No one called to identify the photo from last week. This week’s photo is from the Thomas area and it is believed to be Crostens or a related family. If you can identify the folks let me know. Ideas or comments contact Tim Turner (304) 478-3389.
It’s always exciting when you buy new things especially when it comes to hunting and fishing gear. I tend to make sure I get the full use out of mine to the point where I have no choice to replace the ones that are falling apart. Take my current pair...
I am sitting at my desk with the door open, enjoying the sunshine and listening to the birds sing. It is a glorious day to be alive. The earth is waking up after its winter rest and I am glad to see the flowers and everything getting green again. I...
No one called to identify the couple from last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Arnold's wedding would have been March 25, 1967. This photo is from the same batch and would be of the following families: Nine, Gooden, Johnston, or Haller Family. Ideas or comments contact Tim Turner (304) 478-3389.
To whom it may concern,Lawmakers say they want to come together to give county school systems and educators more flexibility in their job. They have said they want to empower teachers and administrators. Unfortunately, the only steps that are being taken in this current legislative session seem contradictory. Politicians in...
Do kids still play outside? We were always outside doing something regardless of the weather. We built snow forts and had snowball fights, we played in mud puddles and was always finding something exciting to do. We played jacks, hop scotch, checkers and jump rope. I don’t think kids know...
No one called in to identify the two gentlemen in last week’s article. I spoke to Ray Arnold from Detroit, Michigan and I discovered that he and his wife celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They were married March 25, 1957. I have had several follow up’s on the photo of...
With the first day of spring arriving this past week, I’ve been thinking about getting away for a weekend real soon. I love traveling around West Virginia and seeing all the natural beauty it has to offer. There are so many neat places to visit and so much to do...
Dear Editor:This letter is in response to Donna Andes’ editorial published in the Advocate on March 8, 2017. Hate speech is hate speech whether you cloak it as education or religious instruction. Radical Islam and radical Christianity do not speak for Muslims and Christians – instead, both broadcast rhetoric of hatred. When...
Hate and discord in our country are tearing us apart. It saddens me to listen to the news and hear everything that is going on. I was hoping that a new set of officials in power would have a settling affect on our country, but it doesn’t look like that is...
To the Editor of the Parsons Advocate:I was appalled to see that you chose to publish the letter to the editor last week from Dr. Donna Andes regarding Islam. It is the purest ignorance to condemn an entire religion on the basis of a couple of out-of-context quotes from its...
Last week's photo was of Amos Jacob Nine and his wife Alda Dumire Nine (with two of their children; Ola, standing between her parents and Paul sitting on his mother's lap. Paul passed away around 5 or 6 years of age. Total children in the family included 7 boys (three...
Editor,This letter is in response to the erroneous information given by Donna Andes in the March 8th, 2017 issue of the Advocate. I urge us as a community to reject bigotry of any kind, for any reason.Tucker County (and indeed the entire region) is blessed with a wonderful way of...
Letter to the Editor I am a person who strongly believes that everyone is entitled to an opinion and when I read an opinion piece posted by Dr. Dana Andes where she is trying to educate people about Islam, I felt I needed to offer my opinion in response. Dr. Andes is...
Editor: I was saddened, though unfortunately not terribly surprised, by Donna Andes’ letter in last week’s Advocate regarding her views on the religion of Islam and Muslims. Not surprised, as we have all noticed that hate speech, religious intolerance and xenophobia have somehow acquired a larger foothold in the world...
I am going to change things up a little. I have been given several pictures that are not identified and so I am going to run some to see if someone can call and give me the names. This is the first one it is obviously of a family. According...
Couleur / PixabaySpring has sprung a month early in the West Virginia mountains with daffodils and even forsythia in full bloom ahead of schedule. I can’t remember ever seeing the signs of spring so early in February. The grass has greened up and is growing. I’ve already heard spring peepers...
I was eating a salad for lunch and as I chased an olive around the bowl, I imagined it would be a lot easier to eat them if they were square. Sometimes I amaze myself at the things I think about. I think my mind is on a different wave...
With this crazy weather, you never know what you’re going to get from one day to the next. Take last month for example, the beginning of January started out with some snow and wind chills in the single digits for the first weekend. A week later I was walking around...
Every week, I try to think of something that mom instilled in me to pass on.She was such a wealth of information and it seemed as if she knew a little about everything. I miss her so much and there was so much more for me to learn. I wish...
