Maggie's Journal

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Marble Mountain Family Fun Day noon - 6 today at the wharf and beach.

There will be games with prizes for the kids. Magician! Juggler! Face painting! Live music and singing by fabulous local talent on the stage! Dancing, merriment! Food and soft drinks on the wharf! Poker Run! Duck Race!

It will be fun for all - come join us!

* Kindly refain from smoking at this event to set a good example for kids and be considerate of those who are affected by tobacco smoke. Tapadh leat!

Posted by Maggie Davis At 7:54 AM Location Marble Mountain Beach and Wharf | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Marble Mountain's 7th (?) Annual Family Fun Fest weekend begins this evening in the hall with a Darts Tournament and games. You can join in the tournament, bring your own darts or join in any of the games. Bring your own favorite games, someone will surely join you. If you are a jigsaw devotee, there is always a puzzle in some stage of progress, or kibbutz in between darts turns. Tea and coffee will be sold, as always. Bring your favorite snack to share. A small donation is appreciated but not required. Just come!

Saturday: Potluck in the hall at 5:00. Don't be late!

Sunday: Noon - 6:00 Family Fun Day on the beach with food (hot dogs, sweet corn, maybe sausage?), soft drinks and snacks (ice cream) available at the wharf. The Poker Run will commence at noon and end at approximately 4:00.

Remember to buy some ducks for the Duck Race. They are $1 apiece. I am not absolutely certain of the time, the duck race will be held at 3:00 or 4:00. I believe it's timed for when the boats return from the poker run.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 7:46 AM Location Marble Mountain Hall | Permalink | Comments (0)

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When we participated in the Atlantic Path study in April, we had to provide a sample of our well water. The testing covered a number of elements that are considered harmful in drinking water. All of the readings came out very low, some of them by the tens of thousands below acceptable level. Yay! That is wonderfully reassuring. Come have a drink of cold, refreshing Marble Mountain Elixir at my house. Drinks are on the house! Not literally, you can sit on the patio if you like while you partake.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 3:23 PM Location North Mountain | Permalink | Comments (0)

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There's going to be a wedding in St. Matthew's United Church this coming Friday, August 6, at 2:30. Sixty guests are officially expected. Let's all go wait outside and cheer the newlyweds as they leave the church! No birdseed, please, they will be cheered with bubbles. The reception will be held at the Dundee Resort.

The happy couple is related to the Youdens. Stop by and say hi while they are here.

(Hi Drew, welcome to Marble Mountain!)

Posted by Maggie Davis At 6:23 PM Location St. Matthews United Church | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Come to mass with us, we'd love to have you! 1:00

Mass is held only in the summer because there is no electricity and no heat in the church. The bench seats are hard so bring a pillow.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 7:50 PM Location Historic St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Marble Mountain, NS | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Location: Marble Mountain

Date: 05/22/2010

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Bake sale, house plants, garden plants, vegetable plants, fine jewelry and semi-precious stones, beautiful art knitting, salad trays with a variety of lettuce and herbs, silk clothing, flea market items, crafts, etc.

Tables available to rent.

Directions: Marble Mountain Community Hall

Contact Name: Alice

Phone Number: 756-2013

Posted by Maggie Davis At 5:28 PM Location Marble Mountain Hall | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Today a group of us went back to the pioneer graveyard to do a little further cleaning of the site. In all, it was Kit & myself, Tom & Jean, John & Pat, Dave D, Jim B, Hughie (he was there earlier in the day) and all our pooches. We attempted to burn the brush & branches that we had cleared & piled up off to the side of the graveyard last week but the strong wind kept blowing out the flames. Even the best pyromaniac among us, Eagle scout Kit, was unable to keep the flames going. We will keep at it, weekend after weekend, until eventually we get the work completed.

Jean thinks she may have located a few more graves in the direction of the water. If the clearing is enlarged, that should help us to identify the sites of any unlocated graves. (Thank you, Hughie, for all your work.)

It is likely that the original settlers were Presbyterian. Where would we find burial records? I did a web search for local historical burial records or graveyards but this one must have escaped the librarian.

The names engraved on the headstones are MacDonald, Campbell, MacKenzie and MacKay. Several folks have taken pix that I hope will be clear enough to put on the community's web page (there is a Flickr account). Does anyone know how to do headstone rubbings? Those would be nice to have, as the engravings on the headstones are gradually etching away.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 8:37 PM Location Graveyard Cove | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Forget tea, let's have wine!

A bus of 30 - 50 people will be showing up for a visit on Saturday, October 17. They plan to enjoy the view and drink wine. They wanted to know if it is ok with us to drink wine there. Let's roll out the welcome mat.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 6:27 PM Location The Lookoff | Permalink | Comments (0)

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See you in church tomorrow - M

Posted by Maggie Davis At 9:49 PM Location St. Joseph's Church | Permalink | Comments (0)

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The annual meeting and informational update will take place on May 17, time to be announced. All are invited to attend. An official notification will follow soon.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 8:49 PM Location The Hall | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Marble Mountain's loss is Port Hasting's gain. Michealette has sold her house to Pat and Johnny MacDonald. Michealette's new address is in the Hillside community that overlooks the port. She has good neighbors there and I think that she will be very happy in her new location. We are looking forward to seeing a fabulous new garden in her yard this summer. I don't yet have her new address and phone number.

Port Hawkesbury's loss is Marble Mountain's gain. I'm not sure of the exact move-in date but I expect Pat and John will be living here very soon, with a new Standard Poodle puppy when it is old enough to leave its mother and littermates.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 2:07 PM Location Marble Mountain, Port Hastings | Permalink | Comments (0)