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Fall gathering held in Big Valley
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BOLAR - Family, relatives and friends met Sunday, Oct. 21 at the home of Vesta Ruckman in Big Valley. It was a four-fold event - a visit to the mountains this time of year, a fall get-together, a celebration of October birthdays and the wedding anniversary of John and Esta Siron of Staunton, who were married in Ruckman's home 60 years ago by the late Rev. Raymond E. Bussard, uncle of the bride.
The only ones present who were at the wedding were Erwin Bussard and Ruckman.
Everyone who attended enjoyed the drive across the mounall tains and through the valleys at this beautiful autumn season, and the fellowship of the day.
A bountiful picnic lunch was enjoyed at noon.
Those attending were: Vesta Ruckman, hostess; Blane, Amy and Jamie Ruckman, and Thelma Bussard, all of Bolar; Erwin Bussard; Jean, Jami, Jessie, and Josie McCarty, all of Monterey; Marshall and Betty Tracy, Michael Tracy, Anna Lee Tracy, and Donald Lee Tracy, all of Arborvale, W.Va.; John and Esta Siron, Sharon Alphin, Eddie Siron, Gladys Kincaid, Olin and JoAnn Miller, Junior and Vivian Rowe, Pat Kincaid Neukoles, Glen and Ruth Siron, and Billy and Dot Robertson, all of Staunton; Karen Siron of Fort Defiance; Ron and Violet Cox of Bridgewater; Bob, Susan and Jeff Linkous of Richmond; Roger and Isabelle Kincaid of Verona; Carl and Dona Vandevander, and Ed and Betty Landis, all of Greenville; Craig and Belinda Smith, and Lou Smith, all of McDowell; Bernie and Lucy Plotner, Johnie and Margaret Kincaid, and Harold and Libby Clifton, all of Churchville; Russell Jr., Betty and Angela Kincaid, and April, Jessica and Alleson Corbon, of Stuarts Drafts; Glen Kincaid of Middlebrook; Joe and Debbie Hunter of Swoope; Michael and Pam Weatherhotz and granddaughter, of Bunker Hill, W.Va.; Linda Kincaid Long, and Chuck, Kelly, Jeremy, Jerrett and Alexis Whitlock.
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