Senior citizen services, literacy programs, and access to public libraries and parks contribute significantly to the vitality of communities throughout our region. Tucker Community Foundation manages ten endowments that provide perpetual support for a senior citizen program, five public libraries, literacy programs, and parks and recreation projects in the Thomas...
This is a photo of a political watch fob. It advertises the November 1904 presidential campaign of Alton B. Parker, New York and his running mate for vice-president Henry Gassaway Davis, West Virginia. Mr. Parker was the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; Mr. Davis was a...
I think we live in an age of oblivion. Just look around and all you will see are people with their eyes on their phone or other device. Ear plugs in the ears and totally oblivious of their surroundings. Momma Said, “Get your head out of you’re *$$ and pay...
With a break in the weather and all of the snow melted off Sammy and I took the opportunity to finally get in the woods for a grouse hunt before the season ends. The temperatures warmed into the 40’s and the ground was still moist from the recent rainfall...
It might be a bit superfluous to say unrestricted donations are the holy grail of philanthropy but one cannot overlook their significance. Unrestricted endowed funds allow maximum flexibility to use where needed most. Having that flexibility gives added value to the donation. It has allowed Tucker Community Foundation to support...
This is a photo of Anderson Wolford from the Flanagan Hill Area of the County. Anderson was the son of John T and Susanna Flanagan Wolford. Anderson’s grandparents were John and Fannie Thompson Wolford. Anderson’s great grandparents were the Reverend John and Edith Woolever Thompson. The Reverend John Wolford was...
The weather is set to warm up and the bird feeder is alive with activity. I have mourning doves, wrens, starlings, blue jays and squirrels. I have always enjoyed watching birds and I think the doves are my favorite. They just seem so peaceful and never cause a ruckus under...
A common thread throughout the region, since the start of Tucker Community Foundation, is strong donor support that has created a roster of scholarship funds and a number of endowments that support educational programs and projects. In 1991 TCF awarded its first scholarship, funded with donations from the Board of...
The house in this picture may not be familiar to many folks in Tucker County. However, the chimney in the house is very familiar to many. The chimney, which is all that is left of the Wolford homeplace, is located at the intersection of State Route 32 and 72. The...
2016 ushered in a new year and a new Youth Philanthropy Initiative for Tucker Community Foundation with Sandy Frank of the TCF Development Office leading the charge. Having kicked off the program with a Write-to-Win contest deemed a “rousing success”; Sandy is now working with Penelope’s Kids, a group of...
Lunch is about ready and I am starved. When it is cold outside, all I want to do is eat. I can’t afford to do that as much as I want because before too long I won’t fit through the door. Momma Said, “That would just be more of me...
With snow continuing to fall and winter finally making its presence known I thought it would be appropriate to write about the winter woods this week. It’s amazing how different the landscape looks with a covering of snow. The snowflakes glisten as they slowly fall to the ground and...
This is a photo of a Columbus (1824-1878) and Mary Susan Flanagan (1835-1911) Wolford. Mary was the daughter of William Flanagan. Columbus was the son of John and Frances Thompson Wolford, Jr. The names would be familiar with the Red Creek area of the county: Flanagan and Wolford. Their children...
There is nothing like a good snowstorm to demonstrate how fortunate we are to live in an area where neighbors take care of neighbors. The act of giving doesn’t always involve money and for those on the receiving end the value of a kind act may be priceless. Those who...
All through our big snow storm I had a bird feeder out for my little feathered friends. Not one bird came in to feed. Now that the snow is gone, I can’t keep it full. I don’t know where they went during the storm, but it wasn’t around here. I...
This is the third article in our series on Foundation endowments that benefit the region. The Foundation manages eleven funds that support historic preservation; several of which provide perpetual funding for the maintenance, repair and restoration of cemeteries that are governed by a board of trustees. The Bright’s Chapel Cemetery...
This is a photo of Elmer Ellsworth Snyder (1867-1940). He was the third child of Captain Sampson and Elizabeth Bonner Snyder. Elmer was one of the early merchants of Davis. He was often called “the strong man of the community”. He was a tall man as well as being a...
Well, we made it through Winter Storm Jonas and a storm like that is hopefully a once a winter thing. I am officially done with winter. That storm dumped a complete winter’s worth of snow in one storm. What little bit of icicles we had on New Year’s Day were...
The year 2015 was good to West Virginia deer hunters as 138,493 whitetail deer were checked in on the new electronic check in system for all seasons combined according to a recent press release from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR). The buck season will be one...
This is a photo of the first grade class at Bretz School for May 23, 1945. The Bretz School is the white building on the right in the turn above Propst Store. It is owned by Pennington’s. It is on the corner with the Bretz Backroad running along the side....
