Seventy-Five Years Ago

Thursday, August 24, 1950

FIRE AT FAIR

One of the horse stables at the Pocahontas County Fair was destroyed by fire Saturday night. Two cars parked near were burned up. One belonged to Lloyd Pennybacker and the other to Henry Hefner. A number of other cars were damaged by the heat.

THEY SENT IT IN

After your dog is eight years old, treat him as an old servant who has served you well and faithfully. Speak just a little more softly to him, let him take just a little more time getting upstairs, cut his food just a little more finely, as his tail wags heavily in appreciation, for that is much easier than for him to bound to you and leap up in joy as often as he was known to do. Have a thought in memory for the young years of serving he gave you without a whimper of regret. You’re his last hold on things earthly and you are still to him his god and the most important personage in the world. – West Virginia Hills and Streams

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Albert Curry got the surprise of his life the other day. He was repairing his front porch and pulled up a board. Quick as a flash, out popped the head of a rattlesnake, aiming to strike him. Mr. Curry soon had a dead snake. It was a cloth yard long, slender and lithe.

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Samuel Price Barlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Barlow, of Dunmore, was enlisted in the United States Navy for a period of four years August 8, 1950. Barlow is a graduate of Green Bank High School, and for the past few months has been employed on the state road as a truck driver.

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Navy Recruiting Officer W. C. Gillilan, now stationed in Elkins, was in Marlinton last Wednesday. From now on, he will be at our post office each Wednesday to meet any young man interested in joining the Navy. The Officer ranks as First Class Boiler Man. He has had nine years and six months service with nine years of it on sea duty. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cline Gillilan of Droop Mountain.

MRS. MOORE HONORED

A lovely surprise birthday party was given by Miss Collene Moore at her home honoring her mother, Mrs. Warren Moore.

The house was beautifully decorated with cut flowers. Games and contests were the features of the evening. Mrs. Moore received many lovely and useful gifts. Delicious refreshments were served to the following guests: Misses Ethel Barlow, Anna Lee Miller, Hazel Landis, Mabel Barlow, Mrs. Ernest Long, Mrs. Ray Bell, Mrs. Carl Nottingham, Mrs. Raymond Wiley, Mrs. S. B. Wilson, Mr. Homer Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dunbrack and daughter, Mary Lou, Mrs. Melvin Moore and children, Richard and Sue, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keene, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McLaughlin and sons, Billy and Gary, Mr. Warren Moore and daughter, Miss Louise Moore, Mr. W. M. Gordon and the honoree.

Those unable to attend but sending gifts were Mrs. Damon Landis, Mrs. Dennis Jackson, Mrs. Floyd Coffman and Miss Helen Astin.

MARRIED

Miss Peggy Jean Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coleman, of Mt. Hope, and James Samuel Brill, son of Mrs. Lura M. Brill, of Marlinton, and the late Ira D. Brill, were united in marriage Monday, August 21, at the home of the bride.

BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Orval Foe, of Cass, a son, William Kermit.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rene McLaughlin, of Huntersville, a son, Richard Rene.

DEATHS

Ambrose Hill Gibson, aged 75 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Waugh, in Dunmore August 17, 1950. Graveside service and burial in Oak Gove Cemetery.

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Hiram Jasper Barnes, aged 79 years, of Buckeye, died August 20, 1950. Burial on Tuesday afternoon in the Buckeye Cemetery at the Lower Church. Services by Rev. Denver Lively. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minta Barnes, and their daughter, Mrs. William Barrett. Mr. Barnes was a son of the late Hiram Jasper and Sarah Frances Neff Barnes.

BY HUMBLE WALK
There is no broad road down here
For weary feet to find
The great desired and long besought
The satisfying peace of mind.
There is a straight and narrow way
The feet of man may trod
And peace of heart will there be found
By a humble walk with God. – A. K. McLaughlin