Jack Joined Army Audit After College

Jack Joined Army Audit After College

After spending four years at Central Missouri State University and graduating Jack started his army audit career in St. Louis, Mo. In this photo Jack is standing beside his father Jewel Shipley.

But the Vietnam War was going on and Jack was drafted into the army. In this picture Jack is standing by his mother Reva Jackson in the southwest desert near Tucson while on army leave.

After serving in the army and being stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, and Ludwigsburg, Germany, Jack returned to Army Audit and spent a lot of time on the road doing audits. In the above photo Jack is standing by a totem pole on the campus of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Here's Jack with one of his favorite cars of long ago, which

was a bright red Oldsmobile convertible.

They don't make cars like that anymore.

And they don't make husbands, fathers and grandfathers like Jack anymore.

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Happy Birthday Jackie Lee Shipley!

Joann, Jennifer and Terry, Jeanine, and Little Jack Aidan hope you have a great birthday Saturday even though it may turn out to be one of the coldest birthdays that you have ever had in your entire life except for the snows of Alaska!

Phil and Mary's Visit

This past Friday we had company. Phil and Mary Davis from Gettysburg, PA drove down #15 to visit us. After the house tour, lunch and Jack Aidan's water performance we took Phil and Mary out to visit some wineries. These pics were taken at Barrel Oak Winery in Fauquier County. It is straight west of us in the little town of Delaplane where Willard Scott of NBC fame has a home. In the pic above Mary, Phil and Jack are sampling some white wines while I am taking their picture with my camera.

A nice lady in a yellow pantsuit who told me that she was from Venice offered to take a picture of the four of us with my camera so I let her do so. (Hmmmmm Venice,Italy or Venice, LA where the oil spill is being monitored? I forgot to ask her.)

Anyway we all smiled and said "Cheese". Phil and Jack were single army auditors in Frankfurt, Germany. When Jack and I tied the knot in 1974 Phil gave me a strong scotch and water before the ceremony to calm my nerves. He was also my wedding chauffeur to the army chapel and Jack and my chauffeur to the officer's club in Frankfurt for the wedding reception. Phil drove us in his Volvo. Phil found Mary after he returned from Germany. Mary also worked as an auditor for army audit for four years. She worked in the eastern district under Mike DiFulgo.

Mary Davis only drinks white wine so when we started sampling the red wines Mary started exploring the two story winery. Look at these beautiful roses that decorated one of the tables.

I just had to point out to Mary that these dips and jellies by Robert Rothchild are from Urbana, Ohio which is not too far from Russia, Ohio.

Another pic of Jack, Phil and Mary at the bar of the winery.

Now look below.This winery likes dogs. You may bring your dogs as long as they are on a leash. Here the man behind the counter is refilling the dogs' water bowl. How nice. Phil liked this idea. Phil has two Labrador retrievers and I could just see the wheels turning in Phil's head---like, hmmmmm this would be a good place for my dogs to drink water while I drink wine.

Also, take note of the bar that the owners made themselves for this winery. They used old barn siding and the staves from old wine barrels. The top of the bar is a sheet of steel that the owners took a sanding device to in order to create beautiful circles in the steel. The resulting steel top looks pretty and feels nice and is easy to wipe down.

Outside on the large patio that overlooks the blue ridge mountains I found this darling puppy dog. By the way, Barrel Oak decorates some of its wine bottles with paw prints and they have a "bow red wine" and a "bow white wine."

The Ordination of William J. (Bill) Davis

The social room of the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County was the scene of a lovely post ordination ceremony for Bill Davis. Blue and gold balloons and a blue and gold decorated sheet cake with a raspberry filling greeted us as we entered the room.

I wonder how long it will take Bill Davis to answer when called Reverend Bill?

There was a nice spread of food at this afternoon tea celebration. I liked the various tea sandwiches and the chicken nuggets and the pigs in a blanket.

I liked the wonderful selection of fresh fruit and little French bakery desserts.

Ok, I admit it. I liked it all and went back for seconds.

My plate----round two.

Jack who has a better handwriting than me signed a special card and book for

Reverend Bill Davis.

My World Tuesday = The Ordination Service of William J. Davis

My World Tuesday = The Ordination Service of William J. Davis

to the

Ministry of Word and Sacrament

The First Presbyterian Church

of

Howard County, Maryland

January 31, 2010

3:00 P.M.

Inspite of 6 inches of snow on the ground in Haymarket, VA Jack and I bundled up Sunday morning and headed north via route 66, the beltway and 95 to the planned community of Columbia, MD to observe the ordination ceremony of William (Bill) J. Davis as an minister of the First Presbyterian Church. Above is a photo of the church in the snow and a photo of the sanctuary.

Here are grouped the ministers and others who traveled from Chicago; Atlanta; New York City;Boone, NC;and Fredericksburg, VA to witness the ordination ceremony.

Here is the laying on of the hands inordination and blessing.

This is the moment when Bill's parents and our very good old time friends, Mary and Phil Davis, as elders in the Presbyterian Church get to present Bill with his first stole and to place it over his shoulders. A very nice reception for Bill followed this ceremony in the church hall. I will share photos of that tomorrow.

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