By Ethel Foss
March 10, 2010
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These are the photos from the Stallings Jewelers Photo Contest in 1960. The snowy hillside won first place. The snowy bathing beauties was first runner up. Mail delivery and sledding were also runners up. |
I hope you have enjoyed the warmer temperatures this week! There has been significant snow melt in Valle Crucis and you can surely tell who lives on unpaved roads by the way their cars are covered in mud! A friend was telling me she talked to the fine folks at DOT about some of the gravel roads in the county. She explained that there are so many deep layers of frozen earth that as the top layers are thawing, there is nowhere for the moisture to go until all the layers thaw out. Sure makes sense to me now! Callie and I so appreciate all of the fine folks at the Department of Transportation for their work this winter and I am sure that appreciation is shared by many others.
We received a nice note from Carolyn Mast with a correction. Remember we told you recently that Lillian Parks had moved to Wilkesboro? Well, indeed that was old news as she moved two years ago! Sometimes it just takes us a while to catch up! Carolyn also told us that Lillian teaches a bible study in the fall at Boone Methodist Church and she is an excellent presenter. Thank you for the note Carolyn and please stay in touch.
We were sorry to hear about Willie Rupard who passed away March 9. He lived at the end of Upper Crab Orchard and was a wonderful man who loved to farm, ride his tractor and raise bees. He used to make hay for the conference center for many years. Our condolences are extended to his family.
I did not get the pictures from the Blizzard of 1960 to the paper in time last week so I want to share them with you this week! Remember these are the winners from the photo contest from Stallings Jewelry. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
I checked with Tom Payne at the Original Store and he still has four beans in the jar which means four more snows. Looks like we may get one of them Sunday or Monday! You know we usually get a good snow in March or April so don’t put that snow shovel away just yet.
Happy birthday wishes this week go to Buddy Fore March 9 and Sibyl Pressly March 10. Happy anniversary to John and Faye Cooper March 11. I hope you all have wonderful celebrations.
Callie will be writing the news for the rest of the month. Be sure to send her happenings in your life! She can be reached on e-mail at callieandethel@hotmail.com.
If you need to send it by the postal service, mail it
to:
Valle Crucis News
c/o Sandy Shook
Watauga Democrat
474 Industrial Park Drive
Boone, NC 28607
Have a great week! |
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