HOMECOMING BRINGS SMILES FROM YESTERYEAR - Creston Residents Come Home
Visitors enjoy collection of photos from days gone by
Peggy Cooper, widow of Edgar Samuel Cooper, looks at
1984 painting of Creston Harbor by Pam Rinehart Hayhurst,
she and her husband donated to community building
By Bob Weaver
The annual Creston Homecoming was held Sunday at the Creston School turned community center, a restored facility that stands as a pillar in the rural village, a product of lots of fundraisers and volunteer work hours.
Creston is fading quickly, a faint image of its former self, a once bustling riverboat town, logging center and business community along the Little Kanawha River.
Jim Tucker of Belpre Ohio (left) enjoys restored class-
room in the old school building turned community center
Chester "Petty" Jarvis displays his large collection of wooden miniatures
About 50 folks showed up looking at old pictures, reminiscing, and visiting with friends from long ago.
The Creston School dates back to the 1920s.
Visitors spent afternoon enjoying refreshments and looking at old photos