Thursday, September 3, 1925
The first of last February, Miss Marie Orndorf, mill-iner of the Woman’s Shop in Marlinton, went to Baltimore to select the spring line of millinery for her employer. Stanley P. Leist, the head brakeman on the local C&O freight between Marlinton and Durbin, got leave for a few days and went to Baltimore, where they were united in marriage at the manse of Asquith Presbyterian Church February 19, 1925. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Leist, of Ronceverte, and the bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Orndorff, of Green Bank. Both are popular young people, having made their homes in Marlinton for several years. The secret of the marriage was not known by even the closest friends of this couple until a few days ago, the secret being well guarded for six months.
ODD FELLOW PICNIC
Fifteen hundred or more people gathered at Old Liberty Church at Green Bank last Saturday for the all-day picnic arranged by the Odd Fellow Lodges at Cass, Durbin and Green Bank.
The Girls and Boys Band from the Odd Fellows Home at Elkins was there and under the leadership of Director Blaker, they played much fine music. The Odd Fellows maintain a home for the orphans of deceased members and the aged and infirm Odd Fellows and their wives or widows. There are now over 200 children in the Home. They are well cared for, and being well brought up and educated. … It is an ideal institution and is supported by the small contribution of $1.50 per year from each member of the order in the State of West Virginia. …
Old Liberty Church yard is the picnic grounds for the whole of the large and populous Green Bank district. About two acres of the finest shade is afforded by the beautiful grove of oak trees. There is the ancient edifice, painted white and carefully kept in repair; a well of the coolest water; and ever present breeze on the most sultry day…
KILLING IN RANDOLPH
Thomas Daniels, a constable of Elkins, was shot and killed at Valley Head Friday, August 23, by a woman named Peachy Greene. The officer had arrested Elmer Ryder for breaking jail and as he was putting the handcuffs on his prisoner, the woman shot him down with a high-powered rifle. Ryder and the woman made off to the mountains, but she came in and gave herself up on Sunday and Ryder was arrested at Mace Monday morning by State Constable Hite.
IS IGNORANCE BLISS
British scientists, according to a dispatch from London, spent a day debating whether ignorance is bliss. And if the dispatch is at all accurate, they debated very badly, since they overlooked entirely the possibilities of the hypothetical approach to the subject. Indeed, the subject has hardly any meaning unless a big “if” is prefixed to it.
For example, if John Doe is a hobo in Chicago, wondering where he is going to get his next meal, and if at the same time, lawyers in New York are trying to discover his whereabouts in order to inform him that an uncle had just left him $1,000,000, then John Doe’s ignorance of the lawyers’ quest is not blissful, but right down tragic. But if John Doe is a prominent Bishop and if he is walking down Broadway with a piece of fly paper clinging to the seat of his breeches, then his ignorance of the later premises is probably all for the best. To sum up, there can be no absolute categorical answer to the question.
ARE YOU IN THE HOLLOW LOG?
A man was one day hunting in a forest. A terrible storm came up. He looked about for shelter, but there was none. It began to rain in torrents, so he crawled into a hollow log. It fitted snugly.
The rain lasted for hours. The water soaked through the wood. The log began to contract. When the storm was over, the hunter could not get out.
He strained to free himself with all his might. But the log held tight. Exhausted, he gave up. He knew that he would starve to death.
Like a drowning man, he saw his whole life flash before him, especially his mistakes.
He suddenly remembered that he owed the poor editor of the local paper for a subscription which he had let run from time immemorial, although he had repeatedly promised to pay out of next month’s pay. This made him feel so small that he was able to crawl out of the log without difficulty, and it is needless to add that we got our money, and that right soon – Exchange
DIED
Eliza Ann McCloud, wife of James McCloud, at her home near Stony Bottom, aged about 74 years. The cause of her death was rheumatism.
She was a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Home Department of the Stony Bottom Sunday school. Her body was laid to rest in the Stony Bottom cemetery in the presence of a large crowed of relatives and friends.