Thursday, March 26, 1925
FIVE TRAGEDIES
A man struck a match to see if the gasoline tank in his automobile was empty. It wasn’t.
A man patted a strange bulldog on the head to see if the critter was affectionate. It wasn’t.
A man speeded up to see if he could beat the train to the crossing. He couldn’t.
A man touched a trolley wire to see if it was charged. It was.
A man cut out his advertising to see if he could save money. He didn’t.
LOST CHILD SEEKS MOTHER
Bertha Gladwell, a 10 year old brown eyed waif, is looking for her mother who she says deserted her in a local hotel several weeks ago. Yesterday, the State board of children’s guardians came to her assistance. To representatives, the girl told a story of having been shunted from place to place, eating when and where she could, and being cared for by strangers.
A hazy memory of a home beside a sawmill, where her father, whose name she believes was Sam Gladwell, was employed at Watoka or Watoga, she doesn’t know which, and a recollection of a man named Jim Pauley, who helped her father hauling logs, is all the 10 years old girl could tell about her home.
She remembers her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Thomas, of Buckeye, and of hearing her mother once speak of her brother, Vincent Thomas, who was in the army.
When her father died, the child said, her mother brought her three children to Charleston. Later, the three had the measles and were cared for by the Union Mission. Her mother then took them to a hotel and left them, she said.
She was taken by a stranger to the Union Mission, and now she wants to find her mother.
TOP OF ALLEGHENY
A.W. Hill, teacher of the Summit school, is boarding with Jake Kramer, who lives by the side of the pike. This is a very nice place to be, he said, even if one doesn’t hear as much noise as in Marlinton. I have heard the whistle of the tannery at Durbin twice and of the log train down North Fork twice since I came up here.
Uncle Sam’s mail car passes the door twice a day. One can go west and in about one hour and a half or less be at the C & O station for the train to arrive, or you can go east and in half an hour he can be at Hightown in the beautiful valley of Crabbottom, which is about 10 miles long and a mile wide with its beautiful homes and fine farms. You can go on and in another half hour have crossed Monterey mountain and landed in the little city of Monterey, the county seat of Highland.
Rev. M. Pugh preached an able sermon to a goodly number Sunday at Allegheny Chapel. Sunday school will begin the first Sunday in April after having been closed for the winter. We hope for a successful Sunday school. Let both parents and children take an active part in this good work.
KIWANIS
At the luncheon last Friday night, the Marlinton Kiwanis Club elected Dr. M.S. Wilson, delegate, with Andrew Price and Judge Sharp alternates to the Kiwanis International which meets in St. Paul Minnesota in June.
A communication was read from the Logan Club, calling attention to the slanderous things said about West Virgina in the recently published book, ‘These United States.”
William L. McClure, of San Francisco, was the guest of the evening. This was his first visit to Marlinton in 25 years. He spoke of the many improvements in the town in that time, and the great strides being made in road building over the county. He said he was surprised to find the road between Marlinton and Hillsboro as “good as it is as bad as it is.”
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Taylor, of Top of Allegheny, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nottingham, of Nottingham, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Austin Nottingham, of Nottingham, a son
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Loring Nottingham, of Hartstown, Pa., a son.
