A Journal - McGaheysville - Elkton, Virginia Area

Miss Lottie Davis

November 1931 came in on Sunday.
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  1 Nov 1931 - Produce men from Baltimore stop H.L. [This may be Herman Longley as he had rental cabins across the road from  Church of Solsburg.]
  3 Nov 1931 - Ladies at Busy Bees served dinner and supper in the Bear building taken in $51.30 cleared $35.00.
  5 Nov 1931 - Made apple butter second time.
  6 Nov 1931 - New road open across mountain.
  8 Nov 1931 - Mable & Earl spent day here Sun[day].
  7 Nov 1931 - Miss Annie Lucas married Sat[urday].
  7 Nov 1931 - Miss Thelma Walton married Sat[urday].
10 Nov 1931- Started on patched apron.
14 Nov 1931 - Chas. [Charles] Fogle and his Aunt Georgie had tonsils removed.
14 Nov 1931 - Mrs. Townsend and Margaret Hammer had tonsils removed Sat[urday].
14 Nov 1931 - Mr. Brown operated on foot.
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13 Nov 1931 - Annie Downey and Rex Shifflett married Friday.
19 Nov 1931 - Gorden Lough operated at Charlottesville.
18 Nov 1931 - Dean boy hurt on Mountain.
18 Nov 1931 - Milard [Millard?] Morris killed on mountain Wed[nesday] age 17 years 2 mo. 17 days.
21 Nov 1931 - Ladies Aid had Window Sale at Dentons.
22 Nov 1931 - Mr. Robert Morris died 61 years old.
22 Nov 1931 - Mrs. Gorden Lough new baby boy.
28 Nov 1931 - Lelia had tonsils removed by Dr. Preston on Sat[urday].
28 Nov 1931 - Had glasses fixed by Armentrout cost $1.40.
25 Nov 1931 - Turkey Merica lost job at Craft House.
19 Nov 1931 - Dr. Marshall killed on Spotswood Trail.
26 Nov 1931 - Mrs. Baugher left for Washingtpon, D.C.
18 Nov 1931 - Miss Pauline Farror operated on Wed[nesday].
30 Nov 1931 - Miss Pauline Farror came home.

December 1931 came in on Tuesday. 
  1 Dec 1931 - Ladies Aid met at Mrs. McGuire.
  1 Dec 1931 - Mr. Dick Baugher operated on.
  4 Dec 1931 - Lelia goes back to Dr. Preston office.
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  3 Dec 1931- Lee Cepal pulls first tooth Tues[day]
  9 Dec 1931 - First snow fell on Wed[nesday].
  8 Dec 1931 - Cydone Sallie play at school house.
16 Dec 1931 - Got hogs from Uncle Luther weigh 416#.
23 Dec 1931 - Mr. Keezle paralized in left side on Thurs.
23 Dec 1931 - Miss Lin  Hammer died on Thurs.
28 Dec 1931 - Emanel Morris killed himself twenty-one years old.
30 Dec 1931 -  Mr. Ed Monger hurt taken to hospital.
31 Dec 1931 - Spent afternoon with Mabel.
24 Dec 1931 - Conrad Davis married.

Halloween

Antique Halloween Card

 The word Halloween or Hallowe’en is a  term dating to ca. 1745 meaning the evening before All Hallow’s Day.  The word “eve” is "even” which is then contracted to “e’en or een.”  Even though the term “All Hallows” is an old English term, "ealra halgena maessedaeg," meaning "all saints day," the term "All Hallows Eve" is not seen until 1556.

In Ireland, Scotland, Wales and other areas of Europe there was an uneasy truce between the customs and beliefs associated with Christianity and those associated with the “old” religions which existed before Christianity. 

Halloween Illustration 

It is now more generally believed that Halloween is dervived from the Celtic festival of Samhain or “summer’s end.” Samhain is prononounced as SAH-win or SOW-win.  This festival was held on the  31^st of October – 1^st of November.  It was the most important of the four quarter days of the medieval Gaelic calendar.

