It was a beautiful fall morning here in Clarksburg, WV without any rain and we had 15 in attendance at our meeting. Jim Cottrill and his wife had a nice drive down from Pittsburgh, Pa and he brought us all a map of WV with the counties marked with the West Virginia Fall Extravanganza for sight seeing the beautiful fall season we have here in WV. This is on the front page: JUST FOR FUN: They say that West Virginia is Of all the North the southest, Of all the South the farthest north, (It twists your tongue to mouth it) Of all the East the farthest west, The eastest of the westest; But others say that of the best It is the very bestest..... Just for fun, Louise McNeill Pease, WV Poet Laureate Now back to the meeting, it was also good to have for the first time one of our lifetime members, Barbara Harvey and also a visitor John Preston. We have received the 2nd Volume of the Duvall book and the 3rd Volume should be in before to long. Lu McDougal stopped in and gave us a book "The Diary of Walter Fields McWhorter, 1865. Patricia Dennison gave the following report on the workshop which we are planning for the 17th of May 2003. The location is still to be decided and she has heard from a couple of tentative speakers. We would like for this to be a genealogy workshop along with speakers of an ethnic background from this area. The next planning meeting will be held at the Waldomore, Clarksburg, WV. 10:00 A.M. on the 26th of October. More people are needed to help if this workshop is to be a success. Darrell Waugh, president told of a book to be published on Guardian, WV which is in Webster County. He said the Post Office was Guardian but the name of the town was Removal. We will purchase this book. We also had a discussion on the Christmas Dinner. He had contacted Ryan's Restaurant and we can get a room there on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings only. U.S. Steak Buffet does not have a room available anymore. The Parkette Restaurant last year was not big enough. We had 23 in attendance and the room was very small. We all left it up to Darrell to make the decision and so he is to send us an e-mail telling us where the Christmas dinner will be. BEFORE MARCH DARRELL. Jim Cottrill of Pittsburgh, Pa brought in two boxes of magazines and books for the society. I noticed there were Family Tree Maker Magazines, Genealogy newsletters of Pittsburgh and also Time Life Book on the Civil War. Thanks Jim. He also gave some of us CD's. Patricia Dennison has volunteered to put our meetings in the local paper in the Calendar of Events. The meeting was adjourned. Ruby Casto Membership Chairman of HCGS