20 Years Ago
Week of November 3, 2005
Youth Tour WVU During 4-H Football Day
West Virginia University Mountaineer football isn’t the only program opening something new and exciting. Before the kickoff on Sept. 10, 4-H’ers from throughout West Virginia went to Morgantown to open new doors to view the world of opportunity available through higher education.
West Virginia 4-H Football Day kicked off in the Mountain lair for more than 400 youths from 28 counties. This year 13 individuals from Pendleton County attended the event.
Each year, WVU declares either a football game day or a basketball game day to be 4-H Day. The tradition not only attracts 4-H’ers to attend a WVU sporting event but also to learn about WVU and the opportunities provided by a college education.
Week of November 10, 2005
From Maine To California
Gary Rutherford passed through the county Monday on his way from Maine to California. Rutherford, 63, began his on-foot expedition on June 1 in Calais, ME, with his final destination set for San Ysidro, CA.
“I’ve always loved to walk,” Rutherford said. “This is a way to experience the country like few others have.”
Hunters Reminded Of Restrictions On Importing Cervid Carcasses
Hunters are reminded that Legislative Rule 58CSR63 places restrictions on the importance of cervid (e. g., deer and elk) carcasses and carcass parts into West Virginia from a state or province that has diagnosed chronic wasting disease. These importation restrictions also apply to deer and elk carcasses taken from captive cervid facilities in any state or province. The only exceptions are the meat from which all bones have been removed, the cape, the antlers and skull plate from which all meat or tissue has been removed, cervid canines, and finished taxidermy heads.
FES Receives School Supplies
On Aug. 27 and 29, members of the American Society of Military Comptrollers, located in Chantilly, VA, donated school supplies to Franklin Elementary School.
The Chantilly chapter sponsored FES as a result of one of their members meeting an FES student displaying good manners. She was impressed with this student’s manners and the way FES stressed good manners to their students.
The society furnished enough school supplies for more than 96 children, as well as supplemental classroom supplies.
50 Years Ago
Week of November 6, 1975
Are You A High Flu Risk?
Now that cooler breezes are blowing and the sneezes are growing, there’s no need to go rushing to your doctor for a flu shot… “unless”…
Public health authorities say the “unless” applies to you if you are in what’s known as a “high risk” group. This group is subject to a greater danger of serious complications or even death from influenza. Otherwise, you shouldn’t be panicked into insisting on an influenza injection.
The high risk group consists of people with chronic pulmonary disease and other chronic ailments. It also applies to older persons, especially those 65 or over.
Only about 10 to 15 percent of the people who should be getting flu shots receive them each year. High risk people should be immunized regardless of the amount of influenza expected.
The chronic lung diseases for which annual flu injection is recommended include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and tuberculosis. Other chronic disorders that put a patient in the high risk classification include heart disease, kidney ailments, and diabetes.
Muzzleloading Club Organized
Conservation officer Stephen Haines announced today the organization of a muzzleloading rifle club. Thirteen persons attended the organizational meeting October 31 in the Pendleton County Bank organization room. The new organization has been named Upper Potomac M. L. R. C.
Officers elected to guide the group the first year are Stephen Haines, president; Jed Conrad, vice president; and Paula Waggy, treasurer-scribe.
The purpose of the club is to share an enthusiasm for muzzleloading with each other, to assist each other in obtaining equipment and to participate in competition in this county and surrounding areas.
60 Years Ago
Week of November 11, 1965
Ikey’s Restaurant Here Goes Out of Business
Mr. and Mrs. Ikey Alt have closed Ikey’s Restaurant located in the Dyer Building on Main Street in Franklin and have gone out of business.
Alt announced yesterday that he has sold the restaurant equipment and fixtures to W. W. Waddy of Petersburg, and that he will not reopen the restaurant.
Area May Bring in $10,000,000 by 1970
SPRUCE KNOB SENECA ROCKS DEVELOPMENT AIRED
U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) got down to business last Friday night and gave an indication of what the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area will mean to the economy of Pendleton and Grant counties.
Byrd predicted that the newly established Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks Recreation Area would draw one million visitors by 1970, and 3 to 5 million yearly by the year 2000.
“Economic studies in areas similar to this,” Byrd stated, “have shown that one million visitor-days’ use brings in between $6,500,000 to $10,000,000. Three to five million visitors would bring in more than $32,000,000.”
Speaking in more general terms, Byrd said, “West Virginia has 905,000 acres of National Forest land, of which 175,000 acres lie within the Potomac River Basin—your land.
“These are great, unspoiled land areas with relatively light population, surrounded by communities, such as Petersburg, Moorefield, Franklin, Marlinton, White Sulphur Springs, Elkins, and many others.
