March 25, 2019
Library news – Librarian Phyllis Bardole is back, at least on a limited basis! We are glad she is improved enough to be at the library. The volunteers are still helping and sometimes there is a sign on the door, just because everyone’s appointments are interfering with library hours, but there is a light at the end of this tunnel! We thank our patrons for their patience and understanding during this time. ~ Jean Borgeson, Rippey library board secretary.
Library events to remember:
Toddler Fest is Saturday April 6, from 10 am to 12 noon at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. This is an annual, free event sponsored by the Greene County board of supervisors and Greene County libraries for children 2-5 years old and their families.
Greene County Reads is slated for April 11, 2018.
Greene County Reads, the annual county-wide book discussion, will be held Thursday, April 11. This year’s selection is The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman and the leader will be Jan Scharingson. For the reader’s convenience, discussions will be held at the Churdan public library at 9 am, the Rippey public library at 2 pm, and Marchant Memorial Library in Scranton at 7 pm.
The annual book discussions are free and open to the public.They are a cooperative project of the Greene County libraries, made possible by funding support from the Greene County board of supervisors. Light refreshments will be served.
Persons who want more information can call their local library.
Rippey Lions: The Rippey Lions enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by Bev Derry and Marilyn Millard with George Milliard helping serve. During the business meeting the group decided to donate to Greene County Relay for Life to fight cancer in memory of Velda DeMoss and Fereleen Acton and also to Camp Hertko Hollow for young people with diabetes and Leader Dogs for the Blind. Myron and Maralynn Rinker’s daughter Marilee attended this camp and later was on the staff.
During the program Larry Vodenik of Perry shared pictures and comments on earlier days in Rippey, Perry, Angus and other nearby communities. Larry shared that he had owned the Rippey Tap and been connected with the BRR Ride over the years, including serving hot chocolate at the midway point.
Much of his presentation included the glory days of Angus, which once boasted a population between 7,000 and 10,000 when the coal mines were in full swing in the late 1890s.He described “Whiskey Row” with 16 bars with some built on the county line to avoid begin arrested in the dry county. .
He spoke about the roundhouse in Angus and Phil Roberts shared that his mother Verna remembered seeing this. Larry showed some pictures of the hotel on Main St. in the location where the Library is now located. He told of business in Perry with pictures that many remembered.
The next meeting will be April 4 with a potluck meal at 7 pm. ~ Nancy Hanaman reporting
Note from Jean Borgeson: Years ago I was in the library at Ogden researching some family history, and I found this article concerning the vote to close Angus. (most likely one of the four who didn’t want the town to dissolve was the correspondent) I’ll bet it was quite an era to have lived in and around Angus for those who stayed to raise their families after the mines closed.
From the Ogden Reporter, March 15, 1884:
Busted
The Angus Correspondent of the Perry Chief has this to say of the vote on the proposition to dissolve the corporation of that once famous coal town: At the election held here last Monday, the question as to whether the corporation should be dissolved was voted on. The vote stood 27 to bust, and 4 not to bust. Consequently, it is pretty well busted. The condition of the finances of the town are such that it would be useless to continue the corporation longer. If the city dads of the early days hadn’t burdened the town with its present bonded indebtedness, we might have been able to keep up the incorporation and pay expenses.
