Thursday, July 25, 1974
A two year old heifer, belonging to Paul Jeffries, fell 40 feet into the road off Price Hill recently. They don’t know whether she was down in the woods for shade and got turned around and fell off or if another cow butted her off. The cow is eating and drinking fine but can’t stand up yet. One fell over about 14 years ago, and she lived and later had a calf.
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Middle age is that difficult period between juvenile delinquency and senior citizenship when you have to take care of yourself.
1954 Class Reunion
The 1954 graduating Class of Marlinton High School met at the Marlinton Motor Inn Shawnee Room Saturday morning with 40 in attendance. We were joined by the following former teachers: Charles E. McElwee, Sam Brill, Peggy Smith, Edith May and Madge Shiffler Bledsoe.
Prizes were won for the greatest distance traveled – Nancy Ward Kopf; longest married – Adele Friel Loudermilk; first reservation received, William Shifflett; most children– Ward Jackson; most children – Freda Thompson, tied with six each…
After dinner entertainment was by George Daughterty and his guitar.
PIONEER DAYS
The winner of the Lions Club gun was Wilda Chappell, of Hillsboro.
Mrs. Hazel Jackson McPeak, at the First National Bank, won the Pioneer Days award for the most authentically dressed clerk.
THANKS
How do you thank a multitude of great folk for a job well done? It is easy to see the stars on a clear night, but of the little lights that shine in the dark moments? Well, just about everybody made “January Thaw” a success. The cast who practiced for weeks without grumbling or pay; the production staff who built the sets, worked the lights, made the special effects, collected all kinds of properties and furniture; the costume lady who selected, advised, and pressed nightly; the makeup team who gave time and cosmetics with skill and good humor; the ushers and business managers who spent hours ensuring a good house each night; the curtain men and stage hands; the man who brought the pig each night and the pig, too, which had to be cramped up in a cage; and then you, the audience, who supported our efforts with your presence and marvelous response, and last, but not least, the Pioneer Days committee who made it all possible.
To all I say with Jonathan Rockwood: “Stop frettin’ and just let things happen in their own natural way.”
Pioneer Days are gone again.
Frances Eskridge,
Director of “January Thaw”
BIRTH
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lovelace, of Marlinton, a daughter, Audrey Ann.
DEATHS
Elbert E. Pritt, 59, of Droop, died of a heart attack while driving his truck near Buckeye.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete as we go to press.
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Winston Lee Justus, 19, of Richwood, a son of Orville Justus and Mrs. Lucille Elkins, of Birch River. Funeral from the Wallace and Wallace Chapel at Rainelle with burial in the Chapman Cemetery at Canvas.
