THE WI NEWSLETTER 12/13


from Roleta and Judy

We wish all of you a wonderful holiday.
May God shine his light upon you and give you peace now and forever.




THE WI NEWSLETTER


Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith Issue 172 December 2013








How much do you know about Washington Irving High School?



What was the name of the school before it was called Washington Irving?
Who named the school Washington Irving?
When was the first WI yearbook published and what was it called?
When was the Be Square Club organized?
What year were the first WI basketball games played in the Carmichael Auditorium?
Where did WI play their football games before Hite Field was constructed?
What was Clay Bramer Hite's nickname?



Which graduating class was first to wear caps and gowns for commencement?


Who designed the distinctive WI logo that was proudly displayed on banners, uniform, sweaters and jackets?


What did Orie McConkey, and every principal after him, have in their office as a symbol of good luck?




THE WIN SCHOLARSHIP

Won't you send a Christmas Gift to the Scholarship Fund?
Thank you for your generosity.


Quilt block made by Pam Wolfe Brown WI 1960

Each year the appreciative WI Newsletter readers send money to support the Washington Irving Newsletter (WIN) Scholarship. A major fund raiser for this cause is a WIN Scholarship Quilt.

All money we receive goes to the scholarship fund and recently we have been giving a boy and a girl, graduating from R.C. Byrd High School in Clarksburg, WV, each a $3,000.00 scholarship paid to their student account at the college of their choice. This money is paid as $1,500.00 before the fall semester starts and $1,500.00 before the winter semester starts. This money may only be used for tuition, books, or other on campus educational expenses. Last year the WIN scholarship quilt earned over $4,000.00

This has been a wonderful "pay forward" project as a thank you to our community, educational system, our principal and our teachers.

Won't you please give some money to the Scholarship fund or buy some tickets to try to win the 2014 WIN Scholarship quilt?

Tickets are 6 tickets for $5.00 and 12 for $10.00…..so increase your chances by buying lots of tickets. The winning ticket will be drawn at our annual CLARKSBURG REUNION PICNIC which will be held in Sarasota, Florida on the second Saturday in March....Mark your calendars to be there. I will ship the quilt to the winner.

You can even sell tickets to relatives, friends or neighbors. We don't care who wants to buy.

WE NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE!

The readers have always come thru in the past. I am sure you will this year.

Make your check out to:
Roleta Meredith /WIN Scholarship

And mail to:
Roleta Meredith
3201 Charles Mac Donald Drive
Sarasota, FL. 34240

THANK YOU




WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS GROUP?


This picture was taken around 1961. Do you remember the name of this group? Can you take a guess? I will only print the correct guesses so you have nothing to lose. Write to Roleta1@aol.com

Great band from the 60's and 70's - all were students from Fairmont State College and most were Fraternity brothers from Theta Xi Fraternity. Ron Prince was from Victory - I believe and the Key board player, Chip Thompson, just retired from another local famous band - Rick K and the Allnighters.

Chuck Warner lives in Fairmont - Studio Photographer; Larry Shoonmaker became a Pastor (passed on now) and his son Matt is BandLand in Clarksburg - great guy; Jim Holbert was from Fairmont - moved to Australia and is a retired Jazz Band teacher; Dr. Noble Turner lives in Hawaii; Chip Thompson owns Fairmont Trucking Co.; and Ron Prince lives in Bridgeport and is retired WV Dept. of corrections administrator.



CORRECTION NOTE------CLASS OF 1960 THRU 1969

If you are from the WI Class of 1960 to and including 1969, and you want information or to make a reservation for attending the WI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, your contact is Sara Howell and her phone number is 304-624-6967. I had the wrong number in the November issue….Sorry.

Please call her to tell her you will be there on June 21, 2014



THE MYSTERY PICTURE IN THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETER



submitted by: Jeff Garrett (WI '71)

This is Clarksburg Casket Company in Glen Elk, Clarksburg. My great-grandfather, Frank Lusk Wilson was Founder and the men pictured were mostly area funeral directors attending an Embalming seminar.



submitted by: Rick Wilson (WI '61)

The Casket factory is my mystery picture guess. It is located at north end of bridge across B&O tracks going from Glen Elk no. 1 into Glen Elk no. 2. This is an early 1900's picture if it is the plant since in my era it had a larger, longer facade, after several expansions. I believe Frank L. Wilson, founder, is in group on far right. Picture is too grainy to be certain.

Thank you, as always, for a fine newsletter.



submitted by: Brooke Beall (NDHS '58)

I think the mystery picture is an early picture of the Clarksburg Casket Company and employees.

