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32 Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday, December 11, 1984
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The late Dr. J. W. Stokes has been
named the 1984 member of the
West Virginia Public Health Hall of
Fame.
James William Stokes was born~
i September 16, 1896 in Springfield,
South Carolina, the son of George
Edw~m~d Camilla Albertine Elwell
Stokes. Being the son of a Methodist
minister, he followed in the footsteps
of his father and enrolled in the
ministry at Walford College in South
Carolina. After three years in the
ministry, he changed his field to
medicine and enrolled in Valdebelt
College, where he graduated with
his office for treatment, he would
maybe charge a "couple of dollars".
Due to Dr. Stokes not charging his
patients, his family experienced a
Christmas without money. His wife
went to some of his patients and
asked that they render some pay-
ment for her husband's services,
just so her children could have a
Christmas. It was during this time
that Dr. Stokes divided his small
office into two rooms, one side
served his private practice, while
the other side he used to give
children in the county immuniza-
tions against communicable disea-
ses. This small divided room was
his doctorate degree in 1924. Dr. the beginning of a public health
Stokes was married to Joyce Gold- program in Summers County. In
stone, of Nashville in 1923. From July, 1947, a nurse was hired to help
this union two children were born, Dr. Stokes with a public health
James Jr. and Eleanor. During program, which at that time consist-
World War I, Dr. Stokes served in ed of one roomapproximatelygxl2 in
i the Army in France. He retired
I from the Army Reserve in 1954 as a size with no facilities for filing Of
Lieutenant Colonel. In 1950, Dr. records and the only means of
i i Stokes received his pilots license sterilizing equipment being a port-
i and flew in thirteen countries, able sterno stove. By August, 1950,
, . . the Summers County Court approp-
i I loggmg mght hundred hours flying riated $5,500 to remodel five rooms
i i time.
i~ i Dr. Stokes brought his family to in a county building to establish a
i i Hinton, Summers County, West new and modern health department.
Under his direction, a prenatal
~r I~ Virginia, in 19~, where he opened a program Was the tint of its Kihd in .....
! ,,private practice. He stated that the state of West Virginia.
If when he first came to Hinton, he was In addition tohis many civic
considered an "outsider" and every-contributions, Dr. Stokes served as a
i'l one waited for someone else to "try
}i ihim first". To solve this problem,
{i Dr. Stokes would take his black
doctor's bag and rush to an area in
the county and sit under a shade tree
for awhile, return to his office, and
repeat this procedure until the
• esidents the message that a lot
of people were using this man's
i services. When Dr. Stokes had
made a na~ne for himself, hewould
travel i.n areas in the county that
would require a horse, instead of a
car, to get to deliver babies and treat
patients. He was paid for his
services mainly with vegetables and
fruits,. Never, during his practice in
Hinton,~1925 to 1977, did Dr. Stokes
~nd out bills. When you would go to
member of the Summers County
Board of Education from July 7, 1941
to December 31, 1962. During this
time he served as President of the
Board of Education from July 6, 1943
to January 17, 1949, July 5, 1959 to
January 5, 1951 and April 28, 1961 to
December 31, 1962. He served as
Health Officer for Summers County
from its beginning until his death in
May, 1977. He also served as team
doctor for the Hinton High Sohool's
football team, and to honor his many
years of service, in the mid 1960's,
during halftime of a football game,
the football field was named "Stokes
Stadium". After the stadium was
moved to its present location in
Brooks, the city. of Hinton namedthe
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Hinton High School has been
awarded a $570 mini-grant from the
West Virginia' EduCation Fund. The
money has been awarded to Mrs.
Connie Newton, English teacher,
who will use the fundb to publish the
Kaleidoscope, the l~nton High
School literary magazii . Students
in grades 7 - 12 will submit their
original writing for the publication
between now and March.
The publication will be the fourth
volume of Kaleidoscope, but in past
funding has been totally dependent
on advertising and business contri-
butions. Most recently, the magaz-
ine has had little community sup-
port, and without the mini - grant, it
possibly would not have been pub-
lished this year.
Mrs. Newton, who is also Sum-
mers County Director of the West
Virginia Writing Project, emphas-
ized, " This is a student public-
ation that permits our talented
young authors to see their writing
and artwork printed." This year
many teachers are expected to
Wtlcipate in submitting student
work. All faculty members have
been asked to screen their student's
and submit some selections
each of their classes. The
mini-grant is designed to pay for a
will be twice last
size. year nearly 80
student authors were published.
• Members of Mrs. Newton's Ad-
vanced Composition classes will
serve as the staff for the school
publication. Each class will be
responsible for designing, selecting,
typing, and producing one section of
the magazine. Upon completion of
the staff's work, the publication
must be sent to a professional
printer for publishing.
According to Mrs. Newton, " We
would have liked to have worked
through our local vocational school
for production, as they do in some
neighboring counties in order to
bring down the costs, but Mr. Davis,
director of the Career Center, was
unable to assist us." Outside pub-
lishers cause the expense of the
publication to soar to over $600.00.
The remaining funds will have to
come from professional contribut-
ions and from selling the publicat-
ion to the student body. Copies of the
Kaleidoscope will be made avail-
able to parents and citizens of the
community sometime in April or
May. Copies will be donated to the
public and school library.
"Part of the problem has been
lack of good publicity concerning the
magazine," Mrs. Newton comment-
ed. She hopes to organize her staff
into publicity and sales committ-
ees. These students will be res-
ponsible for distributing informat-
ion to the student body and public
about the magazine.
This project is a spin-off of Mrs.
Newton's involvement in the West
Virginia Writing Project. Nearly a
dozen Summers County teachers
enrolled in the fall writing class, and
it is anticipated that m 'e student
publications Will be developed at
other lecal echoois.
