The news of the hour and day is the miles and miles of devastation from North Carolina to Maine caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Five hundred miles wide, causing massive flooding and evacuations in New York City, power outage to millions of people and 18 deaths reported in New York City. This is unbelievable to the media and public.
President Obama was in New Jersey Wednesday to view the destruction and evaluate the residents’ needs.
People were trapped in their homes and hospitals with no electricity.
The National Guard was called in to bring food and water and help with the evacuation of hospital patients.
One hundred and ten houses were destroyed by fire with 85 mile-per-hour winds in the neighborhood of Queens, NY. Long Island Manhattan were flooded and were a disaster.
The scope of the destruction is not known. From reports it seems that New Jersey and New York had the worst damage. Amid this disaster, people are sticking together. Bravery is rising above chaos. We pray for God’s love and mercy to be with all these people in need.
People who have once lived in this spacious valley which offers so many natural, unique caves and waterfalls cascading from the high hills which enclose and surrounds the Dry Creek Valley yearn to visit their old home place, see the water meandering over the slick rocks where they used to swim and enjoy the beauty which God has given the valley. They also know that your writer still lives in the valley on the Frazier property, which at one time was part of the Hart (Smith County) Land.
Such was the case Monday afternoon when Frances Fuston Frazier (Edward) and her daughter Susan F. Hinton, with a camera in tow, came for a visit to beautiful Dry Creek Valley where Frances was born and reared.
It could not have been more beautiful. The colors of the leaves were at their peak.
Frances and Susan were dressed in their Halloween jackets and prepared for an enjoyable afternoon.
After going to the head of the valley to a locked gate where the Butternut School was located, they turned around and, with a camera in hand, Susan captured some of the most beautiful scenes for her family to enjoy.
Stopping by the Frazier residence to see Louise for a “minute,” they became involved with pictures, looking at the Dry Creek History Book which Lisa had given her mother for her 95th birthday, and just plain talking like women like to do when given a chance. Night was fast approaching and the enjoyable day was nearing an end.
Susan and Frances returned to their home in Smithville. Louise enjoyed their visit.
Dry Creek community extends sincere sympathy to the family of Nell Haas Driver in its sorrow. The five Driver boys have lost a wonderful mother who believed in and dearly loved each one of them and their family.
Nell spent much of her early childhood in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley visiting relatives with her parents, Henry and Lela Haas of the Snow Hill community, and later with “Bo Bo” and the children. May God comfort the Driver family in the loss of their beloved mother.
On Oct. 20, there were 24 four-wheelers who enjoyed riding on Dry Creek. At the head of the valley, the group enjoyed sack lunches.
On Oct. 25, 20 senior adults from Dry Creek Baptist Church enjoyed a trip of sightseeing beautiful leaves of many colors up the hollow off of Highway 111 to Fall Creek Falls State Park. At 11 a.m. the seniors enjoyed a delicious dinner at the cafeteria in the park.
After dinner, they visited the falls which had gushing water falling to the bottom of the falls.
On Oct. 27, 80 people at Dry Creek Baptist filled the three wagons prepared for the hayride and fall festival. After the hayride the hungry group made it back to the fellowship hall for a festive meal of chili, potato soup, beef stew, hot dogs, cakes, cup cakes, cookies and drinks.
Dates to remember at Dry Creek Baptist are on Nov. 14 a church-wide Thanksgiving supper will be served and at 7 p.m. there will be service. A former pastor, Bro. Carl Smith of McMinnville, will be guest speaker on “What He Is Thankful For.” Then on Nov. 27 there will be an emphasis on International Missions. On Dec. 2 they will hold a week of prayer and the first Lottie Moon offering. Dec. 16 there will be church music and a drama program. Then finally on Dec. 19 there will be a Christmas dinner and Christmas tree. Welcome to Dry Creek Baptist Church, Bro. Don Owens, pastor.