Clarksburg Casket Company is a venerable casket manufacturer, founded in 1906 by Frank Wilson. It also remained family managed; control of the company passed to Mark Garrett, grandson-in-law of the founder, in 1981. Clarksburg Casket was acquired by Aurora Casket Company in 2000.

Congratulations to you and Judy for the good work you do with the WI Newsletter. I have enjoyed it since the beginning.

NOTE: Yes, Boo has been a reader and contributor since we first started. Thanks for sticking with us.




THE MYSTERY PICTURE FOR DECEMBER


Can you identify the above picture? Please take a guess, I only print the correct ones. If you want to play our game, write your guess to Roleta1@aol.com.


HOT DOGS

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR FAVORITE ONES?

submitted by: Jim Nutter (WI '71)

The Hamburger Mart, on East Main near Water Street, had the best tasting hot dogs. Back in the late fifties thru sixties, Dad would bring home their dogs for our Saturday evening TV western shows. I remember he complained to us when the price was raised to 20 cents.

Once in a while, mom would walk my brother and me from our home in Golf Plaza to Joe's Dairy Bar on Harrison Ave, for his hot dogs. Joe's is also where I would buy comic books.

There was a very small restaurant on West Pike near its intersection with Sycamore Street, which would serve hot dogs during breakfast.

Hot dog assembly, according to my brother Ray: The bun is to be steamed, mustard is to be spread on the weiner, followed by the sauce, and then onion placed on top. He has been known to give these instructions when ordering at an unfamiliar restaurant.



submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)

I loved the hot dogs from Sanitary on Pike St. I remember when I was about 4 yrs old that my father would take me there. He would put me on a stool and the man behind the bar would fix me a hot dog on a plate. It had so much sauce I couldn't pick it up and I had to eat it with a fork. Many years later when I was working at the Telephone Co we would call and order hot dogs for lunch. They were still the best.



submitted by: Gladys Williams (WI '71)

My favorite hot dogs were made by my mother, Ann, who owned Second St. Coffee Shop. She owned the restaurant from 1967 - 1982. It was located at the end of Traders Alley and Second Street and only had 4 booths. The WV restaurant was on the other corner of the alley. My Uncle Angelo would make 25 lbs. of chili for her in a pressure cooker. It was her father's secret recipe. It did not have any tomatoes in it. We have tried to cut the recipe to 5 lbs., but it's not the same. I liked chili, mustard and onions on my hot dogs.



submitted by: Sandy Zickefoose Lindke (WI '56)

Yes, the best hot dogs were made at Webb's in Hartland on the corner of Magnolia and Traction. I was raised just across the tracks from the store. My mother worked for Mrs. Webb. Mom also made that wonderful chili from the secret recipe. She put all the ingredients into a huge roasting pan and cooked it in the oven for hours adding small amounts of water as needed. This was long before crockpots and slow cookers. How good that smelled and how wonderful it tasted on those steamed hot dogs and buns with mustard, catsup and onions. Is your mouth watering? Mine is. Wonderful memories from a great time.



submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)

The best place in the Clarksburg was – still is – and will (hopefully) always be RITZY LUNCH. Every time that I am in C-burg, I go to Ritzy Lunch to have AT LEAST one hot dog, with chili, onions, and SALT!

When my brother and I were in for the WI picnic this past August, we went there for a hot dog and had the most pleasant visit with Johnny Selario, who I used to run around with "back in the day".

I was glad that the restaurant was still owned by the Selario family.

I remember when my Uncle Harry Lang passed away, my brother, sister, mother and I were at his house on Spring Avenue going thru stuff getting ready for an auction that we had decided to have. It came time for lunch, and my mother offered to go get us all something for lunch and she came back with (you probably guessed it already) about a dozen or more hot dogs from RITZY LUNCH. Needless to say, none of them went uneaten.



submitted by: Bob Bridge (WI ‘56)

Roleta,

I was a member of DeMolay and we had a clubroom off the alley in the back of the Masonic Temple. At noon on virtually every WI school day several of we members would speed to the Fourth Street Lunch, buy our Chili Dogs for lunch and carry them the block to the clubroom, where we had a soft drink machine. This made for a not very healthful, but great, lunch!

While Fourth Street had all you could want in chili dogs (with onions), we found another place toward Bridgeport, near Minards. I don’t remember the name of the place. We went there for our chili dogs on meeting nights when we had access to cars. Their dogs were almost as good as Fourth Street, but had the added attraction of being 3 cents cheaper. Since there would normally be some 20 of us eating at least two, that constituted big time savings.

