Flushing Correspondence

By Judy Holmes

The lobby of WesBanco is finally open. I hope it stays that way!

A fall festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Methodist Church dining room from 4–6 p.m. with free food, games, pumpkin painting, and more — lots of activities on Oct. 30! And the Alliance Church will have “Truck or Treat” beginning at 4:30 p.m. with free hot dogs and drinks. Then trick or treat in town will be on Oct. 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. After trick or treat, bring the kids to the fire department’s cakewalk from 7–9 p.m. Tickets are 12 for $1. A concession stand, games, and costume contest round out the evening.

Kristina Estle, director of the Underground Railroad Museum — Ohio Valley, has completed mapping 25 underground railroad stops in Belmont County. One of the stops was in Flushing at the Holloway House. This house was located outside the corporation on Old Cadiz Road and was torn down a few years ago. This is what she wrote about that house: “Jacob and Isaac Holloway worked with the Bransons and Kirks, all of Flushing. Runaway slaves would climb up a ladder into the attic window at night, where Jacob Holloway would care for them and prepare them for the next leg of their journey. Isaac Holloway would take them via covered wagon at night to either Freeport or Moorefield in Harrison County.”

The American Legion Post 366 will participate in a special service at the United Methodist Church on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 11:15 a.m. to honor all veterans for Veterans’ Day. A covered dish dinner is planned after the service. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Our sincere sympathy to two families of Flushing High School Alumni who passed last month in Texas. Jessie Lendon Smyth from the Class of 1957 and Judy Harper Jackson from the Class of 1964.

If anyone has information or news for this column, please contact me at 740-968-4255 or email jholme5@comcast.net.