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se Magazine'
dd Mrs.
' Bible
one day.
signed,
with
member.
rs.
Le members
a, where
nding
ia Miller,
Miss
iss
Raymond
rove returnl
tlonlng at tlm
Ldemy, Anna.
lhere they vi
zd family, It.
hy R. Gilbe.
me'l. ney
fl Zooin Wash
Kings Domln
nd, Virginia.
WS
ew treatmenU
around flu
py of How t
move Mildew
,ts to the Con
Ltion Center
.+blo, Coloraa{
i produce rail
in the air, b
perature a
their growtlL
lost frequentl|
l, silk, wool
and paper If
or poorly II
eta and
dew, ventflat
+.hanical d
conditioning
Jse briefly c
e from larl
ildew on lab
surface moll
ogsd
sres aou
ho. e.
lryclean
mh fabrics i/
detergent am
I and dry oul
stains can b
zture of lemol
r chlorine b]
nple, you
mrs of chlor
quart of war
ain for five tJ
Phen riRse tlz
Lber, howev
ne bleaeh m
index fabrl
test first be
ne bleach
',u fabricl
L special pro
g off looa
cuum clea
, of the mold
or dispo M
ay. If spots
lightly witJ
.tergent sud
n, mp
ittle water N
abric to l
dde 1hen
e sun
en dry.
p.
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with a
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ou'll ak0
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rnment.
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cology Is
torch.
VEEPSTAKES WINNER- Mivhael RraRg, age 13, of Roote /
0x 80 of Sandstone. West Virginia wa; the wmm, r of a ve,ar
ipply of polsicle recently. Michael entered H "Scarabs- Ou
th Birthday Sweepstakes. which r S spons,r,,d b) Pop- icle
dustries. Photo hy Sally llays|etle.
I
By Bill
• d7 llL
People
Placesi00
&
Things
€
By
Frederick
D. Long
N+ Nov. 6 ltl(;O Abraham
l,im:olv, was ehxted. President.
In December 1860 mth Caro-
]ina seceded from lhe Union,
and in quick succes.sion mher
.outhern states witlidrew Vw
gi,ia, howeww, retlailied pro-
.li(fi'l i,O|' . S[I()I'I time Lin+
c,,dh v;d:: }n;+u,m'zi!ed on l+darct
|
:was a great )leasure to talk we rived I flagged every car
tl ourlong time frieId and lhat calm by our It(rose, to be
]hber, Mrs. Edna Foster. sure I didn't miss Dr Stokes
certainly deserves recogn- Finally hc arrived with hs lxrt-
*n for her faithfulness 1o the able flourescenl light, which Ill
hy people of the community up the entire room.and Jeanie
helping them in any way that was born about t a.m January
could. Anyone wili feel 17, 1947.
hd to know this fine lady. Mrs. Edna Foster s a memt)-
[tirs. Edna Foster was born in er of the Central Ba pus C'h-
tdieton County, West urch. and she belongs h) the
'inia, November 1, 1891 Her following organizations: She
:[,i +)
:r, Reverend George t. President of the What- So- F, ver
iah, was a Methodist Min- Circle of the Kings Daughte.rs .
, and her mother's name Himon Rebekah lmdge+ Noble
!Mrs. LeahM. llannah. Mrs, Grand Club m the Retmkahs.
tar had one sister• Mrs. Sheis a L'hartet MetnN of the
e Lewis and three brothers River,,;iew Flower Club. and has
! Silas Hannah. Mr. Paul been a member of this ctuh for
nah, and Mr. Roscoe Han 12)rlythree years. She belongs
to the Degree of throne. Am-
t Her
three brothers were erlcalI tA-?lON z.dzi]i;,:%, €'¢)1 [(
tineers for the Chesapeake
'i Ohio Railroad at Hinton W. War l Aux,ia,y, and oman .-,
Club. She and five meml)ers of
',',Mrs." Foster is the only the American tgion Auxiliary
lg member of the family flew to Ilawaii in i972. and
'las been blessed ith good enjoyed a wonderful trip. She
th . and she keeps very flys often to see her son and
re. family, Mr. and mrs. Lawrence
r childrenare: Mrs. Louise Foster in Atlanta Georgia
ow of Marlington, W. Va. She was telling me about the
Leota Higgins of Beck- time ,;he wa, vmiting her ,%,
W.Va., Mr. Leanord Fos- ter, Mrs. Josie Lewis. of Hun-
tleeeased. Mr. Lawrence tington, W Va They were
y> Foster of Atlanta. Ga, sitting in the living room talking
Mrs. Pauline Goins of Hin-
b'. Va. She makes her home
'her daughter and son* in Year end
Mr. and mrs. Aaron Goins m
atom
'ing Mrs Edna Foster's
ood, her family moved
Pendleton County to Buck,
Ca, , where her father
lued his Miethodist Minist-
e was married Januray +':g
[ il, and has lived in Hin- +::"m+'"!'
