Observatory Tours

Beginning next week regular tours for visitors will be inaugurated at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Center at Green Bank. The tour will start in a lecture and exhibit room in the basement of the Karl Jansky Laboratory, where for 30 to 40 minutes slides will be shown and explanation made of the work there. Following this the telescopes will be visited.

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These lectures and tours will be conducted by Dr. Robert Fleischer, Professor of Astronomy at Rensselaer Institute in Troy, New York, who will be at the Observatory for the summer months.

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Retired

At the West Virginia Annual Conference held in Buchannon, the Rev. L. E. Saville retired from active duty as a minister of the Methodist Church.

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He was born and reared in Hampshire County, where he took an active part in church work. In 1932 he entered the Baltimore M. E. Conference and was appointed as assistant pastor of his home charge. In 1936 he was assigned to the Elk Garden Charge in Moorefield District where he served five years before coming to Minnehaha Springs in the Lewisburg District. After serving that Charge for 12 years he went to the Williamsburg Charge for five years, then back to Minnehaha Springs, for two more years.

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He and his wife are now residing in their new home at Frost.

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Our Boys and Girls in Service

Army Sgt. First Class William M. Helmick, Jr., recently graduated and received his wings as a paratrooper from the 82nd Divisionﾒs Jump School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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Army Private Jerry E. Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Kerr, of Green Bank, has graduated as a paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division's Jump School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, receiving his wings after completing four weeks of intensive ground and aerial training.

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Private Robert D. Wilt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Wilt, of Marlinton, is with the Eighth Infantry Divisionﾒs 23rd Transportation Company at Wiesbaden, Germany. A truck driver, he entered the Army last Juneﾠ and completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

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Graduating from the Eighth Infantry Division's Non-Commissioned Officer Academy in Baumholder, Germany, was acting Corporal Artenis A. Arbogast, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Arbogast, of Dunmore.

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He is a member of Headquarters of Battery, 28th Artillery, entered the Army in January, 1959; completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and arrived overseas last June.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓYellow Mountainﾔ

Lex Barker ~ Howard Duff

ﾓThe Last Mileﾔ

Mickey Rooney

ﾓUlyssesﾔ

Kirk Douglas ~ Silvana Mangano

ﾓThe H Manﾔ

ﾓThe Woman Eaterﾔ

DEATHS

Thomas E. Smith, Pocahontas Countyﾒs oldest citizen, age 100

Squire Joseph Riley, age 79, of Arbovale

William Hamilton Moyer, age 70, of Cass

Henry H. Starks, age 83, of Droop

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Everette Woodie, of Marlinton, a daughter named Evelyn Lorraine

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West Virginia Press

The West Virginia Press summer outing appeared to be highly successful and we think our county showed to be an advantage. The accommodations at Watoga were good, although some of the visitors thought they had made a mistake and gone to the North Pole the first night. The banquet served by the Methodist Women of Marlinton went off fine, and the members were graciously received and served at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Buckskin Scout Reservation. These are fine attractions to our county, ones we can be proud to show. Alfred Stern, speaking at the banquet, showed that plans for the Cenntennial are far advanced, and he seems like the kind of person to bring them to fruition.

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Newcomer

A newcomer to the county we missed back in the winter is William G. David, who is Superintendent of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, and who also took over Mr. Hertigﾒs job as signmaker. They have built a sign shop at Droop. Mr. Davis came from Clay County and has been with the Conservation Department only since last fall. He is an artist and promised us a painting of the Falls of Hills Creek to display at The Times Office. Mrs. Davis is the former Delores Love and they have four children, Jill, age 8, Joe 5, Joy 3, and Jeff 2.

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Buckskin Scout Reservation

It is ﾓBuckskin Scout Reservationﾔ and not Dilleyﾒs Mill Scout Reservation, so we learned last week. The officials there are having to break the habit by paying a dime every time the wrong name is spoken. But it is certainly a fine camp in a beautiful location and it officially opened June 11 with about 280 campers for the first period. Marlinton Scouts are there this week. The $56,000 dining and recreation hall, with kitchen, is completed and in use.

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 33, Marlinton, who are attending camp this week are: Senior Patrol Leader- Kenneth Dilley, Marvin Perry, Bobby Michael and Jimmy Dilley; Scribe- Wayne Harper; Quarter Master- Michael McMann; Assistant Patrol Leader- Bernard Dixon; Scouts- Larry Davis, Raymond Pryor, Eugene Simmons and Richard Moore; Assistant Scout Master- Clem Simmons; and Neighborhood Commissioner- Edward T. Stemple.

