Birds

Several sea gulls were observed on the river Saturday.

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Report comes from Charlie Carpenter that he saw a flock of geese heading south last week. I guess the blizzard made them think they had their timetable mixed up.

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Mr. and Mrs. John Bear had a Horned Lark at their bird feeder last week. These birds have little black tufts on their heads, hence the name ﾓHorned.ﾔ They are ground-loving birds, walk instead of hop, and have long back claws. The front of the head is pale yellow with a bar of black through the eyes and a distinctive black crescent or triangular patch on the upper chest. The upper parts are pinkish brown with white underneath.

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New Development

A method of making photographs of the bones and internal organs without X-ray equipment has been developed by General Motors Corporation physicists. Instead of using a high voltage tube as a source of penetrating radiation, the new method employs a short-lived, radioactive isotope of samarium, a rare metal. Although there are several isotopes of samarium, this one ﾖﾖ Sm - 153ﾖﾖ was not known to science until it was announced a year ago by Farno L. Green, General Motors senior research physicist, and his associates.

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Dr. C. Thomas Disney, G. M. Technical Center medical director, and physicist Willard D. Cheek and Gene Paul Graham are associated in the project. Mr. Graham is the son of Mrs. Lona Graham, of Mountain Grove, Virginia, who is now a nurse at Denmar State Hospital. He was an X-ray technician at one time in the Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.

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The Sm-153 and shielding materials weigh only 18 pounds and the new technique paves the way for making diagnostic photographers in remote locations where X-ray equipment is not available.

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Snow Damage

It was discovered Sunday morning that a heavy accumulation of snow on the roof of the kitchen and dining hall building of our 4-H Camp had caused it to collapse, resulting in its complete loss.

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This disaster was discovered by B. B. Beard, of Bartow, a member of the County 4-H Advancement Committee, during a routine check of the camp.

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An inspection of the situation at the camp Monday morning indicated that there was still as much as 30 inches of heavy snow on the north slope of many buildings. This snow is being removed to prevent further loss.

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Students

Miss Ann Campbell Hilleary, daughter of Mrs. Mary M. Hilleary, of Hillsboro, has pledged the Sigma Iota Chi Sorority at Morris Harvey College. Miss Hilleary is a graduate of Hillsboro High School and a freshman at Morris Harvey.

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Miss Julia Ann Lockridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lockridge, of Huntersville, was chosen Dairy Princess from four finalists to reign over the Ninth Annual Dairy Cattle Congress at the University Dairy Farm.

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Julia Ann is a member of Delta Gamma Sorority, Secretary of Freshman Events Committee, and a member of Home Economics and 4-H Club.

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William Price NcNeel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac McNeel, of Charleston, and grandson of Mrs. Calvin Price, made the Deanﾒs List at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, for the first semester.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓThe Miracle of The Hillsﾔ

Rex Reason ~ Nan Leslie

ﾓLast Train From Gun Hillﾔ

Kirk Douglas ~ Anthony Quinn

ﾓThe Buccaneerﾔ

Yul Brynner ~ Claire Bloom

ﾓRally Round The Flag Boysﾔ

Paul Newman ~ Joanne Woodward

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hill Pritt, od Droop, a daughter named Delores Ann.

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Vote

Next Thursday an election will be held to determine whether or not the citizens of Marlinton want a state liquor store here.

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Marlinton has not had a liquor store for about 12 years. Conditions in town became almost intolerable while the liquor store was here before. And there is no reason to believe it would be any different.

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As to the argument that the town would have so much more money, we find that in 1948 the town received $1376.61 in income from the store. That was more than used up in hiring an extra policeman that became necessary.

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As proved in other towns, a store does not end bootlegging, merely cuts down the profits. A store will be only a convenience for those who drink, and I, for one, am not going to make it easier for more people to get more whiskey.

Lake

Conservation Commissioner Warden Lane, State Senator Hans McCourt and Monongahela National Forest Supervisor E. M. Oliver were here last Friday to bring problems and facts about the Williams River Lake to the local people. The Marlinton Lions Club has been pushing this project and invited them here. The proposed lake will impound 170 acres of water and will require a 35-foot dam. Because of the large amount of water coming down Williams River at certain times of the year, the dam will have to have a cement core. The engineers have estimated the cost at $300,000 which will include the cost of roads, parking and picnic areas, and sanitary facilities. This makes the cost run about $1,765 per acre of water. The other large lakes built on the National Forest ﾖﾖ Spruce, Summit and Sherwood ﾖﾖﾠhave cost from $500 to $1,500 per acre of water, but Mr. Oliver and Dr. Lane both admitted that they were running out of sites where lakes could be built at that price.

