 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
There will be an auction at the Creston Community Building on September 5, starting at 6 P. M. Those who want extra amounts of special items should call Alvin Engelke at 304-275-3578 to make sure plenty is on hand. Bobby Ray will bring down the goodies for those who have had to hang tough during the summer.
Ergon's big catfish fry will be September 16 at their terminal up above Marietta. For reservations one needs to call Judy at 1-800-278-3364.
The W. Va. Forestry Association is among the groups sponsoring the Friends of America Rally on September 7 down below Logan. Free tickets can be obtained by emailing friends of americarally.com. As a result of anti-business decisions both down at the Mouth of the Elk and especially down in the swamp along the Potomac, the timber, logging and lumber business has been awful. At last report 50,000 had already signed up for the event which features Sean Hannity, Hank Williams, Jr. and many more including 'global warming' debunker Lord Monckton.
Rev. Keith Belt brought the message at the Burning Springs M. E. church.
Walter Kerby, age 74, passed away. Walter used to play at the Creston sings and for a time lived in Creston and taught school in Calhoun County.
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Pennington have been doing some camping.
The Creston poker run is scheduled for Saturday, September 19 with signup starting at 9 A. M.
It looked like rain Thursday evening so the Stinson Stud helped Jack dePue & Peanut roll up a fine bunch of second cutting.
Donna Sue Ferrell & Tammy McFarland made up a big batch of apple butter with a little help from Denver McF., Alvin & Carl Ferrell.
Tim Lynch & Euell Russell attended the football game in Elizabeth Friday evening and cheered on the home team who won.
Charles & Euell Russell were consulting their podiatrist.
W. Harrison Schenerlein IV attended the Honey Festival in Parkersburg and watched bees in the hive, the bee beard being made, etc. He likes to watch bumble bees on pretty flowers and notes that bumble bees eat 'necknar'.
The WVU annual snow & ice seminar will be held September 30 at the Day's Hotel in Flatwoods. One of the big pushes this year is the use of liquid calcuim chloride which is expensive. Oilfield brine is both plentiful and free but, apparently, someone would then miss out on a 'cut'.
John Perdue has been busy again, campaigning for governor but, it seems, every time he must step aside so one of the select can be chosen. This time around Earl Ray is making a big push. He is big into the puppies.
It was learned that Stella dePue has been on the puny list.
There was a big turnout for the flea market/rummage sale that was held at the Creston Community Building. Some folks found bargains and others found games that had been made by Jimmy Tucker, etc.
The chattering class has made a big thing about Teddy Kennedy's (the "pro-abortion Catholic") going on to whatever "his reward" might be. Older folks will remember that back in the 1950s there were articles in "Our Weekly Reader" and other publications provided in the schools telling about a wonderful family that was interested in "public service". Then there came all the articles in Life, Look and other publications and on the news telling about how awful West Virginia was, what retards lived here, how bigoted they were, etc. One family whose husband was from Pine Creek who was in Boston at the time was forced to be 'from elsewhere' because the criticism was so intense. Many wondered what all this was about and then, as Paul Harvey would say, "Now we know the rest of the story." Old Joe, a friend of the Bulger family in Boston who had got into trouble some years earlier because of his support for a guy named Adolph and "his merry men", decided that he would show that a Catholic could be elected by "winning the W. Va. primary". One elected official in Calhoun County lamented, "What are we to do next time? They are paying $20 in the primary; we never buy votes in the primary and pay only $5 in the general." Hubert Horatio Humphrey drew the crowds but he didn't have the green and he had no connection with the deceased voters who rose in force for the occasion.
Tom Joyce who, for a time as a boy lived in Creston, became head of the gas division of what was then the Federal Power Commission, now called FERC. One of the employees of his division did something without authority and Joyce was called before congress to explain. Sen. Teddy had a sheet of paper before him and he kept asking Mr. Joyce why he told this employee to do (what he wasn't supposed to do). After several attempts to explain what really happended but with no progress whatsover, Joyce, finally said, "Now Senator, with all due respect, you know that we all make mistakes, even you."
There was a quick, "No furthur questions from this witness." Of course Mary Jo and their baby didn't make it to the wake.
The federal reserve head of the Atlanta office reported that the real unemployment number is presently 16% with no letup in sight.
One local fellow reported that he sent a cow to market Saturday and it fetched $41/cwt.
The Old Bald Eagle, otherwise known as the Mayor of Deaver's Fork, and his lovely bride were attending to business in Creston over the weekend.
The price of local Penn grade crude was $65.75/bbl.
The South East Ohio Oil & Gas Association trade show and well tending seminar will be held on September 17 at the Washington County Fair grounds at Marietta.
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