Fifty Years Ago

Thursday, June 3, 1971

PCHS Seniors

Janet L. Arbogast, Danny W. Armstrong, Alice Lillian Barb, John Allen Baxter, Lynn Beard, William K. Beck, Ralph W. Beckwith, Johnie Beverage, Marvin E. Beverage, Rose Ann Beverage, Glenn C. Bond, Nancy J. Bowen, Steve M. Bowling, Jetta L. Bowyer, Susan W. Chappell, Michael D. Chestnut, Janet A. Copen, Charles T. Cover, Jr., Deborah K. Crawford, Josef L. R. Cummins, Rose Marie Dale, Margarette Davis, Gilbert D. DeHaven, Connie Sue Dilley, Nancy Ann Dilley, Will-iam G. Dilley, Valetta Sue Francis, Quince E. Friel, Ronald L. Friel, Ernest E. Galford, Mary M. Garretson, John S. George, Charles G. Good, Duane L. Good, Larry W. Good, Herbert F. Griffin, Connie L. Grimes, Alfred A. Hammons, Michael J. Hef-ner, Albert S. Hickman, Charlie S. Hickman, Barry B. Hill, Guy Thomas Hill, Barbara A. Hinkle, David B. Horne, Greg Irvine, Debra J. Jackson, Lynn D. Jordan, Maria D. Kellogg, Janet L. Kershner, Nancy R. Kinsley, Larry A. Lacy, Melvin C. Lane, Samuel L. Lantz, Franklin A. Long, Joseph L. Lovelace, Judy A. Madison, Deborah Lynnette Mathews, James H. McCray, Mary I. McLaughlin, Thomas M. McLaughlin, Paula Jean Moats, Charles L. Montgomery, Jackie P. Moore, Melva J. Moore, Theodore D. Moore, III, Thomas D. Miller, Tom D. Morrison, Dana Lee Moyers, Galen G. Mullenax, Wayne A. Mullenax, Danny Nelson, Fran-ces Nottingham, Michael L. O’Brien, Ramona K. Orndorff, Linda Sue Price, James Lee Pyles, James D. Ratliff, Vickie C. Richardson, Betty Jane Robinson, Thomas McNeil Rose, Richard A. Ryder, Helen B. Sharp, Lois J. Sharp, Roberta Jo Sharp, Wanda D. Sharp, James A. Sheets Jr., Myra J. Shinaberry, Patricia A. Slayton, Iva Jane Small, Sue Ellen Smith, Diana Price Sparks, Mary Elizabeth Starcher, Donna Sue Stemple, Debbie Ann Stewart, Martha Ann Stone, Catherine Marie Summers, Ray Hiner Taylor, Roy Hiner Taylor, Nancy Lee Titus, Betty Smith Tracy, Jo Ann Underwood, James Roy Vandevender, Judith Kay Vandeven- der, David Gary VanMeter, Randall Vannoy, Donna Gwen Varney, David Neal Vaughan, William Lake Vaughan, Thomas Wade, David Granville Wagner, Susan Kathleen Waslo, Marie Bond Waybright, Zed Steven Weatherholt, Cathy Jean Wilfong, Elsie Lee Wilfong, Herold Andrew Wilfong, Sandra Kay Wilfong, William Herold White, Lee Roy Whitmire, Richard Thomas Wilmore, Theresa Lee Wooddell, Sharon Rebecca Woods, Judy Ann Wynn, Paul Ray Zirkle.

Bear Rescued

Chilled to the bone by icy Cranberry River, skinned arms and torn uniform, Conservation Officer Charles Scallon held on to the tiny, limp and nearly drowned bear cub he had scooped up with a fisherman’s dipnet.

Up to his chest in the cold water, officer Scallon pushed the dipnet-laden bear cub to a willing trout fisherman on a flat rock. On the bank, Scallon saw the cub was breathing faintly. He pushed its chest. Some water trickled from the cub’s mouth. It was not enough. The little animal was too weak.

Scallon put his mouth to the fading cub’s nose and blew his breath into its body, rhythmically. The little bruin responded, breathing became normal. Weighing only about seven pounds, Scallon took the cub home and fed it milk with a bottle. In good health, the bear cub was sent to the French Creek Game Farm where it will be cared for and again released in the wild…

BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cookus, of Marlinton, a son, named Darrell William.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Taylor, of Petersburg, Virginia, a daughter, named Tanya La Nez.

DEATHS

Mrs. Anna Cragel, 78, formerly of Marlinton; born in White Russia. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery.

John Denton Wilfong, 89, of Marlinton, a son of the late Noah and Nancy Wilfong; burial in the Wilfong Cemetery.

Mrs. Gertrude Collins Gum, 79, formerly of Monterey, Virginia, Marlinton and Bartow; a daughter of the late William and Elzeda Phillips Collins. Burial in the Arbovale Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Virginia Cunningham Hutson, 53, of Petersburg; born at Clover Lick, a daughter of John W. and Mary Campbell Cunningham. Burial in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Petersburg.

Mrs. Marjorie Warwick Howard, 71, of Danville; born at West Union, a daughter of the late Otis and Annie Carter Warwick. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery.

Dr. J. Fred Johnson, 37, and his wife, Mrs. Carolyn Hundley Johnson, 27, of Roanoke, Virginia. Burial in Franklin Memorial Park in Rocky Mount, Virginia.