Wirt County Journal July 10, 2002 Remember When . . . * From the pages of the Journal July 31, 1925 Local and Personal L.W. Wigal, one of Tucker District's good farmers and stockman was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office the latter part of last week. C. Dent, of Munday, returned the latter part of last week from Hardy County, where he has been visiting for the past month or so. He says that times are very dull in the mountain section of the state. C.C. Givens of Parkersburg, was a business visitor in Elizabeth on Saturday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Rachel Strump of Grantsville, was the guest of Mrs. E.M. Wilson this week. Mrs. Joseph Gray and son, Carter, left the latter part of last week to visit her parental home at Beaver Falls for several days. Dr. and Mrs. Orva Conley and children visited relatives in Charleston over Sunday. C.E Nutter and son of Flint Run were business visitors here on Monday morning and pleasant callers at the Journal Office while here. Henry Nutter, a former Wirt Countian, who has prospered as a farmer in the state of Washington, is visiting relatives in this county for several weeks. He is a great booster for farmers organizations and recommends Dairy and Egg Association for Wirt County which he says would do much to build up all sections of our county. Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Sheppard of near Pisgah, were visitors in Elizabeth on Monday morning and Mrs. Sheppard was having some dental work done at Dr. Casto's dental office. Thomas O'Brian of Burning Springs, paid the Journal Office a pleasant call on Monday afternoon while en route to Parkersburg. Harley Robinson returned Saturday evening from Harold, Kentucky, where he has been on a drilling well for the Carter Oil Co. and left about the middle of this week for Lincoln County, this state, to begin another well. C.W. Lockhart, good farmer and stockman of Mayberry, was a business visitor in town Tuesday. Don Pomroy and Merritt Bell left on Sunday to return to Mexico to work in the oil field. Mrs. Elizabeth Woodyard and son, Hollie, visited their old home on Lynn Camp the first of this week. July 12, 1962 Board Buys Snider Land For New Grade School Approximately thirteen acres of land lying between Washington Street and the old Railroad Right-of-Way was ordered purchased from Virgil Snider for the amount of $13,000 at last Thursday's regular session of the Wirt County Board of Education, School Supt. Waymond F. Riley reports. The tract of real estate is scheduled to become the site of a new Elizabeth Elementary School as result of the Special School Bond approval in Voting last December 12. Wirt Native Killed in Crash Robert Clarence McCoy, 38, a native Wirt Countian, died last Wednesday night, July 4th, in an auto accident on Rt. 20, west of Elyria, Ohio, according to late last week reports. He resided at 162 South Abbe Rd., Elyria. Mr. McCoy was born in Palestine, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCoy Sr. FFA Boys Take 'Enterprise Tour' Members of the Wirt County Future Farmers of America Chapter held an 'enterprise tour' on Monday of this week. The purpose was to acquaint the FFA boys with their fellow member's farming programs. Boys making the tour were, Tommy and Mike Bumgarner, Martin and Okey Lynch, Roger Young, Dewey Nottingham, Bill Perrine, Rodney Nutter, Cleo Hickman, George Twyman, Gail Hodgen, Doug Tanner and Vo-ag instructor Harold Harper. Cannery To Open Next Thursday Mrs. Faustine Huffman announces that the Cannery in Elizabeth will open next Thursday with plans for the time being of operating only one day a week. Mrs. Ray Javins, Rt. 3, will be in charge.