This page will have a variety of old newspaper articles pertaining to history and some obituaries/deaths taken from old newspapers that I've found. They are from the Parkersburg News and/or Sentinel unless otherwise stated.
Monday, March 16, 1959
Tuesday, March 17, 1959
Friday, March 20, 1959
Sunday, April 12, 1959 Interesting westward journey story
Sunday April 12, 1959
"Two-Headed Dog Healthy After 15 Days"
Moscow(UPI)--Soviet scientists said Saturday a two-headed dog they
created 15 days ago by grafting a puppy's head to a full-grown pooch was
still "alive and healthy".
The experiment, aimed at finding ways of replacing portions of the
human body lost through injury or disease, was pronounced Russia's
"most successful" in the field, the official news agency Tass said.
Dr. Vladamir Demikhov, a physiologist, said the dog, a German Shepherd
named "Pirat", was "feeling well and full of life." The puppy's head was
grafted onto Pirat's neck.
Dogs in previous operations lived only five or six days, Demikhov
said, but Pirat "goes out and eats with relish (and) the second head reacts
vividly to everything around it."
The two heads fall asleep and awake independently, it was said,
but the puppy's head "does not need separate feeding since Pirat's stomach
serves Pirat and the puppy's head."
Demikhov, head of Moscow experimental laboratory, said the puppy's
head laps up water and retains its ability to move, thus showing its
nerves are intact and the brain is functioning normally.
Demikhov said that in the operation to give Pirat an extra head, the
major blood vessels were bared and joined with those of the puppy.
Blood circulation was not interrupted "for even a moment," he said.
Monday Morning, March 16 , 1959
"Duncan Hines Is Dead at 78"
BOWLING GREEN, Ky (UPI) - Duncan Hines, an internationally-known
gourmet and author, who built a profitable business by recommending
restuarants and hotels to travelers, died at his home here Sunday.
Hines, who would have been 79 March 26, had been ill for a year and
under treatment for cancer of the lung.
A native of this western Kentucky city, Hines made the slogan
"recommended by Duncan Hines" known throughout the world by
endorsing restuarants, hotels, motels and inns visited during is
extensive travels.
In 1935 Hines and his wife as a Christmas gift sent a list of
recommended eating places to friends. The response led to the
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publication of his first book. "adventures in Good Eating." Three
years later he published "Lodging for the Night" a guide to hotels
and inns, followed by "Adventures in Good Cooking," several other
recipe books and "The Duncan Hines Vacation Guide."
In 1950, Hines became associated with Roy H. Park Itahaca N.Y. in
Hines-Park Inc., which produces and packages special foods and
mixes. In 1957, the firm and a publishing company set up by Hines
for his books, became subsidiaries of Proctor & Gamble.
Funeral services for Hines will be held at the Christ Episcopal
Church here Tuesday.
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"STUMP Given Key Position In Air Firm
Admiral Felix B. Stump, retired, former head of the U.S. Pacific
command and a native of Parkersburg, has been elected chairman of
the board of the Asiatic Aeronautical Co. Ltd., a post formerly held
by the late General Claire L. Chennault, it was learned yesterday.
The company's headquarters are at Taipei, Formosa, but officials
said Admiral Stump will be stationed in New York City.
The airline company is the parent organization of Civil Air
Transport which General Chennault, of Flying Tiger fame, organized.
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Tuesday Morning, March 17, 1959
Obits this day
FRONT PAGE HEADLINE: Ike Offers to Negotiate But Pledges 'No Retreat'
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'Boy Soldier' of Civil War Dead at 112
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (UPI) - Virginia's revered old mountaineer John
Salling, next-to-last survivor of the armies of the Civl War, joined
his comrades in death Monday.
A boy soldier of the Confederacy, Salling died peacefully of
pneumonia just sixty days short of his 113th birthday.
His death left just one more living veteran of the war between the
states, 116-year-old Walter W. Williams of Houston, Tex. Williams
was too weak to be told that he was the last man alive of the great
armie who fought under Lee and Grant.
The last Union veteran, Albert Woolson of Duluth, Minn., died in
1956 at the age of 109. Woolson was a drummer boy, Williams was a
forager. Salling spent his service in the Army of Virginia digging
saltpeter, an ingredient of gunpowder.
Never Fired a Shot
Only 13 when Confederate guns fired Ft. Sumter, Salling never fired
a shot during the war, and never wore a gray uniform until his long
life made him one of a handful of surviving Civil War veterans a
dozen years ago. In his later years, he became a living symbol. He
was given the honorary rank of general and outfitted with winter and
summer uniforms. He rode in parades and
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received messages from presidents and governors.
