Thursday, February 17, 1949
FIELD NOTES
One day last week, Waldo Buzzard was out in Buckley Mountain for to try out his good hound dog on a wild cat or a fox. Before long, he jumped a big bear. He got a couple off-hand shots, but to no effect. The dog took no interest whatsoever in bear chasing.
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Friend James Workman was up from Burnside last Wednesday. A wrenched back and rheumatism is bothering him some, so he did not follow beaver trapping this season. However, he did take a ramble over into Oldham Run country. He checked up on the thriving beaver colonies on Oldham Run. Around a beaver dam was fresh sign of a big bear, which was rambling the winter through. This bear had been living on apples.
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Elmer Workman and family were up last week from their new home in Greensboro, North Carolina. He very kindly remembered me with a long leaf pine seedling, for to plant in sandy soil. This I did in the hope it would take root and thrive. I know this is entirely too far north to expect anything to come of such an experiment. The long leaf pine is one of the finest trees of America. Tall and symmetrical, it is a beautiful tree and a fast grower. Lumber and turpentine are its products.
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Milburn Sharp makes report that he saw where a big fox had caught and killed what might have been the last rabbit on Buck’s Mountain.
Worse news than the catching of a rabbit – even the last one – comes from Buck’s Mountain. One day last week, the big tracks of a bear were seen in the mud at the McCollam place. He was headed for the flock of sheep belonging to Elmer Sharp. There is a ewe missing from the flock. This bear has been keeping at times on Buck’s Mountain for the past several years. Last fall, a large bear and a couple of smaller ones ate apples there for several weeks.
FARMING FOR BETTER LIVING
The Monongahela Power Company has issued a little book of the 1948 regional winners in the Upper Monongahela Valley’s Far-ming for Better Living competition.
The top farm family in this contest in Pocahontas County is that of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Barlow, of Marlinton.
“Although milk production is the principal enterprise on the Barlow farm, the farm program operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ward R. Barlow was in the opinion of the county council, of sufficient excellence to win them first place in Pocahontas county. From twelve dairy cows, in their herd and an additional two bought during the year, Mr. Barlow sold 17,581 pounds of grade A milk and 156 pints of cream. … From a flock of laying hens, they sold 136 dozen eggs.”
WEDDING
Miss Sue Ann McElwee, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McElwee, of Marlinton, became the bride of Tappan Morgan Thomas January 28, 1949. Charles Richardson, III, was their only attendant.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beverage, of Marlinton, a baby girl.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ervine, of Cass, a son, named Richard Donald.
DEATHS
Theodore Moore, aged 36 years, of Clifton Forge, Virginia; born at Marlinton, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Moore, at whose home he passed away. He was married to Miss Edith May Patton, of Hinton. She and their two children, Margaret May and Kathleen survive… Burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Mrs. Esta Lee Foster Ryder, aged 87, of Mt. Grove, Virginia. Her body was laid to rest in the Irvin Cemetery in Highland County, the service being held from the Mountain Grove Methodist Church. The deceased was the widow of the late John L. Ryder, who preceded her in death 35 years. She was a daughter of the late David and Phoebe Curry.
COMING HOME
Lieutenant Decima McLaughlin
The family of Elmer McLaughlin has received notice that the body of their daughter and sister, Lieutenant Decima McLaughlin is on the way to America. Interment will be in the National Cemetery at Arling- ton, Virginia. She was a nurse and died in Italy November 6, 1943.
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Letcher McCarty
Mrs. Tabitha McCarty, of Frost, has been notified that the body of her son, Letcher McCarty, is on the way to America for re-burial in the family cemetery at Frost. The young soldier gave his life in the invasion of France, June 6, 1944.
