Wirt County Journal August 28, 2002 Remember When . . . * From the pages of the Journal Sept. 25, 1925 Local and Personal Mrs. Emma Underwood and daughter, Lucile, left on Thursday evening of last week for Glenville to enter school. Mrs. W.H. Rader of Wells Lock Road, was shopping in Parkersburg on last Friday. G.R. West and A.B. Powell are having sales of their personal effects the former on Sept 29th and the latter on Oct. 8th. J.B. Scott of near Burning Springs was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office on last Saturday while in town on business. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Givens have returned to their farm on Tucker Creek. F.D. Hopkins who is employed at Parkersburg, is taking a vacation this week. He paid the Journal Office a pleasant call on Wednesday evening while in town. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eber Meredith on Wednesday, Sept 23rd, a ten pound girl. The venerable O.C. Morris of Creston, visited relatives here this week and paid the Journal Office a pleasant call on Wednesday evening. John Tippen's family moved this week to Martin's Ferry, Ohio where he is employed. Ray Eberhart of Chestnut Run has purchased the Badger Planing Mill. He has taken charge and is now serving the public in that capacity. C J.S. Trout, who has been visiting here for several weeks left the first of this week to return to California for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wilson and family and Miss Carrie Hannaman were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Lamp and family of Vienna on Sunday. Camden Coe returned home Sunday after being away at work for several months. An Eastern Star Lodge is being organized at this place by several ladies who had membership at Burning Springs with a few others as charter members. Captain and Mrs. J.D. Robinson, of Detroit, Michigan, are here visiting friends and relatives for several days. Charlie Lott, who is employed at Point Marion, PA, spent a few days visiting home folks recently. W.H. Gibson has sold the upper ferry to Jacob Huffman of Parkersburg, formerly of Grantsville who took charge last week. Walter Roberts, progressive merchant out of Cherry was a business visitor in Elizabeth on Friday of last week. Camden Nottingham of Macfarlan, spent a few days visiting relatives here recently. J.H. Mills, progressive merchant and farmer of Straight Creek was a business visitor in Parkersburg Friday and stopped here on his return and took his children, Chester and Genevieve who are in the local high school home with him. We notice from a newspaper clipping that Arthur Duquasie a former Wirt County boy now a Motor Cycle Patrolman of Pittsburgh, is making a name for him self and an enviable reputation in running down and arresting moonshiners, drunks and law breakers Aug. 30, 1962 Tiger Gridders Ready For Season Opener Wirt High School's Tiger grid squad will inaugurate a new season at the local athletic field this Saturday night, Sept. 1, as they oppose a heavy semi-experienced team from Tyler High of Middlebourne. Kickoff time is 8 p.m. and it is expected that a large crowd of area sports fans will be on hand for the season opener. Kills 4-Ft. Rattler R.V Nutter, Rt. 2, killed a rattlesnake at the head of Buck Run last Sunday, which measured 4 ft. 1 in. in length and had nine rattlers and a button. This makes the 36th rattlesnake Nutter has killed in the; w past 40 years. C.H. Bumgarner Farm Still Active in FFBL Program Still going strong in farming is the Charles H. Bumgarner, Jr., family near Elizabeth. In fact, Bumgarner says that if he had enough boys, he'd have the whole 257 acre farm planted with some cultivated crop or another. The Bumgarner family won the Wirt County Farming for Better Living Award in 1953. At that time, the family was smaller both in age and number. Now, the boys have added their farming programs. The boys are Tom Bumgarner, Mike Bumgarner and Phil Bumgarner and they have a sister Annette Bumgarner. Miss Exline New Deputy Assessor Meeting in regular session on Monday of last week, Wirt County Court approved the appointment of Miss Barbara Exline as office deputy assessor, following the resignation of Patricia Lambing, which was accepted.