Thursday, December 30, 1948
LOCAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Hickman, of Toledo, Ohio, are the proud parents of a baby girl, born December 17, 1948. Her name is Cheri Ann. The paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hickman, of Durbin, and the maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Crowley, of Green Bank.
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Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Sharp had as their dinner guests Christmas Day, all their children which included: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moore and daughters, Fay and Peggy; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kelley and sons, George and Harold; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hannah and son, Freddie, all of Marlinton; Mr. and Mrs. Guy McComb and daughter, Patty, of Covington, Virginia; Carl, who has just returned from spending nine years in the service; Claude, Jane, Jennie, Margaret, Ralph, Ray and Nancy. Other guests were Murl Chestnut, of Mt. Grove; Roxie Galford and Jimmy Mann, of Marlinton; and Noah Wilfong, of Canton, Ohio. It was the first time in 10 years that all of the family had been home for Christmas.
BEAR KILLING
Among the party of successful bear hunters taking part in killing three head of good sized bears for the week ending December 23, were Warren and Winfred Sheets, June R. Galford, Robert Brown and Jesse Galford. Besides the three they got, two big bears fought themselves loose from the dogs. The hunters getting in the finishing shots were Winfred Sheets with two to his credit, and Robert Brown, who got the other one.
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Fred Galford and others went for miles on Black Mountain last Tuesday, the shortest day of the year, and the first day of winter. The sign is that all fat bears go to hole by that day. In the Black Forest, Fred found the bears had gone to den, or at least were lying up in storm beds. There were no tracks in the snow. The sign is that bears of the beech forest are fat.
On the same day, the Taylors and others were down from the Greenbank area to get dogs to chase out some bears they had tracked around on the Alleghany, on the head of Galford Creek.
These Alleghany bears are poor and may range the winter through between storms. The bears are there in numbers, feeding on hickory nuts and acorns.
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What few squirrels we had during hunting season were mostly poor, onery and undersized. Now, the word is that the Greenbrier Mountains of Thorny, Marlin and Buckley are literally overrun with gray squirrels, fat and fine, feeding on acorns and hickory nuts. The snow last week showed tracks of squirrels by the hundred.
WEDDINGS
Married at the Methodist Parsonage at Edray Friday, December 17, 1948, by Rev. R. J. Crawford, Austin McCoy Sharp and Miss Eula May Underwood.
The groom is a son of Mrs. Mary Sharp of the Jerico Road, and the late Warwick Sharp. He is a veteran of the late war, with three years’ service overseas. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Underwood, of Millpoint.
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Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moore, of Marlinton, announce the marriage of their daughter, Oleta Mae, to Richard Eugene Dunbrack, of Marlinton…
COMING HOME
Mrs. Bernice L. Reed has received word that the body of her husband, Private First Class Harold L. Reed, will arrive on Tuesday, December 28, 1948. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Central Union Church. His body will be laid to rest in Mountain View Cemetery with full military honors. The soldier was killed in central Germany on April 3, 1945.
Rev. R. J. Skaggs and Rev. J. W. Holliday will conduct the service.
DEATHS
Uriah Hevener Dilly, aged 65 years, died at his home on Browns Mountain Sunday afternoon, December 26, 1948. He suffered a heart attacks while sitting in his home. He had been about as usual. The funeral service will be held from the Marlinton Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon… Burial in the Dilley family cemetery.
Mr. Dilley married Miss Icie Sharp, who preceded her husband many years ago. Their daughters are Mrs. Helen Davis, Jean and Bettie Lee; their sons are Bedford, Roscoe, Maynard, Dr. Kermit, Eugene and Gordon. Six years ago he married Mrs. Loletta Varner, who survives.
The deceased was a son of the late Amos J. and Araminta Dilley Dilley…
Thus is noted the passing of one of our most prominent and substantial citizens. He was a farmer and business man of large affairs. He was a good neighbor and a public spirited man.
In religion, he was a member of the Methodist church.
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Sherman Harrison Buzzard, aged 88 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grimes, near Cloverlick December 23, 1948. On Sunday afternoon, his body was buried in the family plot in Mt. View Cemetery… The deceased was a son of the late Morgan and Rhoda Sims Buzzard… He married Miss Lizzie K. Hoover, who preceded him to the grave many years since.
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Miles P. Simmons, aged 67 years, of Durbin, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Robertson, in Clifton Forge, December 26, 1948. Burial in the Arbovale cemetery with services at the Arbovale church.
