4-H Camp

The 1960 Pocahontas County 4-H Encampment closed with the Awards Program at the last Council Circle on August 5. The camp was attended by 208 boys and girls.

The campers were divided into the four traditional Indian Tribes, The Mingo Tribe, with Frances Harper and Glenda Smith serving as Chief and Sagamore, placed first with the Seneca Tribe, led by Bill Tyler and Patsy Hevener, placing second; the Cherokee Tribe, led by David Shaw and Marcia Moore, placed third; and the Delaware Tribe led by Wilma Moore and Kay Patterson placed fourth.

The County Charting Program resulted in the following campers receiving 4-H pins: Kay Beard, Charlotte Workman, Patsy Hevener, Virginia Gallaher, Glenda Smith and Martha Sheets.

All first year campers, 62 in number, received a lucky penny.

For outstanding work within their tribes, the Tribal Loyalty felt monogram was presented to the following campers: Helena Taylor, Kay Sharp, Jacob Friel, Johnny Patterson, Donna McCutcheon, Sondra Nelson, Blix McNeill, James Galford, Karen Galford, Karen Mullenax, Joel Callison, Jerry Crowley, Virginia Gallaher, Charlotte Sharp, Sandy Rose, Danny Coleman, Lois Ann Barlow, Ruth Wymer, Patricia Horner, Vickie Sharp and Marvin Grogg.

The Green and White Disc was presented to the following outstanding campers who participated in all camp activities: Becky Blackhurst, Judy Shaw, Ray Byrd, Martha Sheets, Marcia Moore, Bessie Campbell, Charlotte Workman, Tiney McComb, Beth Kellogg, Bill Perry and Lamar Wooddell.

The Gold and Blue felt award given to outstanding campers who also have outstanding club records was awarded to: Rose Marie Sheets, Kay Patterson, Bill Shafer, Tony Byrd, Kay Beard, Frances Harper, Lucy Jane Gladwell, Wilma Moore and Bill Tyler.

The Special Green and White Leadership Award, the highest award that can be given and received in a county camp, was awarded to Julia Ann Lockridge and David Shaw.

Winning Judging Team

The Pocahontas County 4-H Livestock Judging Team judged its way to the State Championship at the State Fair.

The team, composed of Tiney McComb, Huntersville, Douglas Jett, Marlinton, James Johnson, Fairview, and Roger Galford, Dunmore, scored 1,182 points out of a possible 1,350 in defeating three Regional winning teams, Hardy County, score 1,109, Doddridge 1,033, and Wood, 1,016.

The high-scoring individual was Tiney McComb with 409 out of a possible 450, Jett was next with 397, Johnson third with 376, Galford, the alternate on the team, was fifth with 370, being beaten by Roger Kessel, of Hardy, who was fourth with 375. The team was coached by Walter Jett, County Agent, and Bud Prunty, Assistant County Agent.

The win this year marks the 15th time in the past 10 years that a Pocahontas County 4-H Livestock Team has won the State Championship, and the 1958 team was the national winner.

ALPINE THEATRE

“The Angry Red Planet”

Gerald Mohr ~ Nora Hayden

“Smoke Signal”

Dana Andrews ~ Piper Laurie

“Babette Goes to War”

Brigitte Bardot

DEATHS

Mrs. Mary Rebecca Beverage, age 72, of Jacox

Mrs. Mattie A. Buzzard Burns, age 72, of Frost

Mrs. Lula May Burner Blackhurst, age 90, of Cass

Mrs. Ocie Ruth Seiler, age 72, of Bartow

BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emery E. Anderson, Jr., of Marlinton, a son named Brian Matthew

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown Miller, of Dunmore, a son

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Howell, of Durbin, a son named William Nelson

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Simmons, of Boyer, a son named Dennis Calvin