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2 - A Hinton News From page I Tues. ! taln member(s) on the Board of Education of Summers County," to ndinqt sh its hearing before the stats board concerning special ed. fund- ing'in exchange" for an attempt to remove him from office. Lea said there was no truth to this allegation whatsoever. "that allegation has no bases of fact," he said. "I¢, absurd." State Board policy gives the state superintendent the power to resolve any problem in the state school sys- "which have gone beyond the normal routine remedies which are available at the county level." The state superintendent has the authority to administer oaths, ex- amine witnesses, receive evidence, imue subpoenas, rule upon offers of proof, take or cau depositions to be taken, or relax and dispense with the rul in any case where Jr strict adherene, to the rules may be deemed by the superintendent to be inappropriate or unnecessary. The state superintendent may aim make a decision solely on infor- mation which cannot be arose-exam. ined by the accused, the petition states, thereby denying the accused "his due process right to confront and ¢r~s-examine witnesses mak- ing allegations against him." "In this case," the petition says, =the Superintendent of Schools has become the accuser, prosecutor and Jud ." said this charge is also false. The hearing, he said, would be con- duetod the same as any hearing before any government agency "such as the Department of Natural Re- sources. It's done this way all over state government." If the decision is adverse, Tassos can "go to the courts for an appeal." The petition asked the court to order the state board "to follow those minimum due process standards guarenteed" by the federal and stats Constitution, "which include proper notice of charges, adequate time to prepare defense, a hearing before an impartial hearing examiner, a deci- sion based upon competent evidence which the Petitioner has had an opportunity to confront and cro~- e~t~tr~in¢~, a dad siam nmde upon Find- ings of Fact supported by the evi- dence adduced at the hearing and providing some reference to the evi- dence supportingthe finding, proper conclusions oflaw, and a record made of the proceedings .... so that any action taken may be prop- erly appealed." The Department of Educa- tion began an investigation of the county special ed. enrollment tee. ords over a year ago in response to a request from special investigator, Damon H. Slone, with the Secretary o¢ Stats's office. Allegations offalse reporting also LETTER Dec. 18, 1990 m came under a federal probe early this year. Tmmm attributed the errors in special ed. records as "honest mis- takes" saying*22 teachers and 8 schools were involved in the report. ing process along with two other administrators. Taseca has said his only involvement in the repca ts was signing them. From page 1 EARLY HISTORY OF THE C & O RAILWAY AND THE B&O RAILROAD COMPANIES. Editors of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hawking Valley Employ- ees' Magazine, in the May 1926 number, delved back into history for three quarters of a century for accu- ments to the jury, argued that the stats failed to "prove intent" on his part to violate any rules. "Perhaps a law hasn~ even been broken," he told them. The jury of four men and 2 women found him not guilty on count one, but rendered a guilty verdict on counts two and three. Crawford told the court, prior to sentencing, that he "still considered these administrative ruleg' that should have gone before the ABCC Commissioner "but the court, the jury, found otherwise." Crawford said "after 23 months of going through this, as a defendant, I have been punished enough. I didlose my business." Greenbrier County Magistrate Louis Longarmcrs said aifin fact this did take his business he did suffer some financial set back." But added, "I can not ignore the fact that this case has cost the state a consider- able amount of money." "I don't think a jail term is called for in this case; however, because of the expense to the stats," Longs- nacre said Crawford would be re- quired to pay a fine of $500 plus $.56 court cost and $108 jury fee. Crawford has 20 days to file his appeal. Week of Dee. 19 Thru 26 LUNCH Wed. Dee. 19 Chicken/Vegetable Stir.Fry Rot- ini. Salad Bar. Ginger Cookies, 1% Milk, Thurs. Dee. 20 Turksy/Ham/Cheese Sandwich On Rye Bread, Lettuce - Tomato, Tomato Soup, A~orted