Sugar Grove
By Paula Mitchell
The new year has begun and with it comes the eternal hope that this year will be better. The new year does seem like a time for new beginnings. It stretches ahead like a box of treasures that has not been opened. A person can open one day at a time with hope and optimism.
Here are some wishes to pass along to the reader.
May one’s hair, teeth, face-lift, abs and stocks not fall; and may one’s blood pressure, triglycerides, cholesterol, white blood count and mortgage interest not rise.
May what a person sees in the mirror delight one, and what others see in one delight them.
May someone who loves a person enough to forgive one’s faults, be blind to one’s blemishes, and tell the world about a person’s virtues.
May a person remember to say “I love you” at least once a day to one’s spouse, child, parent, and siblings.
May a person get a clean bill of health from one’s dentist, cardiologists, urologist, plumber, I.R.S., podiatrist, and gastroenterologist.
May the New Year find a person seated around the table with one’s beloved family and cherished loved ones. May a person find the food better, the environment quieter, costs much cheaper than anything else one might ordinarily do.
And may everyone live in a world at peace, and with the awareness of God’s love in every sunset, every flower’s unfolding petals, a baby’s smile, and every wonderful beat of one’s heart.
Have a Happy New Year!
Life’s lessons to live by include the following:
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Hug a friend.
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Giggle with children.
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Read every day.
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Laugh a lot.
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Cuddle a baby.
Sprinkles of rain fell Friday. Temperatures began to lower early Sunday morning, with snow showers all day. This is quite a change from last week! The length of daylight is beginning to show itself; and it is marching on to spring!
Quotes for the week are as follows:
“In the winter’s silence, January speaks: try again, begin anew.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I never eat December snowflakes. I always WAIT UNTIL January.” — Lucy, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” — Hal Borland
‘Even the strongest blizzard starts with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” — Anne Bradstreet
Sitting by the fireplace is a great place to hear about the “Talk of The Grove.”
Rick Neil has retired following 46 years of 3 million miles of truck driving. Congratulations!
Tuesday, Charles and “Pidge” Anderson had a very pleasant visit from Lester and Mary Alice Hyre.
Friday morning found Phil Downs pleasantly surprised with a visit from Susie Ruffner and daughter, Sue Ellen of Romney.
Clickety-clacks for the chin waggers are as follows:
Creole is the language spoken in Belize.
James Michener lived at Sitka, Alaska, while writing his epic novel, “Alaska.”
Contained within Lake Superior is a whopping 10 percent of the world’s fresh surface water.
Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument, is believed to have been constructed around 3000 BC.
The only two mammals in the world that lay eggs, the echidna and platypus, are found in Australia.
Concerns are for the Mike Adams family, Charles Anderson, the Alfred Armstrong family, Joan and Roger Ashley, Mike Baker, Dave Basagic, Allen Beachler, Bobby Bodkin, “Bo” Boggs, Larry Byers, Doreen Calhoun, Joyce Calhoun, Marie Cole, Judy Costella, Kim Crane, the Ronnie Crisco family, Stanley Dahmer, Kim Davis, Tommy Davis, Phil Downs, Steve Durham, Isaac Eye, Mary Eye, Carl Gant, David Gillispie, Nan Goland, Nancy Gonshor, Patsy Green, JC Hammer, 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, Karen Holsten, Julia Homan, Keith Hoover, the Debbie Horst family, Bob and Cynthia Hurry, Mike and Lisa Jamison, Linda Jones, Richard Judy, Marsha Keller, Tara Kelley, Ruth Kile, Kim Kline, Tracie Knight, Laura Kropp, Melissa Lambert, Robert Lambert, Rex Landis, Shannon Maloy, Donna Mallow, Roger and Skip Mallow, Audree Marsh, Anna Mauzy, Ed May, Dave McConnell, Gene and Joan McConnell, Gary McDonald, Rose Miller, Bruce Minor, the Carroll Mitchell family, Dottie Mitchell, Jamie Mitchell, Tom Mitchell, Barbara Moats, Gloria Moats, Sherri Moyers, Helen Nash, Aaron Nelson, Dominique Nelson, Dwight Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Cheryle Paine, Terri Parker, Andy Pond, Wayne Price, Janice Propst, Alda Propst, Mike Propst, Sheldon Propst, Eldon “Butch” Puffenbarger, the K.D. Puffenbarger family, Tom Rader, Willard Rader, Jason Rexrode, Jimmy Rexrode, Linda Fay Rexrode, Vesta Ruckman, Bernie Sasscer, Annie Simmons, Erin Simmons, Eva Simmons, Greg Simmons, Judy Simmons, Nelson Simmons, Tonya Simon, Robbie Sites, Mike Skiles, Bruce Smith, Ed and Carolyn Smith, Iva Smith, Natalie Stephenson, Tina Stuben, Steve Stump, Carolyn Thomas, Linda and Larry Vandevander, Judy Vetter, Junior Waggy, Mary Louise Waldschlager, Rene White, Sherry Wilfong, Judy Williams, Patty Willis and Ann and Ed Wimer.
Wayne (July 7, 1883 – Jan. 18, 1951) and Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Sinnett Propst (May 11,1890 – May 29, 1978) children were Everette (Sept. 23, 1913 – Sept. 4, 1989), Warren (April 10, 1916 – Jan. 18, 1951), and Dillon (Jan. 26, 1920 – Nov. 27, 1991). Pictured, from left, are Wayne, Everette, Dillon, Warren and “Bessie.”
