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2 - Hinton News Tues. June 15. 1999 F Momand More People are Reading our Newspaper 1 I:l &apos; .4 , !:I 'ii Because a recent survey found that The is the favored source HINTON NEWS for three out of five for local news and advertising items. Save $$$ Call (304) 466-0005 Monday through Friday, or send this coupon to the address below and we will bill you for your 52 w subscription. Nml Address 0a,m. w) Pharmacy & Your Health c, sw _ ziL___ TEAR & MAIL TO: THE HINTON NEWS P. O. BOX 1000 HINTON, WV 25951 Letter to the Editor Enjoy Reading Paper collecting taxes in Summers County is an example of the efficiency of the County government; the citizens of the County should be outraged. I found the employees, except for one employee in the Assessor's Office, to be rude, unwilling to help, and downright uncaring about the citizens and landowners of Summers County. I was born and raised in your County and the administrators t* • L Dear Editor: When I subscribed to your inewspaper in March 1999, after my @roperty had been erroneously sold or unpaid taxes, and I had to redeem my property, I did not dream that I would see my name in your paper for unpaid taxes in your May 8, 1999 issue, Apparently, I am not the only aerson that didn't get a tax bill udging from the list ofunpaid taxes, of the Court House should not As I looked (with a magnifying condone that type of behavior by ilass,) at the long list of delinquent their employees. :taxes, I could not help but wonder if I enjoy reading your paper each :the list was accurate and complete., week. It is good to see stories about achievements of the school children and especially Talcott School from which I graduated in 1964, after going there from first to twelfth grade. I write all of this to say people are looking at this type of area and atmosphere to live and raise a family In my case, the list was totally inaccurate. I paid to retain my roperty on March 1, 1999, and have The receipts, from the Sheriff's Office, to prove it. , If the Sheriff's Office and the bther County offices that oversee The Ticket Punch Reprint from The Train Dispatcher with permission. • Equally important and as honorable to a railroad conductor as his hand-written signature is his mechanical endorsement: the perforation made by his personal punch. There are more than 10,000 conductors authorized to punch passenger tickets on American railroads, and each has a punch that is individually designed and never duplicated. The ticket punch was the brain- child of Peppy Ayers, a shrewd river boat pilot who also doubled in brass as a conductor on the Erie. In the early days of railroading, the conductor simply wrote his initials in pencil on tickets - a practice which enabled unscrupulous passengers to erase the mark and turn in the tariff tbr refund. In 1852, Conductor Ayers suggested that the railroad provide him with a punch that would enable him to mutilate the ticket and also provide positive proof that he had checked the fare. The idea caught on, and today the ticket punch is still one of the most effective devices used by the railroads in accounting for passenger fares. At first, punches were simple affairs. The Erie's first order as for fiRy-two of the devices, half of which were for the capital letters of the alphabet and the other half for the small letters. As the industry grew and the number of conductors increased, use of letters was dropped in favor of various designs. More than 20,900 separate dies have been assigned to conductors since Pappy Ayers introduced the idea. Finding the unique designs for . or to retire, the latter I hope to do. , Letter to the Editor i ..... - '  ' * ', I notice aleoi your prsech . 66 " " ' 99 " W" " " ....... " ......... 00AvIs Kids eek.u so0000hing to the encouragement of tourist trade Reunion or new businesses. I also visit the ' Hinton web site. However, these i Dear Editor, enterprises demand efficiency in f Something very special took place local government. The experiences :in our town Memorial Day weekend I have had since January 1999, ;iwhen "Avis Kids  of all ages and dealing with trying to receive ,!from all over the U. S. met at the answers to questions from the National Guard Armory for a long elected County officials and awaited reunion, employees of the County When tentative plans were begun government in regard to the process 2 years ago, we would have never and policy of County property taxes dreamed so many former Av/s Kids" has been very frustrating to say the  had also yearned to know "whatever least. I have found them to be '.ihappened to ....  and wanted to anything but efficient and truthful. 'share good memories with old Many developers and business  friends of how greatit was to grow leaders will not locate where :up in Avis. efficient and responsible local : I have been told that a reunion of government does not exist. Tourist c thm magnitude had never been held will not continue to come back to the ilhere before. Having 450 to 500 County if they have a need for fpeople "come home" again was a County services, and find what I :wonderful occasion, have experienced. I guess the old We are so grateful for all those saying still remains true, "First that made this reunion a resounding impressions are lasting success. Betty Jo Basham, impressions  and that is exactly President of City Council, had the what I have found so far with the hanging flower baskets up and County government pertaining to downtown Hinton looking good for land