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West Virginia stands 48th among the states in the amount of surface water and the Conservation Commission is naturally interested in increasing that through water impoundments. They purchased the Warner property on Williams River last year and of course are interested in further developments. Part of the money for that purchase was federal funds made available for waterfowl development.

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Several problems have to be solved before the project is put into operation. One of these concerns coal operations. The lake would not be built if there is likelihood of strip mining above it or mine drainage that would pollute water. Dr. Lane said he would check with Dr. Paul Price, State Geologist, concerning the coal deposits there and also the mineral rights on the National Forest land would be checked. The lake would take in about 120 acres of National Forest land. There is also some private land involved and he gave that job to local people to see about. And of course there is always the problem of money. This is the first year of an increase in price of hunting and fishing licenses and until this year is over the department doesnﾒt know whether they will have more or less money. The money from the National Forest Stamp doesnﾒt amount to a big amount like this and they have been spending their money on other lower cost projects that will bring more recreation possibilities to less development areas. But Dr. Lane and Senator McCourt felt sure the money could be obtained if the other obstacles were overcome.

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State Winners

Two Pocahontas County 4-H club members took top honors at the Ham and Bacon Sale and Show in Clarksburg last week. Carolyn Wenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wenger, of Arbovale, showed the Grand Champion Ham and Bill Shelton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Shelton, of Huntersville, had the Reserve Champion Ham.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓReturn of the Flyﾔ

Vincent Price

ﾓBandidoﾔ

Robert Mitchum ~ Ursula Thiess

ﾓYellowstone Kellyﾔ

Clint Walker ~ John Russell

ﾓSome Came Runningﾔ

Frank Sinatra ~ Dean Martin

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DEATHS

Mrs. Norma Drumheller, age 85, of Cass

Mrs. Mattie E. Auldridge, age 60, of Woodrow

Mrs. Laura Pleasant Dill, age 52, of Cass

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gladwell, of Hillsboro, a daughter named Jane Elizabeth

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Plamer, of Marlinton, a daughter named Lana Michelle

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Cutlip, Jr., of Marlinton, a daughter named Debra Merlene

More names of streams from The Pocahontas Times April 27, 1939

Until Adam Baxter put me straight, I had never associated the Robert Morris grants of land with Pocahontas County, for the big survey bore the name of the man who made it, to be transferred to Mr. Morris. Bearing to the east, the northern boundary line of this survey was with the Greenbrier Harrison County line where it crossed Williams River at the falls. At the James Sheets place on the Dutch Run survey called line for 18 miles to Eggholeﾒs land on the head of Spring Creek. Thence it went on to Cherry Tree Bottom. Eggholeﾒs land is a call on the county line between Greenbrier and Pocahontas.

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One of the calls on the survey is for the Buffalo Cow Pasture. This is a name which has passed out. As near as I could line out the old survey without taking time to work it out on topographical sheets ﾖﾖ which as usual were out of pocketﾖﾖ the Buffalo Pasture was the grassy glade country where Cowen is now.

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Cranberry, another big tributary of the Gauley, is called for the square mile of boggy terrain up on the head of the South or Glady Fork, where cranberries grow in profusion. Without looking the important matter up, I think I remember the botanists list two varieties here ﾖﾖ the mountain and the small berry. Anyway, the bog of cranberry is a piece of northern tundra left here in the mid Appalachians ﾖﾖﾠa remnant of the muddy time following the receding of the ice cap age. Spruce, northern hardwood, cotton grass, arctic moss (haircap), beaver bay, red backed Shrew, Hudson Bay sparrow and other flora and fauna of the far north country make these bogs the wonderland for those trained for scientific observation.

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Where Williams River got its name, I have never known for sure, I have been told it was for William Schimmerhorn, of New York, who financed the deal for land from the late Colonel Paul McNeel to settle a colony of Dutch people on back in the 1840s. This does not hold water worth a cent for the records show the name longﾠ before this. Then I have heard it was for William Day, early pioneer and settler, but my hazy recollection is that the Day who had the fort at Mill Point and for whom Days Mountain Run were called was named Charles. This, of course, calls up Charles Mountain; so I go aside to say I have heard this name is in honor of both Charles Kennison, early settler and Indian Scout and Charles Day.

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I have my own idea it might have been for William Ewing ﾖﾖ Swago Bill ﾖﾖ who owned land now the Williams. He bought this land, now the Moore place away back in the 1790s.

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Ham and Bacon Sale

The 12th Annual County Ham and Bacon Show and Sale was held last Thursday at the Marlinton High School.

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A total of 44 4-H boys and girls from the county have prepared 51 sugar cured and smoked hams, 10 unsmoked hams and 50 bacons for the show and sale, making this the largest ever held in the county.

