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By Bob Weaver 2016. The Spencer Livestock Exchange is standing empty, suffering from its' final closure a few years ago, a reminder of days gone by when Calhoun and Roane County farmers brought their stock to the location to be sold. The coming of the B&O Railway to Spencer before 1900 put Spencer on the map as a center of commerce, and ...
Hur Herald - Local News Calhoun County West VirginiaThe West Virginia DOH reports thousands of trees across Calhoun's nearly 600 miles of rural roads, although the main highways Rt. 16 and 5 have been cleared, except for additional trees falling across the right-of-way. Liberty Hill on US 33-119 has been closed several times, with trees trapping the volunteers who had been doing the clearing.MORGAN BIBLE BOX COULD BE CALHOUN'S OLDEST ARTIFACT. (07/06/2023) Jim Morgan, who lives on a high mountaintop off Barnes Run, displays a family heirloom, a wooden box that once contained an ancient bible, handed down from his great-grandfather, saying it once contained a bible belonging to WV's first settler Morgan Morgan, a note about the box ...Hur Herald - Genealogy. Watchers. Janiejac. search google books. search worldcat. Coverage. Publication information. Citation. Repositories. This is an online …ROBERTS AND RIGGS LOGGING IN WV MOUNTAINS. (02/22/2024) James Roberts and Lester Riggs. Hur-Joker men joined hundreds of Calhoun men in the early 1900s to take off to the logging boom in the mountains of West Virginia, mostly in Nicholas and Webster County.
CALHOUN DUO ARRESTED MULTIPLE CHARGES. (04/29/2021) Calhoun authorities arrested a duo Tuesday and took them to Central Regional Jail. Adam Brock Roberts, 40, was charged with permitting DUI and possession of a controlled substance. Bond set $4,000 cash. Ariel Reanne Richards, 27, was charged with DUI controlled substance, possession of a ...
GRANTSVILLE'S $4 MILLION WATER PROJECT FINALLY MOVING FORWARD. (05/14/2021) 5/13/21 - After a number of delays, a major $4 million upgrade for Grantsville's water plant and system is back on track, according to Fred Rader of the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council. Rader said the town opened bids last fall, but they were way over budget.
Bob Weaver is long-time publisher of WV Internet newspaper The Hur Herald, a reporter and writer. He has been a Calhoun WV commissioner for 14 years, environmentalist, civil libertarian, social ...Macfarlan, on the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike (Route 47) of 1840's and 50's construction, is remembered for its role in the timbering, oil and gas industry, which came to the front in the late 1800's. A few miles away at Cairo was the east-west B & O Railroad, a gateway to the greater world. However, for the most of us, the village ...My cell phone number is 304-210-3331. I was born and raised in Calhoun County, attended White Pine Elementary School and graduated from Calhoun County High School. I am currently employed at Hardmans Home Center in Grantsville and also am a substitute bus driver for Calhoun County Schools.THURSDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT: CALHOUN HAS 45 NEW CASES SINCE FRIDAY - WV Has 2,135 New Cases Thursday. (09/17/2021) The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 2,135 new COVID-19 cases and 17 additional deaths in its report on Sept. 16. The DHHR confirmed 1,805 new COVID-19 cases and 35 additional deaths in its report on ...
Leona married Holly Sturm, son of the founder of the Hur Telephone Company William J. Sturm (1871-1949) in 1928, and moved to the village. Holly Sturm (1905-1938) died at the age of 33 from illnesses, leaving his wife with three children to raise. The phone system was established just after 1900. Leona's father-in-law William J.
HUR HERALD'S TALES OF BEAR FORK: WAS IT COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS ARSE? (05/18/2022) By Bob Weaver. 2018 - HOW COLD WAS IT AT FROZEN, WEST VIRGINIA? Calhoun County has a great place-name for frigid weather - Frozen, on the edge of the Bear Fork wilderness.