Fruit, 1% Milk. rate information about the early beginnings of the Chesapeake and Ohio.As far back as 1851, the office of the Company, then the Virginia Central railroad, was located in Richmond, as shown by a letter from Colonel Edmund Fontaine, Presi- dent at that time, to James Brown, Jr., Second Auditor of Virginia. This letter was headed "Office of the Vir- ginia Central Railroad, Richmond, Vs." and dated Nov. 18, 1851. It was nine years later, in June, 1860, that an annual report of the Company gave some idea of the number of employees in the General Office. This report cited a list of four officers, three Agents, and two As- sistant Agents and six clerks, which seem to be the total office force in Richmond in 1851. At that time, the total employees of the Company were 520. By 1868, in spite of the Civil War in which the Virginia Central played a valiant part, notably in Valley Campaign in which Stonewall Jackson won immortal fame, the personnel at Richmond had grown toinclude the President, ChiefEngi. neer, General Superintendent, As- sistant Superintendent, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and General Ticket Agent, Secretary, Agent, five Assistant Agents, four Clerks, twenty-nine Laborers at the depot, one Laborer at the Main Office, five Night Watchmen, one Storekeeper and one Telegraph Operator. The shop, then designated the ' "Machinery Department", boasted a "Master Machinist," one Car Re- pairer, one Master Smith, twelve Machinists, six Apprentices, two Stationary Engineers, eight Smith and Boiler Workers, twenty-three Car Builders and Painters, seven Inspectors, twenty-two Laborers and two Watchmen. It was in the year 1868 that the railroad was first known as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. For eight years "Railroad Company" was adhered to as the legal name of the growing transpor. Dee., 21 tation system. At the new christen- ing in 1876, ~oad" gave place to Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Peas ,way~ and it became, and has re- Or Green Beans, Roll, Fruit Salad, mained The Chesapeake and Ohio 1% Milk. Dec. S4 Thru Dee. 81 Railway Company. NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY. The first report of the Company to the Interstate Commerce Commis- TO THE EDITOR sion made in 1889, showed 269 In Dear Sir. ues. And the Lobby where all the had been removed. I decided this I wish to use your medium to kids congregated every evening for desk was the logical place for me to report to the citisens of Summers talk, pinball shooting, cokes, etc. settle. County my initiation as a delegate. Gone as well. I deposited my belongings there elect of the West Virginia Legisla. The people were gone also.George and went to join a line of new dale- tufa. Moses, the happy proprietor of the gates waiting for the Gazette pho- IleftearlySun.morningDsc.2,to Lobby; the Wittor girls, onelovelier tographer to snap a picture. The attend the Democrat Party caucus than the other; the Grubb brothers; Gazette wants a picture on file in in the Hotme Chambers of the Capi- Lawrenca Carter from Talcott, who order to better publicize the compe- tol. Intarstato 64 was relatively lived in the California Apts.; Char- tence or incompetence of legislators. empty. No periodic breaking of the les Yeager, my perennial buddy. All A few minutes before 11:00 a.m. soundbarrierbytractortrailm~.Sun, gone or elsowhere, the Sergeant-At-Arms, Ocie Smith, morning was pouring down: the citi- I continued toward the entrance began calling for order and exhort- zens at home with coffee and Sun. ofthe Capitol. I looked at the formi- ing legislators in the hall to enter paper, dable facade with its gigantic col- the chamber and to come to their ImdtedatGreenbrierSt.,astreet umns and Grecian capitols and at seats. At a few minutes after eleven I once roller skated on, and parked the multi-dozens of 50-yard.wide o'clock,hecalledthecaucustoorder, in what was once part of Washing- steps to the porch, enough steps to introduced a Mr. Martin, a delegate ton St. E. allowaregimentoftroops tomarch with high seniority, as chairman, I walkedtowardtheWashington in ranks to the entrance. I wondered and took his seat as Mr. Martin St. entrance of the Stats Capitol. I what the politicians were thinking began to preside. looked for a landmark familiar to my in 1932. I concluded they were think- In short order, with a minimum of tmnaga memory and finally noticed ing