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2-:.Hfnton News Thurs. JUiy5, 1979
I
Published Tuesdays ahd Thursdays
By the
'Dressier
Hinton Publishing Corporation
210 Second Ave.
Hinton, W,Va. 25951
Bob Front, Co-Publisher
Jane Front, Co-Publisher
Richard Mattn, Editor
By Carrier
15 Cents Daily
usPs 246-180
".A'boy growing up experienc-
'.the thrill of his childhood
when he and his pals find
h0nlets nest hanging from a
branch. They have to find
, but, in their new experience in
l kiecklng down this hornets
t nest, just how fast they can run
tprevent form being stung by
these: agitated hornets.
4n "'The Golden Book Ency-
clope¢lla of Natural Science "
hornets and yellowjackets build
• nests: of paper-like material
t made, of chewed-up wood fibers.
: Their.' colonies, like those of
• othersocial insects, consist of a
• queen, males, and workers. In
temperate regions, only the
queen lives through the winter.
: :Hornets hang their nests from
: bianches or from the eaves of
building. In each nest are one
or more combs which contain
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the carcasses of dead animals,
as food for their larvae•"
Anyone may be stung by a
hornet or yeilowjacket if they
are being disturbed. So it is
good advice to check the area
around buildings and in fields.
for their nests. Although it is
very difficult to detect a yell-
owjacket's nest in the ground.
A few years ago we raised
strawberries in our garden at
Barksdale, W, Va. Anyone who
has raised strawberries knows
that it is continous work. One
day I was running the re tiller
through the strawberry rows,
and I distinctly knew there was
a yellowjackets' nest between
the fifth and sixth row, also
right st the end of these two
rows. I had planned to stop the
rotiller Just before I reached
the end of these rows, but I soon
Things
By
Frederick
D. Long
I
THREE OLD LETTERS
By Fred Long
A few days after writing the article on Jefferson Bennett; Joy
Loudermilk of Caldwell got in touch with me and told me that her
grandfather was William Bennett the second son of "Jeff". I went
out to see her and she gave me three letters that her grandmother,
Rachel, had saved, and are now over one hundred years old. I
made copies of them and thought the letters would make up an
interesting column.
Mrs. Loudermilk told me that her grandfather came to Monroe
Draft just before the Civil War. That would make him sixteen or
seventeen years old when he left home. "The only thing he had
when he got here," she said, "was his rifle and the horse he rode
on." He traded the horse for several acres of land and built a
crude log house. "At that time you could count on your fingers the
number of families living around there," she said. Bill Bennett
was a mountain man. For months at a time he would hunt and
trap in the wilds of Greenbrier Co. After successful hunt he would
take the hides to Lewisburg and sell them. Needless to say Bill
Bennett, like his father, knew how to handle a rifle and I would
say his father, "Jeff", taught him everything he knew about
surviving in the woods. When the Civil War broke out Bill joined
the Confederate Army; married, and after the war settled down
to be a farmer. He died Feb. 2, 1909.
Mrs. Loudermilk told me that she didn't know about these
letters until after her mother died in 1963. They were in a cloth
sack she believes her grandmother must have made. I'm copying
them just as they are, spelling and all. I hope you enjoy reading
them.Summers Co W VA
November the 18th 1872
Dear friend hit is With great
pleasure that I take My pen in
hand to drope you a few lines
to let you no that We ar all
Well and I truly hope When
those few lines comes to hand
they may find you all Well
I have no nuse to rite to you
Worth yours attension thire
hase Bin a Big Meeting at
,lumping Branch Since We cure
home there is meating up at mr
lanes chrismas day I Would
love to see robbert dixson and
Nancy and the Baby excuse us
for not riting Sooner for I have
not hade the chance to rite
hyram and little man is fixing
to cure up Give me love and Best
respect to all in ....
frens I Will Close for the
preasant time By Saying rite Soon
if you piece good Bey for this time
from Miss Julia and Nacy
Fitzpatrick GrrLduates In 2 Years
place- school, National Math
Contest ( 2 years), third place-
state, National math Contest,
Haynes Foundation Scholar-
ship, Service Club Scholarship,
Citizenship certificate , and a
senior honor award.
When asked about graduating
from college in two years, Dale
said, "The reason I graduated
so quickly was because of the
great education I received while
attending the Summers County
Career Center and Hinton High
School. The county has a wond-
erful vocational school; more
people should utilize one of the
best educational facilities in the
state."
