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By Alvin Engelke
There will be a benefit auction Saturday, September 6, starting at 6 P. M. at the Creston Community Building. There will
be all sorts of goodies and surprises. Proceeds go to maintain the Community Building.
R. W. Arthur and E. H. Russell were among those calling on C. Glen Arthur.
There was a spectacular rainbow in Creston after the storm Thursday afternoon. There was an eerie light, the sort
sometimes associated with tornados. Wednesday's storm blew down sweet corn along the West Fork.
Local residents have been watching Mars which, it is said, is the closest it has been for 57,000 years or so.
Mary Bock, age 80, the daughter of Bill and Mabel Park passed away after an extended illness. She was the widow of
Olin Bock.
Mary Henthorn, the daughter of Ira and Ella Baker passed away a while back. Her parents lived at the mouth of Pete's
Run.
Bernard Mason, age 47, passed away in Parkersburg. A Burning Springs native, he was also related to the Stutler
family.
It was reported that Hillary may announce her plans to bring her and Bill back to the White House. Her friends at Enron
have been contacting local residents.
One of the undrilled Trenton/Black River locations in Calhoun County is scheduled to be reclaimed but one oil man from a
nearby county indicated that deeper tests were in the future. As he said, "The porosity is much better in the Rome".
While the political talk is always about the price of gasoline the local talk in the oil patch has been about natural gas.
Recently not much has been produced as Dominion's stripping plant at Hastings Station up at Pine Grove has been shut
down. Most local wells were turned back in last Wednesday.
Fall seems to be in the air. The katydids and crickets have been entertaining for weeks now and fall flowers are starting to
bloom, the buckeye leaves are turning, etc.
During the break in the rain a substantial amount of hay was put up. Some was second cutting while some was cut for the
first time. Some residents report the best potato crop in years.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cunningham attended the Cremo homecoming and were calling on Paul Cunningham who has been on
the sick list.
Uncle Roy Pursley found that he just couldn't make it as a state road retiree and has accepted employment with the
Calhoun Senior Citizens.
It was learned that Mr. Dexterity has a new admirer although the handsome feller wasn't too proud of the situation.
Details can be obtained from the Sassy Storekeeper.
Steve Staats and Dave Powell mowed the weeds over in Rock Run and Big Two Run so folks can ride their four wheelers
over there on the public roads and not have blocked vision.
Sometimes, when hard times come to families, it draws them closer. Such is the case with Harold and Jeanie Stutler as
they work through what has happened this past week. Jeanie is and has always been supportive of her husband, as the
marriage vows state: "For better or worse"!
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