Thursday, July 25, 1951
The hardware store of C. J. Richardson was one of 48 stores in the states of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky which excelled quotas in the sale of General Electric refrigerators and freezers. The award was a free trip by air to the company’s plant at Erie, Penna.
FARM NEWS
A number of Farm Women’s Clubs will assist at the County 4-H camp next week. Cass club on Tuesday; Green Bank on Wednesday; Bartow on Thursday; and Arbovale and Greenbrier clubs on Friday. Some farm women will help in cleaning up the camp this week.
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About 50 interested farm people observed the harvest of the county oats variety demonstration at the farm of Dick McNeel, near Hillsboro, last Friday evening. There were nine varieties, and this is the third year of the demonstration. The idea is to try out and see which varieties are best suited to our soil and climate.
The standing oats were observed and then a portion of each variety was harvested. Later these tagged sheaves will be taken to the experiment station, to be threshed and the yield per acre calculated.
In the cool of the evening there was a social hour with moving pictures on haymaking. Short talks were given by county agent Jett, Henry W. Beard, Richard McNeel, L. E. Montgomery and Calvin W. Price.
FIELD NOTES
Last Tuesday morning, Howard Mullins came to town just about daylight. Near the office of the Pocahontas Times, he noticed a little dog cross the street and then turn and come back toward his car. He heard the sickening crunch. A little later, Theodore Moore came by and saw a young red fox, dead in the street. He put the varmint at the front door of this office. Later, Boy Scout Roger Pryor carried it away, to cure the skin in a solution of alum, salt and sulfur.
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A way to read the sign is that varmints, particularly foxes, are over-running this country; that they come to town seeking food; that they know about the bridge across Greenbrier River and use it in their nightly rambles.
Last winter, a coon was met on the Marlinton bridge, and another coon was seen on the walk at the Presbyterian church. One moonlit night, a fox was seen in the Courthouse Square. Now, here is a wild fox run down and killed as he wended his way unscared at Main Street.
WEDDING
A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized on the lawn at the home of the bride on Stony Creek Saturday afternoon, July 14, 1951, when Mrs. Mary Ethel Moore became the bride of Henry Barlow, of Edray.
DEATHS
W. T. Walker, aged 83 years, of Hillsboro. Funeral service from Oak Grove Church with burial in Mt. View Cemetery with Masonic Honors. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sophi Barlow Walker and three children, Archie, Mrs. Edna Moore, and Verna L. Viers. Twenty-six years ago, he came to Hillsboro where he engaged in the store business. He was a good citizen and a leading member of his community.
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David Early Ruckman, aged 69, of Mill Point, died after an illness of a few hours July 20, 1951. The funeral was conducted from Marvin Chapel with interment in the Ruckman Cemetery. The deceased was a son of the late Wallace W. and Mattie Patton Ruckman. Thus, is noted the passing of an upright man and a leading citizen of his community.
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Paul Warner, aged 78 years, of Cass; for many years he worked as a mechanic for the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. The funeral was held from the Cass Presbyterian Church.
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Thurmond Wallace Gibson aged 33 years, a son of Winston Gibson and Ada Gibson Woosly. Funeral service was held from Mary’s Chapel on Elk with burial in the Hannah cemetery.