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Those entering are as follows: Lucy Jane Gladwell, Roland Cutlip, Vivian Shue, Gary Hollandsworth and Sollie Workman, of Hillsboro; Ernie, David, Judy and Mike Shaw, Duane Sharp, Jim Johnson and Dan Gilmore, of Marlinton; Tucker Reynolds, of Slaty Fork; Tiney McComb, Henry, Jean and Phyllis Burr, John and Bill Shelton, Peggy and Linda Malcomb, Howard McLaughln, Lowell, Virginia, Alice and Wanda Underwood, of Huntersville; Karen Mullenax, of Boyer; Martha, Sam, Rose Marie and Edward Sheets, Danieth Coleman, Robert and Joyce Matheny and John Patterson, of Green Bank; Freddie Jacobs and Carloyn Wenger, Arbovale; Eugene Davis, of Cass; Roger Galford and Larry McLaughlin, of Dunmore; William Ray and Lonnie Armstrong, of Buckeye; Riger and Dolan Irvine and Rodney Gardner, of Clover Lick.

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Snow

Same story last Wednesday night and a little more Saturday morning. Now again Wednesday a heavy snow and no school. James Schaffer, at Seneca State Forest, keeps a record of rain and snowfall, and according to his records we have a total of 103 1/2 inches of snow so far this year; in November six inches, December 14 inches, January 10 /12 inches, February 31 inches and up to 36 inches in March.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓTall Strangerﾔ

Joel McCrea ~ Virginia Mayo

ﾓThe Rabbit Trapﾔ

Ernest Borgnine

ﾓAsk Any Girlﾔ

David Niven ~ Shirley McLaine

ﾓGidgetﾔ

Sandra Dee ~ James Darren

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DEATHS

Daniel Reese Hughes, age 23, of Bartow.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Loy Burgess, of Marlinton, a son named Charles Wayne.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sharp, of Marlinton, a son named Joe Elmer, Jr.

Born to Mr. ad Mrs. William King, of Cass, a son.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Dilley, Jr. of Marlinton, a son named William Everett.

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Census

A new edition of best-selling books will be published this year ﾖﾖ the 1960 census records. These heavy volumes will fill a five-foot shelf and will be eagerly awaited by business and government agencies.

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The primary reason for a census is to count the people in order to determine the number of representatives which each state may send to Congress. There will certainly be some adjustments and West Virginia stands likely to be adjusted. The first United States census was taken in 1790. The Constitution had been adopted in 1787 and provided that the enumeration should be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress and within every subsequent term of 10 years. It took a year-and-a-half to collect answers to the first census ﾖﾖ four-million people scattered from Georgia to Maine westward to the Mississippi. These four million included half- a- million slaves.

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The results of the first census were to be put up in two public places in each division, but this was later changed and today all information is held confidential by law. Every enumerator is under oath to keep confidential every item he records. Most of the information will be fed into huge electronic machines that will make completely impersonal totals.

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Car manufacturers, the clothing industry, home builders ﾖﾖ these and many others depend on information concerning income groups, number of people in different age groups, labor supply, distribution of people, types of homes, how they are heated, etc. The uses and users of census figures are endless.

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Careful planning is necessary to count all the people. Maps are prepared to show in detail the district each enumerator is to cover. Persons visiting those in the Armed Forces, abroad, on ships, in jail or prison ﾖﾖ all are counted. A special Transient Night is set so that on one certain night all enumerators throughout the country visit hotels, motels, rooming houses, bus, railway and train stations, airports, etc.

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This 18th Decennial Census will count approximately 45 times the count in 1790. They anticipate a population of 180 million.

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A new feature this year will be the advanced census form to be mailed to each household during March. This should be filled in carefully for every member of the household, and the enumerator will collect it when he calls. At every fourth household the enumerator will leave an additional blank for more detailed information.

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These facts, assembled, will give a picture of the people of the United States.

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Snow

Snow, snow and more snow. With the cold holding the snow of the week before on many roads, there just wasnﾒt room for more snow. But Wednesday night and Thursday came 13 to 17 inches more of it, and then the wind began to blow. On Friday more roads were closed than open, with 219 blocked by huge drifts between Lewisburg and Renick, hence no mail. No school Thursday through Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon there is still just one-way traffic between Slaty Fork and Elk Mountain. Jerico Road is blocked by a drift near Frank McLaughlinﾒs that is 40 feet deep and about 300 feet long; and at Dogtown above Woodrow the road is still blocked with a drift estimated 25 feet deep. The Beard Road was closed a couple of days, and on Back Mountain and other places in the upper part of the county bulldozers battled drifts 10-12 feet high. The continuing cold, with temperatures down to 22 below zero Tuesday, hampered the work.

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A snow-blowing machine has been promised by the District Road Office. Part of the difficulty had been that there just isnﾒt any place to push the snow.

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About two years ago we had a similar storm but the road workers seem to think this was a little worse.

