SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON Farmer's ADVOCATE -- THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1988 3
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did
friends for a
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15 minutes
so best I not
just washed
wouldn't work
;the
Theater last
week. Faithful attendees from Blue
Ridge Acres included Mary Bell, Lil
Craghead, Nettie Clifton, Miggs Dot-
son, Carmen Howe, Hazel Kerner,
Marilyn Pinson with her niece, Tina
Fritz, and Melba Street. Everyone en-
joyed both the performance and the
trip and all look forward to "Evita,"
the next scheduled performance. Also
a treat for the gals was seeing Thelma
and Earl Newton who drove up from
Alexandria for the play. Both
Newton's had bern ill, both are great-
ly improved.
In addition to the Winchester trip,
Nettle Clifton, Miggs Dotson, and
Ott
8
3, a surprise birth-
at the home of
Walnut Grove, in
Jr., by his grand-
aunts, Linda
. The patio was
Ppy birthday
Patisha
Jo Bowles
"Happy Birth-
out of the car.
'prised because
because
had heart
have a par-
Games
were won by
Randy
and useful gifts
cookout.
was served.
and barbecue
Ott, Flowing
Orchard
I Jo, An-
Jeff
Patisha
Pauline Ott,
10tt, Dee
Bill Oden,
Michael,
4esse Dillow, Man-
nice time.
go out
of Virginia
to her home
spending two
and son-in-
Dillow and
alid friend, Amber,
4th visitors
Ott•
Grove, spent
night with his
Ott and aunt,
Patisha
Sam, Jr.,
Trailer
)f Sam-
Cora Wiley is still a medical patient
at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
David and Marsha Kidwell and Rob-
bie, Darke Lane, were July 4th visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Oden.
Pauline Ott was a Thursday caller
of Isabel Painter, Chestnut Hill.
Ludel]e Ott is a medical patient in
Jefferson Memorial Hospital. She was
admitted Thursday evening with
pneumonia.
Elda Ott and Pauline Ott were
Saturday night visitors of Carol Ott
and daughter, Priscilla and Thelma
Mills, MillviUe.
David and Linda Dillow were Satur-
day evening visitors of the farmer's
mother, Jessie Dillow.
Cookout guests of Donald and Esther
Oden, Engle, July 4th, were Donna
Knight, Robert and Scott Woodward,
Fox Glen, and friend, Kenney, Frank
and Margaret Oden, AprU and Amber,
and Pauline Ott.
Frank and Carolyn Cooper and Scot-
tie, spent July 4th weekend with Jerry
and Joyce Hibbitts, Four Winds,
Fredericksburg, Va.
Janie Saners and son, Hanson, and
Deana Souers and Devan, spent Tues-
day at Kings Dominion, near Rich-
mond, Va.
Tony and Lisa Chicchirichi, Lone
Oaks, were Sunday night visitors of
her parents, Philip and Adeline Oden.
Sammy Oden and friend, Amber,
were July 3rd visitors of Donald and
Annie Painter. Sunday night they went
to Shannondale and watched the
fireworks.
Frank and Carolyn Cooper, Pam
Cooper and her fiance, Scott Allen,
were visitors of Pat and Janice Hostler
and Bruce July 4th.
Allen and Isabel Riggleman were
July 4th dinner guests of Donald and
Annie Painter.
Donald and Debbie Bracket, Jodi
and Donald, Jr., Loudoun County, Va.,
were Sunday visitors of the latter's
parents, Thomas and Rose Penwell
and Gene, River Side.
Violet Jewel], Shannondale, was a
Tuesday night guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Williams, Lovettsville, Va.
Verna Ott and Jackie Jewell spent
Saturday night with Jackie's grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Appell,
Mission Road.
Ir New
Bar
Marflyn Pinson wen[ to Jefferson High
School on Friday to see the play,
"Stonewall Jackson Country." They
found the play both enjoyable and
most informative; that Stonewall was
quite a character and relatively old at
the start of the War Between the States
as I recall.
Talked to Ray Howes last week. Ray
bought the Beaumont house on
Starlight Drive and spent the fourth of
July weekend unpacking. Ray works
in D.C. and commutes by train to
Union Square. Says he finds Blue
Ridge Acres worth the trip. Welcome
aboard, Ray.
Donald and Annie Painter were
Saturday evenin.g visitors of Isabel
and Allen Riggleman, James and
Sharon Palmer and Wayne and Sandy
Bagent and Wayne, Jr., Fox Glen.
