Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith
Publisher: Jalon Smith Burton
THE HISTORY
OF CLARKSBURG
A NEW ADDITION TO
THE WI NEWSLETTER
From: Timothy P. Cork
(WI 1962)
Clarksburg History
Timeline
Many of us grew up in
the small town of Clarksburg, WV and still have many fond memories of living
there. Although we may have lived in different sections of town, gone to
different schools, attended different churches and had different friends, we
still have one thing in common today; we love Clarksburg and know what a
wonderful town it was to grow up in when we were kids. We knew the movie
theatres, department stores, restaurants, watched parades; we had play grounds
and parks. But most of all, we had good friend and neighbors. This is one of
the reasons it was named "Clarksburg the Friendly City".
Yes, we knew about
living in Clarksburg, but did you ever stop to wonder how the town was started,
how it got its name or perhaps who the founders were? I certainly did and this
is why I prepared a "Clarksburg History Timeline". It begins in the
1700's and follows the events that took place through its history. It's full of
pictures and I trust you will enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.
There is a new tab at
the top of the WI Newsletter and anytime in the future when you wish to read
some of the on going history about Clarksburg just go to the Newsletter and
click on the tab marked CLARKSBURG HISTORY.
CHECK
THE TABS
AT THE
TOP OF THE NEWSLETTER
EACH MONTH
But today to introduce
you to the History, we have given you this easy link to use:
This information was furnished by Tim Cork (WI 1962). Tim
is the researcher who is responsible for the CLARKSBURG History Project which
is now available through the WI Newsletter blog. He also copied every WI
yearbook which is available through WI Newsletter.
Tim is working on another project which is also amazing.
Keep your eyes open and stay tuned. Wonderful things are happening here.
MYSTERY
HOUSE
IN THE
MARCH NEWLETTER
AN OVERVIEW OF THE
STEALEY/GOFF/VANCE HOUSE AND STEALEY HEIGHTS
From: John E. Stealey III (WI 1959)
Jacob Stealey House Built 1804-1807
Nicholas Carpenter Cabin, Milford
Road, 1786-1896. John Edmund and Mary Louise Temple Stealey with first seven of
thirteen children
Edmund Kerns Stealey House,
1843-1939, 412 Milford Street.
Prospective readers must pardon the filiopietistic
characteristics of this essay that is inspired by the mystery photograph in the
March newsletter. I justify this exploration on several grounds. The subject
concerns an integral physical and territorial aspect of Clarksburg’s history
within which many readers have lived their lives. Many graduates of Washington
Irving High School have lived in Stealey and Hartland or are familiar with the
area. Also, many graduates of WI have descended from the builder of the brick
house at 123 Main Street. For example, in my graduating class, four were
descendants of the Stealey/Kerns families. A final contention is that the
writer may be in a unique position to relate the historical and genealogical
connections. If it is not written and recorded, other interested present and
future people will not know the evolution of history from the structure and its
role in Clarksburg history. All of what is contained in narrative can be
documented. Also, it must be emphasized that although readers of this piece may
doubt it, many details of the story are omitted.
Jacob Stealey (1769-1841), the builder of the present home
of the Harrison County Historical Society, migrated from Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, to Morgantown with his brother, John, in 1787. He and his brother
were tanners. At Kern’s Fort in the present Greenmont section of Morgantown
(fort built in 1771 is still standing and occupied), he met and married
Elizabeth Kerns (1772-1840), the daughter of Michael Kerns and Susan
Weatherholt. Their first child, John, was born near the fort on 15 January
1792. In the next year, the couple and baby moved by wagon pulled by oxen to
Clarksburg where Jacob hoped to practice his trade.
The entrepreneurial George Jackson had encouraged Jacob
and Elizabeth to migrate to Clarksburg as the town lacked a tannery to produce
leather, an important product in the nineteenth century agricultural economy.
Leather was necessary for clothing including footwear, belting to transfer
water and horse power, and all aspects of horse equipment. Jackson also sold
the Stealeys their first property by Elk Creek on the town’s main street.
Jacob’s older brother, John, remained in Morgantown where
he engaged in several trades, including tanning, milling, and iron making,
along Decker’s Creek. In 1813, he and his family moved west to Jeffersonville,
Indiana, at the Falls of the Ohio River, opposite Louisville, Kentucky.
Acquiring several lots and tracts of land on the main
street on both sides of Elk Creek and in the Water Street area, Jacob
successively built two log cabins where five of his and Elizabeth’s eight
children were born. He achieved prosperity as his tannery remained Clarksburg’s
only one. He served as a long-term trustee of the well-regarded Randolph
Academy and with others chartered a bank. Reflecting his economic competence
and civic standing, in 1804, he began construction of his brick residence on
Main Street. It took three years to finish the structure as he and other
workmen quarried the foundation stone nearby, fired the brick clay on the site,
and secured the necessary timber and lumber in the area.
During his life, Jacob Stealey purchased additional land
on the West Milford Road about one and one-half miles from the center of the
town. A significant purchase occurred a year before his death. On 17 April
1840, he acquired for $4,400 the 302-acre Flesher farm that was situated on
both sides of the Milford Road. Henry Flesher lived in the only house in what
became Stealey Heights. It was a log cabin built in 1786 by Nicholas Carpenter
and was located where the Madison Mines Greenhouse later stood. (Indians killed
Carpenter in September 1791 near the Ohio River while he was driving cattle to
be sold at the United States fort at Marietta, Ohio.) The Flesher farm adjoined
a previously acquired tract of 155 ¼ acres purchased from George Ball located
west of the Milford Road on the south side of the West Fork River opposite and
down from the mouth of Elk Creek. In modern terms, Jacob owned all of modern
Stealey except Highland Park, and all of Hartland. (The farms included all the
land west of the Milford Road on the river and beginning in the Allman’s
Store/Stealey Lunch area on both sides of the Milford Road from the West Fork
River to the hill back of Woodland and Stealey Avenues to the intersection of
Liberty Avenue and the Milford Road).
Between 1792 and 1817, Jacob and Elizabeth had eight
children. Most of them died relatively young or migrated by reason of
occupation or marriage to other communities. The eldest, John (born in
Morgantown), followed his father into the tannery business and lived until 1841
in a log cabin on the premises. He practiced his trade throughout his working
life and died at the Main Street brick house in 1882.
Edmund Kerns Stealey, the youngest child of Jacob and
Elizabeth, was born in the brick house on 20 September 1817. He and his sister
Elizabeth, the penultimate child born nine years earlier, were two of the three
offspring born in their parent’s brick home.
Edmund grew up working in the tannery business and on the
family farm. As he passed through his teen years, he developed an aversion to
the stench and general messiness of the tanning craft. Perhaps his physical
disability affected his attitude as an attack of scarlet fever had blinded him
in one eye. He much preferred farming.
In 1836, Jacob and Elizabeth gave Edmund the 155 ¼-acre
George Ball tract on the West Fork opposite Elk Creek’s mouth. At age nineteen,
Edmund was preparing to strike out on his own. His parents knew that John, who
was twenty-five years older, was destined to continue the prosperous family
tannery business.
The years 1840 and 1841 brought momentous changes in the
Stealey family. On 1 September 1840, Elizabeth Kerns died at her home. The Harrison Whig (6 Sept. 1840) noted
that only three living individuals had resided in Clarksburg longer than she
had. Almost a year to the day, her husband, Jacob, also perished at the Main
Street residence. His extensive last testament, made on 30 July 1840, had
originally left his home to Edmund Kerns subject to his wife’s life estate.
Wanting to escape from the tannery, the youngest son upon learning of his
father’s intentions objected to inheriting the Main Street house and lot.
Twenty-four days later, Jacob accommodated his objections by writing a codicil
that now left his home to John, but provided for another house to be
constructed for Edmund on the Flesher farm. John, in compensation, had “to
construct a building and back building of equal dementions [sic] and furnish in every aspect similar
to said building I now occupy with a cellar of equal dementions [sic] under the principal building to the
one under my present dwelling which buildings are to be constructed on the
Flesher farm at such place as my son Edmund K. shall designate the whole to be
finished within three years after my death.”
In addition to the provision for the duplicate brick
house, Edmund inherited the Flesher farm and all horse, wagons, and gears. With the adjoining Ball farm, the twenty-four
year old now owned approximately 460 acres along and adjoining the Milford
Road.
A little more than two weeks before his father’s death,
Edmund married on 17 August 1841 Mary Ann Steel (1823-1905), the daughter of
James and Anna Rossiter Steel. She was born on 26 September 1823 at Norristown,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Steels were millers by trade. While
awaiting completion of their home, the newly married couple lived in the
Nicholas Carpenter cabin where their first child was born. Edmund and Mary Ann
selected a scenic site for their new home on a hill near the Carpenter cabin
overlooking the West Fork River Valley. John constructed the brick residence
between 1842 and 1843. Various Stealeys lived in the house until the late
1930s. Many readers will know the site (412 Milford Street) as that of Douglas
M. Bailey’s home. Bailey purchased the home and land, razed the deteriorated
structure in 1939, and built his new home. It too has now been razed.