taxes. our visitors, the National Guard Sincerely, Armory allowed us to use their Theodore F. Cox facilities, Jack Harvey arranged for 13906 Town Farm Road donations from Lowell Market, Save Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20774 :!A Lot and Kroger. Donations were Phone: (301) 952-0948 also given by Silo Ice, Dairy Queen iand Kirk's, Vivian Lilly and Donna VOL(YNTEERS NEEDED IPettry Stewart of "Frankly, My The East River Mountain Area iDoar," who donated a fur throw for Chapter of the American Red Cross {ithe raffle. Summers County ARH is looking for volunteers to take after iwas a good neighbor in allowing us hour/weekend cars. o use a parking area should we have Anyone interested in ,meded it and many Avis Kids" gave volunteering can contact this office fcash donations to help defray costs, at (304-327-5017) for more : All these helped make this information. freunion a success and we hope we ,, , ;haven't left anyone out o... STORAGE Mr. FMitor, we am very proud.of Hinton hospitality and to have been raised in the special area of Avis. Sincerely, ADAM'S A 1 Virginia Fitzwater Avis Kids Reunion Committee 211 9th. Ave Hinton Located in Hilldale Across POLICY From Gotta Stop than one letter each month will be • Clean and Convenient en.e will be €/yea to bCtem et SO0 U STORE IT U LOCK ecmod or  Letters maIt • • , Letter to the Editor Emergency Arose so, what can we expect from our county officials in the future. AS you know Pipestem Creek flooded in 1992 and 1995, resulting in lots of damage, but nothing like this flood. I would like to suggest to our county officials that they take a second look at all of the damage the flood created and to take steps to prepare for the next emergency. The American Red Cross gives classes in emergency preparedness. Linda Feola is scheduled to speak at the Hinton Moose Lodge on June 21st., at 7:30 p. m. I strongly recommend that some of our fearless leaders take time to come and listen o her. The Hinton Moose Lodge is also trying to help some of those people that had severe losses; we urge other Fraternal Organizations to do the same. Sincerly, Ronald L Berry P.O. Box 47 Dear Editor: I would like €o take this opportunity to inform the public that on May 18, 1999 between the hours of 6:30 p.m - 9:30 p. m. an emergency arose in Summers County. Contrary to this fact, no one seems to know anything about this emergency. What is the definition of an emergency? Mr. Webster defines "emergency  as this: "A sudden, urgent, unexpected occurrence requiring immediate action." "A situation requiring help or relief, created by an unexpected event.  The unexpected event we are talking about is a sudden flash flood that hit Pipestem, Pipestem Creek, and Madams Creek. On Pipestem Creek alone, 7 bridges were either destroyed or badly damaged, this does not include other personal property damage that are too numerous to mention. Basically every family on Pipestem Creek was  n ;f or another.  ' Pipestem, WV 25979 ,. ,On Madams Creek one h..e. .......... ......  - .... washed off its foundation/Several more were severely damaged. Between 9:00 and i0:00 p. m. the Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department were trying to notify everyone on Pipestem Creek to vacate their homes due to a Dam on Sun Valley Lake. There was a good possibility that this Dam would break and if it did, it would destroy everything on Pipestem Creek. I have just described several instances that create an emergency, yet very few of our elected officials have ever proclaimed that we had an emergency. Where were the National Guards when we needed them to protect our homes and help evacuate these people. Several of these citizens were elderly, and could not be evacuated to safety without proper help. I would like to thank all the Fire "Department Volunteers who were helping that night. They were the only help that the communities received. At the time of this writing, Delegates Virginia Mahan and Randolph McGraw are working to secure funding to dredge these creeks. However, since no one proclaimed that we ever had an emergency, it is very difficult to get money, especially to help replace bridges on private property. We are very forttmato that no one lost their lives in this flol. If the flooding had occurred in the middle of the night, things could have been worse. • Although something like this happens only once every 50 years or IT...U KEEP THE KEY 466 5990 00ox00Cg ...... ' SUMMERS COUNTY ARH LONG TERM CARE ACTMTIES CALENDAR June 15th. thru 22rid. Tues. June 15th. 8:30 AM Visit. 10:15 AM Exercise. 11:45 AM Mystery Bingo. 1:00 PM Table Games. 2:00 PM Family Council. 4:00 PM Central Baptist Singers. Wed. June 16th. 8:30 AM Visit. 10:00 AM Care Plan Meeting. 11:00 AM Music Hour Margaret Woodrum. 1:00 PM Table Games. 4:00 PM TV Time. Thurs. June 17th. 8:30 AM Visit. 11:00AM Gospel Harmonaries. 3:30 PM Birthday Party. Fri. June 18th. 8:30 AM Visit. 11:00 AM Word Puzzle. 1:00 PM Table Games. 3:30 PM Father's Day Celebration. Sat. June 19th. 10:00AM One-To- One. 10:00 AM Visit With High School Students (Wilmetta, ILL.) 11:00 AM Bingo. 1:00 PM. Table Games. Sun. June 20th. 10:00 One-To- One. 10:00 AM TV Church. 1:00 PM Table Games. 4:00 PM Church Service. Men. June 21st. 8:30 AM Visit, 11:00 AM Spelling. 1:00 PM Table Games. 2:00 PM BibleCotfee. 