Sugar Grove
By Paula Mitchell
The Treasure Mountain Festival has become deep-rooted and serves as the county’s cultural event which emphasizes community, family, and heritage through music, storytelling, and food. This event which featured local organizations selling ham sandwiches, kettle beans and cornbread, pork and beef sandwiches, and pies, among other vendor foods, provided a space for elders to pass down traditions and stories, a sense of belonging, and strengthening family ties. These gatherings of shared history and connection remain central to the county.
The culture and traditions are a fundamental way to pass on to the younger generation through this annual activity. This year’s music adhered to the ears of the young and old, through the genres of country and bluegrass. The elders felt connected with overhead conversations of family history and memories which connected the generations and preserved the past.
In a sense, this festival serves as a reunion which reinforces the strong sense of community and mutual reliance which indeed is a cornerstone of Pendleton County’s way of life.
Perhaps this year’s parade goes down in the annals of history books. Lasting about 1 hour, the determined, stoic parade persons withstood the thunder storm which included hail and torrential rains. Nothing short of several inches, it is interesting to note that Sugar Grove received nary a drop.
Needless to say, another Treasure Mountain Festival goes down into the history books to be preserved for future conversations.
Life’s little instructions include the following:
- Turn off the television and technology devices and talk.
- Encourage an older person.
- Smile. Laugh a little. Laugh a little more.
- Speak kindly to a stranger.
- Express appreciation.
Trees that are safely tucked in these mountains are heeding the call of color changes. This call has been running like a scalded dog, with muted colors beginning with hope of the maples doing their chorus line of scarlet and gold along the county scenery. Soon the leaf peepers will be motoring to witness this seasonal process.
Quotes for the week are as follows:
“I alone cannot change the world. But I can cast the stone across the waters to create many ripples.” — Mother Teresa
“Never answer an anonymous letter.” — Yogi Berra
“Onion rings are just vegetable donuts.” — Cookie Monster
“To sing like a hillbilly, you had to have lived like a hillbilly. You had to have smelled a lot of mule manure.” — Hank Williams
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi
Sitting under an umbrella is the best place to be when hearing the “Talk of the Grove.”
Bob and Marti Fisher of Romney were Friday visitors in the home of Willard and Judy Rader. They also enjoyed stopping at the Treasure Mountain Festival.
Rose Smith motored from Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, to spend the weekend with Phil Downs.
Enjoying the Friday night Darren and Vincent concert at the Waynesboro Theater were Evelyn Varner, Rose Brackman, and Judy Costello. Judy and Sonny Brooks spent the weekend with Evelyn.
A big “shout out” to Steve Stump for his beautiful yard work. His mums, pumpkins and other floral arrangements bring happiness to the motorist as they drive by.
This week’s clickety clacks for the chin waggers are as follows:
The sport of football (soccer) originated in England in the 19th century and is now one of the most popular sports in the world.
Singapore, Michigan, is a ghost town on the shores of Lake Michigan that was buried under sand in 1871.
On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager from West Virginia completed the first successful attempt to break the sound barrier.
The human body’s largest organ, the skin, weighs about 8 pounds.
The unique blooded pitohui of Papua, New Guinea, is the world’s only poisonous bird.
October birthdays include Carson Mitchell and Liz Bodkin, first; Nathan Puffenbarger, third; Billy Eckard, fourth; Ryan Mitchell, fifth; Angie Nelson, sixth; Rodney Kiser, seventh; Patty Bolton and Galen Crummett, eighth; Stanley Simmons and Jim Schulz, ninth; Travis Owens and Marie Simmons, 10th; Kathy Eye, Braden McClanahan and Shirley Mitchell, 13th; and Ann Thompson, 16th.
Concerns are for Mike Adams, Charles Anderson, Joan Ashley, Roger Ashley, Mercedes Aumann, Dave Basagic, Allen Beachler, “Bo” Boggs, Larry Byers, Joyce Calhoun, Christy Sole, Marie Cole, Austin Conn, Stanley Dahmer, Kim Davis, Jennifer Errett, Isaac Eye, Marie Eye, Mary Eye, Carl Gant, David Gillispie, Patsy Green, JC Hammer, Sharon Harr, Steve and Armanda Heavner, Hannah Hedrick, Jack and Starr Hedrick, Chuck and Tracy Hiett, Jim Hiner, Evan Hise, Tim Hively, Edsel and Mary Ann Hogan, Julia Homan, the family of Bill Hoover, Delbert Olin Hoover, Keith Hoover, Debbie Horst, Bob and Cynthia Hurry, Mike and Lisa Jamison, Linda Jones, Richard Judy, Marsha Keller, Tara Kelley, Ruth Kile, Ginger Kimble, Tom and Kim Kline, Tracie Knight, Laura Kropp, Melissa Lambert, Robert Lambert, Rex Landis, Donna Mallow, Roger and Skip Mallow, Audree Marsh, Anna Mauzy, Ed May, Gene and Joan McConnell, Gary McDonald, the Neil McLaughlin family, Rose Miller, Bruce Minor, Dottie Mitchell, Tom and Brandon Mitchell, the family of Thomas “Harvey” Jerry Mitchell, Barbara Moats, Gloria Moats, Jim Moats, Helen Nash, Aaron Nelson, Dwight Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Cheryle Paine, Terri Parker, Andy Pond, Wayne Price, Janice Propst, Alda Propst, Mike Propst, Sheldon Propst, Eldon “Butch” Puffenbarger, Tom Rader, Willard Rader, Brandon Reel, Jason Rexrode, Jimmy Rexrode, Kevin Rexrode, Linda Fay Rexrode, Bernie Sasscer, Annie Simmons, Erin Simmons, Eva Simmons, Greg Simmons, Judy Simmons, Nelson Simmons, Tonya Simon, Robbie Sites, Mike Skiles, Ed and Carolyn Smith, Natalie Stephenson, Tina Stuben, Steve Stump, Carolyn Thomas, Linda and Larry Vandevander, Sandra Vandevander, Amy Vaus, Estelle and Don Wagner, Mary Louise Waldschlager, Mike Waybright, Rene White, Sherry Wilfong, Judy Williams and Ann and Ed Wimer.