Samhain Illustration

Basically Samhain marked the end of the harvest season and began winter or the darker half of the year. Like Beltane, it was viewed as a liminal time when the spirits or possibly fairies known as “the Aos Si” could become more active in the human world simply because it was easier for them to enter the human world at this particular time of year.

Offering of Harvested Grain

Many scholars view the Aos Si as a downgraded form of the ancient gods whose powers remain in the people’s mind long after they were replaced by new religious beliefs. For instance, it was believed that the Aos Si needed to be appeased to ensure that human people and their livestock survived the harsh winters. Offerings of food, drink, or portions of the newly harvested crops were left for the Aos Si in most Celtic areas.   

Samhain Ancestors Illustration

   It was also believed that the souls of the dead were enabled to visit their former homes.  Places were set at the dinner table or by the fireplace to welcome them.  The belief that the souls of the dead were able to return on that one day or night of the year is a very ancient one which is found in cultures throughout the world.

In Scotland, youths went from house to house with their faces masked or blackened, threatening to do mischief if they were not welcomed by all those they encountered.

Jack O'Lanterns

The Jack-o’ lantern was believed to frighten away evil spirits. There was also another popular thought among Celtic folk associated with the Jack-o’ lantern.  Many Celtic folk believed that the Jack-o’ lantern represented a “soul denied entry into both heaven and hell.”

[Note: These beautiful illustrations have been collected from various sources over many years. They have been used to illustrate both Gaelic beliefs and the Halloween holiday in both Genealogy and Folklore classes.] 

A Journal - McGaheysville - Elkton, Virginia Aea

Miss Lottie Davis

August 1931
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 3 Aug 1931 - Mr. Williams died 50 years old.
 20 Aug 1931 - Annie and Frances Brown tonsils removed.
14 Aug 1931 -  Mr. G Brown hurt at Fertilizer P[lant].
15 Aug 1931 - Fields Day.
   Aug 1931 - William Richards had blood poison.
15 Aug 1931 - Irene Baugher married to Dean.
21 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Janet Monger Curtis new baby on Sat.
23 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Janet Monger Curtis baby died Monday.
17 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Lura Frazier new baby 3# [three pounds].
25 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Reba Turner new baby - Tues.
15 Aug 1931 - Miss Vada Lam married on Sat.
27 Aug 1931 - New top on Harold's truck.
     Aug 1931 - Margie Williams married.
     Aug 1931 - Rob Lam goes to pen for life.
     Aug 1931 - Farm Bureau opens in Elkton, Virginia.
 27 Aug 1931 - Garage at Ferlitzer Plant burned.
 27 Aug 1931 - Guy [Monger's] Birthday Party - eleven years old.

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August 1931 
 3 Aug 1931 - Fire at Mrs. Vernie Powell.
22 Aug 1931 - Calf sold $13.75.
26 Aug 1931 - Eula Fisher married to Bernard Stanley.

Sept.  1931 came on Tues.
  1 Sept  1931 - Emajean Davis married Meadows.
  1 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. J. W. Stearn resigned from President of Ladies Aide.
     Sept. 1931 - Morris checks came back.
  2 Sept. 1931 - Lee Opal vaccinated on Weds. Dr. Miller.
  1 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Bessie Rodgers went to hospital.
  6 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. M.V. Leap Birthday Party Sun.
  7 Sept. 1931 - Lillian Gaynor tonsil taken out Mon.
  8 Sept. 1931 - Rev. Stearn moved Tues.
  9 Sept. 1931 - Miss Lydia McAllister kills self Wed.
13 Sept. 1931 - Elsie Dean killed in car wreck Sun.
13 Sept. 1931 - Minnie Plum wrecked near Warrenton.
20 Sept. 1931 - Hubert Shifflett shot in arm Sun.