WV IS MOST SHRINKING STATE IN USA (08/16/2021) By Bob Weaver. West Virginiaâ s population fell 3.2% over the past decade, the largest population loser in the USA. Calhoun and 46 other WV counties have seen a decline with the 2020 census, the official county number not yet available.SHORT HISTORY OF GRANTSVILLE - Published In 1942. (03/20/2024) Town of Grantsville in 1942 from Pine Creek Hill, with "new". courthouse under construction to right, cleared Hospital Hill. (Photo courtesy of the David Hathaway collection) Submitted by Norma Knotts Shaffer. The following article was written by Attorney Louis Reed for deposit in ...By Bob Weaver. One of America's outstanding entrepreneurs and multi-millionaires got his "legs" in Spencer, West Virginia. Don Panoz's (1935-2018) family moved to Spencer in the 1940s, his father was a rising boxer in Ohio who suffered a disability, and then landed a job of managing the Moose Lodge in Spencer, bringing along his fledgling family.While the Hur Herald was photographing the dangling rock and mudslide, the boulder broke and crashed into the highway, with parts of the rock going through a metal guardrail, into the Little Kanawha River. shaking the earth. ... The power company was on scene restoring the power lines and the WV Department of Highways was preparing to begin ...Hur Herald - Local News Calhoun County West Virginia. Recent News Updates: 04-30-2024. REMEMBERING: WILLARD JONES RESTS ON HIS MOUNTAIN - Who Will Sing …Harold R. Lockhart 80, of Palestine, West Virginia, passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at Camden Clark Memorial Campus. He was the son of the late Ivan and Ica (Lott) Lockhart. He was a 1949 graduate of Wirt County High School, served in the US Army during the Korean War and retired from Johns Manville after several years of service. He ...
Irene Jarvis Gunn, 99, of Chloe, died in Conroe, Texas on December 31,2020, just weeks before her 100th birthday. Jarvis, a descendant of the legendary "Mammy Jane" Jarvis was the subject of several Hur Herald articles. She was born January 20, 1921, a daughter of the late Spencer Doc and Effie McClain Jarvis. Irene is survived by her daughter ... Leona married Holly Sturm, son of the founder of the Hur Telephone Company William J. Sturm (1871-1949) in 1928, and moved to the village. Holly Sturm (1905-1938) died at the age of 33 from illnesses, leaving his wife with three children to raise. The phone system was established just after 1900. Leona's father-in-law William J. Are you a loyal reader of the Daily Herald newspaper? Do you want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your subscription? In this article, we will share some valuable tips a...Hur Herald Obituary Archives 2001-2021 in Hur, WV. Stump Funeral Home Obituaries in Grantsville, WV. West Virginia Death Records Index 1853-1970 at West Virginia …BLOWN AWAY IN 1927 - Hur's Ruby Smith Survived (01/14/2024) Hur resident Ruby Smith (above) was not expected to survive a Calhoun gas explosion, according to a news account appearing in 1927. Smith was seriously injured when a casing head blew off a well, hurling him at least 50 feet. He received a fractured skull and serious injuries about his ...
LOOKING BACK: W.W.I Soldiers Grantsville (07/06/2023) WW I soldiers in front of the old courthouse, Grantsville, WV. Bob Weaver collection
Charolette Mae Hathaway Taylor, 52, of Davisville, WV, died May 5, 2019 at her home in Davisville WV. She was born April 9, 1967, in Calhoun County, WV, the daughter of Ethel Powell Hathaway of Elizabeth, WV and the late Raymond Wesley "Wes" Hathaway. Charolette worked for Home Health Care.The remaining 115 acres will be bought through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Conservation Fund. The land transfer culminates a 10-year Nature Conservancy project aimed at protecting nearly 2,000 acres of former timber company land adjacent to the Roaring Plans and Dolly Sods wilderness areas.Calhouners will first recall A. James coming to the county nearly 40 years ago as the "REAP" director, collecting old junk cars from hollows and roadways. A. James carried a scythe on his shoulder, demonstrating his war on junk, climbing on top of rusted vehicles pounding them with a sledge and making eloquent speeches about West Virginia.Emirates is now showing more award availability from London Stansted in its new first class suite. Here's where to find awards and how to book them. Emirates is now releasing more,...Reprinted from Hur Herald 2000. Joker was barely a village from the start, so its fading away was quite easy. It is marked on the Calhoun landscape by the still standing Bryner Chapel Church and cemetery, a picturesque setting at the top of the hill between Hughes Fork of Rowels Run and Annamoriah Creek and Lemuels Run. Bryner Chapel Church.LEADING CREEK OIL BOOM: 1901 - Calhoun County is now the center of attraction to oil and gas men. Grantsville is crowded full of people with interest and the fever is high. Among those fields are Leading and Yellow Creek. An oil well on the Metz farm came in and is a good well, paying right handsome sums.The small pastoral homeplace of the late Lucy Marks. The impressive Reip Homestead. The 125 year old Lemuel D. Stalnaker house, last. occupied by "Major" Stalnaker in 20th Century. The Ebenezer Church and cemetery. Most of the old landmark homesteads are gone, but some are still hanging on. We've previously done stories on them.CRED, a two-year-old startup that is helping credit card users in India improve their financial behaviour, has raised $80 million in a new financing round, three sources familiar w...From West Virginia Tourism. 10/09/2017: Sleep Under The Stars! The East Coast's Finest Stargazing ... From the Hur Herald. 05/03/2019: Update: Darkness Has Fallen On Calhoun's Dark Skies Project. 04/27/2019: Calhoun Park is Pristine Jewel - Offers Dozens Of Opportunities, Take A Tour. 04/07/2019: Northern Lights Photographed At Calhoun Park.
