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SURVIVOR'S LAP--Cancer survivors led off the first lap of the Relay For Life fund raiser at the Lockney Track, Saturday, June 1st. A tent set up for the shade served as the entertainment center. (below) Rattlesnake Bite Sends Mary Ann Potts to Hospital Mary Ann Potts, of Motley County, was hospitalized at Covenant Care Hospital after she was bitten by a rattlesnake at her home, 20 miles east of Floydada, Sunday, June 2. According to Potts, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Sunday, she went outside to drain the "kiddie pool" for her children. "I picked up the pool and the snake was nestled under it," said Potts. "It bit me on the foot and I dropped the pool and hollered. I said some words that children shouldn't hear." Potts said the wound bled a little but that almost immediately she felt a deep ache in her foot. "It was excruciating pain," said Potts. Potts mother-in-law, Marisue Potts, was outside and ran into the house to get Mary Ann's husband, Jim. "Jim came out and smashed the snake's head with a 2X4," said Mary Ann. "Then he brought the snake with us. The hospital said that was a good thing to do because it was better to see the type of snake so they can give you the right anti-venom." Ice was applied to the wound and then Potts headed to Floydada. "We called the emergency room at Methodist Hospital and they called EMS in Floydada and told them to meet us at the Lighthouse Electric intersection. The helicopter was also dispatched. We met EMS at Lighthouse and I was loaded onto the ambulance." Potts said that no chances were taken with the snake. "They told me just to be safe they wanted a police officer to come shoot the snake and make very certain it was dead. So they did." Potts said within an hour she was in the emergency room at Methodist. Within 1 1/2 hours she was being given anti-venom. "The pain was so bad that the little bit of morphine they gave me was not enough. The pain medicine did not start working until Monday," said Potts. According to Potts the swelling moved from her foot to her thigh. "It swelled for 18 hours but it has stopped now," said Potts. "Although the swelling moved--the pain did not . Luckily they did not have to cut me open to stop the swelling." Potts said she may get to go home on Thursday or Friday. The rattlesnake, according to Potts, was 5 or 6 buttons in size. "I don't know if that is considered small or not." Potts
has three boys, 3 years, 6 years and 9 years. "I am so glad
it did not get my children--that would have been terrible."
Photo by Karen Will Rogers Randy Miller's dream has been realized with the delivery of his first 1,000 CDs containing 8 of his own original Christian songs. To celebrate this long anticipated arrival, Miller will be autographing the CD's at a party held in his honor, Thursday, June 13, at 2:00 p.m., at City Auto in Floydada. Within a week half of the CD's have already been sold. "I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to order more," said Miller. The CD is titled "Here and Now". The songs, "Cross Road", "Flow Through Me", "One and Only", "The Carpenter's Son", "Supper With a King", "Praise His Holy Name", "That's Why I Came", and the title song, "Here and Now", were all written and performed by Randy Miller. Two other songs on the CD, "While Heaven's Looking In", by J.L. Windsor, and "Hold On", by J. Barilla, are also performed by Miller. He has back-up on the tape by five Nashville studio musicians and 2 Nashville back-up singers. "The fiddle player/mandolin and acoustic player performs on all the Gaither videos," said Miller. The tape, produced by Southstar Creative Group, was recorded in Nashville. Miller was "discovered" by Southstar when he auditioned at a Nashville Starseek Show. Miller performed "The Carpenter's Son" and Miller's songwriting talent was quickly noticed by the Christian and Country music promoters. The producer, Steven Brown, has also asked Miller to make a return trip to Nashville to tape a patriotic show for PAX cable to be aired September 11. "The show is being made in memory of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks," said Miller. Miller has already writtten an original patriotic song which he will perform on the September 11 show. He has also been invited to come back, in October, to a "command performance", which is sponsored by several independent record companies. Miller has said that the focus of his music has always been to "get the message out". "I don't want to be a star," said Miller. "I want to lift up Jesus' name through music. I hope something in my songs will bring people closer to God." Miller is the music director of the Methodist Church in Floydada, and also leads the praise and worship music in the early service at the Methodist Church in Plainview. The
CD's can be purchased for $16.00 at City Auto, First United
Methodist Church in Floydada and the First United Methodist
Church in Plainview, Wayland Baptist Bookstore, and KCM
Music Company in Plainview.
