Thursday, June 30, 1949
Canada Fishing Trip
Charles A. Sharp and James D. Davis have returned from a fishing trip to Lake of the Woods, a way up in Ontario, Canada. This lake is about 70 miles long and covers an area of nearly 700 miles…
Messrs Sharp and Davis left Marlinton Tuesday, traveling by automobile. On Saturday, they arrived at the camp of Charles Hilliars. Here, a cabin can be rented for $5 a day… Each day of their stay the gentlemen took their legal limit. They report no really record breaking big ones, but northern pike three feet long, weighing nine to ten pounds on light fly rods are not to be sneezed at.
They shipped home 24 fish – their legal limit of the kinds they took. Those had a net weight of over 100 pounds. Packed in ice by an expert packer employed in the camp, the fish arrived in Marlinton in perfect condition.
FIELD NOTES
On bass opening day, down Watoga way, Dennis Dunn had occasion to go across the rapidly rising Greenbrier River. In starting out, he felt something scrape the bottom of his boat, and then a big snapping turtle stuck his head above water. A properly placed blow with the boat pole, and there was meat for the pot. Nearing the opposite shore, there came a surprise of surprises. A fine two-pound black bass found himself caught between bank and boat. He took a flying leap to clear the boat. His aim was short, and he landed smack in the boat…
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Monk Small was in town last Thursday with the head of a big black rattler. This snake was killed by Ted Callahan in the kitchen of the Callahan residence at Spice Run. It was discovered by Mrs. Small, who went for help. The snake had just caught and swallowed a half grown rabbit. It was evidently seeking a quiet place to sleep off his big meal.
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Of course, the books say there can be no such thing as a snake charming a bird or an animal. However, every now and then, people come along to catch them in the act. The other day, Melvin Moore was driving his big lumber truck along a road. He noticed a rabbit acting a bit strangely. And with good reason, for a great black snake had the poor creature just about hypnotized. Mr. Moore killed the snake. The rabbit soon came out of its daze and made its way off. The snake was more than six feet long.
WOOL POOL
So far as the number of sheep raisers cooperating and the number of fleeces consigned, the Pocahontas County Wool Pool of last week was the largest on record. As for actual weight, the amount delivered by 264 sheepmen was 59,543… Glenn Shrader’s store is swamped with wool this year, too. He will handle 60,000 pounds or better before the week is out.
Another big buyer of wool is Pritchard’s Store at Dunmore. About 50,000 pounds will be handled there. This leaves the wool buyers at Durbin, Greenbank, Hillsboro and other places to be heard from.
As usual, the Pocahontas County Cooperative Wool Pool was the largest in the state. The pool was one of the best as to quality of wool and the manner in which it was handled.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lee Madison, a daughter, Marian Martin.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey C. “Buddy” Meadows, a daughter Mary McKim.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Y. Jackson, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cassell, of Buckeye, a son, Thomas Lee.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Cook, a son, Raymond.
COMING HOME
Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Riley, of Arbovale, that the remains of their son, First Class Machinist Robert Clinton Riley, who has been interred in the Manilla Cemetery in the Philippine Islands, is enroute to the United Sates.
DEATHS
Joseph M. Lovic Vaughan, aged 82 years, of Hillsboro, a son of the late J. B. and Mary Jane Anderson Vaughan. On Sunday afternoon the funeral was held from Emanuel Church with interment in the church cemetery.
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Charles Hayes Simmons, aged 77 years, a native of Summers County and a son of the late John and Caroline Simmons. On Saturday afternoon his body was buried in the family plot in Mt. View Cemetery, the service conducted by his minister.
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Funeral service for Circuit Judge Mark L. Jarrett was held from the Old Stone church Monday afternoon. On Saturday, his body was found in New River, near Radford, Va. He had been missing for several days from a sanitarium at Radford where he had been a patient.