big. They built a capitol impes- cotton-candy oratory and a welcome a bank of lawn where I and my ing enough to satisfy the most ex- sprinkling of humor, matters were buddim used to sit and loaf, watch- travagontofthebig.and-bettsrtasta dispatched. Chuck Chambers was ing Washington St. traffic go and in Tx. voted again Speaker of the House; come, and competing in the identifi. AsIopeuedtheoutardoorIgota Donald Kopp, Clerk; Ocie Smith, cation ofcar makes, blast of hot air in the area between Sergeant-At-Arms, and a person Acre~ the street from the lawn the outer and inner doors. I shud- whose name I missed, doorkeeper. was 1904 Wuhington St. where I dared thinking about the monthly Whereupon, the caucus ofthe 71th. lived and leR to go to war in Dec., gas bill. I walked into the rotunda Legislature was concluded. 1941.Ilcokedatwherelg04ue lto room and up the circular balustrade The delegates rose and grouped be.Isawthewholeblockoccupiedby all shineygrardtefrom the rubbing for parting words. I went to con- an emormous high-rise beehive of of a host ofvisitors looking below at gratulate Chuck Chambers and to offices I began to remember other the ground floor and above at the wish him well, and I left. places: Oney St. where Stanley Pre- magnificant rotunda chandelier. As I walked to the parking lot I iser and Sam Sil in lived. Gone I was aloue. I had arrived early. I stood and looked again at the famil- .~a, eet and houses. DuffySt.whers have never forgotten the story ofthe Jar bank of lawn that once over- Rotty Lou lived and where the East little pig who wisely went to the looked Washington St. where Dickie End Tennis Court was. And where orchard a half-hour earlier than the Noel, Guy Erwin, Bill Slack, Bill the Corner Store was that had a time scheduled by his invitor, the Hanna and I used to sit, wrestle, fountain, tile floors, booths and sold designing wolf. I walked to the east talk and cut up in immemorial teen. cokes with straws, western paper- end of the Capitoi where the House age fashion. Where will be those backs and skookum apples for a Chamber is. The door was open and dayswhenallwhohavememoriesof fiickal. Gone. The i~rber shop next lightson, a]l ready for tha caucusing themaregone?Whennooneis]eftto door where a quartsr bought a hair. legislators. Iknewfrom aprsvious reconstructinhismindtheoldneigh- cut. Gone, McClung St., gone. The visit the location ofthe 22nd district berhood as it was. California Ave. sandlot football and desks. I went there and saw name Icou]dthinkofnobi]ltointroduce lmmlmll fields beside Sanitary Gro- plates for Wootsn, Kiss, Roop, that would resurrect them. eery gone. Now all parking lots, of. Susmanandsawthenextoneb]ank. Sincerely flee buildings, monuments and stat- The name plate of my predecessor Perry E.Man y y ng SELLING WRAPPING PAPER Avis School is selling wrapping paper, Christmas or All-Occasion, for this year's fundraiser. The cost is $4.00 for a 12 sheet pack. You can purchase a pack ofwrap- ping paper from any Avis Staff or student. Also, you may stop by the school. Please support us as we raise money for our extra-curricular ac- tivities. Clerks employed on the System, most of them being General Office Em- ployees. In a report from the General Superintsndent of Transportation to the President, dated Oct. 1, 1861, attention was called to the need of shop buildings, while the founda- tion for a Smith Shop of brick with slate roof is recorded, this building to be completed by the following spring. This report also says that most of the repairs made on equip- ment up to this time, had been done in the open air, causing the work- men to lose much time. A subse- quent report shows an appropria- tion of $11,145.93 for the construc- tion of a new Car Shop in Richmond, designating this amount as an ex- traordinary expenditure. Upon opening of the B&O RR to the public, P. E. Thomas, President of the road, issued the following report on May 20, 1830 which was published in the National Intelli- gencer and Telegraph, Washington, DC: ~Notice is hereby given that the railroad between Baltimore and Letter To The Editor | Dear Sir, I'm mad at Fannie! Oh no. It's not a woman, it's a passenger train. Her home was at Quinmont, W.Va., and she ran from Quinmont to Beckley, at Lester, on the Piney Branch. She made two round trips a day. The reason I'm mad at her is this. I patronized this train about once a week. When I worked in the coal fields. I was