I don’t think I’ve ever found chili dogs quite as good; except perhaps yours at the Clarksburg picnic in Florida.

Have a happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year



submitted by: Sarah Julian Schneider ((ND '63)

My late Uncle Lou Cavallaro (WI '35) owned a drugstore at two different sites in North View. Thriftway's second location was on 17th Street. My Aunt Velma Jo (still living) was from Texas and made the best hot dog chili for hot dogs sold there. I would even eat a chili dog with no wiener. My cousin Larry (ND '65) and I are looking for the recipe as his mother cannot recreate it. There was a low counter with stools where my Grandmother Mamie Cavallaro worked. She and my Grandfather Dominic built a house at 2325 Williams Ave. when I was not yet in school. My mother Theresa Cavallaro Julian Morini (WI '37) is 94 and lives near my husband and me in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thank you so much for writing and sharing. I hope someone finds that chili recipe and will share it with us.

We all enjoy a good hot dog.



COMMENT ON THE OCTOBER MYSTERY PICTURE

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)

I cannot believe that I did not recognize the October Mystery picture of the Carbon Office Building picture that my sister (Elizabeth TETER Akin) submitted, but I could not picture what the background stuff was. OH WELL, you would think after my Aunt worked in that building; my Dad worked at the Carbon; my brother worked at the Carbon on a co-op scholarship; and I worked there on a contract via Sutter Roofing Company that I would have recognized it. OR, my sister could have TOLD ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



REMEMBERING OUR TEACHERS

submitted by: Susan Madia

Thank you Roleta and Judy, you do a fine job. It is so nice of you to do this BIG JOB.

I have missed a couple of newsletters so I missed the favorite teachers and least favorite. I liked many of my teachers. Mrs Martino and Mrs Bauld. I thought they were tough but very fair. I liked Mrs Broughton a lot, she was my senior English teacher. Think it was her first year. She was very kind. Both of the home ec. teachers were lovely. Now Mr. Limpert was so mean to me...even called me names. I really didn't like him or Mr. Hall who taught shorthand and typing...he was evil. I was terrified of Miss Nutter. I took Jr. English in summer school to avoid her. She told one of my best friends that her father didn't have an honorable profession. He drove a bread truck. I believe they went to the school over it. For the most part I think we had good teachers. I loved WI and couldn't imagine going any where else. It was a fun four years.



UNSUNG HEROES HONORED BY THE JOURNAL AT LUNCHEON

November 8, 2013

By: John McVey jmcvey@journal-news.net

INWOOD - The Journal's ninth annual Unsung Heroes luncheon is one small way to say thank you to the veterans featured in the Unsung Heroes series and to all veterans, Editor Christopher Kinsler told the group of veterans and their families who gathered Thursday for the luncheon at South Berkeley Baptist Church.

"Thank you for letting us tell your stories," Kinsler said. "And thank you for sharing your stories."

Every Monday from Memorial Day to Veterans Day, The Journal features the personal stories of local men and women who served in the United States armed services during peace time and during times of conflict.

The keynote speaker was Tim Cook, acting director of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg. He spoke about his father, a World War II veteran.

"I want to tell you my own unsung hero story about my father," he said. "I trusted him. I respected him. I learned everything I ever needed to know from him. I held him in the highest esteem."

Cook said that every time he would read the Unsung Heroes stories in the newspaper, he was reminded of his father and reminded of what it means to be a hero.

"The services we provide at the medical center is my way of giving back," he said. "Thank you on behalf of the medical center and the Department of Veterans Affairs for your dedication and sacrifice and for being amazing role models that make it possible for me to be here today."

Each veteran was presented with a plaque engraved with their name and inscribed "From a grateful community in appreciation for your service."

The VAMC presented each veteran with a personalized copy of their Unsung Heroes story.

Also at Thursday's luncheon, Sue Moats and Jane Tweddle of the Quilts of Valor Foundation presented three quilts to veterans, who were drawn at random. The veterans were Walter Ridenour, Herbert J. Stotler, both WW II veterans, and Tyrone Kennedy, a Vietnam War veteran.

Moats and Tweddle are members of The Woods Quilters, who help to produce patriotic-themed quilts that are presented to veterans. Each quilt is individually designed and is unique.

"We want the quilts used," Moats said. "Love them. Use them."

While they were able to present only three quilts this year, they hope to present a Quilt of Valor to all the Unsung Heroes in the future.

The Quilts of Valor Foundation was started in 2003 by Catherine Roberts of Seaford, Del., who created a quilt for her son, Nathaniel, when he returned from his year-long deployment to Iraq. Roberts connected with quilters around the country to produce quilts for returning service men and women.

