WIDEN, WEST VIRGINIA
H. L. BEATTIE MANAGING EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
PEARLE D. WILLIAMS
VICTOR B. SHINGLER
February 1959
Widen Woman’s Club Holds Regular Meeting; Donations Made To “CARE”
The regular monthly meeting of the Widen Woman’s Club was held in the Legion Hall, Thursday, February 5, 1959 at 8 p.m.
Mrs. Cecil Butcher, club president, presided at the business meeting.
Mrs. Marie Donohue, devotions. Donations were made by club members to be sent to “CARE” which goes to the club’s adopted country—Mexico.
Mrs. Hazel Baughman gave a review of the club’s constitution, Federation, State and Club By-Laws.
Club members were reminded of the coming state convention to be held at “The Greenbrier”, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., April 19, 20 and 21.
After the close of the business session, secret pals were revealed and new ones drawn.
Mrs. Joseph Potasnik, hostess chairman and her committee, Mrs. Ferrell Henderson, Mrs. Walker Henderson, Mrs. J. B. Wood and Mrs. Onas Bailes, served delicious refreshments to the following members: Mesdames Charles Barrett, Harold L. Beattie, Cecil Butcher, Newman Butcher, Melvin Conner, Charles Dodrill, Paul Donohue, E. B. Gray, George Kitzmiller, Joe LaCorte, D. F. Million, E. D. Moyers, Robert Osborne, Carmel Ramsey, B. E. Taylor, Scott Williams and Misses Hazel Baughman and Leola Mick.
BC&G PASSENGER SERVICE MAY BE DISCONTINUED
Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad Company has filed an application seeking authority to discontinue motor car service on its Railroad between Dundon and Widen in Clay County.
A hearing has been set for this matter on March 16, 1959, in the Commission’s Hearing Room at the Capitol.
Former Clay Co. Man Dies In Weston Hospital
Rev. Jesse Hamrick conducted funeral services for William T. P’Simer Monday morning at the Pleasant Dale Baptist Church and burial was in the Hamrick Cemetery.
Mr. P’Simer, 79, of Weston, died Friday night in a Weston hospital. He was a former employee of Elk River Coal and Lumber Company at Widen.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Mollohan of Weston, Mrs. Agnes Brown of Little Birch and Mrs. Pearl Frame of Widen; five grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
Sunday School Week April 13th to 19th
“The world continues to exist only by the breadth of the children in the schools.”
This old Talmudic proverb helped keep alive the spirit, the hope, the very being of an oppressed people through centuries of strife. The last desperate act against the rise of Christianity by Rome was the closing of all Church Schools in the 4th century by Julian the Apostate. He knew that Christianity had developed and grown because of its child-teaching.
Today in America our schools hold the promise of tomorrow. The brightness of our future is being shaped in the hearts and minds of our children attending our parochial and Sunday Schools.
The Sunday School has been a part of American life since before the adoption of the Constitution.
Our Sunday Schools are an institution devoted to teaching freedom and faith. To encourage this teaching, the Laymen’s National Committee, Inc., a non-sectarian and non-profit organization, annually sponsors National Sunday School Week. The date of this year’s observance is April 13-19.
The observance is dedicated to the men and women who give of their time and talent to teach our children the Word of God and lead them to the Bible. These teachings help provide the foundation for the American citizen of tomorrow—men and women who believe in God and aspire to live by His teachings.
Observe National Sunday School Week and help to “Make Every Week Sunday School Week” for your children.
Hugh Wood Passes
Mr. Hugh Wood, 91, died January 29, 1959 in a nursing home at Sweet Springs, West Virginia after a long illness. Services were held in the Widen Baptist Church at 11 o’clock, Sunday, February 1, with the Rev. Ernest Hammack officiating.
Mr. Wood was a retired blacksmith. He was a member of the Strange Creek Masonic Lodge No. 130 AF&AM for 50 years and the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at Maysel, W. Va.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Rosa Kelly, Mrs. Virginia Miller and Mrs. Mollisa Daugherty all of Charleston, Mrs. Donna Tinney of Gassaway and Mrs. Ruann Keener of Ohio; one son Jennings B. Wood of Widen; one brother, Fielding Wood of Tacoma, Wash.; two half-brothers, Allen and Dave Wood of Trouts Valley; 21 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
