Fifty Years Ago

Thursday, September 14, 1972

Neal Baxter reported 38 on Williams River last Wednesday morning.

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A huge rock came off Browns Mountain last Thursday afternoon, clear from the top, broke in 4 or 5 pieces with one piece being about half and weighing possibly 30 tons. It broke the electric line, bounced on the road, tore a tree and broke the telephone line and landed over in the far side of Knapps Creek. It must have been a fearsome sight.

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We have freight service only by two trains a week, up Monday and Thursday and down Tuesday and Friday. Service is gradually being curtailed and it is reported on pretty good authority that an application will be made next month to abandon the line, which would take a year or more to complete… The C & O is the largest taxpayer in the County, having property with an assessed valuation of $1,933.500.

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Miss Susie Smith, of Marlinton, is the 1972 Queen of the Marlinton Volunteer Fire Department Parade. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith.

Schools

Pocahontas schools (including kindergarten) have 2,134 students. The high school has 576; Durbin 225; Hillsboro 255; Green Bank 370, Marlinton 708. Total 2,134.

Brownsburg News

Homer Stewart and Bill Boggs, Jr., of Brownsburg, motored to Charles Town last weekend. They spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stewart and family. On Saturday, Mr. Stewart and Mr. Boggs went on to Washington, D. C. to visit other relatives and friends. Paul Watts and Miss Mildred Wilson took them on a tour of Washington, D. C., Harper’s Ferry and Chesapeake Bay.

Mrs. Rosie Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bennett and children, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, spent Labor Day weekend with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mabel C. Boggs, and other relatives and friends in Brownsburg and Marlinton.

On Sunday afternoon a very enjoyable evening was spent at the homes of Lucille Smith and Ruby Wheeler. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Luther Tibbs, of White Sulphur Springs, Lucille Tibbs and friend, of New York, the Tibbs Family, Mable, Madeline, Judy, Haden, Gilmore and Miss Jessie Lacy, all of New York, Mrs. Mamie Bush and sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Lacy and Mrs. Bell Jackson, of Marlinton, and Rev. Sanford Boggs, of Brownsburg. Lunch was served on the lawn.

DEATHS

Frank Coleman, 69, of Cass, formerly of Charle-ston, co-owner of the Cass Dairy Bar. Burial in Hughes Cemetery at Nitro.
Benjamin Franklin Hileman, 76, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Pocahontas County. Among his survivors is his daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Grimes, of Marlinton.