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Sept. 1931
21 Sept. 1931 - Moved Adia Snyder to Harrisonburg Hospital.
30 Sept. 1931 - Mae Van Pelt and Hensel Lam married Wed.
24 Sept. 1931 - George Sandridge died at Hospital -McGaheysville 24 years.
23 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Conrad Long new baby.
26 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Bob Hammer new baby boy.
21 Sept. 1931 - Marie Armentrout starts to TSC Harrisonburg, Va.
25 Sept. 1931 - George Dean killed at Baltimore Railroad Crossing 22 years old.
 8 Sept. 1931 - Myrtle Lam new baby.
24 to 27 Sept. 1931 - U.B. [United Brethern] Conference met in Martinsburg WVa.
    Sept. 1931 - Rev. Smith came to Elkton, Va.
17 Sept/ 1931 - Mr. A. J. Hammer died 71 years old.
27 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Ethel Putain operated on Mon.
30 Sept. 1931 - Blate Shifflett child died.
30 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. John L. Leap new baby  8# [eight pounds].

October 1931 - Came in on Thurs.
 1 Oct 1931 - Lewis Workman broke arm Thurs.
 2 Oct 1931 - Supper for new preacher Rev Smith Fri.

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Oct 1931
  3 Oct 1931 - Linwood Flory married Sat.
  3 Oct 1931 - Bill car wreck down river  With B Sat.
  4 Oct 1931 - Bill Fisher Fred Bowen car burned up.
  4 Oct 1931 - Senator Durght W. Marrows died 58 years old. Father of Mrs. Charles Lindburgh.
  5 Oct 1931 - Busy Bees met at Plums.
  7 Oct 1931 - Mrs. Pauline Dutrow in Hospital.
 10 Oct 1931 - Harold [Davis] get new stove on Sat. C. Heater.
 16 Oct 1931 - Graney goes to Roanoke on Fri. Eula.
 16 Oct 1931 - Miss Margaret Turner married Fri.
 20 Oct 1931 - Mrs. John Wyant operated on Tues.
 23 Oct 1931 - Ladies A[ide] Silver Tea at Mrs. McGuires $30.
 18 Oct 1931 - Edison died.
 21 Oct 1931 - Ruth Baugher tonsils taken out on Wed.
 20 Oct 1931 - Pounded new preacher Rev. Smith. ["Pounding" is another name for a party where household gifts are given to an individual or family.  This type of party normally occurred when someone settled into a new home. Today, many people also refer to this type of event as a "shower."]
 27 Oct 1931 - Made Apple butter, 27 1/2 gall [gallon].
 27 Oct 1931 - Virginia Hill moved from Cook's Store to Elkton.
 30 Oct 1931 - Miss Ruth Cover married Mr. Hollman.at M.E. Church Fri eve[ning] at 6:30 o'clock.
 30 Oct 1931 - Gooden Bros sold out.

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 29 Oct 1931 - Busy Bees supper taken in $14.10. [Note: This was during the Depression.  The ladies made more money at this "supper" than what a calf brought on the 22 Aug 1931 - see above entry under that date.]

 31 Oct 1931 - Mr. Ira Brill dies of blood poison at RMHospital 44 years old.  Mr. W.C. Brill brother.

Johnny Appleseed

 

Etching of Johnny Appleseed

As October is National Apple Month, today we will explore the life of Johnny Appleseed, a man who has long thought to be just a legend. We all remember the song that is also used as a child’s grace:

Johnny Appleseed Grace

“Oh, the Lord’s been good to me.

And so I thank thee Lord

For giving me the things I need.

The sun, the rain and the appleseed

Oh, the Lord’s been good to me.”

John Chapman, whom we know as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts on the 26^th of September 1774, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth ____ Chapman. His father, Nathaniel Chapman, fought in the American Revolution as a Minuteman at the Battle of Concord, and he later served in the Continental Army under George Washington.

In July of 1776, while her husband was at war, Elizabeth Chapman died in childbirth. Shortly thereafter, Nathaniel Chapman returned home and remarried Lucy Cooley. They  moved to East Longmeadow and had a total of ten children together. 

Apple Blossom

John Chapman migrated to western Pennsylvania in his early twenties and settled first in the frontier village of Warren, near Pittsburgh.   It is believed that his father, Nathaniel Chapman who was himself a farmer, encouraged his son to become an  orchardist and most likely set him up as an apprentice in this profession.  It is known that by 1812, John Chapman was working independently as an orchardist and nurseryman.  He traveled widely, particularly in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio, pursuing his profession.