In their fourteen years of marriage, Edmund and Mary Ann
had five children, two of whom died in childhood. Three males survived: James
Irvin Samson (1843-1926), John Edmund (1847-1925), and Andrew Lyda (1850-1913).
In 1854, Edmund rode out to what is now Simpson Street to
observe his workers clearing land. He dismounted his horse to help them lift a
log. The effort injured him, causing him to linger for a year before dying on
21 January 1855.
Unfortunately, Edmund left a $700 debt that his widow was
unable to pay. She had to arrange court proceedings to sell 40 acres of the old
Ball farm on the West Fork River to satisfy the claim. Elmore Hart bought the
property (behind the Canteen, Hart Street and Milford Street)) at the auction.
On 18 January 1858, Mary Ann Steel married Isaac Baker who
raised the Stealey boys. The Bakers had two daughters: Elizabeth Ada and
Josephine, who later married Nathan William Musgrave. Their offspring became
the first half-cousins in the Stealey family. Family oral tradition relates
that the Stealey boys liked and respected their step-father, Isaac.
The Civil War, in which James Irvin Samson served as a
teamster for the United States Army, delayed the disposition of the Edmund K.
real estate. In 1866 and 1867, the Harrison County Court provided for partition
of the land: James Irvin Samson—142 ¾ acres; John Edmund—143 acres; and Andrew
Lyda—129 acres. In this partition, Mary Ann received 110 acres, including the
house, during her natural life. Irvin’s parcel included everything between the
West Fork River and the Milford Road (including present Hartland). Lyda’s
portion encompassed the North and Duff Streets area up to Nicholas. John
Edmund’s tract included all land from Nicholas Street to opposite the
intersection of Liberty Avenue and Milford Street and to the top of the hill to
the west.
As the holders of the land aged and Clarksburg experienced
meteoric growth, the brothers decided to liquidate most of their real estate by
surveying streets and lots to sell. Because of extensive industrial activity,
the city grew from 4,050 people in 1900 to 27,869 in 1920, a population greater
than today’s. They sold some parcels to other developers. For example, Irvin
sold most of his property to a syndicate headed by Charles Hart.
ORIGIN OF SOME
STREET NAMES
Hart Street—Elmore Hart
Baker Avenue—Isaac Baker
Joseph Street—Joseph Edmund Stealey, son of
John Edmund
Euclid—Greek mathematician
Simpson—John Simpson, first settler of
Clarksburg in 1764, surveyed and build a cabin on 400 acres by the West Fork River opposite the mouth of
Elk Creek, but he did not perfect his title.
Waverly Way—name of land company
Temple Terrace—maiden name of John Edmund’s
wife, Mary Louise, of Danville, Kentucky
Ryder Avenue—maiden name of Mabel Ann of
Coxsackie, New York, wife of Joseph Edmund, son of John Edmund
John Street—John Edmund Stealey
Rodney Street—Rodney Johnson Temple, favorite
brother of Mary Louise Temple Stealey All the Temples migrated from Danville,
Kentucky, to North Salem, Indiana.
Ray Street—Irvin
Ray Stealey, son of John Edmund
From: Tim Cork (WI 1962)
The Stealey–Goff–Vance House, also known
as the Amy Roberts Vance House, is a historic home located in Clarksburg,
Harrison County, West Virginia. It was originally built about 1807, and is a
gable roofed two-story brick dwelling. It sits on a high coursed rubble
foundation. The house was remodeled about 1891, with the addition of Victorian
embellishment. These modifications include the front gable, porch, and ornate
cornice millwork. The house was purchased in 1933 by Amy Roberts Vance, mother
of Cyrus Vance. In 1967, the property was sold to the Harrison County
Historical Society.
It was listed
on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
From: Wirt Wolfe (WI 1959)
The Mystery picture for March is the Vance Home located on E.
Main St. in Clarksburg now the headquarters of the Historical Society. The house
was donated by Mrs. Amy Vance, mother of Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of state
under President Jimmy Carter.
A Mountaineer at sea level
From: Stephen R. Snyder (WI 1962)
The home pictured is that of Amy Vance, a charming,
gracious lady who was the mother of Cyrus Vance. Cyrus served as Secretary of
the Army under JFK. He later served as Secretary of State under President
Carter. I'm certain he went to prep school, so don't look for him in the WI
Archives. The home is located on East Main on the right as you approach the
bridge over Elk Creek.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I bet Cyrus Vance always hated
the fact that he didn’t get to attend WI!
Don’t you?
From: David Corsini (WI 1950)
The mystery picture is the home
of Cyrus Vance who had a job with our Federal Government .Working at Union
National Bank, I saw him a few times going to Steptoe and Johnson Law Firm
Offices. As a side note, I was on the Clarksburg Harrison Culture Foundation
board and served as Treasurer and had the privilege of writing him a check for
several thousand dollars and mailing it to New York where he was living at the
time. The money was for the purchase of the Ritz theatre to build the Clarksburg
Library. Mr. Vance was a part owner. The house is still there and is located at
the bottom of Main St before you get to Water St.
From: Lynn Hornor Keith (Richmond Boarding School
1966 but would have been WI)
This is the Amy Roberts Vance
House on Main Street in Clarksburg. As a child I would visit Mrs. Vance's
grandchildren who were distant cousins and great friends. Her son, Cyrus Vance,
his wife and 5 children lived in New Jersey and would visit every summer.
I believe it is now the
Clarksburg Historical Society.
From: Joseph Williams Jr. (WI 1956) and Shirley
Heidelmeier Williams (WI 1957)
This is
the Vance house on Main St. across from the old Moose club (which is no longer
there) my wife and I toured the house several years ago, as it is a historic
downtown Clarksburg landmark... the home belonged to secretary state Cyrus R
Vance under Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980.
From: Nancy Tonkin (WI 1972)
The Mystery Picture is the Amy Vance House that is now
used as the offices for the Harrison County Historical Society. It is located
at the bottom of Main Street, below where Mr. Buffington had his studio. Cyrus
Vance was Secretary of State.
From: Mary Ann Wood (WI 1972)
This is a picture of the Vance home on Main Street next to
Buffington Studio. This was the home of Cyrus Vance who was general counsel for
the Defense Department and Secretary of the Army under President John F.
Kennedy. His cousin was John W. Davis, the Democratic Presidential candidate in
1924.
When I was young, I went to the Vance house for tea with
my grandmother, Louise Burnside. I was in grade school, probably 1961 to 1964,
so I don’t remember much of the visit other than Mrs. Vance was very nice.
From: Wayne White (WI 1960)
This is the Stealey-Goff-Vance
House also known as the Amy Roberts Vance House. A historic house located in
Clarksburg. Harrison County WV. It was originally built about 1807, and is a
gable roofed two story dwelling. The house was remodeled in 1891 with the
addition of Victorian embellishment; these modifications include the front
gable, porch, and ornate cornice millwork. The house was purchased in 1933 by
Amy Roberts Vance who was the mother of Cyrus Vance. In 1967 the property was
sold to the Harrison County Historical Society. It is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1979.
From: Joe Malone (WI 1952)
I
believe the building featured in this picture is/was "The Vance
Family" residence located on the south side of the 100 block of West Main
Street. If I am correct, it is the birthplace of Cyrus R. Vance (1917-2002) who
ultimately served as President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State. Prior to that,
he also served in the respective cabinets of Presidents Johnson & Kennedy.
A
little known fact is that, after the death of his father in 1922, Cyrus was
adopted by his cousin, John W. Davis, another well known native of Clarksburg
who was the Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1924. Mr. Davis owned a
large piece of property and home on the upper corner of Third Street and Lee
Avenue. His daughter, Nancy, (?) lived there in 1947-48 with an adopted Spanish
son, Ramon Sender, a classmate of mine at Central Jr. High School.
I
believe the Vance family was prominent in the Insurance business throughout
Central WV although Cyrus and his family relocated to New York City shortly
after his birth and never returned. I believe Cyrus Vance Jr. is currently the
District Attorney of Manhattan Borough, NYC.
From: Jody (Buffington) Aud (WI 1977)
The picture in the March issue is the Vance House,
birthplace of Cyrus Vance, former US Secretary of State under President Jimmy
Carter. Of course, it sits next to a much more famous place….Buffington
Studio!, No, seriously – I have traveled all over the US and met people who,
upon hearing I am a Buffington from WV, proclaim, “Your father took my senior
yearbook picture!” My father used to use that backyard to take beautiful
outdoor portraits. Another connection to Jimmy Carter: my father was on the
International Board of Directors of Lions International in 1976-77. The
president of Lions International was Fernando Sobral, from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
It is customary for Lions’ Presidents to meet with the heads of state of any
country they visit. We went to Rio de Janeiro when I was in high school and I
actually danced with the president of Brazil! However, it was difficult to
officially schedule a time when Sobral could meet with Jimmy Carter because of
some trade disputes between Brazil and the US at the time. So, my dad called on
a fellow Lion, Senator Jennings Randolph, to arrange for Sobral and Carter to
meet for about 15 minutes. Below is a picture of that meeting with my dad
shaking Carter’s hand.
