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HistoryMystery
Our August History Mystery subject was Joseph
The theme for
this year's column
is " Famous
People Born in
Virginia. " You are
invited to submit
your guess as to
the identity of
the person
pictured in each
issue and submit
it in writing,
along with your
name, address and phone number, via mail to
History Mystery, c/o Cooperative Living, P.O.
Box 2340, Glen Allen, VA 23058-2340 or guess
online at co-opliving.com under " Contests. " The
deadline for this month's entries is Oct. 19. Correct
entries will be placed in a drawing and the winner
announced in the January 2019 issue. The winner
will receive a check for $25. n
I hope that everyone will understand
this point of view. I think there are a lot
of people who feel the same way that I do.
- Katherine Gilliam
Lexington
MARVELOUS, MAGNIFICENT MARGO
We are two retired teachers and each
month we share Margo Oxendine's
column with friends in North Carolina,
Tennessee, Colorado, Missouri and Georgia.
Margo's column is the first thing we
read, to get a lift and to relive her vivid
memories, many of which are about times,
 DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
Cotten (1905 - 1994). Born to a well-to-do
Petersburg family, Cotten spent childhood summers
at an aunt's home in Virginia Beach, where he
discovered his passion for performing. After
attending the Hickman School of Expression in
Washington, D.C., he struggled to find acting
opportunities and worked as a shipping clerk,
advertising agent, lifeguard and drama critic for the
Miami Herald. Through a connection at this
newspaper, he broke into acting and made his
Broadway debut in 1930 while performing on radio
shows to augment his income. There, he met Orson
Welles and joined his group, the Mercury Theatre
players. After Welles landed a contract with RKO
Pictures following his famous War of the Worlds radio
broadcast in which Cotten played a role, he recruited Cotten for the role of
college friend turned confidant in the 1941 movie, Citizen Kane. The
friends continued to collaborate on Hollywood movies, with Cotten writing
the screenplay for Journey into Fear. He became a leading Hollywood
actor of the 1940s and '50s. One of Cotten's final films was Heaven's Gate,
made in 1980. Several of our readers reported having known his family or
met him in person during his visits to Virginia. Reader Gloria Flanders of
Stephens City was our $25 winner. Congratulations, Gloria! n
places and things that we also experienced.
Margo's opinions are valid and right
on target.
Margo, how can we ever thank you
for your excellent A-plus-caliber
writing? We eagerly anticipate your
next installment!
- Barbara Dixon, Montpelier
Joyce Mitcheltree, Mineral
A BIG CO-OP 'THANK YOU'
In the hustle and bustle of life,
extending a hand to those in need
sometimes gets lost. Except, it seems,
in the cooperative community.
Southwind Farm owners Marshall and
Kacey Jenkins in Culpeper opened their
farm again this year to Special Love®
's
Camp Fantastic campers, ages 7 to 17
years old, for a fun-filled " Farm Day. "
The event is one of the most popular
parts of the week for these very special
campers who are battling cancer.
Many civic organizations throughout
the Culpeper community provide the
perfect combination of activities for the
campers - fun games, a petting zoo,
miniature golf, remote-control planes,
rides in police cars, an inflatable slide,
delicious food, dancing to music by an
area deejay ... the list goes on.
For more than 20 years, we have been
most fortunate to have Rappahannock
Electric Cooperative send a team of
co-opliving.com
employees to Farm Day offering campers
a special treat by lifting them high into the
air in the co-op's " cherry pickers. " Campers
are absolutely thrilled by the experience!
Special Love, Inc.®
provides a community
of support to children with cancer and their
families. But we couldn't do it alone - it
takes a community and we are so lucky
to have a very caring, giving community.
On behalf of our campers, we send a
special thank you - or " How How! " in
camper-speak - to Rappahannock Electric
Cooperative for its generous community
service. What a wonderful way to give
back, and to make a child with cancer
feel on top of the world.
- Jan Bresch
Executive Director
Special Love, Inc.®
specialove.org
CORRECTION - In the September
issue's Say Cheese column, the
subject of the photo " Hoo You
Lookin' At? " was incorrectly
identified as a barn owl.
The wise and watchful bird
pictured was actually a barred owl,
a fact noted by many of our sharpeyed
readers.
To our avian-wise readers who
caught the owl-identity discrepancy,
thanks for setting the record straight
and we apologize for the mistake. n
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