He lived a sheltered life in his last years, on his boyhood from
near the hamlet of Slant, Va., 25 miles north of here.
Until recently he enjoyed good health. He remained active until he
broke his hip at the age of 106, and attributed his long life to
"hard work and moderation".
Death Came Peacefully
Salling contracted influenza and a cold last week and was admitted
to a private clinic here last Thursday. Then his condition became
worse and pneumonia developed. The frail old man lacked strength to
fight any longer.
He lapsed into a coma Sunday and died at 7:45 a.m. e.s.t. Monday
with a daughter, Mrs. Hugh McCamy and his grandson, H. Hawkins at
his side.
A nurse who was present said the old mountaineer's death was "very
peaceful."
Salling's body will lie in state at Gate City, Va., until services
with military honors at 11:30 a.m. e.s.t. Thursday, Salling will be
buried in the family cemetery near his mountain cabin at Slant.
OBITUARIES LISTED
Mrs. Ida Schrader
Bowen Infant
C. F. Swain
Mrs. Bessie L. Collett
Mrs. Lucy Dugan
Mrs. Dessie Sweeney
Samuel E. Haught
Harold W. Engstrom
Mrs. Sophia K. Moore
Charles L. Cavins
Albert Postalwaite
Charles O'Brien
Obituaries today are on page 19.
((Part of page 19 was clipped out of this paper))
Mrs. Dessie Sweeney
Mrs. Dessie C. Sweeney, 70, of Charleston, a former resident of
Waverly, died yesterday morning at her residence following an
extended illness.
Born June 22, 1888, at Clinton, Pa., she was a daughter of the late
Aaron and Belle Simmons Cornell.
She lived in Charleston most of her life and was a member of the
Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Rodney O. Sweeney; one son, Frank
Sweeney of Charleston; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Sitzmann of
Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. Marie McConnell of Parkersburg, Mrs.
C. C. Jameson of Huntington; and one granddaughter.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the
Cunningham Funeral Home in Charleston with the Rev. O. H. Carder
officiating. Burial will be in Willow Island Cemetery with a
graveside service to be conducted at 2 p.m.
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Mrs. Ida Schrader
Funeral Services for Mrs. Ida Bell Schrader, 63 of Creston, Wirt
county, who died Sunday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, will be
conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Stump Funeral Home in Grantsville.
The Rev. B. O. Graham will officiate and burial will be in the
Wright Cemetery at Cremo.
Mrs. Schrader was the daughter of the late Robin W. and Nancy Bell.
She was a member of the Cedar Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Harry Schrader; one son, John Bennett
of Parkersburg; one daughter, Mrs. Virgie Bennett of Big Bend; two
brothers, John Bell of Huntington and Alvie Bell of Cremo.
Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of the services.
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Mrs. Lucy Dugan
Mrs. Lucy Dugan, 113 Marrtown Rd., died at 3:30 p.m. yesterday in
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Roanoke, Va., the daughter of the late Charles and
Elizabeth Thomas.
Surviving is a stepdaughter, Mrs. Sena Emberton of Prospect, O.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The body is at the Leavitt funeral home where friends may call after
noon today.
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Harold W. Engstrom
Funeral Services for Harold W. Engstrom, 69, of Monroe, La., a
former resident of this area, were conducted Sunday at the Wilson
funeral home in Charleston, Burial was in Sunset Memorial park.
Mr. Engstrom died last Thursday at his residence following an
extended illness.
He was a member of the Shrine Lodge at Wheeling and the Blue Lodge
at West Union.
He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, the Rotary Club, and the
Country Club at Monroe.
Mr. Engstrom retired two years ago as general manager of United
Carbon at Monroe.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Betty Engstrom of Monroe; seven
sisters, Mrs. Clara Chinn, Mrs. Mary Stitt, Mrs. Helen Braid, Mrs.
Hariett Nelson, all of Charleston, Mrs. Sara Barnes of St. Louis,
Mrs. Naomi McKinney of Salem, and Mrs. Dorothy Emmert of Dayton.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Mary McKown Engstrom, in
1956.
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Samuel E. Haught
Samuel E. Haught, 58, of Left Hand, Roane County, died yesterday
morning in Doctor's Hospital, Columbus, following a three-week
illness.
Born at Rutherford, Ritchie County, he was a son of the late Andrew
Haught and Mrs. Sarah Eddy Haught of Harrisville.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
He worked in the oil fields for South Penn Natural Gas Co. for 27
years.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his widow, Mrs. Belva
Johnson Haught; two daughters, Mrs. Glenna Hall of Waverly, Sharon
Jean Haught of the family residence; three sisters, Mrs. Claudia
Gumm of Parkersburg, Mrs. M. C. Hannon of Harrisville, Mrs. Gertrude
Echard of Pineville; two brothers, William R. Haught of Parkersburg,
and James A. Haught of Cairo.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Raiguel funeral home in Cairo. The Rev. John Helms will officiate
and burial will be in the Harrisville 100F cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of the services.