Huggins Brings Home Gold Melanie Huggins As her last activity as a member of the Lockney Longhorn Band, Melanie Huggins competed at the Texas State U.I.L. Solo and Ensemble Contest at Southwestern Texas State University in San Marcos in Memorial Day. This was her fourth time to compete at the state level and her third time to receive a Division I gold medal with her flute solo. A recent graduate in the class of 2002 of Lockney High School, Melanie plans to continue her music career at West Texas A&M University at Canyon as a music education major and a member of the WTAMU Band.
VIRGINIA OLIEN BILBREY Graveside services for Virginia Olien Bilbrey, 83, were held at 11 a.m. Monday in Lockney Cemetery with Reverend Harold Abney officiating. Burial was by Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney. Mrs. Bilbrey died Saturday, June 1, 2002, in Lockney. She was born December 20, 1918, in Texoma to the late W.A. and Virginia Buford Storr. She moved to Hollis, Oklahoma in 1926 and graduated from Hollis High School. She moved from Hollis to Lubbock in 1942. She also attended nursing school in Plainview. In 1946, she moved to Lockney where she was an LVN for 27 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ, the Order of the Eastern Star and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Odd Fellows. Her husband, Truett Bilbrey, died in 1995. Surviving
are a son, Leland Bilbrey of Lockney; a sister, Billy Behlen
of Lubbock; a grandson, Shane Bilbrey of Ballinger; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
LOUISE MARR COOPER Funeral services form Louise Marr Cooper, 88, former resident of Lockney, were held at 1 p.m. Thursday in LaGrone Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ruidoso Cemetery. Mrs. Cooper died Monday, May 27, 2002, in Lincoln County Memorial Hospital in Ruidoso. She was born on October 22, 1914 in Clarksville to Robert and Gertrude Marr. She was married to Howard Cooper in 1932. She and her husband, lived in Lockney and operated Cooper Insurance Agency until they moved to Ruidoso in 1955 where they owned Cooper Insurance Agency until they retired. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ruidoso, The Eastern Star and the Altrusia Study Club. Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Carol Schultheiss of Austin; one brother, Tom Marr of Plainview; two sisters, Francis Willis of Paducah and Dorothy Turner of Floydada; and two grandsons and one granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, George, Gavin, Bert and William "Dub" Marr. The
family suggests memorials to the Elaine Hardy Scholarship,
in care of Glenda Ford, Lockney, TX 79241.
AVIS "JACKIE" EMERT Services for Avis "Jackie" Emert, 77, of Floydada were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at Trinity Assembly Church in Floydada. Reverend Vance Mitchell officiated and Revered Henry Russell assisted. Burial was in Floydada Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mrs. Emert died Sunday, June 2, 2002 in Lubbock. She was born on January 22, 1925 in Coryell County to the late John and Ida Mae Barker Dossey. She attended schools in Coryell County and moved to Floydada in 1940. She married Owen Elbert Emert on November 11, 1942 in Lubbock. She was a homemaker. Survivors include: her husband Owen Elbert Emert of Floydada; two sons, Keith Emert of Hale Center and Floyd Emert and wife Janet of Sulfur, Oklahoma; two daughters, Patsy Bailey and husband James and Vickie Emert and husband Curtis all of Floydada; one sister, Annie Hunnycuit of Florence, Arizona; 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. The
family suggests memorials to Floyd County Veterans Memorial
c/o First National Bank PO Box 550, Floydada, TX 79235.
