Wirt County Journal July 17, 2002 Remember When . . . * From the pages of the Journal Aug. 7, 1925 Local and Personal Parks & Dailey drilled in a new well on White Pine, in Calhoun county last week in the Big lijun sand. This was a wild cat venture and is reported as a million foot gasser and is much the best well these folks have drilled in so far. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Joy of Route 2 were visitors in Elizabeth on Saturday. T.M. Townsend has purchased the Wiseman residence property on Pike Street and it is understood that he will move thereto in the near future. E.R. Ferree of Route 4 was a business visitor in town on Friday and Friday night of last week. Geo. M. Roberts of Parkersburg visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Roberts of near Dulin on Friday night of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Snider of near Freed, Calhoun county, have purchased the Welch Restaurant on Court Street and took charge the latter part of last week. Guther Smith, progressive farmer and stockman of Island Run, transacted business in Elizabeth on Saturday. Mrs. G.A. Wilson and daughter, Kathleen, of Ivan, visited relatives and friends in Elizabeth a part of last week. Walter Anderson, good farmer and stockman of Lynn Camp, was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office the latter part of last week. H.E. Watkins and sons, Okey and Frank were visitors in town on Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Deever of Route 4, left the first of this week on a few days visit with their sons, Earl and Clyde near Ashland, Ohio. Howard L. Deever of Vienna accompanied them. William Bumgarner a former Wirt County boy, has resigned his position with the United Woolen Mills Co. after fourteen years service with them and has accepted a position with the Steel Range Company of Parkersburg. He with Pierce Givens, also a Wirt Countian and four others left on Monday morning of this week for the southern part of Georgia, where they will spend a few months in the interest of the company. S.D. Sheppard and his son of Palestine, was a pleasant caller at the Journal Office on Monday morning while in town on business. Mr. Sheppard is one of the big farmers and stockman of Reedy District. Lewis Yeager, a hustling young man of Route 4, was a pleasant caller in the Journal Office on Tuesday while in town on business. July 19, 1962 Go-Cart Races For This Sunday Are Canceled The previously announced Go-Kart Racing event for this Sunday has been canceled by the Woodyard Memorial Swimming Pool Committee following a special meeting of Elizabeth Town Council Tuesday night when Council refused to grant permission for staging the event on public streets. Barn Burned At Munday A barn on the farm of Alfred Davis on Straight Creek, near Munday, was burned late Sunday, July 8 and cause of the blaze was investigated early last week by Sheriff Ira Lockhart. Loss was estimated between $2,500 and $3,000 including hay, tools, harness and 1,500 feet of boat building lumber. Miss Hennen First Entrant For Queen of Fair Contest Miss Linda Jean Hennen, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Exel Hennen of Palestine, and sponsored by the Two Runs Willing Workers 4-H Club, became the first official entrant in the Queen of the 1962 Wirt County Fair contest to be staged at Camp Barbe next month. Her talent for the contest will be a solo. Girl Born To Vlachs Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerald R. Vlach of Palestine, at the Camden Clark Hospital on Wednesday, July 11, a 6 lb. baby girl named Linda Liane. They have another daughter, Kimberly Jane who was two years old the day before her sister was born. Mrs. Vlach was the former Miss Ellen Turner. Morgans Move To Dover, Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Morgan moved recently from Route 3 to Dover Ohio where he has become branch manager for Ravens Metals, Inc. in the office at Strasburg, Ohio. Lowell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Morgan of Elizabeth, has been with the company for the past three years and was manager for the Altech Division of the Company in Elizabeth.