Dale is the 19 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Fitz-
uatrick of Jmnping Branch• He
and his wife,i Lisa, are exvect-'
ing their first child in July.-bale
is employed as Payroll Accomt-
ant by Monroe Auto Equipment
in Hartwell, Georgia. Monroe is
a subsidiary of Tenneco, Inc.,
the 16th largest company in the
country.
By ¸ Ey " [
rd's- e Vtew
By U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd ,
Not everyone who goes to
college can graduate with a
four- year degree in just two
years, but Dale Fitzpatrick has
done just that.
In May, Dale graduated Mag-
na Cure Laude with a Bache-
lor of Science Degree in Bus-
iness Administration. He is the
first person ever to graduate
from Concord College in just
two years, He was able to do
this by carrying heavy class
loads and testing.
While at Concord, Dale was a
member of four honorary org-
anizations: Alpha Chi, Blue
Key, Gamma Beta Phi. and Phi
Beta Lambda. In addition, he
was the business manager for
theStudent Government Assoc-
iation.
Dale is a graduate of the 1977
class of Hinton High School.
While a student at Hinton and
the Summers County Career
Center, Dale won or received
the following honors: first place
- Bluefield State Commercial
Contest, first place= regional
FBLA contest, third place- state
FBLA contest ( 2 years), first
Chestnut Tree
On Way Bac {
The handsome and useful
chestnut tree, wiped out in the
United States in the first three
decades of this century by
fungus, probably will rise ag-
ain to take its place among the
great trees of the nation.
That encouraging develop-
ment, reported in the July issue
of Sports Afield, stems from
discovery of an organism,
called a hypovirulent, that
weakens the blight enough so
that the tree can defend itself.
The chestnut tree's role as a
major American hardwood was
ended unwittingly by a Long
Island nurseryman who import-
ed infected Oriental chestnuts
about 1900. Our native species
could not defend itself.
First the trees in New York
City, then the chestnuts of New
York State, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, then
the great stands of the Great
Lakes and the South succumb-
ed. By 1930, all but a few
scattered chestnuts, were gone
in one of the worst ecological
disasters on record.
In 1950, the same blight fun-
gus spread through the chest-
nuts of northern Italy -- but
mycologist, J. Grente, isolated
the orgamism that inactivated
the blight fungus. Widespread
research began and has con-
tinned•
IN 1973, Dr. Richard Jaynes
and a research team of the
Connecticut Agricultural Exp-
eriment Station inoculated in-
fected chestnut seedlings being
grown in a Connecticut green-
house. They found that the
French hypovirulent healed the
infected trees just as they had
healed infected European chest-
nuts. Since then, Jaynes and his
associates have been experi-
menting with various strains of
the hypovirulent and have ach-
ieved some dramatic successes.
The problem now, Sports A-
field notes, is to leanr how to
spread the cure naturally from
one tree to the next. The sea-
rch continues.
Through the giant feel many
years ago it did not become
extinct. Each year the roots of
long-dead trees send out spr-
outs. Some grow large enough
to bear crops of nuts before
succumbing to the blight.
Persistence of these roots and
the persistence and skill of re-
there was a first breakthrough•
A plant pathologist, Antonio
Biraghi, noticed that some tr-
ees remained healthy despite
repeated attacks. They had
cankers that were actually heal-
ed.
Ten years later, a Frend
searchers, some day, may bring
back a magnificne tree that
provided food for man and
animals, and a cherished wood
that enabled the carpenter and
the cabinetmaker to create
their finest work.
Anti-American Americans
It has been fashionable in
some circles for the past
few years to criticize Amer-
ica, its social traditions and
attitudes. While the right to
dissent is a valued Ameri-
can freedom that is rare in
other parts of the world,
such widespread criticism
may reflect a deeper mal-
aise.
The famed French play-
wright Eugene Ionesco re-
cently toured this country
and talked to college stu-
dents, as well as journalists,
lawyers, and literary edi-
tors. He later reported that
he was astonished to find
"a spirit of self-destructive-
ness, of masochism, an
American anti- American-
ism" among those he met.
Ionesco said many Ameri-
cans seemed to blame the
U.S. for everything that is
wrong in the world, but no
one wanted to hear that
twice in this century, the
United States saved Europe
from tyranny and totalitar-
ianism. No one wanted to
be reminded that the Soviet
Union had blatantly an-
nexed whole nations and
provinces in Eastern Europe
after World War II, had
brutally crushed the Hun-
garian revolution, or had
clamped shackles on Czecho-
slovakia only a decade ago.
