The next monthly “First Saturday” for downtown Equality will happen on March 4. The EVFD is hosting a fundraiser, with a bake sale, rummage sale and hamburger or hot dog lunch plates. Please make plans to come downtown and support the community and fire department.
Additionally, the Equality Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) is dependent on community involvement just as much as the community depends on the EVFD. Everyone is welcome to attend their first and third Monday training meetings, even if only to just watch the firemen do their training. The next meeting will be on Monday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m.
Jenny’s General Store has new stock of both “Equality” and “Lake Martin” T-shirts for sale, and they’re looking at other potential new inventory to bring in. If you have any suggestions as to inventory that they should carry that would bring you in as a regular customer, they would appreciate an email with your input to CoosaCafe@gmail.com.
Tonight, February 24, there will be a “community potluck” with FREE live music. Scott Grant from Montgomery will sing and play guitar. Scott is a Navy veteran who has been a fixture on the Montgomery and River Region music scene for the past 10 years, releasing two albums of original material and performing covers of Cole Porter, Merle Haggard, Jim Croce, Muddy Waters, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. Did we mention that this is FREE?
While not mandatory, you are encouraged to bring a dish of shareable food, and if you can afford to drop something into the donation jar for the music, we’re sure that Scott will appreciate something for his efforts. The EPAC will provide coffee, tea and water to drink.
I depend on all readers to share with me what is happening within your organizations, churches, neighborhoods, groups, or family to share in next week’s column. Please contact me; call or text 256-531-6460 or email at coosacafe@gmail.com.