Additionally, Michael Wiltshire presented a burial flag to the reporters of The Journal for presenting the stories of the Unsung Heroes.

Wiltshire, who lives in Bunker Hill and is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, preserves and restores discarded flags that were draped over the caskets of deceased service men and women. He tries to return the flags to the families of the deceased service man or woman, but if he cannot, he presents them to dignitaries and institutions.

Most recently, he presented flags to the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tenn., and to Ann Brown, the former director of the VAMC.


Pictured standing on the left side is Sue Selby Moats (WI 1955). Sue is the lady who came up with the idea of a WIN Scholarship quilt to raise money to help the Scholarship Fund.




ANYONE WHO EVER ATTENDED WI IS INVITED
TO
THE DIAMOND JUBLEE OF WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL
JUNE 21, 2014
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR CONTACT PERSON

submitted by: Joy Gregoire DeFazio (WI '59)

An organized effort to celebrate the "Diamond Jubilee" of the big red brick school building on the hill in Clarksburg known as Washington Irving is underway. One hundred years ago, the first classes were held in the new building.

A day-long event to be held on Saturday, June 21, 2014, will include a parade with floats, groups of graduates walking together behind banners bearing their year of graduation, sports teams, former teachers and much more.

Other planned activities for the "Hilltoppers" are an opening ceremony on the courthouse plaza and a get-together of all attendees in the large area known as Jackson Square on Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg.

Photo displays of graduates and activities through the years, a Wall of Fame featuring achievements of graduates, and an evening dinner. Jim Campbell, a graduate of the Class of 1960, will provide recorded music of the decades – some of it danceable and some just for listening.

Times for the various events will be announced in the future.

Graduates are asked to make a commitment to attend by sending in their reservation before March 15, 2014: $15 for a single person or $25 per couple along with their name(s), address, phone number and e-mail address to WI Centennial, 443 Lee Avenue, Clarksburg, WV 26301 before March 14. Checks should be made to WI Centennial.

Persons wanting more information may contact one of the following based on the year of graduation:

Dick and Joanne (Simpson) Tetrick (304-842-0733), graduates of 1940-1955;
Joy Gregoire DeFazio (304-969-9179) or Carolyn Pinella Warne (304-622-4261), graduates of 1956-1959;
Sara L. Howe (304-624-6967), 1960-1969;
Sharon Underwood (304-622-4081), 1970-1979;
Staci Nutter (contact WI Middle School 304-624-3271), 1980-1989;
and Tim Dyer (304-625-6078), 1990-1995.



MEMORIES

THIS AND THAT

submitted by: Jim Callis (WI 1951 Greenbrier Military 1953)
oozervach@aol.com

My 80 year memories of Clarksburg.

I remember riding the street car from Stealey to town for 7 cents. Also riding the inter urban street car to Fairmont and Weston. Two of our neighbors were motor men and treated us to free rides and let us operate it on short segments.

I loved the big flower gardens in our neighborhood. Duff Street is still so busy and dangerous.

It was great to go sledding from the new addition down to Duncan Ave. Some kids hooked onto the city buses to go faster and farther, that was too scary for me.

I was a Lt. on the school patrol, Clarence was a Captain. We used large flags. Morgan Grade School had no accidents. The rural kids rode the bus and were usually late. So many had muddy shoes, I guess it was from the unpaved roads.

One time I asked Mrs. Micheaux if she had graded our history tests. She said, "No." Unfortunate for me as I said, "Fine teacher you are". All hell broke loose. Mt Sheets threw the book at me. I received an F in deportment.

At Central, I didn't get along with Mr. Corder or Gregory. I could free hand mech. drawing faster than using the compass and t-square. I loved Miss Israel.

The Coffee Mill had the best French fries. Ray Garrett and I would spend my allowance there and leave a big tip to the prettiest gal server.

Blands only served cold sandwiches that tasted great and their milk shakes were the best. The guys loved to sit on the old post office rails and watch the gals walk by in their spring dresses.

I worked for Madge at Robinson Grand as an usher and had free access to the Moore's Opera House. Sometimes Ray and I would visit the Orpheum...but it had a "skanky" odor.

These are a few of my memories.



submitted by: Frances Tate Barrett (WI '50)

After reading the article in the WI Newsletter for this month, I wanted to add some information. I had a 1950 Washington Irving classmate who was in the Hanoi Hilton for several months. Shared a cell or was in the one beside John McCain. His name is Hubert "Bud" Flesher.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We THANK Hubert "Bud" Flesher for serving our country.



submitted by: Bill Bryan (RW '57)

Congratulations on 14 years of great information! I appreciate your openness to allow graduates of other Harrison County schools to be readers. I look forward to it monthly!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thank you Bill, we love to hear things like this. It is our pleasure to bring this to you….