the past 68 years. She
and
grand-
has been a practical
many years, and she
me in our conver-
that Mr. Irvin Maddy
of the first Pr-
L Nurse's Class at ttinton
lthall as the
"who was a register-
Foster was
of the class. Other
: Mrs, Daisy •M
Mrs. Nell Lilly;
Higginbottom,
She
J.W. Stokes in :::
newborn babies.
telling me about These Ist. 2nd and 3rd graders of Riverview
wifeat our home School are shown hoarding their bus for their
was end-of-school field trip to'Dr) Gulch Jnncfion
when they heard ai Imtasua]
rtolsc ill lhe dininy room. H-r
si,,der (hOtl+(ht the nose was
ctming from upstah's and she
went upstairs to check. Mrs.
Foster walked into the dining
room. and to her stlrprise, there
was a long bean pole}coming
through the open window. The
torquer had sluck the end of the
pole under the handle of her
white tx)eketbook tim,", was (m
the dining room table and was
in the pr()cea of pulling it (m the
pole Ihro)Igh the window. 'Mrs
lOb)sloe grabbed the end of ;}mat
bean I:fle amd sire and the
red)her had a tug of war.
I,'mally, fl,e roidmr let go of the
l)O.e and mrs• Foster fell back
against the dining room table
|.took. +lie uo[ile(t t'Ie police,and
a few days later th robber was
captured The police said this
robber was known as the - Stick
Robber "" and he had robbed
many homes in the neighbor-
hood.
1 want to thank lh's. 'Edna
F()su,r and her daughter, Mrs.
I'a aline Goins. for being so kind
in giving me this history, and
we wish Mrs. Foster good
health and happiness.
4 1861. On April 8 he notified the
Governor of )uth Carolina of
his mtentioh to supply the ted-
eral troops at Fort Sumtcr. in
Clmrleston Harlx)r with provis-
icr,s. Ew the preservation of tim
l;n:on }".ur clays later the
C(mfedert+.tes opend fire and the
Civil War tmgan. On Apr. 15,
lg61. President Lincom issued
lhe call for 75 t) volunteers,
two days later the delegates of
Virginia, meeting in Richmond.
the majority known 1o tx. Union
man. voted for secession 88 to
55. If l,incoln has not attempt-
ed to force the seceding states
back into the Union they might
have voled against secession.
Napoleon 'd French. delegate
from Mercer Co.. voted for the
ordinance. On May 23, 1861 the
vole for or against the See.
ession t)rdinance, passed by
lheir convention, was brought
bcfl)r( the people of Virignia.
()IflV (wo men In the terri-
tory that is now Summers (?o
w:,ted for the ordinance when
r,m, votes were c, ast ,)n tick
Creek (hat day. They were John
krieh,-I/ond and Jefferson Bonn.
eU Tim people voted for sec-
ession, t was ratified t)v a
majority of 96.750 out of a total
vote of 161,018. The counties of
north western Virginia in a vote
of 44,000 gave 40,04)0 majority
against the ordinance. Virginia
.Ioined the Confederate States of
America and many previously
loyal Union men joined the
Confederate army, but
Virginia, like the Union. was
deveded
SamiJcl .l{ichm<md was a Un+
ion man. tin owned a large
water lmwered grist.- mill that
he operated throughou( the
year. and !)eople came front
miles around to his mill toealed
in F, aleigh Count v on Sandstone
r alh,, then called Richmond
Falls. lie also ran a terry across
New River about half a mile
below the falls. His mill was lhe
"meeting" place for smaP talk
and big fights. Several fights
are recorded in Millers History.
