Thursday, November 17, 1949
Against my advice and without my consent, the Town Council of Marlinton, by a divided vote, has referred that matter of paid moving pictures on Sunday in Marlinton to a vote of the people.
The election is to be held next Tuesday, November 22.
The time is now passed to deplore such a move which naturally causes agitation in the community.
It is up to the right-thinking people of the community to come out and stand up to be counted for the right.
Really and truly the one and only institution in a community which stands for the right way is the Church.
The Church teaches law observance, honest and fair dealing between man and man and between the nations, peace on earth good will to man, and all other blessings on which Christian civilization is built, including proper observance of the sabbath as the day of rest and worship.
Do not weaken the hands of the Church and lessen its influence by disregarding one of its positive teachings. And this, too, for financial gain of a soulless corporation.
ROUGH ON RATS
Dunmore – While November 11 was the set day for a general rat killing in West Virginia, John A. Hively and his three sons, Hunter, Paul and Don, got into the business four days earlier. Their score for the day was 30 rats and a number of mice.
The Hivelys have recently built a new rat and mouse proof grainery. They had a crib partially filled with old corn left from last year’s crop. In fixing to move the old corn to the ratproof storage, they prepared for rats.
Hunter, of the Navy, and Paul, of the Army, were armed with 22 rifles; good old drive dog was on the ground to take care of one escaping the crib. Don, the younger brother, scooped-shoveled the corn from the crib to a truck. Every shot counted; not a rat escaped.
FIELD NOTES
A 23-pound tom was the largest wild turkey bagged in the state so far this year, the Conservation Commission reported yesterday. The big bird was shot by H. B. Jordan, of Mace, on Slaty Fork Mountain. – Charleston Gazette
I will comment on the foregoing news item to say there is a school of outdoor writers who hold that the ideal weight of a wild turkey gobbler is not over 12 pounds. They say the smallness indicates a pure strain of wild stock. As for me, I say, the bigger the better. There have always been traditions of 40-pound wild turkeys…
All this is leading up to say that over in the Slaty Fork country, big wild turkeys grow. This is especially so since a neighbor at high expense imported a heavy draft purebred bronze gobbler some years since. This turkey almost immediately went to the woods, to whip some wild toms and to take up with wild hens. Usually the big turkey of the season is bagged over there.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lovelace, of Marlinton, a son, Joseph Lee.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Golden Arbogast, a daughter, Karen Sue.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Virle H. Hamrick, a daughter, Ann Harper.
DIED
Funeral service was held Wednesday, November 9, for Mrs. Susan Barnett Beverage, aged 76, who died in Los Angeles Saturday. The deceased was born at Stony Bottom and lived at Driftwood until two years ago. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hopkins Barnett. Her husband, David Beverage, passed away 12 years ago. She was a member of the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro.