Wirt County Journal November 3, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal files May 27, 1921 President's Proclamation Whereas, this nation has been conceived in prayer and devotion by men and women who were moved under God to found a nation where principles of right should form the lasting cornerstone; and whereas these principles purchased at the price of great sacrifice have been fostered by a worthy posterity; and whereas the great war has lately laid its costly demands upon our lands, now, therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, president of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, the 13 day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulated memories, a day of public memorial. I invite my fellow citizens fittingly to pay homage on this day to a noble dead who sleep in homeland, beneath the sea or in foreign fields, so that we who survive might enjoy the blessings of peace and happiness and to end that liberty and justice, without which no nation can exist, shall live forever. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this third day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1921, and of the Independence of the United States the 145th. Warren G. Harding Oil Items West Virginia and Pennsylvania oil $3.25 per bbl. The Heck Oil Co. of Spencer has a rig up for a well on the C.C. Sheppard farm, Right Reedy. J. D. Silcott of the Eddystone Oil Co. of Parkersburg was looking after business interests in this county on Tuesday. The Richtor Oil Company recently drilled in a well on the T. B. Busch farm near the head of Five Mile Run, in the Hartley Field, which is reported as a good average producer for that field. Mr. A. E. Lee, of Lockport, N.Y., vice president and general manager of Leviathan Oil Corporation of New York and R.R. Herchelroth, secretary, made a flying visit to the head of Standing Stone and Straight Creek on the evening of the 19th returning for home on the 20th. This corporation has taken over the business and holdings of the late Leviathan Oil Co. and are straightening up the affairs, and expects to begin active operation in the new future. Cheatham - Seaton Miss Mamie Seaton and Mrs. Virgil Cheatham both popular young folks of this county were married at Welch this state on Saturday of last week. The groom is the son of Mrs. A. Cheatham of Dulin and the bride the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Seaton of near Newark, and one of our county's most popular and progressive lady teachers, and at present engaged in teaching near Welch. The happy couple has many friends in this county who will be pleased to hear of their marriage. The Journal is pleased to offer congratulations. January 16, 1959 Bruce E. Parsons Now Police Chief At Fort Pierce, Fla. Mrs. Ruth Morgan, Rt. 3, City, wife of Raymond P. Morgan, a reporter for the Parkersburg Sentinel, recently had a nice story (in Jan. 6 issue) about another former Wirt Countian, Bruce E. Parsons, son of Mrs. Nora Parsons, Parkersburg, and the late Scott Parsons, describing the Parkersburg Police Department reorganization effected during the. past 2-1/2 year period while he served as Chief of Police of our neighboring large city, Parkersburg. Oil Well Drilled On Otter Run What is described as a fairly good oil well was drilled in by Glen W. Roberts, City, on the Emma Adams, et al, royalty on the head of Otter Run, in the vicinity of the Cool Spring School House, Route 4, section of Elizabeth. The well was drilled in last Friday at a depth of 1,772 feet in the Maxon sand. It is described as being about a 10-barrel producer. The well was shot Monday. Local and Personal Events of Interest Mrs. Alma Buchanan, Rt. 2, City, was visiting her father, Roy Matson, of 1806 9th Ave., Parkersburg, last Friday. He is slowly improving from a serious back in injury caused when he fell from a house last summer, and is now able to walk about the house, but has not yet been outside since the accident. Mr. Matson will be 72 years of age next Thursday (Jan. 19) and his friends may wish to send him a birthday card. Dale Griffin of Rt. 2, Palestine, went to Parkersburg Wednesday to get Frank Full of Peewee, who was a recent surgical patient in a Parkersburg hospital. He had been at the home of his brother, Virgil Full, Parkersburg, for a few days. Virgil, too, had been quite ill and a hospital patient for about a month earlier this winter, it is reported. The Journal had recently received a renewal subscription from Virgil. Mrs. Addie Sheppard of Right Reedy, who has been quite poorly this winter, is reported as being somewhat improved now. Mrs. Florence Cline, Rt. 2, Palestine, stopped in our shop Monday to renew a gift subscription for her elder brother, E. D. Bumgarner, of Baltimore, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Drennen of Rt. 4, City, have been spending quite some time with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Stewart, at Mineral Wells. Mrs. Drennen was quite poorly last weekend.