Richmond didn't make any s'ed-
ret of hm belief that we should
not leave the Union. Numerous
small meetings were held here.
and throughout whal later tin-
came West Virginia, as to whe-
ther we should stay with
during the winter of
1947, and I was
on the second trick at
and Ohio West +
ice. My wife had called
home, and to make ..............
every light in the
area had gone out. Be-
our regular doctor
:of town I had asked my
Mr. James L. Davis,
the
p megather
lanterns and lamls
office as we could to
home. When we
h the.lanterns and
Eda Foster was
@
E xcurslorls
r
r •
l)(tw(;en ,ytheville and Bland. , h'ginla. I hoto
bY Sally ihiyslette.
lamp in 'her
about the
tch flame.The fire
.had ;gone out and
+uggested that
Stokes to
I calledhim
. Virginia or with the Union.' On mile from the fery, He died the
June 1 1861 representatives next day.
front most .of these counties Accused of the shooting was
called a convention in Wheeling Henderson Garten, a gurrilla
and voted to void ttte acts of under Capt. Philip Thurmond
Virginias secession convention,
and declared their independ-
ence from Virginm, and est-
ablished a pnwisional govern-
m,n, I cal > Samuel Rich-
r.+,d now makinI speeches
with bold and strong language
that lhe people around this
territory, Grec,twier. Raleigh,
Moreer ali+l Mi#ilroe Cotmties
she+ ,ld vow- to form. new slate
so-ealle,:l ' ltestored Go¢ern-
ment of Yirgin+a '' LJhful o the
Co. Echols Brigade and. Jeff-
erson Bennett, however no one
could prove it.
The war came to an end April
9. 1865. For some time before
the end of the war and after.
bands of robbers and killers
roamed throughout Monroe and
Mercer Counties as well as
some other counties,
A long rolling contest had
been plamed on New River in
k;stive celebration of the end of
?
Th
Jumptng B anch Ne
Mrs. Alma Gaydesh, has rec-
ently returned to her home here
after spending the winter
months with her children in
Tucson. Arix.
Mr. and mrs. Stan Day and
children Heather, and ,Ion Ell-
iott of Morgantown and Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis Wilcox and child-
ren Ginny, Michael and Mel-
ante of Winston Salen spent the
weekend with their parents Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Wilcox
brother Blaine:
Earl Waddell left MOnday for
his hime in Tucson, AriZ., after
a three weeks visit here With his
mother, Mrs. T.C. WaddelU HiS
sister and brother.in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Vesker Meadows and
other relatives.
Jack Deeds of Orange Park,
Florida, visited this., weekend
his Aunt Mrs. Dexter Hill.
Mrs. Auelene Pack, Mrs. CI-
of ister Marshall, Mrs. Martina
Union ih, was a very influent+
ial .mm apd many imople list-
ened to him. He proclaimed this
message at every opportunity
Jeff Bennett didn't like it. and
he let people know it. The vote
came and people voted 18A89 to
781. f(n the formation of a new
Sta!e ;,.',?(i cm 3une 20, 18(;3. West
Virami:. w:tu formally a(})i£|tl
t( [bo I l€)tl
t(' c<.+]eb;':t;.c +/.: ; greal de(d
()f bt{.<'Faaes.. ) ,}:,C +)V(q" l!+. issue
of [ortAil ; t('w State: and
advocatve )+ se:pa'ation with
\\;qrP.mi:t Oa Se;te/tmr,11. Dia.
|ilht*) to t+)I)k AI+<D ViYIC(i'fi
+J(++'();+,% t]}@ Nl.'+'k, si" 'i++.+ ' [-' C+21R)O
tic !"It3 !,:d' Tie tr'ip bmd
;'++(c.; O[ t'l",; >t,).+, , iU! this
time wbe,,, w. ,;+,rte(i back. and
a1o::;l a+ t|lC ],kdigh side. he
was .'.;hat ihroug, 1he lung. Tim
shot canc from {|e, lourilair)
si(te No one saw who did it.