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Mrs. Sophia K. Moore
Mrs. Sophia Kruger Moore, 88, died at 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the
residence of her son, Paul J. Moore, Little Hocking, following an
extended illness.
Born Feb. 21, 1871, at Washington, Wood county, she was the daughter
of the late Charles & Frederika Smith Kruger.
Her parents were among the first settlers of Washington Bottom.
She had lived at Little Hocking for the past 11 years and was a
member of the Little Hocking Methodist Church.
Surviving are her son, two grandchildren, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The body is at the Leavitt funeral home where friends may call after
noon today.
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Bowen Infant
Dawn Rena Bowen, four-months-old daughter of Charles and Patricia
Ferrell Bowen of South Grantsville, died Sunday morning at the
family residence.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the
Stump funeral home in Grantsville. The Rev. Archie Showen will
officiate and burial will be in the Bethlehem cemetery.
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Mrs. Bessie L. Collett
Word has been received here by Mrs. Jerry W. Affolter, 1618 19th
St., of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie Love Collett of
Alliance, O., who died Sunday morning in an Alliance hospital.
Mrs. Collett and her husband, James. G. Collett, were former
residents of Parkersburg.
Survivors include her husband, three sons, four brothers, and one
sister.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Myers
funeral home in Alliance.
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Clerk in Hospital
Mrs. Grace Haskins, city clerk here, is a patient in the St.
Joseph's Hospital for surgery. She is the wife of Devor Haskins of
2306 Clement Ave.
Mrs. Haskins has been confined at home by illness for some time.
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ADVERTISEMENT There is an ad for a "Lark" automobile "by Studebaker"
COST OF THIS CAR BRAND NEW WAS: $2295.00!
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Anniversary Observed
Mr and Mrs J. L. Skeen of Ripley celebrated their 57th wedding
anniversary Sunday, having as their guests the following persons:
Mr & Mrs Wilford Bird and sons, Wayne, Allen, and Freddie of Boomer,
Mr & Mrs Clarence Crowder and Mrs. W. O. Boling of Charleston, Mr &
Mrs Carlas Wilburn and daughter, Carla Lee, of St Albans, and Mr &
Mrs Joe Hunt of Liverpool, Mrs. Skeen also clelbrated her 87th
birthday Saturday.
Among other gifts Mr & Mrs Skeen received a box from the H. J. Heinz
Company in Pittsburgh, containing a number of their "57"
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3 Boys, 2 girls Born Yesterday
MARIETTA - Five births were reported last night by Marietta Memorial
hospital.
Mr and Mrs Robert Dye, 104 Grandview Av., a boy.
Mr and Mrs Robert Myers of Rt. 5, a boy.
Mr and Mrs Robert Gray of Reno, a girl.
Mr and Mrs David Lupardus of Barlow, a boy.
Mr and Mrs Channing Rice of 216 Walnut Dr., Devola, a girl.
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Marie Fox Captures BVL Tourney Title
Marie Fox, a 109 average bowler at Emerson Lanes, captured first
place in the annual Parkesburg Woman's Assoc. Bowlers Victory Legion
tournament held last week at The Coliseum and Emerson Lanes.
A record 349 keglers participated in the tourney with each entrant
contributing 50 cents with all proceeds going toward the Veteran
Hospitals throughout the country.
Mrs. Fox won the large first place trophy by felling 487 pins which
coupled with a 168 pin handicap gave her a 655 series. Second place
went to Edna Ruble with a 625 total. Mrs. Ruble, a member of the
Tuesday Night League at Emerson, had a 117 handicap and a three-game
score of 508.
In third place was Betty Ward of the Woman's All-Star League at The
Coliseum with a 624 total on a 516 actual pinfall and a 108
handicap.
Trophies were awarded for the first three places with the expense of
the awards born by the association.
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3 Boys, 1 Girl Are Delivered at St. Joseph's
The St. Joseph's hospital yesterday reported the following new
births:
A boy to Mrs. John Ciochetty (Mary Ann Williams) of 819 25th St.,
Vienna: a boy to Mrs. C.D. Walker (Delpha Delores Deem) of
Davisville: a girl to Mrs. Paul Umstot (Arlene Ruth West) of
Waverly, all on March 13.
A boy to Mrs. Dale Anderson of 1619 Garfield Av., on March 14.
