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2 - Hinton News Tues. June 4, 1991
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LETTER TOTHE EDITOR
To The Parents Of
Summers County
To the Parents of Summers
County:
Why is it that from the first day of
kindergarten, the teachers tell us
that they take the place oft.he par-
ent while our children are in school,
but the minute something bad hap-
pens they try to shift the blame
somewhere else, mostly on the par-
ents. If this alleged sexual incident
that occurred at Hinton High School
on May 14, 1991, doesn't reflect on
the school, then who does it reflect
on?
We send our children to school to
learn. And I repeat "children'. Lets
remember that these are 14 year old
children that still need discipline
and watching over. You can't treat
them like adults and expect them to
act like adults.
In the May 21, 1991 issue of the
Hinton Daily News, Richard Redes
said 'hat ever happened co d haw
happened anyway." I agree with that,
Butit shoul dn'thave happened right
inside the school duringschool hours.
Where were the teachers?
THE RESULT
IS THE KEY
To the Editor,
Nepotizmffi Corruption or Corrup.
tion= Nepotizm
Normally one might think that
nepotizm begats corruption, how-
ever, both are equally destructive to
society, in that blood and affinitives
are always thicker than water, when
a means to a certain collective end is
sought.
Whereras, corruption in govern-
ment lead to'neoptism" and institu-
tionalaized fraud and racism, as (the
resultant) negative economics leads
to drugs and crime.
Therefore, a %hess tolerance" for
corruption or nepotizm is analogous
to amass insanitf'.
ROGER L. CRAWFORD
Reluctanlty Retired
The law says we have to send our
children to school. But what law
states that we have to send our chil-
dren to a school where the teachers
don't know where our kids are or
what they are doing over half of the
time? How can the Parents of Sum-
mers Co. feel their children are safe
until they know what is going to be
done to prevent this from ever hap-
pening again in the future.
A for the 7th Grade male and 8th
grade female that were questioned
in the May 21st. issue. Were these
the A-B Students or so called "good
Kids" or were they the D-F Students
or so called "Bad Kids7 Instead of
trying to get the "good kids" out of
their exams, someone should sit
down with these so called'Bad Kids"
and find out what the problem is and
why they become trouble.makers.
They weren't born that way. All
Kids shouldltrted eqgel, Why
don't some one gi these so called
trouble makers a chance. If they are
going to put forth the effort and get
nothing in return. Then they have
no choice but to give up. It seems to
me the teachers are playing favor.
ites.
We would not let this happen to
our children, so why doesn't it reflect
on the school?
Concerned Grandparent
Dorothy Adkins
P.O. Box 1206
Hinton, W.Va. 25951
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RAILROAD
RECOLLECTIONS
By Roy C. Long
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It was talking to me and I then could
call various offices and talk to the
operator for the practice. Slowly I
was getting braver and, since I had
a pass good on passenger trains, I
began going to other offices along
the line. I visited Mrs. Etta Mead-
ows at "CD Covington, Va., quite
often. I spent time with Ben Boyd,
Robert Matheny and Harry Pfadt at
"BS" Cabin. Two or three weeks were
spent with Ebe Houchins at Al-
legheny, Vs. He was real nice and let
met sit in his chair and do the work.
I remember my visits with Nelson
Gwinn and Walter Knopp at Alder-
son and with Carl Grizzard at "MX"
Cabin, East end of Avis Yard at
Hinton. Continued next week.
"OX Cabin telegraph office at Moss Run, Va. C & Cliff and Operator A. G. Tigrett on steps. Photo
O Railway 1915. Operator Joe Pfadt pointing to from C & O Historical Society Collection.
THE MAKING OF A
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR:
Part 1 of 8 parts.
As early in life as I can remember,
while growing up at Moss Run, Vs.,
our lives centered around the Che-
sapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
During the great depression years
my father was fortunate to have a
good job with the C&O as Section
Foreman which qualified his family
for free transportation on passenger
trains. Going to "OX" Cabin to catch
the train, we walked the dirt road up
"Derail Hill," past a little one room
white shanty where the third trick
telegraph operator, Ebe Shanklin,
batched. Beside the shanty was a
large pen made of chicken wire where
his two large hound dogs, Zeb and
Tuck were kept. I would stop to talk
to the dogs as they stood at the fence,
tails waging at the attention they
were getting. Needless to say, occa-
sionally they would talk back. In
this manner I became acquainted
with Ebe Shanklin. What a great
guy he was! rm sure I caused him to
lose sleep by playing with his dogs
but never once did he complain, or
run me off. In fact, he would come
outin his nightclothes and siton the
porch and talk to me.
