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Letter to the Editor
Extends
Appreciation
Dear Editor:
The Talcett SchoolAdopt-A-Child
for Christmas Committee wishes to
extend our heartfelt appreciation to
you for your generous contribution.
We were able to provide Christmas
for 80 children that represented 39
families. It is indeed a joy to witness
the appreciativq attitude of the
parents for the service you have
allowed us to undertake.
against your fellow Christian.
9) Thou shalt not forget you are
servants for the people.
10) Thou shalt not forget the Lord
God father, Jesus son, the holy spirit
and mother Mary of God as thy self.
Note: The movie Ghosts, starring
Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore,
graphically depicts persons in black
robes dragging murderers into the
depths of hell.
Folks: The Buck stops when the
electorate are in the polling booth
and when our last breath takes
place.
We should pray that our Public
Mike, Karla, and I enjoy seeing servants conduct themselves and do
the clothing worn by the children what is morally right. Otherwise
when they return to school• You
should see the excitement on their
faces when they talk about what
they got for Christmas. Your heart
and soul should be strongly warmed
by knowing you had a help in
spreading joy to these children.
Remember ... "Little Is Much
When God Is In It." Let us thank
God daily for His continued blessing
and allowing us to pass these
they should resign.
Don't kid yourself we will all
answer to a higher authority after
we draw our last breath. I will have
comments about Our Mother,
"Queen Of America" that is one of
her titles in a future letter. I
welcome your comments.
Sincerely yours,
Charles A Maxant
P. O. Box 434, Hinton
RAIL'ROAD
RECOLLECTIONS
By Roy C. Long
BIG BENDTUNNEL: obstruction, the shock caused
A very big obstacle to overcome another mass of material to come
in construction of the Chesapeake down burying engineer Alexander
and Ohio Railway between CliRon Wilkinson and fireman C. C.
Forge, VA., and Hinton, W. VA., was Roadcap. Mr. Wilkinson was carried
the tunneling of mountains at many out badly injured but Mr. Redcap
locations. One of the largest was the wasn't found until daylight. When
mile and one-fourth .long Big Bend found he was sitting on the seat box
Tunnel through Big Bend Mountain. dead• With this cave-in and those
The tunnel, constructed by a following, temporary repairs were
Virginia contractor, William R. made but nothing of a permanent
Johnson, was started in 1870 and nature.
completed in 1872• In its Stlnmer Cm.,nt) Prosecuting
construction, two shafts were drilled Attorny, Mr• Elhert Fowler became
from above which allowed forces to very concerned for the safety of the
work in both directions from each traveling public and railroad
shaft. The shafts were also used to employees because of the freqeuncy
carry out the rocks and dirt as it was of accidents and attempted to
brought down. The tunnel was bored negotiate with C. & O. officials to
from six different faces and when have the dangerous situation
they 'drilled though,' it was a little corrected but met stiff opposition
off the engineers plans causing a from Mr. W. B. Ryder, General
slight curve near the east end. We Superintendent of the C. & O.
remember riding westward between Clifton Forge and
passenger trains through the tunnel Huntington.
when the change of air pressure In March 1883, Big Bend Tunnel
would cause your ears to pop and caved in again due to the decayed
you could feel the sway of the car as wooden arching giving away. A
it went into the small curve• freight train ran into the obstruction
The tunnel, named "Great Bend killing the engineer, fireman and
Tunnel," was originally arched with head brakeman.
wooden timbers. For several years ProsecutingAttorney Fowler, said
the arching did its job but with time, because he hadn't been more forceful
aided by dampness, the timbers earlier, had the tunnel condemned
began to rot and decay causing dirt and forced the railway company to
and rocks to fall on the track., take out the old maternal and re-
Several accidents within the arch it with brick in a condition for
darkness of the tunnel caused injury safety to the public as well as the
to several employees, employed of the company. General
It was on the night of Monday, Superintendent Ryder became very
August 9, 1875, a freight train incensed by Mr. Fowler's action. He,
coming west, when about the center Mr. Ryder, was exceedingly
of Big Bend Tunnel, ran into a mass unpopular in Summers County and
of rock and dirt that had caved in even went so far as to try to control
from above. When the engine hit the the selections, especially that of
RAHALL REPORT
50 YEARS OF
Prosecuting Attorney, Ryder's
services for the railway company
were soon afterward dispensed with,
in other words, he was fired.
On the other hand, Elbert Fowler
was very popular but a
disagreement between he and
Attorney J. S. Thompson had
created unfriendly terms between
the two. On March 12, 1885, as Mr.
Fowler was returning to the
courthouse after lunch, met Mr.
Thompson on Second Avenue in
Hinton when Thompson drew a gun
and fired five shots at Fowler. Two
bullets hit his leg breaking the bone
in two places: Doctors wanted to
amputate the leg but Mr. Fowler
TIRELESS WORK
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Letter to the •Editor
The Ten
Commandments
Dear Editor:
For appointed and elected Public
Officials and employees.
1) Thou shall not treat thy
neighbor with contempt or rancor.
(Christian like).
2) Thou shalt not steal.
3) Thou shalt not forget to
represent the people, not represent
special interests: (the good old boys).
4) Thou shalt not forget, that we
are, By the people, with the people
and for the people.
5) Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor.
6) Thou shalt not bear false
witnesses against thy neighbor.
7) Thou shalt not subject the
taxpayers to your own personal gain.
(see #2).
8) Thou shalt not discriminate
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Bartmess has been named" to the
Dean's List at Shepherd College for
the fall semester.
To be eligible for the Dean's List,
a student must maintain a 3.4 grade
point average for the semester and
carry at least 15 hours of course
work or be in a professional block,
COMMUNITY WELLNESS
CENTER SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF
DECEMBER 29th.
Yoga 8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Monday-Friday.
Tae-Bo Monday, Wednesday
starting at 5:00 P.M., starting
Saturday at 9:00 A.M. Come exercise
with me.
The Summers County
Community Wellness Center at 221
Temple Street in Hinton is happy to
invite all Summers Counties to come
exercise, at no cost to themselves,
anytime from 8:00 A.M. - Monday -
Friday and from 8:00 A.M. - 10:00
A.M. on Saturday. All Summers
Countians are invited to come to the
Wellness Center and get well, stay
well, and be safe. Plenty of water
and coffee provided for everyone. See
rou there soon, I hope.
LETTERS POLICY
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
accepted from the same writer.
Preference will be given to letters Of
300 words or less. Longer letters
may be shortened or rejected•
Letters must be signed and must
include an address and phone
number. The telephone number will
not be published. Letters will be
edited for grammar, spelling, taste,
syntax, and libel. Names will not be
withheld.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinten, WV
25951.
Senior Senator's service to the
people of West Virginia in the United
States Congress.
Words from Winston Churchill,
fittingly summarize the defining
nature of Senator Robert C. Byrd's
tireless work the on behalf of the
State of West Virginia, our Nation,
and of course, our federal
Constitution• Churchill said,
"Success is not final, failure is not
fatal: it is the courage to continue
that counts•"
Senator Byrd has seen success.
He has never lost an election. But
Robert C. Byrd does not measure
success by personal standards, but
by the public good. He does not seek
• success, only to serve. And through
his service, West Virginians have
prospered, America has been
strengthened, the Congress has
been ennobled, and the Constitution
secured. Failure has been rare and
momentary, but always used as a
catapult to advance the next charge
for the cause of the day. It is common
to celebrate milestones in the
Nation's Capital of Washington, DC,
but tenure no matter the length is
temporary. What matters, what
measures the man is not the number
of terms, but the depth of his
determination, not the years, but the
heights of his horizons, and not one
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By this measure, Robert C. Byrd's
record can never be out done.
Senator Byrd's work" is built on
another unionthe lifelong
commitment that he has for a people
and a state.
Senator Byrd's vision and
abilities are unparalleled. His
personal life and his public service
embrace the same principles:
diligent work, constant
improvement, unwavering
commitment, unswerving honesty,
and an overarching sense of history.
Senator Byrd has worked as a
legislative craftsman,
parliamentarian extraordinaire,
skillful architect, master builder,
visionary, dreamer, and doer. From
teacher, scholar, mentor, leader,
author, historian, and diplomat,
Senator Byrd has borne many
mantles through his public service
to West Virginians. But the one of
which he is most proud, and perhaps
cherishes the most, is that of being
a West Virginian.
He has been a mentor to me, a
pillar of strength for West Virginia,
and a voice of reason for the Nation.
After five decades of service in
Congress, his work is not yet done.
The West Virginian of the Past
Century is positioned to usher us
into a new era. And, as before he is
leading the way.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING .
JANUARY 29th. 1O:3O a.
1. Roll Call t:
2. Invocation/Pledge ofAllegiar.
3. Approval of Agenda "
4. Approval of Minutes
5. Recognition of Teacher
6. Approval of Appalachiar
Service Project Use of Talcot
Elementary School
7. Explusion Hearing
8. Personnel
9. Approve Employment o:
Professional Teacher
10. Approve Resignation of Co.a[
11. Approve Policy "
• ,
12. Approve Policy for Rewew
13. Approve Out of Count}
Transfer "
14. Approve Business for SchOpl
to Work
15. Set Date/Time for February
Meeting(s)
16. Information Item(s)
• 17. Approval of Bills
18. Transfers and Supplementsl
19. Adjournment
wouldn't allow it, blood poisoning set
in and he died two days after he
finally let them amputate but he
had waited too long. Two trials were
held. The first ended in a hung jury.
Thompson was acquitted in the
second trial.
There is much history connected
with the tunnels, Hilldale, Lowell
and Talcott and complete books
could be written about each. The
Hinton Daily News, exact date
unknown but sometime in 1931 or
1932 printed an article from the
"Areopagus," Greek meaning'at the
top,' the official Talcott High School
publication titled "HOW TALCOTT
GOT ITS NAME" that follows:
"In 1870 Captain Talcott came to
our little town. He came here from
South America as a Civil Engineer,
a fact which explains his bearing the
title Captain. It was a custom at that
time for civil engineers to bear this
title.
"At the time of the construction.
of the Great Bend Tunnel there was
no town where Talcott is now
located. A post office was located on
the opposite side of the river but was
called Rolynsburg, probably named
for C. K. Rollyson, who was a
prominent citizen of that
community.
"Captain Talcott was the man
who introduced cigarette smoking to
this section of the country. The
people could be seen sitting around
wth bewildered looks on their faces,
gazJr a't'ihe" C'aain a'she
nonchalantly "roliecl his owh." Thi
may seen rather strange, hut
imagine ourselves in their places.
They had always been accustomed
to smoking their tobacco in pipes
and when Mr. Talcott began smoking
his tobacco in little white papers,
they were naturally very curious.
"Mr. TalcoSt was here during the
entire construction of the Great
Bend Tunnel and because he was
very prominent and well liked, our
little town was named for him."
Source of informatlon, various
Hinton Daily News issues and Judge
Miller's History of Summers County.
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