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Dr. E. W. Branyon’s Bio
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fine,” Mose responded. “He done pray for lots of things the other preacher didn’t know the Lord had.”
In short, we were exposed to all the cultural niceties and taught the way of etiquette. This included how to hold a knife and fork, how to write and speak, how to greet guests, how to dress, and how to make ourselves comfortable in crowds. That was a great asset all through life. Dad on proper English:
Dizzy Dean was a famous baseball pitcher who became a broadcaster. He used such poor English that some school teachers protested. They’d contributed a million dollars to try to keep the children from saying “ain’t,” but it wasn’t working because Dean used it every day on the radio. Dizzy replied to a national audi- ence: “Apparently a lot of folks that ain’t saying ain’t, ain’t eatin.”
Dad often used original punishments in school. For instance, one of my classmates, Red Rudisell skipped school to go to Dismal Falls with her boyfriend. Daddy called her into the office the next day asking: “Why weren’t you in