Sherman and Dorothy Grove and
Bruce, and Jerry Ott, were guests of
Danny and Sharon Ott, Tracey and
Shannon and Daniel on Sunday even-
ing and enjoyed a cookout.
Pauline Ott and Bill Oden was a
Saturday night caller of Cora Wiley, a
medical patient at Jofferson Memorial
Hospital.
Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs•
Millard Ott were Martin and Kathy
Viands, Jane Kuhn and Amy, and
Francisco and Shelia Aguirre.
Visitors of Ludel]e Ott, a medical pa-
tient at Jefferson Memorial Hospital,
were David and Linda Dillow and
Michael, Joey and Sandy Ott, Gene
and Diane Kerns, Ricky Ott, Deana
Souers and Dovan, Glenn and Bertha
Ott, Paul Wiley, Pauline Ott, Elda OR,
ReD• James Holtz, and Norman
Beahm.
Joyce Hibbitts and Carolyn Cooper
and Scott were Saturday evening
visitors of Pat and Jancie Hostler and
Bruce.
Billy Jones and Violet Jewell were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Appell, Mission Road.
Lee and Joan Rollison, Bridget and
Trevor, Chestnut Hill, enjoyed Satur-
day at Greenbriar State Park near
Boonsboro, Md.
Janice Hostler was a Tuesday
visitor of Jessie Lally.
Charles and Fay Jewel] and Jackie,
Teresa Lougerbeam and Verna Ott loft
Friday, July 2, for Ocean City, Md.,
and returned home Wednesday, July 6.
Donald and Annie Painter, Donald
Painter, Jr., and Tricia Jackson and
Trista, were Sunday visitors of
Thomas and Rose Penwell and son,
River Side.
Joan Rollison, Bridget and Trevor,
and Carolyn Cooper and Scott were
Friday evening visitors of Danny and
Sharon Oft and family.
Elda Ott was a visitor of her sister,
Teresa Longerbeam, Jefferson
Avenue.
Thomas and Rosie Penwell were
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(Here am I supposedly typing#in
final my notes for the column and what
do I find myself doing? Re-reading the
May-June issue of the Blue Ridge
Acres news. Why? "Cause I enjoy so
much Ruby Brownlng's history of our
mountain. What fun)."
Also chatted with Carmen Howe last
week but can't fred my hen scratches
from our conversation. I'd certainly
never make a true reporter, intrepid
or otherwise. Do remember that
Carmen and Harvey were away over
the fourth of July weekend visil old
friend Middy whom many of us have
met over the years. Seems that Mid-
dy's grandson had a stroke - can you
imagine that at the age of five?
Neighbor George GaWt, still with his
arm in a cast, came by to visit Russ.
George hopes that at his appointment
at Walter Reed the doctor's will
remove the cast and find that his nerve
is fully recovered - the nerve in his
hand, that is. George is one of the
residents of Blue Ridge Acres who
claim they don't want or need air con-
ditioning. Says he has one but never
got around to installing it last year or
so far this year. When I look at those
90-some temperatures, I wonder how
he stands it, but he certainly seems un-
daunted by the heat...Heard that Pap-
py and Betts Kitchen finally gave in
and got an air conditioner for their log
cabin and are most pleased with
it...Bertha DeVese and Gladys Gooch
use their air conditioner intermittently
but claim that it always cools down at
night at Whispering Stream. The gals
have a resdient chipmunk as well as
several squirrels. Dspite their fur
coats, the little animals go on their
merry way chomping on the scratch
that Bertha puts out for them.
Bettie LaMotte, had a surprise for
her birthday. Cyndy and Wayne Kit-
chen, two other great crab lovers, in-
vited Cal and Bettie down for hard
shells. Cal and Bettie were also invited
to happy hour at Marianne Cook's with
Mary and Ruby Browning before go.
ing to Wayne and Cyndy's. Imagine
Bettie's surprise to find a full scale
party of hard shell lovers - Cal had ex-
panded the guest list to include Miggs
Dotson, Bob and Mary Bell, and Lil
and Bill Craghead. And boy did those
crabs disappear !
The swimming pool looks perfectly
beautiful but understand that there
had been some problem with the water
supply for clubhouse and office•
Despite the heat, volunteers started
digging, found the air bubble in the
water line and full service has been
restored. All club property that is sup-
posed to, now has water. Rah! Rah!
