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he ignored the request. “Why, he wouldn’t even respond," Titchenell recalled.
Last fall, Granstaff was in the county to conduct revival services. He was approached by members of the Mt. Salem Restoration Association about returning the pews, according to Rev. Titchenell, who added that Granstaff insisted nothing could be done without action from the trustees of his church.
“Later Mr. Davis discovered that this Mr. Granstaff was one of the trustees and could have released the pews at that time,” said Titchenell.
Davis went to Virginia Beach, Titchenell continued, and found that Granstaff s church had reneged on a loan, and as a result, the church was locked up with the pews inside. Davis talked to a lawyer representing the church and to a lawyer from the company that had purchased the building.
According to Titchenell, Davis was told that both parties wanted the pews out and that he could go ahead and remove them.
Last Sunday, Davis and his nephew accompanied by Don Tuthill drove a truck furnished by the Sperryville Emporium down to Virginia Beach to pick up the old pews and bring them back to Mt. Salem.
According to Rev. Titchenell, the loan of the pews was illegal in the first place. At the time Granstaff took the pews, Mt. Salem’s congregation was disbanded and the old church had no Board of Trustees. Without
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