Please continue - Connie On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Joyce & Tom <jthawkin@pacbell.net> wrote: > I am enjoying reading these Jack, keep on sending. Joyce in CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Jack Spangler > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:16 AM > To: VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Not Genealogy-More Current Event Floyd County > > "If nobody knows the troubles you've seen, you didn't live in Floyd > County." > ========================= > FROM TOPECO > Mr. S.J. Hylton has gone to Roanoke with a lot of beef cattle. "Will" > Brown > Price had to give up their stolen traps. > > Some time ago Sam Hylton like to broke the crank of Capt. John Harmon's > sawmill with his leg. We are glad to know the mill crank is about all > right > again. > > It is reported that we will have some Franklin German Baptist Brethren > with > us the last of this month. > > We wonder who is elected. > "NED" (November 10,1892) > =========== > HARMONY ITEMS > Mr. and Mrs. Ras Ratliff, Mrs. Ellen Kitterman and Mrs. Alice Howell and > her > two little daughters were visiting Mr. H.W. Agnew's Sunday. Mr. Homer > Moricle and children were visiting at Mr. Headen Moricle's Thursday. Mr. > Dan > Agnew left Monday evening for Pittsburgh, Pa. To work in the U.S. mail > service. We wish him success. > TWO SISTERS June 2,1901 > ============== > MIDDLE RIDGE NOTES > Misses Lura and Texanna Lawrence attended meeting at Laurel Creek last > Sunday. Lewis Blackwell of Stonewall passed through this vicinity today > with > a drove of cattle. Mr. L. Dangerfield and daughter. Miss Oilie, spent a > few > days last week at Mayberry, West Virginia. > BETSIE (January 23,1908) > =============== > RED BRUSH ITEMS > Mr. Amos Martin has moved back from W.Va. and reports times very dull. Mr. > A.M. Lucas and family have been visting his mother, Mrs. Clower, at this > place. > > Mr. D.L. Cole is stepping high; it's a boy. > PECK (February 20,1908) > > ROAD SIDE ITEMS > Guy Akers gave Miss Addie Reynolds a pleasant call last Sunday night. > Messrs. G.T. Akers and Charlie Duncan were calling near Lesters Sunday > afternoon. Effie King made a business trip to Cuba Sunday. > TREE (November 19, 1908) > > RUSHFORK ITEMS > Mrs. Ida Hylton is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ananias Harman this > week. Mrs. Mary Hylton visited at J.A.L. Sutphin's Sunday. Miss Libbie > Hylton visited Misses India and Ada Harman Sunday. > > Mrs. Ola Strong has mumps. A.T. Harman is getting along nicely with his > new > dwelling, > As news is scarce I will close. > LITTLE BILL (June 8,1908) > ============== > I have several more of these "news items" from different dates which I can > post later if anyone is interested. I can also lookup by surname if > anyone > is interested in what their relatives were up to in the good old days. > > > > Jack Spangler > Ellicott City, MD > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something > about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Evafloyd/floyd.htm> > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Evafloyd/floyd.htm> > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >