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2 - Hinton News Tues. Nov. 6, 1990
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HINTON, WV 25951
first copy
Dear Editor:
Someone recently sent me a copy
~,,ut of the Star newspaper that was
mblished about four years ago.
feerns like some people had been in
Hinton searching for records per-
:aining to James A. Meadows, who
left a fortune in Mineral rights to
Spindletop Oil Field in Beaumont,
Texas. I wonder why? I can clear up
the problem for everyone. Perhaps
you would be kind enough to publish
my letter in your paper. I am the
ttistorian for the relatives and de.
cendants of James A. Meadows. My
letter is as follows.
Thank you
Ruby Gramelspacher
4720 W. Illinois St.
Midland, Tx. 79703
Dear Fred,
In Jan. 1988, the second semester
of my Junior year I did what many
high school students do everyday. I
quit school. I thought that I could
make it in the world without the
proper education, including my high
To whom it May Concern. Par-school diploma.
ent sofJamesA.Meadowswereborn got $ job at Summers County
in Kentucky. His father was born iri Or flrdo Cent rat Hilldale,
1834 and his mother was born in but I s ill needtd mydiploma or my
1842. These birth dates were taken GED. Ihadmanychancestotakemy
from Census records at the Archives
in Charleston, W.Va. His father died
1918. His Mother died in the Late
920's.
sister, Sarah Parthenia Mead-
w.s born in Kentucky in 1860.
h e married twice and widowed
She was the mother of four
hihh' m. Three boy's and one girl.
,ihe died in 1938. Mary Meadows
was in the County Home in Dunbar,
W.Va. And is buried at Institute,
W.Va. She was married and the
mother of three children, one girl
and two boys:
His brother, William Meadows
was never married and Died in 1949.
The other brother, was married, and
the father of eight children, died in
1945.
I have the records and some pho-
tographs of some members of this
family. Sarah P. Meadows was my
grandmother. If anyone wants in-
formation on this family, they should
talk to someone who knows.
GED but I didn't. It wasn't like get-
ting the chance to walk across that
stage and get that diploma that you
had worked so hard for the past 12
years. And also you would miss out
on the chance to see your fellow
classmates and the friends that you
had made in the past years receive
theirs.
So I made the right choice, and
went back to school, after being out
2 years. I am really glad that I did.
If there is anyone that is suppose
to graduate in a few years and is
thinking about quitting, I urge you
to think twice before you do. Be-
cause sometimes you don't get a
second chance like I did.
Wilma Cox
The Renaissance painter Raphael
painted more than 300 pictures of
the Madonna.
WE'RE STILL ALIVE AND WELL
AND CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
Summers County Hospital
Laboratory
will.again be offering the
Multi-test Blood Screen
November 12-16
Cholesterol & GIuc $ 5.00
Cholesterol & HDL $ 5.00
7:30 am to 4:30 pm 3o
- Test Profile $18.00
ATTENTION! A new test has been added
to the 30otest Panel- T4 which checks Thyroid.
Complete Blood Count: MlnerM=:
White Blood Count Cddum
Red Blood Count Phosphorus
Hemoglobin Iron
Hemstocrlt Check for Gout:
Red Blood Indk~km Ud¢ Acid
(MCV, MCH & MCHC) Kidney Dkmm:
Plstelst= Blood Urea Nitroeet
Chemistde, UpM Suton: (BUN)
Cholesterol CruUnine
Trlglyceddes LNor and Heert 01ume:
Diabetes: ToIM Ixo~in
Glucose Albumin
Electrol~n: Tolld Blllmbln
Sodium Alkaline Pho~
Potassium Cmstinlne Klnau (CK)
Chloride Lactic Oehydrnglmme (LD)
Carbon Dioxide SGOT, SGPT i GGIP
these tarots
dons, you need to be
fmtlng st least 12
houm (no food, but
water baltowed).
Take medicaUone ia
mmM.
You do not need to
make on 8ppolntment
unkm you nxd s
opeolM tlnm due to
Y~w L~b resuIls may be picked up It the Lab oN ~ following day or they can be mailed
lo you. We will also =end a copy to you¢ hmdly phyztcbn If you wllh.
g you have any questions, ptesse coatact
Logan, Lal~rstory Technlcid Ohartot,
466-1000, txtentioll 152
Y Y g
TALCO3 I ,, W. VA., AND BIG
BEND TUNNEL:
Prior to the coming of the Chesap-
eake and Ohio Railway, Talcott, as a
village, was unknown. There was a
small settlement nearby known as
Rollynsburg which was soon to lose
its place on the ma . When workers
came to the area constructing the
tracks for the railway, especially Big
Bend Tunnel, families began set-
tling there. The settlement was
named for the ever popular Captain
Talcott who had charge of building
the tunnel.
