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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Discriminates
Against Children
Pharmacy &
Your Health
Dear Editor.
Are you aware that the current
W. Va. school funding formula dis-
criminates against children who live
in rural areas like Summers County?
Rural school systems have extra
particularly for transportation,
that are not recognized by policy
makers in Charleston. For example,
due to its rural nature, Summers
County uses 35.7% of its state allo-
cation ofservice personnel positions
for bus drivers, a higher percentage
than all but four other counties in W.
Va. Every county gets the same al-
lowance for service personnel from
the state - 34 positions per 1,000
students enrolled - regardless of the
We need to convince key legislators
that our children deserve more than
they are currently getting.
Fortunately, you have a Delegate,
Perry Mann, who understands these
problems, and the lady who repre-
sents Eastern Summers County,
Mary Pearl Compton, has been a
leader in attempting to help rural
areas in her position as a member of
the House Education Committee.
However, it's important to commu-
nicate with people like Education
Committee Chair Percy Ashcraft,
from Clarksburg, and Vice Chair,
Roman Prezioso, from Fairmont, and
especially Senate Education Com-
mittee Chair Sondra Lucht, from
actual needs. Kanawha County, for Martinsburg. We in Pocahontas
example, uses up only 11.4% of its
service personnel allowance to hire
bus drivers.
This means that Summers County
has less money to hire cooks, aides,
secretaries, and custodians than
more urban areas which need fewer
buses. And some rural counties, like
my home of Pocahontas, even have
to cut out needed teaching positions
because the state doesn't give us
enough money to cover the absolute
minimum of service personnel. The
state, by refusing to acknowledge
these legitimate needs, is short-
changing our children. We in Poca-
hontas County hope to do something
about it, and with the support of
other counties like Summers which
experience similar discrimination.
County are encouraging parents
whose children must ride long dis-
tances on the bus to write these
people, to let them see the human
side of the situation. Our counties
aren't being wasteful; we need these
extra service personnel. As a kinder-
garten child, my own daughter left
home for school at 7:00AM and did
not return till 4:30PM; she had
usually fallen asleep by the time the
bus got home.
Any of your readers who want to
help to work for equal treatment of
rural schools are invited to write me
at Mill Point, WV 24959. My phone
numbers are: work 799-6004; home
653-4746.
Sincerely,
Gibbs Kinderman
Reach Out, Reach
Out and Touch
Someone!
Dear Editor,
Fm not sure where to start only
that I have to try. rm an inmate in a
ernall prison in Southwest Oh. My
fault? yes! But I've learned from this
first real mistake in my life. I've
been here almost 3 yrs. with still
more time ahead ofme. During this
time I've lost contact with all those
people whom I thought were my
friends. Ihave no real family to speak
of.
When I heard the above slogan
played it hurt. Really hurt. So that's
what I'm trying to do - Reach Out!
the days and nights in here are re-
ally long, yet the hardest part of
each day for me comes when mail is
being passed. Just once I'd like to see
the guard stop and put a letter be-
tween the bars.
I'm starved for some decent con-
versation. I know there are people
out there who might care to writs, or
at least I hope there still are. I'd be
forever grateful if you could print
my letter.
Thank you,
Jim McMellen #147-476
P.O. Box 56 3-J-4
Lebanon, Oh. 45036
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RAIL.ROAD
RECOLLECTIONS
By Roy C. Long
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
LINE IS KNOWN AS GEORGE
WASHINGTON'S RAILROAD;
Part 4 of 4 parts.
Continuing a story written by H.
P. Henshaw, a high ranking official
of the C&O that first appeared in
The West Virginia Review and was
reprintedin Hinton Daily News June
7, 1937 that is of interest to our
readers.
"The followingis a description and
location of the coal regions in W. Va.
served by the Chesapeake & Ohio. It
is taken from an article written by
W.C. Hull, Assistant Vice President,
Traffic, Chesapeake & Ohio, Cleve-
land, Oh.
