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CELEBRATE ROWLESBURG - 150 YEARS
1858 - 2008 - SESQUICENTENNIAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

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FIRST CHESTNUT FESTIVAL IN WEST VIRGINIA
OCTOBER 12, 2008

Annual Labor Day Festival/Ox Roast
August 30, 31, & September 1, 2008

A Little Town in the Majestic Hills of West Virginia
 
Where Time and Space Have Been Ignored.
Where Life is Simple and People are Gentle.
Where the Mountaineer Spirit Lives Free in the Hearts of These Rugged Folk.
Church bells Ring out with Familiar Hymns Calling the People
for Lunch and Again for Suppertime.
Early Morning Fog Hangs on the Hillsides, Obscuring their Summits Until the
Sun Breaks Through to Reveal the Glory of God's Creation.
The Occasional Train Rumbles Through Town and Fills the Valley with
Echoes from the Hills, Signaling that "All is Well".
Echoes that are Reminiscent of Times Gone by.
In Other Days, Locomotives with Coal Laden Cars Passed by, Blowing Coal Dust into
Every Nook and Cranny of Town, but that was All right Because
People had Jobs and Families Prospered.
Across the River, Men Dug Stone out of the Hillsides to Make Cement and
to Provide Food for the Family Tables. That was All right, too,
Because Families Prospered.
The Schoolhouse was Filled with Happy Voices; Music and Laughter Filled the Halls;
the Band Marched in the Street; Cheers Went up from the Football Field;
and the Town Prospered.
 
Coming down Both sides of the River Road I see People Coming to Town;
Some in Autos, some on Foot and Others on Bikes along Rails to Trails;
Coming to Visit
Tray Run Viaduct, Cannon Hill, Greatest Generation Museum, the B&O Depot,
RHS Welcome Center, and Main Street Garden.
Coming to Kayak, Canoe, Swim, Fish, or Camp;
Some just want to Move back home.
Rowlesburg is once More Alive with Happy People
and the Town Prospers.
 
Where the River flows Northward to the Monongahela
on Her Perpetual Journey to the Sea, the Air is Fresh and Clean, and
the Song of the Hills Calls the Heart to Come Home.
by katie
 
Photo of Main Street Garden
 
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Photo of Members
 
Board of Directors:
 
Chair:
Shirley Cook Hartley
Vice-Chair:
N. Joseph Nassif
Secretary:
Doris Wolfe Rooks
Treasurer:
Catherine Custer Burke
 
Walter Burke
Joe Dean
Norma Blair Dowling
Craig Felton
Gary Henline
Elma Lantz Leaman
Thomas Loughry
Anna R. Nassif
George S. Nassif
Kathleen Wolfe-Orescanin
Jewell Reed
Margaret Schollar
Betty Wilson
Dallas Wolfe, Jr.
Jean H. Wolfe
Mary Wotring
Philip Wotring
 
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