Longtime Rugby supporters Bill and Tomilee Swain brought some of their distinguished friends to enjoy a pretty fall day in Rugby last week. Among the group was Senator Howard Baker, along with his trusty camera, as well as Museum of Appalachia founder and director John Rice Irwin. Former HRI board member Fred Marcum also joined the group. At least some of them were seen zipping between the historic buildings in one of HRI’s electric golf carts.
While Senator Baker is one of the newest members of the Rugby Week mailing list, it is my understanding that his connections with Rugby go way back. Informed sources tell me that he signed the Hughes Library guestbook when he was eight years old. Anyway, if he happens to read this and wants to send me an email with one of his photographs from his recent trip to Rugby (or any other photos for that matter) for the next newsletter, I would certainly be appreciative! (My email is rickmurphy1@aol.com) I still enjoy looking at Senator Baker’s wonderful photographs in the book he did with John Netherton about the Big South Fork.
Ghostly Gathering
The first of this season’s Ghostly Gatherings was held on Saturday night to a sell-out crowd. It was a crisp picture perfect evening that put everyone in the mood for Halloween.
The other two nights of Ghostly Gathering, this Friday and Saturday, are also sold out.
Here is a photo of the amazing Halloween mantel decoration above the fireplace at the Community Building (did you do that Rita?)
Rice Hollow Picnic
Charles and Lavonne Gibbs want to invite everyone to their Rice Hollow Picnic at their farm in Kentucky next Saturday, October 25. The gate opens at 10:00 am, the pot-luck meal begins at noon, music, games and touring follow in the afternoon and hotdogs will be served about 5:00 pm. Drinks will be provided. They ask that everyone bring a potluck dish for the noon meal. It is a 50-mile drive from Rugby. See the driving directions in the calendar of events below. Julian Bankston and Linda Konig are planning to drive and could lead a group from Rugby.
Special offers for fall
The Rugby Commissary sale continues this week. The offer is 10% off all items in stock, even consignment ones, (and 20% off to Historic Rugby members on non-consignment items) in a FIRST EVER fall and winter sale, manager Rita Elliott says. The one exception is Butch Hodgkins prints.
Next door Spirit of Red Hill proprietors Donna Heffner and Annie Patterson have their shop well stocked for the season.
Below is a photo with them showing off their beautiful fall porch decorations.
Birthdays
October 23 Sam Stringfield
October 27 Nora Meadows
Calendar of Events
October 24 & 25 - Halloween Ghostly Gathering (All sold out with waiting list) A Calling of the Spirits From Rugby's Past...With Story Telling...Chili & Cornbread Dinner ... Candle & Lantern Lit Tours...Druids Bonfire Stories. Admission: Adults $19; Students $10.00
October 25 – Rice Hollow Picnic with the Gibbs. Driving directions: Beginning at the 127 Jamestown Bypass and Rt. 154
1. Go north on the 127 Bypass 1.8 miles to Old 127 to Jamestown.
2. Continue north on 127, 11.0 miles to the Forbus General Store (wooden Indians on porch).
3. Turn right onto Caney Creek Road (just before the Forbus General Store) and go 4.5 miles to the KY State line. (Do not turn left onto Koger Mt. Road). Caney Creek Road becomes KY 200.
4. Continue north on KY 200, 7.5 miles to 1009 East (Do not take 1009 West 0.3 miles before 1009 East).
5. Turn right onto 1009 East (see sign to Mt. View Baptist Camp) and go 2.5 miles to the Slickford-Edwards Mountain/ Duncan Valley Road (not marked) but see sign to Mt. View Baptist Camp at bottom of steep hill.
6. Turn left onto the Slickford/Duncan Valley road and go north 1.0 mile to the Mt. View Baptist Camp on left. Continue past the Mt. View Baptist Camp 1.0 miles to the top of the mountain. (If you go over top and start downhill, you went too far.)
7. Turn right onto dirt road and go east 0.2 miles to the two black gates.
8. Turn left and go through the second black gate and go about 1 mile to the picnic in Rice Hollow
Oct. 31 - Deanna & Fred Oliver’s third annual Halloween Party, 7 p.m., at their house in Beacon Hill. Costumes are encouraged, but not mandatory.
November 1 - English Willow Basketry Workshop – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern - Instructor: Veronica Ludlow - $60 per person. Contact Historic Rugby for reservations 888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441
November 2 - English Watercolor Workshop – 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern - Instructor: Veronica Ludlow - $40 per person. Contact Historic Rugby for reservations 888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441
Exercise Group - Monday and Thursday at 9:00 am Eastern at the Friendly House
Charles and Lavonne Gibbs want to invite everyone to their Rice Hollow Picnic at their farm in Kentucky next Saturday, October 25. The gate opens at 10:00 am, the pot-luck meal begins at noon, music, games and touring follow in the afternoon and hotdogs will be served about 5:00 pm. Drinks will be provided. They ask that everyone bring a potluck dish for the noon meal. It is a 50-mile drive from Rugby. See the driving directions in the calendar of events below. Julian Bankston and Linda Konig are planning to drive and could lead a group from Rugby.