"BRANCH LINES
"New River-Winding Gulf: This
district derives its name from the
fact that i t i s traversed by New River
and its tributaries. It extends along
the main line of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway from Hinton on the
east, to Gau]ey on the west, and the
north and suth branch lines inter-
secting the main line between these
two points, and lies in Greenbrier,
Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, and
Summers counties. The branch lines
in the order of their importance from
a tonnage standpoint are: Piney,
Loup Creek, Sewell Valley Sub-divi-
sion, Laurel Creek, Keeneys Creek,
Gauley and Hawks Nest. This coal is
technically known as low volatile,
but more commonly called smoke-
less, because of the low content of
smoke producing elements. The
lowest volatile surface area devel-
oped in the New River-Winding Gulf
District, comprises 1,390 square
miles. Underlying the district are
twenty seams of commercial value
varying in thickness from three to
eight feet. The principle seams are
Sewell, Fire Creek, and Beckley. The
first development in this field was
through the Gauley- Kanawha Coal
Company, an English corporation
having control &some 2,000 acres of
land now served by our Gauley
Branch. At that time no one knew of
any workable beds along New River.
"KANAWHA BRANCH
=Kanawha: So named because as
originally developed it was along the
Kanawha River. It was from this
district that the first coal from our
territory was shipped. History rec-
ords that it was also the first district
in America to actually produce coal,
it being discovered there in 1742,
and a record of mining existing as
early as 1817 for local use. Opera-
tion on a broader commercial scale
began in 1865. hnmediately after
the Civil War, water transportation
being the earlier medium of access
to markets. The Coalburg mine, at
Coalbury, W.Va., was shipping coal
via Kanawha River in 1856, but
commenced to ship by rail as soon as
railroad facilities were available.
This mine is still in operation. The
output of this district is high-vola-
tile coal. It extends along the main
line of the Chesapeake & Ohio,
Gauley on the east to St. Albans on
the west, including the counties of
Kanawha and Fayette in W.Va. The
branch lines in the order of their
tonnage production are: Cabin
Creek, Paint Creek, Powellton,
Morris Creek, and Winifrede. As of
Jan. 1, 1926, a group of nineteen
mines, located on the Seng Creek
and Marsh Fork extension of Cabin
Creek Branch, with a yearly produc-
tion in 1926 of 2,680,000 tons, and
carried up to that date as Kanawha
District mines were transferred to
the Coal River District. The tonnage
from this group of mines, after a
physical connection was made avail-
able between Whitesville,W.Va. and
Seth, W.Va., moved over the Coal
River District to the Main line at St.
Albans instead of over the Kanawha
District to Cabin Creek Junction,
thereby overcoming adverse grades
and effecting more rapid movement.
The maximum yearly production of
Kanawha District, prior to the trans-
fer of these nineteen mines to the
Coal River District, was in 1925 when
a total of 7,845,515 tons ofcoal were
produced.
COAL RIVER
"As its name implies, it is a tribu-
tar T to Coal River and is another one
of our high-volatile fields. It is lo-
cated in Boone, Raleigh, Lincoln,
and Logan counties in W.Va. Its
branch lines in the order of their
tonnage importance are: Big Coal,
Pond Fork, Beech Fork, Horse Creek,
and Ivy Creek, although approxi-
mately one-seventh of the produc-
tion comes from mines along the
main line. It is served by the Coal
River Branch of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway which extends from
St. Albans, W.Va. to Sovereign and
Whitesville, W.Va., a distance of
ninety-five miles. Its surface area of
developed coal lands embraces 540
square miles and its undeveloped,
227 square miles, making a total of
767 square miles. The first mine
shipping coal from this district was
the Reynolds mine &the Black Bend
Consolidated Coal Company, iin
1905. The district loaded 7,2iI;0DO'
tons in 1928.
"Logan: This district takes its
name from the principal town in the
territory, i.e. Logan, W.Va. It is the
largest producing district on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, con-
tributing slightly more than one-
third of the total coal loading. It
includes the counties of Logan and
Lincoln in W.Va. while one-seventy
of the production of this district is
from the main line, the principal
tonnage comes from the following
branches which are named in the
order of their tonnage importance:
Island Creek, Logan and Southern,
Buffalo Extention, Rum Creek,
Dingess Run, Huff Creek, and Elk
Creek. The first mine, the Gay mine,
started shipping coal in 1904.
"As the Chesapeake and Ohio has
surpassed any dream Washington
might have had for a transportation
system to the Ohio River, so has coal
as acommodity of commerce reached
almost unbelievable proportions. Yet
coal, as we know it, dates back to
about the time of Alexander the
Great. One of Aristotle's pupils
mentions in his writings the use by
smiths of black stones that kindled
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and burned like =charcoals" and coal
ashes have been found in ruins of
ancient cities.
