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The
HINTON NEWS
(Continuing the Hinton Daily Ne'#s & ]he Weekend Leader)
Home of the W. Va. Water Festival
90 No. 33
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Dec. 1 O, 1991
25 Cents
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SCHOOL LEVY
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VOTE SATURDAY
Comment by Fred Long
This Saturday county voters will be given the opportunity
to decide on a special tax levy that, over a three year period,
will provide over $2.6 million for the county school system. No
one can argue the fact that the county school system is broke.
The additional money, if used wisely, would make the system
solvent again and provide for some much needed equipment
and supplies that is necessary before we can hope to improve
the education for our school children.
Voters are being asked to forget about the mismanagement
of our money over the past few years by our local School
Board. Some are saying vote for the levy and vote the board
members out when their term expires. Others say they will
not vote for a levy as long as any of the present board members
hold office.
Both of these arguments have merit. It is difficult to send
money to the same Board that was warned almost off a
monthly basis, for over two years, that ifth ey did not cut back
on expenditures they would be facing a deficit. It wasn't until
a $250,000 deficit struck them in the face that they finally
admitted that they were in trouble.
Probably the argument to vote for the levy and replace
board membership next year would be the best thing that
could happen to the Summers County school system. A vote
for the levy would give a new board the money that is needed
in order for them to put the system back on its feet.
But voters need only ask themselves three questions next
Saturday before voting. Do you like the terms of the levy?
Does the county need the levy? Can you afford it? If the
answer is "yes" for all three, vote for it. But if the answer is
"no" for any of them, it might be better for you to vote against
it.
Don't stay home next Saturday, every voter that can
possibly get to the polls should vote and every voter should
vote the way they .feel about the levy and not how they feel
about anything else thathas gone on in our school system for
the past two or three years. The money is needed and the
voters should make the present board members accountable
tp the tax payers for their irresponsible actions. They are the
MEMORIES OF DEC. 7, 1941
By Perry Mann
On Sun. morning, Dec. 7, 1941, I
awoke at 1504 Washington St. E.,
Charleston, W. Va. and lay thinking
of this and that and wondering, as
any twenty-year old does, about my
future. Little did I consider the pos-
sibility that I would meet my future
that afternoon.
That day was a brilliant one. az-
ure and gold that dawned freezing
cold but warmed in the afternoon
sun. I decided to go to an early movie
at the neighborhood theatre four
blocks away at Elizabeth St. beside
the Blossom Dairy. I do not recall
the movie; but I do recall leaving the
darkness of the theatre into the
gilded daylight and walking toward
home under a benign sun. On the
way, I met a friend whose carriage
implied that the news he carried had
an import more significant than the
latest football upset. He introduced
me to my future by asking, =Did you
hear that the Japs have bombed
Pearl Harbor?"
My first reaction and question
was, flb'here is Pearl Harbor?" My
friend wasn't certain where it was
but he guessed that it was some-
where in the Pacific Ocean.
As I walked the remaining blocks
to home, I mulled over recent his-
tory: i remembered hearing as I
walked to school in the late Thirties
the early morning tirades, the
mouth-frothing madness, of Hilter
coming from radios; I remembered
the Nazi invasion of Poland on Sept.
2, 1939, and how stunning and omi-
nous was the rapidity of the dis-
memberment of that nation; I
thought about the Battle of Britain
Never in the annals of human con-
flict have so many owed so much to
so few." And I thought about the
raging, mortal struggle going on at
that moment on the Russian plains
from Leningrad to Stalingrad where
Hitler's Legions fought tooth and
nail to destroy the Soviet Union
before Christmas. I realized that now
the remainder of the world would be
at war and that I was a member of
the remainder. Fate, I felt, had
touched my shoulder and beckoned.
My pace changed from Sun. saun-
ter to purposeful pace. I went di-
rectly to the radio to learn the extent
of the disaster and what the fallout
would be; and for the next two days,
I did little but listen and evaluate
the effects on my future. I heard
Roosevelt ask Congress to declare
war on Japan and heard him speak
of Dec. 7, as a "day of infamy". By
Tues., Dec. 9, the U.S. was not only
at war with Japan but vth Ger-
many, Italy and the other Axis
powers. As naive and ignorant as I
was, I could perceive that my gen-
eration would be preoccupied indefi-
nitely with a worldwide conflagra-
tion involving not just its welfare
but its existence.
