CRESTON NEWS

(08/30/2004)
By Alvin Engelke

alvinengelke@hotmail.com

The first Creston auction of the season will be held Saturday, September 4 starting at 6 P. M. at the Creston Community Building. Everyone is welcome for an evening of fun and bargains, etc. One can get caught up on all the news, sample the famous Creston hot dog sauce, lay in a supply of cheese and pepperoni and watch for bargains.

The Ground Hog homecoming will be held Sunday, September 5 at the church high atop the hill at the head of Pete's Run.

President Bush will be in Parkersburg on September 5 also. Now that West Virginia matters on the national scene our state receives a significant amount of attention from our leaders which is, of course, a welcome change for the good.

Speaking of things on the national level and reading about all the demonstrations in New York City, it would seem that there is a significant portion of the population that does not believe that we are in a world wide war against terrorists (often referred to as World War IV). One would certainly hope that these folks do not get in any position where they would impact our nation's defense. Some years back one local fellow came far too close to being blown up an "anti-war" terror group. Many of those folks "comrades" are now in the news media and government positions.

The monthly meeting of the Creston Community Building will be held at 7 P. M. on Tuesday, September 7. All who are interested in community affairs should be present. The next ATV poker run will be September 25 and plans will be discussed.

Nora Tucker, age 87, passed away after being a patient in a Parkersburg rest home for some time. The widow of Ross Tucker, she was a daughter of Cephas and Maude Mowrey.

Whetzel Ray, age 96, passed away at the Miletree Center at Spencer where he had been for several years.

Euell Russell reported that Billy Butler is a patient in a Parkersburg hospital.

Rev. Carlos Nutter filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. church. There were 19 present for services that included Holy Communion.

The local area has been receiving thunder storms, perhaps in part from the storm named after former Gov. Gaston Caperton. An especially big thunder clap brought many out of their beds in Creston at about 3 A. M. Sunday.

Amy Grimmett and sons were calling on Dorothy and P. E. Graham. Also visiting the Grahams were Darrell and DeWayne Snyder and their mother Georgia from up in Ohio. They informed Dorothy that Alton Snyder passed away about 4 months ago. As a youth he stayed with his grandmother, Lona Hodgen, who used to live in Fishpot and later moved to Creston.

The big Ergon catfish fry will be held on September 14 at their crude oil terminal above Marietta. The price of local crude oil fell to $39.75 reflecting the price slide on the world oil markets.

Nancy and Jane Engelke motored to Atlanta to order and purchase stock for Jane's store.

It was reported that former long time Grantsville barber Mike Williams died suddenly at his home. His parents started out their married life at Creston living in the old Cabot Lamp Black superintendent's house. Hollie always said that their stay at Creston was one of the best times in their lives and he liked to recount incidents that happened during that period.

Rodney Lynch was attending to business in Elizabeth.

Nancy Hall received a good report from her doctor but her mother, Margie Hall, is not at all well.

Hallie Cunningham reported that she is doing much better now.

Lucretia, the more or less black cat, has 6 lovely kittens that are now big enough to eat cat food. Anyone needing a cuddly little kitten should either contact the mother, Alvin or Donna Sue.

Rev. S. E. Cooper, Jr. has a fancy chair. He rode it down to visit C. Glen Arthur the other day. Others calling on Glen included Euell Russell, Don & Mia Rhodes and Ricky Tucker.

A fellow from up in Ohio called to see if the Comely Redhead had someone fetch her to the Wirt County Fair. After some discussion the man said, "Oh, she is way too young [for me]".

Jesse Carpenter sold a chariot to Jeremy Ferrell who is taking classes at the vocational school.

Someone hauled a huge load of veneer logs down the Richardsonville road. They brought top dollar for someone.

FedEx was making a delivery up the West Fork on Saturday.

Local scholars are now back in school. One young Burning Springs lass is looking forward to teaching the teacher.

The folks at the Public Land Commission down at the Mouth of the Elk River have decided that the logs that are in the bottom of the river should belong to them and they seem to be opposed to having them removed and made into fine wood items even if such were to be an economic boon to the area. Many of the logs and hand hewn cross ties have been there for a century.

John Shafer was trying to put down hot mix the other day but he couldn't get his truck bed up so he had to call on Mr. Dexterity who would wiggle a thing to get it up. John didn't want the Sassy Storekeeper to know about "his problem" and how it was "fixed".