Thursday, February 24, 1949
FIELD NOTES
Miss Bonnie D. Moore, of Back Allegheny, daughter of Isaac Moore, caught and petted a pair of ground hogs last year – Paddy and Pete. The female of the species is Paddy. Along before Thanksgiving the ground hogs went willingly to sleep in the neat warm nest duly provided in a barrel in the basement. Pete, male like, developed into considerable of a snorer before long.
On January 27, the ground hogs roused out of their long winter nap. They ate heartily of apples and biscuits and drank milk. On February 2 – regular Ground Hog Day – they came to life again, and have been lively ever since. Paddy is beginning to learn to take her meals out of a plate.
BEAVERS
At a guess, around 200 head of beavers were trapped in the recent open season. I heard of a 63-pound beaver being taken at the head of Greenbrier River. I saw a 45-pound one which Howard Mullins caught on Cranberry. It was the hope of the Conservation Commission to reduce the number of beavers in Pocahontas County by at least half. If ten percent were caught, I would be surprised. It can be said that much was learned and the plans and specifications will be different another year…
At Marlinton, Brown McComb got four big beavers on Greenbrier River below Stillwell. Austin Duncan got one from the same colony.
Moody Moore caught himself a 40-pound beaver in Browns Creek.
RURITAN CLUB
A Ruritan Club has recently been organized in Hillsboro with A. J. Schra-der, president; W. S. Beard, vice president; Charles Cox, secretary; L. P. Anderson, treasurer; J. M McNeel, Jr., Sergeant.
Among the other charter members are:
Clifford Anderson, W. J. Beard, Edwin Bruffey, George P. Edgar, Tom Edgar, H. T. Elmore, Winters Hef-ner, G. L. Hilleary, D. R. Hollandsworth, Leroy Jeffreys, Joe Kramer, Harrel McCarty, A. D. McCoy, J. Moffett McNeel, Richard McNeel, I. E. Menger, Char-les Moore, William Moore, Glen E. Nygaard, Lloyd D. Payne, James K. Rock, A. H. Stark, Bennet Stump, A. F. Walker, H. Lewis, S. D. Kirk, K. E. Thieman.
This is the seventh Ruritan club to be organized in West Virginia.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Denver Offutt, of Arbovale, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Duncan, of Marlinton, a son.
On February 13, 1947 at 2:50 o’clock p.m., a baby girl, Paula, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beverage, of Marlinton. Then, on February 13, 1949, at 2:50 o’clock p.m. (exactly the same mi-nute), another baby girl, Car-ol Ann, was born to these young parents. Mrs. Beverage was the former Miss Arlene VanReenen.
DEATHS
Mrs. Betty Ann Raines, aged 80 years, died Sunday, February 13, 1949, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lillie Collins, of Durbin. On Tuesday, the funeral was held from the Cherry Grove Methodist Church and the body was laid to rest in the Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Taylor Gum, aged 86 years, widow of the late C. M. Gum, died at her home at Greenbank, Wednesday, February 16, 1949. On Friday, the funeral was held from Wesley Chapel and her body was laid to rest in the church cemetery. The deceased was a daughter of the late Lutie and Elizabeth Tacy Taylor…
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Funeral services for Edward James Ray were held at Warren, Ohio, at the Roberts Memorial Home. He was born at Clover Lick January 4, 1877, the son of the late James Ray and Judy Cortney Ray…
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John Howard Bussard was born November 29, 1872, and died February 3, 1949, age 76 years. On Saturday afternoon his body was laid to rest in the home cemetery, the funeral being conducted from the New Hope Church.