There was a firm economic basis for Chapman's behavior even though the legend of Johnny Appleseed suggests that his plantings were random.  He purchased land, established nurseries and returned, after several years, to sell off the orchard and the surrounding land.It is best to describe Chapman’s work as that of an itinerate missionary, a preacher of the Swedenborgian Christian faith, and as an apple tree nurseryman.  He never married but travelled extensively throughout  what is now Ohio and Indiana and among the fringes of other states where he planted and cared for his apple trees. He taught farmers the culture of apples and assisted them in the planting and care of their orchards while he preached, “good news right fresh from Heaven.” He became known for his courage and dedication to his fellow man, as well as for the thousands of apple trees he planted.

 

 John Chapman 's Gravestone

The trees that Chapman planted did not yield edible fruit but did have multiple purposes. The small, tart apples his orchards produced were primarily used to make hard cider and applejack brandy.  Orchards also served the critical legal purpose of establishing land claims along the frontier. As a consequence, Chapman owned around one thousand two hundred acres of land valued at millions of dollars in 1845 currency at the time of his death from pneumonia in 1845.  He is buried near Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Most of us living in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley remember apples from our own family’s trees being served at almost every meal. Our folk believed that the old saying, “An apple a day will keep the doctor away,” was true.  Families grew many varieties, each with a special flavor or for a specific purpose.  Apples were served fried, stewed, boiled, made into applesauce, applebutter, apple cider and of course, apple brandy.

Tree Ripened Red Apples 

Today, many of us still look forward to eating oven-hot cornbread with fresh melted butter and if we are very lucky, it will be piled high with fresh homemade apple butter.

Over the years, many of our favorite recipes have been adapted to better utilize ingredients that have become more readily available through better means of transportation, a more affluent economy and a desire to improve upon one of the more pleasurable aspects of life: food.

Only sour crab apple trees were native to America until European settlers arrived and brought with them their English customs and favorite fruits.  Native Americans appropriated what they liked, cultivating apples extensively.

With the establishment of frontier communities, mills were built resulting in wheat, rye, barley and buckwheat flour being produced from local grains. Farmers were soon able to grow such grains in addition to a better quality of corn for cornmeal. Soon our local mills combined requested grain flours to make it easier for the homemaker to make specialty foods for their family.  A good example of this would be buckwheat flour for pancakes which dripped with melted butter and thick apple butter.