BENNIE F. GOODALL Funeral services for Bennie F. Goodall, 70, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 3, 2002 at First Southern Baptist Church in Fritch. Reverend Luther Brines of Hobart, Oklahoma officiated and Reverend Calvin Winters, Pastor assisted. Internment was in "The Garden of Love" at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. Mrs. Goodall died on Friday, May 31, 2002 in Amarillo. Mrs. Goodall was born on July 13, 1931 in Stonewall County and had been a Fritch resident since 1955. She was a homemaker and member of the First Southern Baptist Church. Mrs. Goodall was a den leader, coach and Sunday School teacher. She married Marvin Goodall on August 30, 1948 in Spur. She was preceded in death by two sons, Eddie Goodall and Daryl Goodall; her father, Aubrey McMahon; and brother, Lowel McMahon. She is survived by her mother, Lanie McMahon of Aspermont; husband, Marvin Goodall of Fritch; son, Donny Goodall of Austin; daughter, Marva Rasco of Lockney; three brothers, Eldon and Alvin McMahon of Farmington, New Mexico and Carl Emmett McMahon of San Angelo; three sisters, Nova Simmons of Peacock, Deanie Miles of Fritch, and Sharla Nasra of Roswell, New Mexico; and five grandchildren. The
family suggests that memorials be made to your favorite
charity.
ANTONIO MACHADO Rosary services for Antonio Machado,71, of Dougherty were held at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2002 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Floydada. Funeral mass was at 10 a.m. Monday, June 3, 2002 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church with Father Phillip deFreitas, officiating. Burial was in Floydada Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mr. Machado died on Friday, May 31, 2002 at his residence. He was born on March 3, 1931 in San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico to the late Marcos and Maria Machado. He attended schools in Mexico. He married Maria Del Socorro Ontiveros on November 26, 1951 in Mexico. He moved to Dougherty in 1970. He was a farm laborer and a member of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Floydada. Survivors include his wife, Maria Del Socorro Machado of Dougherty; five sons, Antonio Jr., Gilberto and Eddy all of Dougherty and Abel and Marcos of Floydada; four daughters, Maria Machado, Maria Elena Cervera and Alice Degollado all of Dougherty and Guadalupe Delafuente of Lubbock; four brothers, Manuel, Marcos, Juan and Octaviano all of Mexico; four sisters, Maria DeJesus Machado, Belen Machado, Amelia Machado and Consuelo Machado all of Mexico and six grandchildren. The
family suggests memorial to St. Mary Magdalen Catholic
Church 309 S. Wall, Floydada, TX 79235.
MILDRED J. MOORE Funeral services for Mildred J. Moore, 93, of Pittsburg, former area resident, were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Church in Plainview with grandsons, Reverend Dennis Cawthon of San Antonio and Reverend Jim Cawthon and Ada, Oklahoma officiating. Other grandsons, Gary Moore of Vega and Doug Moore of Canton assisted. Burial was in Parklawn Cemetery. Arrangements were by Erman Smith Funeral Home in Pittsburg. Mrs. Moore died Friday, May 31, 2002, in Pittsburg Hospital. Mrs. Moore was born June 25, 1908 at Bluff Dale, Erath County to Lucy Cordellia Evans and Jesse Andrew Jackson. She graduated from Olney High School in 1927. She married Isaac Watt Moore on September 22, 1928 in New Castle. He died July 22, 1973. After their marriage, they lived in Olney, then moved to Lockney in late 1930. Along with Plainviewite, the late James Miller, they owned the Chrysler-Plymoth dealership in Lockney. Then she and her husband owned Ike's Cafe and the Ice House until 1945 when they returned to Olney for two years. In 1947, they began farming in the Halfway Community and moved into Plainview in the late 1960s and both were Star Route carriers for Olton Route, Plainview United States Postal Service. She continued to live in Plainview until December 1985 when she moved to Littlefield. In 1999, she moved to Pittsburg to reside with her son and daughter-in-law, Wesley and Wanda Moore. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband, one daughter, Donna Cawthon; 2 brothers, Don and Marlin Jackson, one grandson, Dana Cawthon and one great-granddaughter, Tasha Pelfrey. Survivors
include 2 sons and their wives, Wesley and Wanda Moore of
Lake Bob Sandlin, Pittsburg; Randy and Juanelle Moore of
Hemet, California; one son-in-law, Wiley Cawthon of
Littlefield; 9 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 7
great-great-grandchildren; 2 step grandchildren and 4 step
great-grandchildren.
