& Ms FBLA
McCormick and
Ryan McClung
Business Leaders of
(FBLA) met at Greenbrier
School April 4.
Ryan McClung and Ar-
attended the an-
Conferences. Both
Second for Mr and Ms
will now attend State
May 5. If they place,
go on to Washington,
Conferences. To
and Arlene on their
having fund raisers.
month's meeting the club
what activities it
the school fair entitled
--- a week-long event
through April 27.
next meeting the under-
will have a party for
seniors. Also, the club
year's president.
Leaders
Politicos
County 4-H Leaders
met on April 23 at the
County Courthouse to
J. D. Brackenrich and
Delegates Representa-
Rowe and Bill Wallace.
Brackenrich, Delegate
Delegate Wallace were
in the Legislator's
to pass a bill which would
for the CoGperative
Service," according to
extension agent.
the Cooperative
i Service presented the
representatives each
)f a crystal Cooperative
paperweight and
thanks," Mrs Gainer
the reat demand for
brooms, many persons
because the sup-
ran out.
rnett, president of the
stated that addi-
rns and mops have been
the order is received as
another sale has been
for the evening of May 8.
will meet at 5 p.m. at
,Urg United Methodist
date.
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Lions Set
Members of the Ronceverte
Lions Club helped about 140 ele-
mentary students at Ronceverte Ele-
mentary School "set their sights on
the future." April 18. Lions Club
president Charles Carney and mem-
~bers Homer Parker and John Phil-
lips administered vision screenings
to second and sixth grade students
at the school. Students screened
were those in the second level
classrooms of Jane Morgan, Kim
Curry, and Kim Gee. Sixth grade
classes that were also part ot
today's vision check were those of
Nancy Kaptis, Joyce Montgomery
and Marvin Morgan.
Any students having problems
during the vision exam were given
letters to their parents advising fur-
ther professional testing. The vision
screening tests are part of a com-
munity involvement plan sponsored
by the Ronceverte Lions Club which
also includes the purchasing of
needed eyeglasses. Ronceverte
Lions Club hopes to make this proj-
ect a priority for the students of Ron-
ceverte Elementary among its an-
nual community service plans.
Homemakers
News
The Greenbrier County Extension
Homemakers International Commit-
tee held a bake sale at Kroger's in
Fairlea April 12. Seventeen of the
clubs donated to the sale. Proceeds
are to be used to help with the ac-
tivities of the committee in the
county, such as the Dinah Barr proj-
ect; entertainment of the Interna-
tional student from Brazil; Interna-
tional Four-H Youth Exchange; the
Letter Friends. Thanks go to the
International chairman of each club
who helped and especially to Vivian
Lusher, Ada Brackman and Helen
Williams of the Rainelle Club who
helped all the baked goods.
The Homemakers held their
council meeting April 16 at the Court
House. The County Belle is Marga-
ret Shanktin of the Organ Cave club.
Beulah Arthur spoke about the arri-
val of the International Student June
25.. There will be a covered dish
dinner held in her honor at the Clin-
tonville Community Buitdirlg. Nomi-
nees for County Vice President
were Meta Costa of the Crawley
club and Jannette Jeffries of the
Richlands club. Nominees for the
County Treasurer are Joanna Hed-
dinger of the Frankford club and Ed-
ith Wilson of the Richlands club. The
next council meeting will be in July.
No Senior Meals
Served May 8
The office of the Greenbrier
County Committee on Aging, Inc.
will be closed on Tuesday, May 8, to
observe Election Day.
No meals will be served at th~
Rupert Senior Center, the Lewis-
burg, Alderson or Frankford nutrition
sites. No transportation will be pro-
vided by the Senior Bus or the Sen-
ior Van.
Helen Woodward
II
In using herbs, either in cooking
or for medicine, three of the safest
plant families to consider are the
compositae, the cruciferae and the
rosaceae. Similarly, one should be
aware of the dangerous potentials of
plants from the anacardiacoae,
ranunculaceae, solanceae and um-
belliferae families.
Let's consider the truly beginner-
safe families first. Compositae, the
largest of all botanical families, is of-
ten referred to as the sunflower fam-
ily. When in bloom the flowers are
actually compound bunches. Good
examples are daisies and dandeli-
ons with the largest groups being
the asters and the goldenrods. Ab-
sinth, camomile, chicory, lettuce and
yarrow are also compositae. The
only potentially dangerous member
is arnica, a daisy-like yellow flower.
Arnica grows about one to two feet
tall and is found in mountainous ar-
eas.
Plants in the mustard family, cru-
ciferae, are either edible, medicinal
or both. All the flowers in this family
have four sepals, four petals, six
stamens (two of which are shorter
than the rest) and one pistil. When
spread out flat the petals will form a
symmetrical cross. Some of the fam-
ily members include candytuft,
cresses, horseradish, mustards, na-
sturtium and garden vegetables like
cabbage, radish and turnips. When
used beyond the limits of ordinary
common use, the oil of mustard,
found in most of these plants, can
be harmful in overly large doses, but
none of the cruciferae plants are
considered dangerous.
The rosaceae or rose family con-
tains over three thousand species of
the safest and most useful of all
plant families. Included here are
strawberries being the most mild.
Naturally roses are rosaceae mem-
bers. Their leaves make a good tea
and their fruit (hips) are an excellent
source of vitamin C, the cold pre-
venter.