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More Bears

Two more sheep-killing bears were killed the last couple of weeks. Kyle Hannah has been losing sheep to a bear for several years and he called in Oscar Sharp and his dogs. The 225 pound bear was treed and killed on Gibsonﾒs Knob. Kyle Hannah, Sonny Shaw, Swain, Martin and Oscar Sharp made up the party.

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Last Thursday a big old ugly bear, short hind legs and long front legs, weighing about 225 pounds, was killed. This one had been killing sheep on the Wimer place on Ceasar Mountain. A big party from the Levels spread out. Oscarﾒs dogs treed the bear and Martin Sharp and Cassell Ryder killed it. One of the dogs, Steamboat, II, was badly bitten but seems to be recovering. The other dogs are Blackie, Little Blackie, Joe, Abner and Plotts. They thought this bear was the one also killing sheep around Woodrow but since then more sheep have been killed.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓBronco Busterﾔ

John Lund ~ Scott Brady

ﾓThe Son of Robin Hoodﾔ

ﾓThe Hound of the Baskervillesﾔ

Peter Cushing ~ Andre Morell

ﾓJoe Butterflyﾔ

Audie Murphy ~ George Nader

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DEATHS

Henry Tilmon Price, age 57, of Buckeye

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Wilfong, of Marlinton, a son named Kent Edward

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Underwood, of Clover Lick, a son named Lowell Thomas, Jr.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Shears, of Arbovale, a daughter named Vicky Lynn

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Bridge Dedication

The dedication of the bridge and street was highly successful, with a crowd estimated from 1000 to 1,500. The weather was fine, decorations of bunting gave a festive air, and the town maintenance men had washed the streets the night before while others slept.

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Mayor Dale Curry did a fine job as master of ceremonies. Governor Underwood, before cutting the ribbon, spoke of the pleasure of being in Pocahontas and, as always, happy to dedicate another new highway facility. Congressman Staggers expressed his pleasure in having had a part in securing federal funds for the project.

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Following is the informative part of the speech of Bobby A. Boaz, Executive Secretary representing the State Road Commission.

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The bridge we dedicate today is the result of countless hours of planning, designing and constructing. It is a project that has been badly needed for many years. I am sure all of you remember the old concrete arch structure with its narrow roadway. It was built back in 1915 by the Luten Bridge Company of Indiana. Frequent attempts were made to repair it over the years, but it finally became obvious that the old bridge had to be replaced.

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The project was first programmed by the Road Commission in April, 1956. Design work was begun by our Bridge Engineers. A shortage of funds prevented immediate construction until 1958 when it appeared that the project could be undertaken the following year. As a result, a public hearing was held at the City Building here in Marlinton on January 16, 1959. And the contract for construction was let to bids February 24. It was awarded to the low bidder, The Kyova Construction Company of Huntington, which began work shortly after that. The new bridge was first opened to traffic late last year. The bridge itself is 380 feet long, with 40 feet pavement and two sidewalks. The total length of the bridge and necessary approaches is 0.16 miles. Cost of the project is slightly more then $300,000 further proof, if any is needed, that this matter of road building is getting be be very expensive.

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The old bridge had to be removed and a temporary wooden bridge had to be constructed so traffic could be maintained. This also involved a short detour. These things which are always necessary for such improvements to be made are sometimes inconvenient and irksome for the people who live and travel in the area. But I am sure that today all that is forgotten, and that you will agree the inconvenience was worth it all. With the building of the new bridge, it was also possible to improve the grade and eliminate the bad dip that existed at the Marlinton end.

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4-H Dining Hall

During a meeting of the 4-H Advancement Committee and the Board of Trustees held last Thursday evening in Marlinton, the green light was given for construction of a Dining Hall at the 4-H Camp near Thornwood.

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The structure, to be built at an estimated cost of $7,500 will be of concrete block construction and will be two story in part. The plans drawn by Waldo Bell, Extension Engineer, provides for a kitchen and adequate storage space as well as a dining hall 26 feet wide and 84 feet long.