ISAAC HARVEY PARKS Funeral services for Isaac Harvey "Sparky" Parks, 86, of South Plains were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at the First United Methodist Church in Floydada with Reverend Pat Ginn officiating. Cremation was under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mr. Parks died Saturday, June 1, 2002 at his residence. He was born on July 19, 1915 in Lumpkin County, Georgia to the late Harvey Frank and Sallie Dola Green Parks. He graduated from Lumpkin County High in Dahlonega, Georgia. He moved to Texas in 1935, first to Hartley and them to Amarillo in 1939. He moved to South Plains in 1950. He married Eula Maurine Shearer on August 11, 1940 in Amarillo. She preceded him in death on May 28, 2000. They were the owners and operators of Parks Oil Company for 33 years. He retired in 1983. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Floydada. Survivors include two sons, Ed Parks of Livingston and Jay F. Parks of Dimmitt; one brother, Woodrow Parks of Dahlonega, Georgia; one sister, Verdelle Brackett of Dahlonega, Georgia; six grandchildren, Leigh Youngblood, Russell Parks, Wade Parks, Jayson Parks, Anissa Park and Autumn Stokes and six great-grandchildren, Brandon Bullard, Ashley Bullard, Kyler Parks, Whitney Parks, Alexa Youngblood and Dillon Isaac Youngblood. In
Lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the First
United Methodist Church PO Box 719, Floydada, TX 79235 or to
Hospice Hands of West Texas PO Box 1118, Lockney, TX 79241.
LAWSON ROWELL Services for Lawson Reed Rowell, 60, of Lockney were help at 3 p.m. Friday, May 31, 2002 at the First Baptist Church in Lockney with Reverend Phillip Golden officiating and Russell Harris assisting. Burial will be in Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney. Mr. Rowell died Wednesday, May 29, 2002 in Lockney. He was born on January 27, 1942 in Plainview to Henry and Viola Lawson Rowell. He lived in Lockney and attended Lockney High School. He worked at Rowell Variety Store in Lockney as well as Perry's Variety Stores in various places. Mr. Rowell was a member of First Baptist Church of Lockney and worked with Royal Ambassadors as well as teaching Sunday school and was a member of the choir. He was President of the Floyd County Fair and also served as President of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge of Lockney. Survivors include: parents; two sons, Reed of Lubbock and Brandon of Plainview; a daughter Amy Crawford and husband, James of Plainview; eight grandchildren; four nieces; one nephew; and a sister, Lahona Clower of Seminole. The
family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer
Society, 3411 73rd St., Lubbock, TX 79423.
EUGENE WATTS Services for Eugene Watts, 58, of Weatherford were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2, 2002 at Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Reverend Anthony Sisemore officiated. Mr. Watts died Thursday, May 30, 2002 in Fort Worth. He was born on April 27, 1944 in Floydada to the late Allen Alfred and Ruby Opal Fields Watts. He attended schools in Floydada and received his GED in 1989. He married Barbara Jan Perry on February 1, 1967 in Plainview. He was a bus driver for the Aledo ISD for five years and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors
include: his wife, Jan Watts of Weatherford; one son,
Charles Scott Watts of Weatherford; two daughters, Kimberly
Jan Watts and Elizabeth Anne Greer and Husband, John David,
all of Weatherford; two brothers, Allen Wayne Watts and
wife, Jean, of Paradise and Alfred Ray Watts and wife,
Evelyn, of Fort Myers, Florida and two grandchildren,
Tristan Ann Greer and Chase David Greer both of Weatherford.
