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www.pocahotastimes.com MARLINTON, POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA 24954 SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
VOL.12! NO. 16
Raehoi t/Vagne and Matt Qilman. Rachel ie the
daughter of John and Alexia IMayno of Arbovale.
Mall is= the son of Mary .fffol of Marlinlon.
AChI! PJts and Wc Bur. Ahleg is the
daughter of Mike ts and Jaekie I;Pas of
Barrow. Wo is the son of Cheryl and Cary Burl
of Hills6r
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Amanda Burgos and Adam Mathony. Amanda is the
daughter of Wayne and Charloffe Burgess of Buekoge.
Adam is the son of Rhonda Matheny of Croon Bank.
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Patlg Kelly and
a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a Derek Taylor.
it= the daughter of P.harl and
Kallg of Croon Bank. Derek is
Lori and Jamie Warner of
Groan Bank.
Junior attendant Whilr Currg and
ceort Billg Burdolle.
Whitnog it the daughter of Bobbg Jo
and Buddy .(immons of (roon Bank.
Billg is the mm of Pole and Mare
Burdolie of Madinton.
gophomore aftandarrt Brandg gharp
and aaeorf Mark Burdolte.
Brandg is tho dauglrlor of Michael and
Deni gharp of Maflinton. Mark is the
son of Pole and Mare Burdolfe
of Maflinfon.
Frhman after, dent Amg Coleman and
weort Justin Dillag.
Amy is the daughter of Jane and Uoyd
Coleman of Croon Bank. Justin is the
mm of William and Brenda Dillog
of Dunmore.
Chevrolet Express
been donated
Scenic Railroad
!by Elizabeth Boehner
of her late husband
November 2001,
what to do with
an inspec-
vehicle by people
Smithsonian Institu-
told it is very rare
quality, she got
donating it to the
two things
tie vehi-
Cass Railroad,
owner of the
Hammond Sheet
in Fort Smith,
World War II
Was placed in stor-
of the sheet metal
about 1949 due to
The vehicle
to the Sleeper Ra-
in Fort Smith.
sold truck in
of Green-
who apparently
sold the truck in
Bishop.
By that time the
on the vehicle
some dry rot. Mr.
the truck to its
vehicle donated to Cass Scenic Railroad
frame and replaced the worn
parts. He later sold the truck to
Chuck Stanick, of Greenwood,
who sold it to Mr. Meadows m
the spring of 2001.
The odometer reading at this
time was 35.645. The truck has
always been kept in garages and
only used for parades and shows
since the restoration of the mid-
90s.
Except for" the wood and
some of the mechanic parts
that have had to be replY, the
truck has most .of its Original
components. The original jack
is behind the seat. In the 90s
restoration, all the metal was
cleaned with a water sandblaster.
The present forest green Color
was the original truck color.
Mr. Meadows was born in
Princeton and graduated from
Princeton High School in 1968.
He moved to Erie, Pennsylva-
nia, and worked in a steel mill
for about 18 months. He then
returned to Princeton and attend-
ed Concord College for two
years. Mr. Meadows worked in
a variety of construction trades
around Princeton and eventually
opened his own residential re-
modeling business. He moved
to Maryland in 1986 where he
worked as a building engineer in
Rockville for 15 years. At the
time of his death he worked for
the IBG company as Chief En-
gineer for the Twinbrook Metro
Region.
His father, Sam, who is a
professional musician and has
played with Bill Monroe and
Lester Fiatt. now lives in Mil-
ton. Mr. Meadows has two
brothers and one sister.
He and Elizabeth were married
in 1989. She reports that one of
the things that attracted them
was both wanting to build a cab-
in in the mountains of West
Virginia. In 1992 the couple
started the realization of that
dream by buying land at Arthur,"
near Petersburg. The two, with
the help of her father, built the
house they have been using on
weekends and during vacations.
Mr. Meadows had two hob-
bies, woodworking and restoring
antique cars. He starting restor-
ing cars with a 1923 Model T
Ford his wife bought at an auc-"
tion at Harmon. Next was a
1949 Chrysler Windsor, a wed-
ding anniversary present. The
1930 truck was the next old ve-
hicle in the collection.
Ms. Boehner said her husband
loved the vehicles and built a
garage in Arthur just to have a
place to put them. He would
take then out for parades and car
shows and the occasional Sun-
day afmoon drive.
The couple traveled all over
West Virginia, visiting the state
A NEW ADDITION to the historic collection at the Cass Scenic Railroad State
Park is this 1930 Chevrolet Express truck. It has been donated to the park by
Elizabeth Boehner in memory of her late husband, Ken Meadows,
and national parks and forests,
with the Cass Railroad his fa-
vorite, she said.
After her husband's death, Ms.
Boehner felt she would not be
able to keep the vehicles, due to
health problems of her parents.
An ad in the Washington Post
brought a response from the
Smithsonian. They were work-
ing up an exhibit on Route 66
and the Depression and looking
tor a particular type of Chevy area are awai-e of. Donating the
truck. Her husband's truck truck to Cass seemed to tie to-
wasn't exactly what they were gerber fo many things that Ken
looking for, she said, but they was interested in. I just knew
told her of it being rare and of
museum quality.
"Ken and I both tried to pro-
mote West Virginia and to he a
part of the Petersburg communi-
ty. West Virginia is an undis-
covered jewel that so few people
in the Washington/Baltimore
that the truck was supposed to
go to Cass," she said.
Ms. Boehner works for the
Montgomery County, Maryland,
government where she is the Di-
rector of the Area Agency on
Aging.