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HINTON, WV 25951
To the Editor,
In Greenbrier Co., a man was
,dected to two different, but impor-
tant offices. He is now the County
Commissioner and the Mayor.
He must be a very popular indi-
vidual, however, the voters have
eated a monster.
This situation represents a gross
conflict of interest, for the Mayor/
Commissioner role he will enjoy,
j,dves him powers over, not only the
city and county taxes, but beth po-
lice departments, the city council
and payrolls throughout the county,
which includes, by the way, the
prosecutor's office and the circuit
court clerks office, who now has
UNCONSTITUTIONAL jury selec.
tion powers.
If one looks a little closer, one will
also find unholy links between the
lmnks,
taking his "property~, "calling; job"
and ~privilege", without paying
compensation for it. I call it a Slave
System.
ROGER L. CRAWFORD
• •
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet-
erans of World War I Barracks No.
3336 met in the Memorial Building
on Nov. 7, at 3: o'clock. The business
session was conducted by President
Irene Lilly.
Prayer by Helen Turman in ab-
sence of Marquerite Higgenbotham
and American flag was led in unison
the hotels, the railroad, the b " • ....
...... iren
jury commissioners mldthe clrcu .........
t ourt clerk, who ong with the judge,
will hand pick Grand and Petit Jury
I nembers from only the newly estab-
lished UNCONSTITIONAL master
':tax record. It's been like this in
Summers County for years, LOOK
for yourselves, or come see me and I
will show you.
BIG BEND AND BEND
TUNNELS:
In March 1930 a survey was
started at Big Bend Tunnel by the
C&O to determine what course of
action should be taken to eliminate
the single track through Big Bend
Tunel. Freight business had in-
creased to the extent that larger and
more powerful engines were pur-
chased pulling longer coal trains.
Addition{ l passenger trains were
being planned and trains were being
delayed entirely too much due to the
single track.
When the engineers completed
their work, it was decided by the C.
& O. officials to drill a second tunnel
parallel to the existing one instead
of enlarging it to accommodate
double track. Although this tunnel
was known as Big Bend Tunnel its
name was really Great Bend Tunnel
as this is over the archway at the
west portal. Great Bend Tunnel was
begun early 1870 and completed in
1872 requiring two and one-half
years to finish.
During earlier years, Big Bend
Tunnel presented a serious operat-
ing obstacle to the railway. Noxious
gases would gather in the tunnel
and in order to overcome this, pow-
erful ventilating fans were installed
atthe east portal run by steam power
to force a draft of circulating fresh
air. Several years later this method
was eliminated and the latest type
of ventilating fans, all electrically
driven, were installed at the west
portal. They operated only as a train
passed through and blew the smoke
and exhaust gases through ahead of
the train.
Construction on the new tunnel
was begun in Sept. 1930 by contrac-
tors, Haley, Chisholm and Morris
Company of Charlottesville, Vs. C.
B. Porter was resident engineer for
Thisishowthe'system'can.prcee-
cute a man for two years, without a
trial, for alleged violations oPopora-
tions rules" of the Alcoholic Bever-
vge Control Commissioner, thereby
ooR. ~d AVIL & TZltW~.E ST.
HINTON, WV~ PHONE ~lS-|lll
Mark
Ellison,
!! ::iiili R. Vh.
.... the railway company under the
annex, supervision of Mr. E. O. Rice, dis-
ehaftgeat te tHct eng!n1 r, of Clifton Forge, Va.
home at 2: o'cloclk tnd m ting aRer About the same time the new tunnel
dinner.
Please pay your dues now. Dinner
on Dec. 6. Meeting was closed by
Prayer by Helen Turman.
Irene Lilly, Helen Turman.
Letters are welcome, but only a
selection will 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 withheld.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinten, WV
25951.
was being drilled at Big Bend,
Hinton's own J.D. Ferguson was on
location at Alleghany, Vs., while
forces drilled a new tunnel parallel
to Allegheny Tunnel.
During construction of the new
Big Bend Tunnel, approximately 120
men were employed. It was estimated
that more than 400,000 cubic feet of
dirt and rocks were removed from
the tunnel including the outside
work.