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ﾓThis is a huge undertaking,ﾔ observed Moffett McNeel, Jr., Chairman of the Advancement Committee, ﾓand will require the active support of the people of the county if it is to be accomplished. The adults of this county are urged to accept their citizenship responsibilities by their wholehearted cooperation to this effort,ﾔ he concluded.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓVice Raidﾔ

Mamie Van Doren ~ Richard Coogan

ﾓNight Passageﾔ

James Stewart ~ Audie Murphy

ﾓThe Nunﾒs Storyﾔ

Audrey Hepburn

ﾓThe Bridges of Toko-Riﾔ

Grace Kelly ~ William Holden

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. June Buzzard, of Huntersville, a daughter.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Copen, of Cass, a daughter named Wanda Sue.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Galford, of Dunmore, a daughter named Kay Ellen.

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Retiring

Two teachers with a total of 76 years of teaching service are retiring this year from Pocahontas County schools.

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Miss Roberta Dice Smith, of Hillsboro, taught one year in Rockingham, Virginia, after attending school at Southern Seminary. Then she returned to Hillsboro where she has taught 36 years in Hillsboro Graded School. She received her AB Degree from Marshall College. Miss Smith was selected as Teacher of the Year for Pocahontas County two years ago.

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Miss Ida Sue Choice has retired to her home in Roanoke, Virginia, after 39 years of teaching, three years in Greenbrier, one in Mercer and the remainder in Pocahontas County at Frank, Cass, Brownsburg and Marlinton, She graduated from Bluefield State College and earned her Masterﾒs Degree from West Virginia University in 1958.

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Brownsburg News

Mrs. Ida S. Choice, a former school teacher in Brownsburg, after retiring this year was honored with a surprise ﾓTeaﾔ in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kirk Davis.

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Mrs. Ethel Stewart, one of her former pupils, presented her with a gift from the community. She will long be remembered in this little community for her many efforts and endeavors which have enriched our churches, homes and communities.

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Outdoor Notes

A marauding bear was killed Saturday on Swago Creek by young Martin Sharp, 13, son of Oscar Sharp, one of the bear hunting twins. This sheep-killing bear has killed about $200 worth of sheep from Morris Friel in the last two week and they think it is the same bear that has been ranging among sheep flocks from above Mill Point to Woodrow and Stony Bottom for the last three or four years.

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The party was made up of Ira and Sherman Friel, Ralph Perry and son, Bill, and Oscar Sharp, and son, Martin. Knowing the bear would probably take off into Cranberry, they came in on the back side of Swago Knob, chased him down the hill and treed him right where he has been killing sheep, close to Morris Frielﾒs home.

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The bear weighed 175 pounds, but they say his big feet would fit a 500 pound bear. His frame was big but he was thin; they said he looked like a cow in the tree.

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Truck Safety Award

Presentation of awards to 21 companies featured the fourth annual safety round up in Charleston. The contest is sponsored by the West Virginia Motor Truck Association and Trailmobile, Inc.

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Ralph H. Burns, of Hillsboro, was the winner in the category of trucks traveling less than 250,000 miles annually and Burns Motor Freight, Marlinton, received a certificate for accidents ratio lower than average in its class.

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New Ministers

The annual Methodist Conference met at Buckannon last week and at the close on Sunday the assignment of ministers changed to Pocahontas County are as follows: Durbin - J. E. Stout; Green Bank- Paul Pepoon; Levelton- Paul Reigel; Minnehaha Springs- Howard McNeill.

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Among others are Quade Arbogast of Cheat Neck, L. E. Milem to Smoot, Richard Jarrett to Clarksburg, associate, Francis Gum to Leivasy, Virgil Shrader to Upper Tract, and Charles Potts to Peterstown.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓThe Big Nightﾔ

Randy Sparks ~ Venetia Stevenson

ﾓGunslingerﾔ

John Ireland

ﾓHappy Anniversaryﾔ

David Niven ~ Mitzi Gaynor

ﾓThat Kind of Womanﾔ

Sophia Loren ~ Tab Hunter

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DEATHS

James C. Harris, age 75, of Marlinton

Hunter W. Shinaberry, age 54, of Stony Bottom

James H. Varner, age 82, of Arbovale

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beverage, of Clover Lick, a son named Richard Keith

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hehe, Jr., of Marlinton, a daughter named Donna Elizabeth

Born to Mr. and Mrs. David Kincaid, of Marlinton a son named Larry David

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Company Coming -

Pocahontas will be host to a number of visitors next week so roll out the carpet. On Thursday the Governor will dedicate the new bridge, and other dignitaries will also be present. That same weekend the West Virginia Press Association will hold its annual summer outing at Watoga State Park. This will bring newspaper people from all over the state to our county and we hope that the friendliness and hospitality of our people will be made known to our guests.

