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All Alderson 4th of July Pageant
Applications now Due. Alderson
Miss Fireworks Pageant.
Applications are Due and the
Alderson Miss Fireworks
Committee Announces Emcee's,
Escort's and Entertainment for the
2016 Pageant The Miss Fireworks
Committee is excited to announce
that Katherine Thompson
meteorologist for WVVA will be our
Emcee for the 2016 Miss Fireworks
Scholarship Pageant.
The contestants will be escorted
by, Brennan Wood, Garrett
Sheppard, Brandon Collins, and
Davis Wood of Harmony Creek
Junction, Entertainment for the
evening will be Harmony Creek
Junctions' the entertainment will
start at 7:00 p.m.. on Saturday June
4, 2016 at the AIderson Community
Center, Contestants for the AIderson
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Miss Fireworks will compete for the
title of Miss Fireworks who will
reign over the 4th of July activities
during the Alderson Celebration.
$1200.00 scholarship will be
awarded to the winner along with
the opportunity to compete in the
Queen of Queen Pageant, at the
Miss West virginia Association of
Fairs and Festivals Pageant, held in
Charleston January, 2017. Little
Boy Sparkler, Little Miss Sparkler,
Miss Sparkler, Little Miss, Junior
Miss. and Senior Miss Fireworks
Pageants will be held on Sunday,
June 5, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the
AIderson Community Center. The
application deadline for all age
groups is May 22, 2016. For
information or applications please
call Karen Lobbanat 304-445-7730.
Submitted by the AIderson Miss
Fireworks Committee;
JONES THOMPSON REUNION
The Descendants of William "Ed
Jones and Bertie Thompson Jones
Will be having the annual family
reunion on Saturday, May 28th at
Calvary Baptist Church picnic
shelter at red sulphur springs W.V.
All relatives and friends are
welcome to come. Bring yourself,
family, and a covered dish for one
afternoon of fellowship and fun.
Meeting will be 12:00 noon. With
dinner at 1:00 p.m.
ByRoy
RAILROAD RULES. Reprint 1840's the Camden & Amboy is said came by it honestly."
from The Train Dispatcher by to have adopted this regularion: South Side Rail Road (1863):
permission. "If two trains meet at a crossing, "RULES FOR PASSING - If the
Train Dispatchers on duty will they must both stop, and neither Down Mail is delayed and cannot get
have full power to run any train or shall proceed until the other has to the passing place on schedule time
engine by telegraph that they may gone." it must wait at some turnout for the
think proper; but trains entitled to South Carolina Railway (1855): Up Mail. The Up Mail will wait 30
track under card rules, will keep On "In case of dense fog, the down trains minutes for the Down Mail, and then
their course until arrested by .will run with their whistles blowing, go on, running that much bShind
telegraphic order. No wild or extra The up trains will shut steam offthe time until they pass. If the Up Mail
train or engine will run upon the engine at every mile board and listen is delayed, the Down Mail must wait
road without their knowledge and for the whistle of down trains." until the Up Mail is heard from. The
instructions, unless they can follow Tallahassee, Pensacola & Georgia Freight Trains must wait for each
a regulartrainunderaredfiag, and Railroad (1858): Should the train other; if one is delayed, the other
then only toa station where they can run off the track or for any cause he must wait to hear from it."
obtain a regular order, stopped on the track, the red light "GENERAL RULES The
The state operation of trains must be instantly sent back to a safe engineers must invariably whistle or
requires rules, a fact recognized distance to stop a train approaching ring their bells when they come in
more than a century and a quarter in the rear. The green light will in sight of a road crossing, and run not
ago when the first open-deck teapots like manner be sent forward to stop exceeding four miles an hour in
were chugging along on their a train approaching in the front. A Farmville and Petersburg and over
featherweight rails. Reproduced half-mile each way from where the all turnouts and bridges (taking five
above is a rule from an 1879 train is standing will be a safe minutes to cross the High Bridges);
timetable of a midwester road. distance. At that point a fire must and it is the duty ofevery Conductor
Archaic as this century old be built in the middle of the track to report any Engineer who fails to
regulation sounds today, consider and a train hand stationed there do any one of these things."
some excerpts from earlier rule who will keep up the fire and the red "BEHIND TIME - When any
books, or green light burning." train gets behind time it must in no
Rule-writers apparently tried to "The use of intoxicants by case run faster than scheduled time,
anticipate possible situations which employees on repairs of the road is except mail trains running to make
would require specific instructions, positively prohibited. Any overseer connections with other roads."
and to create rules to apply. Probably or other employee who kept it at his "STOCK - If any Engineer kills or
it was long before there were enough shanty or use it in any other way injures any stock, or runs foul of any
rail lines to require the tracks of one then when prescribed by a physician cars er does any other damage, he
road to cross another, that (with as medicine, or for snakebits, willbe must immediately report in writing
more foresight than practicality) the fined or discharged." to the Superintendent all the facts
first rule was written governing "No workers must be allowed to connected with the case. If he
procedure to be followed when two bring or to have at the shanty any neglects to do this he will be charged
trains approached a crossing fresh meat or poultry unless the with the amount of the damage
simultaneously. Sometime in the overseer is satisfied that he or she done."
