unsubscribe -----Original Message----- From: Rita Ridgway <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [WVWIRT] Wirt County Journal, September 1, 1999, Remember When ... >unsubscribe >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark/Paula <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, September 12, 1999 1:45 PM >Subject: [WVWIRT] Wirt County Journal, September 1, 1999, Remember When ... > > >>Wirt County Journal >>September 1, 1999 >>Remember When ... >> >>* from the Wirt County Journal files >> >> >>March 22, 1921 >> >> >> >>Inauguration of President Harding >> >>Simplicity Prevails at Ceremony - Cheers Resound Along Line of March >> >>Western Newspaper Union News Service >> >>Washington - The inauguration of Warren Harding of Ohio as the 29th >>president of the United States was marked with simplicity. The absence >>of pomp and ceremony of former inaugurals served to make the occasion >>more solemn and inspiring. Never has an inaugural address of a president >>been heard with such deep consideration. Although punctuated frequently >>with generous applause, there was no time when either the speaker or his >>audience were distracted from the main business of the hour. The use of >>a sound amplifier that carried President Harding's words to the extreme >>outskirts of the tremendous throng assembled in the Capitol plaza >>undoubtedly contributed to this attitude on the part of his auditors. >>But there was no mistaking the fact that the thousands were gathered >>with more than a mere desire to witness a historic event. >> >> >> >>Big Bargains >> >>Biggest Bargains Ever Offered For This Week Only At >> >>The Junk Boat >> >>Mens work shoes $2 to $3.50 per pair. >> >>Boys school shoes $1.50 to $2.50 per pair. >> >>Ladies shoes $3.50 to $4 per pair. >> >>Cid ladies comfort shoes, best quality $2.75. >> >>One lot small misses shoes, 2 to 3-1/2 Region brand $1.50. >> >>A few women and girls coats left will go at $3 a coat. >> >>Towling 10 yds. for $1. >> >>10 qt. tin pail 15 cts. each. >> >>No. 2 lantern 75 cts. each. >> >>Crochet cotton O.N.T. 10 ct. per spool. >> >>Dairy feed and horse feed $2.35 per 100 lb. >> >>25 lbs. scrat chicken feed 75 ct. >> >>Other articles too numerous to mention at great reduced prices. We pay >>30 cts. for eggs. Chickens 27 cts. lb. Potatoes 75 cts. per bushel in >>trade. >> >> >> >>Road Association >> >>The people of the Pleasant Hill community met and organized as the >>Pleasant Hill Good Road Association and elected officers as follows: >> >>President L.A. Gant >> >>Vice-President, S.C. Amos >> >>Secretary, C.D. Powell >> >>Treasurer, N.A. Deem >> >>Eleven persons signed up as members of this association at the first >>meeting. >> >>The members are as follows, C.D. Powell, J.E. Amos, A.C. Coulter, N.A. >>Deem, W.L. Wine, E. Hupp, S.C. Amos, R.E. Amos, R.J. Richmond, Alice >>James, and J.W. Morehead. >> >> >> >>Birthday Party >> >>Uncle John Boler of this place was 81 years old Feb. 28th and his many >>friends and relatives throughout the United States did not forget this >>date. He received one hundred fifteen greeting cards and other >>remembrances. On the evening of this date a number of his local friends >>gave him a surprise by gathering at his home on Washington Street taking >>him many nice and useful gifts. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F.A. >>Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Parsons, Edwin and Helen Gilmore, Blanche, >>Gray, Eula Vaught, Mrs. Elizabeth Vaught, Mrs. Ed Winland, Mrs. Permilia >>Hall, Thresa Metz, Mr. and Mrs. John Boler, Bruce Parsons and Ruth >>Roberts. >> >> >> >> >> >>November 21, 1958 >> >> >> >>Roy Hall Is New Conservation Aid >> >>Roy Hall, Rt. 3, Palestine, has been appointed the new Conservation Aid >>for the Wirt County Soil Conservation Service, filling a vacancy created >>by the death earlier this year of Ray V. Davis. He started his training >>period Monday, Nov. 17. >> >> >> >>Local and Personal Events of Interest >> >>Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Kenova, W.Va., were here last Saturday >>visiting Mrs. Emma Wright, who has been quite ill for the past month but >>is improving now. >> >>Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Whited of Bartlett, Ohio, were here last weekend >>visiting their daughter, Mrs. R.S. Daniell, and family, and his brother, >>N.A. Whited, and wife and son, Ray, and family; and were to visit a >>sister of his in Parkersburg before returning to their home on Monday. >>The Whiteds are former residents of the Lucille community, Wirt County. >> >>The Journal has received the report that Mack Menefee of Brady Lake, O., >>formerly of Burning Springs, father of June Menefee and Mrs. Hubert >>Mason, Burning Springs, has been a recent patient in a Ravenna hospital. >>Mrs. Mason and June Menefee were there visiting him last week, and said >>upon returning home late in the week that he was beginning to show some >>improvement. >> >>The Rev. Vairl C. Winter, pastor of the Wirt-Roane Larger Baptist >>Parish, left Tuesday for Cleveland, O., to attend a committee meeting on >>International Affairs of the National Council of Churches. >> >>Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bunner, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Breedlove, Miss Olive >>Evans and Mrs. Sarah Evans were in Clarksburg last weekend to attend >>funeral services for Mrs. Mable Evans, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Sarah >>Evans of Rt. 4, City. The deceased was the wife of Mr. Walker Evans. >>While there they visited Mrs. Cora Evans, Mr. Jack Evans and Mr. and >>Mrs. Earl McCoy of Washington, D.C. >> >> >> >>==== WVWIRT Mailing List ==== >>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>...........................WIRT MAILINGG LIST.......................... >>Should multiple error messages or a message that 'your mailbox' is full >>appear to the LIST OWNER... your address will be UNSUBSCRIBED. 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