By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am still continuing my morning walks that I started with Ripley. I do miss her energy and just watching her enjoy being out. It is so sad to have lost her so soon but I still have Mud Puppy /aka/ Amber and Gracie,...
Nature’s beauty is everywhere. Photos by Teri Cayton.
Linda Shahan Sherman, Glenda Lipscomb and Faith Moore members of the Mountaineer Garden Club removed summer's last gasp from 40 planters from around Parsons and replaced them with mums grown at Tucker County High School by the classes of Paul Pennington.
Many HELP4WV Helpline Specialists Have Unique Perspective Every September, National Recovery Month is celebrated to highlight those who are in recovery from addiction and to give hope to those still struggling. Much is written about the substance use epidemic and West Virginia’s (highest in the country) overdose rate. Less attention...
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Sept. 27, 1914: Author Catherine Marshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. Her family moved to West Virginia and lived in Keyser during the...
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Sept. 20, 1910: Dorothy Johnson Vaughan was born in Kansas City but moved at a young age to Morgantown, where she was valedictorian of...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Our “Fake Fall” is here in the beautiful state of West Virginia. It seems to do this every year, we will have temperatures in the 80’s and 90’s and the next week it will be in the mid 70’s and down in the 40’s...
Editor, They’re doing it again. Dinosaur mainstream media, working in perfect synchronized lockstep with world governments, are drumming up fear and hysteria over the new Pirola Covid variant. And of course, you know what that means. It means the return of lock downs, the return of mask mandates, the...
The Mountaineer Garden Club selected two residential yards of the month for September. There are so many beautiful yards to choose from that the selection can be very difficult. The first yard chosen belongs to Kim Arbaugh Bonner on Jameson Avenue and wins kudos for her beautiful colorful yard full...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Tucker County is a place of peaks and valleys, twists and turns and a lot of rivers and waterways. That is why Corridor-H is the road with a thousand bridges. The count is also known for immense fog banks rolling in at night and...
By Belva Dilly Tucker County Historical Society The first President of the United States to visit Parsons was President Harrison back in the 1890’s. He was not well received by the citizens of the town. The crowd was a rough bunch and it was feared that he could have been...
Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. John Knowles Sept. 13, 1844: Milton Humphreys was born in Greenbrier County. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate service as...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate As a whole our society is becoming so complacent. We don’t drive, we call an Uber, we don’t shop, we text the store and they bring it to your car, we don’t cook, we just call Door-dash, we don’t call and talk to each...
This is a bulletin from the Victoria Theatre of Parsons. The movie was based on the book To The Last Man written by Zane Gray. The movie was produced under the personal direction of the author in Tonto Basin, the exact location of the book. Stamped on the back of...
Editor, Greetings fellow residents of Davis. As I continue to learn about local government it is apparent to me that governing is a team sport. Whatever the project, when the community gets involved, the outcome only gets better. Our draft zoning ordinance is a perfect example. Today’s version, after four...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate It is with a heavy heart that I write my column this week. My fur-baby Ripley is gone. She got out of the back yard and was hit by a car this past Sunday night. The car didn’t even stop to see what happened. ...
According to Fansler, the first licensed druggist in Parsons was J. W. Kogelschatz. He moved into a room of the Tucker County Bank Building in February 1904, and the same premises were used for a drug store for a long time. He was followed by Kent White Scott and in...
Troops camped at blair during mine war to force surrender of miners. Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Aug. 30, 1862: Confederate raiders under the command of General Albert G....
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I had a very “exciting” beginning to this week. I had to rescue Katy Kat from a baby opossum, which took a trip in a bucket to the forest where it belongs. She does not like to come inside when the weather is pretty,...
Did you, your children or grandchildren attend St. George Academy School or maybe you taught there? Join us, your old school mates, their families and maybe some teachers at the school for an old fashion homecoming social. The school is on the National Register of Historic Places and now operates...
