Reclaimed Memories

he appointment book for 1986 was lost, so I am spared the temptation to elaborate on the events of that year, But there are a few exceptions which I glean from my guest book.

On February 2nd our Sunday School Class surprised us with a "House Warming Party." They had planned it one Sunday, after we left the class to attend worship at Port St. John Church, which we did once each month. We were completely taken by surprise. Some member of the Sunday School Class called to ask if it would be all right if he and his wife came up on that date to see our new home. We had nothing planned and was always happy to have guests. I think it was Larry Cuppett, the president of the class. After class on that date I said to Betty Hinklin, "Larry and Lenora are coming to see the house this afternoon. Why don't you and Buss come? We could have a good time together." She said, "Yes, we would enjoy doing that." So when two cars drove up I was not surprised, but when several others followed I knew we had been had," but we appreciated it very much. They brought all the refreshments and everything needed to serve them and a nice little ficus bush as a gift for our lawn.

Blossom and Zylpha arrived on February 8th and stayed until April 2nd. They fed us and did all the cooking and dish washing that year. That helped us out so much! We were free to continue the work on the house. Troy did all the finish work and it took about two years before the baseboard were in upstairs.

We made our usual trek north in the spring. Troy's half-sister, Lois Braghieri, died May 7, 1986. We attended her funeral and made our usual visits to relatives in Ohio and West Virginia. That trip was an expensive one for us! While trying to locate the florist establishment to buy our flowers for Lois we ran a stop light and were stopped. The flowers cost us $50.00 and the fine was $60.00.

June 4th we drove to Clarksburg to accompany Helen to the Memorial Service of the Conference, which honored those who had died since the previous Annual Conference. We found Zylpha there and she drove all of us in her ear.

We were with Lyn Tutwiler quite often. She came out several times in the evening, usually bringing a friend with her and we played rummykub. We played games with several other couples in the Glen during this period.

The Brady Trilogy  I  Reclaimed Memories - (1991)  I  Pop Troy's Anthology - ( 1992)  I  Kinfolk - (1994)