| By Alvin Engelke
 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
The Creston Community summer ATV poker run is scheduled for Saturday, July 10 at the Community Building. Participants should try to sign in by 9 A. M. although one can start at noon. It should be a fun route for everyone according to Rod Lynch who is the man with the plan. There will also be door prizes, 50/50, food, etc.
A nice crowd was on hand Saturday afternoon at the Joseph & Alice Cunningham residence on Chestnut Run for food, music amd fellowship.
Mildred Higgins, age 63, passed away at her home. A daughter of Lum Tichnell (Tichner), she was buried at Owl Hill.
Harold "Bud" Bell's son started a remodeling project at their house in the Germany section of Creston. He quit after removing part of one of the outside walls.
The Heavy Maintenance crew had been working on the bridge Cecil "Windy" Hinzman and Associates built for C. O. Erickson at Burning Springs (a political job that did not last very long) but they moved their operations to Creston to drive piling along the West Fork between Creston and the mouth of Pete's Run where the road was getting narrow and dangerous. Local residents were pleased that the wait for the piling job was not very long.
Holly and Sherman Parsons, William J. Ward, Cecil Starcher, Kyle Collins and crew were in Creston fixing a hole in the road near where the old Frank Geer residence formerly stood. Meanwhile, the brush mowing crew made the Burning Springs section of W. Va. 5 shine.
Keith Lynch was spraying herbicide in Creston and up Little Creek.
Mr. amd Mrs. Robert Lee Phillips were attending to business in Creston over the weekend. One of Robert Lee's chariots died so he is now sporting a Dodge pickup [which is not nearly so fancy as Jane's wheels].
The short dry spell allowed quite a bit of hay to be made and the tobacco seems to be doing well.
Mr. Dexterity reported that the price of milk went up. Some didn't even know that such was news.
Rev. Juanita Lockhart filled her regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. church. Earlier in the month she had been at annual conference at Buckhannon.
Mark Dye has been hauling loads and loads of first rate veneer logs down Ann's Run.
Gene Bock has been checking on the progress of the big logging job down in Beaver Dam.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil fell to $34.25/bbl.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Butler were working in their garden beside the Rev. S. E. Cooper, Jr. home. They have a fine looking garden.
Mr. & Mrs. Glennie Edward Arthur were calling on C. Glen Arthur and associates.
The FunChester group was visiting at Harper's Ferry where they took in the scenic and historical sites.
Euell H. Russell journeyed to Lancaster Pennsylvania in the heart of the Pennsylvania Amish country to see the play Noah. He dined at the Good & Plenty Restaurant and even stopped in Hagerstown Maryland for some shopping. Euell has been all sorts of places these last few years.
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