Thursday, February 20, 1975
Another big skiing weekend at Snowshoe with several thousand skiers. Good weather on Saturday, misting on Sunday.
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The new Marlinton fire engine arrived in town Monday afternoon. Fred Burns, Jr., Reed Wilfong, Bob Barlow, Doug Dunbrack, Tom Dunbrack and Tony Ricottilli went to Vinton, Virginia, to pick up the $64,000 truck which has been on order for over two years. The prices have risen so dramatically that the Fire Department feels their contract provided a real bargain. Hose and other equipment will raise the cost about $5,000.
The engine has hydraulic powered extension ladders to reach 50 feet in the air in any desired direction or angle; a tube built into this extension will deliver 1,000 gallons of water a minute at the top, and it can be set to automatically spray this water back and forth. Supports drop down at the side of the truck to stabilize it and the ladder will support a thousand pounds of people.
Strawberry Princess
Susan DeNora Viers, a freshman at Alderson Broaddus college has been chosen by House of Delegates members Julia Pitsenberger and Jae Spears as princess in the West Virginia Strawberry festival.
Miss Viers, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Viers, of Buckeye, and a graduate of Pocahontas County High School. She is majoring in nursing and is a member of Alpha Beta Nu.
In 1974, she was chosen “Miss Congeniality” in the Miss Pocahontas Pageant, and in 1973 was one of several exchange students from PCHS to go to Bromley, England…
Hillsboro Honor Roll
Fourth Grade: Teresa Alderman, Sara Riley, James Burks, Rhonda Hunt, Charles Workman, Rickey Carpenter, Bonita Starks, Teresa Kay Workman, Herman Taylor, Jr., Debra Smith, Harry Wiley.
Fifth Grade: Robin Hilleary, Terri Dilley, Angie Hefner, Paula Burks, Christine Dulaney, Cindy Lansaw, Barbara McNeel, Wesley Lewis, Shelly Tyree, Carolyn Wilfong, Jane Wilfong.
Sixth Grade: Cindy Clutter, Mike Meadows, Evelyn Pritt, Angie Pyles, Bruce Rose, Linda Walls, David Walton, Donna Walton, Kevin Workman, Randy Wiley, Tonja Wiley, Brenda Kennison.
Seventh Grade: Kimberly Alderman, Brenda Clutter, Meg Crickenberger, Rhonda Hammons, Troy McCoy, Jeff Pritt, Bobby Simmons, Rhonda Williams, Patricia Kellison.
Eighth Grade: Patsy Boggs, Katie Crickenberger, Nancy Hefner, Connie Madison, Sandy McMillion, Donna Sizemore, Lola Wiley, Greg Rose, Connie Kershner.
DEATHS
Mrs. Mertie Curry Clarkson, 90, of Cass, the last of the Charles and Ida Curry family. Funeral service from the Wallace and Wallace Chapel with burial in the Arbovale Cemetery. Among her survivors are sons, Ivan, Russell and Roy.
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Ruth D. Echols, 81, of Lewisburg, formerly of Green Bank. Funeral service from the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Lewisburg with burial in Rosewood Cemetery.
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Thomas J. “Jack” Wiseman, 80, of Cass, a son of the late Jefferson and Lucretta Wiseman. He was a director of the Pocahontas County Historical Society. Funeral service from the Lohr Funeral Home in Elkins with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
