George and Mavis Kennedy pulled into Trinidad, Colorado yesterday afternoon, and saw the new year in there. They are on their way to Green Valley, Arizona for the winter.

No Communion Service for Reverend Jerry Hinkle. It is hoped that Mary Hinkle will produce the bottle of Cold Duck that she has hidden sometime before this year ends. It was all a moot point since nobody showed up for the service anyhow.

The snowy weather prevented Harold and Mary Hinkle from going to Harry and Dianne Macek house in Faulkton and having oyster stew. Agnes Hahn didn't want to venture out either. Neither did Gene and Roxie Goehring. They were all invited back again for oyster stew Sunday afternoon. It'll have time to simmer between now and then.
Hinkle Brothers Slightly Up Last Year

The Hinkle Brothers Mutual Fund has reported a 5% increase for the last quarter of 2004, and a 4% increase for the whole year. Some trades were better than others. Hinkle Brothers was invested rather heavily in energy stock, such as Cal-Tex, Exxon-Mobil, and Whiting Petroleum. Some of the more memorable activities was the purchase of Google and the sale of Kmart at $13.95 early in the year followed by the purchase of the same stock at $76 later on in the year. All of us here at the Holabird Advocate believe fund manger Jerry Hinkle has to work on his timing just a little bit.

Jerry Hinkle got a book for Christmas dealing with "Ripley's Believe It or Not". I don't know how much of it is true or not, but I have found one mistake. This book reports that Mama Cass Eliot died from choking on a sandwich. This is not true. Frankly, I'm surprised that such an outlandish story still survives the test of time. I know for a fact that this did not happen. I read the Coroner's report. Mama Cass had a heart attack. Her windpipe had no food inside it at the time of her death. This is the truth, do I hope all of you Readers out there start spreading it around. There's enough lies going around the internet. Let's start spreading truth for a change.