A Journal - McGaheysville - Elkton, Virginia Aea

May 1931
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  4 May 1931 - New Frigidair put in on Mon [Monday].
  4 May 1931 - Busy Bee met here 19 present.
  5 May 1931 - Amos Gooden married Tues [Tuesday.
  7 May 1931 - Rain and wind storm Thurs [Thursday].
  7 May 1931 - Painted kitchenThursday.
  8 May 1931 - Anna Kyger operated on Fri [Friday].
     May 1931 - New Top on truck.
     May 1931 - Jews in jail.
18 May 1931 - School closed 13 graduated.
12 May 1931 - Jews stop coming on Tuesday.
20 May 1931 - Anna Kyger came home from hospital Fri [Friday] week[?].
17 May 1931 - Nellie Ware left McGuire.
    May 1931 - McGuire got electric stove.
29 May 1931 - Mrs. Fannie Eaton dies 80 years old Fri [Friday].
22 May 1931 - Mr. Lam mother dies on Fri [Friday].
22 May 1931 - Guss, colored man dies 66 year stay at Mr. Charles Miller.
22 May 1931 - Mr. Malone died of McGaheysville, Va.
24 May 1931 - Aunt Sis & Family here on Sun [Sunday].
May 1931
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May 1931
16 May 1931- Mrs. Edith Coffey operated on.
24 May 1931 - Mrs. Stearn Brother died.
29 May 1931 - Senator B. Keezle fractured hip in home.
    May 1931 - Full moon on 2nd and 31.This is the first time this has occurred for 58 years.
June 1931 came in on Monday.
  2 Jun 1931 - Mrs. Lettie Good broke arm on Tues [Tuesday].
  1 Jun 1931 - Fred Offenbacker married.
  3 Jun 1931 - P. Herring married.
     Jun 1931 - Miss Sallie Dean hurt.
  8 Jun 1931 - Mrs. Brill teeth taken out.
  6 Jun 1931 - Mrs. Geo. [George] Wyant new baby of Hagerstown, Md [Maryland].
 11-14 Jun 1931 - Sunday School Convention.
14 Jun 1931 - Went to Convention.
18 Jun 1931 - Mrs. Vernon Thomas died 65 years old.
23 Jun 1931 - Senator Keezle died at Hospital.
    Jun 1931 - Mrs. Roy Kyger gets new glasses.
28 Jun 1931 - Ray Birthday he came on Sun [Sunday].
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June 1931
29 Jun 1931 - Got parts for oil stove on Sat [Saturday].
21 Jun 1931 - Jersey [cow] fresh [had calf] on Sun [Sunday].
29 Jun 1931 - Richard Lee Walton brakes [breaks] arm.
July 1931
  3 Jul 1931 - Mr. Claude Meadows died.
  7 Jul 1931 - Annie Downey operated on  Mon [Monday].
  6 Jul 1931 - Lucille Cover operated on [Sunday].
  8 Jul 1931 - Randel Monger operated on Tues [Tuesday].
  9 Jul 1931 - Mrs. T.C. Dyke operated on Wed [Wednesday].
17 Jul 1931 - Mrs. Frazier found in river on Fri [Friday].
19 Jul 1931 - Eua Fisher sick.
24 Jul 1931 - Mr. Fred Offenbacker died on Fri [Friday].
28 Jul 1931 - Mrs. Ed Garber new baby.
31 Jul 1931 - Mrs. Geo.[George] Cave new baby.
    Jul 1931 - Kygers get washing machine.
31 Jul 1931 - Beulah goes to work.
[To be continued]

Game Recipes

Powder Horn and Shot Bag

A special "Thanks," to those of you who wrote to let me know that you did enjoy the wild game article and recipes. The answer to the question which many of you asked is, "yes,"  I most certainly do have other such recipes and am delighted to be able to share them with you.

For those of you who are somewhat squeamish about eating wild game, perhaps it might help to know that taste in food, like many other things, is acquired.  It changes according to time and place.  For instance, did you know that Native Americans did NOT eat beef or pork?  They knew it stank and believed that it would destroy their bodies.  Attitude, which is formed from our belief system, is indeed everything.

Campfire cooking is to be savored...not hurried.

Let’s begin by saying that the best way to thicken the broth in any of these recipes is to mix flour with cold water before adding the mixture to the hot broth. The easiest way to do this in order to keep lumps from forming is to put the flour and water into a small glass jar with a screw lid or other similar container and shake the mixture until it is a lump free liquid and  then add it to the hot broth. You can vary the amount of flour and water as needed, depending upon the amount of gravy desired.

Also most of these recipes may be cooked over an open fire in a cast iron pot or skillet fitted with a cast iron lid. Just make sure you take the time to prepare a large bed of hot coals so that you can sit the pot down into the coals and still have enough to put around and also on top of the lid to ensure even cooking or baking. 

If you need your food to be gluten free, use arrowroot instead of wheat flour or regular white flour.  Do not use arrowroot to coat the meat for frying, instead use corn meal ground very fine.  It is possible to buy corn flour and arrowroot flour by the pound.

Remember that ice cold water was only available in the winter when rivers and creeks were frozen. Back then, water for all aspects of life was from a nearby creek, river or spring.  Wild herbs were also always available for food preparation as well as for medicinal use.

Squirrel

FRIED SQUIRREL

Dress the squirrel. Cut it into pieces and soak in salt water for several hours. Drain. Boil the meat until it is tender in fresh water. Dip the pieces in beaten egg and roll in finely ground cornmeal, fry the pieces in deep fat until brown. Add a mixture of water, wine

SQUIRREL STEW

In two quarts of water, place the meat of four or five squirrels which have been cleaned and cut into small pieces, one cup of diced carrots, four of diced potatoes, four cups of butter [lima] beans, and two medium size onions.  Cook until all is tender.  If thickening is needed, mix a small amount of flour into cool water and stir well until a thickish liquid mixture is formed, then pour this mixture into the pot of stew.  Season to taste with salt, pepper and thyme.  Some folk prefer to use tomatoes and corn instead of potatoes and butter beans while other use all four vegetables.