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Basketball

Marlinton advanced to the finals of the Regional Tournament by defeating Sandstone 78 to 53 but lost to Rainelle on Tuesday by the score of 78 to 63.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓRaw Edgeﾔ

Rory Calhoun ~ Yvonne DeCarlo

ﾓThe Bowery Boys Meet the Monstersﾔ

Leo Gorcey ~ Huntz Hall

ﾓSay One For Meﾔ

Bing Crobsy ~ Debbie Reynolds

ﾓWarlockﾔ

Richard Widmark ~ Anthony Quinn

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DEATHS

Mrs. Josie R. McLaughlin, age 75, of Minnehaha Springs.

Rose A. Birchfield, age 57, of Frost.

Ira H. Irvine, age 84, of Edray.

BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. McManaman, of Mace, a daughter.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ryder, of Huntersville, a daughter named Cheryl Ann.

Farming for Better Living

The Monongahela Power Company was host at a steak dinner at Kellyﾒs Restaurant last week for Farming for Better Living County Council. This was in the form of a reward for 100 percent completion of County Projects the past year.

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At the business meeting following the dinner Paul Haddock was elected Chairman of the Council for the coming year; Clarence Sheets, retiring Chairman, was made Vice-Chairman, and Walter Jett and E. C. Daetwyler were re-elected Secretary and Treasurer.

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Harry Hockenberry made a report on the Regional meeting at Elkins where our county winners, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilfong, of Dunmore, received a $25 savings bond, as did Mr. and Mrs. Carlon Pritchard, of Dunmore, for recognition among the past county winners.

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About 14 additional farm families are needed to complete the organization for 1960. Better planning and better record keeping lead to better farm living.

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World Day of Prayer

On March 4, Christians around the world in each of thousands of hamlets, villages, towns and cities will be united in a day of prayer, feeling the great need fro Divine guidance in solving the problems confronting us today. Begun in the year 1887 by a small group of women, the day is now sponsored by the General Department of United Church Women of the Churches of Christ in the USA. It is interdenominational, interracial and a cordial invitation to all to take part in the services.

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Homemakers of Tomorrow

The 1960 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Hillsboro High School is Alma Mae Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Walker, of Hillsboro.

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Homemaker of Tomorrow at Green Bank High School is Betty Jeanne Gragg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gragg, of Durbin. She is president of the local Chapter of Future Homemakers of America and the Christian Brethren Youth Fellowship. She is vice-president of the Senior Class and a member or the Snack and Smack Club and the Drama Club. She plans to enter Glenville State College next fall and major in home economics.

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Basketball

Marlinton emerged victorious from the Sectional Tournament at Hillsboro last week by winning over Hillsboro 50 to 31 on Friday night, and over Green Bank 66 to 47 on Saturday night.

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Awards were presented as follows:

Best Cheerleading Section- Tie between Marlinton and Green Bank

Player Sportsmanship - Sherman Hill, Hillsboro

Best Foul Shot - Mac Copeland, Marlinton

Three Best Cheerleaders - Nancy Morgan, Marlinton; Maxie Rexrode, Green Bank; Sharon White, Hillsboro

Outstanding Player - Mac Copeland, Marlinton

All-Tournament Team- Henry Kershner, Hillsboro; George Cochran, Marlinton; Mac Copeland, Marlinton; Fred Hannah, Marlinton; Don Morgan, Marlinton; Joe Jackson, Green Bank; James Carpenter, Green Bank; and Tom Carpenter, Green Bank

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Marlinton will advance to the Regional Tournament at Rainelle. Members of Coach Farmerﾒs Marlinton squad, which won 20 out of 22 seasonal games, are George Cochran, Mac Copeland, Fred Hannah, Don Morgan, Bert Smith, Robert Hockenberry, Robert Galford, Lyle Campbell, Tiney McComb, Earl Allen, William Perry and Paul Workman; Managers, Wallace Burgess, Tim Jones and Charles Jones; Cheerleaders, Kay Sharp, Nancy Morgan, Jacoba Friel and Diane Harper.

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Birthday Party

Jimmie Calhoun was honored on his fourth birthday with a party February 26, given by his mother, Mrs. Charles Calhoun. Games were played and refreshments served to the following:

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Mr. and Mrs. James Rhea, Mrs. Gordon Dilley and Pam, W. G. and Mark; Mrs. Ralph Wiley and Andy and William Herman; Mrs. Robert Morgan and Mark; Maxine Galford, Dale and Mickie Pierce, Jimmie Dilley, Mrs. Sue Hollandsworth and Dale, Mike and Marzella; Krystal Hannah, Mrs. Herman Brown and Butch; Mrs. Harold Tracy and Dwayne and Sandy; Mrs. Forrest Rhea and Delayne and Dewayne, his sister, Linda and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun.