On Tues., Dec. 9, I announced to
my father that I planned to enlist
the next day. He expressed that I
was being a bit hasty but made no
further objection. Thus, on Dec. 10, I
went to the recruiting station on
Capital St. and told the sergeant
that I wanted to join the Army Air
Corp. I was tested and declared fit
and told to present myself at te
New York Central Station at 3:00
P.M. Sun., Dec. 14.
On the Sun. following the attack
ones that need to be voted out of office.
• and the glorious victory of the RAF on Pearl Harbor, I and twenty or so
m I I I II,HI I, immortalized by Churchill's words: recruits assembled at the New York
Federal Funds for Emergency Food & Shelter
Central Station as ordered. Also,
there were the loved one who had
come to say goodbye to their sons,
brothers and husbands, perhaps, for
the last time. I remember feeling the
fear of the unknown and the inher-
ent danger of war in my innards and
thinking that in fact my father was
right: I was being a bit hasty.
The train arrived; we boarded,
waved goodbye and settled down for
the trip to Fort Hayes, Columbus,
Oh., the trip being for me only the
third time I had left the State of W.
Va. We arrived at night and experi-
enced the ice-water of reality when
confronted by a burly sergeant with
strips and hash marks all up and
down his tunic sleeves. Our military
training had begun. On Dec. 16,1941,
we took the oath and stepped for-
ward as privates in the U.S. Army
Air Corp.
The deed was done and my fate
was tied to the monmentous events
of a world at war: Midway Island,
Guadacanal, E1 A1 amei n, Kasserine
Pass, Kursk, Normandy, Battle of
the Bulge and others; and in the
hands of the heros of the Allies:
Roosevelt, Churchill, Eisenhower
and all the men and women, soldiers
and civilians, who endured the chal-
lenge, including the Soviet Soldiers
to whom Churchill gave tribute fbr
having "gutted the Nazi Beast'.
Summers Co. has been chosen to
receive $9,905.00 to supplement
emergency food and shelter pro-
grams in the area.
The selection was made by a
National Board that is chaired by
of representatives from The Salva- The Board was charged to distribute
tion Army, American Red Cross, ' funds appropriated by Congress to
Council of Jewish Federations, heIpexpandthecapacityoffoodand
Catholic Charities, USA, National shelter programs in high-need areas
Council of Churches of Christin the around the country.
U.S.A. and United Way of America A Local Board made up of Helen
the Federal Emergency Manage- which will provide the administra- Mock-Hedrick, Jane Duffield, E.E.
ment Agency (FEMA) and consists tivestaffandfunctionasfiscalagent. Baker, Michael Vincent, Rev. Dave
Game. Survey Stop Check
cease, cutting up deer before game
check, loaded firearmsinside oratop
vehicle), two drunk drivers were
arrested, and marijuana was confis-
cated, along with unlawful fire arms.
This hunting season, three =spot-
lighters" have been apprehended, in
Summers Co.
Penalties for game law violations
range from fines to confiscation of
personal property. For spotlighting
(hunting deer at night), the penalty
is a $100-$300 fine, a mandatory jail
sentence of no lemJ than 10 days, no
more than 100 days, and the revok-
ing of the hunter's license for two
Schmitt, Mary Jane O'Riley, Jean-
nie Halloran, Sims Wicker, Rev.
Robert Glaser, and Rev. Dean
Veltman will determine how the
funds awarded to Summers Co. are
to be distributed among the emer-
Car Flies Over Cement Wall
A car, driven by James Richard McComas, Jr., took flight in Avis
on Main St., briefly, Thurs. at 3:30 p.m. There were no injuries,
however;, Big Ens Sign was destroyed and the McComas car totaled.
"The power steering just went out," was what McComas said when
questioned by City Policeman, Johnny Mann. The car skidded 100
ft., crashed into the sign, then continued on over the road-level
cement wall about 10 ft., crash lariding on all four tires at least 10 ft.
below. With him in the car was his mother, Emma McComas. Photo
by sheri benaon.
by sheri benson
The WV Dept. of Natural Re-
sources held a roadblock game sur-
vey Tues. night, Nov. 26th. On the
scene for enforcement of this survey
were officers belonging to the WV
State Police Dept. as well as Conser-
vation Officers.
