The Crow's Nest
Suzy Kartes told me she was waiting for post-celebration updates and that I had better hurry and get them on the website. Sorry Suzy, vacation, old age and just plain tiredness from all the activities around Edinburg did me in! I do apologize to everyone for being SO slow.
What a wonderful 125th birthday party Edinburg had! It was a terrific celebration Friday through Sunday. I suppose the only complaint would be the heat. Wow!! It was hot. I understand about 550 people were served at the school banquet. Even with the warm evening everyone raved about the meal and the program. It was so much fun to see people we hadn’t seen in years.
Saturday dawned bright and early in our household. Chuck was in charge of “clean-up” so his crew was downtown about 6 AM picking up trash. I was on flower-watering patrol so I enlisted my kids to help water the hanging baskets on Main Street.
The parade was wonderful. There were about 120 units lined up by the Hall’s Potato complex. I understand the parade lasted about 1 ½ hours. It was fun to see all the smiling faces along the parade route as I drove by pulling Orlando Gryde’s horse carriage which was known as a “Doctor’s Buggy”. Orlando rode with me in his pickup and my 2 grand daughters rode in the buggy. All 3 of them enjoyed waving to the crowd.
The Historical Pageant was well attended and fun to be a part of. Again, it was hot, hot, hot in the school gym but everyone survived. It cooled down during the evening for the street dance. I didn’t get down to the dance as we were having fun at home with friends who stopped by to visit.
Sunday morning was the same drill----clean up and water. Trinity’s 125th Celebration was wonderful. The church was overflowing with friends and visitors. Seven pastors were part of the celebratory service. A meal was served following the service. This was a special time for everyone.
REFLECTIONS OF THE CELEBRATION: I think everyone had a good time. I hope those visiting saw and felt how much pride we residents have in our little town. Edinburg is a wonderful place to live. We do have one big problem though that I think the City Council will have to address immediately. We have a need for mini street lights, parking spaces and other amenities for all the golf cart drivers!!! What a fun way to travel around town. I don’t think I will let Chuck take his cart back to the golf course---unless we could become a 2-cart couple! Sister Ruthie suggested the next time there is a celebration let’s make it a 4-day event---3 days for celebrating and 1 day for the local residents to visit!!! How true, as I know from personal experience I did not see or visit with those that I wish I could have connected with.
Sunday afternoon we unplugged all the laptops, IPods, personal DVD players, cell phones, GPS units and all other electronic devices and 14 of us headed to Gull Lake near Brainerd, MN. We had 4 cabins on the beach with NO television and NO wireless connection. It was so much fun. We fished, swam, tubed, skied, and just enjoyed being together as a family. Our grandkids want to go back next year to the same spot. We’ll see as it is difficult to coordinate everyone’s schedules. The time spent relaxing was wonderful. But it is back to reality as Chuck picked about 9 gallons of peas that needed to be shelled. He also picked green beans, potatoes and that FIRST cucumber. Heavenly----
Please bear with me as I start to “clean up” the website after the celebration. There will be references to the 125th on the site for a while until I can remove everything. It will take some time so please don’t think I have forgotten about them. Thanks for your patience.
Have a great day and will visit later. August the 2nd is approaching fast so help Mountain celebrate!