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This is more of a vacation and less of a business meeting so the emphasis is on recreation. A tour of the Astronomy Center at Green Bank and the Sugar Grove Center in Pendleton County are on the program, also a visit to the new Scout Reservation at Dilleyﾒs Mill. So they will be out looking over the county.

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The awards dinner will be held at the Marlinton Methodist Church, because of the size of the crowd. Featured speaker will be Alfred Stern, the master-planner of the West Virginia Centennial Celebration.

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Wool Payments

With the deadline now past to apply for payments in the national wool program for the 1959 marketing year, a total of 1,130 Pocahontas County growers have applied, according to E. Ernest White of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office.

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Applications received throughout the country will now be used in computing the rate of payment, after which payments will be made to growers through their ASC offices.

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Under the wool program, payments are made at the percentage rate necessary to bring the national average farm price of wool up to 62 cents a pound, which is the announced incentive level. That percentage is applied to each growerﾒs marketings to calculate his payment. On unshorn lambs, payment is made at a rate based on the wool rate. For 1958, the payment rate was 70.3 percent for shorn wool and $1.02 per hundred weight on unshorn lambs.

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The purpose of the percentage method of payment, Mr. White points out, is to encourage growers to do the best possible job for marketing their clip. Payments under the wool program are made as an incentive to growers to bring about an increase in national wool protection.

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Weather

Cloudbursts and washouts were scattered over the county last Thursday and Friday. Several bridges were washed out in the upper end of the county, among other damage; Thursday evening in the Beard and Denmar area it poured rain from 6:30 - 9 p.m. and washed out fences and sections of roads. Great damage was reported to gardens in several areas.

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Garage Destroyed

Sunday at noon the garage building belonging to A. G. Killingsworth on the west side of the bridge was completely destroyed by fire. The garage was rented by E. McClure and some men were working on removing the gas tank from a truck when it fell and the gasoline ignited. The roof on Morganﾒs garage and another small building next to it were damaged.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓ4 D Manﾔ

Robert Lansing ~ Lee Meriwether

ﾓChief Crazy Horseﾔ

Victor Mature ~ Suzan Ball

ﾓEdge of Eternityﾔ

Cornel Wilde ~ Victoria Shaw

ﾓTeenagers from Outer Spaceﾔ

ﾓGigantisﾔ

DEATHS

Robert Lawrence McLaughlin, age 81, of Huntersville

Alva Lloyd Reed, age 89, of Marlinton

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Poage, of Buckeye, a daughter named Dreama Lee

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Vrable, of Marlinton, a daughter named Alison Mae

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Keep Pocahontas Clean

Another necessary step in keeping our county beautiful and clean was taken last week when the county court bought three acres of land from Maurice Wimer, in Little Levels District, for a dumping ground. On of the problems in cleaning up and keeping clean is a place to put the trash. The county court, consisting of B. B. Beard, Z. S. Smith and E. C. Sheets, has been working for more than a year to get community dumping grounds. Last year they purchased a tract in Green Bank District and now, after a long search to find a plot available they have secured one in Little Levels. The towns of Durbin and Marlinton have dumping areas, and progress is being made on securing one in Huntersville District.

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Recommendation for these public dumping grounds was made during a meeting of the ﾓKeep Pocahontas Beautifulﾔ committee last year, so we are beginning to see more results of a conscious effort to make our county more attractive.

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Honored

At a recent meeting of the South Charleston Chapter 131 of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rev. and Mrs. Harvey H. Orr were given a certificate of Life Membership in the Chapter in appreciation of services rendered through the years. The Orrs were members when they came from Malden to Marlinton in 1921 when Mr. Orr became a minister at the Marlinton Presbyterian Church.

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Commencement Honors

Receiving Golden Horseshoes at the Marlinton High School Commencement last week for a four-year average of 90 or higher were: Lois Friel, Jane Shinaberry, Hilda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Workman, Frances Harper, Jean Pyles, Audrey Fitzwater, Rebecca Wimer, Timothy Jones, Janice Schoolcraft, George Friel, Linda Burns, Joyce Circosta Underwood and Marie Goodwyn. When the final averages were calculated, it was found that Lois Friel and Jane Shinaberry tied for the highest average at 96.05, with Hilda Fitzgerald next with 95.79. Leading the seniors in were two juniors with the highest grades, Evilene Friel, 98.8 and Virginia Gallaher 98.3.

