Thursday, June 15, 1949
COMING HOME
Word has been received by Mrs. Eleanor Howard McNeill that the body of her son, Staff Sergeant James Howard McNeill, will arrive next Friday morning, June 17. The funeral will be held from the Marlinton Metho-dist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will be in the family plot in Mountain View Cemetery.
Sergeant McNeill was with the Air Force. His plane was shot down on the border of France and Germany, February 10, 1944.
He was a son of Mrs. McNeill and the late Lock McNeill. He was 23 years old at the time of his death.
AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
Pictured above: 1. Elmer “Dink” Jackson 2. Mutt King 3. Jim Cutlip. 4. Harry King. 5. Craig Carr.
Belmont Evans, aged 46 years, and Paul H. Duffy, aged 38 years, both of Richwood, were instantly killed late Sunday afternoon, June 12, 1949, when their airplane fell into the rocky bed of Greenbrier River at the mouth of Stony Creek.
The plane, a former Army trainer, had shortly before taken off from the near at hand Marlinton airport.
Both men were pinned in the wreckage.
Investigation by inspectors of the Civil Aeronautic Authority found the plane in perfect working condition, the cause of the accident being some error on the part of the pilot of the plane.
Duffy was a former Navy air mechanic. He owned the plane. He worked in the machine shop of Crichton Coal Company of Richwood.
Evans was a licensed pilot. He operated a pool room in Richwood.
FIELD NOTES
It was at the end of a tedious day. I was still tied to a post. The office chair was hard. I was in conference with a man from the settlements. The topic under consideration was financial credit. My mind was over the hills and far away. Who should drive by but a pair of fishing ladies in the persons of Mrs. John Sydenstricker and Mrs. Alice Kramer Jackson. They carried as fine a catch of big trout as I have seen this year. Where they took them and by what lure, it was none of my business to know nor inquire. Right or wrong, I have an idea of both where and how. Any way, it is good to see people, especially ladies, come in with such fine catches of trout. What with water and air conditions and crowds of people attending on the streams this season, trout fishing has not been so hot.
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In recent months, panthers have been seen on Glady Fork of Cranberry, on Big Elk River, on Bucks Mountain near Marlinton and on Alleghany Mountain above Frost.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rodney M. Doyle, of Stony Bottom, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. June McCloud, a son, named Harry Raymond.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Dunn, of Buckeye, a daughter, named Ruth Lynn.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. McClung, of Seebert, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Q. Moore, of Huntersville, a daughter, named Linda Ellen.
THAT DAD OF MINE
He’s “slowing” down as some folks say,
With the burden of years from day to day;
His brow bears many a furrowed line;
He’s growing old, that Dad of mine.
His shoulders droop and his step is slow
And his hair is white – as white as snow,
But his kind eyes sparkle with friendly light,
And his smile is warm and his heart is right.
He’s old! Oh, yes! but only in years.
For his spirit soars as the sunset nears
And blest I’ve been, and wealth I’ve had
In knowing a man like my old Dad.
And proud I am to stand by him,
As he stood by me when the day was dim;
I’ve found him worthy and just as fine,
And a prince of men, that Dad of mine.