"Sleep like a kitteh and Arrive
Presh as a Daisy," is a slogan used by
the Chesapeake and Ohio in adver-
tising its passenger train service,
but the one of =Coal from the Coal
Bin of America," tells the story of the
road's progress in more popular
terms to W.Va."
LETrER TO
THE EDITOR
Candle Light
Service
Dear Mr. Long,
As a member of the congregation
attending the Candle Light Service
for the Troops held at Central Bap-
tist Church on Jan. 20, I take excep-
tion to a statement made in refer-
ence to remarks made by another
person attending. I, too, attended
"the service out of concern for the
American men and women and all
the people of all the nations that are
threatened by this terrible event."
BUT, my exception is to the lead in
quote whereas, Mr. Long, I believe
you assumed the aforementioned
attendee was speaking for and
summing up "the sentiments of
MOST when he said .... " This
person does NOT speak for the
"most".
He DOES NOT speak for me. We
have a son in Saudi Arabia. Also,
this person referred to " .... war
making soon." The war began 4 days
prior to this service. I'm glad he
attended the service and hope, and
pray, he observed many, ifnot MOST,
of those in attendance were there for
the Lord Jesus Christ for peace and
comfort i n the face of fear.
" To nit together, not in discord
but, one accord. This person lives in
this country, the United States of
America, that affords us all, whether
we like or agree with another's
%pinion , the right to freedom of
speech won by the shed blood of
many brave men and women on the
battlefields. Do NOT assume "most"
is the majority. In this war, it is not.
Thank you.
(Mrs.) Martha B. Briers
NOTICE
If you wouldlike to have the Sing-
ing Convention at your church please
contact James Withrow 466-1139 as
soon as Possible.
Lettem are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
acpted from the same writer. Pref-
erence will be given to letters of 300
words orless. Lengerletters may be
shortened or rejected. Letters must
be signed and must include an ad-
dress and phone number. The tele-
phone number will not be published.
Letters will be edited for grammer,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel.
Names will not be withheld.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951.
Applications
Applications are now being ac-
cepted for the W. Va. Elks Associa-
tion Scholarship awards in Special
Education.
The awards are two $1,000.00 for
each academic year (4 years) and
four $500.00 for each academic year
( 4 years).
Applications may be made only
by students in the graduating class
of a high school, who are citizens of
the USA and are residents within
the jurisdiction of a W. Va. B.P.O.
Elks Lodge.
Applications must be made on an
official form furnished by the W. Va.
Elks Association Major Projects, Inc.,
which are now available at all Elks
lodges. (Lin Coins 466-2311). Appli-
cations properly executed must be
filed on or before Mar. 1, with the
B.P.O. Elks Lodge in whose jurisdic-
tion the applicant resides.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT
BOARD SCHEDULE OF
SERVICE FOR CALENDAR
YEAR 1991
Hinton, WV (Wed.)
Jan. 16 & 30, Feb. 13 & 27, Mar.
13 & 27, Apr. 10 & 24, May 15 & 29,
June 12 & 26, July 10 & 24, Aug. 14
& 28, Sept. 11 & 25, Oct. 9 & 30, Nov.
6 & 20, Dec. 11 & 18.
A representative will be at the
Summers County Memorial Build-
ing First & James Street (basement)
at 12:30 P.M. on the dates shown
above.
COR. Srd AVE. & TEMPLE fir.
HINTON, WVa, PHONE 41S3'k
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Medicine Transfer
from Nursing Mothers
Studies show that certain medi-
cines are capable of passing from
pregnant women to their unborn
children. If, during pregnancy,
there is the possibilty of medica-
tion toxicity to the fus, such
medicines should be avoided.
Another area of concern is with the
potential transfer of medicine from
mothers to breast-fed infants.
According to tim Handbook of
Nonprescription Drugs, the con-
centration of a particular medicine
in breast milk depends on many
factors - the concentration in the
mother's blood and characteristics
of the medicine, such as its fat
solubility and the degree to which
it is bound to blood plasma protein
and milk protein. Another factor is
the time of breast-feeding. If the
medicine must be taken routinely,
it should be taken shortly after
breast-feeding. This allows as
much time as possible for the
medicine to clear the mother's
blood and allows for a lower con-
centration at the time of the next
feeding.
The Handbook of N onpr e scrip-
tion Drugs also indicates that aspi-
rin and other salicylates should be
used with caution by nursing moth-
ers. Certain prescription drugs ide-
ally should be avoided during
breast-feeding. There are always
exceptions, however, based on the
health condition of the expectant
.mother.
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