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MOVIES PLAYING
At the Drive-Ins
"Pickup Alley" starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard
The Brothers Rico..starring Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn
Grant.
"Mardi Gras" starring Pat Boone, Christine Carere, Tommy Sands,
Sheree North, Gary Crosby, and Fred Clark.
"Action of the Tiger" starring Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert
Lom.
Walk-In Movies
"UP PERISCOPE" starring James Garner, and co-starring Edmond
O'Brien.
"STRANGER IN MY ARMS" starring June Allyson, Jeff Chandler,
co-starring Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn, Mary Astor, Peter Graves,
Conrad Nagel.
"HELEN OF TROY" starring Brigitte Bardot, Rossana Podesta (as
Helen).
"LAND OF THE PHAROAHS" starring Howard Hawks.
"THE HANGING TREE" starring Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden.
"RAW WIND IN EDEN" starring Esther Williams, Jeff Chandler,
co-starring Roseana Podesta.
"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne
Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne DeCarlo, Debra Paget, John Derek,
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson,
Vincent Price.
SPORTS SECTION
West on Look All-American
NEW YORK, (UPI)- West Virginia University basketball wizard Jerry
West, who has averaged 26.2 points per game this season, was named
Monday to the 1959 Look Magazine All-American team. Also named were
Oscar Robertson, Bob Boozer, Bailey Howell, John Cox, John Green,
Bob Ferry, Tom Hawkins, Lou Pucillo, and Al Seiden.
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West Named MVP In Eastern Event
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI)- West Virginia's All-American Jerry West was a
unanimous choice as most valuable player in the NCAA Eastern
regional basketball tournament here last weekend.
It was disclosed Monday that all 26 sports writers and broadcasters
who covered the two-day event, in which West Virginia won its way to
the final round at Louisville, singled out West for the MVP honor.
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Former Browns Owner is Buried
ST.LOUIS (UPI) - Funeral services were scheduled Wednesday for
Richard C. Muckerman, former owner of the old St. Louis Browns
baseball club, who died suddenly Sunday.
An avid sports enthusiast, Muckerman, 62, bought Donald L. Barnes'
stock in the Browns of the American League in 1946. He acquired a 56
per cent interest and succeeded Barnes as president. He sold out in
1949 to Charles and William DeWitt for a price reported to be
between $800,000 and $1,000,000.
Muckerman returned here Friday from a business trip to Las Vegas. He
was preparing for church Sunday when he suffered a fatal heart
attack.
The Parkersburg News
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Read at Dinner of Washington County Pioneers
Letters Describe Westward Journey
By GERALDINE MUSCARI
Of the news staff
MARIETTA (OH) - At the dinner of the Washington County Pioneer Assoc.
celebrating Marietta's 171st birthday anniversary, Dr. Rodney T. Hood,
of Ohio University, read to the members a number of letters written by
the pioneer forebearers of Arthur Devol Barker, venerable
Marietta resident and oldest member of the Pioneer Association.
Mrs. Hood is also a descendant of the Barker family and
her husband said that this reason impelled him to begin his researches
into the happenings of six generations ago.
Dr Hood, began by reading excerpts from the letters of Joseph Barker,
an ancestor of Mrs. Hood who came to Marietta five months after
the settlement had begun and lived here until his death in 1843, well
over half a century later.
Joseph Barker built the Hildreth house, which still stands on
Putnam Street, next to the courthouse and is now owned by the county
which uses it for housing the county board of education and the county
welfare department.
At first, Barker lived in a log cabin built by his father-in-law,
Capt. William Dana, that was located at the corner of Front and Putnam
Strts., now occupied by the First Nat'l Drug Co. building.
Joseph Barker described the landing of the April 7 pioneers, the
laying out and surveying of the city and the early life of the settlers.
The city was located and surveyors began running streets and squares as
they now stand. A great cornfield was laid out in the center of the city,
around the big mound and planted to corn.
Married Elizabeth DANA
Early in 1789, Barker married Elizabeth DANA, a daughter of Capt
William DANA and Elizabeth HANCROFT Dana. A letter he wrote to her
begins. "Affectionate Eliza."Yet to another person Barker
writes of his impending marriage, and for some reason seems depressed,
for the immediately following paragraph contains the observation that
"all things seem covered with gloom."
But his fiancee, who signed herself "Betsey" had no such misgiving,
for she inscribes, " Tis five days since I saw you and it will be three
weeks before I see you again."
Dr Hood read letters telling of
the experiences of John ROUSH, his wife and children, all of
Rochester, Mass., and his sister-in-law, Mrs Jonathan DEVOL and
her five children of Providence, Rhode Island, when their party made the
trip from New England to Ohio.
