Wirt County Journal July 21, 1999 Remember When ... * From the Wirt County Journal Files January 28, 1921 Farm Bureau Notes During the past year our county has done more than any other county in the state toward the elimination of the scrub bull. This has been due to the work and influence of some of our progressive, far sighted farmers. Away back in the early sixties our county was talked of all over the country for leading in oil production. It would be a thing worth working for if we could be the first county in the United States to really eliminate the scrub bull. Announcement We have opened a modem laundry on Prunty Avenue, Elizabeth, and are ready to do your laundry work at right prices. Let us do your family washings. Citizens phone. H. M. Hickman, W. H. Chancey. The Governor is Right The recommending the repeal of the Act of 1916 generally known as the "Ripper" enacted to retain in office the appointees of Governor Hatfield. Gov. Cornwell in his biennial message to the Legislature remarks that the Acts referred to are a disgrace to the state and a relic of a political period in West Virginia which he hopes is gone. In other words, having been called upon to labor for four years under the handicap of such a statute the governor wishes his successors no such a drawback. You Can't Dodge It Physicians nowadays take a blood test when you are run down. They count the red corpuscles in your blood. If these are too few they give you a tonic for your blood. It happens right along. They are always on the lookout for indications of weak blood. Why? Because they know when your blood is weak your resistance to disease is low. Your vitality and energy quickly run down. You can tell when your blood is weak. You look pale, feel tired. You are not ill, but you don't feel right. You don't want to do things. That is the time to take the well-known tonic, Pepto-Plngan. October 10, 1958 Randolph to Speak At Court House Saturday Night Jennings Randolph of Elkins, a former member of Congress from West Virginia, now candidate for the two-year unexpired term of United States Senator, will discuss some of the election issues in a public meeting at the Court House in Elizabeth at 8 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 11. Wirt County Jail Visiting Hours With no previous limit on visiting hours at Wirt County Jail and the resultant nuisance occasioned by irregular requests to see prisoners, Sheriff Corbett B. Carpenter this week announces future visiting hours for the jail, which will be limited to 15 minutes to each prisoner. The schedule will be Saturday and Tuesday, 2 to 4 p.m. The new chain-link fence was installed outside the jail area one day last week, which will put a stop to exchange of items between prisoner and folks who loafed outside the jail windows; and will serve as a double barrier. Services Held Monday For Van W. Thorn Van W. Thom, 58, prominent Elizabeth business man, and one of the most popular and genial citizens of all Wirt County, died early Saturday morning, Oct. 4, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, following a brief illness. His illness was of only about three days duration, and the word of his death was received by most citizens even before they knew that he had been taken to the hospital at noon, Friday. Death was attributed to a sudden pneumonia. Local and Personal Events of Interest The Glory Bound Quartet of the Grace Community, Roane County, composed of Frances Greathouse and Carrie Williams, Rt. 1, Reedy, and Phyllis Fox and her mother, Hetty Matics, Rt. 4, Spencer, presented a group of several hymns at the worship service of Elizabeth Baptist Church Sunday night, being heard with great pleasure by those attending the service. Also, Miss Beverly Matics was especially well received with a lovely solo. Mrs. Williams is a sister of Maj. Harold Criner, now at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., a former teacher here. C. B. Kastl of near Rt. 47 in the Greencastle area was an Elizabeth visitor Wednesday and mentioned his scrap to get a black-top road surface between the Greencastle bridge and State Rt. 47. It's a short section there, and quite rough. Lakin Burr, supervisor of the L. K. Nursery at Newark, says plans are in the making for a complete new road surface from State Route 53 on Standing Stone to Rt. 47 through the Newark community. Mrs. Hubert Full and daughter, Reva, of Full's Fork were in Elizabeth Monday afternoon to attend the funeral service for Van W. Thorn and visited Mrs. Delbert Crew. Mr. and Mrs. William Miller of Lesage and Mrs. Hattie Morris of Huntington, sisters of Fred Sturm, were here from Sunday until Tuesday of this week, guests of Mr. And Mrs. Sturm. Mrs. Miller will be remembered by local folks as the former Marie Cooke, who resided here for a few months period some few years ago.