Tennessee Friends
Darrell and Betty Haden made a trip to Champion in September 2007. They were in the neighborhood to attend the Haden Family Reunion which occurs the first week end in September every year. Walter Darrell Haden grew up over by Smallett and has kept his enthusiasm for his home place with a subscription to the Douglas County Herald and frequent visits to the area. He has been a regular Champion Correspondent since this version of the “Champion Items” first appeared. Encouragement from a Folklore expert and accomplished author is encouragement indeed. He is past President of the Tennessee Folklore Society and his prose has appeared in the Tennessee Philological Journal, the White River Valley Historical Journal, the Secret Place, and the Douglas County Herald; his poetry in the Denver Post, the Chicago Tribune, Springfield (Mo.) Daily News, Colorado Springs Free Press, and Towers Magazine; his songs recorded and published by major companies in Nashville, Tennessee.