At the age of ten or twelve, the
telegraph office at Moss Run became
a favorite place for me to visit. The
noisy brass sounder with its empty
Prince Albert tobacco can attached
was always clicking away somewhat
like rattling chains or hail striking a
tin roof. How could anything sen-
sible come from such chaos? Who
was making all that noise? What is it
saying? What's the empty tobacco
can for? I must have asked more
questions than first trick operator,
Mr. Joe Pfadt (pronounced Fad), who
everyone called Oncle Joe', cared to
answer because he said, "Sonny, you
should learn to telegraph," and pre-
sented me with a copy of the Morse
Code alphabet. From that monent
on I knew I was destined to become
a telegraph operator.
Mr. Adolphus Tigrett was the
second trick operator and unlike
Uncle Joe and Ebe Shanklin, had
very little to say. One day I ventured
up the long flight ofstairs and went
in the office while he was working.
He was sitting at the desk seemingly
oblivious to my presence as he peered
from under his green eye shade at
the telegram in his left hand. As his
right hand danced and rolled on the
key, a series of metallic sounds came
from the sounder with that empty
tobacco can attached. As I stood in
ignorance, gazing in awe at what he
was doing, I knew that somewhere,
someone was making sense of what
he was sending and I longed to be
able to do the same.
While we talked about the mes-
sage he had just sent, the east local
freight arrived. Mr. Tigrett pulled a
big gold watch from his vest pocket
and wrote the time down on his train
sheet and began tearing some green
sheets of paper from a pad and
wrapped them in a "white one. He
said the white one was different
because it was a clearance card. I
was confused at him calling that
little piece of paper a card but thats
what he said it was. A couple ofmen
got off the local freight and came in
the office with a package and a white
sheet of paper they called a way-bill.
Mr. Tigrett accepted them and gave
one of the men the hand full of pa-
pers he had torn from the little pad
he called train orders. Their work
finished, the big engine, spewing
steam from every valve and puffs of
black smoke from its stack, sounded
the whistle a number of times and
with a whine from the wheels as the
brakes released, pulled away.
Every chance I got I would go to
the telegraph office to be with these
men who treated me as an equal. As
I reached teen age they would even
let me "OS" trains to the train dis-
patcher at Clifton Forge. OS is a
term shortened from "out of sight"
meaning the train had left the sta-
tion. From the sixth grade on I took
my home practice set to school and
practiced sending at every opportu-
nity. I must have disciplined myself
because I don't recall the teacher
ever scolding me for sending during
class. Finally school was out for the
Summer and I could spend more
time at "OX" Cabin. How thrilled I
was when finally, after months of
practice, I was able to read a few
words coming from that noisy brass
sounder. But it was no longer noise.
COR. Srd AVE. & TEMPLE fir.
HINTON, WVa, PHONE 4G&2323
Mark
Ellison,
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take are powerful compounds that
modify the body's normal chemi-
cal reactions. While some medi-
cines are relatively frcc of serious
side effects, unwanted readons
can occur under certain circum-
stances. In order to minimize the
chances of having reactions to oral
medicines, a few precautions are
important to rememben.
I. Do not lake medicine from con-
tainers that show signs of tamper-
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2. Never give your medicine to
someone else. What may be good
for you, may not be good for an.
other person.
3. Some medicines should not be
taken at the same time alcohol is
being consumed. Ask your phar-
macist about your medicines.
4. Do not take medicines in the
dark. Read the label of all medi-
cines before they are taken to make
certain you take them properly.
5. In general, oral tablets and cap-
sules are best taken with a full glass
of water. Sometimes it is advisable
to take oral medicines on an empty
stomach or with food. Ask your
pharmacist ff you have questions
about how your medicines should
best be ken.
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