TV. There was none in Homerville in 1980. Unless…you had a 50 foot TV antenna tower or a 16 foot diameter satellite dish that cost $5,000. I learned that rather quickly when we moved in and I put my 13 inch black and white set on a table, pulled out the rabbit ears and got snow on all the VHF and all the UHF channels. I retracted the ears and put it back in the closet.

 Roger had a 50 foot tower in his back yard. He’d say “would you boys like to come over tonight and watch TV?” We'd respond “TV?” Sure Roger! And there we would all be, gathered around the console TV in his living room like the 50’s. We had a swell time. Sometimes we’d drop hints like “Roger, do you think you’ll turn your TV on tonight?” And Roger would reply “maybe.” When the Superbowl got close, we’d ask “say Roger, do you like football? “ and “it should be a great game between the Rams and the Steelers.” Roger grinned and said “comon’ over and we’ll watch some football!”

The hot spots in Homerville were the Movie Theater and The Dairy Queen. At the theater, we saw B movies and other odds and ends. I recall one flick that had to be so low budget that you could see the boom mike over the actors. The Dairy Queen was the teenage hangout where the big pastime was car cruising constantly in circles around the building. Guys were checking out the girls and girls were checking out the guys, circling the DQ endlessly. Friday night high school football was a big time at Clinch County High too. Although I never made it there, The Corn Patch Club did exist. For real excitement, the places to go were Valdosta or Douglas. Living in Metro Atlanta as I have for over 20 years now, I tell people South Georgia is a whole ‘nother ballgame.