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Preparing for puttering - Wilmington News Journal

Preparing for puttering Neil Snarr - Contributing columnist In a couple of years, I will be on the verge of what people refer to as “senior”, and it recently occurred to me that I need to start thinking and preparing for old age. Of course, there is no assurance that I will reach some ripe old age, but I was once a Boy Scout and “Be Prepared” is part and partial of that organization and it seemed to stick. However, I was not a very successful Boy Scout. My first thought was to be certain that I know what it means to “putter around” a phrase with which I have been familiar for a very long time. However, I did not find dictionary.com particularly helpful. Definition number one: “To busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner.” Leisurely and casual – OK; but ineffectual – never.

Dipping into Dover Mineral Springs - Wilmington News Journal

Dipping into Dover Mineral Springs Courtesy of Neil Snarr Before the era of air conditioning, it was common to seek an outside location for meetings where it was cool. One of those locations near Wilmington was the Dover Mineral Springs on Dover Road, about four miles north of Wilmington. Not only was this location wooded, it was home to a much-celebrated mineral spring, and just a short walk from the Dover Friends Meeting, one of the earliest settlements in the county. The Mineral Springs are first mentioned in the Wilmington Journal as a meeting place on August 1, 1872 and the occasion was the Clinton County Temperance Association:

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