Thursday, September 15, 1949
FROSTS
Frosts and even freezes were here in our county last week. Not much damage as a body would reasonably expect from temperature as low as four degrees below freezing. Thirty-six was the cold point reached in this town. Beans, tomatoes and pumpkin vines got it in exposed places. The light of the moon is as good a reason as any for the comparative small amount of damage.
THOSE HOLIDAYS
Dear Cal;
I note with disgust your comment on legal holidays to give fools ways and means for to weed themselves out and thus keep down the ratio of weak minded in the general run of the population. There is the true old saying about one being born every minute. There is another old saying about young people climbing fools hill, in describing a certain dangerous age.
While there is no hope outside of heaven for a fool a reason I do not hold to your theory of more legal holidays for to toll off the weak minded, statistics will show that in thinning themselves out they take with them too many useful people.
Not questioning your honesty as to the legal holiday quotation, but between friends, please let me have the name of that American Philosopher, approximate date, chapter and verse.
Unsigned
Charleston, W.Va.
Dear Subscriber:
The American Philosopher is none other than Puddenhead Wilson; he wrote in the gay nineties, the chapter is 17; the verse is 2. Here is the quote:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
WEDDINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Adkinson, of Hillsboro, are announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Drema May Adkison, to Wayne B. Jackson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B. Jackson, of Buckeye. The marriage took place on Saturday, August 20, 1949, at the Hillsboro Methodist parsonage. … A wedding supper was served on the following Monday night at the Jackson home by Mrs. Wayne Jackson.
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Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Sharp, of Clover Lick, announce the marriage of their daughter, Thelma Irene, to Edwin E. White, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ernest White, of Minnehaha Springs.
The wedding took place in Marlinton on Saturday, August 27, 1949, after which the young couple spent a week in Virginia and Washington, D. C.
DEATHS
Randall Jackson, little four-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Jackson; funeral service from the home with burial in the family plot at Mt. View Cemetery. Surviving are two sisters, Wanda Lee and Shirley, and one brother, Tommy…
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Mrs. Glenna Susan Waugh, age 51, of Mill Point; funeral service held from Marvin Chapel, with interment in the Ruckman Cemetery. The deceased was a daughter of the late G. Luther and Martha Elizabeth Auldridge. Her husband, the late Fred Waugh, died exactly two years to the day prior to her death.
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Carl L. Sheets, aged 58 years, of Marlinton; funeral held from the Marlinton Methodist Church. The body was laid in the family plot in Mountain View Cemetery with Masonic Honors. The deceased was a son of the late James L. and Mrs. Mary Simmons Sheets. Mr. Sheets was one of the organizers and owners of the Marlinton Electric Company. His prominence and popularity is attested by his election to the office of Mayor of Marlinton for a number of terms. He was diligent in business, loyal to his friends and faithful in the discharge of public duties.
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On September 4, 1949, Mrs. Ellen Wilson Foster died at her home near Seebert. Born in Bath County, VA., April 27, 1868, she was a daughter of Billy and Melissa Wilson, and came to Pocahontas county in her early youth. Her husband, George Foster, preceded her in death 20 years ago. Their children were Sam, now deceased, and Mrs. Eddie Washington, of Seebert. She is also survived by one grandson, Howard Washington… Funeral was held at the Pleasant Green Methodist church of Seebert.
For years, Aunt Ellen officiated as a nurse in many of the homes in the Levels. She was kind and loyal and greatly loved by her many friends.