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The All-Around Sportsmanship award went to Lois Friel and Mac Copeland. The Danworth Foundation award was given to Hilda Fitzgerald and George Friel. Jerry Clifton was awarded the Loyalty Award for his loyalty to his FFA Chapter. Commerce certificates were earned by Wanda Gibson, Hilda Fitzgerald and Sue Ann Green.

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FFA News

The Marlinton FFA Chapter won first place in the Greenbrier Valley Soil Judging Contest held in Lewisburg. There were 10 teams competing from three counties. George Friel, of Marlinton, placed first and Hugh Jackson, also of Marlinton, placed second for the most points scored. The team was composed of George Friel, Jerry Clifton, Hugh Jackson and Duane Sharp. This makes two years in a row that Marlinton has won this honor.

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The seventh regular meeting of the Marlinton Chapter of Future Farmers of America was May 9 with the president George Friel presiding. Election of officers for the coming year are: President- Hugh Jackson; Vice-President- Lyle Campbell; Treasurer- Kenneth Slagle; Reporter- Brown McCarty; Sentinel- Robert Taylor; and Parliamentarian- Duane Sharp.

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Boy Scouts

Kenneth Ervine is the new Scout Master for Troop No. 33, Boy Scouts of America, Marlinton,. Clem Simmons resigned after eight years as Scout Master.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓFour Fast Gunsﾔ

James Craig ~ Martha Vickers

ﾓDarby OﾒGill and the Little Peopleﾔ

ﾓThe Devilﾒs Discipleﾔ

Burt Lancaster ~ Kirk Douglas

ﾓJohn Paul Jonesﾔ

Robert Stack ~ Marisa Pavan

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DEATHS

Joseph S. Hiner, age 79, of Marlinton.

Jennings E. Fulks, age 55, of Cass.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farmer, of Marlinton, a daughter named Rebecca Ann.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Long, of Marlinton, a son named Joseph Paul.

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Pearl Buck

Part Two of a two part series

Pearl Buck went to Japan to stay until the storm of revolution in China had blown over. When she returned, she found a manuscript which she had hidden away and which was actually the first book she had written. It was the biography of her mother, written after her motherﾒs death in 1921. It was intended for the family, not for publication, and it was not published until 1936, under the title ﾓThe Exile.ﾔ

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ﾓThe Good Earthﾔ was published in 1931. It won almost unanimous praise from critics and for 21 months it stood on the American List of ﾓbest sellers.ﾔ It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the best novel of its year by an American author. It was translated into more than 30 languages, including Chinese.

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Her largest single undertaking was the translation of one of Chinaﾒs most famous novels, ﾓShui Hu Chuan,ﾔ to which she gave the English title, ﾓAll Men Are Brothers.ﾔ This classic novel has 108 chief characters and as many more minor characters. The English text, consisting of about 600,000 words, represents an amount of research and sheer labor which would have discouraged any but a sincere and tireless scholar. Beginning in the autumn of 1927, she worked upon it almost daily forﾠ four and one half years.

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On June 11, 1935, Pearl married Richard J. Walsh, the president of the John Day Company and editor of Asia Magazine.

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They made their home on a dairy farm in the remote countryside of Pennsylvania, and had adopted five children. Her writing was done in an office at her home.

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In her next books she turned to biography. ﾓThe Exileﾔ and ﾓFighting Angelﾔ are the life stories of her own parents, true in every detail except that the names of the people are changed.

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In 1938 she received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and was first American woman to be honored. The award was made not for one book but for the body of her work. The citation for the award read, ﾓFor rich and genuine epic portrayals of Chinese peasant life, and for masterpieces of biography.ﾔ It is no secret that the two biographies turned the scale in the Academyﾒs final vote to choose this author for the highest honor given in the world of letters.

