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Obituaries
There was no visitation.
Henry P. Hill Jr. of Pataskara, Ohio;
Pallbearers were Robbie Adkins,
Jamy Ballard, Jim Grose, J. R• Gill,
Kevin Wills and Ryan Martin.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton•
ROBERT HARPER
Robert "Bob Harper, 70, of
Nimitz, formerly of Clifton Forge,
VA., died Saturday, Oct. 30, 1989, in
Morgantown hospital following a
short illness.
Born Dec. 5, 1928, at Sand Knob,
he was a son of the late William
Grover and Demma Irene Harner
Harper.
He lived the early part of his life
at Sand Knob and lived most of his
adult life at Clifton Forge, retiring
to Sand Knob in 1987.
Mr. Harper was a veteran of the
U. S. Navy and a retired supervisor
of work equipment for CSX Corp.
He was preceded in death by his
stepmother, Nellie Ona Harper, in
March 199; a sister, Edith Raines;
and two brothers, Walter E. and
Richard Lee Harper.
Survivors include hie wife, Peggy
Williams Harper; a daughter, Sherry
Harper-McCombs and her husband,
Kevin, of Carlisle, PA.; two
grandchildren, Demma
and Jules Robert Harper-
McCombs; two brothers, W. G. Bill"
Harper of Sand Knob and Jimmy
Harper and his wife, Connie, of
Shady Spring; four sisters, Gladys
McClure and her husband, Elmer,
of Charleston, Nita Williams and her
husband, Billo, of Jumping Branch,
Elaine Durrett of Sand Knob and
Peggy Montgomery and her
husband, M. T., of Hinton.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Tuesday, November 2nd. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with Pastor Sam Groves
officiating.
Burial followed in Harper Family
Cemetery, Sand Knob.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
THELMA & HARRIS
Thelma J. Harris, 67, of Hinton,
died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Friday, October 29th. at Shanldin
s by
Funeral Home, White Sulphur
Springs.
ALICE E. HILL
Alice E. Hill, 92, of Hinton, died
Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999, in .
Summers County hospital following
a short illness.
Born Dec. 25, 1906, in Dawkins,
S.C., she was the daughter of the
late Billy and Mattie Trapp Pearson.
Mrs. Hill, a Hinton resident for
61 years, was a homemaker and
member of Second Baptist Church,
Hinton. She was a cook for the
former C&O Railroad Co. restaurant
in Hinton and was renowned for her
baking skills. She baked fried apple
pies for many of the railroad w,,-kers
for many years and for,ed
friendships through her baking t.,at
endeared her to many in the Hinton
area.
She was preceded in death by her
first husband, Ben Brown; her
second husband, Henry Hill; and
three sons, John H., William P. and
Burleigh Brown.
Survivors include two sons,
George E. Brown of St. Albans and
11 grandchildren, 12 great-
grandchildren and six great-great-
grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a. m.
Wednesday at Pivont Funeral Home
Chapel, Hinton, with the Rev. ddie
Johnson officiating• Burial will
follow in Esquire Cemetery, near
Hinton.
Friends may call one hour before
services Wednesday at the funeral
home.
Family will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
MADELINE B. JONES
Madeline Bowyer Jones, 90, of
Hinton, died Monday, Oct. 25, 1999,
in a Hinton care home following a
long illness•
Born March 19, 1909, in Monroe
County, she was the daughter of the
late Edgar and Eller Miller.
Mrs. Jones lived most of her life
in Summers County and was a
homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her
first husband, Oel Bowyer, in June
1970; her second husband, Landon
Jones, in December 1997; three
sisters, Liz Clower, Myrtle Licker
and Nellie Gundersen; and four
brothers, Leonard, George, Harry
and Lee Miller.
Survivors include a brother,
Charlie Miller of Dunedin, Fla.; two
stepsons, Carroll Jones of Pence
Springs and Ralph Jones of Hilldale;
two stepdaughters, Dora Lee Ratliff
of Hinton and Marjorie Sykes of
Woodbridge, VA.; and several step
grandchildren, step great-
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
Thursday, October 28th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton. Burial followed in New
Hope Cemetery, Marie.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
PAIN of
Whiplash:
Whiplash is an injury caused
by a whipping movement of the
head. It may involve muscles,
nerves, blood vessels,
ligaments, tendons and the
brain itself. Symptoms include
Tension headaches,
migraines, dizziness, nausea,
spots before the eyes, pain or
stiffness of neck, numbness or
tingling in shoulders, arms and
hands.
