Thursday,February 2, 1950
University Day
West Virginia University is 100 years old this month. The exact day is February 7. In Pocahontas county the anniversary will be marked on next Friday night, by a gathering of the Durbin Lions, the Marlinton Rotarians and the Hillsboro Ruritans, at a big supper meeting at the Hillsboro High School. The speaker will be Dr. Frazier of the University faculty.
Farming For Better Living
Pocahontas people in attendance at the big meeting and banquet of Farming for Better Living, held at Clarksburg last Saturday, were county winners Remus and Miss Ethel May; regional winners Mr. and Mrs. Ward Barlow; county chairman Glenn Shrader; County Agent Walter Jett; L. E. Montgomery and Harry Cochran. This most constructive educational program is sponsored by Monongahela Power Company.
Celebrate Birthday
Carla and Sharla Gladwell, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gladwell, celebrated their third birthday Sunday, January 22, 1950, at their home at Buckeye.
Little friends entertained were Glenda and Mary Etta Smith, Jim Judd Howard, Julia Ellen McLaughlin, Barbara Lee Carpenter, Martha Kay Dilley, Julia Ann Lockridge, Jimmy Shisler, Mary Lee Shafer, Sammy and Stevie Davis, Richard and Roger Williams, Gene and Danny Gladwell, Margy Hill, Susie Jett, Harriett Faye Waugh, Susan Yeager, Tommy and Jane Michael, Sollie Workman, Sue Ellen Welder, and Shirley and Martha Coffman.
Friends who called during the evening or sending gifts were: Little Flossie Howard, Pat, Margaret and Lawrence Melton, Mrs. Bay McElwee and Garry, Rickie Carey, Vickie Lynn Moore, Phyllis Rogers, Florence Howard, Curtis McNeill, Nora Friel, Mr. and Mrs. James Howard, Mary Friel, Virgil Gladwell, Linda and Sammy Carpenter, John Ray Williams, Blix and Cheryl McNeill, and Ruth and Gene McClintic.
County 4-H Clubs
Beaver Creek Busy Beavers; Buckeye Winners; Jolly Pioneers, Jr.; Cloverlick Ta Wa Si; Pine Grove Peppy Steppers; Alleghany Greyhounds; Merry Wigglers, Jr., Cass Handy Andy; Dunmore Do More, Sr.; Jolly Pioneers Sr.; Buckeye White Savages; Hillsboro Pep to Win; Bartow Busy Bunnies; Powhatan Trail Blazers; Back Alleghany Mountain Rooters; Slaty Fork Seneca Go-Getters; and Edray Producers.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowe, of Greenbank, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Goodnight, of Greenbank, a daughter, Rebecca Ann.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beverage, of Marlinton, a daughter, Sherry Lucille.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alex J. Lane, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sparks, of Marlinton, a daughter.
DEATH
Annie Maria Richardson Smith, aged 78 years, wife of Z. S. Smith, Sr., died at her home in Marlinton January 30, 1950. On Wednesday afternoon the funeral was held from the home by her pastor, Rev. R. P. Melton. Burial in Mt. View cemetery. Thus, is noted the passing of a lovely useful life… About 46 years ago, the Smith family moved to Marlinton, where they have been leaders in church, social, business and public affairs.
“Okey – Known As Pete”
Like silent armies marching on,
The swift years pass away,
Leaving but a memory of
By gone yesterday.
That’s why my inner eye tonight
Within its soul’s retreat,
Beams on the kindly countenance
Of Okey – known as “Pete.”
There is a small girl on a gate
Down in a clovered lane,
Just waiting wistfully for “Pete”
Who’ll have a candy cane.
She lingers at the mill gap now,
Perhaps she wants to see,
If Okay picked a Pippen as he
Passed the apple tree.
Again, she’s at the counter
Down in a village store,
Watching Pete count gumdrops
He always gave you more.
She lingers there a little while
To have him smile and say,
“Can I sell you something else?”
“Or, How’re your folks today?”
When I have marched on
With the years into eternity.
If I like “Pete,” with kindly
Mien can stir a memory
As mine is stirred this moment,
Then in celestial space,
My spirit will roam the ether
With a smile upon my face.
Now souls feel that memories
Are things that we attain
By hook or crook and managing
– exploiting worldly gain.
But I’ll achieve the highest rank
If on the hometown street,
The good folk say the good things
Said of Okey, known as “Pete.”
Respectfully dedicated to the memory of Okey Kennison, and submitted by Dolly K. Elligson, Washington, D. C.