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In addition to an honorary degree from Yale University, the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters was given to her in June 1940, by the University of West Virginia, her native state. St. Lawrence University gave her the degree of Doctor of Letters in 1942. She also received , in 1942, the degree of Doctor of Laws from Howard University, in 1953 the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Lincoln University, and in 1954, the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the Womanﾒs Medical College of Philadelphia. She was elected, in 1950, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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She takes active part in work for retarded children. In 1950 she published a small book titled ﾓThe Child Who Never Grew,ﾔ which was the story of her own experience with her oldest daughter, whose mental growth was retarded for reasons which have never been discovered. This was written first as an article for the Ladies Home Journal, for the benefit of other retarded children and was widely reprinted.

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Her most recent activity, other than her own writing, has been the establishment in 1949 of Welcome House, Inc., and adoption agency, which funds permanent mixed Asian-American blood, chiefly in Pennsylvania, but across the continent as far as California. Friends join her in supporting this enterprise which they agree holds the promise of rearing American-born children, who because of their heritage from both sides of the world, may in the future become human bridges between East and West.

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Correction

In the May 5 edition the 1960 gradudating class should have been listed as the Cass Graded School not the Green Bank High School.

ALPNE THEATRE

ﾓThe Hangmanﾔ

Robert Taylor ~ Tina Louise

ﾓParis Playboysﾔ

Leo Gorcey ~ Huntz Hall

ﾓSleeping Beautyﾔ

Walt Disney

ﾓRio Bravoﾔ

John Wayne ~ Dean Martin

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DEATHS

Mrs. Della Ann McNeill, age 56, of Buckeye.

Samuel Paul Sharp, age 62, of Dunmore.

Quary Grimes, age 56, of Frost.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Max White, of Minnehaha Springs, a daughter named Pamela Elizabeth

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jordan, of Marlinton, a daughter named Debra Ann

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dean, of Hillsboro, a daughter named Dreama Kay

Born to Mr. ad Mrs. Charles Brown, of Marlinton, a daughter named Karen Ann

Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Nottingham, of Marlinton, a daughter named Cheryl Ann

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Ryder, of Marlinton, a son named Larry Edward

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Pearl Buck

Part One of a Two Part series

The Sydenstricker family came to America from Germany before the Revolutionary War. The Stulting family came from Holland somewhat later. Both left the old European countries in quest of religious freedom.

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Both settled in the south. The two families were united when the next to youngest of the seven Sydenstricker sons married the brilliant daughter of the Stultings. Immediately after their marriage in 1880, the young couple went to China as Southern Presbyterian missionaries.

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After 12 years spent in the interior of China, a period which included many hardships, and during which all but one of their children died of tropical diseases, they returned to America on a furlough in 1891. Thus it came about that one, and only one, of their children was born in the old family house at Hillsboro on June 26, 1892. They named her Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker.

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Within five months they were on their way back to China, taking the baby girl with them. Her childhood was spent in the historic city of Chinkaing.

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She learned to speak Chinese before English. The first storytelling influence upon her was her old Chinese nurse. The childﾒs father went on frequent journeys into remote parts, and brought back tales of his own adventures, some of which took him close to death. And her mother talked to her for long hours, mostly about her own childhood in West Virginia, so greatly different from all that the daughter knew.

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The mother herself taught the child and as she grew older insisted that she write something every week. Soon her mother began to send some of the little pieces to the Shanghai Mercury. There many of them were printed over the signature ﾓNovice.ﾔ

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When the child was nine-years-old, she was brought to the United States for the first time since her infancy.

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When she was 15 she went off to a boarding school in Shanghai, her first formal schooling, and at age 17 went home to America to enter Randolph-Macon College. She became a leader in college, and president of her class. She wrote for the college paper and in her senior year won two literary prizes.

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After graduation in 1914 she taught psychology at the college for one semester. Her mother fell ill, however; she returned to China, and cared for her mother until her recovery. She was married then to John Lessing Buck, a teacher of agriculture, and went to live in a town in North China. Here she lived for nearly five years, until she went to Nanking, and the memories of this region later became the basis of ﾓThe Good Earth.ﾔ

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She knew always that one day she would write but she did not yet feel ready to write. For more years she busied herself with the care of her home, her children, her parents and taught English literature in the University of Nanking and in the Southeastern and later in Chung Yang University. While her hands were occupied she was already framing stories in her mind.

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In 1925 she came to America and took up study at Cornell for her Masterﾒs Degree. Her dissertation was on the English essayists, and she won the Laura Messenger Prize in history on the subject, ﾓChina and the West.ﾔ

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On the ship bound for America in 1925, she wrote the story which grew into her first novel, ﾓEast Wind: West Wind.ﾔ This first book was published on April 10, 1930. It was a success. Before ﾓThe Good Earthﾔ was published, 10 months later, ﾓEast Wind: West Windﾔ was in its third printing.

