Wirt County Journal March 24, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal files August 6, 1920 Rothwell-Trader Squire Gilbert Rothwell and Mrs. Mary A. Trader were pronounced man and wife by Rev. A. V. Riddle at the home of Henry Bryan at 11 o'clock Sunday. A sumptuous dinner was served at the groom's home below Wells Lock. On Monday night they were given a good old fashioned country serenade. About 120 persons were present and took part in the serenade. Refreshments were served; among other things was 10 gallons of ice cream. The Journal extends congratulations. Teachers Institute The Wirt County Teachers Institute will be held at Elizabeth the week of August 16. The instructors will be E. L. Lively of the Fairmont Normal School, J. H. Hickman, principal of the Spencer High School. Miss Ella Gauer of Fosteria, Ohio, will have charge of the music and will be assisted by Miss Burroughs of Washington, D.C. Entertainments are being planned for every evening in the week. Two or three speakers will be employed for special lectures during the week. All Wirt County teachers should plan to attend this institute and boost the schools of Wirt County. WANTED To find a hill that the new 1920 Maxwell cannot climb. Look for this car in Cairo, Pennsboro, Smithville, Grantsville, Harrisville and Elizabeth this week. If interested in selling a car like this in your territory see us at once. Capitol Car Company distributors, 1211 Market Street, Parkersburg. School news Delbert C. Daugherty has been selected as principal of the Burning Springs School at $100 per month and Marie Tyson for the intermediate room at $75 per month. Y. M. C. A. scholarships have been awarded as follows: Camden Sims, Waynesburg College, $200. Duncan W. Daugherty, George Washington University, $160. Lawrence Gray, Pace & Pace, $50. Scott Morgan, Dairy Farming, $30. Delbert Daugherty, bookkeeping, $35. Otis Woodyard, shorthand, $30. Leonard C. Dailey, typewriting, $30. June 20, 1958 House Passes Appropriation Bill for L K Dam A telephone call to the Journal from the Hon. Louis Reed, administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Chapman Revercomb, on Friday of this week carried the joint announcement by Revercomb and Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed HR No. 12858, an appropriation bill including the amount of $112,500 for rebuilding of Dam No. 3 in the Little Kanawha River below Elizabeth. Reed said it is hoped a bidder may be found who will do the job for the amount appropriated and that action can start in the near future. Wyvonna Oldaker, Harvey Morrison, Crowned 4-H Health King and Queen Miss Wyvonna Oldaker and Harvey Morrison Jr. were crowned 4-H King and Queen of Health at the 4-H Health Field Day at Camp Barbe on Tuesday of last week, June 10. The King and Queen were selected as winners in the health contest and represented the Rising Sun 4-H Club. The contest was based upon the grades made by different clubs participating in the health program. Other clubs taking part in the health program were: Newark Shining Stars, Two Ripple Hard Workers, Valley Dwellers and Beulah Hill Busy Beavers. Other clubs taking part in the Field Day events were: Owl Hill Pioneers, Hilltoppers and the Junior Elizabeth Ernest Workers. Kills 42-Inch Rattler Ray Whited, City, rural mail carrier on Route 2, came in from his day's delivery on Thursday, June 5, with a mean-looking passenger. It was a 42-inch rattlesnake, and even though it was dead, it still looked mean. Whited ran over the snake on Little Island Run, near the Charlie Jones farm. As he recognized what it was, stopped, backed the front wheel across the rattler's body, got out and found a club and killed it. It measured 42 inches in length. He said he thought he had seen another rattler a few days before, but got away. Another report reached us that some folks killed another rattlesnake in that general vicinity the following Saturday night (June 7). Mrs. Stallman Fractures Wrist A. E. Stallman, Rt. 3, Palestine, was an Elizabeth visitor on Tuesday and said that Mrs. Stallman fell in the yard at home Wednesday of last week, in which she fractured her right wrist. She was brought to Dr. Coplin in Elizabeth, then sent ahead to St. Joseph's Hospital to have specialized attention and placing of the cast. The Stallman's daughter, Maude, is home to help handle housework. She had worked at the tile plant on Rt. 47 near Parkersburg for more than 14 years until laid off last winter.