The purpose of this =surprise"
survey is to catch hunters violating
the law codes. By forming the road-
block survey at night, homecoming
hunters will be examined.
During the game survey, Tues.
night, five game law violations were
written up (deer killed with no li-
ROBIN ROOST ROAD, County Rt. 8/3, was one o the
twenty-five resurfacingprojects completed durin the past
two and one/half years as part of the Caperton
Administration's massive highway and bridge improvement
initiative. The project included applying one inch of eurfaee
to 1.46 miles of Robin Creek Road. Completed in Nov. of 1990,
this resurfaeing project cost $40,000.00.
years.
When calls of illegal hunting or
spotlighting are reported, these =hot
areas" are then saturated with con-
servation officers from the law en-
forcement section. Aircraft is many
times used in locating spotlighters,
as well as the departments own road
vehicles.
Along with the monitoringofgame
law regulations, the WV Division of
Natural Resources must report any
hunting accidents. This season, two
have been reported.
One report was that of a 14 yr. old
Mercer County boy shooting off' his
big toe.
The second accident was a hunter
shooting his neighbor. The neighbor
had a cane and bent down to retrive
something. The 'hunter came along
and mistook the raised cane for deer
antlers and shot. The neighbor al-
most lost his arm, but is recuperat.
ing in a hospital. This report was by
a conservation officer.
Statistics show that most hunt-
ing accidents occur early mornings
or at twilight when the lighting is
poor.
Cnservation officer, C.D. Hunt,
had this to say about hunting, "We'd
like to see everyone enjoy the sport,
it's a good sport. We'd like to see
more kids involved. But the hunters
need to use more common sense in
the field. There's a lot of stupid acci.
dents that occur. Dropping a gun
and it going offis an accident. Any.
thing else is not using common
sense, j
The WV Division Dept. of Natural
"Resources plan to arrange future,
scattered game surveys.
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Under the terms ofthe grant from • :"
the National Board, local govern-
mental or private voluntary organi- * : ?[t
zations chosen to receive funds must:
1) be non-profit, 2) have an account-
ing system and conduct an annual
audit, 3) practice nondiscrimination,
4) have demonstrated the capability
to deliver emergency food and/or
shelter programs, and 5) if they are
a private voluntary organization,
they must have a voluntary board.
Qualifying organizations are urged
to apply.
Summers Co. has distributed
Emergency Food and Shelter funds
previously with Loaves and Fishes
(Catholic Community Services) and
First Presbyterian Church of Hin-
ton participating. These agencies
were responsible for providing 2,204
meals, 90 nights of lodging and 63
emergency utility payments in 1991.
Agencies wish-
ing to apply must do so in writing
before Dec. 16, 1991. Applications
should be sent to Loaves and Fishes,
P.O. Box 56, Hinton, WV 25951.
Assistant
Director
Cordie Hudkins, Director of Parks
and Recreation, Division of Tourism
and Parks, has announced that Ken
Caplinger has been named as Assis-
tant Director of Parks and Recrea-
tion effective Dec. 15th. A graduate
of W.Va. University, Caplinger holds
a B.S. Degree in Recreation and has
been with the state parks system
since 1978.
Caplinger has been Superinten.
dent of Pipestem Resort State Park
since 1986.
VETERAN ACTOR GIVES SUPPORT TO
"COMMON GROUND"
Long time TV and movie character actor Denver Pyle, best
known as Mad Jak of "Grizzly Adams" and Uncle Jess of "The
Dukes of Hazard , is giving his full support to the efforts of
"Common Ground to block the construction of APCO's pro-
posed 765 KV powerline from Wyoming Co. to Cloverdale, Vs.
John Barrett, a Nevada-based documentary film producer, in
collaboration with Denver Pyle, has provided"Common Ground
with the first in a series of films dramatizing their sympathy with
the action. It will be shown as 30-second spots on prime-time
television beginning the first of the year. Plans are also under-
way for Denver and wife Tippi to visit Union, W.V. June 6th. for
"Farmers Day" festivities, spending a week in the area getting to
know his many W.Va. and Va. fans.