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Earlier, however, she had written what was to have been her first novel. She had returned to China in the autumn of 1926. In March of 1927 the revolutionary soldiers entered Nanking looting and killing foreigners. The writer and her family barely escaped death. The manuscript of the novel was scattered to the winds when her house was looted.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓCircus Starsﾔ

ﾓRails Into Laramieﾔ

John Payne ~ Mari Blanchard

ﾓHound Dog Manﾔ

Carol Lynley ~ Stuart Whitman

ﾓThe Young Philadelphiansﾔ

Paul Newman

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DEATHS

Mrs. Florence Price Mann, age 83, of Marlinton.

Clyde J. Wagner, age 68, of Marlinton.

David Patrick Sullivan, age 78, of Jacox.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Friel, of Cass, a daughter named Mildred Darlene

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emery Prunty, of Marlinton, a daughter named Sara Elizabeth

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nottingham, of Dunmore, a daughter

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hannah, of Marlinton, a daughter

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Marlinton High School Class of 1960

Valedictorian - Lois Friel; Salutatorian - Jane Shinaberry

Buckeye- Dorothy Hause, Betty Patton, Janice Schoolcraft

Clover Lick - Robert Meeks, Joyce Circosta, Carolyn Shields

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Dunmore- Paul Kelley, Larry Sprouse

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Frost - Sue Ann Greene

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Huntersville - Earl Kelley, Sherman McLaughlin, William Shelton, Phyllis Burr, Peggy Malcomb, Frances Pyles

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Mace - Roy Jordan

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Marlinton- Robert Allen, Richard Barlow, Roy Beverage, Randall Biller, Charles Camper, Jerrell Clifton, George Cochran, McArthur Copeland, Alonzo Dean, Edmond Friel, George Friel, Daniel Gilmore, James Godwin, Earl Grimes, Fred Hannah, Robert Hockenberry, Donald Holland, James Johnson, Tim Jones, Earl Michael, Charles McCarty, James McComb, Douglas McGraw, Donald Morgan, Donald Morrison, Roy Sharp, William Sharpe, William Shifflett, Berton Smith, William Tyler, Oliver Wilfong, Jerry Withers, Gladys Biggs, Peggy Broyles, Louise Buckland, Linda Burns, Millicent Campbell, Helen Clutter, Carol Dilley, Marian Dilley, Hilda Fitzgerald, Lois Friel, Marie Goodwyn, Jo Ann Grimes, Frances Harper, Delores Hiner, Mary Catherine Johnson, Berta Kellison, Patricia Kellison, Kay Kershner, Charlotte Loudermilk, Judy Miller, Ernestine Perry, Jean Pyles, Jane Shinaberry, Margaret Small, Sallie Stewart, Loretta Townsend, Vonda VanReenan, Rebecca Wimer, Gertrude Workman, Charlotte Workman.

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Slaty Fork - Granvil Kramer, Audrey Fitzwater, Karen E. Galford, Thelma Shinaberry.

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Green Bank High School Class of 1960

Valedictorian - Karen Sue Kane; Salutatorian - Franklin Hickson

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Graduating class: Connie Blanchard, Lucy Brown, David Cain, Rose Circosta, Shirley Circosta, Ginger Dickenson, Constance Galford, Robert Hickson, Karen Kane, Norris Long, Danny Moss, Margaret Ray, Ronald Ray, Alvin Sharp, Patricia Tillman and Roberta White.

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Golden Horseshoe Winners

The winners in the Golden Horseshoe test in Pocahontas County were:

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Harriett Faye Waugh, a student in the Marlinton eighth grade, had the highest score for the county with a grade of 194. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Waugh.

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Second, third and fourth place winners, all students in the Marlinton eighth grade, were: Shirley Gallaher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gallaher, score 190; Martha Kay Dilley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Dilley, score 189; and Kenneth Job, score 187. Fifth place winner was Sara Ann Moore, student in the Durbin Elementary School, who had a score of 187.

