Editorial

Times Past

10 Years Ago Week of June 6, 2013   Manchin,  Dept. of Defense Brass  Visit Navy Base    by Joan Ashley   Sen. Joe Manchin “not speaking for anyone else,” considers the Sugar Grove Navy Base a wonderful site for a “wounded warrior” or military rehabilitation facility. “It’s my personal...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Be careful when driving because four-legged friends, fawns and bear cubs, are coming out on the roads. The small ones don’t react as fast as their mommas.  Residents can burn 24/7 now but make sure the area being burned is in a safe place. Make sure one...

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I Remember My School Days

I Remember My School Days As another school year comes to a close for students and teachers in Pendleton County, I think back and remember the beginning of my school days until the end. Twelve years seems like forever, but the person school is helping you become determines what you...

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Times Past

10 Years Ago Week of May 30, 2013 Dalen Field  Chosen for School  The Pendleton County Board of Education voted to proceed with exercising the option-to-purchase agreement signed with landowner John Dalen for the purchase of property near Main Street in the county seat for the construction of a new...

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Smith Creek / Friends Run

By Dave Ellis Another month is over, and a new one is starting. A good sign to see is the farmers are turning the ground over to plant. Some farmers have already cut their first hay fields. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins - Mary Mitchell,...

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Warner Sisters Respected by West Point Academy

Madeline Bessie Smith Shanholtz (Jan. 30, 1929 - Aug. 26,1985) was the daughter of Arlie Cameron and Mary Elizabeth Crummett Smith.  She was married to Virgil Stancer Shanholtz (Dec. 6, 1921 -  Feb. 25, 2005), son of Archie Wilber “Guy” and Mernie Virginia Kimble Shanholtz.  To this union their children...

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Sugar Grove

Homer Malcolm Simmons (Jan. 2, 1898 - March 21, 1981) married Phoebe Elizabeth Eye (May 19, 1902 - May 1, 1987).  To this union were added Burley Crawford, Helen Corrine, and Edwin Eugene.  Homer was the son of James Harvey (April 2, 1868 - June 29, 1940) and Lucinda Sybilla...

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