Jack D. Cawthon, 86, Morgantown WV. Jack D. Cawthon, 86, of Morgantown, passed away on December 2, 2020, at Sundale Nursing Home. He was born March 9, 1934 near Letter Gap, Gilmer County WV, the son of Elmer R. Cawthon and Ruth Frashure Cawthon. Jack was a Graduate of Glenville High School. He received a B.A. from Glenville State in 1957.
04-11-2021. WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB - Charleston Woman Murdered, 3-Year-Old Child Shot. 04-11-2021. SATURDAY WV COVID-19 REPORT - RISING CASES 455 - Calhoun Appears To Have 13 New Cases This Week, Low Vaccination Rate.
READ HUR HERALD STORIES. BLINDING FLASH, DEAFENING CONCUSSION, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION - Cabot Station Explodes 60 Years Ago (1945) LUM SHAFFER NOW IN ETERNITY - Saturated With Paraffin, "Burned To A Crisp" In Cabot Station Fire (1902)Are you a loyal reader of the Daily Herald newspaper? Do you want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your subscription? In this article, we will share some valuable tips a...It has been over 60 years since the government's War on Poverty was launched in West Virginia. It is a common assumption that people make choices that keeps them poverty stricken, lacking a work gene, having motivation or education to join the work force, becoming takers at the government trough. There are slackers, takers and abusers of the ...WEST VIRGINIA HAS 1-40 ODDS OF COLLIDING WITH DEER - State Leads Nation: 10-29-2012: HENRY'S FORK CRASHES SENDS THREE TO HOSPITAL : 10-29-2012: ... HUR HERALD GETS '$10 MILLION' TO PROMOTE GOOD WORK - A Scam Review For Readers : 03-10-2012: GASOLINE PRICES HITTING $4 GALLON IN WV - ExxonMobil Hits $41 Billion Profit, Shelters Profits Off-Shore ...The articles below were found on the website of the Hur Herald, a Calhoun County, WV online newspaper. Transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilms of the Calhoun …A number of the pastors of the Enon church are buried there. Among the earliest settlers was Rev. Squire Alexander Huffman, who born in Virginia and moved to Calhoun. He married Hannah Vannoy, and organized the first church services in 1810. His son, Absalom and his family are buried in the cemetery. The Huffman homestead, where several ...04-26-2024. STRANGE MUSHROOMS SPOTTED ALONG WEST FORK - "Observed By Keen Backwoods Eye". 04-26-2024. LOST CEMETERY RE-DISCOVERED NEAR EGYPT RIDGE - 30 Repose In Backwoods, Above West Fork Little Kanawha River. 04-26-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Calhoun's Godlight, Green Hills Closing Tighter. 04-26-2024.Thanks much for your longtime support and continued interest. Since the Herald is no longer using a business license, send checks to Bob Weaver, 7697 Pine Creek Road, Mount Zion WV 26151. (OR) PayPal to [email protected]. Contact phone 304 …HUR HERALD UPDATES DELAYED: 02-25-2015: WV-DNR LOOKING AT DEER HUNTING RESTRICTIONS FOR 2015 - Changes Related To Low 2014 Kill: 02-25-2015: RESPONDERS ANSWER CRASH CALLS ON ICY ROADS - Collision On Nicut Road, Injuries Reported In Beech Rd. Crash: 02-25-2015: WEDNESDAY IS BACK TO …Michael John James, 77 - Normantown. (02/18/2011) Michael John James age 77 of Normantown, West Virginia, passed away peacefully to the arms of the Lord on Thursday, February 17, 2011 in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Weston. He was born September 20, 1933 in Gilmer County WV, a son of the late Aubra and Rhoda Whitsel …The Hur Company operated from about 1900 to about 1963, and was the largest exchange beside Grantsville. Wires were strung to Richardson, Egypt Ridge (Roane Co.), Rocksdale, Altizer, Barnes Run, Rowels Run, Cremo, Creston, Joker and Annamoriah. The entire county went to dial service about 1963, mostly to ten-party lines, unless you could afford ...
