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(Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The week
of "W. Va. Water
Volume 113 No. 53
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday May 1 7, 2016
50 Cents
Lion Jack David Woodrum and Maggie Richmond
S
Hinton Lions Club is proud to She has been very active in local
announce the recipient of the 2016 clubs and organizations including
Lions ClubScholarship. the Leo Club of Lions Clubs
Miss Margaret "Maggie" International, National Honor
Richmond daughter of James andSociety, Key Club, Beta Club,
Jackie Richmond and a Summers
County High School graduate was
presented a $1,000 scholarship
from the local Hinton Lions Club.
Maggie will be attending Concord
University in the fall majoring in
Social Work.
FBLA, Hi-Y and the Hinton Fire
Department Ladies Auxiliary.
Maggie states that she enjoys
helping her community through
these organizations.
She has also worked on the
SCHS Yearbook staff and as 'an
office assistant during the 2015-16
school year.
Her paternal grandparents are
Gary and Ernestine Bremer and
her maternal grandparents is Roy
and Virginia Mitchem and her
honorary grandparents are Dennis
& Nellie Robertson.
The Hinton Lions Club proudly
supports Maggie Richmond and the
Summers County Community.
Tourism to National Parks of Southern
Social
Homelessness and Helps
Veterans Access Benefits
Carolyn W. Colvin, the Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
and other leaders in the fight to end
homelessness gathered Thursday,
April 28, 2016 to continue the
ongoingbattle against homelessness
among veterans, seniors, and other
vulnerable populations.
"Social Security plays a key role
in reducing homelessness, and
our benefit payments help people
to secure and maintain stable
housing," Acting Commissioner
Colvin said. "Social Security is
the most successful anti-poverty
program in our country's history
and collaborates with other federal,
state and local agencies to ensure
that veterans, people who are
disabled, have lost a loved one,
or are retiring have access to our
benefits and services."
Acting Commissioner Colvin
joined with federal and state
officials to discuss initiatives to
end homelessness and outreach
programs to vulnerable populations,
including veterans, at a forum called
"Ending Homelessness: Lessons
Learned from the Commonwealth
of Virginia." Representatives from
the U.S. Interagency Council on
Homelessness, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), the Virginia
Department of Veterans Services,
and the Virginia Housing Alliance
participated in the discu- sion.
In 2015, Virginia announced that
it had ended homelessness among
veterans. Many federal and state
agencies are looking to replicate
best practices from Virginia's
success in their respective states.
Social Security has collaborated
with other federal agencies to
develop key strategies forconnecting
veterans and other individuals
experiencing homelessness to
Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) and Social Security Disability
Income (SSDI) benefits. Through
partnerships across the country
with the SSI/SSDI Outreach,
Access and Recovery (SOAR)
initiative, the agency receives more
complete disability applications.
They have a higher rate of approval
on the initial application because
someone is helping the applicant,
especially homeless people who
have difficulty documenting their
cases and getting the~r medical
records. SOAR is a national
project, funded by the SAMHSA,
designed to increase access to SSI
and SSDI for eligible adults who are
homeless or at risk of homelessness
and have a mental illness, medical
impairment, and/or a co-occurring
substance use disorder. The SOAR
project provides training on how to
complete the SSI/SSDI application
to service providers working
with individuals experiencing
homelessness.
Veterans are at an increased
risk of both homelessness and
disability. Social Security offers
several initiatives to accelerate
processing disability benefit claims
from veterans.
Since 2005, the agency has
provided expedited processing of
disability applications for wounded
warriors who have suffered an
injury or illness while serving on
active duty after October 1, 2001.
Beginning in 2014, disability
applications for those with a
Veterans Affairs (VA) disability
compensation rating of 100%
receive expedited processing for
Social Security disability benefits.
Social Security worked with the
VA to set up a data exchange to
identify these veterans when they
first apply for Social Security or
SSI benefits. The agency is proud to
support Presic[ent Obama's efforts
to take care of veterans who have
sacrificed so much.
For more information about
wounded warriors and veterans
who have a compensation rating
• of 100%, please visit www.
socialsecurity.gov/veterans.
For additional information about
the SOAR projegt and initiatives
to help people experiencing
homelessness, visit www.
socialsecurity,gov/homele s sness
.i)
West Virginia Creates $64.1 Million in
Economic Benefits
Report shows visitor spending supports 846 jobs in local economy
Glen Jean, WV - A new National
Park Service (NPS) report shows
that 1,320,859 visitors to New
River Gorge National River,
Bluestone National Scenic River,
and Gauley River National
Recreation Area in 2015 spent
$56,266,400 in communities near
the three parks. That spending
supported 846 jobs in the local area
and had a cumulative benefit to
the local economies of $64,108,000.
The parks span four counties in
southern West Virginia: Fayette,
Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers.
"The national parks of Southern
West Virginia welcomed more than
1.3 million visitors from across the
country and around the world last
year," said Superintendent Trish
Kicklighter. "We are delighted
to share the story of these places
and the special experiences they
We appreciate the partnership m_~
support of our many neighbors
and are glad to be able to give
back by helping to sustain local
communities."
The peer-reviewed visitor
spending analysis was conducted
by economists Catherine Cullinane
Thomas of the U.S. Geological
Survey and Lynne Koontz of the
National Park Service.
The report shows $16.9 billion
of direct spending by 307.2 million
park visitors in communities
within 60 miles of a national park.
This spending supported 295,000
jobs nationally; 252,000 of those
jobs are found in these gateway
communities. The cumulative
benefit to the U.S. economy was
$32 billion.
