Thursday, September 17, 1976
Nina Cutlip, of Droop, brought in an odd-looking bloom for identification. It has small hanging bulbous blooms, very pale green and white and we had not seen any like it. She said it had been on Droop just a year or so. We sent it into the Department of Agriculture for identification and Alan Miller replies that it is a Bladder Campion, Genus Silene, species, cucubalus. It is an introduced species that has spread throughout the state. A native of Europe, it originally was in flower gardens.
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It has been a fine year for growing potatoes and on-ions. No telling what the biggest potato will weigh this year. Many are three pounds and over. Southern States again is having a contest for the biggest potato, and several stores have some on exhibit.
AN EARLY EVENT
Oh, yes, it was snow. Friday, September 10, in the afternoon, I came from the garden shivering and hoping that our late garden would not be frozen. Something was in the air. Sure enough, it was a wintertime flurry with more waving along the mountain. After three such squalls, the temperature went up six degrees in a matter of minutes.
Several mornings frost was reported. We could see it on the lower fields but had none at our house. It was a sign of better weather if it is warmer on our hilltop than in lower places but watch out if our temperatures go below that of surrounding areas.
Herbert Greathouse wonders about an object he saw while putting hay in our barn last Tuesday. It came from the eastern sky at a very rapid speed and resembling a car headlight followed by an extremely long tail. If it had been kite or balloon, it seems the tail would have been below the sailing object.
Bertie Sheets, Harvey and I enjoyed a steak dinner with Mrs. Childers and her son, La Vern, and Tudie Purdue, with a cake baked by Les Isner. Such a treat!
These friends from Charleston say they are coming to their cabin. It is such nice house, I wish they would give it a name, then I could tell you where we ate. Anyway, they are our neighbors.
This struck me as being unusual.
We were planning a little trip and my brother-in-law, Donald Shelkey, came to the house and fixed my hair. Of course, this is one of his professions. The water pump on our cattle truck had gone bad. We got a new one but couldn’t get it put on. David Meck and I were lingering at the supper table discussing church affairs. I looked out the window and said, “Who is that working on that truck?”
It was Carrie Arbogast. “She will have that on there in 15 minutes.” I asked if he had asked her to do that and Carrie said, “No, I thought if I did it you would put my name in the paper.”…
WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter H. Hiner, of Marlinton, invite all friends to witness the exchanging of vows between their daughter, Lynette Kay Hiner, and Michael Linn Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Anderson, also of Marlinton.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Blankenship, of Droop, a son, Dana Larry.
Born to Delbert and Carol Sharp, of Woodrow, a daughter, Christina Marie.
DEATHS
Funeral service was held Saturday in Williamsburg, Virginia, for Dempsey W. (Jack) Carpenter, 53; he was a son of the late Floyd and Maude Adkinson Carperter, of Mill Point. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Rogers Carpenter…
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Charles Marvin Hollandsworth, 77, of Hillsboro; born in Greenbrier County, a son of Nathaniel and Ellen Cutlip Hollandsworth. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances J. Morgan Hollandsworth, and one son, Melvin D. “Jack” Hollands-worth. Funeral from VanReenen Funeral Home with burial in Emmanuel Cemetery on Bruffey Creek.