Leaving the Long Plain near New Bedford, Mass. in their covered wagons
drawn by four horses apiece, the ROUSHES went to Rhode Island
where they picked up the DEVOLS. Pressing on to the Hudson, they
continued to the North River, crossing by ferry at Fishkill. They
traveled through New Jersey until they came to Delaware River, which
they crossed successfully by flatboat. Through Pennsylvania they moved
slowly westward, finally reaching Reading, "the last place where they
could conveniently buy things." Here they stocked up on sugar and coffee.
On they went through Harrisburg, a town settled two years before,
"with stumps in the streets just recently cut down."
When they reached the mountains,their progress was "one continuous series
of ups and downs." Rain fell every day, making the steep, crooked roads
even more muddy and impassable. Going downhill, the travelers had to
tie a log to the back and when the teams toiled uphill, every passenger
had to get out and push.
Reach West Newton
About Dec 1, the party reached West Newton on the Youghiogheny River.
Here they bought a boat of 40×12 dimensions, not quite finished and
without a roof but they were afraid to wait any longer. The wagons were
put on the boat and the horses sent on ahead to Buffalo, where they were
picked up later for their extra weight made if difficult to float the
boats.
At Pittsburgh, then a backwoods metropolis of 3,500 souls, the party
hired a trapper to guide them down the Ohio River. Part way down a
fearful storm forced them to land, in spite of their fears of Indian
attack and massacre.
Four days after leaving Pittsburgh and just before ice began to coat the river,
they arrived in Marietta.
When they arrived, they used the "Adventure Galley," the boat in which
the first party had made the Ohio River voyage, for storing the goods
and furniture they had brought with them, "and at last after weeks of
sleeping on the ground or in inns, slept in a house."
Famine, disease
and epidemics plagued the pioneers, Mrs. William Dana wrote to
her family back east that no corn or flour was to be had, that very few
potatoes were raised for want of seed, and "our whole family has not
eaten two bushels of potatoes since we came here."
Joseph Barker found time in 1789-90 to write kinfolk of the
hardships attendant upon the raw little settlement. A large group of
Indians assembled at Ft. Harmar to conclude a treaty and killed all the
game upon which the settlers depended heavily for food. No salt was to
be had. There was not domestic livestock to speak of; oxen and cows
were scarce. Nettles and potato tops were eaten for sustenance.
Indians Were Hostile
Indian hostilities until 1795 made life rather dangerous in this part of
the country. Mrs. DANA wrote in 1792, "No one dares to walk any
distance without an instrument of death on his shoulder."
But better days were coming and in 1796 and the word filtered east.
A letter from Mrs. Barker's New England relatives expresses
thanks that things were better.
In the early 1800's Marietta was much exercied over Aaron Burr and
his schemes.
Joseph Barker, who by this time had moved up the Muskingum for
a distance of some miles and was living in the Wiseman's Bottom settlement,
was commissioned in Sept, 1806, to manufacture 15 boats for the Burr-
Blennerhassett expedition.
On Nov. 20, Blennerhasset came to see Barker and told him that
the boats were for a trip that he and Burr planned to make to
"the Washita country," adding mysteriously that Burr said the
object of the jaunt was "partly agriculture, partly commercial and partly
otherwise."
Not long after this, panic seized the government . Barker launched
the boats at his shipyard "on a certain Sunday morning" and Blennerhassett's
men took passage in them.
As they came down the Muskingum, the boats were seized on orders from the
governor. This miniature foray was known as "The Battle of Muskingum" and
Arthur Graham Tupper wrote a humorous poem about the event, and
the part played by "Blenny's Fleet," when the flotilla was seized by
Maj. Gen. Buell."
The Parkersburg News
Parkersburg, West Virginia, Friday Morning,March 20, 1959
44 Pages Today, Five Cents
[I only had 1st 12 pages of it]
Founded May 14, 1852
Daily Started Feb., 8, 1896
Reestablished Mar. 7, 1897
The Weather Forecast
Parkersburg area; Fair and warm. Highest 65-73.
Continued mild tonight.
PAGE ONE
$15,000 Fire Truck 'Must' For Belpre
A new $12,000 to $15,000 fire truck is almost a "must" for the
Belpre volunteer Fire Department it was reported to members of the
Belpre Chamber of Commerce at the March dinner last night.
Carl Schweickert, a member of the volunteer group for the
past 26 years, told the CHAMBER that the volunteer firemen "are
getting tired" of fixing up the old truck.
Four runs were made yesterday using equipment bought in 1935 and
1946 and firemen had to stop and fix the siren before they could
pull out of the fire department building on one run yesterday,
members were told.