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Those sending gifts but unable to attend were: Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wilfong, Ed Rhea and Mrs. Howard Hamrick.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓThe Black Dakotasﾔ

Wanda Hendrix ~ Gary Merrill

ﾓGodﾒs Little Acreﾔ

Robert Ryan ~ Aldo Ray

ﾓThe Legend of Tom Dooleyﾔ

Michael Landon ~ Jo Morrow

ﾓIn Love and Warﾔ

Robert Wagner ~ Dana Wynter

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Homer Howell, of Durbin, a son named Timothy Wiseman.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ison Sharp, of Marlinton, a daughter named Frankie Jane.

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Evangelistic Services

Guest minister for the Marlinton Presbyterian Church Evangelistic Service is Rev. Leonard E. Woodward, the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Greenville, South Carolina.

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Mr. Woodward is the son of Presbyterian missionaries, Rev. and Mrs. Frank J. Woodward. He was born on Ocean Island, one of the Gilbert group in the South Pacific.

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He is married to the former Miss Agnes Whitestone, of Sylacanga, Alabama, and they have two children, Gertrude Camille, age 17, and Timothy Enfield, age 14.

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He received his early education at Stoney Brook, Long Island, New York, graduated from Davidson College in 1937 with a B. S. degree and had two years of graduate work at Emory University. He received the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, in 1943.

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Mr. Woodward served pastorates at: The First Presbyterian Church at Troy, Alabama, 1943-46; First Presbyterian Church at Hazard, Kentucky, 1946-48; and the United Presbyterian Church, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, 1948-57 prior to his moving to Greenville.

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As an Evangelistic minister, Mr. Woodward is well qualified. His missionary background and experience in the ﾓBible Belt of Southlandﾔ highly recommends him in any church. Seventeen years of actual service to his Lord has capably prepared him to proclaim the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Snow

Snow on top of snow the past week, with prospects of more. Snow and high winds broke the power line on Cheat Mountain last week causing most of the county to be without electricity. With high winds and low temperatures the snow continued to drift. No school Friday or Monday. On Sharpﾒs Knob snow was 30 inches deep on the level with eight foot drifts. High drifts on secondary roads kept many roads closed until Monday and kept the State Road crew busy.

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Students

Lowell T. Mouser, son of Rev. and Mrs. Fred Mouser, of Hillsboro, is one of 14 medical students at West Virginia University School of Medicine who earned scholastic averages of B or higher to win places on the first semester honor roll.

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Earning places on the first semester honor roll of the University School of Agriculture were Donald C. Mullenax, of Arbovale, with an average of 3.6 or higher; Z. Marshall Johnson and Robert L. Gay, of Marlinton, with an average of 3.3 to 3.59.

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Five Pocahontas County students made the deanﾒs academic list for the first semester at Glenville State College. Those listed were: Nancy Ellen Haddock, of Marlinton; Mary Margie Kramer, of Marlinton; Margaret Jane Ruckman, of Buckeye; Shirley Ann Orndorf, of Green Bank; and Anna Belle Sheets, of Green Bank.

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Eloise Ruckman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ruckman, of Buckeye, was initiated into the Xi Beta Tau social sorority, a local sorority at Glenville State College. Miss Ruckman is a freshman enrolled in the field of business.

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Larry Burns, son of Mr. ad Mrs. Fred Burns, will leave for six months active service in the United States Army.

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4-H Club News

ﾓThe Importance of Healthﾔ was the title of the talk given by Mrs. Jane Hamed at the Green Bank Merry Wigglers 4-H club meeting.ﾠ The meeting was held on Tuesday, February 16.

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Plans for a public meeting were discussed.ﾠ The entire community is to be invited, according to Kay Patterson, president.ﾠ The meeting will be held on March 15, at the Green Bank High School.

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Those present were Janet and Charlie Potts; Becky, Bobby and Anna Virginia Sheets; Larry and Beverly Taylor; Beverly Galford; Kay and Johnny Patterson; Danny Coleman; Joyce and Bob Matheny; Jean and Patricia Horner; Jane Taylor; Beverly and Lamar Wooddell. Becky Sheets, Reporter

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Basketball

Hillsboro 60 - Talcott 42

Green Bank 59 - Marlinton 51

Hillsboro 52 - Circleville 45

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓBorn to be Lovedﾔ

Carol Morris ~ Dick Kallman

ﾓThe Hard Manﾔ

Guy Madison

ﾓThe Angry Hillsﾔ

Stanley Baker ~ Elisabeth Mueller

ﾓHome Before Darkﾔ

Rhonda Fleming ~ Jean Simmons

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Burdette, of Huntersville, a son.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cook, of Mill Point, a daughter.

