Thursday, October 5, 1950
AIRPLANE WRECK
On Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock, Russell Eitzwiler and Dwight Blu-baugh, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, were flying a private plane from Mt. Vernon to Lynchburg, Virginia. They were flying over the mountains between Richwood and the Federal Prison Camp on Cranberry when they encountered a heavy bank of fog at an elevation of about 6,500 feet. In maneuvering to get out of the cloud, the flyers found themselves headed into treetops on Black Mountain which has an elevation of 4,509 feet.
Pilot Blubaugh stalled the engine and let the plane fall upon the treetops rather than smash into the mountainside. Though the machine broke into three pieces, the men escaped death or really serious injury.
They stayed in the plane until Sunday morning. They then outlined a course toward the south from the compass in the plane. After a long and painful way, they came to the National Forest Road on the North Fork of Cranberry, about four miles from the Forks. There the men were found by a guard from the federal prison. He went for conveyance and brought them to Marlinton to be treated and cared for at the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.
On Monday, State, County and Municipal police officers went into the Black Forest to locate the plane. By dint of expert woodcraft, the tracks of the men were followed into a dense jungle of spruce and laurel to locate it under thick cover of young spruce trees which had closed over the wreck. The plane was so torn up it is not likely to be taken out.
The place of the wreck was on the Horse Path Ridge between the Forks of Cranberry, well up on the North Fork side of the Big Flat.
Old timers will recognize the locality as the Big Loop or Half Way Camp.
FOOTBALL
Green Bank defeated Renick on the Renick home field by a score of 41 – 12. Those scoring touchdowns were Danny Nicely, Bruce Bosley, Don McLaughlin, William Sutton, Kenneth Shears. A sad note was added to the game when John Hevener, regular half back, was stricken with polio. He has been taken to Milton, and we are all hoping for his speedy recovery.
WEDDING
Wagner – Viers
On Saturday afternoon, September 30, 1950, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Viers, Miss June Marie Viers became the bride of Norman Edward Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wagner, all of Marlinton… Her only attendant was Mrs. Page Johnson, while Edward Keller served as best man for Mr. Wagner… After a motor trip to Texas and other southwestern states, the young couple will reside on Third Avenue in Marlinton.
Kessler – Sallows
Ray M. Kesler and Miss Marie Sallows were married in St. John’s Methodist Church in New Martinsville, on Friday, September 8, 1950. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Sallows, of Morgantown… The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kesler, of Clover Lick. He is a graduate of Marlinton High School and is a member of the senior class at West Virginia University. He had the rank of Master Sergeant and was a paratrooper in World War II. He saw service in Japan.
Kershner – Adkinson
The Old Stone Church at Lewisburg was the scene of the marriage of Lacy P. Kershner, son of Mrs. A. D. Kershner, of Droop Mountain, to Miss Lucille Adkinson, daughter of Ethel Adkinson, of Caldwell…
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Porter Lee Robinson, of Baltimore, Md., a daughter, Marilyn Sue.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William P. Shelton, of Slaty Fork, a daughter, Nancy Carol.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Junior McCarty, of Frost, a daughter, Bonnie Cheryl.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wesley Wright, of Renick, a son, Howard Harley.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Wilfong, of Droop, a daughter, Sharon Sue.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mack Junior Mann, a son.
DEATH
Winston Lacy Herold, aged 65 years, died at his home in Minnehaha Springs early Friday morning. He had been in ill health for many months. On Sunday afternoon, the funeral was held from the Marlinton Presbyterian Church with interment in the family plot in Mt. View Cemetery. The deceased was a son of the late Lanty W. and Laura Lockridge Herold… By occupation, Mr. Herold was a builder and contractor. In Religion, he belonged to the church of his fathers, the Presbyterian. He served as Ruling Elder, as did his father before him, of Westminster Church.
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George Ellis Reaves Smith died at his home at Seebert September 16, aged 75 years. Mr. Smith continued to be active in his home and around the neighborhood until Friday about noon when returning to the house from his work in the fields, he became seriously ill. He passed from labor to reward in the early morning hours on Saturday. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Smith. His mother passed away while he was still an infant, and he was reared by his grandmother, the late Margaret Renick, of this vicinity.
