Sugar Grove
January came and decided to put on roller skates, and has been zooming right along in life, ever since. At the blink of an eye, one is looking at the end of August. The writer has reminded her husband to get busy and buy a Christmas present before December skates by. Only 131 days until Christmas!
Teachers are returning to their classrooms this week, with students attending the following week. The writer has a copy of the board of education school bulletin from 1915 which goes into detail the rules of conduct for teachers and students. Times have certainly changed!
•You will not marry during the term of the contract.
•You may, under no circumstance, dye your hair.
•Your dresses must not be any shorter than 2 inches above the ankle.
•You may not dress in bright colors.
•You may not smoke cigarettes.
•You must be home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless attending a school function.
•You are not to keep company with men.
•You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of the board.
•You may not loiter in downtown at an ice cream store.
•Under no circumstances are you permitted in a liquor store.
•You must wear at least 2 petticoats.
To keep the school room neat and clean, you must:
•Clean the blackboards at least once a day.
•Start the fire at 7 a.m. so the room will be warm by 8 a.m.
•Sweep the floor at least once daily.
•Scrub the floor at least once a week with hot, soapy water.
In that day and time most teachers were female, rather than men.
Then lashes were the student’s punishment at the principal’s office for the following:
•Fighting at school (5)
•Boys and girls playing together (4)
•Telling lies (7)
•Swearing at school (8)
•For wearing long fingernails (2)
•For wrestling at school (4)
•Making swings and swinging on them (7)
•Coming to school with dirty faces and hands (2)
And so it was. Times have certainly changed!
Life’s little Instructions include the following:
1. Eat slowly.
2. Establish a consistent sleep schedule for better rest.
3. Check emails once a day.
4. Handwrite some birthday, anniversary, get-well, or sympathy cards.
5. Let the person with just two items go ahead of you in the checkout line.
Dog Days are over, and the community has appreciated what little rain has fallen. It has been enough to stop hay making for the second round. The river has not risen, and so it seems that all of it has gone into the water table. Daily, the cows are meeting under trees. No doubt some of the conversation pertains to the amount of rain that may fall that particular day.
Quotes for the week are as follows:
“Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes time to see them.” — Gladys Knight
“Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.” — C. Day Lewis
“Don’t get so busy making a life that you forget to make a life.” — Dolly Parton
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days you feel good.” — Jerry West
“No one ever said life was fair. Just eventful.” — Carol Burnett
Sitting under an umbrella is the best place to hear the “Talk of the Grove.”
The 75th annual Noah Eckard Reunion was held at Oakdale Park in Bridgewater, Virginia. Families and friends enjoyed the delicious food and discussing the history of the reunion which has continued for 75 years.
Wanda Pitsenbarger and Evelyn Varner motored to Staunton, Virginia, to visit Cleo Simmons and daughter, Jenna.
Proud grandparents, Dinah and Bennie Mitchell, welcomed their granddaughter, Jaynee Mae Addison, on Aug. 11. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. Her parents, Tyler and Blair Mitchell Addison, have welcomed her into their home in Grottoes, Virginia. Congratulations to the Mitchells and Addisons.
This week’s clickety-clacks for the chin waggers are as follows:
•Costco sold more than 185 million pairs of socks.
•Pineapples take two years to grow.
•Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country.
•In 1905, popsicles were invented by an 11-year-old boy.
•Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
Concerns are for Roger and Joan Ashley, Mercedes Aumann, Dave Basagic, “Bo” Boggs, Jeff Craig, Stanley Dahmer, Isaac Eye, Carl Gant, Sue Hall, Clyde Hamilton, Chip Harper, Armanda Heavner, Starr Hedrick, Keith Hoover, Mickey Huffman, Cynthia Hurry, Gary Jamison, Mike and Lisa Jamison, the family and friends of Ruthalene Judy, Tara Kelley, Stanley Kile, Keith Kimble, Lori Ann Lambert, Melissa Lambert, Skip and Roger Mallow, Yvonne Marsh, Dottie Mitchell, Helen Nash, Willa Nelson, Ronald Pitsenbarger, Alda Propst, the family and friends of Janis Propst, Sheldon Propst, Jimmy Rexrode, the family and friends of Bernie Sasscer, Margaret Sasscer, Robbie Sites, the family and friends of Ann Wimer and Edwin Wimer.
