FALL IS GREAT Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features Mt Juliet History by George Hedges - October 18, 2023October 18, 20230 I remember we used to have a big bonfire before the Mount Juliet High School football games. I had a crush on one of the cheerleaders, but I never told her so. Black and Gold all the way! I still have my football jacket, but I think it shrunk. Heading out to the games on Friday night was always exciting. My neighbor and one of my best friends, Don, had a black and gold ’56 Chevy that was so cool. We would go cruising around the Donelson Shoney’s…around and around and around. That’s what we did. As a high school football team, we did very well. We may not have won all the games, but we sure put on a show. There was
WHAT IS CHRISTMAS REALLY ABOUT Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features News by George Hedges - November 30, 2021November 30, 20210 When I think about the kids, it’s the lights, the tree, and the presents. When I was young it was about the excitement of Santa coming to our house and parking his sled and reindeer on our house. Then he would somehow come down the chimney that we did not have, and pops open his bag with all the presents that we picked from the Sears catalog. Yes, we would sit around for at least a month, looking at the Sears catalog. Page by page, as we decided who would get the first pick. Day after day we would go through the entire catalog and pick what we would like to have. That was Christmas to me then. The point
The World According To George Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features News by George Hedges - October 25, 2021October 25, 20210 FALL IS GREAT I remember we used to have a big bonfire before the Mount Juliet High School football games. I had a crush on one of the cheerleaders, but I never told her so. Black and Gold all the way! I still have my football jacket, but I think it shrunk. Heading out to the games on Friday night was always exciting. My neighbor and one of my best friends, Don. had a black and gold ’56 Chevy that was so cool. We would go cruising around the Donelson Shoney’s…around and around and around. That’s what we did. As a high school football team, we did very well. We may not have won all the games, but we sure put on a
Take In The Springtime Be Entertained In Mt Juliet Community Features News by George Hedges - April 1, 2020April 1, 20200 photo by Stuart Resor It is the time of the year that we are all looking forward to, warmer weather. We all love to see the daffodils, dogwoods, and redbuds popping out. At this time spring is not “just around the corner”..it’s here! The weather is perfect for outdoor events and adventures. Gardens need planting, cookouts with friends are a must and trips to the beautiful state parks need to be planned. When I was young, we always planned at least one big trip. I remember my dad and I spent all spring building a camping trailer. It was built from plans in a “Popular Mechanics” magazine. This project would have been in the mid 1950’s. It had an ice box, cook stove,
The World According To George Community Features News by George Hedges - October 11, 2019October 11, 20190 Road Trip I’ve always enjoyed driving around on the roads ‘Between the Lakes.’ Back in the good old days, it was ‘Between the Rivers.’ You had the mighty Cumberland River and Stones River. There were not as many roads then and most of them were gravel, at best. photo by Scott Robertson I was not the only one on the roads. My high school friends (let’s just call them Wilber and Bob) and I couldn’t stand sitting around the house watching the three channels on TV. (Except one time I saw the Beatles live on The Ed Sullivan Show on NBC, back in 1964. They were this new Rock & Roll musical group from England.
Dance! Dance! Dance! Community Features Mt Juliet History Uncategorized by George Hedges - August 19, 2019August 19, 20190 The end of the school year is a great time for young people who live “Between the Lakes.” For most, their hard work in school is being rewarded with a high school diploma. The beginning of a new part of their life is happening. Proms, ceremonies, scholarships, etc. But wait a minute….. There was a time in Mount Juliet that the senior class was NOT allowed to have a prom. Up until 1967 there was no prom. However, that doesn’t mean that young people weren’t dancing. There were plenty of places that we could go to on the weekend such as Teen Town in Mount Juliet, Don’s Den in Donelson, and The Dog House in Old Hickory. We would show up with
The World According To George – February Community Features Mt Juliet History News Uncategorized by George Hedges - May 1, 2019May 1, 20190 I remember as a young teen wading in Cedar Creek while fly fishing both banks. I always put on my big rubber boots so that the snapping turtles would not bite my toes. I explored the fields and forests in Mt. Juliet as though it was the wild west and I was the first human there. Life was good then…exciting and challenging. I rode my bicycle each morning during the summer of 1963 at 3:00 a.m. to work at “Whitsits Creek Boat Dock,” currently Cedar Creek Marina. My job required that I had to be there before the fishermen arrived. I earned 45 cents per hour at that time. I was in the money!!! Soon, I decided that a motor
The World According To George – April Community Features Mt Juliet History by George Hedges - April 17, 2019May 1, 20190 written by George Hedges You know, sometimes you have to drive to the end of the road to find what makes you really happy. I mean that literally. A few of us remember when Saundersville Road ended in Old Hickory Lake. Actually it did not end there…the road is still there under the lake. If my car needed washing I would drive it into the lake, throw a bucket of water on it and wash it. Then drive off. As a young boy, life was good. I would ask my friend Don if he wanted to go camping and off we’d go to “The Point”. There were no parking lots, no beach, no camp sites. There was only a road