Special offers for fall
The Rugby Commissary sale continues this week. The offer is 10% off all items in stock, even consignment ones, (and 20% off to Historic Rugby members on non-consignment items) in a FIRST EVER fall and winter sale, manager Rita Elliott says. The one exception is Butch Hodgkins prints.
Next door Spirit of Red Hill proprietors Donna Heffner and Annie Patterson have their shop well stocked for the season.
Below is a photo with them showing off their beautiful fall porch decorations.Birthdays
October 23 Sam Stringfield
October 27 Nora Meadows
Calendar of Events
October 24 & 25 - Halloween Ghostly Gathering (All sold out with waiting list) A Calling of the Spirits From Rugby's Past...With Story Telling...Chili & Cornbread Dinner ... Candle & Lantern Lit Tours...Druids Bonfire Stories. Admission: Adults $19; Students $10.00
October 25 – Rice Hollow Picnic with the Gibbs. Driving directions: Beginning at the 127 Jamestown Bypass and Rt. 154
1. Go north on the 127 Bypass 1.8 miles to Old 127 to Jamestown.
2. Continue north on 127, 11.0 miles to the Forbus General Store (wooden Indians on porch).
3. Turn right onto Caney Creek Road (just before the Forbus General Store) and go 4.5 miles to the KY State line. (Do not turn left onto Koger Mt. Road). Caney Creek Road becomes KY 200.
4. Continue north on KY 200, 7.5 miles to 1009 East (Do not take 1009 West 0.3 miles before 1009 East).
5. Turn right onto 1009 East (see sign to Mt. View Baptist Camp) and go 2.5 miles to the Slickford-Edwards Mountain/ Duncan Valley Road (not marked) but see sign to Mt. View Baptist Camp at bottom of steep hill.
6. Turn left onto the Slickford/Duncan Valley road and go north 1.0 mile to the Mt. View Baptist Camp on left. Continue past the Mt. View Baptist Camp 1.0 miles to the top of the mountain. (If you go over top and start downhill, you went too far.)
7. Turn right onto dirt road and go east 0.2 miles to the two black gates.
8. Turn left and go through the second black gate and go about 1 mile to the picnic in Rice Hollow
Oct. 31 - Deanna & Fred Oliver’s third annual Halloween Party, 7 p.m., at their house in Beacon Hill. Costumes are encouraged, but not mandatory.
November 1 - English Willow Basketry Workshop – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern - Instructor: Veronica Ludlow - $60 per person. Contact Historic Rugby for reservations 888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441
November 2 - English Watercolor Workshop – 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern - Instructor: Veronica Ludlow - $40 per person. Contact Historic Rugby for reservations 888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441
Exercise Group - Monday and Thursday at 9:00 am Eastern at the Friendly House
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Eastern at the Friendly House
Nature Notes by Linda Konig
As children, my brother David and I loved to watch Daddy Longlegs, or, as we called them, Grand-daddy Longlegs. We used to squat down and chant “Grand-daddy, Grand-daddy, which way’d the cows go?” Supposedly, the next leg the Longlegs would lift would point to the direction the cows went, but since we had no cows, we couldn’t prove or disprove the usefulness of this bit of folklore.
Daddy Longlegs are more in evidence in fall when you often see several congregated on sunny sides of buildings on cool days.
Autumn is also the time when Daddy Longlegs mate, and I chanced upon a couple of them mating the other night. They’re more active at night. Unlike spiders, Daddy Longlegs couples don’t indulge in coy wooing or courtship rituals such as nuptial gifts, dancing, etc. They just meet, go to it, and that’s it. These looked as if they were staggering drunkenly about together, however. She’ll deposit her eggs in the ground where they’ll overwinter and hatch next spring.
Nature Notes by Linda Konig
As children, my brother David and I loved to watch Daddy Longlegs, or, as we called them, Grand-daddy Longlegs. We used to squat down and chant “Grand-daddy, Grand-daddy, which way’d the cows go?” Supposedly, the next leg the Longlegs would lift would point to the direction the cows went, but since we had no cows, we couldn’t prove or disprove the usefulness of this bit of folklore.
Daddy Longlegs are more in evidence in fall when you often see several congregated on sunny sides of buildings on cool days.
Autumn is also the time when Daddy Longlegs mate, and I chanced upon a couple of them mating the other night. They’re more active at night. Unlike spiders, Daddy Longlegs couples don’t indulge in coy wooing or courtship rituals such as nuptial gifts, dancing, etc. They just meet, go to it, and that’s it. These looked as if they were staggering drunkenly about together, however. She’ll deposit her eggs in the ground where they’ll overwinter and hatch next spring.
