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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Open Letter to Members of
the Summers County Board
of Education
Pharmacy &
Your Health
Dear Members:
As you are aware, the Summers
County School System was one of 23
counties who was being considered
tbr funding by the School Building
Authority ofWV (SBA). This money
was being made available to coun-
ties through the sale of bonds with
the funds for these projects being
allocated to counties on the basis of
need.
Summers County's project was to
build a new high school for all stu-
dents in grades 9 - 12. The school
was to be built on the same site as
the Career Center. Other schools
would then be reorganized into K - 5
elementary schools and the current
high school into a county wide 6 - 8
middle school. This reorganization
is consistent with the current Com-
pmhensiye Educational Facilities
Plan as adopted by our Board last
Spring.
The award of these funds con-
sisted of a five step process:
1) RESA 1 was to develop a plan
for the whole region that included
the projects from all counties in our
RESA. The projects from each county
in our RESA were to be prioritized
according to need. At the conclusion
ofthis process Summers County was
ranked NUMBER ONE in our re-
gion.
2) The top projects from each
RESA were submitted to the State.
Because of our ranking in RESA 1
the Summers County project was
one of the projects sent to the State
level for consideration. These proj-
ects from throughout the state were
evaluated by a Plan Review Team
made up of representatives from each
RESA region. This team used an
objective method to assign each
project a numerical score. Thelarger
the score, indicated the greater need,
and the best chance for funding. Itis
our understanding that our project
was ranked sixth in all the projects
submitted to the state.
3) An independent architectural
firm was hired by the School Build-
ing Authority to visually inspect
facilities in each of the counties and
make recommendations, based on
need, to the SBA to help deci de which
projects should be funded. It is our
understanding that Summers
County's project was considered the
top project in RESA 1 by this firm
and was recommended to the SBA
as such.
4) The administrative staff of the
SBA made recommendations to the
SBA regarding those projects that
the stafffelt worthyoffunding. Itis
5) This brings us to the last step,
the interview process. The Board
President and County Superinten-
dent were allowed fifteen minutes to
present the Couqty's project to the
members of the School Building
Authority. This Board decided which
counties' projects were funded and
which were not. Although projects
from 16 of the 23 counties received
funding, Summers County did not.
Our understandingis that our Board
President and Superintendent did
an outstanding job of presenting the
plan at the interview.
We, the undersigned teachers at
Hinton High School, believe that the
process clearly indicates that Sum-
mers County should have had their
project funded. Why were we not
funded? We encourage yon to find
the reason we were not funded. We
encourage the Summers County
Board Of Education to take what-
ever steps necessary to protect the
rights of the students and citizens of
Summers County if this reason is
found to be arbitrary or capricious.
It has been 18 years between the
1972 bond money and this most
recent allocation. It could very well
be another 18 years or longer before
more funds are available. For the
Children of Summers County we
urge you to do everything in your
power as board members to correct
this situation, including bringing suit
against the School Building Author-
ity.
Signed:
Suzanne Keffer, Mary Lee
Rudge, James M. Payne, M. Wayne
Ryan, Judy Smith, Kathy Boone,
Lucion Daiqueaul, Robert E. Talbott,
Thomas K. Hutchinson, Marilyn
McLean, Ron Williams, Bill Hughes,
Jerry Meadows, William L. Fox,
Julian Richmond, Harold Bonds,
Mike Miller, Donna Dillon, Jane
Moador, John O'Neal, Wanda Davis,
David G. Foster, Connie Newton,
Betty Jo Williams, Mona Hutchison,
Charles E. Cales, Jr., Donald E.
Addington, T. Bumgardner, Gerald-
ine A. Ratliff, Karen B. Dick, Bar-
bara Butler, Susan Lawrence, Lena
Jane Jones, Linda Meadows, How-
ard L. Crowder, Sister Joan Marie
Coleman, Abigail Miklos, Deborah
D. Clark, Michael D. Allen, Carolyn
S. Keaton, Sharon Romanello, De-
bra Cantrell, Tom Fitzsimmons and
Wayne Conner.
REUNION PLANNED
Former American Legion, Post #6,
members are askedto contact Demet-
our understanding that Summers riusApostolon, pastcommander, 308
County was included in the list of GreenbrierAve.,Hinton, WV25951.
those to be funded.
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RAILROAD
RECOLLECTIONS
By Roy C. Long
GLADE AND HAMLET,
VIIAGES OF YESTERYEAR
IN THE NEW RIVER GORGE;
Part 2.
