Thursday, January 22, 1976
Monday was c-c-cold. The report is 27 degrees below on one thermometer and 30 below on another at the coal operation near Cheat Bridge. Five below at Marlinton with 10 to 17 below reported in other places.
TANNERY
Mrs. Jennie Sharp called to tell of an incident during the rebuilding of the Marlinton tannery. Her father, J. E. Chitester, read the blueprints and helped set the machinery in the new buildings. According to him, there was a man who was given to much profanity, and he had been exercising his tongue pretty much. Some of the men had set off a blast to loosen concrete and a rock came flying through the air, striking him in the head and killing him almost instantly.
LONG HIKE
Edwin White, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. White, of Minnehaha Springs, is an instructor at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and he and three other men are planning to hike the Appalachian Trail this spring – 2,050 miles from Georgia to Maine.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Faulknier, of Marlinton, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Deborah Ann, to Anthony Michael Rinaldi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo D. Rinaldi, of Cortland, New York.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Armstrong, of Buckeye, a son, Larry Paul Armstrong, Jr.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder, of Marlinton, a son, Bryan Patrick.