Soon aRer the railroad came to
Talcott a freight depot was con-
structed and a gentleman by the
name ofC. E. Lacey was employed as
the first Freight Agent for the C&O
at that place. Talcott station was a
heavy agency in those days shipping
car loads of sheep, cattle, tobacco,
ties and tanbark to market. Adams
Express Agency did a brisk business
handling eggs and poultry for the
local farmers. It was the railroad
station for the Red Sulphur Springs,
Greerbrier Springs and Lindeman
Spripgs spas. The town grewbyleaps
and bounds and soon there were four
general stores and two very nice
hotels plus many other businesses.
During construction of Big Bend
Tunnel, Mr. M.D. Tomkies, a gentle-
Letter To The Editor
man who made a name for himselfin
the mercantile business came to
Talcott from Richmond, Va., and
worked as a clerk in the commissary
conducted by the contractors. He
afterward came to Hinton where he
conducted his mercantile business
for many years.
One of the supervisors in the
tunnel construction was Michael N.
Breen who emigrated to Summers
County from his native land, Kerry
County, Ireland.
Mrs. Anne Marie Holder was a
cook at Talcott for the crews that
dug the tunnel. Her husband, John
Holder, had charge of the crew of
men who pierced %helight hole, the
final bore which permitted, for the
first time, workmen entering one
end to see daylight at the other. Mrs.
Holder died at the home era daugh-
terin Beckley, W.Va., June 30,1936,
age 90. Besides her own children,
she lived to see her descendents
consisting of 51 grandchildren, 63
great grandchildren and 3 great
great grandchildren.
When Big Bend Tunnel was brick
arched in the 1880's, railroad em-
ployes were jubilent because the
danger of falling debris was finally
eliminated but there remained a very
dangerous condition, especaially to
train and engine crews passing
Lonnie A. Allen
To The Editor of Hinton News,
I have been receiving The Hinton
News for a fewyears now, from back
home. ] have really appreciated how
you have been faithful in mailing my
paper. My family and most of my
friendslivein andaround Hinton. It
is a really special place to me. All of
my childhood memories are there. I
was born and raised around Sand-
stone and I spent most of my life
there. Someday I plan to return.
That is where my heart is.
The reason I am writing: Would
you please publish my son's picture
in the Hinton News. Lonnie is spe-
cially trained in The Marines and
has been in Marines for 3 112 yrs.
Right now he is in Saudia Arabia.
Lonnie has lots of friends in and
around Hinton and if you could
publish address I think many of his
school mates around Sandstone and
Hinton would write him. He would
really appreciate it.
Lonnie is stationed in Cherry
Point, N.C. but has been in the Gulf
since the last of Aug. He would
appreciate all the prayers and also
all the mail he could receive from
home.
Lonnie's address: LCPL Lonnie
A. Allen, 23519 1604, U.S.S. GUAM
LPH-9, Division MWSS 274, Dept.,
M.A.G. 40 4th MEB., Fleet Post
Office, New York - 09563-1640.
Thank You Very Much.
Mrs. Sulestine (Allen) Morris
6531 Townline Lk. RD.
Harrison, Michigan 48625
LETTER TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Fred,
Here is a little something for your
readers to consider when they vote
today:
Corruption in government leads
to nepotism and institutionalized
fraud and racism, as negative eco-
nomics leads to drugs and crime.
Therefore, a mass tolerance for cor-
ruption is analogous to mass insan-
ity.
Roger L. Crawford
ON THE HINTON BY-PASS
HOME OF THOSE DELICIOUS HOT DOGS.
Hamburger
Thurs. Ham & Cheese
Fri. Fish Sandwish
Men. Quarter Pounder
Tue. Bar-B-Que
$1.19
$1.19
$1.45
$1.79
$1.55
$1.79
$1.59
• Potato • 15 Bean & Ham
• Vegetable Beef, Chili & Beans
6 am to 7 pm
Below
to 11:30 am
Phone 466-1700
Bluestone Dam
through eastbound. Ifa train atopped
in the tunnel for some cause, the
smoke and fumes were so bad it was
necessary to back out as quickly as
possible. Engineer John C. Wise was
stopped for some reason and before
he could get out, was overcome by
the fumes and died. The public
understandablywas aroused and not
wanting another battle with public
officials, the c&o installed fans at
the east portal of the tunnel which
all owe d fresh air to circulate through
the tunnel.