BILLIE JEAN WHITLEY Services for Billie Jean "Midget" Whitley, 76, of Floydada were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at the First Baptist Church in Floydada. Reverend Anthony D. Sisemore officiated. Burial was in Floydada Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mrs. Whitley died Sunday, June 2, 2002 at her residence. She was born on August 31, 1925 in Canyon to the late James Earle and Annie Olympia Lowry Swinson. She moved to Floydada in 1925. She graduated from Floydada High School and attended Wayland Baptist University in Plainview. She was a telephone operator. She worked for Texas Instruments for eight years and at South Plains School. She was a member of the First Baptist Church were she worked in the library and was very active as long as her health allowed. She was preceded in death by a brother, James Ralph Swinson, in 1914 and two sisters, Robyn Reed in 1995 and Skeet Crow in 2000. Survivors include: two sons, Timothy David Whitley and Jimmy Don Whitley and one sister, Nell Swinson of Floydada. The
family suggests that memorials be sent to First Baptist
Church PO Box 610, Floydada, TX 79235 or to a favorite
charity.
JENARO ZAPATA Funeral Mass for Jenaro Zapata, 72, of McAllen, was held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Reverend Gerard Kenney officiated. Burial was in Plainview memorial Park by Lemons Funeral Home. Rosary was at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2002 in Lemons Memorial Chapel. Mr. Zapata died at his residence in McAllen. He was born September 19, 1929 in Hondo. He moved to Plainview in the 1960s and to McAllen in 1992. On August 19, 1949, he married Mercedes Baltierez in Saginaw, Michigan. She died November 5, 1991. Survivors include nine daughters, Janie Fuentes of McAllen, Violanda Trevino of Red Oaks, Sibia Dominguez of DeSoto, Melissa Ramos of Cedar Hills and Petra Cavasos, Alicia Zapata, Gracia Vera, Merlinda Castillo and Sandra Zapata, all of Plainview; three sons, Jenero Zapata Jr., of Lockney, Robert Zapata of Plainview and Ray Jenero Zapata of McAllen; a brother, Sartunino Zapata of Plainview; four sisters, Vicki Rendon of Lockney, SophiaVela of Eagle Pass, and Antonia de la Cruz and Ramona Moreno, both of Plainview; 35 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.
Please bear with us, gentle reader. This wont take long, but we will rest easier, someday, knowing we have noted the passing of a good friend, and a good soldier, and knowing too that his life here among us did not go unnoticed. There is, or there was, a cadre of a few men who survived Corregidor and went on to survive the prison camps that followed. Johnny P. Turner, from somewhere around Lamesa, was one of those men. He was not a well educated man, as things are now determined, and he sometimes drank too much, but he was a brave man who did his duty. In fact, he lived to do his duty, as he saw that duty, but sometimes other things interfered. Quite often, before hostilities broke out, he could be found digging a hole, under orders from First Sergeant Beaman, only to fill the hole once it was completed…with the same dirt dug from the original. As I say, sometimes he drank too much. Beaman didn't like that. In fact, Beaman didn't like much of what went on in the world. Nearing completion of 30 years in the Army, he took a dim view of "first termers" in general. Johnny P., or "Tombstone", as he was called by his fellows (he once slept through an alert exercise carried out in the dead of night prior to hostilities, awakening only when everyone else returned from the guns, thus earning the nickname "Tombstone"), was a machine gunner. Against all the odds, he and "Little" George Williams, his machine gun partner, lived through Corregidor. When airplanes were not overhead, particularly when we were not under attack by dive bombers or low level attack aircraft, George and Johnny were instructed to vacate their post, which consisted of a tower that loomed high above the battery's 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. It was a very vulnerable position. When the tower, and the machine gun nest, was blown away by artillery fire during one such absence, they were assigned to other guns. The three of us were close friends, perhaps because we were all country folks from Texas, and about the same age. We stuck together like fleas, and ended up in a Mukden, Manchuria, prison camp. George was number 856, Turner was 857, and I was 858. Another friend, and a member of our group, was Roy Creecy, a farm boy from Montana. He was 861. By hanging together and helping each other, all four managed to weather the storm. Then, time and tide took its toll. Creecy was first to go. His widow wrote from Montana, seeking help. She got it. Then George. I visited him in a Veterans Administration hospital in San Antonio shortly before he died some years ago. His wife sat nearby. Within days after his death, she died as well. But with Johnny P. it was a different story. His wife of many years preceded him in death, and eventually he married again. In my own opinion it was a disaster, but others, especially Johnny P., could have a different take on the subject. He called me from Orange, Texas, shortly after his new marriage, happy as a lark. She was considerably younger than he, and, according to Johnny, very, very beautiful. He put her on the phone, saying again and again that he wanted her to talk to me. All I could get out of her was giggles. Johnny died shortly thereafter, but none of his old comrades were told. His new wife, now modestly well off, evidently saw no need. We found out about it at a recent gathering of veterans of Bataan-Corregidor from the widow of H.C. Griffen, who was a valued member of my own gun crew. "Griff", as he was called, came out of prison camps with advanced tuberculosis and never recovered. Mrs. Griffen, or Illava, found out about Johnny's death when she called the new Mrs. Turner to tell Johnny about her own husband's death. The world moves on. I just thought there ought to be some mention, somewhere, about a man who served his country honorably and did his duty without complaining. After all, it is Memorial Day, as this is written. Johnny was a good soldier, even if he did drink a little too much, most of the time. In prison, he had only one eye for many months. A Jap guard hit him in the eye with the butt of a rifle when he mistook an order, leading Johnny P. to a rigorous study of the Japanese language. By the time we were freed, he could speak the language almost as good as a native.