Schweikart asked for suggestions as to ways and means to
raise the necessary money to pay for the truck pointing out that
Belpre Chamber members have been of assistance in he past, with a
$100. contribution toward new equipment made at the Blpre
Homecoming celebration last year by the Chamber.
The Belpre equipment services four townships - Belpre, Warren,
Decatur and Dunham with Warren having one piece of equipment of
it's own.
Townships contribute from $100 to $150 a year for this protection
Schweikart reported.
Robert M. Overmyer presided at last night's dinner which
was held at Vera's Restaurant.
Speaker for the affair was John Hopkins, the industrial
development representative for Monongahela Power who began by
showing a moving picture dealing with "Plans for Posterity."
He discussed zoning, housing, schools, parking, recreation, and
the importance of plans for each of these when industry is being
sought.
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O. E. Boso, president of the Belpre Businessmen's Assoc.,
announced that a Western parade would be held Saturday beginning
at 12:30 p.m. with floats and members of various groups marching.
Arthur Ames, chairman of the bridge committee reported on
the results of the committee's protest of re-imposition of tolls
on the Parkersburg-Belpre bridge.
Between 45 and 50 Chamber members attended the dinner.
Father, Son Plead Guilty in Wirt Case
A father and son team charged with operating a large scale
illicit whiskey - making operation in Wirt County pleaded guilty
to a five-count indictment before Judge Harry E. Watkins in
U.S. District Court at Clarksburg yesterday.
Judge Watkins ordered Herman P. Coles and his son,
Richard, both of Marmet, Kanawha county, to appear in
federal court at Fairmont on May 11. A pre-sentence investigation
report will be filed at that time and the pair will be sentenced
or placed on probation.
The father and son arrested last year when the still was smashed,
have been free on bond of $1000. each. Bond was continued by
Judge Watkins.
Obituaries
-Mrs Ora Starcher
James R. Umstead
Mrs. Anna
Davis
William H. Ross
A. M. Smith
Mrs. Lula McCumbers
James H. Cross
Obituaries today are on page 32
((I did not have that page))
Photo above this paragraph
HAIRDON'T - Marie Cuser, 15, Wichita Kas.,
high school soph, does her studying at home in this photo. And
why? Well, she showed up on St. Patrick's Day with her hair dyed
green, and Principal James Dye (What a coincidence) told
her to return home.
Advance Knowledge for Anti-Missile
Defenses
Secret Experiments Revealed
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Three high-altitude atomic blasts conducted secretly
in the South Atlantic last summer have yielded valuable information on
development of defenses against intercontinental missiles, the Defense
Department disclosed Thursday.
Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles and Dr. Herbert
York, Pentagon research director, told a news conference that the
test-conducted at a 300-mile altitude-"advanced the basis of knowledge"
for anti-missile defenses.
Quarles said the tests also yielded
valuable data "with very substantial military implications." That was
about as far as he would go in disclosing actual military results of the
hitherto secret experiments.
On Right Track
He indicated, however, that one result was to show that the United
States is on the right track in it s efforts to develop the Nike-Zeus
anti-missile missile. It is designed to knock down bomb-carrying enemy
rockets. Quarles made clear that one major purpose of the
test was to find out how greatly radar signals could be disrupted by
high altitude atomic explosions which create an artificial radiation
band high above the earth.
The Nike-Zeus uses radar to track incoming enemy missiles and destroy
them. Quarles, did not say what the tests showed concerning the
effect of the radiation band on the Nike-Zeus. But he said there was
nothing to discourage this nation from going ahead with it. Quarles, was especially cautious in answering questions about the
experiments, known as Project Argus. His answers were so guarded that it
was virtually impossible to learn specifically what had been accomplished
in the tests.
Well-Kept Secret
Quarles, made it plain he held his news conference only because the New York Times had published an extensive report on the
tests.
The Times said it learned of
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plans for the tests some weeks before they took place last August and
September and voluntarily withheld publication for more than half a
year. This made the tests one of the best kept U.S. military secrets
since the World War II atomic bomb project.
Hundreds of officers, enlisted men and civilian scientists knew about
the explosions but there was no publicity until Thursday.
Quarles, said no extraordinary security measures were taken, adding that
"everybody participating in classified work is expected to maintain secrecy."
