Editorial

These hanovers (rutabagas) range in weight of 10.4 pounds to 6.8 pounds. Evelyn Varner has them in her cellar where they are waiting for winter consumption. Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell An antique icebox is a special piece of modern history. Enthusiasts love, collect, repair, and showcase these iceboxes in their...

30 Years Ago Week of November 10, 1994   SUGAR GROVE   Rail Fences  Have Many Advantages   Ever wonder why rail fences were built in a zig-zag pattern rather than straight? No doubt there are several good reasons—strength being one, since each angled section provides support for the next...

By Dave Ellis   It’s that time of the year when traffic will be heavy this weekend as Monday is the opening day of rifle season for deer. Hunters, make sure one reads the West Virginia hunting regulations that applies for gun season on deer. A surprise party happened at...

The VFW Post 9666 hosted a Veteran’s Day ceremony at the Richard Homan Memorial Park in Sugar Grove. Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell Autumn is.... The smell of frosty mornings, grapes hanging on the vine, old burning leaves, and sparkling apple jelly, red as wine. It is the feel of...

By Dave Ellis There was a lot of traffic this weekend on the Smith Creek Road due to the auction at the Hartman residence past the playhouse. A large crowd was in attendance. The area received some rain on Sunday. It’s been a long time, 23 days, since the area...

40 Years Ago Week of November 8, 1984 Women Dominate Class  In Pharmacy at WVU Women dominate the new first-year class in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy — 70 percent to 30 percent males. State residents make up 86 percent of the class and they come from 29...

By Dave Ellis The month of October is in the books as a very dry month. The area had five days of rain. If it wasn’t for the hurricane coming through the first day of October, the area would have been drier. Veteran’s Day is coming up on Nov. 11....

30 Years Ago Week of November 3, 1994 DAHMER Apples Not Appreciated Like They Were  Years Ago Folk do not store away apples for winter use at the home like they did in the days of yore. Back then, it was a good food that kept a good fresh flavor...

Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell Everyone who knew him would say that he was quick witted, had a gentle spirit, loved gospel music, and was very kind. That gentleman was 93-year-old Deyerle Rexrode, son of the late Jared Newton and Mary Jane Eye Rexrode. He had a twin brother who passed...

10 Years Ago Week of October 30, 2014   SUGAR GROVE   Busy Kids Are Happier And More Successful   Pioneers worked hard. They built their own home and barn, made their furniture and household items, sewed their clothes and made their own toys. Children were especially helpful as they...