Penn Laird Mayor-elect Eldridge Baugher stands by the podium to show the overwhelming agenda that is planned for their first meeting tonight. The folks of Penn Laird have been saving up for this day, and now each and every citizen expects his or her agenda item to be handled first.
Joyce Erbaugh is really campaigning hard against Baugher. She says, “I really think Warren Armentrout would make a better Mayor than Eldridge. Can we overthrow the current Penn laird government?”
She also commented, “I think Eldridge is far too progressive for us Penn Laird folks. I mean, look at his slick hair-do and his un-tucked shirt! His mommy should have sewn lace on the bottom! Warren would be a much better choice. Plus, the council could meet in his shop and drink beer - then Ruth Ann wouldn't have to bother with the punch and cookies.”
Since the Massanutten Development decided against becoming a town, the residents of nearby Penn Laird have taken matters into their own hands and elected a town council. This is a first step toward becoming an incorporated town.
Penn Laird has no Town Hall, so Ruth Ann Armentrout has graciously invited the council to meet in her basement. She arranged them in front of her “Wall of Honor” for this photo (you may notice just above Cecilia Yancey's right shoulder [far left] the plaque Ruth Ann won in high school for creating the largest ball of rubber bands of anyone in the Junior Class).