On the reverse side, members of
the ranunculaceae, crowfoot or but-
tercup family, are best learned one
at a time. Some are useful and
some are potent to the point of
being extremely dangerous. Al-
though most of our familiar wildflow-
ers like anenome, buttercup and col-
umbine belong to this group, some
are important medically like gold-
enseal and hepatica.
Poison ivy, poison oak and poi-
son sumac belong to the rhus fam-
ily, anacardiaceae. These plants can
be harmful to touch. Sometimes you
have to learn the dangerous mem-
bers to be aware of the safe ones
like staghorn sumac, also a rhus
member, which makes a delicious
tea high in vitamin C and is a source
of dye and medicine.
Potatoes and tomatoes may be
alright but many members of the
nightshade family, solanaceae, are
not and even though all green parts
of potato plants are dangerous, the
green parts of tomato plants make
good repellants for some insects.
Similarly, the parsley family, um-
belliterae, contains many of the
most useful foods and seasonings,
anise, dill, caraway, carrots, parsley
and parsnips, and some of the
world's most dangerous, like wild
caraway, fool's parsnip and poison
hemlock. Wild carrot, Queen Anne's
lace, is the most widely recom-
mended member of this family to
use.from the wild. To be safe, buy
these plants or seeds from a repu-
table dealer. Don't be confused,
most of the common fruit trees and learn the family names and their
shrubs -- apples, blackberries~ members to be aware of both the
pears, plums, raspberries and straw- good and the bad botanicals.
berries. Agrimony, burnet, hawthorn Editor's Note: These articles
and lady's mantle also belong to this are intended for educational pur-
grouping. Five or multiples of five is poses only. They are not intended
the common trait to look for in the to treat, diagnose or prescribe,
blossoms. In medicine, rose family nor to be considered as a substi-
members are basically all astringent, tute for professional care.
VFW Post 4484
Meet Politicians
Veterans of Foreign Wars John
Page #4484 and Ladies Auxiliary
held a "Meet the Candidate" night
on April 21. Twenty Five candidates
attended, including Eugene Walker,
Hilbert Bennett, Mary Walker, Paul
R. Lilly, John Bowling, Sandy
Manspile, Mike Quick, Jim Ander-
son, Rosalie Carr, Mildred McClung
Craig, Jim Gerl, Pat Detch, Bill Wal-
lace, Pritchard F. Collins, Ann
Livesay, Michael Sheridan, Sarah
Lee Neal, Joe Feamster, Barry
Keadle and J. D. Brackenrich from
Greenbrier County; From Clay
County, Elizabeth Brannon
Sampson and Jerry Bind; Fayette
County, Fred Neudek.
The Post and Auxiliary, Depart-
ment Legislative Chairman Madeline
Baldwin and Eugene Adkins wish to
thank all who took part in this pro-
gram and to the radio stations and
newspapers who gave them public-
ity.
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The Mountain Messenger, Thursday, May 3, 1990 3B
The Greenbrier County Commit-
tee on Aging, Inc. held a County-
wide Meeting and Candidate's Day
April 19 at the Alderson Nutrition
Site. Sixty-seven people participated
in the covered-dish luncheon.
Twenty-one candidates were
given two minutes each to speak on
their issues. Director Laura Sevy,
moderated the forum.
Ms Sevy also introduced the
Greenbrier County Committee on
Aging staff: Alice Hicks, outreach
worker; Dolores Barnett, Alderson
Site Manager; Thelma Forren,
Green Thumb worker; Uphene De-
Priest, van driver; Blanche Whitlow,
Medicaid coGrdinator.
Blanche Whitlow spoke on the
Care Program and thanked the
senators and delegates for appropri-
ating money in the Legislature to
continue the program.
The West Virginia Workers' Com-
pensation Fund has changed its toll-
free telephone numbers in all field
office locations and added another
toll-free number in the Charleston
office.
Toll-free numbers in the Logan
and Beckley offices are available to
callers in Kentucky and Virginia ss
well as in-state callers. The addi-
tional Charleston number is free to
callers nationwide.
The new toll-free numbers are:
Charleston 1-800-628-4265, Beck-
ley 1-800-628-4254, Fairmont 1-
800-339-2806, Huntington 1-800-
339-2806, Logan 1-800-628-4228,
Martinsburg 1-800-339-2805,
Wheeling 1-800-339-2803. The cur-
rent toll-free number in the Char-
leston office, 1-800-642-9091 re-
mains operational for in-state callers
only.
County Anti-Litter
Group Has First Meetin
A Monroe County Anti-Litter Or-
ganizational meeting was held at the
Monroe County Library April 16.
Linda Bishop, acting chairperson
for the coalition, gave an overview
of the Governor's Fifth Annual Con-
ference on Environmental Education
and Litter Control which she at-
tended in Charleston.
Phyllis E. Farley, co0rdinator of
Volunteer Services with the Division
of Natural Resources (DNR), an-
nounced the appointment of Julia D.
Mustain as chairperson for the
newly formed coalition. Ms Farley
lead a discussion and planning ses-
sion for the cause of eliminating litter
in Monroe County. Mickey Sylvester
and Susan Kershner from the DNR
were on hand to answer questions
about illegal dumping in the county.
"The goal of the DNR and the
coalition is to coGrdinate a continu-
ous plan of education, control, pre-
vention and the elimination of litter.
Several objectives for the Monroe
County coalition were discussed,"
according to Ms Bishop.
"Anyone interested in becoming
a part of the coalition is invited to
join the Organization with hopes of
setting the wheels in motion for a
cleaner, more beautiful Monroe
County. If interested, please call
772-3418 after 5 p.m.," Ms Bishop
added.
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