Lillian Akers, a former schoolteacher, moved to Ellett in 1915 and taught at the old Ellett School for 22 years before the school merged with a Blacksburg school. Akers readily accepts the many changes in the valley. I don't care for all this traffic, but that's life. Forty-year resident J.W. McGuire, president of the Ellett Valley Civic Organization, said his group meets four times a year to discuss the region's history. McGuire also wants his group to put an end to the division between older residents and their newer counterparts.
All people are for one, and one for all, for the preservation of the valley.