Thursday, September 22, 1949
This week, French Johnson and Lanty Gilmore will be getting their steel house ready for their new restaurant and lunch room in Marlinton. The location is on the Richardson lot, opposite the Bank of Marlinton. It is a modern diner of Armeo steel. The diner will be equipped throughout with stainless steel fixtures.
OLD TIMES
Dear Editor;
Recently, as I sat on my back porch, in memory I recalled the old homestead that stood on Jerico Hill. In my mind I could see the old oak tree where we played in childhood days; the log barn that stood so strong, where we romped on new mown hay.
Now, father has gone to the Great Beyond; to be with mother dear; the house is gone, the barn torn down, but, sturdy oak stands clear.
Could I recall those happy days of a childhood free, I would like to live on that farm again and play under that old oak tree.
I saw in a recent Times’ notice of the passing of my schoolteacher of two terms, T. Darius Moore. The older generation will soon be gone.
Anna Johnson Barnhart
Doanville, Ohio
FIELD NOTES
Cecil Curry of the Municipal water plant, is now the guardian of a flock of 22 wild ducks. They are black mallards, the wildest of all the wild ducks. However, they feed around in the branch below the outlet and come to the feed Mr. Curry puts out for them. At first, there were a dozen of the ducks. It is supposed these were hatched in the thick cover of the island across from the plant. Recently ten more ducks added themselves to the flock. It is guessed these are the ones known to have hatched at the mouth of Knapps Creek. Between Swago and Knapps Creek there were perhaps a dozen hatchings of these black mallards this season.
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Neighbor William Crigger, of Beaver Creek, reports the loss of better than a dozen chickens, nearing frying size, from the raids of big horned owl. The other night the old raider left a portion, and this provided bait for the trap which caught him. The wing spread was a full 56 inches. This old bird could read, write and cipher when it came to catching chickens. He was getting them out of a pen, which had a door and a small hole in the top. Steel traps had been neatly arranged around the entrance, so the wise old owl just stuck an able foot down through the hole and hooked himself out a nice young fryer.
BEARS
Durbin – On a recent night at the Le Masters farm home near Durbin, a great commotion was heard down in the stable. On looking, it was found the farm horse was fast on top of the dividing wall between the stalls. As the family came up to the barn, a big animal dashed out of the barn, to make off to the Greenbrier River and across it, with the farm dogs in hot pursuit. Closer investigation showed tracks of a big bear. The poor horse was gotten out of its close quarters only by taking down the stall division. It is one whale of a note when bears are emboldened through legal protection to make raids on farm animals, even into barns.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mack Robert Bussard, a son, James Robert Bussard.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edison Earl Sutton, a son, Patrick O’Curran Sutton.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dean Buzzard, a daughter, Helen Gladys.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Trainer, of Minnehaha Springs, a daughter, Dorothy Susan.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hevener Tacy, of Cass, a daughter, Patricia Ann.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph William Waybright, of Arbovale, a daughter, Eugenia.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Franklin Gordon, of Dunmore, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Allen Sheets, a daughter, Brenda Mae.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Combs, a son, Larry Joe.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lewis Sage, a son, Thomas Creed.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cleveland Sheets, a daughter, Catherine Fay.
DEATHS
Mrs. Cora Jane Lowe Barnes, aged 76, widow of the late W. J. Barnes; funeral held from the home of her daughter, Maude Bumgardner, in Marlinton, with burial in the family plot in Mt. View Cemetery.
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Mason Bell, aged about 71 years, of Lewisburg, took ill Tuesday afternoon while attending Greenbrier Presbytery in Marlinton. A few minutes later, he passed away in a nearby physician’s office. He was one of the outstanding men of the Greenbrier Valley.
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E. B. Pennington, aged 53 years, died of a heart attack at his home at Slaty Fork. He was stricken when about his work. Burial was in the Sharp cemetery near Slaty Fok with military honors. The deceased is survived by his wife and a number of children. He had a fine service record in the First World War. By occupation, he worked on the railroad.