70 Years Ago
Week of November 10, 1955
BEAR INTERRUPTS ARLEY MONGOLD’S CORN SHUCKING
Some hunters will walk all day for a shot at a black bear while others are content to shoot them in their own back yards. At least that is about the situation with Arley Mongold of Fort Seybert.
Mongold was shucking corn in a field near his home on Camp Run November 1 when his hound dogs jumped a 175-pound bear in the woods and chased it into the corn field where he was working.
As luck would have it, Mongold had his trusty shotgun with him, and after pumping six shots into the mad bruin, he finally gave up the fight. The first two shots were No. 6s, the second two were No. 4s, and he finally finished him off with two shots of buckshot.
This is the third bear that Mongold has killed. He said there is another one up on Sweedlin Mountain and if he knows what is good for him, he will stay out of my corn field.
EDITORIALS
Do We Need A Hospital – – –
In recent years the people in Pendleton County have witnessed the birth of a new era—an era in which life has become more pleasant, more satisfactory and more livable. They have seen electric power lines grow until they reach almost every home in the county. They have seen telephone service improve so that most people can talk with their neighbors without leaving their houses. Homes have been equipped with the latest of appliances, farms have been mechanized and automobiles and trucks have been acquired that provide the very best in transportation facilities.
While we have made great progress along many of the avenues of our struggle for better living conditions, in one respect, we have failed to make adequate provisions for our health. Lives are being lost and untold suffering is being endured each year because we have not provided adequately for times of emergency and times of sickness.
When hospital facilities are needed, the people of Pendleton County must still make the trip across the Shenandoah Mountain to Virginia, or across the Allegheny Mountains to Elkins, or drive the 70 miles to Keyser, or 100 miles to Cumberland, or go even further, just like we did a half-century ago. In this respect we have made no progress.
We have long been in need of hospital facilities here. A small hospital located in the county would have many advantages. It would make it more convenient and less expensive, not only for the patient, but also for members of the family and friends who wish to visit and be with the patient. It would make it much easier for local doctors to treat their patients and provide adequate care for them. Hospital facilities would make the county more attractive to industry and other types of development. In fact, it would be equal to a small industry itself because of the jobs it would provide and the money it would put into circulation.
There is a time for everything, and NOW is the time for the people of Pendleton County to consider the matter of providing hospital facilities for themselves. NOW is the time because there are more federal funds available for assistance to such a program now than will be available at a later date.
80 Years Ago
Week of November 9, 1945
FRANKLIN HI LIGHTS
Children Out of school
The war is over. The time has come to get the youth who dropped out for a war job back to school. Community leaders may: (1) Support local and state school officials in their efforts to keep youth in school. (2) Encourage young people you know to remain in school. (3) Lend your influence to the development of educational programs that will challenge and interest youth of your area. (4) Reconsider school attendance and child labor laws and their enforcement in your state. Use your influence to improve them.
Link With Destiny
“It is good to see the youngsters in the autumn sunshine trooping into schools, learning the old and dreaming of the new. As I watch them I reflect that what goes today into the making of their heart and will go tomorrow into making of American democracy. More than the atom bomb, more than big navy and far-flung army, more than world trade, the schools are the link between America and its destiny.” –Max Lerner
The Schoolhouse
The schoolhouse, like the flag, is a symbol of the democratic way of life. The American school system is teaching 30,000,000 young people the fundamentals of democracy—how to study, to acquire facts, to think for themselves, to decide issues by peaceful means and majority rule, to give and take, to be tolerant of other peoples’ ideas and customs, to appreciate basic human values, to assume responsibility for themselves and for others. Schools are the training ground for democratic citizenship.
NEW AUTOS First Come
Of the big three in the automobile field, Ford and General Motors already are turning out hundreds of cars per day, while Chrysler is finishing preparations for large productivity. Smaller manufacturers also are well on the road to substantial output.
With only labor difficulties threatening increased output, Ford presently is turning out 400 cars a day and hopes to up production to 2,000 a day by the end of the year.
In General Motors plants, current Chevrolet manufacture has totaled 500 a day, with a goal of 6,800 a day within a year; Pontiac 150 a day and 1,800 a day by February; Buick 100 a day and 1,800 a day by March 1; Oldsmobile 100 a day and 1,300 by March 1; and Cadillac 80 a day and 320 by next spring.
Among other manufacturers, Packard is turning out 50 cars a day with an objective of 8,000 by the end of 1945, and Hudson is producing 120 daily with a goal of 300,000 within the next year. Nash assembly is also underway.
Fly Fresh Produce To Winter Markets
Flying farm produce from sunny California to winter markets within 48 hours after harvest has proved a practical “dream,” a 90-day test, establishing the practicality of the plan.
Shoe Repair
You will find that prompt repairing keeps a new look on your shoes. Have lifts replaced before the heels are worn down, and the shoe resoled before the inner sole is worn. Have rips mended before they have a chance to spread.
