Fifty-Years-Ago

Thursday,
August 19, 1965

BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold VanReenen, of Marlinton, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude C. Bare, of Green Bank, a son. The mother is the former Sandra Underwood.

DEATHS
Mrs. Cornelia McElwee Taylor, 89, of Wesley Chapel Community; widow of James E. Taylor, and daughter of the late Bud D. and Martha Ann Fisher McElwee. Burial in the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church cemetery.
Mitchell J. Barrett, 75, of Droop; born at Ronceverte, the son of the late A. J. and Martha S. Cochran Barrett; burial in the Old Droop Church cemetery.
Hazel Pearl Grogg, 62, who resided alone near Harman, was found dead at her home Tuesday evening, August 3, 1965; born at Huntersville, the daughter of the late John Melvin and Katherine Grogg Grogg. Burial in the Arbovale cemetery.
Mrs. Nellie Hannah Clutter, 64, of Syosset, Long Island, New York, formerly of Marlinton.
Herman Brown Smith, 71, born at Seebert, a son of the late Maggie Bell Cleek Smith.
William Robert Burks, 28, of Mill Point, was killed Sunday night, August 15, 1965, when his motorcycle collided with a pick-up truck one mile north of Talcott. Burial in the Sharp Cemetery at Mill Point.
Mrs. Laura Ann Fitzgerald Sheets, 73, of Southgate, Michigan; born near Green Bank, a daughter of the late Schuyler and Mollie Fitzgerald, burial in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Robert Neil Nottingham, 72, of Piqua, Ohio; born at Boyer, a son of the late W. O. and Vesta Keva Nottingham.