I 6 SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON Farmer&apos;s ADVOCATE -- THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 BLUE RIDGE A CRES Faith B. Cone Dial 725-5488 Hello again. It's the middle of the night or early morning and I am at the table with a blank sheet of paper and a mind to match. Seems that all I can think of is spring and how [mautiful the weather is and how things are grow- ing. The dogwoods, redbud, jonquils and tulips have gone with the wind; the lillies of the valley last only a few days anyway; but the early peonies and iris are starting their period of glory. The leaves are almost all out; the river is high; and our Paulonia trees by the Shenandoah River are lavender masterpieces. What a marvelous time of year! Friday the 13th, our only one in 1988, slipped by without any notice - I didn't have any luck that day, good or bad. As I crawled out of bed at 3 a.m., Russ woke up. I had disturbed his dream -- he had been dreaming that he had just been made Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force! He was so ex- cited until I awoke him. Guess Russ's +mind was busy with the past after yesterday's phone call. A Cyril Cogswell called him from North Carolina. Cyril and Russ went to St. Albans-on-the Mount in Washington, D.C., in the very early 20's and Cyril wanted to know if Russ was planning to attend the class reunion in June. Guess that would be the 65th. Cyril bad been reading his St. Alban's bulletin - but ours has not arrived. Washington, D.C., is so far away - Maybe the bulletin is with the two Mother's Day cards that Pat Hardy mailed me more than a week ago which should have ar- rived before Mother's Day. Pat said she personally marled them and the address was the one she always uses - makes one wonder. Well, let's get along and do coming events early before I forget them and you-all get tired of reading_Major repairs continue on our 30-year-old swimming pool. John Kincaid is hopeful that the pool will be ready for opening Memorial Day weekend. We're all crossing our fingers. First event on the calendar for the season is a softball game: Oldsters vs. Youngsters. Play will start riext Sun- day, May 22, at 4 p.m. in the club's field located below the tennis courts. Competition is keen as one side tries to prove that older is better. Cal LaMotte is planning to take his grill so that hot dogs can be cooked and sold as well as soft drinks. Come and enjoy fun and games and start the new season off with a bang. Speaking of bangs - I heard quite a few of them over the weekend. Isn't it sorta early for fireworks? Also coming up on the club agenda is the annual open house sponsored by the Blue Ridge Mountain Country Club. Planning is underway for the event which is the only function spon- sored by BRMCC that is open to all BRAcres property owners. However, the club requests that no guests be 40-Year Pin Presented Fleeta Writt, on left, chaplain for Jefferson County Memorial VFW Auxiliary 3522, Chalres Town, is shown receiving, a forty-year member- ship pin. Presenting the pin is Esther L. Kidwiler, auxiliary president. Propane is better... for great outdoor grilling. harl)('¢ tit' great an(J make ,m ouldo()r ()UFlII{'I ( hef out of you ! __ The adiustahle ]  flame light,, l l intantl,. ((,ranli(- [ [ briquettes lve flavor and last in(hqinitelv. Ftr all the --, ph',,'.uw (,t (,utdo,,r \\;\ XX th,, h+.l,,, \\; II  the great propane IIII t'F( +'"+'++ Better energy. A better future. Efficient. Abundant. Economical. Rammn, W. Va, 1-304-725-7087 1.800.222-0808 PROPANE GAS GIVES YOU MORE FOR YOUR MONEY brought. Blue Ridge Acres, Inc., as always is furnishing dollars to cover the cost of liquid refreshments as well as a beautiful floral centerpiece for the head table. Usually the centerpiece becomes a door prize for some lucky individual. The open house date is Sun- day, May 29, 3 to 5 p.m. Club members are furnishing goodies to help fill the hallow legs - Let Faithfully know what you will bring. Help will be needed to set up Saturday as well as Sunday. I made a lotta little notes of things I wanted to put in the column, but they seem especially disjointed this week. One note says that we tried the new marinated catfish which was on sale at a local store last week and found it delicious. (The fish, that is, not the store.) Just toss the filet into a 225 degree fry pan that has been sprayed with Pam or the like and cook it a few minutes or so on each side. On the same line which says marinated cat- fish, another note reads "Carol - Len- ingrad." Russ's daughter called from Paris to say that she and her other half, Tom Rose, were leaving for a week's stay in Russia. That seemed to put all three of his daughters out of the country at once: Claire is in Kenya, Africa, and Linda on a business trip to Finland. Just what this had to do with marinated catfish, I don't know. But if anyone had told me years ago how small this old world would become, I'd have been very surprised - am surpris- ed now. Bertha DeVese and Gladys Goech took Anna Phillips, X-BRA resident now of Harpers Ferry, to lunch at the Charles Washington Inn. Occasion was Anna's birthday and an opportunity to keep up going back many years Russ and I mov- ed to BRAcres in 1972. Miss seeing the Mountain Trails Store open en Route 3 in Silver Grove. It was a nice-looking place and seem- ed to be filling a need, Maybe someone will be interested in re-opening it. Early trash appears on county roads around Jefferson County. Really sad. Of course we have a bit of trash in BRAcres and I can't see much change as a result of Larry Gaffney's strong article in the newsletter about the trash around certain" houses in BRAcres. Certainly my nearby eyesores haven't improved any. Russ and I took a ride around the south end of Blue Ridge Acres Sunday p.m. He really enjoyed getting out in- to that beautiful weather. The river- side picnic area looked great and a number of people were enjoying the great out-of-doors. Met a young couple with children who are the purchasers of the Smithson house - didn't get their name. They had a small bundle of black and white fluff which turned out to be a huskie puppy. Cute as he could be. Baby animals are always so cute - if they would just stay babies. Russ and I inspected Kaye and Far- ren McGraw's new flower beds - saw results of the green thumb of Kaye's mother, Violet Jenkins. As we left Kaye's area, she returned home with youngsters Erica and Brenton and we chatted a bit...We also drove by Len Erickson's house, but no one home. Drove by Whispering Stream on Sycamore and then on to the area below the clubhouse and looked at Joe and Betts Kitchen's Glendale SHEPHERDSTOWN Mini.You-Store.It Rental Space Available Various sizes from 5'x5' to 10'x 25' One mite from Shepherdstown off RI. 45 Call Now. 876.3136 + Aphrodite Rhododendron (really azaleas)...beautiful. Wayne and Cyn- dy have a few of the azalea's also and their newly completed deck is a thing of beauty. Was surprised to see how close Talma and Irene Smith's house was to the old section now that the Smiths have started to clear their new- ly acquired lots across the street. Would have liked to say hello to Georgia and Tom Patrick but catching them at home takes some doing and we didn't make it. Bernice Diehl, John Kincaid's mother, was ill on Sunday but her spouse Bob was over at Shelia and John's house helping prepare for Shelia's Tupperware party Tuesday. Saw the spot where Marilyn and Jim Pinson had their perk test and where they plan to excavate for their new home. Good news and bad news at St. John's Episcopal Church in Harpers Ferry. Bad news was that Vicar Marilla Whitney was ill - good news that the Rev. John Grim agreed to hold the 10 a.m. service on practically no notice at all. Wife Betty played the organ. More good news was the im- proved health of Joe Spielman who looked like a new man. Joe is on some new wonder drug which, so far, has had no side effects and has worked wonders. Wife Millie was on call at the hospital but I am sure that she is as ex- icted as the rest of us...Next Sunday at 10 a.m. St. John's congregation will go three doors i have a joint service Lutheran Church Should be a great Pentecost Sunday. 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