Wirt County Journal August 14, 2002 Remember When . . . * From the pages of the Journal Sept. 4, 1925 Local and Personal Raymond Andrick, Rural Mail Carrier of Palestine, was a visitor in Elizabeth on Friday. Ferman Wyer, of Fairmont, D.H. Wyer and daughter, Mrs. Daisy Bell of Standing Stone, were business visitors in Elizabeth the latter part of last week. Therman Enoch has moved his family to Vienna where he has been employed for some time. Born to Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Bantz of Parkersburg on Aug. 27th, a baby girl. Mrs. Lantz was formerly Miss McKinley of this place. J.C. Jones of Route 2 and son Charlie of near Newark were business visitors here the latter part of last week. The latter had the misfortune to get an eye put out by a piece of steel while working on an oil well near Charleston about two weeks ago. Wesley Nottingham, a hustling young fanner of Two Ripple was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office on Saturday while in town. C. Dent of Munday is here this week helping Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Wilson move to the Townsend property on Mulberry St. and doing some carpenter work. Mr. Dent is a brother of Mrs. Wilson. J.H. Dalton good farmer and citizen of Lynn Camp, was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office on Saturday while in town on business. J.P. Deever, good farmer and citizen of Deever's Fork, presented the Journal editor with a luscious ten pound muskmelon while in town on business Saturday. Thanks! J.H. Mills, progressive merchant, and farmer of Straight Creek, was a business visitor here on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Andrick, and Everett Somerville, good folks of Somerville Fork were visitors in town Saturday. Squire J.G. Willison's home was the scene of merry making on Saturday when his brother M.O. Willison, sisters, Mrs. Emma Pfifer and Mrs. Addie Willison and families all of Marietta, his son Charlie Willison and family of Parkersburg and daughter Mrs. Charlie Hall and family of Lynn Camp all came to his home for a visit. There were twenty one in all. The venerable G.W. Miller of Island Run is visiting relatives here for a few days. He still remains in poor health from the effects of a paralytic stroke sometime ago. Charlie Mills, local driller, returned Sunday from Tyler County where he has been for the past several weeks working on a drilling well. Aug. 16, 1962 Ludwig Receives Bad Cut on Leg Chester Ludwig, a construction worker, received a bad cut on the muscular section of a leg when a work Monday morning this week on a job in the vicinity of the Electro-Met Plant at Gravel Bank, Ohio. Working high above the ground, he was struck by an object being moved into place by a crane. A nurse climbed to his position to administer first aid and a tourniquet and he was soon lowered to the ground and then taken to a local hospital. New Management Dale C. Goodwin recently took over management of the restaurant at his Sunoco Station known as Enoch's Lunch and will call it Goodwin 's Lunch. Miss Jeannie Barr is employed as cook and waitress and assisting with the management. 36 Report For Football Practice A WCHS football squad numbering 36 drew equipment Tuesday and started two a day practice sessions. The squad will be under the management of Lowell Weekley and assisted by Joe Craffey and Bill Legg. Seniors: Jim Wine, Ronnie Costley, Roger Blair, Cleo Hickman. George Twyman, Lawrence Hardbarger and Charles White. Juniors: Glen Goff, Bill Dent, Larry Smith, Bud Ott, Larry Reeves, Jim Gant, Gail Hodgen, Roger Meadows and Wayne Toney. Sophomores: Junior Morrison, Lee Morrison, Richard Hutchinson, Danny Hutchinson, Charles Mills, David Wood, Donald Copen, Lyle Kemp, Jerry Starcher and Wayne Robinson. Freshmen: Kenny Morrison, Jim Copen, John Hale, Larry Rogers, Bob Wiseman, Lawrence Cale, Lewis Gibson, Bob Meadows, Lonnie Murray, Ronnie Murray and Larry Slack. Jim Goodwin, a junior, has been in the U.S. Naval Reserve training, will join the squad next Monday.