working in the Winding Gulf Coal Fields during the early days of this century. I began about 1914. Then after several years, I met and married a young lady at Fireco, W.Va. on July 4, 1920. On July 5th. we started, on our honeymoon, to Hinton. We caught the Virginian to Raleigh, then trans- ferred to the C&O and old Fannie came rolling by right on time. When we stopped at White Stick, Fannie's two back wheels got stuck on the tank, on the ground. A crew of section men were near by and they came to offer help. Aftercuttingthe engine loose, and moving it, forward a few feet, they put a piece of timber under the drawbead. When the engine backed up, we found we had 4 wheels on the Ellicotts' Mill s will be opened for the transportation of passengers, on Monday the 24th. instant. ~A brigade or train of coaches, will leave the Company's Depot on Pratt St. and return making three trips each day - starting the following hours precisely, viz: "leave Baltimore 7 a.m. and Elli- cotts' at 9 a.m. "Leave Baltimore 11 a.m. and Ellicotts' at 1:00 p.m. "Leave Baltimore at 4 p.m. and Ellicotts' at 6:00 p.m. "The price for the trip of twenty- six miles will be seventy five cents for each person. Tickets to be had at the Depot. Should the demand be found to exceed the present means of accommodation, passengers will be under the necessity of going and returning in the same coach, until a sufficient additional number of car- riages can be furnished. As soon as this can be effected of which due notice will be given, provision wdll be made for traveling a shorter dis- tance than the whole trip." Source of information Hinton Daily News July 13, 1930 and April 29, 1926. annie ground. The only thing to do, then, was send for help from the tool car at Hinton. In a short while, a yard engine pulled in from Quinmont with one coach, to help us get back on track. By the time we arrived at Quin- mont, Train #14 was long gone. The yard engine & coach brought us to the Hinton depot. Hintonians were still celebrating the 4th., and after milling around the crowded streets, Charlie Crook took us to where our road left the main road. From there we had to walk a mile, carrying our luggage, since there wasn't any horse & buggy to haul us. After all this, we finally arrived where we were goi ng & lived happily ever after. Old Fannie hauled me many trips from Hinton to Raleigh and she had been on this run for many years. After some thought,maybe I'm not as mad as I first thought. I was. My last trip on old Fannie was about 1923. I say to you "Goodbye, Old Fannie: "You've been a good ole pal to me down through the years". I too am getting old and heading for the depot. Sincerely, Oscar B. Yancey 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. I~tters will be edited for grammar, spelling, taste, syntax, and libel. Names will not be withheld. Address them to Letters to the Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV 25951. COR. 3rd AVE. & TEMPLE ST. HINTON, WVat, PHONE 4t4~-11523 Parkinson's Disease: Several Therapies Parkinson's disease is a neuro- logical condition which was first described in 1917 by Dr. James Parkinson. This condition, which most often strikes people over the age of 60, results in uncontrollable tremors of the arms and legs, a shuffling gait, and tightening of ccnain muscles. Parkinson's disease usually is not fatal, but it often causes the person affected to be more suscep- tible to other health problems. Some persons with Parkinson's have difficulty standing or walk- ing. Others may become depressed, expericncc swallowing problems, or experience ~h problems, drooling, or constipation. Possible causes of Parkinson's disease in- clude head trauma, infection, or exposure to toxic chemicals such. as. lead, mercury, or mang~ese.: Generally, it is believed that Park- inson's symptoms are caused by low levels of dopamine and other transmitter chemicals in the brain. Thc mainstay of Parkinson's disease is ievodopa, a medicine that helps the brain manufacturer its own dopamine. Bromocriptine andperdolide stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain. These medi- cines can be used in conjunction with levodopa. One of the newer medicines is selegiline, an enzyme inhibitor that causes a prolonged effect of the dopamine that is pres- ent in the brain. Sale Starts Wed. thru Christmas Eve Open 9 to 8 - Closing at 5 Christmas Eve t Last" TEMPLE ST., HINTON, WV HINTON'S OLDEST STORE } 5