In addition to the tunnel work,
extensive improvements were made
at the east end as an embankment
alignment change was made extend-
ing from the passenger depot at
Talcett to the tunnel which was used
for the main line. By doing this, a
long curve was eliminated.
State Route 3 through Talcott in
1930 was only a dream in the plan-
What to Do About
Hemorrhoids
According to a recent report in
Medical Times, hemorrhoids af-
fect more than half of all adults and
can occur in children as well. Hem-
orrhoids are enlarged and over-
stretched blood vessels and sur-
rounding tissues in, the rectal
These masses, whsch result from
increased pressure in the blood ves-
sels of the lower digestive tract.
may occur inside (internal hemor-
rhoids) or outside of the body (ex-
ternal hemorrhoids). Signs and
symptoms of hemorrhoids may
include rectal bleeding, pain, itch-
ing, swelling, and inflammation.
• Warm sitz baths(sitting in warm
water) may help ease hemorrhoid
discomfort.
• A high-fiber diet of fruit and
vegetables may make stools easier
to pass, preventing the need for
abdominal smdning caused by con-
stipation.
, Stool softener medkiaes also
may help prevent slxaining.
• Topical medicim such ascareams
and ointments, containing steroids,
local anesthetics, protectants, and
other ingredients, may help ease
pain, itching, and burning.
• Professional care may involve
cryosurgery (destruction of tissue
through freezing) or injections of
solutions that harden and dissolve
hemorrhoids.
Leslie and I, and the entire Staggers family,
want to extend our heartfelt thanks for your
continued support.
I consider serving West Virginia an honor
and a privilege.
I look forward to the next two years and the
great opportunity they represent. With your
help, we can continue to build and invest in
West Virginia's future.
Paid for by Friends of StaBbers fo¢ Congress, Jermings Randolph, Treasurer
f
oy
Long
ning stage. The only road through
Talcott from Hinton was a county
road, the present Willow Wood Road.
Just east of the golf course the county
road veered to the left up to the
railroad tracks and over Little Bend
.Tunnel. It went on past Hilldale
telegraph office where E. B. Huston
and V. Meador worked and on
past the school house to the fan house
at the west end Big Bend Tunnel. It
crossed over Big Bend Mountain past
the John Huston home to a point up
Hungarts Creek where abridge took
it over the little creek. It then fol-
lowed the Creek under the railroad
trestle and again followed the Green-
brier River to the east end of Talcott
near the cemetery where a crossing
at grade was and still is located.
In addition to aligning the tracks
at the east end of Big Bend Tunnel,
the railway company wanted to put
in an under-pass and close the road
crossings at grade. This would have
put a hardship on the citizens of
Talcott and it was not permitted by
the County Court. Instead, a cross-
ing at grade was put in where the
county road originally passed under
the railroad trestle at Hungarts
Creek. This crossing was eliminated
after Route 3 was constructed.
When the old tunnel 'was com-
pleted in 1872, as most of the work
was done by hand, it required two
and one-half years to complete de-
spite the fact excavating was directed
from six separate headings. With
modern equipment, consisting of
compressed air drills, the new tun-
nel was completed in a year and one-
half with work being directed from
only two headings. The big "holing
through day of the $2,000,000.
project came at 3:15 p.m., Monday,
March 28, 1932 when the last"shot~
of dynamite was set offto remove the
last barrier of "mother earth~ so
daylight could be seen from one end
to the other. Prior to putting off this
last shot, in order to prove the accu-
racy of the engineering, a drill was
put on one side of the tunnel and
when it drilled through it came out
exactly on the mark on the opposite
side. Elevation at the east end was
nine feet higher than the west end.
By the time the last dynamite charge
was put off, more than three quar-
ters of the tunnel had already been
lined with concrete. By Oct. 1932,
the concrete lining was complete,
new rail laid and the tunnel placed
in operation.
In Apr. 1933 Haley, Chisholm and
Morris Contractors began the task
of enlarging Little Bend Tunnel in
order to provide clearance for the
latest locomotives and equipment.