These symptoms may
disappear 1-2 weeks after the
initial injury only to recur
months to years later often with
permanent complications such
as arthritis or disc
degeneration, Whiplash is
treatable. If you have had any
of the symptoms then you may
have a whiplash.
Call Dr. Lilly
Chiropractic
Physician in Hinton
for a consultation.
The initial consultation is
at no coat to you.
Call 466-3696.
Most Insurances accepted.
By Roy C. Long
manipulated the throttle bar
bringing engine 820 to life with a
powerful thrust.
Mr. Webber eased his train onto
the bridge intending to pick up
Williams and Cook on the far side.
There was apparently no reason not
to proceed because repair work had
been going on for several days under
traffic without any problems. It was
not to be this time. When the heavy
engine reached the middle span, it
gave away, plunging into the river
taking with it engineer Shorty
Webber and 13 bridge workers.
Webber and 6 bridge workers were
killed and 7 bridge workers were
rescued. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway officials rushed medical
assistance and extras forces to the
scene of the catastrophe
immediately. One of the employees
who was called to the wreck site was
my father, Clarence E. Long who had
been working for the C. & O. in the
Maintenance of Way Department
since 1906.
A list of those killed is as follows:
E. B. (Shorty) Webber, engineer,
married, Russell, KY.; Henry White,
about 50, bridge worker,
Guyandotte, W. VA.; Emmett Wood,
25, single, bridge worker, Talcott, W.
VA.; Charles Maddy, 39, married,
bridge worker, Talcott, W. VA.;
Charles Coyner, 23, single, bridge
worker, Teasy, W. VA.; J. G. Wheeler,
about 50, married, bridge worker,
Milton, W. VA.; J. W. Crawferd, 55,
widower, bridge worker, St. Albans,
W. VA.
The seven men who fell with the
bridge, but escaped death were as
follows:
Harry Stewart, Guyandotte,
ankle bruised; L. F. Wheeler,
bruised; James Ryals, suffering from
shock; Ed Murrell, cut and bruised;
Elmer Midkiff, Salt Rock, hand
broken; Howard Brown,
BRIDGE FALLS WITH
ENGINE, E. B. WEBBER
KILLED:
In the early morning hours of
Wednesday, January 1, 1913, Hinton
yard had completed classifying
manifest train No• 99 and sent the
call boy to the Y. M. C. A. to call the
crew to take the train west to
Russell, Kentucky.
No. 99 on this New Years Day was
assigned 'Mikado' engine No. 820.
The crew members were, engineer
E. B. (Shorty) Webber, fireman J. R.
Cook, conductor C. Love, head
brakeman A. Williams and rear
brakeman C. H. Via. The crew, all
Huntington Division employees,
gathered at their usual eating place
for a hearty breakfast before
reporting for duty at the yard office.
After receiving and reviewing their
switch list, they anticipated a good
day and was eager to complete their
assignment and return home with
their families for the holiday. The
hostler had already brought engine
820 from the pit to the ready track
and turned it over to engineer
Webbor and his fireman. Engineer
Webber satisfied himself the engine
was fully supplied with coal and
water. He checked the pipes from the
sand boxes, to be sure they would
spew their gravel in front of the
drive wheels when extra traction
was needed• The head brakeman
signaled Mr. Webber ahead and the
engine proceeded to the west end of
the yard and took its position on the
head end of No. 99's train. The air
was tested and the car department
employees having finished their
work, the" train was on it's way.
The trip was uneventful until
they approached the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway bridge over the
Guyandotte River near Huntington,
W. VA., where a flagman was
stationed protecting men working on
MARGARET C. MAJORS
Margaret C. Majors, 81, of Mesa,
AZ, died Sunday, October 17, 1999,
in Mesa following a short illness.
Born August 16, 1918, in Mt.
Hope, WV, she was the daughter of the bridge. Having been flagged to Guyandotte, bruised; East Legg,
the late H. N. and Verna Sutphin a stop, engineer Webber sounded his Guyandotte, bruised
tot, .,engmevhzstone long.follo, ! newnArv Tntl*
,t of M for e lasV", hrce ort bts wh,,as a H-rublished theiTiowin
four Mrs. Mars pously for his rear brakeman, to go " report from Huntingt:"V. VA:,
lived in Montgomery, AL and with a flag and protect the rear of under date January 2, 1913:
Charleston and Hintan, WV. Mrs. the train. He then climbed down off "Early this morning relatives of
Majors was a homemaker and a
member of the Word of Grace
Church in Mesa and the Mesa
Senior Center.
