Thursday, November 3, 1949
HUNTING ACCIDENT
Wallace Underwood, aged 15 years, lost his left hand in a hunting accident Monday morning. He had leaned his shotgun against a tree and in picking it up by the muzzle, the hammer struck the tree. The charge took most of his hand away.
Two companions, Harmon Underwood and Hale Alderman, rendered first aid and brought the boy home. He was brought immediately to the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital
The scene of the accident was the Bears Head on Buckley Mountain, well near a mile from his home. Wallace is the son of Mrs. Howard Underwood and the late Rev. Underwood.
FIELD NOTES
About 40 head of bears were killed in Pocahontas County the last half of October.
Last Saturday, C. W. Adkins was calling up a wild turkey in the woods near Slaty Fork. A bear came out of a hole in the rocks nearby to answer the call.
The Sharp twins and Gilbert Jack killed a bear on Black Mountain last Thursday. When they came in that night the word was that a truck driver had scotched a big bear as it crossed the road on Drinnen Ridge near Campbelltown. The dogs were again turned loose and there was a big chase through the farms. The bear was finally treed on Bucks Mountain near the Griffin Place. Fred Galford got a bear near the Barlow Top of Black Mountain last Saturday.
On Back Alleghany Mountain one day last week, Charles L. Rexrode started up through his pasture for a bit of squirrel hunting. Just a few hundred yards from the house, he came upon turkeys feeding. His kill was an old gobbler weighing 23 lbs.
Lloyd Payne, of the Hillsboro C. J. Store, found what appeared to be a big black spider on the stem of a bunch of bananas. Looking carefully, it was seen to be a small scorpion. Well, scorpions are no fun. They are related to spiders and lobsters and have a poison stinger at the end of a long tail.
CROCHET WINNERS
Local winners of the special nationwide Crochet Contest ribbons, who are eligible to compete in the $2,500 finals have been announced by the Pocahontas County Fair.
The prize-winning articles made by these winners will compete with other entries from all over the country for the title, “Grand National Crochet Champion….”
Winner of the special trophy for the crocheted article judged “Best of Fair” was Mrs. Walter Graham, of Buckeye.
Local winners’ entries will be exhibited at the Congress Hotel in Chicago from November 28 to December 2:
Tablecloth, Mrs. Walter Graham, Buckeye.
Bedspread, Florence Nordin, Marlinton
Luncheon cloth, Juanita Beale, Slaty Fork
Centerpiece, Ruby Moses, Marlinton
Buffet and vanity set, Ruby Moses, Marlinton
Chair set, Mrs. Charlie Sharp, Marlinton
Doily, Mrs. Harry Stiles, Lewisburg
Scarf and wall panel, Mrs. Frank Young, Marlinton
Household accessory, Eleanor VanReenan, Marlinton
Edging and insertion, Mrs. Harper Beverage, Clover Lick
Fashion accessory, Mrs. Dewey Hiner, Durbin
Potholders and hot plate mats, Mrs. Charlie Sharp, Marlinton.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fowler, of Hillsboro, a daughter, Sharon Ann.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Sherwood, of Marlinton, a son, Joseph Hannah.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Wilson, of Marlinton, a son, Kenneth Arden.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Basil E. McLaughlin, of Knapps Creek, a son, Kenneth Gray.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Neal Wilson Hall, a son, Richard Wayne.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dowden, of Holley, New York, a son, Steven George. Mrs. Dowden is the former Miss Irene Jordan, of Marlinton.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClung, of Columbus, Ohio, a daughter, Doris Lynn. Mrs. McClung is the former Erma Kellison, of Lobelia.
DEATHS
William Franklin Simmons died at his home in Durbin October 14, 1949, at the age of 63 years. Born in Monterey, Virginia, he was a son of the late Lafayette and Susan Weeks Simmons. He is survived by his widow, Jessie Varner Simmons, and their six children. Funeral service was held from the home with burial in the Durbin Cemetery.
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Asa Wesley Price, aged 65 years, died at his home in Lewisburg October 6, 1949. One of his sons is Randall H. Price, of Hillsboro.
CONSISTENT
He was talking of coincidences:
“The most amazing thing happened to me at the races. It was the 11th day of the 11th month. My boy was 11 that day. We lived in a house numbered 11, and I arrived on the course at 11 minutes past 11. Later in the day, I found out that 11 horses were to run in the big race, so I backed the 11th horse on the card.”
“And it won?”
“No, it came in 11th.”