Thursday, July 31, 1975
POCAHONTAS COUNTY LIBRARY
Dear Friends, No longer is the good ship, The Pocahontas County Free Library, plowing through a sea of red.
With the wonderful gift of the McClintic House on 10th Street in Marlinton and financial support from Miss Betty McClintic, the West Virginia Library Commission and patrons in the community, library services in Pocahontas County have considerably improved over the last year. The Hillsboro branch has received new books. The Marlinton and Green Bank branches have been supplied with books and equipment. With the help of the West Virginia Library Commission the Durbin Branch is now located in a new larger building with better facilities…
FFA HONORS
Five members of the Pocahontas County FFA Chapter attended the 47th annual convention of the West Virginia Association of Future Farmers of America at Jackson’s Mill.
Charles Wilfong received first place as the State Star Livestock Farmer for which he received $100. He was also chosen Star State Farmer of West Virginia and received a $200 award.
On Sunday, Charles received his State Farmer’s Degree, the highest degree bestowed upon an FFA member in West Virginia.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilfong, of Dunmore, and will be Senior at Pocahontas County High School this fall.
In the state land judging contest, Randall Galford had the highest score of any individual with 362 out of 400.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Marion E. Hill, of Hillsboro, wish to announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Jeanette Ann, to Roger Thomas Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Sharp, of Stony Bottom.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poage, of Marlinton, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norval Beverage, of Marlinton, a daughter, Michelle Lynn.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Duncan, of South Charles-ton, a daughter, Janelda Rae.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Coleman, of Green Bank, a son, Randolf Martin.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Monty Bennett, of Fairfax, Virginia, a daughter, Melissa Grace.
DEATHS
Marshall Simms, 69, of Marlinton; born at Swiss, a son of the late Sam and Sally Simms. He was a welder and coal miner and member of the Swiss Methodist Church. Funeral service from VanReenen Funeral Home with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Mrs. Blanche Sutton Curtis, 72, of Marlinton, widow of Kyle Curtis. Funeral service from the Marlinton Methodist Church with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Bobbie Lee Hoover was killed in a car wreck near Huttonsville June 29,1975. He was 20 years old, the son of Jess and Minnie Hoover, of Valley Head. Funeral service was held in the Runner’s Funeral Home at Elkins with burial in the Hoover Cemetery at Bartow.
MT. ZION CHURCH
Tradition is that Mt. Zion Church was built in 1838, on land belonging to Felix Grimes, who settled in the community in 1770. The deed was given September 6, 1836 by Charles Grimes (son of Felix) and Martha, his wife, to James Wanless, William Moore, John Wanless, James Grimes, Henry Arbogast and John Waugh, trustees, “consisting of 2 acres and 51 poles, it being a part of the survey of 510 acres granted to Felix Grimes by patent and devised to said Charles Grimes in his will.”
They sold it to the Church for $5.00. The deed reads thus: “together with all and singular the houses, wood, waters, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise pertaining to, to have and to hold, the above mentioned and described parcel of land to the above named trustees, and their successors in office forever in trust that they shall erect or cause to be erected or build a house, a place of worship, for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America according to the rules and regulations,” etc.
In a report to Conference by the trustees, Martin Dilley, Washington Moore and Beverley Waugh stated that the building was completed to the ceiling, the cost had been $300.00 and that $50.00 should finish it. Preston Moore, Harvey Curry and Moses Moore were appointed trustees to fill the vacancies which had occurred. This church originally had a gallery for the use of the slaves.
The people of Upper Knapps Creek rode horseback by way of Mill Run to Mt. Zion.
Then, in 1850, they decided to build a church of their own and they built Mt. Vernon. After the Civil War, the Dilleys and Shraders and others withdrew from Mt. Zion because they found it closed to them, and they built Bethel in 1877.
The Mt. Zion Church is still used for funerals and homecomings.
Mrs. Lynn McLaughlin, President
Mt. Zion Home Extension Club
