From the Desk of

Mrs. Jane Price Sharp

Names of Creeks

Another interesting name is Chickenhouse Run, out Watoga way.  There seems to be a difference of opinion on the source of this name.  There was an early settler from New England by the name of Chickener, who was buried on Chickenhouse Run.  Also, there is the story of a cock pit being maintained there when cock fighting was popular in the early 1800s.  This was a convenient place half way between Huntersville and The Levels.  Another story is to the effect that a trapper penned a loud crowing rooster on the ridge to attract wolves, foxes and wildcats to his traps.  And a third story says the name was given because the thick pine forest was the gathering place for wild turkeys, pigeons and crows to roost.

Another run in this section is Island Lick Run, named for the salt lick on a strand of the Greenbrier River.

There are four Laurel Runs, two Laurel Creeks and a Little Laurel Creek in Pocahontas.  Laurel Run in Watoga Park is eight miles long and longer than many full-fledged creeks.  There is Laurel Creek at Rimel and Laurel and Little Laurel on  Williams River.  Laurel Runs are near Clover Lick and in Watoga going into the Greenbrier and at Slaty Fork and Hills Creek.

Seneca and Watoga Lakes Reclaimed

Two state-owned lakes were drained and reclaimed by the Conservation Commission’s fish division in October in order to improve next year’s fishing according to Richard W. Wahl, assistant fish chief.  Watoga Lake, at Watoga State Park, was drained during the first week of the month,  When drained, the 12-acre lake yielded only three nice bass, a couple dozen small bass, about 150 small crappies and several thousand small bluegills.  The lake is to be restocked with bass early next spring, Wahl said.

Seneca Lake, a four-acre impoundment on Seneca State Forest, was drained during the last week of October.  Five small trout were picked up together with about 50,000 green sunfish.  As it was done with Watoga Lake, all tributary streams above the lake were treated with rotenone to eliminate any fish that might recontaminate the impoundment.  Wahl said that Seneca Lake will be restocked with bass to provide year-round fishing.  Also, trout will be stocked in the spring.

Wedding

The Marlinton Methodist Church was the scene for the wedding of Miss Roberta Lee Miller and Beverly Stephen Smith on Sunday, December 26, 1959, at four o’clock in the afternoon.  The Rev. Herbert Pennington, pastor of the church, officiated at the double ring ceremony.  The church was decorated with baskets of white gladiola and greenery and a seven-branched candelabra.  Mrs. Frank E. Johnson, organist, presented a program of nuptial music preceding the ceremony.

Births

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sharp, of Buckeye, a son, named Ricky Lynn.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Callison, of Hillsboro, a daughter, named Jacqueline Annette.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Turner, of Cass, a son, named Thomas Wayne.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, of Dunmore, a daughter, named Christine Marie.




Deaths

Mrs. Peachie Nellie Jane Totten, age 93, formerly of Renick.
Gilbert Claiborne Kellison, age 34, of Hillsboro

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