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Agricultural Award

The outstanding service which West Virginia banks have given the stateﾒs farmers, both through regular banking services and through special activities in the agricultural field, has received special recognition from the American Bankers Association, the national organization of the banking industry. This was in the form of the annual Agricultural Award which has been awarded to the West Virginia Bankers Association on behalf of the bankers of the State. W. A. Boone, President of the First National Bank, Ronceverte, is chairman of the State Committee on Agriculture.

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This award is given in recognition of the member bankﾒs efforts to provide extra service to the farming communities as a means of bringing about greater understanding and cooperation.

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Pocahontas Countyﾒs banks are always to be counted on to support every worthwhile endeavor to better the farming opportunities in the county. They both are sponsors of the Farming For Better Living Program, with liberal contributions; on alternating years each bank gives a $25 savings bond to the best Future Farmers of America orator; the First National Bank for several years has bought the prize-winning ham at the Ham and Bacon Show and given it to the 4-H Camp Committee for raising money, and the Bank of Marlinton gives every 4-H club member a 4-H record calendar; while the First National Bank gives calendars to FFA boys; they also give towards the awards at the 4-H Fair. In these and many other ways the local banks over the state are supporting organizations that give promise of better soil conservation and land management, better farm education and showing faith in the youth of our county.

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Farm News

A total of 10 high quality Choice Yearling and two-year-old Hereford bulls were purchased by county farmers at the ﾓCattlemenﾒs Capitalﾔ Bull Sale held last Friday in Winchester, Virginia.

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These bulls were purchased by the following farmers: J. Lewis Baber, Hillsboro; Julian F. Lockridge, Huntersville; Sherman and Robert Beard, Hillsboro; James Shisler, Huntersville; Howard Hevener, Arbovale; Dick McNeel, Hillsboro; Willie Sheets, Cass; Moffett McNeel, Jr., Hillsboro; and Allen Sharp, Marlinton.

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Over 200 head of bulls were consigned and sold in this sale from breeders throughout the Eastern United States, and those brought to Pocahontas County were selected from the top end of the consignment.

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ﾓBulls of the quality purchased are sure to improve the quality of cattle produced in Pocahontas County,ﾔ comments Walter E. Jett, County Agent, ﾓand those farmers buying these good bulls are to be congratulated.ﾔ

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Crippled Children Society

The Pocahontas Chapter of the West Virginia Crippled Children and Adults Society has been reactivated and work is being done to bring the help of this Society into the county. New officers are Mrs. Frank Callender, Green Bank, President; Maynard Dilley, Marlinton, Vice-President; and Mrs. J. M. Mallow, Marlinton, Secretary-Treasurer.

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Weather

This has been good groundhog weather. No school on Monday because of drifting snow. On Tuesday the thermometer registered zero in Marlinton but was six above on Williams River.

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Students

Thomas B. Feagans, of Hillsboro, earned a place on the deanﾒs honor roll of the West Virginia University School of Engineering, which has an enrollment of 1,110 students. Necessary to make the list, which included 69 students, is an average of B plus or above.

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Included on the deanﾒs list of Bob Jones University at Greenville, South Carolina, the first semester is Mrs. William DePierro, a senior in the School of Religion. Mrs. DePierro is the former Miss Lucy Deel, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Delbert Deel, of Marlinton.

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Basketball

Green Bank 70 - Crichton 53

Webster Springs 81 - Green Bank 58

Hillsboro 65 - Frankford 39

Marlinton 74 - White Sulphur 56

Marlinton 83 - Ronceverte 56

Green Bank 80 - Circleville 55

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Valentine Party

Nora Lou McNeel entertained with a Valentine Party on Friday night, February 12, 1960, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard NcNeel, near Hillsboro.ﾠ Decorations and refreshments carried out the Valentine theme.

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Guests were Nancy Lee Beard, Martha Irene Beard, Elizabeth McNeel, Carolyn Callison, Patricia Rose, Vicky Brannon, Danny Gladwell, Lawrence Workman, George Thomas Edgar, Tommy VanReenan, Billy Hall and P. G. White.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓWestboundﾔ

Randolph Scott ~ Virginia Mayo

ﾓBorn Recklessﾔ

Mamie Van Doren ~ Jeff Richards

ﾓHave Rocket, Will Travelﾔ

The Three Stooges

ﾓOnionheadﾔ

Andy Griffith ~ Felicia Farr

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DEATHS

Grantz D. Slaven, age 89, of Green Bank.

Ernest Barkley, age 79, of Durbin.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Buford Johnston, of Green Bank, a son named Ricky Lee.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Tracy, of Durbin, a daughter named Anita Dawn.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chocklett, of Dunmore, a daughter named Donna Lou.

Born to Chaplain and Mrs. Harold Thomas Elmore, formerly of Hillsboro, a son named Wesley Bryon.