Itow different was the
sense of pride and public
spirit at the time our coun-
try was founded over two
centuries ago! On July 2,
1776, the resolution for in-
dependence was adopted by
a committee including John
Adams. Adams later wrote
that the date would be the
most memorable epoch in
the history of America. "It
ought to be commemorated
as the day of deliverance ...
to be solemnized with pom)
and parade, with showd,
games, sports, guns, bells,
bonfires, and illumination
from one end of this conti-
nent to the other from this
time forward forevermore."
As history would have it,
the nation celebrates its an-
niversary two days later, on
the day the Declaration of
Independence was agreed to,
signed and sent to the state
legislatures.
During this year's Inde-
pendence Day celebration,
perhaps we should bear in
mind Adams' words, and the
observations of the Ruma-
alan-born Ionesco, who has
suffered under Communism
and Nazism.
"It is to the future that
the Americans should look,"
he said. "It is th only way
for them to overcome their
sense of guilt, this self-
punishment that they inflict
on themselves. This masoch-
ism which continues to af-
flict them, will do still more
harm, will be more danger-
ous for humanity, than all
that humanity has done
against itself for centuries
and centuries."
larvae, eggs, and pupae. These forgot all about those yellow- Bennette to Mathias f Bennette
comb are fastened one abov jackets. Suddenly , I heard
the other and are surrounded buzzing at my feet, and when I
by the several layers of. paper looked down, the yellowjackets Mr. Lane was Charles Lane of True. Robert Dickson and Nancy
AnnwereMathiasBennett'schildren.'HiramwasJuiia'sbrother. Tl!.reewa00.. you can slow
I that f°rm the nest's °ther shell' had c°vered my trousers from Julia was Mathias' sister'in'law" Nancy was Juiias m°ther' and ,t do tli,s summer.
Theonly entrance is a small the top of them to the toes of my wife of Jefferson Bennett. Mathias was the brother.inqaw of
hole near the bottom. In each shoes. I was scared nearly to
colony there may be several death, and ran screaming to my William Bennett.
, thonsand hornets, mostly work- neighbor to help me. He saw my greenbrier Co west va june the 7 1874
era. predictment, and with my beat- dear sie i take my pen in hand to
The common Bald4aced Her- ing them offwith myhat, and he
net is large and blaek with white used his insect spray, we soon drop you a few lines to let yo
markings. It is easily agitated, got the yeilojackets off of my now that i am well and that
children is well and i hope
A Bald-faced Hornet's nest is trousers. I was fortunate only to " U |
often foot in diameter, be stung three times on my left when these fue lines corn to
Yeilowjackets refers to sev- arm, Thanking my neighbor for hand that tha will find you boath '1
eral black-and-yellow species coming to my rescue. I return- will i hante no nse to
smaller than any of the hornets, ed to the strawberry patch to rit to you worth yours attention
Yeilowjackets make their nests finish the work with the re- i wed like to see yo heath you
in the ground rather than hang- tiller. To my surprise the rot- must rite to mee an let me
ins them in trees. Although the flier wash t in the garden, in no how you ar i gittin along
i am coing down in a bout
nests are similar in construct- fact, I couldn't see it any- toomonth and John A. Morgan
Ion, they are more fragile that where. Finally looking at the is coming with me and i think • call it Hot Watch.Th hours tween
are the exposed nests of hor- end of the garden, I saw the that you will bee redy to corn
nets.
Hornets and yeilowjackets
feed mostly on nectar, fruit
juices, and the fermenting liq-
uids of decaying fruit. Often,
however, they pray on other
insects and. spiders or chew on
marks where it had crossed the
road. I followed its path through
one of our neighbor's lots, next
to New River, and if the rot-
iller hadn't hit a rock near the
bank, it would have run right
into the deep New River.
00What In A Name?
back with me i will cose for
the presant time
Matthias bennit to mr
John Morgan
Greenbrier Co west va. June the 8 1874
Well John i thought i would drop
a few more lines to let you
know that i am well at this
preasant and hopeing when those
few lines comes to hand they may
find you both well i have no
news worth your attention i
think there is some up here
pretty tite up for something to eat
some has plenty and some has
none i have four pair if shoes
to make this week Joseph has
sold both of his cows for 25 dollars
each so i will close for this
Summer, when all the air condi-
tioners are humming, is the time when
our customers use more power than at
any other time of year.To meet the
demand this summer, you can be sure
amid many others with the
same name."
