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BURNSVILLE
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in November:
24 – Beverly & Ray
Monroe of Burnsville
Happy birthday to
the following in November:
20 – Butch McPherson
(my mate for life)
21 – Debbie K. Godfrey
of Weston
22 – Robin Bragg of
Burnsville
23 – JoAnn Belt of
Ivydale
27 – Reilee Wilson of
Burnsville, Betty Brown
of Heaters who’ll turn 93
years young
28 – Leah Alt of
Moorefield, Anna Perrine
will turn 99 years young
30 – Phyllis Conrad
of McCauley Run
News from Toni
Wine: Happy birthday
to Robert Huffman and
Cindy Sniffin on November
24. The Christmas
Parade in Burnsville will
be Saturday, the 14th of
December.
Brenda Conley,
Karla Conrad, Jennifer
and Debbie McPherson
enjoyed a day out shopping
this past Saturday
in Charleston. We met
up at the Red Lobster
in Charleston with Alan
Conley, Chris Conrad,
Butch McPherson, Twila
& Roger Clark for a wonderful
meal and fellowship.
Thanks to those
who helped out with
the work construction
at the new First Baptist
Church of Burnsville on
Friday and Saturday.
Congratulations to
Jamie Summerlin who
ran the Richmond, VA
marathon on Saturday.
His family is very proud
of him!
Quote of the Week:
People forget how fast
you did a job - but they
remember how well you
did it. Howard Newton
Please email your
news to me at Debra.
McPherson1958@gmail.
com, call me in the evenings
at 304-853-2706,
or mail me a signed note
to 855 Brown’s Run
Road, Burnsville, WV
26335. The news must
be submitted by Sunday
evening. Have a wonderful
week!
GASSAWAY
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Stout, Debra Schwab,
Florence Warner, Jim
Heater, Karen Frame, Joe
Agostino, Barb Thompson,
Tammie Gay, Tom
Knight, Kathryn Greenlief,
Jeannie Nottingham,
Amy Crockett, Mackenzie
Short, Johnna Stalnaker,
Louise Mollohan and Arbutus
Lambert.
If you have news or
a recipe you would like to
share, email me at gassawaynews@gmail.com,
message me on Facebook
or you may mail it to 407
Braxton Street, Gassaway,
WV 26624.
This week’s recipe
is one my grandma used
to make.
Cranberry/Orange
Relish
Ingredients
1 (12 ounce) bags
fresh cranberries
1 medium orange,
washed, quartered ( Remove
seeds and do use
the peels, too!)
1 cup sugar
1 apple (optional)
Directions
Wash and drain
cranberries.
Wash and quarter
one orange and remove
any seeds.
Place everything in
a food processor and
chop.
Add sugar.
Refrigerate overnight.
Sympathy is extended
the families of Mildred
Singleton and Ursie M
Radcliff. Please keep
them in your prayers.
“As we express our
gratitude, we must never
forget that the highest
appreciation is not to
utter words but to live by
them.” John Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Until next week,
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PAT’S
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would get seven or more
marbles out and it would
be only the first inning! Of
course, that player would
automatically win that
game. We usually played
the best of three games.
Citizens’
NEWS
After practicing for
about a week and a half,
we would have an inschool
tournament in each
of the 3rd and 4th grades
with the girls playing girls
and boys playing boys. I
became the coordinator
and almost all the other
elementary schools got involved.
Some of the other
P.E. teachers and I went
to the middle school and
had a tournament there
since the kids were eligible
to play until their 15th
birthday. Three boys
and three girls from all
the participating schools
were invited to the County
tournament vying for a
chance to go to the State
American Marble Tournament.
At the County
level, we played a double
elimination bracket. The
top three boys and girls
were invited to the State
level tournament.
The state level tournament,
The American
Marble Tournament, was
held in a variety of places
from Clarksburg/ Meadowbrook
Mall to Wesleyan
College in Buckhannon to
The Tamarack in Beckley
to Barboursville Mall in
Huntington and finally
to Charleston. Shooters
came from a lot of counties
in West Virginia. All the
shooters and their families
or chaperons came to
this tournament because
it took from Wednesday
to Saturday in order to
get all the marble games
shot. The shooters at
this level played on mats
with a 10’ diameter circle.
That made it more challenging!
We usually had
about 60 kids shooting.
This time, all the girls
played all the other girls
and all the boys played
all the other boys. At the
end, the top ten girls and
top ten boys played in the
semi-finals. In the semifinals,
each gender played
each other again. At the
end of this process, the
top two shooters in each
of the girls’ and boys’ divisions
played in the finals.
In the finals, the top two
shooters played the best
of 15 games. The winners
won a $1000 scholarship
for furthering their education
when they graduated
from high school. In
the 15 years that I was
involved in the program,
Braxton County had five
state marble champions!