A NICE LOT? A HOUSE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LOT

BUT

NOT FROM OUR MEMORIES


Picture sent to us by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)

Won't you write to us and share your memories of this home? Need a hint, this home and lot was bought by a church. After using the home for awhile, they decided to tear down the home and the picture is of the lot where the magnificent home once stood. There were 4 very nice children raised there. The home was sort of a meeting place. We all thought of them as rich but they didn't act like they even knew it. The mother and father were very loving people. Have you guessed who lived there yet? It was the Bailey home located on Milford Street. The children were Beverley, Doug, Gary and Connie.

Write about the house or the people to Roleta1@aol.com.



WANT TO DANCE? LOVE THAT 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S MUSIC?

CLICK ON THIS LINK AND MAKE YOUR CHOICE

submitted by: Glen Cowgill (WI '59) Thanks Glen

http://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm

I may have run this in the newsletter before but it is worth taking a look at one more time.

I bet you enjoy the music.



WHERE WERE YOU WHEN J.F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED?

WRITE YOUR MEMORIES TO Roleta1@aol.com

submitted by: Sherry Ellen Hutchison Keith (WI '64)

Roleta,
A challenging question we all can answer:

"Where were you when JFK was Assassinated?" answering my daughter's question.

I was a young mom, and my son, Alan's dad was in the 82nd Airborne during the Cuban Missile Crisis and he had to go to Miami and await orders to perhaps jump into Cuba.. but , Castro backed down and the mission was scrubbed.

The day Kennedy was killed, was a beautiful day in North Carolina, where we lived in a little two bedroom house in Eutah Village, behind the Shopping Center area of the same name, in Fayetteville just outside of Ft. Bragg Army Installation. I had a couple of girlfriends over that afternoon and the front door was wide open and Alan and maybe another young toddler were playing on the hard wood floors. The phone rang and it was Alan's dad, Don Wyant, from work at Ft. Bragg. He instructed me to turn on the TV and I was excited, and thought maybe he was going to be on there, doing something ....or something...like that. and he repeated, ' Just turn on the TV". And of, course it was horrible news and it didn't stop for weeks and months...really. And all this right there at Thanksgiving time and all... Of course, he was such a young president and their legacy as a First Family was so much a part of the fabric of AMERICA at that time. Just so Happy and Hopeful... and it just ceased to be in that moment. My friends left quietly and stunned. America was just stunned, I would say. I waited for Don to come home.

Then the next morning the snobby Lieutenant, who lived next door and wouldn't even look our way because Don was just a Private First Class when we first moved in beside him, finally spoke to Don when he took the trash out the day after the President was shot. Isn't that funny? People are so funny, really... It makes me sad to recall it. All of America will be remembering these next few weeks. where they were, how the atmosphere was, how everything changed in an instant! And of course glued to the TV, most everyone was watching when around dinner time the next day, on the National News, they were walking Oswald out of jail and Jack Ruby, who already knew, they found out, had cancer and not long to live anyway, ... Shot Oswald dead at point blank range... right there on TV. That just added another layer of mystery to the many conspiracy theories that followed in the wake of the killing of the president. And still today no one believes Oswald did it alone nor that one bullet hit the President and Govenor Connelly of Texas. They were even saying that it was the manic bullet... that took a path that was impossible. Leading most to think there were two shooters, not one, and on and on....to this day.



submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)

I remember the day very well. My husband, Bill, was at work. I had gone upstairs to rest and get my 3 year old son, Victor, to take a nap. After that we went out on the front porch and the neighbors were asking me if I had seen the shooting on TV. I have never been one to watch daytime TV so of course they figured I didn't know anything about the tragedy. Those of us who lived through it will never forget.

Some of the styles of the 1960's have returned for a short period over the years since then. My granddaughters were so enthralled with the styles and excited to talk about the music of the 60's, etc. I told them that it was a very hard time in America and I hoped that nothing about those years ever returned. Just stop and think of the deaths of Jack Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy, the riots, the wars, Cuba, Russia, Berlin Wall, the big surge in dope usage, communes, the downturn of morals, etc. Certainly a decade I never want to see repeated.



BOB HOPE VISITED THE TROOPS FOR CHRISTMAS
REMEMBER?

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER BOB!

submitted by: Marsha Woods Roper (WI '59)

Click on this link and relive those days one more time.

http://biggeekdad.com/2011/02/bob-hope-christmas/

MERRY CHRISTMAS….




THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN TO
THE WIN SCHOLARSHIP

Our thanks to the following listed people who have given so generously to the WIN SCHOLARSHIP fund.

FROM:
Allen Alvarez (WI 1957)

Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI 1959)

Carl Lyon (WI 1942)

Eleanor Kuhl (WI 1957)

Ann Brannon Pushkin (WI 1952)

David Grimes (WI 1963)

Anthony Bellotte (WI 1957)

Michael and Jill Helm (Daughter of Roy Smith---born in Clarksburg but schooled in Ohio).




CAROLYN PINELLA WARNE
MYSTERY SUBJECT IN THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

submitted by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)

This fair young lassie is Carolyn Pinella Warne, otherwise known as Sarah in our household. She is Sarah and my husband, Jim, is Bob to her. It is a long standing joke and they remember each other by those names. Carolyn graduated from WI in 1959 after joining us for our senior year of high school. She is a wonderful, caring, human being putting everyone else before herself.


submitted by: Linda Oliverio Kolosky (WI '60)

The picture from October’s newsletter, which I was late in reading, is of Carolyn Pinella Warne. We are childhood friends who grew up playing in the streets in Glen Elk #2. Carolyn and I were not only friends but also her mother Sue and my dad Jimmie were in the same graduating class at WI. It doesn’t end there, but her grandparents and mine came over from Italy around the same time. Carolyn’s first cousin Marcella (Pudgy) Ribas and I were best friends. We grew up at a wonderful time when family and friends knew each other. I agree with everyone that wrote in, that Carolyn is as genuine and kind today as she was growing up.




CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

submitted by: Debbie (Sayre) Stoikowitz (WI '69)

At this time of year I like to reflect on how busy the little city on the hill was at Christmas time when I was growing up. I remember the buzz in town and how the Christmas tree on the court house plaza and all the Christmas lights and decorations made me so excited for Christmas. Parsons Souders was so festive and beautiful. Palace Furniture's window was even more beautiful with their Christmas display. People were going in and out of stores to buy their Christmas gifts.

I'm so glad I grew up in that big little city on the hill. Miss those days so much and Clarksburg will never be like that again.

Hope I did not make the old timers like me sad just maybe reminded them of our little town where we all grew up. I'll hold these memories in my heart forever!



CLARKSBURG BARBER SHOPS



submitted by: Alexis Julian Scott (ND '65)

My father's barber shop was in Glen Elk and there are many stories, but the one I remember is this:
Frank Loria, Clarence Fiber and Pete Secret were seniors and playing their last Notre Dame football game....they all went to my Dad and said they wanted "Mohawk" cuts. Well, my Dad asked them if it was OK with their parents and they all said something very vague, I would assume....well, needless to say, it wasn't OK with their parents or Coach Sam Scalopio or Sister Ann Regina (?)....they were all back the next day and all got buzz cuts....my Dad always laughed about that particular day.....he knew they'd be back.....



submitted by: Bill Bryan (RW '57)

Barber shops: As a junior ('55-'56), I was getting flat-tops at the Stonewall, which I think had the reputation for giving the best. Frank Lacaria, mentioned in the Oct. Newsletter, also had a brother barber, Felix. There were two shops in Broadway, Ayoob's on Main, near the corner with Broadway Ave. and Felix Lacaria's shop on Broadway next to Broadway market. I think cuts were fifty cents then. I remember Felix well. He always wore some kind of a solid metal ring on his small finger. If you were unruly in the chair, he didn't hesitate to bop you on the head with the ring. Not that I was unruly, but it didn't feel good to get bopped!



submitted by: Jim Avaro (Wi '56)

I don't remember Frank's Barber Shop on South Second because I never went there. I'm not sure if that was the same owner as Frank Lacaria's (Sp?) Barber Shop now located on Pike St. near Second Street. I believe it is in the old Enrall (Sp?) Building. My father went to Frank's Barber Shop for many, many years. He was a very good friend of Frank. I think Frank passed away a couple years ago in his 90's and I believe he was still cutting hair. Frank's son is operating the barber shop located there, the last I heard.

My first barber shop that my father took us to was Doc Stalknaker's located next to the Broad Oaks / Haymond Hwy Bridge that separated Lower Broad Oaks from Upper Broad Oaks. They owned the store that was next to the barber shop. I remember Dad's hair cut was two "bits". I guess ours must have been a little less than that. Two "Bits", was the amount for a shave and a haircut. How many people remember WI's cheer. "Two Bits, Four Bits, Six Bits, a Dollar, All Out for WI Stand Up and Holler?" Now how many knew what "two bits" meant? I asked a few about our age that remembered the cheer but had no idea what they were saying.