Fast forward to 2009 and my husband and I took a trip back
to Rio with a tour group. On top of Sugarloaf Mountain I struck up a
conversation with our tour guide and it turns out that Fernando Sobral was this
man’s godfather!! Proving, once again, that the world can fit on a head of a
pin and you got much more than you asked for in naming the mystery picture!!
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Tell us what you did after high school?
What have you been doing since graduation?
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What have you been doing since graduation?
Let us know.
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Pieces of the Past
2017 WIN Scholarship
Quilt
Your WIN Quilters have created another masterpiece quilt
this year for the Scholarship Fund. If you have NOT purchased your chances yet,
be sure to do so before the April 7th cut off date to be eligible for the April
15th drawing.
The theme for this year's quilt is Pieces of the Past. We
used vintage fabrics, as well as new ones, along with some actual vintage
blocks which we're not sure who made them. Many of the blocks are well-loved
patterns remembered from actual quilts the makers had. We had a good time
sharing thoughts about our vintage quilts.
We hope this reminds you of family members, mothers,
grandmothers, aunts, sisters or cousins in your family, who quilted. We also
hope it reminds you of special times sleeping with their quilts and feeling the
love and warmth stitched into them.
The WIN Quilters are: (names & blocks left to right)
Row 1:
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Row 2:
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Row 3:
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Row 4:
Mary Sue Spahr - Sherry Keith -
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Row 5:
Mary VA Wilke - Carolyn Cady -
Diane Kantzler - Gwen Clark - Mary Hulick
Many
thanks for their continued participation in this wonderful scholarship fund
raiser.
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Thank you!
Below is a list of those generous people who sent checks
this month to support the WI Newsletter Scholarship. Thank you so much for
opening your hearts and your wallets and being so generous with your gifts.
Mary Sue Clark Spahr (WI 1956)
Mary Duncan Wilke (WI 1955)
Penny Christie Johnson (WI 1960)
Max Lantz (WI 1959)
Anita White
Gerry Winerman (WI 1957)
Barbara Palmer (a supporter of the newsletter and
scholarship)
Ron White (WI 1962)
Carolyn and Bill Norris (WI 1962)
Sondra Brown (WI 1962)
Joyce Royse (WI 1962)
Marolyn Jett (WI 1956)
Carole (WI 1964) and George Cinci (WI 1960)
Rebecca Sharpe Mosley (WI 1962)
Marcia Fletcher (WI 1964)
Mary Ann Baily Donato (WI 1956)
Beverly O’Grady
Frank Bush (WI 1959)
Robert Hall (Win1956)
Gladys Williams (WI)
Allen Alvarez
J Phil and Gwen R. Clark (Victory HS )
Mary and James Burnell
Ann Brannon Pushkin (WI 1952)
CHILD’S PLAY
From: Nancy Swing (WI 1961)
I am happy to share with the Newsletter
readers that the first book in my West Virginia trilogy of mysteries is ready
for the press. By the time the WI Newsletter is published, Child's Play
should be available on Amazon.com. The easiest way to find the book is to go to Amazon, type my name in the
search box and then click on the cover when you come to my page.
The story takes place in a
fictitious small town in West Virginia, but some of the minor details -- like a
character's favorite teacher, Miss Bailey -- might ring bells for WI grads of a
certain age. The plot revolves around two unlikely sleuths, a poverty-stricken
teen and an alcoholic woman in her fifties. The two have to combine talents and
knowledge to find out why the girl's best friend and the woman's wealthy sister
ended up dead in the rich woman's Mercedes. Lots of twists and turns in the
plot, secrets to be uncovered and triumphs to be shared. The tale is a bit
darker than my first book, Malice on the Mekong, but I'm hoping
Clarksburgers will have fun reading it. Readers who'd like to know more can
visit my website and blog, nancyswing.com.
Also happy to say that I'll be
in West Virginia for an author's tour in August, participating in the Lewisburg
Literary Festival and a function at the WVU Libraries, as well as other events
around the state. This means that I'll be able to attend the WI picnic and our
class dinner on the weekend of the 25th. Been too long since I could come to a
WI event. Excited to see many old friends there.
FIVE WI GRADUATES
ACCIDENTALLY MEET
Can you imagine, I was at a party at a friend's house in Sarasota, Florida and ran into WI NEWSLETTER READERS!
In the above photo is: Melinda Mazza Sutter (WI 1964) on the left,
then Jenny Heston Carr (WI 1964) Sharon Preston Ullom (WI 1964), Roleta
Meredith and Steve Sutter. (I had never met Jenny or Sharon.)
What a nice surprise!
THOSE
BEAUTIFUL DANCING GIRLS
From: James Strider (WI 1955)
I’m not sure where the picture was taken, but I think they
are the Rockets, a WI dance group. I believe there is a picture of the whole
group in the 1956 WI Yearbook.
From left to right I think Harriet Murphy or Mary Helen
Thompson, probably Jane Rose, Alma Jean Quinaut, Patty Snyder; possibly
Marianna Waroblak. That set of legs has to belong to Charlotte Stuart; Annabel
Day; Unknown.
Was Liz Teter a Rocket?
From: John Harrison (WI 1956)
I think the girls in the picture are:
Far left ?, Carolyn Lawson, Sue Day, Pat Snider, Helen
Thompson, ? and far right Carol Coston.
The event could have been a dance show in school or even
at one of the local theaters. Even if I am wrong, it was great just watching them
again.
From: Marolyn Tustin Jett (WI 1956)
I recognize most of
these gals as WI 1956 classmates (some even earlier starting from grade school)
Foreground...Berenice
Long, Patty Snider, Judy Rice WI '57, ? half of Carol Coston, Sue Day, Marianna
Waroblak.
From: Marianna Waroblak Coey (WI 1956)
I will comment on the dancing girls’ photo and now I don't
recall the page. That is a group called the Rockettes and I was a part of it.
We formed that group to participate in the Follies which took place at the
Robinson Grand Theater as a fund raiser, I believe, for the Clarksburg Woman's
Club. I really don't recall the exact name of that organization, but almost
every town has one. I think that we had some juniors also in that group. I only
recognize three of us from that particular photo. In the front row on the far
left is Berenice Long Whiteman and the next person would be Patty Snider Linger
and then in the back row that you can see with the short hair and the much
bigger legs is me, I'm pretty sure. I actually have another photo of the entire
group altogether in one long line. It is more of a formal photo of the entire
group with black shorts and white blouses and we are posed with our legs all in
the same position and we are all facing forward with our legs just so and our
heads turned to the right, if you can visualize that.
From: Jim Alvaro (WI 1956)
I don't know the event, or who took the picture, but
I will try to identify the beautiful dancers.
Left to Right: Mary Jo Oliverio, (guessing), Bernice Long, Alma
Jean Quinaut, Patty Snyder, Marianna Waroblak, Judy Rice, Sandy Conwell, Carol
Coston.
SUGGESTION FOR SUBJECTS
TO WRITE ABOUT NEXT MONTH
1. YEARBOOKS
Jim gave me an idea for subject many of you will
enjoy writing about. He pulled out his old 1956 yearbook and started reading
what classmates, friends and teachers wrote. He sent me several from his
yearbook including his comments. It is really interesting and funny too. I am
going to get mine out and see what “word” was “in” at the time I graduated.
Check your yearbook out. See what teachers wrote about you (has it come true).
See what was said, share those things with us next month.
When emailing me, Roleta1@aol.com, please include your name, school and year you did or would have graduated.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Write to Roleta1@aol.com
2. ATTENDING SPORTING
EVENTS IN CLARKSBURG
What were
your memories of participating or attending sporting events?
Did you play sports? What? Where? When? If you were on a
high school team, how did you get home after practice? Was there a bus that
took the bus students home or did they not participate?
Was there track at your high school?
Was there a swim team?
Was there softball or baseball?
Was there soccer or field hockey?
If you are female, did you participate in organized sports
outside of gym class?
Did any of you attend the high school games? Were you an
athlete? Were you a fan? Were you in the band
When emailing me, Roleta1@aol.com, please include your name, school and year you did or would have graduated.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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3. WHERE DID YOU LIVE IN
CLARKSBURG? (then
or now)
What have
you been doing since high school graduation?
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4. MEMORIAL DAY
Please write about a veteran that you know, a relative or
good friend who served or is serving our country. Tell us the name, branch of
service, what school they attended, where they were stationed and which war
they served in (if it applies). Write it up and I will try to get it in the
newsletter for all. Send us a picture of the person in uniform too.
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5. STYLES
Just stop and think a minute? We all went through those
teen age years at different times and
different schools. Write and tell us what it was like for you.
Some ideas to write to us about: How about your shoes,
your hair cut? Did you turn your pants legs up or were they pegged or flared
legged pants? Were you hemlines above your knees or below? Did you wear a
girdle? Did you wear a letter sweater or jacket? Did you wear fur or leather?
Did you wear your boyfriend/girlfriend’s class ring, if so how did you wear it?
Did you wear makeup? Did you straighten or curl your hair, how? Did you wear a
beard or mustache? How about earrings? Tattoos? Smoke, chew or rub snuff? Girls
wear slacks or jeans to school? Sweater sets? Lace collars? Long sleeve shirts?
Polo shirts? Tee shirts? Shirts tucked in or hanging out?