Because I was the
coordinator, I was invited
to bring kids to the National
Marble Tournament
in Wildwood, New Jersey.
Kids from different states
played in this tournament.
The kids from Maryland
and Pennsylvania were
real contenders! This
tournament lasted a week
and the shooter played
on concrete 10’ diameter
circles imbedded in the
sand at the beach.
It was hot and the
ocean wind blew sand on
the circles which made it
hard for the marble to go
where you wanted them
to go even though the
judges kept sweeping the
circles off! I went three
times and took some of
my county winners. I took
one shooter three times.
She improved every time
but couldn’t make it to
first place - the best she
did was fourth place, but
she did get her picture
on the front page of the
newspaper! At this level,
the winners won a $2000
scholarship, a trip in a
limo to New York for an
appearance on one of the
morning shows.
When I retired from
Burnsville School in 2006,
and soon the other P.E.
teachers who had been
involved also retired, marbles
disappeared from
the county. Some of the
parents who had middle
school students tried to
continue but didn’t succeed
because the elementary
kids were not getting
the instruction at school.
Marbles, believe it
or not, are still played in
West Virginia. Marvin
George still has tournaments
around the state
at different festivals. One
of the tournaments that
Mr. George supervises is
at the Sistersville Marble
Expo held every September.
Besides playing
marbles, the making of
marbles is shown, and
there are vendors selling
marbles. Also, at the
Jubilee Festival during
Labor Day at Jackson’s
Mill in Weston they shoot
marbles. The National
Marble Tournament is still
going strong.
I really enjoyed my
Marble experience! The
kids got a real kick out of
beating me during class
practice time! I have lots
of memories, pictures, and
stories. I met many other
involved teachers and
really nice parents with
their shooters. If anyone
is interested in getting a
marble program started
or wants more information,
I’ll be glad to share
with you.
Kathy
Thank you, Kathy
McCoy, for this interesting
information. If you want to
get in touch with Kathy, let
me know at 304-472-5102
or patschat.ridpath41@
gmail.com and I will send
your request to her.
Maranatha!
Braxton County, WV
Elk River DAR honors
Braxton Historical
Society Officers
Mike McCoy and Helen Traugh were honored by Chapter
Regent Ruth Mooney.
Helen Traugh and
Mike McCoy, representatives
of the Braxton
Historical Society, were
guests at the recent
monthly meeting of the
Elk River Chapter DAR.
Mike McCoy explained
that the oldest existing
fort resides in Greenbrier
County, West Virginia.
The fort has been dismantled,
cataloged and
cleaned under the direction
of an archaeologist
from Kentucky. Mike then
spoke briefly about the
Braxton County Historical
Society and its efforts
to preserve local history
for future generations. He
introduced Helen Traugh,
stating that she has been
president of the Braxton
Historical Society for the
past 30 years. He went
on to say that the society
meets at Helen’s house
because there is no building
available. They would
like to have access to a
building in the future in
which the artifacts could
be cataloged and stored
in safety for public viewing
and research.
Both Helen Traugh
and Mike McCoy were
awarded certificates by
Ruth Mooney, Regent of
the Elk River Chapter of
DAR, in recognition of
their work toward preserving
our history.
The next regular
meeting of the Elk River
Chapter DAR will be held
on Sunday the 17th of
November at 2:00 pm
in the back room of the
Gassaway Public Library.
November is American
Indian Heritage month.
If you are a descendant of
a Revolutionary War Veteran,
and have an interest
in becoming a DAR member,
you are encouraged
to contact Regent Ruth
Mooney at 304-765-7478
or DAR.mooney765@yahoo.com.
Cassidy Dickens
Participates in D&E
Theater Production
Davis & Elkins College
student Cassidy
Dickens performed in
the Division of Fine
and Performing Arts
production of Thornton
Wilder’s classic “Our
Town.” The show played
at the Boiler House Theatre
for two weekends in
October and November.
Set in turn of the
century Grover’s Corner,
N.H., “Our Town”
follows the two prominent
families in the town
- the Gibbs and Webbs
- along with those they
interact with as they
work, keep house, go to
school, marry and die.
Dickens, a sophomore
at D&E, portrayed
Emily Webb.
Dickens is the
daughter of Tammy
Dickens of Madera, Calif.,
and formerly of Sutton,
W.Va.
Related to the Presbyterian
Church (USA),
Davis & Elkins College
is located in Elkins, 2
hours east of Charleston,
3 hours south of
Pittsburgh and 4 hours
west of Washington,
DC. For more information,
please visit the
College website at www.
dewv.edu or call 304-
637-1243.
Cassidy Dickens, a Braxton County native, performed
in “Our Town” at the Boiler House Theatre.
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