DINK

FRANKIE (VANN) GOLIGHTLY

For many years Mrs. Golightly  (1898-1979) wrote "Dink" weekly column for The Hamilton Herald-News about the comings and goings of people in Hamilton.  Mrs. Golightly was a daughter of Lazarus J. Vann and Hattie M. (Shelton) Vann.  She was the second wife of George Burl Golightly.

July 17, 1975

Building is really going on in the Elmo Newsom Addition on Barkley Drive.  I drove out that way the other day and learned there was a new house- brick, three bedrooms and two baths being built for Miss Janice Berry, Home Demonstration Agent.  The brick will be a light brown.  Cliff Jester is doing the building.

Also a new home is being erected for Sonny and Karen Thompson, being built by Elmo Newsom and his son, Charles.  This is a three bedroom home with a bath and a half.  It will also be brick.  There has been a new white brick home built by the Newsoms for sale and ready for occupancy.  To me it looks like a Spanish type and very beautiful.

Rev. and Mrs. Steve Lee have been living in a pretty brick home out there for about a year.  Rev. and Mrs. John Weaver are having a house built, and it will be a three bedroom brick, too.

This is a restricted area and all he homes are nice.  Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Lykins are the first ones to own a home out there and they just love the loction.  Mrs. Lykins' brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Biondo of Miami, Florida, recently purchased a lot there because they said there are not too many pretty lots left in restricted  areas.  It ill be sometime before they will build because they are much too young to retire; but they know they will live in Hamilton when they do.

Others living on Barkley are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cripps, Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Stephens, and if I have missed anyone I will report it later.  All these people are very nice families and enjoy each other.

March 24, 1977

Elmo Newsom and son, Charles, have just completed an educational building for a church in Jonesboro, and have started on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Abernethy in Indian Oaks.  They are also starting a new house for Mr. and Mrs. John Shearin which will be built across the street from Mr. and Mrs. Randy Dyer.  This is in the southeastern part of town.  The latter house will be a three-bedroom house with two baths and plenty of room in the remainder of the house.   Mr. and Mrs. Shearin came to Hamilton in December, 1975, when John became chief of Police.  Later  he had to resign because of health reasons, and they loved Hamilton so much they decided to retire here.  Mrs. Sherin can't praise Hamilton enough when she speaks of how fine the people here are.  The love the First Baptist church where they worship, and they love the people in the church.  They hae five children, and nine grandchildren, and all are away from home except their 13-year-old daughter, Renee.  We are glad they chose Hamilton as a permanent place to reside and I know the people here like the Shearins as well as the Shearins like them.