Thursday, May 8, 1975
CASS DEPOT BURNS
The Cass Scenic Railroad and the Town of Cass received a shock early Monday morning when the Cass railroad station was destroyed by fire. Leonard Long and his family were awakened by the smell of smoke about 3:20 a.m.
He discovered that it was coming from the station and gave alarm. The Cass Fire Department responded promptly but was hampered by the pump on their truck not working properly. By the time help arrived from the Bartow-Frank-Durbin and Observatory Fire departments, the building was beyond saving. The Marlinton Department also dispatched a truck. The fire was stopped short of the dining cars housing the Shay Inn and fortunately did not spread to the Company Store building behind the station. The fire started in a storage room on the south end of the building.
The former C & O station contained an office, ticket office, waiting room, and toilets for the operation of the Scenic Railroad. The destroyed station was valued at $60,000 with a loss of $10,000 in contents…
LITTLE MISS POCAHONTAS
Stephanie Rose, of Hillsboro, was crowned Little Miss Pocahontas 1973, as the climax of the successful Saturday night program. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rose. First Runner-up was Shelley Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Dean, of Marlinton. Second Runner-up was Diana Cassell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cassell, of Cass.
GOLDEN HORSESHOE
Golden Horseshoe winners will become Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe in a ceremony in Charleston May 16…
Pocahontas winners are Lori A. Albee, Green Bank Elementary; Michael E. Hogan, Green Bank Elementary; Katie A. Crickenberger, Hillsboro Elementary; and Felicia R. Sharp, Marlinton Elementary.
PANTHER
Jimmie Gibson and son, James, were on Crooked Fork of Elk Tuesday and saw an old she panther and a kitten. The she would weigh about 125 pounds and the young one about as big as a fawn deer.
The big one was brown, but the kitten was almost black. The mother would make 3 or 4 jumps, and the young one would follow. They followed them from the head of the big meadow around under the Raven Rocks, about a half mile, and the crows let out with raucous calls. The big one had a footprint big as the palm of his hand and the kitten’s was about the size of a silver dollar. About four years ago, Mr. Gibson found a deer that had been killed by a panther in this area, with big claws scraping from the shoulder to the ham. It had been pulled in a corner and covered with leaves. There was no sign of deer Tuesday, but lots of rabbit sign. If you want, Gibson said he would take you and show you the tracks. He said the hair raised on his neck about like when he came face to face with a bear while fishing one time.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raines, of Wood Dale, Illinois, a daughter, Betina Marie. The mother is the former Sara Ann Moore.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Irvine, of Marlinton, a son, Steven Dale.
DEATHS
Miss Vida Leone McLaughlin, 70, of Jacksonville, Florida, a native of Green Bank, and a daughter of the late Jesse W. McLauglin and Ethe Hudson McLaughlin Arbogast. Graveside service and burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery near Dunmore.
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William Clawson Tracy, 83; born in Pocahontas County, a son of the late C. O. and Emma Arbogast Tracy. Burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Parkersburg.
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Sterle H. Nottingham, 70, of Greenville, Pennsylvania; born at Green Bank, a son of the late William Lawrence and Mary Edna Kerr Nottingham.
