Thursday, August 22, 1974
VANREENEN REUNION
Those attending the VanReenen Family Reunion at the Edray Community Center from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Porter VanReenen and daughter, Mrs. James Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Groseclose, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Groseclose and family, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest VanReenen, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dilley, Mr. and Mrs. Carl VanReenen, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin VanReenen, Mrs. A. C. VanReenen, Mr. and Mrs. Garth VanReenen and family, Mrs. Cora McCallister, Mrs. Floyd Frampton, Jeph Double and Mrs. Pearl Rucker
Weather Wise
The average rainfall on the Cranberry River watershed for the month of July was 4.86 inches.
High temperature for the month was 86 degrees at Aldrich Branch on July 4. Low temperature July 22 at Black Mountain was 40 degrees.
WEDDING
The Marlinton Presbyterian Church will be the setting at two o’clock in the afternoon Sunday, September 8, 1974, for the wedding of Miss Anne Winters Mallow and William Thomas Workman. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Mallow, of Marlinton, and he is the son of William D. Workman, of Hillsboro, and the late Grace Rogers Workman.
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Miss Katherine Ruckman McClure, daughter of the late Lantie G. and Madge Ruckman McClure, and the granddaughter of the late Mathew Ruckman, of Mill Point, became the bride of Kyle Nickell Beard, son of the late Richard M. and Bessie E. Beard, of Beard, at four-thirty o’clock Thursday afternoon, August 8, 1974, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Dysard in Lewisburg.
DEATHS
Claude A. Auldridge, 47, of Buckeye; a sawmill employee and member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral held from the Buckeye Presbyterian Church with burial in the Kee Cemetery.
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Charlie Myers, 84, of Green Bank, a pioneer woodsman, employee of Howes Leather and a retired farmer. Funeral service from the Durbin Church of the Brethren with burial in the Arbovale Cemetery.
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Robert Keith Judy, Sr., 52, of Stephens City, Virginia; born at Edray, a son of the late James Franklin and Lucy P. Hannah Judy. Funeral service from the Ridings Chapel United Methodist church with burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park, Winchester, Virginia.
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Mrs. Grace J. Moore, 91, of Minnehaha Springs, born at Doe Hill, Virginia, a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Jones. Funeral service from the Minnehaha Springs United Methodist Church with burial in the Minnehaha Cemetery.
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Mrs. Levva Gray Freeman, 81, of Durbin, lifelong resident and member of the Durbin Church of the Brethren. Funeral at the church with burial in the Arbovale Cemetery.
Humor from the Treasure Chest
Teenagers are people who express a burning desire to be different by dressing exactly alike.
Our friend says he finally got his lawnmower back from his neighbors. He bought it at their garage sale.
High school teacher we know wants to switch to elementary school, so she can be sure of getting a parking space.