Wright/Cromwell news

Last week I almost got scammed out of $249. I got a call from what the guy said was DirecTV, and he informed me of a great rate on my satellite service that would be a one-time charge of $249, and my service charge would not go up for the next five years. Well, I should have known better, but he was very convincing. Then he told me to turn off my TV — which should have been a red flag, and he would reset the satellite box and all I had to do was give him my credit card info, so I did.

Later, I got very suspicious, so I called DirectTV and reported this, and they said they do not call customers. But I had already given them my credit card information. So, I called my credit card company right away and canceled my card. Fortunately, there was no $249 charge on it, so, as they say, I dodged a bullet. A couple of days later the scammers called back and said my card was denied. I said, “I know” and hung up. I haven’t heard from them.

Are you looking for the 55+ Driver Discount Program? If so, call 888-234-1294 to get information on the nearest classes. You can save 10 percent on your car insurance if you take the class.

The Cromwell High School Class of 1961 is holding its annual class reunion at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at Route 61 Lounge & Bowling (the old Gamper’s) in Moose Lake on Highway 61.

YOT will not gather on July 9.

The Kaleb Anderson 5K Fun Run/Walk will be held 7-10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 6. A pancake breakfast starts at 7 a.m. at the Cromwell Pavilion. All proceeds go toward the memorial playground in Cromwell.

Yoga is at 11 a.m. Monday, July 8 and 15 at the Cromwell Pavilion.

Ruby’s Pantry visits the pavilion 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 11. Donation: $25 per share.

The Cromwell Area Community Club meets at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 11 because of the Fourth of July holiday, at the Pavilion. Meetings on the first Thursday of the month will resume on Aug. 1. Cribbage is at 6 p.m. Thursdays at the Wright Seniors building.

This year’s Wrong Days in Wright will be held July 19-21 with a parade, car show, steak fry, pie social, O-G-N-I-B (“bingo” spelled backwards), softball, volleyball, music and food.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written for the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, and was first recited by school children across the country in celebration of Columbus Day in October 1892. There is still a question about whether the pledge was written by socialist minister Francis Bellamy — who worked for The Youth’s Companion magazine, which published the pledge on Sept. 8, 1892 — because a newspaper account of a similar pledge printed months before Bellamy said he wrote his pledge.

It’s said that Bellamy hoped the pledge would be used by citizens in any country. In its original form, the pledge read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” In 1923, “my flag” was replaced by “the flag of the United States” and “of America” was added after “United States” a year later.

In 1954, in response to the Communist scare of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words “under God.” On Flag Day of that year, Congress passed a law which added the words “under God” after “one nation.” Bellamy’s daughter objected to the change.

That’s all the news from the Edge of Wright.