=day, November 26,
1953
rom the desk of
in W. Price, Editor
Fred Burgess brought in
sual fruit for these
• a great big osage orange.
m who are cutting locust
;on the Marshall place,
at Mountain, near Min-
lad the trees. This place
=abated by us old timers
name of "Duffryn" the
izing farm.of the late Sir
Lawson, an English gen-
age orange is a native
rth America. It is a tree
g in height from twenty
feet, according to soil
laation. It belongs to the
y family. The fine
wood is bright yellow,
l used for dying. During
World War it was used
plant at Cuss to make
khaki-cloth for uni-
The wood was much
€ the Indians for making
[Is fruit is about the size
rye orange, has a bumpy
of golden color. It is
with somewhat woody
with yellow milky juice.
Iiell is generally disliked.
t is seldom eaten on ac-
0f the smell, but is not
some.
lreference book says the
in Te patabanta Time
fully introduced in Britain as a
hedge plant. It was always un-
derstood around Mingo that Mr.
Lawson had brought the osage
orange plants on his farm from
England. The osage orange plant
is common in the Shenandoah
Valley.
Reports of the presence of
panthers in these mounta/ns
still come into this office. I am
a sympathetic listener, for I
have seen a panther in recent
years with my own eyes. People
freely give me details, but now
nearly all append a request. If
you print this news, please do
not mention my name in con-
nection thereto: you know what
some people will think and say,
etc.
Well, anyway late one even-
ing last week a farm lady had to
drive her truck to a barn at the
far end of the place for to carry
grain to a bunch of shoats, and
then hay cattle.
A more peaceful pastoral
scene could hardly be imagined.
It is the calm at the end of a
typical day of Indian summer.
Cows were placidly munching
bunches of fragrant bay spread
on the ground. Pigs gathered
close around the lady as she
poured ground feed into troughs.
Then the stillness of gather-
ing dusk was rent by a horrible,
hair raising scream from the
,mge has been success- nearby w mohlnmingide. It
rvice Lu rch
.n Sunday, November 30,
ion will hold their an- Minnehalm Springs. First Sun-
day of Advent. Worship Service
11 a.m. Program by Ginger
Henry. Soup and sandwich
lunch. Cantata practice and
Christmas decorating after
lunch.
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
Morning Bible Study 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday Morning Service 10:45
a.m., Sunny Evening 6 p.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Marlinton UMC
Sunday, November 30,
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 am., Community
Fellowship Choir 3 p.m.;
Becky's Circle meeting Mon-
day, December 1, 7 p.m. at Isa-
bel McElwee's home.
Mary's Chapel
Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.
St. John's
Episcopal Church
Sunday, November 30,
Worship 11 a.m.
giving Service on
day, November 26, at
|lrlinton United Methodist
Father That Son of the
Inn Neumann Catholic
will be our speaker,
ances Eskridge and Von-
ers providing special
The service will begin at
Bring a bag lunch if
like, and remain after
to share in a time of
p. Everyone welcome.
innehalm Braves
4-H Club and
Ilnnehaha Springs
; Christmas Program
y, December 19, 7
at Minnehaha United
dist Church.
ire Nativity Scene
'ill be sponsored by Lamp
th Christian Academy
y, December 11. Perfor-
at 6 and 8:30 p.m. at
|Bank Country Store. Live
liras music and other ac-
I q Join us for a night of
p to remember the true
of Christmas.
Edray Charge
¢orship Schedule
tpbelltown UMC
tlay School 10 a.m.
tbtral Union UMC
y School 10 &m.
ray UMC Stamping
y School 10 am. Creek Tabernacle
[Swago UMC Sunday, November 30,
:lay School 10 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Wor-
ite's .Chapel UMC ship 7 p.m.; Wednesday, De-
Lcember 3, Bible Study 7 p.m.
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was a panther, and the lady
knew it. Traditionally the
scream of a mountain lion has
been variously described as that
of a woman in distress, or that
of an imagined fiend in torment.
The pigs, so eager for their
evening meal, quickly left their
feeding troughs and scurried into
the dark safety of the nearby
stable. The cows came promptly
to attention, heads high, testing
the air, and in line, head and
horns to the forest.
When all was oppressively
quiet, the lady moved, and the
horrible scream was repeated. It
was leaving time; and the lady
hurried to her truck. As she
drove away, screams were again
beard as the panther moved up
the high mountainside, heading
east toward the Alleghanies.
DEATHS
Sarah Susan White Hannah,
age 96, of Elk.
Harlan Blankenship, age 72,
of Frankford.
Rene C. Williams, age 76, of
White Sulphur Springs.
Clarence MeN=el Kershner,
age 52, of Droop Mountain.