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Caption under picture
RECEIVES PLAQUE - Robert S. Bennett, right, retiring
president of the Mid-Ohio Valley United Fund is seen receiving a
plaque for his services with F. Roy Yoke, the new president
making the
presentation._______________
Other Officers Named
F. Roy Yoke to Head Valley United Fund
Atty. F. Roy Yoke of Parkersburg, last night was
named president of the Mid-Ohio Valley United Fund, Inc., at the
annual meeting of the two-year-old organization held at the 1058
Market St., Headquarters. He succeeds Robert S. Bennett
who completes two terms and who last night received a plaque of
appreciation.Other officers named included: Hugh E. (Mike)
Hays, director of personnel at the Parkersburg plant of the
American Viscose Corp., first vice president; Robert
Shattuck, president of the Marbon Chemical Co., second vice
president; H. Sutton Sharp, secretary, and Milton F.
Komito, treasurer.
Most of the 38 directors were in attendance.
The new United Fund president is a long-time Parkesburg man whose
active participation in many organizations is well known. He
served as head of the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia
for more than 20 years and currently is in law practice here.
He has been a member of the board of directors of the United Fund
and the Community Chest which preceeded it and is familiar with
Parkersburg area community needs, it was pointed out.
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Airman King Is Assigned at Lackland
Airman, Carl E. King, son of Mrs. Louise
King, of 810 25th Street Vienna, has been assigned to a unit
of the Air Training Command at Lackland, Tex., for duty and
training as a physical conditioning specialist. He recently
completed basic military training at Lackland.
Airman King attended Parkersburg High School.
Basic airmen assigned directly to a duty station from basic
training at Lackland will receive on-the-job training under
highly-qualified specialists. They are selected for assignments
on the basis of their interests and aptitudes.
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Photo of 3 people sitting on a board fence with below
caption under it.
IN WESTERN PARADE - The three pictured will be among the
participants in the big Western Style Parade which will be held in
Belpre Saturday to mark the kick-off for the three months sales
promotion program being sponsored by the Belpre Businessmen's
Assoc. Left to right: E.W. Luckens, John F. Lewey and the
queen, Miss Betty Van Dale of Belpre.
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Crossing Tragedy Arouses Community
XENIA, O. (UPI) - An aroused community, stricken by the death of 10
persons in a railroad crossing accident Thursday,promised "the damnest
demonstration you ever saw" on the state capitol grounds unless better
protection is provided at grade crossings.
The citizens began circulating petitions "demanding immediate action"
in the aftermath of the crash Wednesday of a Pennsylvania Railroad
freight train and a station wagon loaded with 10 persons- two adults
and eight girl scouts.
The girl scouts - members of the 6th grade of Beaver Creek Township
School near here - and their two adult advisors were returning home from
the Greene County Library after studying for merit badges in reading.
Six were killed instantly; three died enroute to the hospital and one
lived about two hours.
Leslie McFadden, president of the school's booster club said between 100 and 200
petitions would be presented to the Legislature and
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle, next Tuesday. "Then we'll sit back and
hope something will be done," he said.
"If something doesn't happen," he warned, "there will be the damnest
demonstration on the Statehouse lawn anybody has ever seen."
School Superintendant, Vaughn Lewis, criticized the procedure
for determining if a grade crossing had adequate protection. He said
there was "too much red tape involved."
"I don't think it should be necessary for a family of eight to be
killed at Hamilton Ohio, and 10 persons killed here in order for the
state to act," Lewis said. "It's too high a price to pay."
Gov. DiSalle, today pledged his administration "will try to eliminate or protect all
railroad crossing on state highways." He said, however, the state has
no authority over county roads such as the one which the fatal accident
occurred.
McFadden in Columbus to drum up support for a bill to provide
for installation of flasher signals at all crossings, said he would
attempt to see the governor Friday.
McFadden said the petitions would demand immediate action on
the bill, whose sponsor claims it was bottled up in committee. Today,
the House Reference Committee ordered the bill printed and said it would
go to the House next week.
The bill would add $1 to auto license fees to support the program.
DiSalle said he will order a comprehensive study on railroad
crossings and the cost of protecting or eliminating them.
The crossing
where the accident occurred was protected only by a cross-buck sign,
proclaiming stop, look and listen.
The train, officially clocked at 50
miles per hour, ripped open the station wagon, spilling it passengers
into a field.
Engineer, William Murray, Columbus, Ohio, said the station
wagon crossed one set of tracks, then "seemed to pause as if going to
stop and then continued on in front of the oncoming train."
"I laid on the whistle half a mile down the track," fireman Joe
Stvartak said, "I threw on all emergencies ... there was a rending
crash ... then I saw the kids flying through the air."
The Pennsylvania Railroad said it was "thoroughly investigating the
accident."
One of the saddest accounts of the tragedy was given by volunteer
fireman Kenneth Ward, who found the body of his own child
Linda among the scattered bodies.