A burglar alarm system has been
installed at Pipestem State Park,
Doug Ritchey park superintendent
announced.
The state decided to install the
system after a second, unsuccessful,
attempt to rob the park was made
early this month.
Ritchey said an attempt was made
last week to rob Mountain Creek
Lodge, but the burglars were fright-
ened away when a security guard
walked up on them.
A state van had been hot wired,
Ritchey said, and the would be
thieves were loading items removed
from the lodge into it. He said the
Mountain Creek Lodge closed on
November 1. "The thieves ran into
the woods empty handed," he said.
Late in November the gift shop at
the tramway leading to the lodge
was robbed of merchandise valued
at almost $13,000.
State Trooper Fred Butler is
investigating.
A Hinton man was arrested and
charged with three counts of grand
larceny and one count each of
nighttime burglary, all felony
charges, City police Cpl. B. B.
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Angell stud,
Charges of brandishing a weapon
and carrying a firearm without a
permit, both misdemeanor charges,
were also placed against him, he
said.
Jamie Gill, 18, was arrested
Sunday morning by City police
officers B. B. Angell and Glen Cook,
and Sheriff's Deputy Ron Hatcher.
Backup men in the arrest were State
Trooper Fred Butler and Sheriff's
Deputy Alonzo Williams.
Bond was set at $21,500 by
Magistrate "Bugs" Bennett, Angell
said.
Gill is being held in the Summers
County Jail, Angell said.
This photo of Dr. J, W. Stokes, by
Curt Messer, is hanging in the
Summers County Health Depart.
drive, between Hinton and Belle-
point, where the old football stadium
was located, "Stokes Drive".
During Dr. Stokes fifty-two years of
practice in Summers County, he
delivered over 8,000 babies, some of
which were named after him. He
was a lay speaker and Sunday
School teacher for the Methodist "
Church ir.
Hinton and was sent to other
ment in a frame made and donated
for this purpose by J. E. "Chick"
Garrett.
churches in the area as a lay
speaker. Dr. Stokes' name became
synonymous with the health derart.
merit and he was the main source of
health care in SummersCount3. He
was very much loved by the resident,
s and his memory will be kept alive
to this generation, which didn't have
the honor of knowing the man as well
as the doctor, by memories of
parents and grandparents.
Dr. John Lantes, a pediatrician, is our community's newest
physician. Dr. Lantes has office hours at the Hinton Health Center,
on 2ad. Avenue, and Is on statist the Summers County Hospital. He
is married, wife Nancy, and they have a 15 month old daughter
Hannah. He lives at Woodrum Town. Photo by Fred Long.
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Anyone who is too intoxicated, and
wishes to be transported home
during the Holiday Season, provided
that the person lives inside the city
limits of Hinton, may be trans-
ported home by calling the Hinton
Police Department at 466 - 2111.
The Holiday Season will include
Dec. 21, 1984 through Jan. 1, 1985.
Persons who do not call and are
stopped by the Hinton Police Force
will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law.
I, Chief Larry D. Keaton and the
members of the Hivton Police Dept.
wish everyone a safe and Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Park Superintendent Doug Rit-
chey is please to announce that
Pipestem State Park has received a
12 foot decorated artificial Christ-
mas Tree Trom the Pipestem Fo-
undation. This tree is to be erected
in the lobby at Pipestem's Main
Lodge.
A dedication ceremony was held in
early December.
The Pipestem Foundation, Inc. is
an organization of private citizens
that sponsors and funds worthwhile
projects at Pipestem State Park.
Summers County Special
Olympics met Tuesday, December
4. In attendance were Karen Craig,
I~u Goodson, Larry Goodson, Lisa
Mullins, Bobby Mullins, Darlene
Shirley and Mary Ellizon.
The following events were sched-
uled: Dec. 14, Christmas Party at
Avis School ( 4:00); Dec. 15, swim-
ming at Concord College (10:00) and
Dec. 16, Bowling at Concord Coll-
ege. Volunteers will be speaking at
several PTO's during December.
Special thanks to the following for
donations: Wednesday Club, Moody
Goff, Helping Hands Club, Dr. J. D.
Woodrum, First National Bank and
National Bank of Summers.
The next meeting will be January
8th at Avis School at 7:00.
ISSUE DATE
Because Christmas and New Years
Day falls on a Tuesday Hiaton News
will go to press Wednesday Dec. 26
and Wednesday Jan. 2.
pageant will be held on February 9,
1985 and is the state pageant.
Melinda is 11 years old . Her
birthday is May 14 .
She is a former cheerleader for the
Red team at Hinton Area Elem-
entary, member of the Jr. Ast-
ronaut, a Safety Patrol at school;
and a member of the Bellepoint
Baptist Church.
Awards she has received are :'
Perfect Attendance School Record;
Little Miss Ambassador; America
Junior State entrant trophy and the
Honor Roll at Hinton Area Elem-
entary. She was also chosen Little
Miss Summers County for 1983 - 84.
Melinda has brown hair,
light brown eyes and is a 6th grade
student. Her teacher is Mrs. Bonnie
Bestie.
PICK PICTURES UP Melinda is the granddaughter of
Charles and Faye M/Her of Hinton.
Anyone having pictures down atMelinda Gwlnn Daughter of Kathy Andrews Martin
the Hinton News Office, please stop of Hinton; Randy GwL, m of Meadow "
in and pick them up. Pretty little miss Melinda Gaye Brae and step - daughter of Steven ,
These pictures are ones of birth. Gwinn of New River Road Hint of Hinton. She is also the
days, weddings, etc., that have
,appeared in the paper lately,will be competing a pageant at the step ' ughter of Buddy and
Holiday Inn in Charlestun. The Jean of Hinton.
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