Ella C. Jenkins, age 65, of
Rossville, Pennsylvania•
DeWitt Clinton Shelton, age
45, of Myrtle Point, Oregon.
ALPINE THEATRE
"'Girl In White"
June Allyson ~ Gary Merrill
"Jamaica Run"
Ray Milland - Arlene Dalai
"Down Laredo Way"
Rex Allen
"Westward The Women"
Robert Taylor - Julia Bishop
Minnehaha Springs.
United Methodist Charge
November 30
Minnehaha Springs UMC
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Mt. Grove VA UMC
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worflfip 11 a.m.
Frost UMC
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Huntersviile UMC
Sunday School 10 a.m.
...
First Baptist
Church Huntersville
Sunday School 10 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 1st
grade), Chtldre. in Acaon (2nd-
5th grade), P.U.S.H. (Pray Un-
til Something Happe, s) 6th-8th
grade, F.R.O.G. (Fully Rely On
God) 9th-12th grade all at 7
p.m.
Marlinton Church of God
Beard Heights. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Evening Service 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, Adult Bible Study
"Book of Daniel" 7 pan., Youth
Groups 7 p.m.
;lle otallmata¢ imt--No,,ember 27, 2003Page 5
...... ed, which any county library
00ibrarp
by Allen Johnson,
Director of Pocahontas County Free Libraries
-The West Virginia Supreme
Court has recently established
McClintic Public Library as one
of nine Legal Research Centers.
These research centers enable
both legal professionals and the
general public to access the
powerful LexisNexis online da-
tabase as well as materials in
print. The WV Supreme Court
is seeking ways to facilitate
people who choose to represent
themselves in court proceedings
to have the information they
need.
LexisNexis is an awesome,
expensive database that anyone
can use at the library in Marlin-
ton. The features are many and
readily searchable, including all
West Virginia case law;, WV
Supreme Court cases; Federal
and State cases 4th Circuit; the
WV code; WV State Regula-
tions TOC; WV Attorney Gen-
eral Opinions; WV Bill Track-
ing and Full Text Bills; law dic-
tionaries and other legal helps.
Case law can be Shepardized.
Training will be offered to in-
terested citizens in the near fu-
ture. While the libraries and
volunteers will be pleased to
show patrons how to access in-
formation, they will of course
not be permitted to give legal
advice.
Anyone interested in self-rep-
resentation in legal affairs, or
who wants to learn more about
Marlinton
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, November 30,
Worship Service 10 a.m., Sun-
day School 11 a.m.; Wednesday,
December 3, Children's Choir
3:30 p.m., Adult Choir 7 p.m.
Buckeye Chapel
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Marlinton First
Church of the Nazarene
Rt. 219, Edray, Prayer
Time 9:30 am. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Sunday night Worship and
Youth Meeting, 6 p.m. with
Bill Kumpf, of Parsons, preach-
ing both services; WedneMay
Bible Study 7 pJm.
Thornwood
Community Church
Sunday, November 30,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Sing-
ing with Connie Moore at 11
a.m.
I
a'matter pertaining to law, as
well as attorneys themselves,
should by all means visit the
fully operational Legal Research
Center. A time slot can be se-
cured by calling ahead at 799-
6000. Drop-ins are welcome on
a first come basis for open time
slots.
In other resources of informa-
tion, an excellent website for
young adults interested in their
career decisions is at www.ca-
reervoyages.gov/.
Ellie Wen is an 11 th grader in
Los Angeles who has developed
an extensive website on English
classics. The site has over 1,000
pieces of text (poems, speeches,
essays, scenes from plays, and
children's stories in the public
domain), with the intention to
reach at least 5,000 within a
year. Almost 200 of the pieces
are accompanied by audio clips,
so that visitors to the site may
read along. Having audio with
the words on .screen is an excel-
lent way to build literacy read-
ing skills. The site is www.Re-
peatAfterUs.com and is well
worth the visit.
Databases are very expensive
and typically not affordable by
small individual libraries. At
times we are able to get free tri-
al subscriptions. One such trial
is Lit Finder, which provides
125,000 full text poems, thou-
sands of full text stories and es-
says, biographical notes on au-
thors, literary criticism, and sec-
tions for young children as well.
The website is www.lit-
finder.com. A'password is need-
Grace Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship I I am., Sunday Even-
ing 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
cardholder can get through a call
to your branch librarian. But
hurry, the trial ends December
10.
SIRS (Social Issues Research
Service) is generously providing
libraries in West Virginia a six
month trial of its databases. The
trial will run through March 31.
The time period was specifically
selected to give staff in libraries
a chance to become familiar
with the databases and then
demonstrate them to teachers,
students, community leaders and
legislators.
The trial will be in place dur-
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