Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-22
By Mrs. Laura Nicely
GaitherSburg 78OJI2

for our readers. It's like this:
My husband and l decided that
we should attend the church
homecoming in our native State
at Ten Mile, w. Va, and SO one
recent morning we loaded the
station wagon and set out.
We travelled by way of Pooles
vile, crossing the Potomac River
at Whites Ferry. Winchester was
alive with apple harvesting pre-
parations. Leaving the road be
fore reaching Romney's apple
farms, we turned off just below
Gore onto the Wardensville Road
saving many of the higher noun
tains.
AS we left Virginia and enter
ed Highview, w. Va, we sighted
the first buckwheat field we saw
on the trip in full bloom
Couldn't help remembering those
good old fashioned buckwhea,
cakes we had at home many
years ago.
We progressed very slowly to
negotiate those hairpin curves on
the foggy mountains with lights
on full and visibility almost nil
After leaving Wardensville we
came into Moorefield and thence
to quaint Petersburg through
The Gap, passing the famous
Petersburg tannery with its smell
of tan bark.
Next place of unusual interest
for me was beautiful Seneca
Rocks of which we have so much
Indian lore made famous by the
Seneca tribes. Also crossed the
famous Lost River and it's just
such as the name implies.
Through the George Washington
National Park thence to Elkins,
famous for their annual forest
festivals, to Junior and visit
with my sister there (she makes
the best home baked light bread
and we brought a loaf home with
us.
Rested a bit and drove to Ten
Mile to my birthplace and a real
honest to goodness meal. Most
of the folks have already dug
their potato crops and we found
that most of them had planted a
brand which was new to us, name
ly "Kennebec' and a bumper
crop has been harvested.
The homecoming was an out
standingly well planned affair as
all who attended agreed. The
speakers included an entire radio
group from Akron, Ohio, and they
were wonderful singers, instru.
mentalists, and speakers. A fine
couple who had a most good in.
fluence on my young life cele-
brated their 54th wedding ami
versary on that Sunday.
We also were guests of another
couple on Monday who celebrated
their 55th wedding, as well as my
husbands S5th birthday, this be-
ing my sister-in-law's father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. VanBuren
Osborne. We were visiting with
my husbands brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Denzel E. Nicely at
Jane Lew, w. Va. Also visited
with many other friends and re,
latives, and saw the much noted
State game farm at French
Creek, w. Va.
A new bridge leading to the
old home place and the erection
of a new home on the creek
bottom greeted our vision as we
approached home with feelings
of mixed emotions.
Mrs. Leroy Bedell and the
twins, Pat and Pam, accompanied
Mrs. Bedelrs mother, Mrs. Mar
M. Bell of Washington, to Lynch
burg, Va, last weekend for a visit
with her grandfather Bell who is
81 years of age and had not seer
the twins before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Sutphir
and Burton Carr had as guest.
Sunday their aunts, Mrs. Isabelle
Oblinger and Mrs. Anna West
camp of Encino, Cal, this being
their first visit east for five years
They flew home last Monday
Also guests were Mrs. Florenc,
Carr and Mrs. Isabelle JOY of Ar
lington and d. p. Carr of Wash
ington.
Most happy to report the steady
Improvement of A, r. Selby ant
his return home Saturday from
the hospital. He is suffering
from a fall Sustained at Libert,
Mill instead of at Libert,
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