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I MEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS? This .photo
was sent to us by LTC(Ret.) Baird Sutherland, Atlan-
ta, Georgia, who is a Dante native. The picture is of a
portion of Boy Scout Troop 1, Dante, taken during a
trip to High Knob (near Norton) in the Fall of 1952.
Mr. Sutherland has identified most of those pictured.
They are, left to right, front row, seated, Sam Domby;
unknown (dark cap); Johnny Chabo (light and dark
cap); John Cooley (glasses); Roscoe Carty (lying
down); Gene Colvert; Charlic Linkous (dark cap); Joe
Hulsey; Wade Hartsock; Ray Hileman (lying down,
White cap); Johnny Jessce, Charles Harris and Johnny
Gibson-(in group); Ron Hall (light cap); and
Lawrence Worley (kneeling); second row (standing),
Unknown. (horizontal striped shirt); Bill Tarr
(kneeling, dark ball cap, looking left); Edsel How-
'72nd Annual Meeting of the
Southwest Virginia Agricultural
Association, Inc.
The 72"d Annual Meeting of
the Southwest Virginia Agri-
cultural Association, Inc. will be
held in Ratliff Hall at the South-
west Virginia 4-H Educational
Center, Inc 25236 Hillman
Highway, Abingdon on Saturday
March 1. Registration will begin
.at 9am and the meeting will
convene at 9:&0 am.
During the Annual Meeting,
,eleven committees meet and
discuss pertinent concerns in
various areas, i.e. livestock,
dairy, crops, tobacco, vegetable,
direct marketing, forestry/con-
servation, agri-business, govern-
mental affairs, youth and family.
This year's keynote speaker
will be Mr. Joe Guthrie. Joe is a
beef producer in Pulaski and
instructor for the Agriculture
Technology program at Virginia
Tech. Joe completed a six week
visit to Australia and New
Zealand in 2007. Joe will share
with the Association how those
countries are dealing with issues
very similar to the ones facing us
ington (looking lett)and J. D. Ke|tn (Dotlt standing);
Roger Ring (kneeling, hand to mouth); Johnny
Wallace (dark cap and Jacket); Jimmy Jessee (kneel-
inS); Addington and Randall Cox (dark cap, light
jacket) (both standing); third row, Paul Dishman;
Gordon Holbrook; Harry Catty; Bill Bryson (Assis-
tant Scoutmaster); Baird Sutherland; Mars Hall;
David South; Fred Irvin; John Simpson (Assistant
Scoutmaster); and John Nypaver (Scoutmaster). They
are posed in front of the original High Knob observa-
tion tower, which was replaced in 1978. The 1978
version was destroyed by fire in October, 2007, and an
effort, spearheaded by Congressman Rick Boucher, is
presently underway to replace the landmark. Our
ongoing thanks to Baird Sutherland for his interest in
helping document our past!
here.
tokens were made of brass,
The annual business meetingIn bad times when the copper, nickel and silver, and
of the organization will beeconomy is not doing well, and now have a price range of $15
conducted
Representing 14 counties ininflation is going a little wild, to $100. Tokens made of copper
people will hoard gold andand brass have the lower pnces,
Southwestern Virginia, the silver for a hedge againstwith a range of $20-$25. Civil
Association promotes a higher
standard of living through inflation. That appearsto be the War tokens with "War and
fostering a higher standard of case today--people are buying Peace" on one side and on the
up gold and silver bullion for other side, "The Federal Union
agricultural life, the conservation the future. Whether that is the Must and Shall Be Preserved,"
of natural resources, a better and
right thing to do, we will just have a price range of $20-$25;
more profitable system of have to wait and see. tokens dated 1873, copper, with
farming and livestock handling In the early 1860s when the "Liberty" on one side and
and a fuller cooperation between clouds of the Civil War began to "Union" on the other, $18-$20;
individual, county, state, and rise, people began to take silver 1863 token, "Apoth Weight One
federal efforts toward these ends. and gold coins out of circulation Dram" 1863 on one side, John
If you have any questions, until there were not enough P. Gruber New York on the
please contact Matthew Miller at coins to make change for eom- other side, range $20-$22; Civil
(276) 783-5175. panics, traders and the general War token dated 1863 shows
public. The public didn't want face of a woman, slogan
fractional paper money, so pri- "Horrors of War Blessings of
rate companies began to make Peace" on the other, shows bird,
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and to advertise their product
also. There were thousands of
different varieties minted. Many
pertained to the Civil War, and
many had their own slogans put
on their tokens.
