Longtime Rugby resident, Natia Letner, died on March 13, 2009, at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. She was laid to rest last week at Laurel Dale Cemetery. According to the obituary in the Scott County “Independent Herald,” she was age 83 and was survived by 35 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-children. Remarkably, her grave stone lists the names of all 15 of her children.
Several people have told me that one of the structures on the Letner’s Horseshoe Bend property is one of the historic Rugby homes. Ironically, someone else who lived in that house visited Rugby on Sunday (see next story).
Several people have told me that one of the structures on the Letner’s Horseshoe Bend property is one of the historic Rugby homes. Ironically, someone else who lived in that house visited Rugby on Sunday (see next story).
Visitor from Rugby’s Past
A face from Rugby's past was back Sunday to mark his 90th birthday with a lunch for his family at the Harrow Road Café, according to roving reporter, George Zepp. Hoyle Lumpkins, now of LaFollette, TN, recalled being signed up here for the World War II draft in 1940 by Will Walton, resident of The Lindens who then headed the Selective Service and recruited lads for the military in this part of Morgan County.
A face from Rugby's past was back Sunday to mark his 90th birthday with a lunch for his family at the Harrow Road Café, according to roving reporter, George Zepp. Hoyle Lumpkins, now of LaFollette, TN, recalled being signed up here for the World War II draft in 1940 by Will Walton, resident of The Lindens who then headed the Selective Service and recruited lads for the military in this part of Morgan County.
Hoyle said he lived at the time with Mina McCurry in the Horseshoe Bend area house occupied by the Letner family in more recent times. He also knew Joe Gibson and even Mr. Alexander, the original colonist who lived at Sunnyside just across the White Oak and commuted to Rugby on a now-long-gone swinging bridge.
Hoyle Lumpkins is joined by wife Alice and a big table of other relatives in celebrating his 90th birthday Sunday at the Harrow Road Café (photo by George Zepp).
And a Special English Visitor
A Rugby descendant from England also visited here this week. Angela Norman of Devon was adopted as an infant soon after World War II and didn't learn until the last decade that her birth father was William George Keen, a Walton family descendant serving with the Army Air Forces in Britain during the war. Angela, now a social worker, visited the current Walton Court to see where her ancestors had lived.Saturday night a reunion was held there with four of her first cousins, from Rugby, Shelbyville, Nashville and Houston, Texas. Earlier in the week she visited Huntsville, TN, home of her Keen relatives. A distant Keen cousin, former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, warmly received her at his office. Angela is the mother of twins, one of whom -- her son serving with the U.K. navy in Afghanistan -- also has twin 5-year-old girls.
New Rugby Lodging OfferedGail Sparks, who has Gail’s Paint and Wallpaper in Jamestown, is now making a house she bought in Rugby available for overnight lodgers. She is calling the place “Lennie Mae’s” after Lennie Mae Brewster who she thinks once lived on the property. The house, which Gail has decorated with antiques, is on the gravel road that runs along side Central Avenue Motor Lodge. For information about lodging, call 931-879-4280 (day) and 931-397-5889 (night).
Clear Fork Video
While the high water on the Clear Fork has receded a great deal, I thought you might like to see a video that Carrie Thornthwaite shot early last week. The water was not at its high point, but it was still plenty impressive. To see the video go to http://rugbytrails.blogspot.com/.
While the high water on the Clear Fork has receded a great deal, I thought you might like to see a video that Carrie Thornthwaite shot early last week. The water was not at its high point, but it was still plenty impressive. To see the video go to http://rugbytrails.blogspot.com/.
Gardeners Work at Newbury House
The Rugby Volunteer Gardeners worked wonders last Wednesday to get the Newbury House grounds ready for a busy spring. They worked very hard cleaning up limbs, raking leaves, pulling weeds, trimming limbs and generally tidying up.
The Rugby Volunteer Gardeners worked wonders last Wednesday to get the Newbury House grounds ready for a busy spring. They worked very hard cleaning up limbs, raking leaves, pulling weeds, trimming limbs and generally tidying up.
Photo - standing from left to right: Jim Meadows, Walter and Marilyn Young, Gayle Minor, and Barbara Mitchell. Kneeling: Boyd MitchellBrown Eggs for Sale
Jodye Weiler has free-range,organic, brown eggs for sale. She says they are usually large to extra large. They are $1.50 a dozen.
Jodye Weiler has free-range,organic, brown eggs for sale. She says they are usually large to extra large. They are $1.50 a dozen.
Anyone interested can call her at 628-5228. Leave a message if she is not there.
“Those folks who come in for the weekend can let me know ahead of time and I will try to have eggs for them for their breakfast in Rugby” Jodye says.
Newsletter Volunteer Needed
My situation is changing and I will not be able to commit as much time to doing the community newsletter each week. Carrie Thornthwaite has been very nice to help with the newsletter when I have been unavailable in the past, but it would help if we also had someone else who can periodically help with collecting and editing the newsletter information from the community.