"I saw a school book," he said, "It drew me to the spot. I lifted
the cover of the blanket. I felt her pulse. I felt her heart. I tucked
the blanket back around Linda Ellen."
The dead were Mrs Lucille White, 44, the driver, her daughter,
Sharon; Mrs. Jeanette Randall, 39; her daughter, Paulnette;
Linda WARD; Cindy MOORMAN; Ann NORTH; Patricia LAPINSKI; Connie La PRISE
and Anna WILVERT
The Ohio Highway Patrol said Wednesdays accident was third worst
grade crossing accident in Ohio in recent history.
On Jan., 22, 1929, a Lake Shore electric trolley hit a greyhound bus
one half mile east of Bellevue, on U.S. 20, killing 21 persons.
On Jan., 5, 1948 10 persons were killed when a New York Central
passenger train hit a bobsled party near Archbold.
TO BUILD SCHOOLS
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (UPI) - The Greenbrier County Board of
Education, in an effort to consolidate school facilities, has
voted to proceed with plans for construction of two new schools to
replace the present 12.
Suit is Settled and Dismissed
All matters were found to have been settled and compromised
and a case brought in Wood County Circuit Court was dismissed with
prejudice upon the motion of the plaintiff, according to the
records of Circuit Clerk Charles S. Ruddell.The case was
styled W. E. Grimm vs. J. K. Grimm, Attorney O. L.
Hardman represented the plaintiff.
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Underwood Appoints Ash Commissioner
CHARLESTON, W. Va.(UPI) - Gov. Cecil H. Underwood
Wednesday named Henry L. Ash, as new commissioner of the
State Department of Finance and Administration succeeding
George V. Vieweg Jr. who resigned earlier this week.
At the same time, Underwood appointed F. Duane Hill
to succeed Ash as director fo the Employment Security
Department. Hill has been general counsel for the
department since September, 1957.
Ash, of Alma, Tyler
County, was named employment security director July 1, 1957. In
his new job, which ups his salary annually from $9,000 to $10,000.
Ash will fill out the unexpired portion of Vieweg's
term, ending June 30, 1963.
Hill of Charleston, will
receivee a $1,500 a-year raise from his old salary of $7500 as
general counsel for the department.
The West Liberty College
and West Virginia University law school graduate also is a former
assistant city solicitor of Charleston.
In commenting on
Ash's appointment, Underwood said, "I hate to
disrupt any operation of government."
Ash, before serving
as employment security chief, was Dean of Salem College while
Underwood was vice president of the institution.
Both changes are effective April 1, but Underwood noted
that Ash might be delayed in assuming his new post if a
check-writing plate for Hill is not ready by that time.
The governor pointed out that "we can't miss a single day" of
getting checks out to unemployed persons."
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Pvt Salser Is Assigned For Training
Private Jack P. Salser, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde
W. Salser of 317 Pike St., Marietta O. has been assigned to
Company D, 5th Battalion, 1st Training Regiment at Fort Jackson,
S.C., for eight weeks of basic combat training.Upon his arrival
at Fort Jackson, he was issued clothing and given a complete
physical examination and a comprehensive battery of aptitude tests
to determine the Army duty assignment for which he is best fitted.
As part of his basic training he will be taught rifle
markmanship under the Army's new Trainfire program. In Trainfire,
he will learn to use an M-l rifle by firing at pop-up targets at
varying ranges and on terrain which duplicates combat areas.
He
will also be taught drill, tactics, camouflage, military courtesy,
first aid and other subjects. He will learn how to throw a
frenade, fire in pitch darkness, crawl under barbed wire with
machine gun fire overhead, and defend himself in simulated
chemical, biological and radiological warfare situations.
During
his seventh week of training, he will march 13 miles with full
field pack to a bivouac area to spend a week living in the field
skills he has been taught.
After completing basic training, he
normally will receive a two-week leave before reporting for
advanced training with the infantry or other branch of the Army,
or he may be selected to attend one of the Army's many specialist
and service schools.
Crime Costing Taxpayer More
WASHINGTON (UPI) - It has been a big year for both the cops
and the robbers. The taxpayer is shelling out to prove
it.Federal Prison Director James V. Bennett told a House
Appropriations subcommittee in testimony made public Thursday that
"an unanticipated and unprecedented increase" in the prison
population has increased the cost of food alone by $194,000.
In
addition, boarding federal prisoners in local jails while they
await trial has cost an extra $500,000, Bennett said.
"The crime rate has increased, particularly among young people,"
Bennett said in his appeal for more money, "There are more
automobiles being stolen and more problems in law enforcement."
Some advertisements in this issue of the newspaper were from
the following stores:
(Most of these are gone now, but
a few are still in operation)