Write and tell me how you dressed! What was the popular?
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6. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
DOING SINCE HIGH SCHOOL?
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7. THE APRIL MYSTERY PICTURE
Identify
it and tell us a memory about it.
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8. THE SPORTS
SECTION
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From: Rebecca Sharpe Mosley (WI 1962)
Dear Roleta:
Thank you for your dedication to the WIHS Newsletter. You
are a very special person and I appreciate you and all the time you put into
keeping everyone updated and helping keep our memories so alive.
We are very fortunate that you decided to come into our
lives, through this letter so many years ago!
A big thank you to Bill for sharing you with all of us.
That is a lot of time he has been giving up to share you. I am enclosing a
check for the scholarship fund in the memory of so many of my loved ones.
My parents: Bill and Helen Sharpe, Sr.
Brothers: Senator Bill Sharpe, Jr. Bob Sharpe, and Tom
Sharpe
Sisters: Betty Sharpe Gibson, Barbara Lee Sharpe, Helen
Louise Sharpe Stull, Betty Sharpe Minlast
Niece: Barbara Minelast Combs (WI 1965)
Daughter: Marsha Michele Mosley
I know it seems that you only hear from me when I make a
donation but I always read and love your letters. I am just not good at
expressing my feelings on paper.
Thank you
From: Anthony Bellotte (WI 1957)
As a grandpa, I am bragging on my
grandchildren. Trevor has picked up a full college scholarship as did his
brother TJ to play Lacrosse at Catawba University in North Carolina. Now their
younger brother Trent, as a freshman, was picked to start with the varsity
lacrosse team. My son Tony Bellotte is married to Tracy and they have four
children, Tony Jr, Trevor, Tori and Trent. So the entire family is a bunch of
jocks and doing very well. Proud Grandpa
From: Mary Ann Donato Bailey (WI 1956)
I am sending you a check for my gift to the WIN
Scholarship for 2017. This is such a worthwhile project and I truly appreciate
all that you have done in making us all aware of where we can do a good deed.
The newsletter has opened up connections that none of us
would have had without you organizing it. Judy Daugherty Kimler certainly did a
phenomenal job and se is certainly remembered in our thoughts and prayers.
I went to Carlisle Elementary School growing up and there
seems to be only a few of us left. I met many other friends when we went to
Central and WI. In fact, Marianna Warblak is coming to Florida in March and we
hope to see other friends.
Thank you for the newsletter.
From: Penny Christie Johnson (WI 1960)
My sister Barbara
Christie Morris (WI 1950) was a teacher and librarian for many years at WI.
She is now a resident at Maplewood in the long term care facility. Life has
been very hard for her the past two years. If any of her students or library
acquaintances would like to drop a card, her address is:
Barbara Morris
1000 Maplewood Dr. #3119
Bridgeport, WV 36854
From: Tom Spelsberg (WI 1958)
I
read and enjoy the WI newsletters. It brings back so many memories and things
forgotten. Sister Linda also enjoys the letter. Thank you and your husband for
this great achievement over the years.
I
also Thank Jim Strider for his kind comments in the March newsletter about the
passing of sister Carolyn and Brother in-law, Dick Wolfe.
From: Joy Stalnaker DeFazio (WI 1959)
FYI: Yes, Miss Robinson first
name was Virginia. She graduated from Weston High School with my mom in 1935.
From: Marianna Waroblak Coey
(WI 1956)
Is there another reason, perhaps, that I have been taken
off the list? I really don't want to be taken off the list. I know I haven't
been contributing, but I am still teaching at age 78 and I am unbelievably busy
with all I have to do. For example, I have been making reservations for a month
to take a group of students in my French class to France for a month in May. I
am on spring break, but when I return to school, I have to do the entire
yearbook in 4 weeks as well as make all the graduation diplomas. I am scheduled
to retire at the end of this school year after fifty total years of teaching.
Who does that! Then, perhaps, I will have more time. I will send you a donation
for the scholarship fund this year and perhaps buy some tickets with part of
it.
Anyway, my husband and I are off to Florida tomorrow for a
week of this break and we have a timeshare in Fort Lauderdale. We will be
visiting Babe and Stu for at least an overnight and Babe has invited Marolyn
and John Jett and Mary Ann and Mike Donato. I went to school with Babe and Marolyn
from the first grade on. I became friends with Mary Ann in Junior High. I
recently saw a photo of you and quite a few others at Babe's for a WVU game. I
was at only one picnic because I couldn't get away from school. You were there,
but I didn't get a chance to speak to you. Therefore, we have not ever met even
though I know you are a good friend to many of my friends. Perhaps our paths
will cross one day. I think you are a real champ for continuing this Newsletter
for so many years now. It must be a real labor of love. I have enjoyed the
connection immensely. So, please, if I have been deleted for any reason, put me
back on the list. Even if I have not participated, I have still enjoyed the
publication. Thanks for listening.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
I
do not delete anyone due to not writing to me although I have been tempted over
the years. I think that if you did not get your notice when the March
newsletter was ready to be read but you have always received the notices
previously then perhaps the notification letter ended up in your SPAM folder. Make sure you put the
email address in your email address book of the person who sends the notice.
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WHAT
IS THIS?
WHAT
WAS IT USED FOR?
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CLEANING
OUT
THE
EMAIL LIST FOR CLASS OF 1959
I mentioned in my last newsletter that I was cleaning out
my email lists. I am ONLY WORKING ON
the WI CLASS OF 1959.
CLASSMATES OF 1959: If you know any of those listed below,
please contact them and tell them to contact me. I don’t want to erase any of
these names if this is a working email. If they are erased, we will never have
a way to contact them for any reason. Are all of these classmates deceased? Who
knows?
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The people listed below are the ones who have not
responded that their email address is current:
Judy Aspy Payne
Karen Conner Petrosino
Judy Cutlip Floyd
Davis Flynn
Elaine Fowler Bowling
Holly Furbee Berger
Ruth Ann Grimes Herold
Carolyn Harbert Eneix
Sandy Iaquinta
Hary Kennedy
Nancy Mayer Capilla
Karen Moffett Meyer Lattin
Randy Moodispaugh
Mike Moore
Jeannie Peet Schneider Tower
Janet Post Hodges
Maureen Quinn Colasessano
Bob and Carolyn Rector
Mike Swiger
Ed White
Teddy Wilson
Marsha Roper
Everyone else has contacted me and let me know that they
wish to stay on the list.
Something is either wrong with the email addresses that I
have or these people do not read the newsletter or they are deceased and we
haven’t heard? . If you know any of these people, please contact them and see
if they are okay and still want to be on our email list. I am just trying to
keep this class email list current. If you wish to personally contact them, I
have an email address for each of them I don’t know if it is current though. I
will not publish it here but if you contact me, I will share it with you and
you can see if the address works for you. This is actually the official up to
date list of the Class of 1959. This is the list used to notify people of
reunions and other activities of the class or classmates. I hate to delete them
if I am wrong.
Thank you for helping me.
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Sports Editor: Bill Meredith
JOE RETTON
How many of you remember Joe
Retton, the legendary coach of the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons basketball
team? Does anyone have a story to share about Retton? Did anyone from Harrison
County play for him at FSC (Now FSU)?
Below is a link to an excellent
article in Sports Illustrated about the old coach. Not only is it informative,
but it is funny to read about how things were done at a small school back in
the day. I know some business owners in the Fairmont area who claim that Joe
stopped by personally before every game to solicit food and beverages for his
team----all at no charge, of course. I guess he was relentless and wouldn't
take no for an answer.
Of such things are legends
made.
To Enjoy: CLICK HERE.
NATHAN ADRIAN
Thanks to Dan Marple, WI
1953, for sending me the link below from The Washington Post. It is an
excellent article about Nathan Adrian, the Morgantown High School grad, who
starred for the Mountaineer basketball team this year.
THEY DID IT!
Five championships in a row and
nineteen overall!! That's what the WVU Rifle Team has accomplished in NCAA competitions.
Their most recent title was won with a championship-record 4723 aggregate score
at the 2017 NCAA Rifle Championships at The Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio. Leading the Mountaineers were Olympic gold medalist Ginny Thrasher,
freshman Milica Babic, who won the individual air rifle national championship
and Morgan Phillips, who won the individual small-bore event and was named the
tournament's most valuable shooter.
The rifle team is the only
Mountaineer team in any sport to ever win an NCAA title. Without taking away
any of their glory, my wish is that I live long enough to see at least one NCAA
championship in some other sport, preferably football or basketball, but I'll
settle for any team sport.
But, for now, hats off to the
WVU Rifle Team. West Virginians everywhere are very proud of you.
"LET'S
GO MOUNTAINEERS”
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
WINS IT ALL
The Notre Dame Irish basketball
team won their first ever Class A state basketball championship on March 18 at
the Charleston Civic Center, beating Ravenswood, 63-55. Jarrod West, who is
committed to play college ball at Marshall and is the son of the head coach,
lead all scorers for the game with 29 points. Congratulations for a job well-done
bringing the title back to north central West Virginia.
Another local school won the AA
crown, as Fairmont Senior (West) won their second title in a row. In AAA,
Huntington won their third championship in four years.