BRAISED RABBIT

Clean and cut into serving size pieces, one large or two small rabbits.  Measure one–fourth cup of flour, two teaspoons seasoned salt, one-half teaspoon pepper, one and one-half teaspoon of paprika into a paper bag.Add rabbit pieces to the bag.  While holding the top of the bag shut, shake the bag well, coating each piece of the rabbit well. Put a mixture of water and wine in to a baking pot or pan,  Add coated pieces of rabbit, Cook until very tender.  

FRICASSEED RABBIT

Clean, cut up and disjoint the rabbit. Put into a stew pan and season with cayenne pepper, salt and chopped parsley. Pour in a pint of warm water and stew over a slow fire until quite tender, adding some bits of butter when nearly done.

TURTLE

Place the turtle in boiling water for a quarter of an hour. Pull the outer shell off and then boil it again until the claws are tender.  Remove the turtle from the inner shell taking care to remove the gall and spongy parts.  Cut the remainder into small pieces and place into a stewing pan.  Add salt, black pepper and butter and stew for a short time.  Add about one-half cup of water and simmer for fifteen minutes or so.  Blend together a mixture of melted butter, flour and a very small amount of water.  Stir this mixture into the cooking turtle to make gravy.  Serve after the gravy thickens.

GROUND HOG

Skin the carcass, remove the insides and disjoint and cut the meat into pieces.  Soak overnight in very salty water.  Drain and boil the meat until tender.  Remove the meat and let it cool. To serve, roll the meat in flour and cook it in hot fat until brown.

BAKED GROUND HOG

Boil a dressed ground hog in salted water for at least two hours.  Drain and remove the meat, placing it into a baking pan.  Sprinkle it with salt and pepper.  Bake in a moderately hot oven for at least thirty minutes.

ROAST OPOSSUM

Skin and dress the animal, place it in a baking pan with a small amount of water. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper and bake in a medium hot oven for three hours or until the meat is tender and brown.  Apples which have been pared and quartered along with raisins baked in the liquid makes a good side dish.

WILD TURKEY                                

Dress and clean the bird carefully.  Place the turkey in a baking pan; add water, salt and pepper.  The bird maybe stuffed with a favorite dressing before roasting.  Bake in a medium hot oven, allowing   twenty minutes for each pound of meat. Wild turkeys are leaner than domestic birds and need to be based more frequently with butter. Thicken the liquid with flour and water into a nice gravy before serving.

VENSION STEW

Deer  meat must be marinated by placing it in an earthen ware container [crock] together with onions and bay leaves, and covered with cider vinegar.  After two days, wash the meat in cold water and place it into a kettle with boiling hot water to cover. Stew until tender, remove and bone the meat. Cook four diced carrots, six stalks of diced celery, and four onions into the meat broth.  Add meat cut into small pieces and thicken with a flour and water paste.  Flavor to taste with salt and pepper.

BRUNSWICK STEW

Place three cups of water in a heavy iron kettle, two medium size peeled onions, four tomatoes  and one table spoon of Worcestershire sauce and bring to a boil. Add the edible portions of one squirrel, one rabbit, and one small chicken. Allow the mixture to simmer for two hours.  Combine one cup of butter beans, one cup of corn cut from the cob, and a cup of okra, add these to these to the liquid and simmer for another hour.  Finally, add two tablespoons of butter, a half cup of bread crumbs and water if necessary and simmer for two more hours before serving.  This dish may also be made with chicken, pork, rabbit and squirrel, potatoes, peas, and snap green beans.

A great side dish to accompany any of the above recipes is a pan of golden brown Skillet Corn Bread.

