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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