Back to the barber shops.
It was a big thing for the WI boys to get there hair cut at Stonewall Jackson Hotel. I can't remember what it cost but I used to get my flattop cut by Dominick. After he cut the flattop, he put a comb on top to show how flat the cut was. After Dominick passed away, I went to Bob Dunn who cut hair there. Bob was a Bridgeport H.S. grad and football player. He would put the Butch Wax on my hair to make it stiff. I believe if I had accidentally banged my head against a wall, all my hair would break and fall off.

Other Barber shops I remember, Ayoob in Broadway, Jimmy's in Glen Elk, Bo's in Nutter Fort, and I believe there was one on Trader's Alley.

Not too many Red and White Barber Poles on outside of buildings anymore.

Another great newsletter! Thanks to you, Judy, Bill, and all those that have contributed.



submitted by: Linda Oliverio Kolosky (Wi '60)

The picture of the barbershop in the November Newsletter is of my dad Jimmie Oliverio, (better know as “Jimmie the Barber”) and his best friend Alex Julian. They both started cutting hair as very young men in Glen Elk before WWII. My dad was a teenager when he first started cutting hair to help support his family. He told us that he had to stand on a box in order to reach his customer.

I loved to watch my dad cut hair. The way he held his scissors in his hand with his little finger raised and the rhythmic sound of clip chip was like watching a maestro leading his orchestra. Dad was a perfectionist. He knew his customers and how they like their hair styled. His customers were more than just customers they were his friends. He cut their hair when they were sick and even at the end he would go to the funeral home to give them one last cut.

Dad and George Hart owned Traders Barber Shop next to the Ritz Theater. I believe it was one of the largest in Clarksburg. His last barbershop was in the Empire Bank Building. Dad was the first barber by appointment in WV.

I never went to a beauty salon to get my haircut until I graduated from college and moved away from home. When I came home for a visit dad always scrutinized my cut. He always gave me the best “bob” ever. I remember how I loved the fresh smell of the talcum powder on dad’s soft long hairbrush and how it tickled when he brushed away the hair on my nose and face.

I don’t know how many barbershops there were in Clarksburg and the surrounding neighbor hoods in the fifties and sixties but everyone had their favorite one. Of course I am biased, and think my dad was the GREATEST!

THE PICTURE FROM THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER




submitted by: Donnie Oliverio (NDHS '63)

My sister Linda (WI 1960), has wanted me to write about my Dad's barber shops. The shop on 4th Street was shared with Alex Julian . Alex's Father taught my Dad how to cut hair, when he was 12 years old. It is true that he had to stand on a box to cut hair. The picture shown in the November Newsletter belonged to my Dad. The other person in the photo in Alex's chair is Mike Tiano.

My Dad had several shops, the one on 4th St., another in the Clark Hotel on Clark St. next to the Royal Cafe. Most remember the Traders Barber Shop on Pike St. next to the Ritz Theater. His last shop was Jimmie's Barber Shop in the Empire Bank on the 2nd floor. It was the first barber shop by appointments in West Virginia.

At age 14, my first job was to clean the Traders Barber Shop, every day after school until graduated in 1963. I probably met about every barber in town. My senior year I was paid $10.00 per week.I was rich!!!! When my Dad passed away I got all of his tools including a 1940's barber chair that still works perfectly. While looking thru his stuff, I found an unopened tube of Butch Wax, also found the flat top comb with the leveler on it. That is how they kept the flat tops level.

I could go on about the other shops and number of barbers that I knew. Many have passed away, but I am still friends with several to this day.



Well, it seems my brain was channeled in with the Clarksburg Connect Blog. I absolutely did not know that someone there was going to write about the barber shops when I asked in the October Newsletter for your memories of Barber Shops. I am sharing the address that I just received to the blog so you can read and enjoy it but I am still hoping you will write and tell me where you went to get your hair cut. Write to Roleta1@aol.com.

Now here is the link to the second installment on this subject in the latest Clarksburg Connect Blog.