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Missionary Coming

The Rev. Day Carper, Presbyterian missionary of Bakwanga, Belgian Congo, Africa, will visit the Oak Grove Church in Hillsboro. Mr. Carperﾒs church in Africa is near the worldﾒs largest diamond mine and the operators reluctantly agreed to let the couple come into that section. Twenty months later they built him a church which seats 600 and is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the world. Mr. Carper is a native of Lewisburg and is a member of Greenbrier Presbytery. His wife is a medical missionary.

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Scholarship

Bob Hockenberry, senior at Marlinton High School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hockenberry, has been awarded a four-year athletic scholarship to West Virginia University, where he will play football.

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Basketball

Marlinton 63 - Hillsboro 54

Marlinton 74 - Rupert 58

Green Bank 48 - Hillsboro 30

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Our Boy and Girls in Service

Brooks Barnette, of Clover Lick, and James E. Simmons, of Marlinton, recently enlisted in the Air Force and are stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

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Airman First Class and Mrs. Hershel A. Mullins, of Lackbourne A. F. B., Columbus, Ohio, spent the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Mullins at Frost. Pfc. Mullins just returned from Spain and the Azores Islands.

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Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Gum, of Green Bank, received word that their son, Sp 4 Kerth E. Gum, had completed his tour of overseas duty with the U. S. Army and had arrived at Fort Hamilton, New York, by plane, from Berlin, Germany.

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Basil E. McLaughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Basil McLaughlin, of Beard Heights, enlisted in the Army January 4 and is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Private Kyle T. Hause, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hause, of Buckeye, received his basic training and then more advanced training at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓRide Lonesomeﾔ

Randolph Scott ~ Karen Steele

ﾓKelly and Meﾔ

Van Johnson ~ Piper Laurie

ﾓDarby OﾒGill and the Little Peopleﾔ

Walt Disney

ﾓThe Hanging Treeﾔ

Gary Cooper ~ Maria Schell

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DEATHS

Mrs. Virginia Sue Jeffries, age 75, of Marlinton.

William Dowen Campbell, age 65, of Buckeye.

Jacob Leonard Jackson, of Mill Point.

Samuel Isaac Barlow, age 82, of Huntersville.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Hiner, a son named Andrew Harold.

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Boy Scouts 50th Anniversary

On February 8 the Boy Scouts of America will be 50-years-old. Scouters number about five million today, and by the end of this year it is estimated that at least 33 million Scouts and leaders will have taken part in the program since 1910. One article recently stated that the Scoutsﾒ Handbook for Boys is second only to the Holy Bible as the most widely printed and distributed book.

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Interest in scouting is growing in Pocahontas County; a new troop has been chartered, but more needs to be done.

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Pocahontas will soon indeed be scout conscious and we will be the focus of statewide attention, nationwide if plans materialize. This summer will mark the opening of what will be the finest scout camp in the east at Dilleyﾒs Mill Scout Reservation. And this week the West Virginia Centennial Commission put out itﾒs printed report for the Centennial Celebration which includes plans for a National Honor Boy Scout Camp, with Watoga State Park as its recommended location. Here would come Honor Scouts from each state for a two-week camp each year. If Pocahontas County can be a good host to all our visitors, our fame will go far and wide.

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Scout Dining Hall

W. A. Boone, vice president of the Buckskin Council, Boy Scouts of America, announced the awarding of a contract to Lewis Worlledge of Mt. Lookout, for construction of the combination Dining Hall and Recreation Center. The structure designed by Henry Elden and Associates of Charleston will be laminated wood arches containing seating space for 350 scouts. The area will also be used as activity and recreation center for activities during inclement weather. Completion date has been set for May 15, in ample time to serve the first group of campers. At the new group camp at Dilleyﾒs Mill near Watoga State Park in Pocahontas County, other permanent structures nearing completion are a Trading Post and a Health Lodge. Already completed is a lake at the camp site for swimming and water activities. Underground utility lines are also being installed. For camping, youth groups will pitch their tents on wood platforms that will be spotted throughout the wooded areas. The Boy Scout Council conducted a successful $250,000 camp improvement fund with a fundraising campaign last year.

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Names of Streams

Another name or two, Mrs. Wilma Beard, of Elkins, writes in to say that Hospital Run at Arbovale was so named because of wounded Indians that were there at an early date.

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Stamping Creek seems to have carried its name from being the stamping ground of the buffalo.

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Swago is an Indian name and as can best be learned probably comes from Oswego, a county in New York State.

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Over the Bridge

The new bridge was opened to traffic Monday and work was started tearing down the temporary bridge. Dr. N. R. Price, who has lived in Marlinton for 75 years - longer than anyone else here - made the first official trip across the new bridge. He was the first across the bridge in 1915.

