By Gordon Matson The trouble with winter for one thing is the fact that there is not much actual news going on at an already quiet street. People get up, go to work (well, some do), and the rest of us sit around looking out the window and wait for something to happen that might be considered news.
By Elaine Gee Vi and Ron Slater went to Fassett on Tuesday to visit Larry and Linda Sullivan. They have been having health problems; so we must keep them in our prayers.
If you see Ruth Overrein on January 15th, wish her happy birthday or Pat Overrein on January 21 wish her happy birthday. From the 15th to the 21st they are the same age. On Saturday, Vi, Paige, Pati and Ron all went to Sharon Fleming's for a birthday party for Shelby Fleming who is three and her grandfather David Fleming. Also if you see Lester Watkins Jr. of Troy on January 17th wish him happy birthday. According to Joe Snedeker on TV 16, winter is half over. So hang in there. Spring is coming. Have a good week. By Richard & Joyce Pratt We sure have had some variety of weather this past week; in the 50s one day and then low teens to zero the rest of the week with freezing rain this morning.
Monday night last week was the tenant meeting. Some of the things to look forward to are pot luck dinners on the 24th, puzzle sale to be conducted on tax day; and Chinese auction at a later date, more details later. By Anna Belle Leonard The attendance was down on January 8th at the Gillett Senior Citizens due to the unusually cold weather. The sun was shining and the roads were fairly good, but the temperature was close to zero.
Our leader, Mary McKerrow, was absent due to surgery in her family so Robin Vanvalkenburg substituted for her. By Terren Smith Hi all how was your week?
This cold froze pipes in two of our apartments. Every morning, we send guys to thaw our pipes. Other than colds I think most people are OK. Alex Smith had a birthday party on Sunday. His grandpa got him a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. The cake was very rich. A very good cake. Forgot to ask what store he bought it. Next birthdays: Jerry Sandor on the 17th; Mickie Fay on the 19th. Sandra Smith will be having a art show at the Lewisburg Public Library in a few months. More later on the dates. Arizona and Dakoda set a wedding date and Arizona is going with the flow., August 8, 2015 at South Creek Fire Hall. It's going to be a casual/western/hunting type wedding. Let you know how it went after August 8th. Have a good week. By Esther Butcher Well I don’t have much news at all this week, the weather has been so cold that no one ventures out to do much.
Our Condolences to the family and friends of Virginia Ayres Vermilya of Canton who passed away January 8th. Happy Birthday to George (Billy) Johnson Jr. of Franklindale, who celebrated his birthday on January 13th, my nephew. There has been many convoys of gas equipment going East for the last few days, must be moving from one place to another. Lots if birds eating at the feeder these days, can’t say as I blame them, it’s been too cold. Hope the weather warms up and people get over their colds and such, maybe more news next week.
Rural Brotherhood is this Thursday, Jan. 15th, hosted by the Alba Christian Church – starting at 7 PM. All are welcome.
Ron and I (and Palin, of course) made a rather quick trip to Albany, Georgia last week to visit my brother Art Shoemaker, who has cancer, and not really doing the greatest. I’m asking for continued prayers. My younger brother Jeff and his wife Karen came from their new home in Alabama and joined us to help Art make some decisions about his current care plan as well as some of the arrangements in the manner in which he wanted, which, I admit, was extremely difficult for me – all of us, really – to do. The trip was a whopping 1,050 miles each way. By Fr. Michael McCormick The Season of Christmas is brought to its conclusion with the celebration of the Baptism of Jesus. The placement of this feast so close to Christmas sometimes confuses people. You may have gotten a false image in your minds of the infant Jesus being baptized. We know, however, from Sacred Scripture that our Lord was baptized as an adult by John the Baptist in the Jordan River.
We don’t know the exact date on which our Lord was baptized, but the Church recognizes this Divine Moment as the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry. Just as John the Baptist bridges the Old and New Testament of the Bible, the Baptism is the bridge from the private life to public ministry of Jesus. By Kathie Lepper I haven't been outside here on "The Ridge" this Monday morning, but folks are telling me it's rather treacherous on the roads out there.
I did find some items in the Cedar Ridge mailbox this morning and then spent most of the day nosing for more. Actually, I didn't get a whole lot, but enjoyed visiting with many of my neighbors. Ten residents made it out for the coffee chat time here Thursday morning. A number of them brought goodies to go with the coffee that LaVonne McNett always has brewing for everyone. It's always a nice social time. When I saw Pauline Watts earlier, she said she is ready for a break in this weather, she's ready for spring already. Arlene Quail reported that her daughter, Julie Quail and granddaughter Sondra, from Williamsport called on her Saturday afternoon. by John Shaffer, Editor One of the largest gatherings in the history of France took place this weekend. Over 3.7 million people marched in support of the victims of the massacre at the office of the satirical journal Charlie Hebdo and murders at a kosher deli. Although many nations were represented by heads of government or other high ranking officials, the highest official from the United States was our Ambassador to France. President Obama did not go. He watched football games on television. Vice President Biden did not go. He was in Delaware. Secretary of State John Kerry did not go. He was in India on a trade mission. Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris, but did not attend the march. He was “at a meeting.” Not only that, there was no representation above the rank of Deputy Secretary of State at a companion march in Washington DC.
The Canton Area Chamber of Commerce held its January meeting at First Citizens Community Bank. President Eric Schoonover conducted the meeting.
The minutes were approved with two corrections - Kelsey Dowling is the vice-president, and Halley Walters name was misspelled in the minutes. The Treasurer's Report was approved. The Chamber held a successful Christmas Raffle. Ticket sales were down from the previous raffle two years ago, so members plan to have a bigger push for tickets next year. So far forty-eight members have enrolled in the Chamber for 2015. There is a new fee structure this year. By Charles Rockwell Back before Alleghany Gas Co. arrived in Canton, each home had either a cast iron or steel cookstove.
Our family had a Garland which burned wood (from the same woodlot I use today) and Uncle Charlie Gleckner had a steel Magestic in which he burned hard coal. In the summer time homes would switch to kerosene stoves which usually were in the woodshed, back porch, or a summer kitchen, thus not over-heating the kitchen. Glen Spencer in his younger days had a route covering Armenia Mountain homes where he drove horse and wagon and delivered kerosene to the various farm houses. Our friends the Summers family lived on the Lower Mountain Road adjacent to the fine swimming hole. A person could purchase a small metal box to be placed on one of the kerosene burners to use as an oven for baking. Mrs. Summers could about daily bake bread. Boy was it good! Just the aroma told you so. Susie Thomas also baked a great bread. Her large family still remembers it. By John Shaffer A most delicious story comes from Harvard, which of course is one of the most "progressive" universities in a nation of progressive universities. There are plenty of academics at Harvard, and Republicans are pretty scarce there, and conservatives even harder to find. Many Harvard professors were strong supporters of the Obamacare law and did their best to promote it. They applauded each time the President declared "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." And their heads nodded in agreement when he vowed that Obamacare would "lower premiums by $2,500," and they swallowed every other claim he made - but we are sure they even more so disparaged those who said the President's numbers did not add up or who favored a free market approach to healthcare reform.
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