Civil War tokens are more
valuable today than ever before.
Some of these tokens are worth
more than others, of course.
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Last week at CHS, due to
inclement weather, hearts and
carnations that were purchased
for Valentine's Day were
delivered by the eighth graders
on Friday, February 15. Group I
Dessa Greear and Dylan Harding
their members to attend, they are
now selling $1 chances on a
$100 Wal-Mart gift card that
will be gFcen away at the
championship game of the
Cumberland District Basketball
club meetings v5e.re held on Tournament. They will be
Friday, February . selling these chances along with
In sports, both varsity
basketball teams faced district
rival Coebum at home for the
Homecoming Game on Friday,
February 8. The varsity boys
won 95 to 71. The varsity girls
and boys played Thomas Walker
on Tuesday, February 12. The
varsity boys won 93 to 46.
District wrestling was held on
Wednesday, February 13. Both
varsity basketball teams also
traveled to face Rye Cove on
Friday, February 15. Sub-
regional wrestling was held at
Castlewood on Saturday, Febru-
ary 16.
very unique, handcrafted sports
earrings at the remainder of the
home basketball games. If you
are interested in knowing more
about these fundraisers, the
MGA trip, or making a donation
to the Hi-Y Club, feel free to
contact Jane Carter or Kayla
Breeding at Castlewood High
School.
For your information, the
SAT will be given at Castlewood
High School on March 1. PSAT
scores are available in the guid-
ance office. Yearbooks are now
on sale. Please see Mrs. Monk or
a yearbook staffer. Anyone who
The Hi-Y Club will be purchases a earbook by Friday,
attending the annual MGA in February 29,will be entered in
Richmond this spring. In order a drawing for three cash prizes:
to raise enough money for all $100, $50 and $25.
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CHEESY DIP
block of Velveeta cheese
1 can Ro-tel tomatoes andL
chilies
Cut Velveeta into inch
cubes. Drain tomatoes. Mix:
Velveeta and tomatoes together
Microwave stirring often. Serve
with tortilla chips or pita chips.
CHICKEN AND POTATO
SOUP
3 chicken breasts
5 potatoes
1 onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup half and half or 13 oz:.
can evaporated milk
In a large pot boil chickera
until tender. Remove from brotla
and allow to cool. Save broths.
Remove chicken from bones ancd
chop into chunks. Cook potatoe s
and onion in broth. When tendetr
add chicken and milk to pott.
Return to boil. Salt and pepper t(o
taste. Simmer about 10 minutes.
CRANBERRY OATMEAL
DELIGHT
16 oz. can whole cranberry
sauce
1 cups cooked apples,
chopped
1 cup regular oats, uncooked
cup brown sugar
% cup all purpose flour
% cup melted butter
tsp. salt
cup chopped pecans.
Combine cranberry sauce
and apples. Spoon into a
buttered baking dish. Combine
oats, sugar, flour, butter and salt.
Spread over cranberry mixture.
Sprinkle pecans on top. Bake
350 degrees for 50 minutes.
KISSES HOT CHOCOLATE
1 cup fat-free half and half
for each cup of chocolate
5 Hershey's Kisses for each
cup
whipped cream, if desired
In a saucepan pour in half
and half. Warm to steaming, but
not boiling. Into each cup place
5 kisses. Pour in hot half and
half and stir until dissolved. Add
whipping.
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