The guest list includes Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company from Greater Garfield, Georgia, and Skeeter Skates of Skeeter Skates Plow Repair and Stump Removal of Ryo, Georgia. Jack and Jill the mules sent regrets. They are stranded in either Canada or Montana. The occasion for the gathering? On Saturday, the humorist published his 1,000th syndicated column that appears in 35 newspapers across Georgia.