Just prior to brick arching Big
Bend Tunnel an agency at Lowell
was opened and Mr. Lacey left Tal-
colt for that appoointment. Mr. E.P.
Huston, a well known railroad
employee name in that area, was
given the Talcott Agency. His son,
Elbert B. Huston, was a telegraph
operator on first trick at Hilldale for
many years. Elbert lived on the for-
mer Charles Rollyson place on top
of BigBend Tunnel. One of the shafts
opened in its conatruction is on his
land there. His son, John Huston,
was a trusted and competent tele-
graph operator for the C&O whohad
tllree sons who also, worked for the
C&O as telegraph:ioperator: John
Jr., Thomas E. and Franklin D.
Thomas is, orrscently was, employed
as wire chief at Huntington, W.Va.
Sometimes in the 1890's an Inter-
locking Staff and Signal Sys-
tem was installed Big Bend Tun-
nel which I will address next week.
A serious train accidentoccurred
at Hilldale on the evening of Aug. 2,
1927. The west local freight was
standing at Hilldale while work was
being performed on the head end.
No. 95, a manifest freight, with
engineer C. A. Seldomridge at the
throttle, came out of the west portal
of the tunnel and crashed into the
local's caboose reducing it to kin-
dling. Fortunately no one was in the
caboose. The engine crew of No. 95
jumped off to avoid possible injury.
In addition to the caboose, which
was demolished, six cars of the local
freight were knocked off the track
and three other cars badly damaged.
Letters are welcome, but only a
selection wifi be published. Prefer-
ence will be given to letters of 300
words or less. Longer letters may be
shortened or rejected. Letters must
be signed and must include an ad-
dress and phone number. The tele-
phone number will not be published.
Letters will be edited for grammer,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel.
Names will not be withhold.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951.
CONCORD MARCHING BANI -
ON STAGE FOR NOV. 6
CONCERT IN ATHENS
The Concord College Marching
Band will come in out of the cold for
a Nov. 6 concert in Athens. The free
show begins at 8 p.m. in the Main
Theatre of the Alexander Fine Arts
Center.
The 48-persen ensemble, directed
by Douglas R. Overmier, promisee
plenty of vibrant music and dancing,
along with special effects. Selections
will be drawn from the current
season's repertoire, as well as some
of the best received selections from
1989. Styles will range from classi-
cal and jazz through pop rock and
hard rock, Overmier said.
SENIOR NEWS
Hinton Senior Center has re-
sumed Square Dances on the second
Fri. of each month. Ages 50 and over.
Admission will be $1.00. If you need
transportation please call 466-4019.
The next Square Dance will be Nov
8.
COR. S~I AV~ & ~ ST.
Mark "
Ellison,
R. Ph.
Fungal Skin Infections
A group of skin infections col-
lectively mfctmd to as the der -
tophytes are caused by fungi. The
most common fungal skin infec-
tion in humans is athlete's foot;
Typically, fungal skin infections
produce symptoms tha arc similar
to contact dermatitis -itching, scal-
ing, redness, and loss of the outer
skin layer.
Fungal infections thrive in the
presence of excessive moisture,
such as from hot and humid
weather, exercise, or the wearing
of tight-fitting shoes. Poor nutri-
tion and poor body hygiene also
may contribute to this infection.
Nonprescription antifungal
agents such as tolna ate, micon-
azole, and clotrimazole arc applied
topically to the skin. These medi-
cines kill or inhibit the growth of
fungi in the outer skin layer. Most
areas of the body require two to
three weeks of Ireatment. Areas of
thick skin, such as palms of the
hands and soles of the feet, may
require a month to six weeks of
therapy.
Griseofulvin is a prescription
medicine that is taken orally and is
used for skin, nail, and systeanic
fungal infections. Ketoconazole
cream is approved for morn sc-
vea'¢ fungal infections of the skin.
According to the journal, Hospital
Medicine, ketoconazole has been
effective against fungal infections
not responding to topical- antifun-
gala or gris¢ofulvin.
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