During 1921 Glade and Hamlet
suddenly came alive when it was
learned a group of investors planned
to bridge New River be tween the two
villages and build a standard gauge
railroad up Glade and Pinch Creeks
to bring out timber to a band mill
they would build at Hamlet.
Work started immediately, early
1921, on grading for the railroad.
The Ameriban Bridge Company was
contracted to build the railroad
bridge across New River, seven piers
between the two abutments approxi-
mately 750 feet overall, the longest
railroad bridge spaning New River.
A single band sawmill was con-
structed on the flat at Hamlet and
the sound of hammers against nails
and lumber could be heard as homes
were hastily built at both communi-
ties of Hamlet and Glade.
After overcoming some difficult
engineering problems, the Glade
bridge work was completed in Jan.
or Feb. 1923 an d ready for the laying
of steel.
In the meantime, Miss Elizabeth
Marlowe of Greenbrier Co., W. Va.
and a school teacher in that County,
married Mr. Emmett D. Brandt, a
C&O Railway employee, and in Nov.
1924 they went to Glade to establish
their home where their two daugh-
ters, Rosemary and Betty, and their
son, Lewis, were born and raised.
They lived happily there until 1944
when they moved to Meadow Creek.
Mrs. Grace Brandt remembers the
great difference in the area when
she visited in 1921 and when she
returned there to live in Nov. 1924.
She remembers a Valentine party at
the Hamlet clubhouse when she was
the dance partner of Dr. J. W. Stokes,
who i n later years, was widely known
throughout the state of W. Va. and
fondly remembered by many Sum-
mers C0untians.
The Glade bridge was a flat truss
bridge, i.e., there was no superstruc-
ture overhead. There was no walk-
way over the bridge and pedestrians
had to walk very carefully, stepping
on ties as they crossed over from one
community to the other. One day in
1925 Mrs. Brandt remembers going
over the bridge to Hamlet Company
Store to purchase a few groceries.
Returning, as she reached about
middle of the bridge, the lumber
train came onto the bridge from
Hamlet. She became frightened and
started to run to the Glade side, her
beef roast slipped from her grasp
and fell into New River. She real-
ized, after her initial excitement,
the engineer in charge of the train
would not have struck her, in fact,
the train always moved at a walking
pace. Later that year the Glade Creek
Coal add Lumber Company installed
a board walk between the two rail-
road rails over the bridge eliminat-
ing a great danger.
Mrs. Brandt also remembers the
C&O depot building at Glade but in
1921 there was no freight agent
employed there. There had been, in
previous years, a Freight Agent lo-
cated at Glade. In 1907 Mr. J. B.
Thomas was the agent followed by
Mr. C. T. Tignor but sometime later
the agency was eliminated. It was in
Feb. 1907 the C&O track walker
found a new born baby by the side of
the railroad track about a mile west
of Glade. The child had apparently
been thrown from a train and the
remains were buried at Glade. It is
not known if the crime was ever
solved. When Mrs. Brandt returned
to Glade in 1924 there as an agent
she believes was named Dodd. The
downstairs part of the depot was
utilized for C&O freight and ticket
offices and a waiting room for pas-
sengers. The upstairs of the depot
was used for living quarters. Soon
after she arrived an elderly gentle-
man named Erastus P. Beasley who
lived at Meadow Creek and com-
muted via C&O passenger train
was the Railway Agent at Glade. He
had quite a severe hearing deficiency
and would often get Mrs. Brandt to
make telephone calls in his behalf.
On the morning of Sat., Feb. 11,
1933, Mr. Beasley stepped from lo-
cal passenger train No. 7 enroute to
work accompanied by his brother-
in-law, Rev. Dave G. Richmond.
While walking across the eastbound
track, at 6:07 a.m., Mr. Beasley was
struck by fast passenger train No. 4
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
Think They
Need Support
Editor
The Hinton News
Mr. Long:
To the citizens of Hinton I think
-the support for the troops in Saudi
and instantly killed. His body was Arabia is well needed. I hope the
not mangled in any way but his neck people don't let this support and love
broken. Preacher Dave, as he was
affectionately called, had crossed
safely but was slightly injured when
Mr. Brasley's body was thrust
against him.