According to the 2015 report,
most park visitor spending was
can provide. Our parks are a great . for lodging (31.1 percent) followed
way to introduce visitors to this
part of the country and all that it
offers. National park tourism is a
significant driver in the national
economy, returning $10 for every
$1 invested in the National Park
Service, and it's a big' factor
in our local economy as well.
by food and beverages (20.2
percent), gas and oil (11.8 percen%
admissions and fees (10.2 percent)
and souvenirs and other expenses
(9.8 percent).
New for 2016, the report authors
produced an online interactive
tool. Users can explore current
Tams Scheduled m Perform
Here in October
The internationally famous Tams The legendary Tams will feature
will be the featured entertainment Little Redd, son of the famous music
when t~he%Hinton High School Class giant that entertained millions
of 1966 holds their 50-year reunion throughout the 1960s, the 1970s
at Pipestem Resort State Park in and the 1980s.
October. Although Charles Pope is
year visitor spending, jobs, labor
income, value added, and output
effects by sector for national, state,
and local economies. Users can
also view year-by-year trend data.'
The interactive tool and report are
available at the NPS Social Science
Program webpage: go.nps.gov/vse.
The report includes information
for visitor spending at individual
parks and by state.
To learn more about national
parks in West Virginia and how the
National Park Service works with
West Virginia communities to help
preserve local history, conserve the
environment, and provide outdoor
recreation, go to www.nps.gov/
WestVirginia.
www.nps.gov/neri
About the National Park
Service. More than 20,000 National
Park Service employees care for
America's 411 national parks and
work with communities across
the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home
recreational opportunities. Learn
more at www.nps.gov.
Follow us on NewRiverGorgeNPS
Facebook, Youtube, Flickr and
Instagram.
no longer with us, Little Redd
continues to keep the tradition
alive with his wonderful voice and
stage presence.
This show promises to bring back
those cherished memories of the
'60s when young hearts danced to
such classic hits as "What Kind of
Fool (Do You Think I Am) and "Be
Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy."
Winner of the "Outstanding
Black Musical Group" award in
1988 and inducted into the Georgia
Music Hall of Fame, the Tams
continue to entertain millions, here
and abroad, and are now among the
most sought after music groups of.
the '60s era.
The Hinton High School Class
of 1966 invites you to join them
Saturday evening, October 22, at
8:00 p.m. for an evening of fantastic
entertainment, dancing if you like,
and a downright good time.
Tickets for the show are $20 per
person and must be purchased in
advance. Space is limited. Make
you check payable to: HHS Class
of 1966 and mail it to 3513 True
Road, Hinton, WV 25951. Do it now
because you may never get this
oppo~unity again.
Pfaces to Visit in Summers County
This week's historical marker is
NEELY PLANTATION
Submissed by Donna Brown Brewster and photo by Vicky Maddy
One of the first settlers of
Pipestem was the John"Buttermilk"
W. Neely. He was born around 1780
in Kentucky and died November 15,
1865 in Mercer Co., now Summers
Co. WV. He married Delilah
Sweeny on June 15, 1808. She was
the daughter of James S. Swinney
and Susanah Hammrock. They are
buried at John Buttermilk Neely
Cemetery in Summers County.
A-~. Hopkins in this book
Genealogical History of the
Hopkins,Farley, Cook, Keaton
and Brown Families; gives us the
following story of John Neely.
"Jonh Neely, who was born in
Kentucky in 1780, came to Monroe
county and married Delilah Sweeny
in 1808. John was one of the first
settlers in Pipestem Creek in 1822.
He built a cabin of split chesnut
logs near the lake. There is still a
small mount where the chimney of
the house once stood. One day, John
Neely went up on Long Branch
hunting wild turkeys. It is not
known if he saw any turkeys that
day, but he did see a large black
bear. He was unable to get a shot
at it. He came down the branch to
Pipestem Creek and called to his
dog.
He put the dog after the bear,
thinking, no doubt, the bear would
take to ¢ tree and he could easily
shoot it. Mr. bear had no idea of
taking to a tree. As soon as the dog
got after the bear, it took right up
over KNOB ridge and down the
north side to the Bluestone River.
Neely ran to the top of tbe ridge in
time to hear the dog going up the
south hill on the north, or other
side of the Bluestone River. He ran
to his house and saddled up his old
yellow mare and started after the
dog to bring him back, not wanting
to lose him as he was a valuable
hunting dog. He followed as closely
as he could. When he came to a
cabin, he would ask the people if
they had heard a dog.
If the man would think a minute
and answer yes, I heard the dog
going up the ridge about half an
hour ago, Neely would tell the
man that was his dog and he was
after a bear. Neely would hurry
on as fast as the lack of roads
and rough terain would let him.
It is a well established fact that a
bear will run in a straight line for
many miles. Neely knew this to be
a fact. The dog ran the bear into
the PINEY River, as I understand,
between Beckley and Qr'nimount,
a distance of about 25 miles as the
crow flies. Neely caught up with the
bear late in the evening. The bear
had come to the river where there
was a great row of cliffs on the
other side for a distance both up
and down the river. The bear had
crossed the river and sat down on
its haunches on the sand. The dog
was standing in water up to its belly
and barking at the bear with every
breathe. The bear was growling
at the dog. Neely worked his way
around behind the bear and from
a cliff shot the bear in the back
of the neck, near the base of the
skull, killing it instantly. He went
back some distance to get a man to
help him dress out the bear, It was
very fat and dressed out over 400
pounds. The muzzle loading gun
he used is now in the possession of
his great, great grandson Oswald
Neely."
The following are "Buttermilk"
and Delilah's children:
1. Nelson H. Neely
2. William G. Neely
3. Susan Neely
4. Betty Rachel Neely
5. Nancy Neely
6. Squire L. Neely
7. Hannah Neely
8. Harrison Neely
9, John W. Neely
10. Deliliah Neely
Buttermilk descendents are
highly respected in the Pipestem
District. They are to many to
count.