Richmond was a powerfllt rnao
arl(l h( managed to [let back to
(he shure whete fric, nds carried
him t<) his home gLu)ul half a
P error m ers
the war. Jeff Bennett roeearly Nimitz.
that morning and was getting Mrs. Joyce Knight and Mrs.
ready to make the trip down to Anna Williams returned home
New River. His Wife was start-
ing hreakfast and the youngest
children were getting dressed,
all excited over the community
gathering on the River. "Jeff "
was itting under the apple tree
chewin( on a plug of tobacco;
vnen suddentlv raiders came
Sunday from Apex, N.C. where
they visited relatives. They
were accompanied home by
Miss Belinda Martin and her
Williams, Bill Thompson, and
Mr. and mrs. Alton Thomlmon
attended Sunday June 24 the
annual Thompson family reun-
• ion held at Beckevitch,. Fayett-
e Co. Park.
Peterstown Area News
On June . the Cashmere malt)r changes i'ePorted+ The
throuth his farm. A shot rang Missionary iety held its
oat killing Jefferson instanlly, meeting at the Cashmere Corn-
ttis dog ran towards them bark- munity Building. Thelma Mann
ing ferociously and they shot it. called the meeting to orderwith
Nancy. his wife gathered the a reading from 1 Tintothy foll-
chiMren up and ran into tim owed by the Lord's l'ayer,
woods as the raiders burned prayed by all in unison, Sev-
down the house and stole the
meat out of the meat ilouse.
A Mr. I) .... that lives hear
Aidersun told me that when he
was a child his mother, the
daughter of Roller1 Bennett,
Jefferson's son. pointed out to
him the man that killed "Jeff "
To>):..m'w e ( a)nr,'s will carts, chautpionship horse
nnua tat t".m" o Wes! Vir- anees r)',, the S!ebbmg Royal
gima which op<'n.s tugUst 17
near |.,ewisburg,
Kicking ofi the rune day ex-
'positiol witi be, "'Frioay Nigh{
Fevec'" wih a spe<'al $3.t) Per
person gate admissmn This
price entillcs tim fairger o
ride all carmva} rides attend
Itm Junior LIt and l,'.f,'.t, lh)r-
se Sh.w and see a special
grandstand show feat urir,,
Little ,Itmmy Dic],'ons Rom
Stonmmm Ra}ph Sioat mul tJ3e
'].'e/l ae ssee T;avq(?rs;
Grardstand D(:rfcrtners f()/
the we,k in(:lude ('rvs{al Ga vte,
Charity Pride. titly '(?rastV
Cradd,)ek. l)ai,(, and Sugar,
Jauie t'-rickk the Staler Hro
thers. Anita }{ryant 1.,;ti'1".3,' (;at-
Jill, the I/;arl ,?rug/-:s Revte.
l,ife ;)rid the tPA<!irte l';Xpres;s
Livestoek,slmws und judging,
agrieulhwal exhibils, harness
racing, high :ehool band cmi.
Eu("otxmn Circus. ride's, shows,
and tented attractions are plan-
ned for West Virginia's largest
outdoor exposition.
l)aily Program containing a
complele schedule of events and
information for reserved seal
orders are available by writing
the Staie Fair ()ffice. Box 829,
1,ewisburg, WV 24)1
eral members read poems: ""
Better. Wiser and llappier", by
Clara Ilines; "Bells of lleaven
", by Cathy Martin; "3rd John
", by Maxy Bradley; and "The
Church". by May Brown. The
Love Gift was presented by
Doris Welch. Ruth Francis pre-
Bennett his great-grandfather, sented the lesson, and Bible
He said the person pointed out Quizz. Cathy Martin won the
was Alexander H. "Tuck" Rich- quiz gift. May Brown gave the
mortal, the son of Samuel treasurer's report.
Richmond. The members voted to have
cabinets built in the kitchen of
the Community Building and to
buy a refrigator also for the
A Fat building Plans were also made
t r to buy a fan and they were to
serve the Spangler Auction on
June 16th.