The resulting vacancy was then
filled by Mr. W. E. Velines who soon
afterward went to Raleigh, W.Va.,
in Raleigh Co. as C&O Agent. The
Agency at Glade was then filled by
Mr. Claude Stanley Sweet who
remained there until the agency was
discontinued in 1939 or 1940. His
son, Stan Sweet, is presently the
weather man for WVVA-TV Blue-
field, W.Va.
Mr. Daniel R. Crawford of Fay-
etteville, W. Va., retired Supervisor
of Tracks for the C&O, remembers
when Mr. Beasley, the agent at
Glade, was struck and killed by No.
4. He also remembers him when he
was agent at Cotton Hill and trapped
wildcats and kept them in the C&O
freight house. A novelty for railroad
men to stop in to see the wild ani-
mals. Continued next week.
CORRECTION
Due to a typographical error in
my article of Feb. 19, 1991, Mr. Dan
Halloran's retirement date should
have been June 1, 1933 instead of
June 1, 1944.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Few Complaints
Crowder she runs in her office and
shuts the door? She tells us not to
cause trouble or have trouble but
still she won't talk to us to solve our
problems. When she does talk to us
she says, qql see what I can do but
never getsback in touch withus. She
says that all of this is supposed to
help the drop outs but my opinion
it's just causing more drop outs.
Thank You,
Regina Ward
P.O. Box 584
Hinton, WV 25951
Dear Editor,
I'm a student of the Hinton High
School and I've got a few complaints
about our school. The first one is
why do we get treated like prison-
ers? We've got hall monators in the
hall now and if we get out of class
with or without a hall pass the
monators write our name down and
the class were out of.The only differ-
ence is that a prison has guards and
we've got monators. The prisoners
get more freedom than what we get.
When we asked to go to the bath-
room the teachers give us an answer
of no. I have told some of the teach-
ers it's not like I'm going in their just
to smoke a cigerate because I don't
even smoke andifI did it wouldn't be
any of their business.
Whyisit when we go to talk to Ms.
Over Time Control Is
Absolute
In Virginia in 1619 excess in dress
was discouraged by placing a ward-
robe tax.
To the Editor:
Whereas, an entity, such as a
government, has certain negative
policies, rules, customs, and under-
standings, which govern their of-
rices, slow implimentation results in
acquienscenses shared by the entity
and the governed.
Therefore, continued practices of
such policies, rules, customs and
understandings, over time; absolute
control of the governed is achieved;
Think Tank Conscepts.
ROGER L. CRAWFORD
Reluctantly Retired
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
accepted from the same writer. Pref-
erence will be given to letters of 300
words or less. I.nger letters may bc
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.
die.
I would like to say as a vet. The
troops over seas will need your sup-
port and love when they get home.
I was in the U.S. Marine Corps.
from 1967 to 1973. I'm proud ofbeing
a marine.
The servicemen and women don't
like what they have to do. But some-
one has to do it. So please don't down
them. Like Vietnam.
I was downed when I came home.
There was no support from friends.
For years I had to live out of state.
As a veteran I would like people to
support and have love for these men.
and women. Please don't down them.
When they come home. Like you did
Vietnam Veteran's.
A Marine Corp's D.AV.
Veteran and Proud
James R. Raines
Alderson, W.Va. 24910
The theme for National Poison
Prevention Week is "Children Ac
Fast- So Do Poisons." The theme
is part of a campaign to alert the
public to the problem of accidental
poisonings among children.
According to the Poison Pre.
vcntion Week Council, more than,
half a million children swallow
some medicine or household
chemical each year. While most
recover, at least 30 children die
annually in poisoning accidents.
When young children are crawl-
ing, they can find poisonous prod-
ucts such as drain cleaners under
the kitchen sink. As children get
older and are able to stand, they
may reach for medicines on counter
tops or open medicine cabinets.
If chemicals or household prod-
ucts have been swallowed, offer a
small amount of water to the child. -
Then call a hospital emergency
room of the local poison controP
center for advice as to whether or
not to make the victim vomit. Keep i
a one-ounce bottle of ipecac syrup
on hand for each child or grand-
child in the home.
Poison prevention starts with
keeping poisons out of the reach of
children. When these products are
in use, children should be observed
closely. Keep poisonous products
in their original containers. Medi-
cines are best stored in a locked
cabinet or on a high shelf out of. -
children's reach.
R
WARD
HELICON CABLEVISION is offering a
$100 reward for information leading to
the arrest of person or persons climbing
West Virginia Power Company poles
with our cable attachments, breaking
our equipment, and stealing our security
devices.
Please call us at 1-800-642-9163
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