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www.pocabontastimes.com MARLINTON, POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA 24954 SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 VOL. 121 - NO. 16
Blood Drive
Library
will sponsor a
Saturday. Scptem-
the Hillsboro Scht,l
11 am. to 4 p.m.
give to help save
PCHS
Game
High
g football
be held Friday. Sep-
at 7 p.m.
be a dance follow-
until 11:30 p.m.
Cost is $2.
Harvest Festival
Tournament
and Men's Singles
Horseshoe Tourna-
September 27.
Mini-Park.
9 a.m (No exceptions).
tournament first.
the fun.
Equine
and Rescue Team
their fall trail ride
3tember 28. at l0
ride will start at the
House. There will be
for all riding lev-
h-. rkle a meal will be
of the ride will be
information call
at 304-456-4453 or
at 304-456-
Golf
Fundraiser
Memorial
Athletic De-
tournament will
&
Annual
Woolly Worm Race
Start exercising your woolly
worm and get him in shape for
the annual Woolly Worm Race
at 2 p.m. Saturday, September
27, as pan of the Autumn Har-
vest Festival in Marlinton. A
variety of harvest games and
contests will continue from 2 to
4 p.m. including Treasures in
the Haystack. corn shelling, po-
tato digging, and the highly
competitive adult apple peeling
contest! Sponsored by Parks and
Recreation.
Movie Time at the
Marlinton Opera House
Enjoy a movie on the big
screen at the Opera House in
Marlinton! Friday, October 3,
"'October Sky" will be shown
and on Saturday, October 4, the
feature will be "Brother, Where
Art Thou?" Show time is 7:30
p.m. both evenings. Admission
is free. Popcorn and drinks will
be available. Sponsored by Po-
cahontas County Opera House
Foundation.
Science Film Fest
The National Radio Astrono-
my Observatory Science Center
will hold a Science Film Fest
on Friday, October lO, at 6:30
p.m.
"The Right Stuff" will be
shown with a special introduc-
tion by a guest speaker. There is
no charge, no reservations
necessary, and the public is in-
vited.
Come join us!
tmber28L ....... Face Painting
a team or sponsor a at Durbin Library
contact Philip Cain Face Painting activity will be
Irvine at Pendle[orr-at Durbin Library October 2 for
or Teresa Rhea or any kids who want to have
at PCHS. All help
Past
Present
interested in a corn-
should meet in the
room Monday.
29, at 7 p.m. Please
You have played in a
in the past and
in joining in a
band. We need to
of instrumentation
needed. If you
contact Ron
ext. 239.
Commission
Land-
will meet
September 25. at
the Opera House.
Library Friends
Library Friends
meet on Tuesday,
30. at 4:30 p.m. at
some fun in wacky colors. 4:30
p.m.-6 p.m.. No registration re-
quired.
"l'imed Event Horse Show
A timed event horse show
(only timed events) to benefit
the Hillsboro Elementary
School on Saturday, October 4,
at Crazy Horse Corrals, in
Hillsboro, at 12 noon. Co-
sponsored by Hiiisboro Volun-
teer Fire & Rescue. No admis-
sion fee.
For more information call
653-4753 or 653-4693. Come
out and enjoy the day.
Fundraising Activities for
French Trip
The French Club will travel
to Quebec in June 2004. Pro-
posed fundraising activities over
the next few months include:
Soccer and volleyball conces-
sions, bikeathon on October 5,
Advent calendar sales, bake
sales, raffles, car washes, bon-
bon sales, yard sales, and craft
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Baxter
Presbyterian Church
Harvest Day Celebration
Dunmore. Saturday, Sep-
tember 27, Worship Service I I
a.m., with covered dish dinner at
12 noon. Auction following
dinner.-Rev.-David Bush will
be the guest speaker.
First Baptist
Church Huntersville
Southern Baptist
Sunday School lO a.m.,
Worship & Children's Worship
Time (ages 4-9)'11 a.m., Sun-
day Evening Service 7 p.m..
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.,
Mission Friends (1 year to ist
grade), Children in Action (2nd-
5th grade), P.U.S.H. (Pray Un-
til Something Happens) 6th-8th
grade, F.R.O.G. (Fully Rely On
God) 9th-12th grade all at 7
p.m.
Seebert UMC
Sunday. September 28,
Worship 9 a.m., Sunday School
l0 a.m. Adult Class, Children
Classes.
St. John's
Episcopal Church
Sunday, September 28,
Worship I I a.m.; Narcotics
Anonymous Tuesday & Thurs-
days, 7 p.m. Call Amy, 799-
6368 for more information.