What we need is someone who can collect emails from folks and edit them into a text document. The text could be emailed to me (or possibly Carrie) and we can load it onto the website with any photos. If you are willing to give this a try, let me know.
Also, please submit newsletter items each week by Sunday at 5:00 pm. Preferably submit them by email in the way you want them to appear. And please proof your information.
Newsletter Volunteer Needed
My situation is changing and I will not be able to commit as much time to doing the community newsletter each week. Carrie Thornthwaite has been very nice to help with the newsletter when I have been unavailable in the past, but it would help if we also had someone else who can periodically help with collecting and editing the newsletter information from the community.
What we need is someone who can collect emails from folks and edit them into a text document. The text could be emailed to me (or possibly Carrie) and we can load it onto the website with any photos. If you are willing to give this a try, let me know.
Also, please submit newsletter items each week by Sunday at 5:00 pm. Preferably submit them by email in the way you want them to appear. And please proof your information.
Birthdays
March 27 John Hicks
March 28 Jane Logan
March 29 Jim Poteet
March 27 John Hicks
March 28 Jane Logan
March 29 Jim Poteet
Calendar of Events
March 28 – Big South Fork Chapter Hike at Pickett Sate Park. Hike the Hazard Cave Loop and the short Indian Rockhouse trail for three miles of easy to moderate hiking before lunch, followed by the 2.5 mile Lake Trail loop after lunch. Meet at the Harrow Road Café at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time or at the parking area at the Hazard Cave trail head on TN 154 (south of the visitor center) at 9:30 Central time. Pack lunch and plenty of water. To register contact Tom Howell at 423-628-5521 or email tshowell1003@highland.net.
April 4 – Community Potluck – 7:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
April 4 – Community Potluck – 7:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
April 10 – History Night – 7:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Exercise Group – Monday and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Nature Notes
By Linda Konig
Exercise Group – Monday and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Nature Notes
By Linda Konig
I was reminded yesterday of something a friend and I used to do when we lived in Franklin, Tennessee. We called in "spontaning," a word we made up to mean having fun in a spontaneous way. About 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Vi showed up at my door and said, "I'm going to take pictures of wildflowers at Leatherwood Ford. Wanta come along?"
It certainly sounded like more fun than working on my "should" list. The out-of-doors had been calling me.
It was a great day to be alive in the sunshine and free to do whatever we felt like for a while. We saw several kinds of wildflowers. Two were new to me: harbinger of spring, a dainty beauty, and Allegheny spurge, sometimes called "rat's vein" and used as a folk medicine, I believe.
Bloodroot and spicebush were blooming. We recognized the leaves of wild ginger, trilliums and trout lilies. Other leaves and buds we weren't so sure about.
Like kids, we reveled in our finds along the recently flooded banks of the Clear Fork. We found interesting rocks, sycamore seed balls, mussel shells, etc. and stuffed them in our pockets.
All in all, it was just what the doctor ordered for a case of spring fever. We all need to give in to our inner child at times and "spontane." It's just as the zebra swallowtail butterfly we saw seemed to be doing -- flitting about, enjoying the sweetness of springtime.
HRI Workshops (For more details about workshops go to Historic Rugby Website at historicrugby.org)
April 4 - Natural Woven Plant Trellis – Victorian Rugby Style (New) 10 am–5 pm Instructor: Judy Zugish
It certainly sounded like more fun than working on my "should" list. The out-of-doors had been calling me.
It was a great day to be alive in the sunshine and free to do whatever we felt like for a while. We saw several kinds of wildflowers. Two were new to me: harbinger of spring, a dainty beauty, and Allegheny spurge, sometimes called "rat's vein" and used as a folk medicine, I believe.
Bloodroot and spicebush were blooming. We recognized the leaves of wild ginger, trilliums and trout lilies. Other leaves and buds we weren't so sure about.
Like kids, we reveled in our finds along the recently flooded banks of the Clear Fork. We found interesting rocks, sycamore seed balls, mussel shells, etc. and stuffed them in our pockets.
All in all, it was just what the doctor ordered for a case of spring fever. We all need to give in to our inner child at times and "spontane." It's just as the zebra swallowtail butterfly we saw seemed to be doing -- flitting about, enjoying the sweetness of springtime.
HRI Workshops (For more details about workshops go to Historic Rugby Website at historicrugby.org)
April 4 - Natural Woven Plant Trellis – Victorian Rugby Style (New) 10 am–5 pm Instructor: Judy Zugish
April 5 - Natural Woven Plant Trellis - Victorian Circle (New) 10 am–5 pm Instructor: Judy Zugish
April 11 - It’s Spring Wildflower Time! 9 am–5 pm Instructor: Jack Carman
April 18 - String Pieced Quilting (New) 10 am–5 pm Instructor: Joyce Lantz
April 25 - Tennessee’s Frogs and Toads Throughout the Year (New) 7pm – 9 p.m. Instructor: Bob English