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All five winners will attend the Golden Horseshoe Day exercises in Charleston.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓThe Tinglerﾔ

Vincent Price

ﾓBlack Horse Canyonﾔ

Joel McCrea ~ Mari Blanchard

ﾓA Hole in the Handﾔ

Frank Sinatra ~ Carolyn Ritter

ﾓCareerﾔ

Dean Martin ~ Shirley MacLaine

DEATHS

Mrs. Mary Daisy Smith, age 80, of Hillsboro.

Thomas J. Mason, age 80, of Williams River.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hamrick, of Cass, a daughter named Brenda Sue.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mikey Reed, of Clover Lick, a daughter named Patricia Ann.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Campbell, of Marlinton, a daughter named Cheryl Lynn.

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Fishing

The wonderful warm weather last week made getting out of doors a pleasure and an afternoon ride ended at the Edray Fish Hatchery. The fish in the pools were large and looked in fine shape William Evans, Superintendent, said that pre-season stocking was completed about April 20. Approximately 80,000 fish had been stocked from the Edray Hatchery. They are put out by pounds, 24,000 pounds of rainbows, which run 2.8 fish per pound; and 4,000 pounds of brook, which run 3.5 fish per pound. These are stocked in Greenbrier, Webster, Nicholas, with one load going to Wayne County. The southern part of the state is stocked from White Sulphur. Season stocking will continue until June.

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It takes two pounds of feed to raise a one pound trout and raising trout costs about 85 cents a pound. They are raising bigger and better fish today, and the cost has decreased from $1.22 in 1952 to the .85 today. The average size of trout raised in West Virginia ranks fourth in the nation.

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Today pellet feed is used exclusively for the second year. This feed produces more solid fish with a much better taste. Also there is less waste in feed.

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The Edray Hatchery produces 24 ton of fish a year, which is their maximum capacity, and is approximately one-third of the trout raised in the state. The mortality cost here is less than any other hatchery in the state.

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There are four state hatcheries Petersburg, Spring Run, both in Grant County, Ridge, at Berkeley Springs and Edray. Altogether they raised 142,000 pounds of trout last year and have an aim of 200,000 pounds. Spring Run is the largest, raising 43 tons. It is built to raise 50 ton. Spring Run, Mr. Evans says, has ideal fish-raising conditions. They have even water temperature year round whereas Edray has at least two months that the water goes to 45 degrees when no feeding is done, hence no growth in the fish. Feeding is dictated entirely by water conditions.

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Hillsboro FFA

Members of the Hillsboro FFA were honored at the FFA banquet last week.

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Top honor of Star Farmer went to Richard Burns, sonﾠ ofMr. and Mrs. Ralph Burns. He received a medal and $10 from the State Department of Agriculture. Other awards were: Soil and Water Conservation award, Bobby Joe Long; Dairy Farming, Curtis Pritt; Farm Mechanics, Wayne Kennison; Farm Electrification, Joe Smith; Chapter Poultry, Lonnie Cook; Farm and Home Improvement, Roland Cutlip; Public Speaking, Tommy Cook; Star Green Hand (outstanding first year member) was Charles VanReenan, and the honor of being chosen Chapter Sweetheart went to Peggy Ervin.

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George Clendenen, beloved retired custodian of the school, was made Honorary Member.

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Students

Miss Virginia Weber, daughter of John F. Weber, Jr., of Cass, was elected as editor of Beta Phi Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority of West Virginia University.

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A junior at the University, Miss Weber is next yearﾒs Editor-in-chief of the Daily Athenaeum, the college newspaper. She is a member of Dolphin, swimming honorary, and of Theta Sigma Phi, womanﾒs journalism honorary.

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Robert Lee Kelley, a student at West Virginia University, was presented with an award in The Fraternity of Alpha Zeta.

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Our Boys and Girls in Service

Airman First Class Carl Grimes, of the Air Force, has completed a tour of overseas duty in Okinawa and has returned to duty at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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Brooks W. Barnett, of Keesler Field, Mississippi, has begun his training in Electronics. He has received his First Stripe after three months of basic training.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓThe 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rockﾔ

Lou Costello

ﾓThe Rawhide Yearsﾔ

Tony Curtis ~ Colleen Miller

ﾓA Private Affairﾔ

Sal Mineo ~ Christine Carere

ﾓJack Webb .30ﾔ

Jack Webb

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DEATHS

Hudson Lynn Kincaid, age 67, of Minnehaha Springs

Joseph Uriah Vint, age 55, of Cass

Dr. Theodore Cooper, age 55, of Cass

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