Glenville, WV - Headlines flashed across local newspapers including The Glenville Democrat and the college's own newspaper, The Glenville Mercury, which boasted that it was the 'official publication of Glenville State Teachers College.' Amelia Earhart was one of the most famous women of her time. She visited what is today Glenville State ...Returning to West Virginia in 1888, he married Miss Chenoweth, daughter of D. W. and Caroline Mollohan Chenoweth, and moved to her parent's farm at the head of Upper Big Run. ... - Note collection, Bob Weaver, Hur Herald. THE NOTEBOOK OF ARISTOTLE SMITH, EDEN, WEST VIRGINIA. Brought by his daughter, Mrs. Dorsey Smith Pierce, St. Albans WV ...The Hur Herald has done numerous stories on Nancy Hart, who originally lived along the West Fork of the Little Kanawha near the Roane-Calhoun line, near Rocksdale-Richardson, and a cartoon series about her life by Neil Grahame. The Teenage Terrorist of Roane County. H. Donald Winkler. Nancy Hart had spirit and spunk— and good aim.Instagram:https://instagram. star gratiot theater showtimesdmv buckeye azcopy paste art smallwellsfargo routing number HUR HERALD'S BEAR FORK TALES - Native Americans Hunted Bear Fork Wilderness, Last Native American Killed In 1804. (05/16/2022) By Bob Weaver. Bradford W. Davis, in a college thesis, wrote about Native Americans in Gilmer County, including the Bear Fork wilderness area. The area was a favorite hunting ground, Davis saying six or seven mounds ...US VETERANS HAVE HIGH HOMELESS RISK - Faces Of The West Virginia Homeless, Breaking The Stereotype (11/08/2023) In 2015 the Hur Herald spent several days with homeless veterans of WV photographing and writing their stories. HOMELESS FACES AND STORIES BREAK STEREOTYPE. WV Homeless veterans and their stories helped by SSVF to find housing below deck dean sloverglende nilson fergus falls DOYLE H. WESTFALL, 87, of Gandeeville, West Virginia, passed away on December 17, 2012 at Lakin Hospital. He was born April 17, 1925 in Jackson County, West Virginia, a son of the late Albert and Edith Carpenter Westfall. He formerly worked as a bread delivery driver, was retired from the Spencer State Hospital, and enjoyed farming and playing ...Gary Gladstone at Hur, WV. By Bob Weaver 2004. Award-winning photographer Gary Gladstone came to Calhoun this past weekend to visit Joker, a faded place and long-gone post office not far from the Village of Hur. He is among many writers, reporters and photographers who have seen fit to come to visit the corporate headquarters of the Hur Herald. is nicolle wallace still on msnbc Dille, West Virginia, was also a company town and there was a company store there. Long since closed, J. O. Dodrill was the manager for many years. ... Given in July of 1997, and is reprinted in the Hur Herald with her permission. Although her roots are in Widen and Dille, she now resides in Frametown, Braxton County, West Virginia where she ...A Calhoun resident Levi Curtis Estep, 21 (right) has been charged with the first degree murder of his life-long friend in Gilmer County. Nicholas "Nick" Brodeur, a resident of Messenger Road, Glenville, was shot to death by Estep about 3 a.m. Wednesday inside a cabin owned by the deceased's family. In a criminal complaint, the WV State Police ...