SKILLET CORN BREAD
Take one chunk of lard about two inches square and melt in a very hot cast iron skillet.  Put about one and a half cups of self-rising corn meal into a bowl making a well or hole in the meal to which you add about two tablespoons of the hot lard.  Mix well.  Add about one cup of milk and two egg to the mixture and stir well with a wooden spoon.  Pour mixture into the well greased skillet, add the skillet's lid and bake in an open fire until golden brown.  Don't forget to put hot coals around the sides and on top of the skillet.  If you would like to try this in your oven, simply leave off the lid and bake until golden brown in a hot oven about four hundred degrees.  Don't forget to cover your hot cornbread with butter, honey, jam or even better, homemade apple butter.

A Journal - McGaheysville - Elkton area.

Miss Lottie Davis 

March 1931
Page Fifty-two
March 1931 came in on Sun [Sunday].
     Mar 1931 - New Garden Fence Jim S. colored.
     Mar 1931 - Lawrence gets radio & washing machine.
     Mar 1931 - Mr. Walter Miller died 72 years. Funeral at home.
  2 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Ashby Lam died  on Mon.
  2 Mar 1931 - Mr. Ewell Breeden died at hospital from burn 35 years old.
  4 Mar 1931 - Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Geo [George] Lam.
  8 Mar 1931 - Mr. Jesse Wyant died 95 years on Sunday.
11 Mar 1931 - Mr. Kyger got mail route.
11 Mar 1931 - Meeting starts at UB [United Brethren] Church.
15 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Baugher came home.
  7 Mar 1931 - Tottie Cook new baby.
  4 Mar 1931 - Mr. Tom Davis died 65 years.

16 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Baugher came home Washington.

 7 Mar 1931 - Mr. Kyger new car Ford.

23 Mar 1931 - Mr. Kyger started on route Mon [Monday].

20 Mar 1931 - Miss Janet Monger married on Fri [Friday].

23 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Lester McGuire new baby on Mon [Monday].

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March 1931

23 Mar 1931 - Picture at U.B.C. [United Brethren] given by Rev. Dr. Wright.

21 Mar 1931 - Mrs. M.V. Leap get new glasses.

25 Mar 1931 - Uncle Leat S. mother died 74 years old on Wed.[Wednesday].

29 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Elmer Leap new baby Leeroy 12lbs.Sun [Sunday].

29 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Goldie Miller new baby girl Sun [Sunday].

29 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Vernon Davis new baby boy Sun [Sunday].

29 Mar 1931 - Mrs. Lucille Harrison new baby boy Sun [Sunday].

29 Mar 1931 - William & Lay cutting scrape Sun [Sunday].

28 Mar 1931 - Elmore [Elmer] Leap car stolen by Meadows boy.

27 Mar 1931 - Lena Dean goes to Hospital.

27 Mar 1931 - New egg man from S [Shenandoah?].

April 1931 came in on Wednesday

  1 Apr 1931 - Put tank in Harold kitchen Wed[Wednesday].

  2 Apr 1931 - Mrs. Sigafoose twins girl & boy.

 4 Apr 1931 - Mr. T. W. Frey died 69 years 10 months 16 days Sat[Saturday].

  6 Apr 1931 - Snow and rain all day Monday.

  6 Apr 1931 - Mr. Charles Kite buck[?] died 62 years 8 months 18 days.

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April 1931

  9 Apr 1931 - Mr. Bob Davis killed by  by Lam on Thursday night.

30 Apr 1931 - Daddy get Frigidaire.

21 Apr 1931 - New court room opened in Harrisonburg.

18 Apr 1931 - Mrs. Bill Hammers twin boys.

18 Apr 1931 - Mrs. Shifflett died.Sister of Tom and Bob Davis.

21 Apr 1931 - Ruth Workman operated on.

22 Apr 1931 - New shade on porch.

26 Apr 1931 - Lester  McGuire wreck car going Washington Sun,

25 Apr 1931 -Mr. Luther Dean in jail at WVa.

 4 Apr 1931 - Walter Hammer married.

26 Apr 1931 - Mr. George Shifflett killed by son on Sunday.

29 Apr 1931 - Mrs. Hammer died.

     Apr 1931 - Wilson Shifflett goes on road blinkey [?].

     Apr 1931 - Moved railroad tracks.

     Apr 1931 - McGuire new car.

[To be continued.]