Historic Rugby brings back what many say is the Upper Cumberland’s finest classic rock band – Legacy. Historic Rugby’s wonderful board member and cast iron cook, Larry Edmondson, is bringing his band back for an encore performance. http://www.legacyclassicrock.com/
Bring you own seating - limited seats available. This is a benefit concert; tax-deductible donations will be requested. NO COOLERS - non-alcoholic beverages will be available. The Harrow Road Café will start serving dinner at 5:00 pm for guests who would like to enjoy a meal before the concert. Arrival for dinner by 6:30 pm Eastern at the latest is recommended. Call toll-free 1-888-214-3400 or locally 628-2441 for information.
RUGBY CENSUS
After last week’s article about the difficulty some Rugbeians are having in participating in the current national census, Annie Patterson obtained a supply of blank census forms she dropped off at the Commissary. I forgot to check with Rita to see if they have any left. But if you are near the Commissary, you might want to stop in and see if there are still any there. Annie, thanks!!
This group of Murfreesboro, TN, visitors Thursday enjoyed the Rugby pond’s new picnic table. It may move to the shade once the leaves come out. Rick Murphy is hoping to provide more pond improvements after the pond leak is repaired. Photo by Robert Crabtree
TUESDAY GARDEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
By Rick Murphy
Some of us are going to be working in the flower beds at Kingstone Lisle and the Café on Tuesday (if it is not raining). If you would like to get outside this Springtime and dig in the dirt a little, we could use some help. Please meet at Kingstone Lisle at 10:00 a.m. We need aid with planting small annual plants, weeding, raking, pruning, etc. Please bring gloves, a trowel and hand clippers, if you have them. We will have some tools there, though. Thanks a bunch!
WOOD CHIPPER AVAILABLE
By Gerald Hanwright
While I was playing at Discover Fest in Wartburg this past Saturday, I talked with the forestry people and told them how the citizens of Rugby took to heart the "FireWise" program that they had presented last year. Many of the Rugby citizens have been doing a great job of cleaning-up and the Fire Dept. has assisted with disposal. The forestry has offered the use of their wood chipper, so if the community is interested in the chipper use to make mulch please contact me to schedule its use.
RUMMAGE SALE FESTIVAL WEEKEND
By Benita Howell
Christ Church will again hold a rummage sale at the Friendly House during Historic Rugby's Spring Festival on May 15 and 16. Reduce and recycle your excess stuff while you help Christ Church replenish the Benevolence Fund that is used to respond to emergency need in our area. Please set aside used clothing, linens, and other household items in good condition; books, CDs, and DVDs; games, puzzles, toys, and sporting goods; crafts, gift items, and other treasures that have been crowding your closets and cupboards. Items for children are especially good sellers. If possible, please plan to bring your donations to the Friendly House beginning Saturday, May 8 through Wednesday, May 12. We'll be pricing and organizing the merchandise on Thursday and Friday (May 13-14). Please call Benita or Tom Howell at 628-5521 if you need to arrange a time to deliver donations to the Friendly House, or if you can help price and organize the merchandise on Thursday or Friday, May 13 or 14.
MARK TWAIN ANNIVERSARY
By George Zepp
With this week marking the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death, it's time for more details of the famous author's Rugby "links." The 1880s Rugby newspapers liked to keep up with him. Most of America did as well.
"Julian F. Scott, who was recently drowned in crossing the Emory river [in East Tennessee], was the character from whom Mark Twain, in his 'Millions In It,' created the person of 'Colonel Mulberry Sellers.'" -- Rugbeian, July 1, 1882
"The success of the new cheap editions of standard authors in London has been very great. Among them we notice [Rugby founder] Mr. Thomas Hughes' 'Tom Brown's School Days' has reached a sale of 200,000; and Mark Twain's 'Innocents Abroad,' 100,000. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' still has a firm grip, and is sold everywhere for two cents." -- Rugbeian, Oct. 21, 1882
"Jamestown, Fentress County has claimed to be the birthplace of Mark Twain, even showing the house where he first saw the light. Florida, Missouri, is also said to be the town of Mark's birth. What can the 'oldest inhabitant' of Jamestown say in support of the Fentress claim? By-the-by, Mark is just now under a cloud of adverse criticism on account of a recent 'witty' speech he made in New York." -- Rugbeian, Jan. 6, 1883
"Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) is slowly recovering from an attack of malarial fever, caused by his last trip down the Mississippi river." -- Plateau Gazette, Rugby, July 28, 1883 [In the same issue was a report that the English government had abandoned the "Channel Tunnel Bill." As Icelandic volcanic ash boosts tunnel use today, what can we make of that?]
GUINEA HOGS IN RUGBY?
