Thursday, April 11, 1974
Pocahontas escaped any serious effects of last week’s stormy weather but the wind was high in some places. Kenneth Kelley on Knapps Creek lost the roof from his barn and telephone service was disrupted in places. Lightning struck the Monongahela Power substation at Edray and some local transformers, so some sections were without electricity for five hours.
MARCH WEATHER
Minimum Temperature: nine degrees on the 14th
Maximum Temperature: 78 degrees on the 8th
Average high: 54.6
Average low: 27.8
Rainfall: 4.74. Total precipitation January to March: 13.10 inches. Total precipitation January to March last year: 13.50 inches.
Total snowfall October to March: 38.6 inches.
Total snowfall October to March last year: 62.9 inches
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hanna, of Buckeye, a son named Jeffrey, Jr.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Kinnison, of Hillsboro, a daughter named Hope.
DEATHS
Mrs. Mary Madge Lane Sutton, 77, of Durbin, born at Rock Cave, Upshur County, a daughter of the late Walter L. and Minnie Crawford Lane. She moved to Durbin at an early age. Funeral service from the Bethel United Methodist Church; burial in the Bethel Cemetery.
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John Edward Pritchard, 83, of Marlinton; born at Dunmore, a son of the late Charles Edward and Betty M. Yeager Pritchard. He was an elder in the Marlinton Presbyterian Church, was on the board of directors of the First National Bank, a member of Marlinton Lions Club and a Mason. Funeral service was held from the Marlinton Presbyterian Church with burial in the Dunmore Cemetery.
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Robert Oswald Eubank, 64, of Morgantown, formerly of Marlinton; a native of Edray. Funeral service from the Marlinton Presbyterian Church with burial inn Mountain View Cemetery.
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Mrs. Maggie E. Taylor, 91, of Hemet, California, formerly of Bartow. Funeral service was held from the Durbin Church of God with burial in the Arbovale Cemetery.