At the conclusion of the bus-
mess meeting the members
Were served deliciotm refresh-
meats by the hostess, Doris
Welch. Those enjoying the soc-
ial hour were: Mary Dunn,
Betty Bradley, Mary Bradley,
May Brown, Clara tithes. Th-
elma Mann, Agnes Neely, Ca-
thy Martin, Amy Bradley, Ruth
Martin and Ruth Francis
Monthly Council Meeting ileld
The monthly meeting of the
Peterstown Town Council was
West Virginia Unive,rsityhas held, with Mayor Osby Harvey
receiwd a $4:326 grant from presiding. The resignation of
the National Institute of Gen. Nancy Dalton. town clerk, eff-
eral Medical Sciences for a bio-" ective immediately, and town
chcnical study involving the attorney, Edwin Wiley who said
svnlhesis and breakdown of
high energy-yielding com-
pounds, l)r. Mary Wimmer os
the School of Medicine's dep-
artment of biociemistry is m
chai'ge of the project.
that it was impossible for him to
continue as town attorney be+
cause of his heavy work load
were accepted.
During. the executive session,
treasurer's report is as follqws :
General Funds, $6,293,79 ; =re@;.-
enue sharing, $I,821, and
coal severance, $667.92; B+ills:t0'
be paid are $28.55 to Tirffer"
Amoco for gas and oil for tlte"
police car, and $183.08:'to he.
Mitchie Co. for the replac6ment..
of the New West Virginia: 'c0tle
books. Council agreed td hek"
with the Monroe Count ) Coffrt'
to see if it had the right of wayIo"
add red dog to the Daws Sf-'
reet area in front of Dai'yl,
Porterfield's house in order for .-
him to build a driveway,+Coun= "
cii said if the town had a 30:fot:
right of way to the cPeek:']t'
would later add gravel to .e'
area.
Paul Moody was denied .a' :
request by ltarvey for a build-* ,
ing permit appe01 to build a twb ?
carport. Moody was grahtd'a'
building permit April 23 to build
a two-car garage, however Hm'-
vey asked him to change the
building site, near the creek,'
tlowevcr council said it.feIt
there was nothing wrorig with"'
issuing the permit since'no on'e ':
would be living in the building + :.
Harvey encouraged him to build'
the garage next to the bank "
because of flooding and Moody
agreed. " ' "
Mr. and Mrs ,lame Phillips ',
spent the 'eekend and parl: of '
the past week visiting with theii' L ""
daughter and family, Mr. and "
Mrs, Jim Weatimrford and
children and helped with the
moving into their ..new home
they have just finished in Char-
lottesville, Virignia:
+-
Mr, ant Mrs. James Webb of
NewBerm, North
their parents, Mr..and
James Webb in
council0nnted the challenged and Mand Mrs
votes whici were cast in the ertson here.
June 5 town election with no
Three wavs vou can slow
0000]own Tnls summer. >+
at a 78 ° setting.
By watchilN your thermostat,you'll
save energy at a time when it's most'
important.
And you'll save t(×).
;.,=
10 A.M. and 10 P:
hours, when
being used and the chance
is greatest.
apphances and hot water
houl 's. .+
Do
You
you'll be usi
energy user
best ti) work
Sumner. when at1 the air condi-
r.i(mers are humming, is the time when
()ut + cust()mers use m()}e power than at
ans + )the.1 tune ( f yedt. to tneet the
d(.mand this summe;.y()u can be sure
that we'll be doing everSthitN we can
toprovide you with all the power you
need. WCll t0e using our avadable umts
to capacit% and if necessary, we'll be
buying power t!rom our ndightxring the
utilities.
It y( u ptch m by following the
steps beto+v, you ca l he]Pus nake it
thr()ugh the. dunme.:
+ , + , -
Don t' overc(x)l -y:(:)ur honae. Set your
m h()]ne ,.in condttloner s thermostat
- 0
at78 orhi ;o.
the tenperatur e,
wtfichever isthe hi
in cool
Take
" F()r every degree
O
amose=ent Park in Roano' a tlred',,t'hai,, yourair ¢0nditoner uses about 5 more that's
home about 9'30 p m and one parent en r &) a 73 set in t ]s
• • • , e y... t neai. oure.
r'' ' ' .... , g g ' ' Y ..... ,+
the fell aslee immediately that , -,o ........ ........
Y P .... 1 4 + * 7 t" ,V ..... : L ' +" r r " " ' ' , r 4 ,
,!ly ltayslette• : using2,)<,, rn()rt (. n{.lgy thall.V0U mould :