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Basketball

Marlinton 56 - Green Bank 45

White Sulphur 66 - Hillsboro 53

Marlinton 74 - Ronceverte 70

Franklin 62 - Green Bank 44

Lewisburg 58 - Hillsboro 49

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓTarzanﾒs Greatest Adventureﾔ

Gordon Scott ~ Anthony Quayle

ﾓBowery To Bagdadﾔ

Leo Gorcey ~ Huntz Hall

ﾓAl Caponeﾔ

Rod Steiger

ﾓThe Sheriff of Fractured Jawﾔ

Kenneth More ~ Jayne Mansfield

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DEATHS

Mrs. Lula Edna Coppage Gentry, age 69, of Huntersville.

Eva B. Cochran Holley, of Mill Point.

F. L. Davis, of Campbelltown.

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crist, of Arbovale, a daughter named Betty Ann.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pugh, of Boyer, a daughter named Nancy Carol.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Fromhart, of Dunmore, a son.

Born to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Denmar, a son named John David.

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On the Level ...

by Leslie E. Montgomery

Work Unit Conservationistﾠ

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The tile ditching machine owned by the State Soil Conservation Committee arrived in Pocahontas County on November 19 with approximately 32,000 feet of tile scheduled to be installed. The machine has completed jobs for Raymond Shinaberry, Lee McLaughlin, Kermit Wyatt, Joe Fertig, Roy McLaughlin, Garfield Grimes and William Buckley. Two jobs remain to be completed for J. Lewis Barber and Denmar State Hospital.

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The machine also dug 2,000 feet of ditch for the installation of the Boy Scout Camp at Dilleyﾒs Mill. About 8,000 feet more will be necessary to complete the water system and sewage disposal.

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The dam at the Scout Camp is completed and is now full of water. This dam makes a pond with a 15.8 acre surface area. The designing and engineering assistance was furnished by the Soil Conservation Service.

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Dewey F. Sharp, District Supervisor of the Greenbrier Valley Conservation District, announced a temporary stop on the flood control retention dam being installed on the Zed Smith farm. He states that freezing, thawing and moisture content of the soil make it impossible to meet the compaction specifications during the winter months. He thinks construction will resume in early April.

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National Honor Society

Eleven Marlinton High School Juniors were initiated into the National Honor Society in a candlelighting ceremony in December. Members are chosen on the basis of scholarship, leadership, service and character. Those honored were:

Emmett Bailey, Lyle Campbell, Ann Eskridge, Evilene Friel, Virginia Gallaher, Hugh Jackson, Tiney McComb, Calvin Morgan, Kay Sharp, Lois Tennant, James Yeager, Jane Kay Michael and Patty Tyree.

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Basketball

Marlinton 75 - Lewisburg 58

Hillsboro 47 - Renick 32

White Sulphur 64 - Hillsboro 42

Marlinton 75 - Rupert 73

Hillsboro 56 - Frankford 47

Green Bank 53 - Webster Springs 53

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Celebrate 13th Birthday

Carla and Sharla Gladwell, the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gladwell, of Buckeye, celebrated their 13th birthday Saturday night with a ﾓTeen-Agers-Partyﾔ in the club room of the Buckeye schoolhouse.

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Dancing and party games were enjoyed by the following guests: Janice Bailey, Judy Bennett, Martha Kay Dilley, Nancy Harper, Carolyn Ann Rimel, Harriett Fay Waugh, Karen Colburn, Paula Beverage, Ernestine Small, Sue Ellen Welder, Brenda Kellison, Mary Lee Shafer, Patricia Jordan, Susie Jett, Vicki Moore, Sally Rose, Susan Yeager, Dwight Diller, Gary McElwee, Marvin Perry, Tommy Michael, Jimmy Shisler, Jimmy Martin, Bob Hively, Jimmy Taylor, Clarence Davis, Jr., Chipper Williams, Carman Sharp Jr., John Keeler, George Broce, and the hostesses, Sharla and Carla Gladwell.

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Chaperones were Mrs. Wayne Bailey, Mrs. James Shisler and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gladwell.

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ALPINE THEATRE

ﾓReprisalﾔ

Guy Madison ~ Felicia Farr

ﾓThe Party Crashersﾔ

Connie Stevens ~ Robert Driscoll

ﾓThe Big Circusﾔ

Victor Mature ~ Red Buttons

ﾓThe Diary of Ann Frankﾔ

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DEATHS

Mrs. W. C. Gentry, of Huntersville

Mrs. Rosa Adeline Addington, age 70, of Cass

William Patterson Evans, age 71, of Marlinton

Charles C. Beale, age 73, of Slaty Fork

George H. Overholt, age 89, formerly of Pocahontas County

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BIRTHS

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Shinaberry, of Huntersville, a son named Timothy Wayne

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