Rah! Dan Conklln should be pleased
now he can water the flowerbeds at the
office which he so lovingly planted.
Cannas and Dusty Miller certainly
looks fine together.
Some 50 people appeared to enjoy
the club brunch held last Sunday mor-
ning. The food was delicious and plen-
tiful and everyone seemed to have a
fine time. The club even made a pro-
fit on the affair which was certainly
much needed and welcomed.
Sometimes this non-profit organiza-
tion goes a mite too far.
Amtlx covered dish supperis
scheduled for July 23 - always a fun
event. Details are on the Imlletin boml
at the postal center and I'll get them
for next week's column. Do know there
will be horse racing in the club house
after the dinner.
We had planned a birthday picnic at
our house over the holiday to celebrate
a reunion which included the return of
a long-lost stepson - Ed Gardlner of
Florida. Due to Russ's ill health, the
event was cancelled out here. But Ed
(Sunny) to the family, brought his wife
and her two boys plus his sister Pat
Hardy out last Friday for a visit. Great
tall tales were told of childhood events
and lots of catching up on subsequent
activities. Was fun; Russ and I en-
joyed it.
Now that son Mike's big wedding is
over and done with and visiting Fritzes
and Pinsons all returned to various
parts of the U.S. of A., Jim and
Marilyn are trying to pull themselves
together and plan their next move and
I do mean move. The Pinsons hope to
build a small house in Blue Ridge
Acres in the not . They
own property in Florida and hope to
divide their time between West
Virginia and Florida when Jim retires
in the next couple of years. We'll see. "
Our black-eyed Susans and pink
Cone flowers are blooming their hearts
out - looks like they get secret water
I don't know about while all the other
flowers are drying on tl',eir stalks even
the so-called hardy phlox. Last week
however, on Hickory, the road was lin-
ed with multitudes of sweet peas, but
I never got around to picking any.
NEWS OF YESTERYEAR
SPIRIT DATED July 14, 1987
"Last Thursday's storm has been
almost the whole topic of conversation
at BRA...I'U tell you about some of the
highlights I've gleaned, as usual in no
particular order...Bertha DeVese and
Gladys Gooch were among the bowlers
at the Brdnswick Bowling Center when
the entire roof blew off and inches of
water covered the floor...Bertha and
Gladys decided that home was best
and returned to BRA only to find chaos
there too. A beautiful cherry tree on
the Shenandoah Drive side of their
house had been uprooted, fell on the
power lines and shorted out power to
their home and several others in the
area...In the "old area" only the
houses close to Chestnut Hill Road
escaped the power outages from fallen
trees which lasted from four to eight
hours in various areas...As soon as tho
storm stopped, Jimmy (Kidwell) got
in his truck with his pawer saw and
removed any and all trees which were
blocking roads.
"Near misses...A maple tree bet-
ween the Warfielcls and Virginia Bliz-
zard's broke at the top and hung
precariously over the power and phone
lines which, luckily, had been
reinforced a couple of years ago. Ed
and Pat Wintermyer had a large oak
leaning toward their house which split
about 20 feet up - the oak, not the
house. For reasons unknown, it fell
away from the house instead of on it.
The Kellys found their house by the
process of looking behind a huge toppl-
ed tree on WhRe Oak and sure enough,
there it was, unhurt. Jean Tannyhill
had a similar problem; could hardly
get into her house for the huge fallen
tree which had ripped out all her utility
lines and blocked the driveway. Again,
the house itself escaped damage.
"Edna Peddicord had been to
Frederick...and came innocently
home only to find that she had trouble
with two trees. One large tree on the
upper side of her lot blew its top and
split, but missed her house. Even
closer fell a huge oak which was com-
pletely uprooted and grazed the back
of her house...Looked like maybe a
black walnut that split in two at Glen
and Marion Wellman's. They surely
will be surprised when they return
from Canada. Couldn't tell for sure
what the large tree was that fell by
Walter and Mildred Smith's house.
"In the "new" section, as I mention-
ed, there was a tree on the roof of
Harry and Esther Beaumont's and the
Palladi home seemed to have suffered
a hit. Otherwise so far as Russ could
see from riding about, the storm
seems to have missed them."
Beck to the present - 1988. I found
that the column on the storm has so
many items still of interest, I'm going
to finish it next week; this epistle is
long enough - Bye now...Faithfully...
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