Now they are all gone, except me. Creecy, Turner, Williams, even a guy named Cook (number 860) who attached himself to our little group. Cook earned his spurs, or his place, by furnishing us with the liver of a dog trapped by English prisoners when it wandered into camp in sub-freezing weather. The carcass was stolen from its original trappers by people who lived in our own barrack, and hidden in a snow bank. Cook was a witness, and demanded a portion of the dog as hush money. Then he shared. Johnny P. cooked the liver. We savored our share. Four of us feasted on one dog's liver. It was very, very, good. There were others who we survivors ought to remember on this day, and all days. There was Francis Tuerman, from Decator, Texas, our "relay" man, who died in our own gun pit, turned into ashes by artillery fire. There was Shook, from El Darado, Kansas, who had lied about his age and came in the Army when he was 16, and who died less than ten feet from me on the day (May 6. 1942) of the Japanese invasion of Corregidor. There was "Alabama" Freeman, who died the same day when shrapnel ripped through his intestines, worrying with his last breath whether he was going to be able to have children, when the war was over. There were many more. To all of them, and to all who served on all the battle fields around the world, from all of us, we say thank you. We know it's not much, but it is about all we can say. God bless.
Thelma Parr has made our whole year. That sweet lady just walked into our office last week and, for no reason whatsoever, brought us a bag of fresh--still hot--homemade--chocolate chip cookies. Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you! Whatever we did to deserve that I hope we do it again! We have been having a great deal of discussion around here about the definition of "paternal twins". The brand new twins of Dr. Sheri and Sam Moore, of Lockney, were dubbed paternal twins in a thank-you in this paper a couple of weeks ago. It was believed "paternal" meant identical twins, and Sam Moore called us back and made it clear that first of all the twins weren't identical and second of all he didn't think paternal mean't identical. (By the way--Sam was very nice and laughed about the whole incident). We had originally found the definition of paternal twins on the internet--which led another reader to tell us you can't believe what you read on the internet--and then that same reader brought us a bunch of internet research. He said he checked the British Medical Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association and could access no articles about paternal twins--however the 2001 Merriam-Webster Dictionary said that paternal means: "relating to the father", or "received or inherited from one's father". So--before I made another correction to my correction, we tried to go back and find where we got our information the first time. It took some looking but on an internet Biology Course for "grade 9 applied": Topic of "Human Reproduction": Lesson References:http://www.pregnancycalander.com, Schraer & Stoltze, Biology: The Study of Life USA, 1990, it says: "Paternal Twins: Another name for identical twins--one egg is fertilized and splits in two. Both fetus' share the amnion and placenta and the children are always the same sex and look very much alike." So before we have to write another correction, I'd like to go on record as saying--we don't know for sure what paternal twins means--AND FRANKLY I DON'T CARE. However--we do care that the Moore twins are healthy happy baby boys--AND THEY AREN'T IDENTICAL!
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