Mrs. Majors was preceded in
death by her husband, Jamem
Majors; a son, Gaylen "Sonny"
Comer, Jr.; three brothers; and two
sisters.
She is survived by a son, Norman
Allen "Buddy Comer, of Oakdale,
CA; one brother, George H. Allen and
wife Frances of Richmond, VA.; two
sisters, Rose Sampson of Princeton
and Barbara Simpson and husband
Jack of Hinton; four grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial Services were held
Friday, October 22, at Tempe
Mortuary in Tempe, AZ, with the
Rev. Ron Burton officiating. Mrs.
Majors' brother, George H. Allen,
delivered the eulogy.
Continued on page 5
the dead men began to arrive at the
Guyandotte bridge. W. B. Ritchie of
Hinton, P. C. Shepherd ofHinton, J.
E. Hedrick of Hinton and M. A.
Hedrick of Guyandotte, brother-in-
law of Charles Maddy of Talcott
were among the anxious watchers
this morning. G. P. Donovan of
Ronceverte, a brother-in-law and J.
E. Wood, of Ashland and S.M. Wood
a bridge worker, brothers of Emmett
Wood. Among the personal
mourners for Emmett Wood was also
foreman Meadows, beside whom the
young man lived and upon whom
Mr. Meadows says he looked as upon
a kinsman."
the engine with his long spout oil can
and proceeded to oil the engine
around while the train was being
delayed. This was a duty all good
engineers did at every opportunity.
Brakeman Williams approached
bridge foreman Rufus Meadows (a
Summers County native of Talcott,
W. VA.) who informed him they were
being held up due to a work train on
the bridge unloading material for his
work force. Brakeman Williams and
fireman Cook walked out onto the
bridge to observe the work being
performed and had completely
crossed the bridge when the flagman
signaled Mr. Webber to proceed•
Engineer Webber was anxious to be
on his way again and immediately
sounded his engine whistle five long
blasts which was a signal for the
rear brakeman to return to the
caboose. At 11:00 a. m., Mr. Webber
released the brakes and
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Letters will be edited for grammar,
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Editor, P. O. Box I000, Hinten, WV
25951.
With the passing of time, the
Guyandotte bridge collapse ranks as
one of the more serious accidents
the great Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway ever experienced. The
disaster happened more than 74
years ago and there is probably only
a few living who was working for the
C. & O. at the time. It remains vivid
however in the minds of us younger
men who heard the story from our
elders.
Letter to the Editor
Thanks For
Coverage
Dear Editor:
The Hinton Railroad Days
Committee would like to thank Fred
Long and the Hinton News for the
wonderful coverage during this
year's successful 1999 festival. We
appreciate the pictures, the articles
and your continued interest in this
great community event. We would
also like to thank the City of Hinton
for sponsoring this. event which
brought thousands of people to our
beautiful community. We appreciate
Mayor Leslie, members of Council
and especially the City of Hinton
maintenance workers who assisted
us in every way. Special thanks to
our hometown sweethearts, the
Hinton Area K.I.D.S., and their
Director Patty Jeffries who once
again, performed brilliantly. Jimmy
Costa and company entertained
multitudes in the Visitor Center and
a wonderful time was had by all. We
also appreciate the outpouring of
support we received from each and
everyone in our community and
county!
We also would like to thank the
Hinton Police Department,
Emergency Services Personnel and
Pipestem State Park for proving
shuttle service.
Sincerely, .... :
Dorothy Jeaoley, Membeit
Hinton Railroad Days Ctee '
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/ Road Service
,/'Unlocking Service
,/'General Motors Warranty Towing
,/Ford Motor Co. Warranty Towing
,/Light Mechanical Repairs
,/Free Storage first five days on
Police Tows
,/Roll-Back
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Summers Co. W. VA.
Historical Society will meet at 6:
P.M. on the second Tuesday, Nov.
9th. at the Dairy Queen in Hinton.
MEETING
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
Tues., Thurs. and Sat. at 8:00 P.M
at Ascension Episcopal Church
corner of 5th. and Temple Street.
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Christmas Open House
Friday Nov. 5 & Saturday Nov. 6
Cor. 3rd. Ave. & Temple St.
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Monday thru Sunday, Nov. 1 thru Nov. 14
Small $1.29 .................... reg. $1.89
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Large $2.15 .................... reg. $2.75
BREA KFA S T SPEClAL
• Waffles $1.75 Reg. $2.50 Pancakes $1.75 (3) Reg. $2.25
Country Ham Bis. 99˘ Reg. $1.39 Steak Bis. 99˘ Reg. $1.29
Chicken Bis. 99€ Reg. $1.39
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