The Chatter Box

become extinct in America and thought it interesting enough to pass along to you.

At the top of the list was the farm family. According to the USDA, 5.3 million farms dotted the nation in 1950, but this number had declined to 2.1 million by the 2003 farm census. I hate to think what it must be now.

Second, was analog television. Today the majority of people get their television programming through cable or satellite providers.

Surprisingly, news magazines and television news were third. While the magazines and news cast have not gone anywhere, they have far less readers and viewers than in the past.

Others on the list were: U.S. Post Office, yellow pages, classified ads, movie rental stores, dial-up Internet, land phone lines, drive-in theaters, VCRs, Ham radio, Ash trees, Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs, swimming holes, stand-alone bowling alleys, answering machines, cameras that use film, honey bees, incandescent bulbs, the milkman, handwritten letters, personal checks, wild horses and mumps and measles.

I was glad to see that "newspapers" was not listed!

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The poll question on our website last week was, "The annual Fairon the-Square will be held at the Jenkins County Elementary School this year due to construction taking place at the Jenkins County Courthouse. How do you think the change of location will affect attendance?"

Responses, as of Monday morning, were as follows: More will attend - 3; Less will attend - 52; and No difference - 10.

To participate in this week's poll, go to http:// www.themillennews.com.

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Happy birthday this week to: James Thompson, Irene Drummer, William P. Bragg, Tyler Taylor, Elena Hernandez, Mary McMillan, Lula Mock and David Thompson.

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries this week are: Mr. and Mrs. Craig Rowland.

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Military Active Duty List: PV2 Brianna Joiner, U.S. Army National Guard, Ft. Leonardwood, MO; PV2 Jeremy Johnson, U.S. Army, 59th Quartermaster Company, Ft. Carson, Colorado; Ronnie Perryman, Charlie Troop, 108th Calvary Division, 4th Platoon, Afghanistan; Lance Cpl. Adam Lanier, U.S. Marines, 8th & I Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.; E-4 Sr. Airman Roy Davis, U.S. Air Force, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Lance Cpl. Patrick Barnette, U.S. Marines, Baharia, Iraq; Sgt. Adam Demshar, 44th Signal Battalion, Baghdad, Iraq; Cpl. Lee Ogden, U.S. Marines, Camp Pendleton, CA; E5 Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric B. Kelsey, U.S. Navy, NSA Naples, Italy; Senior Airman Charles F. Woods, Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, GA; Stuart Burrus, U.S. Air Force, Osan AFB, Korea; SPC 4 Travis D. Motes, 1st Calvary Division, T. Hood, Texas; Capt. Donald Slade Burke, 735th Air Mobility Squadron Detachment 1 Commander, Richmond Royal Australian AFB, Richmond, Australia; Staff Sgt. Gilbert C. Sheppard III, 48th Brigade, 118th Field Artillery, Iraq; Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie A. Yager, U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; Petty Chief Officer Andy D. Crosby, U.S. Navy, Elroy Destroyer, Norfolk, Va.; Stephanie Crosby, R.N., U.S. Navy, Lafayette Destroyer; Jimmy Cooper, U.S. Army National Guard, 878th Engineering Battalion- Augusta, Persian Gulf ; 1st Lt. J.R. Taylor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Iraq; SPC. Daniel Stuart, 18th MEDCOM, 121 General Hospital, Seoul, Korea; Jeffrey Sweat, U.S. Navy, USS Kauffman, MM3 59/E-Division, A-Gang, Norfolk, Va.; Cpl. Larry Lamont Clark, U.S. Marine Corp, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Bagdad, Iraq; Khan Young, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Persian Gulf; Robert Milton Jr., E-3, U.S. Army, Ft. Stewart, Hinesville, Ga., Mission Kuwait; Arnold R. Mosley, 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and Debra A. Mosley, Tech. Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas; and SPC Charles "C.J." Amerson, U.S. Army, Camp Adder, Iraq.