Have you ever heard of Jim
Walthall? Without the use of the Internet, tell me what made him unique. Do you
actually remember hearing about him when you were a youngster? If so, how did
that happen? Or, perhaps you just read about him somewhere.
Please use your memories, not
your computers. If his name doesn't ring a bell in your mind, look him up. They
don't make them like Jimmy anymore.
Send your comments
to: billmere@aol.com
“HITESMAN TROPHY”
To Bill:
In response to Mike Snyder's
input: It was never my intent in suggesting the "Hitesman Trophy"
infer a restriction of timing to only include Coach Hite's era. I believe I
even suggested that there were outstanding athletes after my time and
encouraged submission. I am very aware that Bobby Secret, Bobby Clousson, and
Jim Warren were outstanding candidates although I never saw them perform.
(That's not entirely true as Clousson was a freshman @ WI when I was a senior
and I saw both Clousson and Warren play for WVU vs. CAL during the NCAA
Tournament in LA.)
Nor did I intend to disrespect
Coaches Folio, Moore and Castellano. I played football and basketball for both
Coaches Hite and Folio and Alphonse was a "Student Coach" for Coach
Folio during Tony's first year at WI. And, if you recall, I nominated Coach
Moore as one of my candidates for his performances as an athlete from 1939-1943.
I only suggested the title "Hitesman" in recognition of Clay B.'s
long tenure AND the similarity to the nationally recognized award,
"Heisman Trophy".
At the end of the day, my hunch
is that Bobby Secret would win any contest for multi-sport athlete based on
both his performance and his personal popularity. While I've never met him, he
seems "a helluva guy"!
BTW - Some readers may recall
that Coach Hite's brand of football mirrored that which he learned at WVU in
1919 and that of Coach Neyland @ U/Tennessee. (i.e. Single Wing - "Three
yards and a cloud of dust") It was Coach Folio who brought the
"T" Formation to WI in 1951-52 and produced a Big 10 Championship
losing only to (whom else?) Parkersburg. Ah - Thanks For The Memories !
From: Joe Malone (WI 1952)
ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE
From: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS 1957)
Well, the WVU men's basketball
season is over. If someone had told me that the final record would be 28-9 with
a run to the Sweet 16, prior to the season starting, I'd have taken it and been
happy. But, after the final game was over, I felt like something was missing.
This team lost 9 games by an
average of only 4.5 points per game. That is amazing, considering they played
in probably the best conference in the country. They did not have a losing
margin over 9-points all year. When was the last time you remember a 9-loss
team doing that----any team? Just imagine what a made three pointer or foul
shot here and there would have meant. I honestly believe that this team was
capable of going undefeated. Plus, this team was not "lucky". They
made their own luck.
So, what now? The biggest loss
will be the glue that held them together, Nathan Adrian. He will be tough to
replace, but somebody needs to step up. Other than that, here is my wish list
Ahmad--Learn to make a
mid-range jumper consistently and show us why you were the Ohio Player of the
Year.
Bender---Develop your skills,
so you can play at least 10-15 minutes every game.
Bolden---Learn to play defense
like JC and hustle like Adrian.
Carter- Just keeps being
Carter. Don't get "Senioritis".
Konate---Just keep improving.
Macon---Be more aggressive
offensively. You're good. Demand the ball.
Miles---Think, think, and think.
Learn to shoot foul shots.
West---Be the go to guy we're
lacking and avoid stupid fouls.
Young bench players---Be gym
rats this summer.
Recruits--Be half as good as
you were in high school and Huggins will teach you the rest.
As I said, it's a wish list.
Maybe, just maybe, most of them will come true. Then, we won't have that empty
feeling next year at this time.
Regardless, thanks to the men
and women for an exciting season. Mountaineers everywhere are proud of you.
What did you think of the
season?
Send your thoughts
and comments to: billmere@aol.com
To Bill:
SO, I was flipping
thru channels yesterday afternoon and happened to run across FAIRMONT STATE
playing in the FINAL of the NCAA Division II tournament game.
They did lose, by
10 points, but it was a good game. I kept looking for Richard Iaquinta on the
FS bench, but did not see him.
The opening credits
showed that FSU had 4,200 students, while their opponent had 6,500 students.
When I went to
Fairmont State College/University back in 1961 - 1962, they probably had 4,200
students at that time as well.
John Teter (WI 1961)
Reply to John:
I also watched the
final game. I was disappointed in seeing FSU play, probably, their worst game
of the year. Of course, perhaps the opponent had something to do with that. The
Fighting Falcons finished the season with a 34-3 record and set a new record
for wins in a season. Unfortunately, their coach, Jerrod Calhoun, is reportedly
heading to Youngstown State University in Ohio to take over that program.
This was the most
excitement generated by the FSU basketball team since the days when Joe Retton
led the team to numerous national tournament appearances. Here's hoping that
the new coach can keep up the winning tradition.
Bill
(billmere@aol.com)
Update:
Connie Combs Terango (WI 1961) conniecombs26@yahoo.com
New:
Rebecca 'Becky' Gardner
Judy (WI 1972) becky6716@excite.com
Spelling Correction:
Corinne Tiennebaumn Levy
2017
IRISH LEGENDS GALA
Event to Benefit Notre Dame High School & St. Mary’s Grade School
Notre Dame High School &
St. Mary’s Grade School cordially invite you to join us at the Irish Legends
Gala honoring:
Kirk Cistaro (‘85)
Paul & Patty Lockard DuPont
(‘76 & ‘77)
Jo Anne Lucente McNemar (‘71)
Cecilia Oliverio Petitto (‘65)
Sacred Heart Children’s Center
(Honorary)
Distinguished Young Alumni
Award:
David, Derek, & Deanna
Basile
Saturday,
April 8th at Via Veneto in Bridgeport, WV
Social
begins at 6:00pm
Dinner
at 7:00pm
Presentation
of Awards Following Dinner
MARCH
MYSTERY STRUCTURE
From: Jim Ashley (WI 1962)
Is this the swinging bridge on lower Hart Street? For some
reason, I was never allowed to play on lower Hart, but on one of the few times
I ventured down that way, I remember the high school guys trapping some of
their female classmates out on the bridge and frightening them by making the
bridge jump up and down. I thought it was a really horrible thing at the time,
but then realized years later that the girls would not have been out on the
bridge unless they wanted the guys to “frighten” them. Unfortunately, by the
time I was old enough to date, the bridge was gone and I never had a chance to
prove my assumption.
From: Shirley
Pouch Berkley (WI 1961)
Roleta, I haven't contributed
to newsletter much but really appreciate the time you put into it and bringing
back such nice memories of growing up in Clarksburg.
The "bridge" in the
March newsletter appears to be what when growing up we called "the
swinging bridge" at the bottom of Hart Street and crossed the West Fork
River to River Road on the other side. Crossed it so many times, had cousins
whose houses sat right next to the bridge on the River Road Side, Daughtery's
lived in the house on left side of bridge, Hardy's lived on right side of
bridge. I lived with my grandmother and remember walking down Hart Street,
crossing the bridge and out River Road to the A&P grocery store, quite a
long walk, and coming back was the worst because of carrying groceries and going
up Hart St which was a very steep grade. We would stop at the cousins and rest
on the way back. Grandmother caught up on latest family news and I played with
the cousins. I remember the cousins’ houses being flooded by the West Fork
River. Seems to remember one flood damaged the bridge. I married Leroy Berkley
in 1962 and we moved to North Carolina in 1969 when he took a job with then
GTE. Good move for us but Clarksburg memories are special to me. I loved high
school at WI. I took the civil service exam and was supposed to go to DC with
Mary Jo Pulice (Bennedeto now) to work after graduating high school. She went
and I stayed in Clarksburg to be near future husband. Good choice for me,
married 54 1/2 years now. Met with Mary Jo several years ago when she came to
NC for business. When husband was still working, I went a few times when he had
business in western North Carolina and met for lunch with high school friends
Sharon Lantz (now Hurley) and Carol Greynolds (now Cleveland) who both live in
western North Carolina. Have forgotten so many details about Clarksburg but the
newsletter helps. Hope I'm correct about the bridge.
Thanks again for the time you
put into the newsletter.
From: Greg Jaranko (WI 1960)
The picture is the "second
swinging bridge " at the bottom of Hart St. in Stealey.
The first was knocked down by
flotsam in one of the floods.
The first bridge sagged down
and was really easy to make it sway and bounce. The second bridge was arched up
and was not easy to move around.
It is no longer there. I'm not
sure but I think the City removed it.
The bridge went over the West
Fork River. West Fork of what, I don't know?
That bridge was a direct
connection to Point Comfort. It is also the route my Mother took to walk to the
A&P. She would buy paper bags of groceries and carry them home. I may have
carried something but I was little.
The A&P was owned by the
Boomer's. The son Jim was my age. He played Little League baseball and was a
catcher.
My brother parked the family
car upside down in the West Fork. He was less than 2. He just climbed in the
car knocked off the hand brake and drifted (he may have been the first to drift
a car ) down the driveway. The car dropped about 30 feet to the river below.