New Hope
Lutheran Church
Sunday, September 28,
Minnehaha Springs. Worship
Service 3 p.m.
First Assembly of God
Edray, Sunday, September
28. Snday School I0 am.,
Worship II a.m., Evening
Service 6 p.m.; Friday evening
7 p.m.
Mt. Zion UMC
Droop. Worship 10 a.m.,
Sunday School I ! a.m.
Mace UMC
1st & 3rd Sunday at 9 a.m,
2nd & 4th Sunday at 6 p.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m. each
Sunday.
Marlinton
Church of Christ
Lakeview Estates. Sunday
Mornint= Bible Study 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Morning Service 10:45
a.m., Sunday Evening 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Grace Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship ! I a.m., Sunday Even-
ing 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Cooktown
Community Church
Worship Service every
Thursday 6:30 p.m. Don Nord-
strom, Speaker, 1st and 3rd
Thursdays. Everyone welcome.
Marlinton UMC
Sunday, September 28,
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m..
Worship !i a.m.
Mary's Chapel
Sunday School i0 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
Marlinton
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, September 28,
Sunday School 9 a.m, Worship
Service 10 a.m.
Buckeye Chapel
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Swago UMC
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Marlinton First
Church of the Nazarene
Rt. 219, Edray, Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship i0
a.m,, Sunday night service, 6
p.m; Wednesday night service
and Youth Group, 7 p.m.
ATTEND CHURCH THIS
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Edith Dora Smith
Edith Dora Smith, age 83,
of Durbin, died Thursday, Sep-
tember 18, 2003, at Davis
Memorial Hospital w, Elkins.
Mrs. Smith was a home-
maker and a member of the
Calvary Gospel Church at Dur-
bin.
She was born November 13,
1919, at Clay, to the late Harve
and Georgie Taylor.
Preceding her in death were
her husband, Vernon David
Smith, in 1996; three sisters,
Margaret Cassell, Frances
Amey, and Patty Clendenin; and
a brother, William Taylor.
Survivors include three
daughters, Wanda Jean White
and Diana Faye White,, both of
Circleville, and Freda Keeney;
two sons, Robert Vernon
Smith, of Barrow, and Michael
David Smith, of Durbin; four
sisters, Mary Irene Bowers, of
Fayetteville, Lillian Rowland,
of Florida, Rosie Bostic, of
Clendenin, and Ruby Syncs, of
Summersville; brother, Charles
Taylor, of North Carolina; nine
grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday
afternoon at Wallace and Wal-
lace Funeral Chapel in Arbovale
by the Rev. Harold Swecker.
Burial was in the Lambert
Cemetery.
Mary Grace Bailor Della-
Yen
Mary Grace Ballot Della-
yen, age 81, of Durbin. died
September 18, 2003, at the
home of her daughter in Beling-
ton aftryra an extended illness.
Mrs. DeHaven was born
November 11, 1921, and was
the daughter of the late Calvin
and Josie Virginia Simmons
Bailor.
She was a homemaker and a
lifelong resident of Durbin.
She was married to the late
Gilbert F. DeHaven, who died
in 1991. Also preceding her in
death were a daughter, Patricia
Ann DeHaven, a son, Donald E.
DeHaven, four sisters, Ruth
Bailor, Floroence DeHaven,
Ernestine Bailor, and Etta Mae
Barb, and three brothers, Bill,
Carl, and Robert Bailor.
Surviving her are two
daughters, Yvonne "Bonnie"
Gray, of Durbin, and Sherry E.
Kelly, of Belington; a son,
David DeHaven, of Durbin; two
sisters, Janet Ballot, of Durbin,
and Gladys Marlin, of Mill
Creek; nine grandchildren and
twelve great-grandehildlren.
Graveside services by the
Rev. David Rittenhouse and
burial were held Saturday after-
noon at Goodsell Cemetery.
.-.
Thelma Catherine Maurer
Thelma Catherine Maurer,
age 58. of Cleveland, Ohio, died
Friday, September 19, 2003. at
Cleveland.
Ms. Maurer was born June
30, 1945, at Thornwood, the
daughter of the late John Sterl
and Mary Ausfean Thompson
Rexrode.
She was preceded in death
"by her parents and a brother,
Arthur "Keyster" Rexrode.