The Summers County Library The following employers and
Adult Education and SPOKES agencies plan to attend: ARH
programs are sponsoring their Summers County Hospital First
Spring 2016 Summers County Job Community Bank Hinton City
Fair to be held at the McCreery Government IBEX Global Mountain
Conference and Events Center, .PJexpi, pe_,&t#~State~.k~a~_eal~d
~,.avras~frvm the 'Hinton,l~st'.Office ~9,~4 ~cu, x~ty Tama~ac~ ,~V
• ,Qn .Wednesday. 18 May 2016 from
-,40:O0, am - .1,:00 pro., Set up time,for
participant employers starts at 9:30
am. Drinks and snacks will be
available, as well as power to hook
up computer and other electronic
equipment, tables and chairs.
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To be eligible for federal loans
and grants for college, young men
must first register with the Selec-
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and can be done in person, online
or by mail. To learn more, visit
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Aurochs was a type of large, wild
catt,~,~ ~i~d~ t~ave gone
extinct in 1627. It is believed that
Department of Health and ,Humanthis cattle originated in Indi~4 then
Resources Workforce West Virginia spread through the Middle East
WV Vocational Rehabilitation Youth and reached as far as Europe.
Connections American National
GREENBRIER VALLEY
SENIOR CIRCLE ,
Greenbrier Valley Senior ~ircle
still has a few seats available on the
following bus trips. Wednesday,
June 1 to Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner
Theatre to see "Country Roads" a
tribute to country music ari~ its
stars. Wednesday, June 15, 16and
17 a Chesapeake Bay cruise to
Tangier Island and a Rappaha~noc
River cruise with winery ~teur.
Thursday, August 25 to Woh!f'~thrt
Haus Dinner Theatre to see Jp~eph
and the Amazing Techni~lor
Dreamcoat" A Biblical-bg~sed
musical parable. WedneSi:lay,
November 2 to Wohlfahrt D~ner
Theatre to see "A Wohlf~hrt
Christmas Special". Please ~me
and have fun and fellowship, i=
Main Street Car :
Certified nursing assista
applications being accepted
Now accepting private
pay and Medicaid
residents
A small nursing home located
on 3rd floor of summers •
county hospital. .~.
304-466-6090
LETTERS POLICY ""
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
accepted from the same write~.
Preference will be given to letters of
300 words or less. Longer Ietters
may be shortened or rejected:
Letters must be signed and must
include an address and phoffe
number. The telephone number Will
not be published. Letters by E-mail
will not be accepted unless followed
up with a signed letter.
Letters will be edited for grammar:,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel:
Names will not be withheld. -'
Address them to Letters to thd
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hintor,, W~
25951.
Summers County
Humane Society/
ACWP '.
is a non-profit group of local ~.,
volunteers that is here to help:"~
Do you need to have a pet "-
spayed or neutered or need"
assistance with vaccinations? ~
Please call '::'
855-WV4-PETS
and Leave a Message.'. ,'
Do you have a litter of puppies
or a dog to turn in or have seen:
a stray or lost dog? Please carl.-
, .,qu£ Animal Control Officer 304/i
~,'!~:~,4'860~ Have you witnessed:
an animal emerge#cY? , ":,
Please call 911.
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Johnny Reel
Mechanic
Nick Connell
University New River Community Ill
and Technical College US Army Ill ""
USMC US Navy. ]1 ,
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I want to thank the voters of Hinton for re-electing :=
me to the Hinton City Council. Your Vote of :
confidence in my abilities to serve on this council :
is the inspiration for my promise to always put :i:
the welfare of the citizens and Hinton first.
Meeting the voters of Hinton proved to be ai:
rewarding and wonderful experience. I encourage
you to contact me with any concerns, ideas ori:itll
problems you may encounter within the city limits : :II
and I promise to listen and work diligently with !: tll
the mayor and council to provide a solution, rd Ill
like to thank each candidate for caring enough /I
about our community to run for office and I wish ii/11
you the very best now and in the future. I ask :Ill
that you continue to care about our city and bring [[I
your ideas to us for consideration as Hinton needs i Ill
A Princess cruise may be the III everyone working together to move our beautiful
best way to explore the expensive III city forward. ::Ill
cities around the Baltic Sea Ill
because accommodations and food Ill Again, thank you for your support! i
are taken care of aboard large, Ill
modern ships. Learn more at [tt Robert~ "Bobbz" Sorg -lJJ
www.princess.com. ~ . ,
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