7:30 PM Popcorn Fun Night. these ticket punches is a difficult task. A century ago, variations of the clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades of playing cards were popular, as were locomotives and other objects connected with railroading. Heads of animals, articles of clothing and even western cattle brands have been used. As the demand for more punches increased, new designs often were created by blotting a drop of ink. Many such unique symbols areused by present-day conductors and are intelligible only to them and to the railroad accounting office. Ofln the selection of a punch design is proof positive that railroaders have a sense of humor. One conductor who is a teetotaler punches out a cocktail glass on his tickets. Another whose surname is Bull punches a cow head. One interurban line had an attractive lady conductor who boasted a wolf head on her punch. A non-smoker )unches a pipe shaped hole. A conductor on a Texas railroad punches the map of his state. All conductors in through passenger service use what is called a single protection punch: it is equipped to make just the one unique perforation. On some railroads operating commuter lines, however, conductors use a duplex two-projection punch. The tip of this punch is used to perforate the particular "xide" to be cancelled out of suburban commutation tickets as the passenger boards the train. Later, the conductor moves through the coaches and uses the upper, or second, die of the punch to cut the perorated portion completely off of the ticket. The ticket punch, admittedly a conductor's most prized occupational possession, can't solve all of his problems. Some years ago, a Northern Pacific conductor refused to punch the single ticket handed him by Daisy and Violet Hilton, the famous Siamese twins. He reasoned that they were two people and should present two tickets. He was •-.overctd.ed by,  opiniqn from,the road's legal department howeer, .; =bicbeld that s ine  tyvfi' were joined together, the one fare was valid for their transportation. Once a conductor gets his punch, it is his for as long as he remains with the railroad. Many conductors have used the same punch for as long as half a century, then passed it on to a son who followed the father's footsteps. Sometimes a railroad will permit a conductor to keep his punch after he retires as a memento of his career. One conductor became so attached to his punch that he couldn't give it up. When he died, he was buried with his punch in his hand. Letter to the Editor People That Care Dear Editor: We the people of Pipestem and Pipestem Creek, would like to give Great Thanks to the Summers County Commission, especially Mr. Clyde Grimmett; also the Department of Agriculture; Summers County State Road Dept. Also the Red Cross for making an effort to cleanup Pipestem Creek after the flood on May 18, 1999. There has been no one else that has made an effort to do anything about it. Great Thanks Aubrey Keaton HC 78 Box 200 Pipestem D,A.V. MEETINGS D.A.V. meets every 2nd, Tuesday, 7 pm at Summers County Memorial Building. dre ,nd phane aemb. lm tole. phone number will not be publiduL Lters will be  for luamar, spslli tMt, syntax, and liL Nmmm will not be wtthhdd. Address them to Ltors to the Ed/tor, P. O. ]] 1000, Hiaton, WV 2.5981. I II " II IIII I" II Hill IIIIIII [ iiIIiIII t,!,, I [i II I i Medicines and Diet Are Effective in Blood Pressure Control The Framingham Heart Study' is the longest ongoing health-re- lated study in the US. Aceording to the study, high blood pressure and heart enlargement in men has been reduced significantly since the 1950s duc to the use of high blood pressure medicines. Earlier this year researchers reported that the incidence of high blood pressure in men had been reduced by 50q and the incidence in women was re- duced even more. This is good news for the 0 million persons who have this condition. Blood pressure medicines such asdiuretics (water pills) help elimi- nate sodium and water from the body. Calcium channel blockers rc!ax the heart muscle by prevent- ing the/low ofcalcium into tissues of the,circulatory system. Beta blockers protect the heart from stimulation by adrenalin. ACE in- hibitors block a chemical that causes blood vessel constriction. Dietary approaches to blood pressure control include reducing sodium and alcohol and increasing dietary potassium, In a study pub- lishcd in Archives of Internal Medi- cine, a diet rich in vegetables and fruit, high in protein, and low in fat significantly lowered high blood 3ressure. Whelher you own or rent a house, AI home end everything in it. t 210 Ballengee St. I. I IL31ONm:)E Hinton, WV. 466-1075 IINSURANCE Nmeoeld m on your ikcm C,W.Ov h,ioonwide A4u/ Insutonce Company and otf, lioted Com[',on,s " t .... HomeOIt-'e .Of'towde/ozo, Columbus. 0H432;5 o wo s a ,reg,stee JderO[ smwce mt ot Natonv,de Mutual Insoonce <r m You are cordially invited to the 3rd annual commemorative celebration of the Mountain State's birth. Complete with period re-en actors, ...- educational programs and plenty of family -. oriented entertainment. ' Activities begin at 9 a.m., Sat., June 19 V' See Battle Re-enactments v' Hear Live period music • "  Join us in a HistoryAlive presentation .  See Lincoln proclaiming statehood • ,.  See and talk with Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, Black Union Major Martin Delany :  Join us for a Genealogical Seminar ,,t t/ Hear Dr. C. Stuart McGehee, associate professor at W. Va. State College, clear up "The Creation of W. Va. and the Civil War." All events are free-of-charge to the public ---,r_ Information, call: (304) 466-4544 b b Itostml by The I,llnton Area Community Center end |S Iupport@d with • -=ducmtlon snd the Arts.