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>> anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, "what good is america?" well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place -- one st...

From a Tommy Cooper tribute show to something for the whole family, there is a range of entertainment at Dereham Memorial Hall this February.

And out of the blueal i dont know what gave me the courage to say it, but i looked at johnm and he said dont call me john, call me j.r. all my friends call me j.r. and i said, okay, j.r. i said, let me ask you something. i said i saw youin do somethings last night that was absolutely amazing. and i toldg.g. him the story of what i had seen about how all of these people had just known he was in the room. i said how do you do that ? and john was the kind of person if you embarrassed him or if he g...

 I love genealogical mysteries, and historical fiction too.  Recently, I read Call Me John, A Genealogical Mystery Based on a True Story, by Michael Schoenholtz and loved the story, and the book.   The publicity for the book says: New Jersey, 1928. A 14-year-old boy disappears from his home without a trace - almost forever. Ninety years later, a series of chance DNA matches reveals what became of him.  John had to grow up quickly - changing his identity, earning a living the hard way, a...

Why? >> john t. edge: this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter wince he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. book...

And unchanged. why? >> john t. edge: this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter since he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race re...

Like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? >> anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee -- booker wright, who had been working at luscos as a waiter wince he was 14 years old. >> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaining recitation of the men...

>> booker: thanks to yall. we dont have a real menu. id be glad to tell you what were gonna serve tonight. >> anthony: in 1965, nbc news came to town, making a documentary on race relations. bookers entertaing recitation of the menu atuscosas famous around town, so they asked him to do his usual routine for the camera. >> booker: we have fresh shrimp cocktail, luscos shrimp, fresh oysters on a half shell, baked oysters, oyster rockefeller, oyster almadine. >> anthony: but at the end of his usual...