Steve Logan sent an interesting web link about Guinea hogs. http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/guinea.html. He says he expects some of the locals around Rugby would have had a few of these 100 years ago. The current local wildstock now roaming the Big South Fork probably carry some of the Guinea genetics, he says.
BIRTHDAYS
April 22 – Earth Day
CALENDAR
April 24 – Rock Concert beginning at 7:45 pm Eastern. Historic Rugby brings back what many say is the Upper Cumberland’s finest classic rock band – Legacy. The Harrow Road Café will start serving dinner at 5:00 pm for guests who would like to enjoy dinner before the concert. Arrival for dinner by 6:30 pm Eastern at the latest is recommended. Bring you own seating - limited seats available. This is a benefit concert; tax-deductible donations will be requested. NO COOLERS - non-alcoholic beverages will be available. Call toll-free 1-888-214-3400 or locally 628-2441 for information.
May 1 - Grey Gables Bed ‘n Breakfast Inn Spring Vineyard Dinner. Five-course dinner, Highland Manor Wines and David Howard light mix of acoustic original music. 7:00 p.m. Eastern. $160.00 includes: Vineyard Dinner, Lodging, Country Breakfast, double occupancy (Does not include tax or gratuity on dinner) - $30.00 per person plus tax and gratuity. For Reservations: Linda Brooks Jones, 423-628-5252.
May 2 – Community Potluck – 7:00 p.m.
May 8 – Rabies Shot Clinic for dogs & cats - Brooks Store - 2:30 p.m. - $8.00/$12 for 3-year dog vaccination. Sponsor: TN Department of Health.
May 15 and 16 – Spring Festival
June 19 – Premiere – Rugby Play - “Emmy and Granny”
June 20 – Matinee Performance - “Emmy and Granny”
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2-4 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
WORKSHOP CALENDAR
For Workshop Registration contact Historic Rugby at 888-214-3400 - rugbylegacy@highland.net
Saturday, April 24 - Wet on Wet Iris Painting - Students will learn how to master the principles of the Jenkins “wet on wet” oil painting technique by following her personal step-by-step instruction. Instructor Mara Trumbo was born in Italy, raised in Southern Africa and now lives in Rugby. She has studied and acquired various techniques, which reveal themselves in her romantic paintings and pottery creations. Mara is a member of the Cumberland Art Society and displays her work in Crossville and Cookeville galleries. The fee is $60 and includes all materials and canvas.
Saturday, May 22 - Gardening With Herbs - From 10 am to 2 pm Eastern. Learn to plant an herb garden to be used for your culinary delight! A garden will be planted for the Harrow Road Café. Following the class join us for an herbal luncheon tasting some of the varieties used in the workshop. Bob always delights the group with having a selection of favorites from his 58-acre greenhouse nursery available for purchase. Bob Washburn is co-owner of Wolf River Valley Growers in Pall Mall, this area's largest greenhouse. Bob has served as the president of the Tennessee Flower Growers Association and past chairman of the Southeast Greenhouse Conference. Workshop fee $15 - $9 lunch at Café.
Saturday, June 5 - Crazy Quilting Rugby Style - Instructor Joyce Lantz. Try your hand at this Victorian and Appalachian patchwork pastime in your own style--silk, satin or velvet, cotton and denim, plain or fancy! Make a pillow, a picture, a wall hanging or a quilt. This class will start you off.
By Linda Konig
If you haven't taken some time to admire the wildflowers this spring, what are you waiting for? They're passing every day, as in a parade, and before we know it, spring will be summer, and you will have missed them. Life is too short to see them all, but I did get to Standing Stone State Park this past weekend for their annual Naturalist Rally. We were thrilled to see so many kinds of wildflowers, especially on a short walk near Overton Lodge. Of course, it's especially fun to see some species you've never seen before, and I was able to add several to my "life list" of wildflowers--Shooting Stars, Celandine Poppy, Green Violet, Prairie Trillium, Yellow Mandarin, White Baneberry and Glade Violet.
Photo: Miami Mist (Phacelia purshii) courtesy of http://math.uc.edu/~chalklr/Natural%20History/Photos%20121-140.htm
Then on Saturday afternoon, Bettye Brown and I went to a special spot in Jackson County near Gainesboro that she had told me about. Though she had tried to describe it to me, I was unprepared for the sheer number of wildflowers and the untamed beauty of those carpets of Miami Mist, Glade Phacelia, Rose Vervain, Dwarf Larkspur, Wild Hyacinths, and Celandine Poppies in the woods and along the Cumberland River. There was also Toothwort, Columbine, Fire Pinks, and several kinds we failed to identify. We simply ran out of time. I can truly say that I'd never seen such a spot before and probably never will see another one to compare.