And Dr. John Harley, the
psychologist, warns that unusu-
al names often can be apes-
What's in a name? Plenty I
ust completed studies disclose
- that the name given to the child
Yothe parent can have a pro-
d. effect on character, sex
time that we'll be doing everything we can
,SP and financial and social Rive hindrance during format- John A. Morgan to provide you with all the power you to build costly power plants.
succesS, ire years, to John Morgan need. We'll be using our available units ' Give your water heater a rest. It
f
: "If you want your children to Another psychologist, Dr. Th-
:grow up a hit with the opp- 0mas Buue, says that people 4 to capacity, and if necessary, we'll be ll,,will save money and energy. With
.itesex,': Science Digest re-' with simple short names seem , molarship Program our neighboring the exception of heating and cooling
after.
Students selected to particip-
ate in the program will be
chosen by the dean of the
College of Law and recommend-
ed to the foundation. Blazer said
the progrm will help students
who may be expected to make a
contribution to the legal pro-
fession upon graduation.
To continue receiving support
the students must continue
fulltime enrollment, maintain a
B or better grade average and
receive the dean's continued
recommendation.
The Ashland Oil Foundaiton,
Inc. provides assistance to in.
stitutions of higher education in
several states.
buying power from
utilities.
If you pitoh in by following the
steps below, you can help us make it
through the summer.
Don't overcool your home. Set your
• home air conditioner's thermostat
at 78 ° or higher, or not more than 15 °
cooler than the temperature outside,
whichever is the higher setting.
For every degree cooler than 78 ° ,
your air condl"tioner uses about 5g more
energy. So a 73 ° setting means you're
using 25% more energy than you would
10 A.M. and 10 PM. are the "peak load"
hours, when the most electricity is
being used and the chance of shortages
is greatest.
So try to restrict your use of major
appliances and hot water during these
hours.
Do your baking and laundry before
10 A.M.Turn on the dishwasher just
before you go to bed. Shower before
10 A.M. or after 10 P.M.
You won't be using less energy, but
you'll be using it when we have power
to spare.And that will reduce our need
" nl sl
-Iorts in the J y issue, call
:our son David and your dau-
ghtar Susan. ff you:want them
:t be bright and success-
rid, pick Mark and Claire. If its
':a b..g sports star you're
/01," en go for John, Don or
:Anne..
:: L:B.:N, Azlfley, president of
-'erican Name Society,
i ,Offers this advice: "Do not pick
t dated name: do not give a
hild a sexually ambiguous
name ; do pick easily spell-
I, easily pronounced, euphon-.
names with initials that
cunnotat¢
names have much
and a
r fashion-
up
to Stand the best chance of
getting on in life,
Science Digest reports on a
survey made by Britan!s
Names Society among hundreds
of men and'womim'on the sex-
lest names. The men voted for
Susan, Samantha, Carol Linda,
Jennifer, Katherine, Amanda,
Kerry, Claire, and Natalie. The
women chose David, Stephen,
Paul, Mark, Adam, Robert,
Richard, Michael, Christopher
and Philip.
And a name even can in-
fluance one's choice of a mate,
Dr. Hartley tells of a girl named
Day who refused to marry Mr.
Weekes because of his name.
systems, the water heater is the biggest
energy user in your home. SO try your
best to work it less.
Use your dishwasher and washing
machine only for full loads.Wash clothes
in cool or warm water instead of hot. ..,
Take showers instead of baths, and
keep them short.
With your help we can save energy
and make it through the summer. And
that's important to all of us.
Vepeo
She married a Mr. Knight in- intends to provide $2,000 to
stead. WVU tn the second year and
$3,000 the third year and there-:
The Ashland Oil Foundation,
Inc. has established a schol-
arship program for first- year
students in the West Virginia
University College of Law.
Foundation President Paul G.
Blazer Jr. said it will provide
$500 each to two students en-
tering the college this fall,
based on academic background
and financial need. If the rec.
ipients continue to qualify, Ash-
land hopes to continue the sch-
olarships for the second and
third years of the program and
to add two entering students
each year.
Blazer said the foundation
¢