Little Bend Tunnel was first con-
structed for single trackin 1872 and
was enlarged to a double track tun-
nel in 1895. The $350,000. project
employed 70 men who built a double
track detour around the tunnel so
the movement of traffic could con-
tinue without interuption. The tun-
nel was enlarged from 27 feet wide
and 21 feet high above top of rail to
34 feet and four inches wide and 27
feet high above top of rail. The work
was completed in five or six months
and the detour tracks taken up.
DAY
College Day will he held at Hin-
ton High School from 9:00 A.M. till
11:00 A.M. on Wed. Nov. 28th. Sen-
iors who would like to attend this
program 'will sign up in homeroom
on Men. Nov. 26th.
The program will begin with an
introduction of the representatives
and recruiters present. Students will
then have an opportunity to talk
with representatives of three col-
leges, or branches of the armed serv-
ices. Each of these three sessions
will last about 20 minutes and at the
end of the program, students will
have an opportunity to talk with one
representative in an informal ses-
sion.. A representative of the W. Vs.
Higher Education Grant Program
will also be present to discuss finan-
cial aid.
We expect all branches of the
military to be present for our College
Day Program. And the following
colleges plan to send representatives:
Alderson-Broaddus, Appalachian
Bible College, Beckley College, Blue-
field State, Concord College, Davis
and Elkins, Fairmont State, Glen-
ville, Marshall University, Potomac
State, Shepherd, W.Va. Tech, West
Virginia State, West Virginia Uni-
versity, West Virginia Wesleyan,
Cumberland College, Virginia Tech,
Ohio Valley College, Wheeling Col-
lege, Bridgewater, Queens, Berea,
Guilford College, and Mt. Vernon
Nazarene College.
The Key Club will assist with
College Day by providing students
to assist with parking and serving as
student guides.
BINGO NEWS
Jack Pot of 375.00 was won Sat.
Nov. 17 in #58 numbers by Eliza-
beth C. (Poochie) Crawford of Big
Creek. Bingo every Sat. night. Fast
Bingo at 6:30 and Regular Bingo in
package at 7:00 to 10:00.
Dec. 1 marks the 4th anniversary
of Loaves and Fishes. Since its be-
ginning in 1986, Loaves and Fishes
has reached out to the needy of
Summers County in a variety of
ways: filling emergency food and
clothing orders, providing emergency
utility, housing and medical assis-
tance, sponsoring camps for low.
income youth, providing a holiday
dinner and food baskets program,
assisting domestic violence victims,
passing along free garden seeds, and
allowing community groups to use
its meeting space. It has truly put
into practice Jesus' call to share our
resources with our brothers and
sisters in need.
Loaves and Fishes has now begun
its second annual Community Fund
Drive and asks for your assistance to
assure that its work continues.
During its first three years, the
outreach center survived usingstart-
up funds provided primarily by
church foundations. Last year your
donations, gathered during out first
fund drive, kept Loaves and Fishes'
ministry alive. Now we're asking
you to hel p us meet our goal of $4,000
which will allow us to help others
throughout 1991.
It would be difficult to find an
organization that could use your
deductible donation more efficiently.
Because its staff is all volunteer,
Loaves and Fishes can use half of
the campaign goal to pay operating
expenses (rent, utilities, phone) and
the other half to provide matching
emergency assistance funds. In 1990,
these matching funds allowed Loaves
and Fishes to convince other sources
to provide an additional $15,000 in
emergency assistance funds and by
working closely with the Division of
Human Services, the Summers
County Services Council and the
Ministerial Association it avoids
duplication. Every penny raised in
Summers County is well spent on
addressing the needs of Summers
County residents.
Loaves and Fishes' local board of
directors gives direction to the many
programs of the organization- This
year the boardincludes PerryMann
Rev. Matthew Sanders, Nadine
Woodrum, Brenda Ratliff, Chris
Chanlett, Jeanne Schmauss, Peggy
Howell, Fr. David Schmitt, Jean
Bolinger, Brenda Cole, Nancy
Szilvasi, Wilma Robinson, and Rev.
Dean Veltman. They urge you to
sen i your contribution to the follow.
ing address and join them in rsach-
ing out to others: Iamves and Fishes,
P. O. 56, Hinton, WV 25951.
An autograph of Julius Caesar is
worth over $2,000,000. ~ .
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