The impact was heard for quite a distance. Our father jumped the 30 feet to
pick Joe up and carry him away from the tipping car and out of the water.
Oh, our uncle in Cleveland
spelled our name Joranko.
When Pete Duranko played for
Notre Dame many asked me if we were related. We might be, none of us can figure
out how to spell our names.
From: Beth Twigg Devericks (WI
1959)
The picture is of the
Swinging Bridge at the Bottom of Hart Street in Stealey. We lived on Hart
Street before moving to Duff Street in 1950.
I remember walking across that swinging bridge on my way through west
end to Mulberry Street where my Grandparents lived, A lot of good memories. We
did more walking in those days. I don't think the bridge is there anymore.
From:
Bob Twigg (WI 1955)
The
mystery structure in the news letter was the swinging bridge at the foot of
Hart St. in Stealey.
It
crossed the West Fork river over in to Point Comfort. We used to cross over to go to the A&P
store in west end. We also used the bridge to go to my grandmother’s house on
Mulberry Ave. in Clarksburg.
When I
was growing up we used to sled ride down Hart and go out around river road.
Some of us would sled ride down the boardwalk coming down from Stealey Ave. to
Hart and try to go across the swinging bridge, sometimes we made it and other
times we would have to bale off the sled or go over the bank.
Sometimes
a bunch of us would get on the bridge and get it to rocking so much you
couldn't walk across it. That's when some of the adults would run us off.
High
water took out the bridge, I don't remember the year, and a rock slide took out
river road and it was never reopened
I don't
know of another bridge around in the area but it was a thing to remember
growing up in Stealey
From: Judy Zabeau Shepherd
(NDHS 1958)
The mystery picture this month
is the Stealey-Goff-Vance House. It is the headquarters of the Harrison County
Historical Society.
I enjoy reading the WI
Newsletter each month even though I was a student at Notre Dame. I lived in
Stealey and attended Morgan Grade School where I knew many of the students who
eventually went to WI. When it came time to go to Central Junior High, my
parents decided to send me to St. Mary's for the 7th and 8th Grade and freshman
year, after which the new high school was built. I know many of the students
who attended WI from Morgan and West Virginia University.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This newsletter is not for just WI people. It is
for all of Harrison County readers. We have readers from a lot of different
high schools. I just won’t rename it again. But anyone is welcome to read and
reply to this newsletter.
From: Jerry Hustead (WI 1963)
First of all thank you for your
time an effort you put into the newsletter it is very much appreciated.
I remember that bridge at the
end of Hart Street in Stealey. We lived on top of the hill over looking the
West Fork River on Stealey Ave. I believe the bridge was built for people to
walk to work from Stealey to Hazel Atlas glass, a short cut to Point Comfort
area, A&P store, West End and public transportation. We would often sled
ride down Hart Street from Duncan and build a fire near the bridge. I know one
guy who was going to burn down the bridge to keep from going to the service
after he was drafted!
From: Arreta Radcliffe Jaranko
(WI 1940)
That swinging bridge was a real
asset for people who lived in the far end of Stealey, like straight out Duncan
Avenue to Winding Way. It connected Hart Street to River Road and that saved
miles of walking if you wanted to go to the A&P store or to town. The store
was located near the Adamston Bridge. Mr. Boomer was the manager and he lived
on Hall Street. I walked across it going to Central and to WI and it could be
scary as it would move up and down, but it did save time getting to school.
Anyway the West Fork River would flood spring and fall. One time the flood was
so bad it washed a huge tree down the river into the bridge taking it down. It
was repaired and raised up higher hoping it would be safe from future floods.
That was not to happen. Some years later the river overflowed its banks and
destroyed the bridge again. It was not replaced. Thanks for the newsletter,
Roleta
NOTE: To all the kids who
remember us, our name seems to give them trouble and that surprises me. I do
know that my husband's brother Stanley spelled his name with an "e"...don't
know why as school records show it being the way we spell it so here I am
EDITOR’S NOTE: Someone wrote me an email this month about the
different spellings of the name
Jaranko, I can’t find that letter.
If you wrote the letter, please send it to me again. I think it was very
interesting.
It reminds me of a family name.
The man was John Coonts, 2 of his 5 children spelled it Coontz. In Germany it
is spelled several ways, including Kuntz, Kountz, Kunts, Kunce, etc. I guess it
was changed at Ellis Island as the person checking the people into the USA
probably couldn’t understand the accent.
CAN YOU SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS?
From: Roleta1@aol.com
Above is a picture of what I have left of the cover of my “Mental
Mathematics” book. I have the entire insides of the book though. I am glad so
many of you remembered the book from seeing the problems.
Now, you don’t have to solve a problem but tell me what
you thought of the book. Honestly for me, I loved math up until I had an
aggressive math teacher who I don’t think liked females who were good in math.
I actually liked the math book, I remember we were called on to stand either in
front of the class or beside our desk, read the question/problem and mentally
solve it by speaking how we were working our way through the problem. Do you
remember this? What is your opinion of this little book? I can’t remember what
grades this was used in, can you? Seems to me like maybe the 5th and
6th grade?
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From: Ronald White (WI 1962)
In reference to your math quiz:
It only took me a minute or so
to figure them all out. I’m sure they came from the little green mental math
book. I always liked to do those problems. I’m thinking we did those in
Friday’s math class in 7th or 8th grade. Not sure if the grades are right, my
math is better than my memory.
This led me to an experiment
for the new math students of today. I gave these problems to 7 students who are
in grades 6 thru 11 in 4 different middle and high schools in the Clarksburg
area, 6 of the 7 are honor roll students and 1 is in advanced math class. The
results were NOT an endorsement for new math. I gave them a piece of paper and
said they had to figure the problem out in their head and only write the answer
on the paper and they had 5 minutes. After the first one took 5 minutes and had
no answers I decide to eliminate the 5 minute rule. The final results were, 1
student got 3 correct, 5 students got 2 correct and 1 student got 1 correct.
The one that got three correct just had a good guess on one of them because
this student used estimating to get the, Size of the Farm, answer. .My take
away from this little experiment is that the new math does not work and is not
preparing the students for the real world and they are not teaching them to be
logical thinkers. Bring back the little green books.
The answers are #1. 200, #2 20, #3
20, and #4-11.
From: Terry Shorr (WI/Elkins
1958)
I lived in Broad Oaks through
junior year, 1957, thus attended Alta Vista. Two years at Central JHS, three at
WI.
Bobby Neal (1959) lived across
an alley and was my best friend.
Jim Brown (WI 1957) had a paper
route that abutted mine.
My solutions for your math
problems:
1. 200 acres
2. 20 days
without rain
3. 20 mpg
4. $11.00
To answer your questions
1. It's fun to see I can still
solve (I think) simple math problems.
2. You probably found these in
a practice / review book.
3. Problems such as these I
recall from El-Hi schooling.
4. I know nothing about
farming, think 10 days of June rain is too much, your father should get a more
fuel-efficient car (especially at his age), and those season tickets must have
been for a 1950’s vintage matchbox football team.
5. It likely took me two
minutes to solve the problems and 15 to compose / type this message.
Seriously, I have long enjoyed
mentally stimulating problems and puzzles, and have been a subscriber to Games
magazine for decades. Since their former editor, Will Shortz, has been
crosswords editor for the New York Times, I look forward to their entries. The
weekend Wall Street Journal is another favored cache of puzzles.
Thanks for the challenging
interlude!
From: Jean Vickers Kennedy (WI 1958)
As I read your math questions, they brought to mind a
picture of me sitting in math class at Central Jr. High circa 1954. I was
holding a small green book, “Mental Mathematics”. This part of math class only
came once a week as I recall and I had a sinking feeling of dread as I frowned
and stared at that book.
The answer to question 1 is
200 acres. I had to get help on this one.
They say that as you age you don’t get better you only get
“more so”.
I have not changed much, but I have mastered, sort of, all
types of calculators, adding machines and I-Phones.
In the old days, I always liked adding machines with a
tape. Once I get an answer when making a report, I want to test it by double
checking every possible way. Adding machine tapes were great for verifying your
numbers. Once I had a boss who occasionally took an adding machine, with a
tape, home at night. The last time he did, he left it on the roof of his car
and drove off. That image always makes me smile.
The answer to question 2 is
20days.
My iPhone has a calculator which does basic things my
brain should do. Also, I can ask Siri things like, “What is the capitol of
Montana?”
She either answers me, or directs me to the proper web
site.
The answer to question 3 is ½
mile per gallon and the answer to question 4
is $11. Four was a trick question.
I think you must have found an old “Mental Mathematics”
book, if you did, you should have it preserved as a former instrument of youth
torture.
Fond memories!
From: Jim Strider (WI 1955)
My answers are:
1 32/.16=200 acres
2 33.3% of 30 days = 10 days rainy – 20 days
not rainy
3 100/5 = 20mpg.
4 4+7 = 11 times $1 = $11 invested in
tickets.
I think I solved the problems. You probably got them from
a grade school arithmetic book. I think I’ve seen them in Mrs. Brown’s or Mrs.
Pierpont’s 5th or 6th grade class at Morgan School,
called word problems.
