Thursday, June 10, 1971
Pioneer Days
The 1971 Pioneer Days Parade is beginning to look real good. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rockefeller, Harley Staggers and Cecil Gainer will be here to take part…
Harley Carpenter and the Black Mountain Blugrass Boys will have charge of the music contest…
Fred Burns Sr. and Eugene Simmons will be in charge of the Horse Pulling event on the Marlinton Athletic Field.
The Hillsboro Fire Department will sponsor the Fifth Annual Horse Show Sunday at 11 a.m…
The WVU Forestry Team will put on log rolling, wood chipping, tree falling, cross-cut saw cutting and many other wood demonstrations.
POCAHONTAS BELLE
Mrs. Carrie Morrison, of Lobelia, has been chosen Belle of Pocahontas by the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs….
She owns and operates a 200-acre farm on which she lives alone, being the widow of the late Frank Morrison…
Mrs. Morrison received her AB degree from Davis and Elkins College. She is now retired after having taught school for 41 years, 19 of which were in one room schools. In many of these she had all grades.
One of her greatest ambitions is to travel. She has been in 45 states, including Hawaii, and expects to add three more to her list this summer…
Her greatest interest is in church work. She has been a faithful member for 60 years, 45 of which she has been a teacher of adult classes in the United Methodist Churches at Swago and Lobelia.
Correction
In the list of seniors at the Pocahontas County High School, the name Randall Vanscoy was misspelled as Vannoy. The name of David De Haven should have been omitted.
Clover Lick Post Office
1875 – 1971
The first Post Office at Clover Lick was in the home of Dr. John Ligon, and the mail was carried from Edray twice a week on horseback. With the coming of the railroad in 1901, the office was moved to its present location.
The name “Clover Lick” was taken from Clover Lick Farm, a large acreage, now divided into several farms, owned by Burns, Gardners, Coyners, Hankins and Browns. Clover Lick Farm was named for the first white clover found west of the mountains and for the salt licks where the deer, in large numbers, came for salt.
Clover Lick Post Office is a landmark we regret losing.
The Postmasters and Officer in charge were as follows:
Dr. John Ligon, Postmaster, 1875-1911.
J. J. Coyner, Acting Postmaster, 1911- 1913.
J. J. Coyner, Postmaster, 1913 – 1924.
L. N. Coyner, Postmaster 1950 – 1970.
Juanita S. Dilley, Officer in Charge, 1970 – 1971.
Shavers Fork
The Linan Smokeless Coal Company Friday was granted permits to open three underground mines and install a water treatment plant in the Monongahela National Forest along Shavers Fork in Randolph County upon order of the State Water Resource Board. Edgar Henry, chief of the Water Resources Division, had refused the permit last October. Further appeals are anticipated.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Doyle, of Mace, a daughter.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Odd Aga, of Green Bank, a son, named Clemens.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kershner, of Southington, Ohio, a daughter, named Teresa Lynett.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baxter, of Mill Point, a son, named William Isaac.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Garold Senger, Jr., of Mt. Sidney, Virginia, a son, named Garold Wayne, III. The mother is the former Karen Sue Mullenax.
DEATHS
Ward M. Wimer, 88, of Marlinton; born at Blue Grass, Virginia, a son of the late Amby and Susan Palmer Wimer. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
Byrd F. Shrader, 58, formerly of Cass, a son of the late Chalmer and Bessie Weiford Shrader.
Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Sharon Ann Bryant, 14, of Parsons, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Acie H. Bryant. Sharon was born at Marlinton while her father was minister of the Buckeye, Stony Creek, Huntersville and Westminster churches. Burial in the Kessler Memorial Presbyterian Church cemetery near Ansted.