Surviving her are a son,
Aaron Maurer, of Cleveland,
Ohio; six sisters, Hallie Sharp,
of Cleveland, Wilma Warner,
of Durbin, Linda Sheets and
Barbara Taylor, both of Green
Bank, Loretta Blankenship, of
Hillsboro, and Maxine Warner,
of Bartow; five brothers, John
Thompson, of Bartow, Charlie
Rexrode and Jefferson "Pete"
Rexrode, both of Thornwood,
Kenneth Rexrode, of Durbin,
and Terry Rexrode, of Avoco,
Michigan.
Graveside services were held
Tuesday morning at Wilmoth
Cemetery by the Rev. William
Vandevender. Burial was in the
Wilmoth Cemetery.
Additional Deaths on
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Mark and Sharon King, of
Kingwood, announce the birth
of Mark Given. Given was
born at 5:58 p.m. on Thursday,
September 18, 2003, at Mono-
ngalia General Hospital, Mor-
gantown. He weighed 8 pounds
2 ounces and was 22 1/4 inches
long.
Maternal grandparents are
Larry and Sue Tackett, of Mar-
linton. Maternal great-
grmulmother is Della Tackett, of
Delbarton.
Paternal grandparents are
Bernard (Fuzzy) and Kay King.
Paternal great-grandmother is
Zeda Wiffong. Paternal step-
great-grandfather is Mel Davis,
all of Marlinton.
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Emmett Biggs to
celebrate 81st
Emmett Biggs will celebrate
I
00ospital
Harold S. Hannah, of Ali-
quippa, Pennsylvania, had heart
surgery at the Beaver Medical
Center in Beaver, Pennsylvania.
He is the twin brother of R. Sue
Hollandsworth, of Slaty Fork.
Cards may be nt to 3055 Kane
Road, Aliquippi, PA 15(X)i.
Mary Lou Dilley is a
patient in Greenbrier Valley
Medical Center with a leg infec-
tion,
Dewey Cain, of Campbell-
town, had a four-wheeler acci--
dent on Saturday and was flown
to Charleston Area Medical
Center.
Diabetes Support Group
The Diabetes Support
Group will have their monthly
meeting Tuesday, September
30, at Pocahontas Memorial
Hospital in the conference
room, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The topic
will be "Hemoglobin AIC" pre-
sented by Norm Hente. Please
his 81st birthday with cake and • .
ice cream Saturday, September join us.
27, at 2 p.m. at Marlinton Mu-
nicipal Park in Stillwell.
NCWV Community
Action Food Pantry
Food Pantry at North Central
West Virginia Community Ac-
tion Monday, September 29,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A.F. & A.M.
Marlinton Lodge No. 127,
A.F. & A.M. will conduct
Work and Instruction in the
First Degree of Masonry at its
hall North of Marlinton, on
Tuesday, October 7, at 7:30
p.m.
All Master Masons are
cordially invited.
American
Legion Post #117
Will meet Tuesday. October
7, at Ryder's Restaurant, Boyer.
at 7 p.m. All members are urged
to attend.
CHURCH NOTICES
Hebron Baptist Church
Green Bank. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship Service 11
a.m., Sunday Night Service 7
p.m. Paul DeRossett Speaker;
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Marlinton Church of God
Beard Heights. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship
Service II a.m., Evening
Service 7 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study (Book of
Daniel) and Children and Youth
Ministry 7 p.m.
Stamping
Creek Tabernacle
Sunday, September 28,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Wor-
ship 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Octob-
er 1, Bible Study 7 p.m.
EMT Class
The 33-hour EMT re-certifica-
tion class will be held in Green-
brier County, beginning on Oc-
tober 2. For information and to
register for the class, call RESA
I, 304 256-4712, ext. 330 or
319.
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Anti-Violence
Committee Meeting
The Anti-Violence Commit-
tee will meet Thursday, October
2, at noon at the McClintic Li-
brary. We will be preparing our
Community Plan. We need the
help and ideas of the communi-
ty. See you there!
FRN General Meeting
The Family Resource Net-
work will meet on Thursday,
October 9, 11:45 a.m. to I p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall of the
Marlinton Presbyterian Church.
We will be preparing our Com-
munity Plan and reviewing pro-
posed changes to our bylaws. A
Board meeting will follow at i
p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Mountain Quest Institute
Open House
"Frost
Saturday. October I I
! p.m.-5 p.m.
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Pocahontas County
Alzheimer Meetings
October's meeting will be
held October 27, at 7 p.m. at
the Marlinton Presbyterian
Church. September's meeting
was held September 22.
Good friends are like shock
absorbers. They help you take
the lumps and bumps on the
road of life.
Frank Tyger
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