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By Alvin Engelke
The news around Creston was that it rained, the water came up and there was a flood. The Adopt a Highway cleanup was scheduled for Saturday but all that was accomplished was some cleaning at the Community Building.
Roads going from Creston to Spencer, Grantsville and other points were blocked and several residents were water bound for a while. Telephones went dead and then the electric went off. Obviously, details from other sections were hard to ascertain.
Special singing was scheduled for the Burning Springs M. E. church but with water in the road that was cancelled. No doubt other events met the same fate.
There will be a work day at the Creston Community Building on Saturday, May 17. The intent is to fix the picnic tables and the shelters. Folks are urged to come with strong backs, tools and a desire for community improvement. Work on the hallway is scheduled to start soon too. Call Donna Sue at 275-3202 for details.
Nancy Hall is/was a patient in the hospital. It was reported they wanted to check her lungs.
Euell and Charles Russell were consulting their physician in Grantsville.
Glenna Jean Westfall and Donna Sue Ferrell were among those calling on C. Glen Arthur.
Mindy & Chris McIver were calling on Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ray Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. Rick McClead and sons.
Anna Engelke was calling at the home place but quickly left so as not to be water bound. She was also calling in Elizabeth and Parkersburg.
As a result of the colder than customary winter hay had become a scare commodity. With the plentiful rain the first cutting hay crop this year looked good but now much of the low ground hay was damaged or ruined with the flooding and subsequent sanding and mud.
Ohio Oil Gathering indicated that they would have to replace a section of their oil line going from the Brooksville Station to the Ohio River at Eureka in Pleasants County. Tankers are being used to transport the oil but the interruption has caused a backlog of 1000 oil tanks that need to be shipped.
Some area residents found and consumed some of the tasty morels. Others whose luck wasn't so good had to settle for milkweed and poke greens and deep fried locust blossoms. The latter are not very common this year.
Fat Pat the Oil Field Rat stated that he was looking for autographs from "movie stars".
Columbia Natural Resources was doing some surveying in Roane County. Some indicate that it was in preparation for another deep well although it was noted that they were "unhappy" that an out of state promoter made a location just 600 feet from one of their better Devonian shale wells.
As a result of initial production results more interest has been generated in the White Pine section in Calhoun County. A check for $88,000 for the first month on an investment of approximately $220,000 is not too bad.
Nancy Engelke spent two days being trained down at the Mouth of Elk River.
The Wirt County Farm Bureau will meet Tuesday May 20 at 8 P. M. at the road garage in Elizabeth. | 