1/4th of an hour for me is about 35 min. I’m a
hunt and peck ‘typer’.
From: Bob Sommerville (WI 1966)
Thanks for the newsletter. I
pass it along to others when there is something in it that they may find
interesting or know that they knew somebody mentioned. Most are from Harrison
County but not all.
Word problems have come a
long way since those you chose to list. We used to have to try and get the
answer without pencil and paper. Now the problems seem to be longer and more
complicated based on my grandchildren’s homework. Of course besides getting the
answer, you have to tell what model you used and why you used it. Anyone
figured out the chimney method to long division?
EDITOR’S NOTE????
Please someone write and tell me:
Please someone write and tell me:
WHAT IS
THE CHIMNEY METHOD TO LONG DIVISION?
I am guessing it is what we
referred to as “long division”.
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From John Teter (WI 1961)
My "guesses" to the
"Can you solve these problems" is as follows:
1. 200 acres
2. 20 days
3. 20 miles per
gallon
4. 11 dollars
I am not sure where you found
these "problems", but I would think they came from a grade school
book of some sort. I do not remember having a book in grade school that was
specific to any one subject, but if that were the case, these would have to
have been in the math books.
From: Lynn Hornor Keith (WI
1966)
I believe it was from the small
blue pamphlet called Mental Mathematics and to this day I remember how much I
was confounded by the problems. Was it something from the 9th grade? I know my
mother had the same book and she loved it.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I am glad you wrote and you remember about the
book. Your memory is pretty good. It was indeed a small pamphlet but I think it
was always green????? Anyone remember it
being other colors?
I do know that one creator of
the little pamphlet was named Fowler and his son was Bill Fowler who graduated
from WI in 1959.
QUESTION FOR NON-WI READERS: Was this book used in the
schools you attended in Clarksburg?
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DID YOU EVER DO THIS?
From: Linda Purnell (WI 1967)
The boy in the March newsletter is playing Hide and Seek.
Invokes some memories:
I grew up in Stealey, and we always had something going on
outdoors. I had a great group of friends and we had such good times together.
As I remember Hide and Seek was an evening game, then we
graduated to Flashlight. We all know the object of these games but as young
teenage girls- our objective was to hide with the cutest boy.
I looked forward to when my Dad worked an evening shift;
it meant I could stay out later. Always seemed unfair to me that my brothers
could stay out later, and my Dad wanted me in when it got dark. My Mom was an
easier push over.
I lived on King Street and in the summer there was usually
a softball game going on in the street, we lived on a semi - dead end street,
so we played in the street all the time.
When I was younger I remember, roller skating and riding
our bikes on the sidewalks and in the street. We pretended some of the
driveways were gas stations.
There were always lots of kids to play with; it was a
great street to grow up on.
The adults even got into the act. A couple of summers we
had nightly badminton games going on. The kids and the adults played, whoever
was out just jumped in and played.
We also deemed ourselves actors. We put on plays, not sure
how good, mostly I remember the bleachers that someone made and I believe my
brother got a nail in his foot. This memory is a little fuzzy, but I think that’s
what happened. I also sorta remember some fool boy trying to jump off a garage
roof, again – my brother.
Oh, what memories, never a dull moment with the gang we
had.
How fortunate that we lived at a time when we knew our
neighbors and it was safe to play and roam outside. It seems kids today go from
one inside play activity to another or are on their devices, playing alone.
From: John Teter (WI 1961)
This looks like the kid is
covering his eyes as a part of playing "hide and go seek", which we
used to play on Broaddus Avenue at Willison "back in the day". One
person would be IT, and have to cover his eyes and count to 100 (?) while the
other kids playing would go hide and wait for him to find them.
A variety of this type of game
that we played as kids was "kick the can" where we would put a can in
the rectangular section of the street and one player tried to find the other
players. If anyone was able to kick the can out of the rectangular section, any
kids that had been caught previous to that would then be "released"
to go back out and hide again.
From: Bill Meredith (Monongah
HS 1957)
The young man pictured in the
March newsletter, hiding behind a telephone pole, appears to be playing
"Hide & Seek". We played this game for hours when I was a youngster.
I still play it with my great grandson. It never gets old seeing the look on a
child's face when you discover their hiding place.
When I became about 10 years
old, our group of boys graduated to a bigger "Hide & Seek" game.
It was called "Coo Coo". Where the name originated is a mystery to
me.
The rules went something like
this. There were two teams, chosen at random. One team would "hide",
while the other would "seek". Except, nobody ever actually hid. The
boundaries for the game were most of the small town where we lived. The main
requirement was for the hiding team to call out the words "Coo Coo"
about every 3-5 minutes, so the seeking team had some idea where to look.
Once you were seen, you were
caught, no tagging required. One night, I was running through a backyard of a
neighbor, trying to avoid being "caught". It was dark and, you guessed
it, I ran into a clothesline. It caught me just under the chin and threw me
backwards onto my tail end. I could hardly talk for a week.
Lesson learned? No!!! We were back playing that stupid game
within a few days. My, what young people miss nowadays? It seems to me that the
only thing they do is look at their cell phones. What a waste of the best years
of their lives.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I thought we would get tons of letters about this
subject. I even remember playing hide and seek often as a teenager in
Stealey - after dark. I don’t remember who was usually involved but if you
found a good hiding place you could sit and talk with whoever was with you for
a long time before being discovered. One time, I sat in a hole that had been
dug in the ground with a friend (don’t remember who) for a long time. I was
wearing the cutest pair of black and white short shorts (yep they were popular
then. They had a little cuff and buckle on the side of the cuff) anyway, the
next day my legs were totally covered with poison ivy rash. The comfortable
grass we were sitting in just happened to have been poison ivy! I have always
been very allergic to it! What I mess of sores I had all over my legs for
weeks.
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Tim Cork (WI 1962)
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“ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO THEM, OH LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM”
THE CLASS OF 1962
Allen,
Judy (Scharle)
Beverage,
Susan (Evans)
Berger,
Joe
Brown,
Eddie
Bryan,
Charles
Burnett,
Glenna (Shriver)
Cain,
Gordon
Corathers,
Shirley (Welks)
Conrad,
Lee (Heatherly)
Donnellan,
Karen (Corder)
Embry,
Paul
Hardman,
Roger
Hardy,
Gail
Harrison,
Natalie (Traugh)
Henry,
John
Hilson,
Carolyn (Zachary)
Hyre, Larry
Jones,
Janice (Jackson)
Jones,
Robert
Junkins,
Bob "Hoppy"
Lang,
Edward
Leasburg,
Connie (Riley)
LeJuene,
Ronald
Lemasters,
Susan Jo Ann
Losh,
Danny
Lowther,
Nancy
Martin,
James "Smiley"
Miley,
Charles
Moffett,
Diane (Gainer)
Nixon,
Ruth Ann
Pernell,
James Boyd
Posey,
George "Buddy"
Pulice,
Jim
Romano,
Teresa (D'Ambrosio)
Reid,
John
Rose,
Jon
Russell,
Sandra (Lemasters)
Schlicker,
Betty Lou (Case)
Spann,
Richard (Ricky)
Stracke,
Carl
Talkington,
Barry
Tiano,
Anthony)
Weaver,
Harriet "Tootie" (Shaffer)
Whaley,
Carol Jean
Wilson,
Freddie
Wilson,
Richard "Satch"
Wygal,
David
Yoho,
Marvin
Yoke,
Richard
This record has been maintained and was furnished to the WI Newsletter by Joyce Reed Royse (WI 1962)
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
We are sorry to report this list of the deceased from the class of 1962. Do you or one of your classmates have a list of the deceased classmates from your class? I would like to honor them by listing them here so others can take a moment to remember them.
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CORRECTED LIST
DECEASED 1950 CLASSMATES
From: Fran Barrett (WI 1950)
Bailey,
Jim 2/13/02
Bassett,
Gloria Curry
Bates,
Betty
Benninger,
Marjorie Russell
Bevan,
Ruth Ann 4/14/16
Black,
Janet Fletcher
Borror,
Ronald 2/17/14
Buzlea,
Flora Cross
Coles,
Patricia Joe Trent
Connie
Zinn, 12/29/15
Dove,
James
Drummand,
Lee Hefner
Drummand,
Opal
Ellis,
Mary Kathrine
Ferrell,
James
Ferrell,
Janice
Ferris,
Alice
Flint,
Fred
Flint,
Ruth Warnock
Flint,
(Warnock) Ruth 9/7/2012
Flynn,
Mary Sue Bolton
Flynn,
Russell
Forman,
John
Garton,
Marie
Godwin,
John
Grimm,
Florence
Haddox,
George
Hall,
Eleanor
Harris,
Mary Ellen 4/26/2002
Hart,
Lloyd
Hefner,
Lee
Henderson,
Dorothy
Henshaw,
Neil
Henshaw,
Alfred Neil 2/3/03
Hinkle,
Donald Leslie 11/11/2013
Ireland,
Glenda
Jackson,
Nancy
Jackson,
Dabney 11/11/2013
Larimer,
David
Lover,
Ronald
Lowther,
Rhea Erdine 1974
Lutz,
Rosaline Baltzely
Lyons,
Shirley Ann 11/17/2011
McKown,
Betty Lou
Means,
Charles 7/11/2113
Miller,
Douglas Duane
Moore,
Kenny 114/15
Nuzum,
Charlotte Ann 5/1/2012
Oliverio,
Frank
Oliverio,
Mary Catherine
Pabst, Martha
Randolph
Perine,
Virginia
Pinion,
John 1/26/2017
Progler,
Thomas H 1966
Randolph,
Martha Leah
Ritchie,
Noel 10/22/1999
Robertson,
Willis
Robinson,
Noel
Rogers,
Andrew
Rollins,
Kathleen 12/3/2009
Russell,
Dorothy Ruckman
Samaras,
George
Saunders,
Glendine 11/10/2008
Stamm,
John
Stewart,
Mary Louise
Stout,
Erlene
Sutter,
Mary Ann
Thayer,
Jerry Kidd
Thomas,
Bill
PAUL
LIGHT SR.
