Published 5:00 am Wednesday, July 17, 2024 By Terry Hapney By Terry L. Hapney, Jr. The Ironton Tribune The Lawrence County Museum and Historical Society held its annual pie social Saturday at the museum, and 14 entries were vying for first-place awards in amateur and business categories.
The spread of pies included apple, peanut butter, s’mores, various berry, Oreo, custard, German chocolate, butterscotch and pistachio—among other flavors. After the judging, Alicia Fraley, secretary for the Historical Society, thanked those who entered the contest as well as the crowd of attendees made up of folks from across the county who awaited the cue to dig into the variety of pies baked from scratch for the event. “The judges had a very hard time,” Fraley said.
“All these scores are so close it’s ridiculous. What would’ve been second place—if we had a second place—was only one number away. Unfortunately, we can only pick one.
They absolutely loved it.” The winner of the 2024 Pie Social Amateur Class is Judene Love of Ironton. Love said she has baked a pie for each of the socials held at the museum—for years now.
She said the pie she chose to bake sounded good to her. “Apparently, it’s a pie that’s made at Coney Island in New York,” Love said. “That’s why it’s called ‘Atlantic Beach.
’ It’s a favorite there. I thought, if they like it, we probably will too.” Those who enjoy lemon or key-lime pie—this is even better, according to one of the ju.