Paul Light was a car man. Anyone who knew him understood
this first and foremost. It wasn't so much the cars themselves as it was the
car business. He was born to do that kind of work and he loved it. On Saturday
February 11, 2017, at the age of 79, Paul was preceded in death by his wife of
50 years, Antoinette. Paul's journey began in 1937 in Bridgeport, West
Virginia. After high school and serving his country in the USAF, Paul's path
led him to his real home, Atlanta, GA, where without any real prospects; he was
able to find work selling cars in a local dealership. He soon became one of the
best salesmen in the area and in 1962; he was recruited to be an assistant
sales manager at the brand new Buckhead Chrysler -Plymouth. He quickly proved
his worth and moved through the ranks until 1980 when he acquired his own
dealership. His wife and son, Paul Jr., joined him in the business and as a
family they ran it together. Paul was a complex, private man who placed home
and family at the very top of his priorities. He was also an avid golfer,
playing many of the great courses of the world including Augusta and St.
Andrews. He is survived by his mother Angeline (LA), son Paul Jr. (Mary Catherine)
and grandchildren Declan and Mallory (GA), his daughter Antonia Nelson (David)
of New York, his brothers Ron, John (GA) and Larry (LA) and sister Margaret
Jane (AL) and a host of relatives and friends around the country. He is
predeceased by his father Jack and his wife, Antoinette.
DAVID R.
HOLLANDSWORTH
David Rush Hollandsworth, 72, died
Thursday, February, 23, 2017, at McLeod Regional Medical Center after an
illness.
Mr. Hollandsworth was born in
Clarksburg, WV, a son of the late Pearl Garland Hollandsworth and Ruby Beatrice
Rush Hollandsworth. He was also preceded in death by a brother, John Lee
Hollandsworth.
Dave attended school in
Clarksburg grades 1 thru 8 and attended WI for the 9th and 10th
grade. The last 2 years he attended a military academy in Alabama.
Mr. Hollandsworth was retired
as Senior Auditor in the Chief Inspections Division for the West Virginia
Auditor’s Office. He also served 25 years as a volunteer fireman with the
Nutter Fort Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of The International
Association of Lions Clubs since 1969; and a member of the Marion, SC, Lions
Club for the last 10 years. He served the Lions Organization and was District
Governor in WV. Mr. Hollandsworth was also a member of Masonic Lodge 155 in
Clarksburg; and a member of Nemesis Shrine in Clarksburg/Parkersburg, WV. He
was also a member of Marion Baptist Church and the Oak Tree Sunday School Class
in Marion, SC.
Surviving are his wife, Charlotte
Barney-Hollandsworth; stepdaughters, Jill (“Sug”) Unger, Janet (Rodney) Murphy,
and Julie May and fiancée Billy Fischer brother, Roger Karl (Charlene)
Hollandsworth; sisters, Nella Ann (Ralph), Rebecca “Becky” Day, Donnie Sue (Mitch)
Williamson; and 5 step-grandchildren.
JOANN E. WEBB MOYLE
Joann Esther Webb Moyle, 76, of
Nutter Fort, went peacefully in her home surrounded with love.
She was born in Clarksburg on
March 2, 1940, a daughter of the late Raymond Ted and Pearl Esther Dewitt Webb.
She was married to Thomas Leo
“Tom” Moyle on November 7, 1959, who preceded her in death on December 16,
2013.
Surviving are one daughter,
Kathy (Don); two sons, Robert Charles Moyle, and James Patrick Moyle; seven
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four brothers and sisters, Richard
Webb, Nancy (Fred) Johnson, Patricia Webb and Donna (Loren); along with many
nieces, nephews and in-laws.
She was also preceded in death
by one son, Thomas Raymond Moyle; six brothers and sisters, Jean Taylor, Robert
Webb, William Webb, and Charles, Martha and Ruth, who died in infancy.
She was raised in the
Clarksburg area and went to Victory High School. Joann worked at Lake West
Hospital in Ohio until she and her husband retired and moved back to WV in
2002, just as they always said they would.
JULIA NEWSOME PRITT
Julia Marie “Julie” Newsome
Pritt, 35, of Clarksburg, passed suddenly on March 18, 2017, from complications
of pneumonia. She was born on May 13, 1981, a daughter of Michelle “Micki”
Shaffer and Joda William Newsome Jr.
On July 11, 2008, she married
Arthur W. “Buddy” Pritt.
Julie is also survived by one
son, Joda Alexander Pritt; two daughters, Maliah Rachelle Hinebaugh and Lillian
Alexis “Lily” Pritt; two sisters, Paula Kay Willis, and Lauren Byron; her
mother-in-law, Linda Kay Howell; as well as several aunts and uncles.
She was preceded in death by
one sister, Rachelle Aguiar.
Julie was a graduate of Notre
Dame High School, Class of 1999, and was employed at the F.O.P. in Clarksburg.
MIKE MIGLIORE
Mike Migliore, age 91, of
Newark, OH (formerly from Clarksburg, WV), passed away on Sunday, March 19,
2017, in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on April 10, 1925,
in Clarksburg, WV, a son of the late Mike Migliore and Angeline (Ribero)
Migliore.
Mike went to Victory High
School and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He enlisted in the Navy during World War
II, where he saw duties in the North Atlantic and Pacific theaters. After the
war, he worked for Adamston Flat and Fourco/American Float Glass retiring after
more than 42 years of service.
Mike was a member of the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War. He is survived by his wife of 59
years, Rose, and their children, Shirley Ann Migliore, and John Michael
(Diane); his grandson, Michael Thomas Migliore; his favorite niece, Barbara
Dory Crider; and his brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and many other wonderful
nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his brother, John Migliore; a sister, Mary Migliore
Dory; and a brother-in-law, Carl Dory
FREDERICK E. GOODWIN
Frederick Earl Goodwin of
Clarksburg, WV, passed away surrounded by family on March 13, 2017, at the home
of his son in Syracuse, UT.
He was born October 7, 1924, in
Jane Lew, WV. He was the son of William Exel Goodwin and Marguerite (Margie)
Lyden Dilly Goodwin Lawson. He was a devoted and loving father, grandfather,
great-grandfather, uncle and brother.
Fred was a graduate of
Washington Irving High School. He was the founder, owner and broker of Goodwin
Real Estate from 1966 to 1992. Before starting his real estate career, he was a
fireman for the city of Clarksburg
He enlisted in the Navy to help
protect his country during World War II. After the war, he returned to
Clarksburg where he met Betty Jane McCarty, the love of his life. They were
married on April 6, 1947, in Lumberport, WV. They had two sons, James Frederick
Goodwin and Richard Lynn Goodwin. He was a member of Clarksburg Lodge No. 155,
A.F.&A.M., a 32nd-degree Scottish Rite Mason with membership in Clarksburg
and Wheeling Bodies. He was a member of Sunny Croft Golf Course for many years
and served on the board for many of those years. He loved golfing with his
brother, nephews, friends and especially with his sweetheart, Betty. He was a
member of the Duff Street United Methodist Church.
He is survived by son, James
(Gayla) Goodwin, granddaughter, Angela (Ben) Maylin; grandson, Christopher
(Jacqueline) Goodwin; 2 great-granddaughters, and 2 great-grandsons. He was
preceded in death by his parents, wife, Betty, and son, Richard, brothers,
James W. Goodwin and Donald L. Goodwin, and one sister, Bette Lee Goodwin
Sparks.
JAMES VICTOR ELLIFRITT
James Victor Ellifritt, 60,
went home to be with his Lord and Savior March 21, 2017, after years of living
with Muscular Dystrophy. He was born in Clarksburg April 27, 1956, the son of
the late Hobart and Ruth Ellifritt.
He is survived by his four siblings,
Betty Dotson (Mike) Bill Ellifritt Laurie Givens (Jeff) and Nancy Havener
(Kirk). He is also survived by nieces and nephews as well as seven great-nieces
and nephews.
Jim was a 1974 graduate of
Washington Irving High School, a 1978 graduate of West Virginia University with
a degree in chemical engineering and later a graduate of Fairmont State College
with a degree in accounting. At the time of his death, he was employed as a tax
preparer for H&R Block. Jim was a lifelong member of the Clarksburg Baptist
Church, where he served as treasurer for many years.