Clarksburg Connect Blog




LEARNING TO DRIVE

submitted by: Bill Bryan (RW '57)

My father was not too patient with me as a 16-17 year old learning to drive. Thank goodness for a classmate of mine, Bill Mills (long time Hope Gas employee) who had an old Studebaker and let me drive with it. Bill, Dave Shinn, and myself would drive out to Maple Lake in the evenings and shoot basketball across from the clubhouse. I took my test behind the court house in a '46 Plymouth. I think it started on Washington Ave., west to S. Fifth, back down Lee to 3rd, then parallel parked on Washington Ave.



submitted by: Jane Stout Galvan (WI '59)

I just looked at the Newsletter. Those funny looking things are "spats" which were a covering for the ankle and the top part of the shoe. I can remember my grandfather, Dr. Chester Ogden wearing them in the late forties. Also I learned to drive in my parents Plymouth Station wagon and took my driving test the very day I turned 16.



submitted by: Roleta (WI '59)

I learned to drive on Davidson Run Road. I guess my Dad didn't trust me too much on the streets so in order to learn to handle the car, I had to miss the pot holes, or dry mud holes on the old dirt road…..and then after I had driven for about 20 minutes or so----I had to do it backwards. Over and over again we did this but I didn't mind….I WAS DRIVING! Even though we weren't going anyplace….. After reading Bill Bryan's letter, I think that the driving test I took followed the same route, only a different car. I had to drive a car as long as a boat. It was charcoal gray and salmon color with pushbutton starter. I think it was a Chrysler product and it seems it was a Phoenix. I am sure it didn't have power steering nor for wheel drive….I hardly ever got to borrow it anyway so it didn't make any difference.



submitted by: Sandy Zickefoose Lindke (RW '56)

I was a mother of three and expecting my fourth when I learned to drive in my husbands, Gene Thomas, 4 door cream and copper 57 Chevrolet. When I went to get my learners permit I asked the state trooper if there was any law against learning to drive while pregnant? He stood up and looked over his desk to count the three kids that were with me and said "NO". So with said three kids in the back seat I learned to drive. My instructor was a neighbor girl friend. We were living on Grand Blvd in Bridgeport at the time. I learned to parallel park by finding a spot between two parked cars and just doing it. When I told Gene I could parallel park he asked where I had practiced. When I said between two parked cars he just about had a stroke and went out to check the car for dents or marks. When I went to take my test my girl friend and the kids had to stand on the curb and wait for me to return. I told the trooper that I had learned to drive with them in the back seat and could they please stay in the car for my testing and he said "NO". Well, I passed on the first try and I still love to drive. I spent quite a few years as a school bus driver in Michigan. What a great job! I also trained new drivers and transported new and used buses to schools and dealers.



45, 33-1/3 OR 78?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
WHAT KIND DID YOU LISTEN TO?

submitted by: Bill Bryan (RW '57)

Records: During the teen years (and a little older), I got to know Philamena (sp?) at Drexel's pretty well. She would let me spin just about anything to get a little listen. Over the years I ended up with about 750 45 rpm's and 300 albums, I still have them, but I have no idea if they are playable. Have thought about transferring them to CD's, but would I listen to them now???



EMAIL ADDRESSES

NEW AND CHANGES

Barbara Allen Boreman (WI '55) ladylake942@gmail.com
Joseph Williams Jr. (WI '56) and
Shirley Heidelmeier Williams (WI '57)		 joeandshirlw@frontier.com
Frank McDonald (WI '58) pompanomac42@yahoo.com
Vincent Merendino (ND '64) jambond0035@gmail.com
Phillip Wyatt (WI '70) philip.wyatt@frontier.com
Jeff Garrett (WI '71) jgarr79266@aol.com
Susan Brown Black (WI '77) susanblack4@gmail.com




THE ICONIC PEPPERONI ROLL

http://www.bonappetit.com/trends/article/west-virginia-s-iconic-pepperoni-roll-is-finallygetting- some-official-recognition




THE ANNUAL CLARKSBURG PICNIC

The 14th ANNUAL CLARKSBURG PICNIC will be held in Sarasota, Florida on March 8, 2014. Same place, same time, same everything. Same good old fashion food and fun with people from the same area of WV…..our County….anyone who has been part of Clarksburg in any way is invited to attend. More details in the January issue.

CONTACT Roleta1@aol.com if you have any questions….thanks



ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTOR

submitted by: Roleta
Roleta1@aol.com

DAVID THOMPSON, military family man
Researched and written by: Vaneta Meredith Rogers



David Thompson, of Scottish ancestry, was Roleta's 4th great-grandfather through her maternal grandmother's mother (Margaret Thompson Poling - David was her father's paternal grandfather). His family was among the earliest settlers in Virginia, being traced all the way back to the 1600's. David Thompson was a sergeant-major in the French and Indian War in a "Company of Rangers" in 1758, then served again after that war in Col. Bouquette's Regiment in 1764. He then served in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army. According to his widow's testimony (as she collected his pension), he "marched prisoners from Orange to Winchester, and was a guard at the Albernarle Barracks under the command of Col. Francis Taylor."

She also said that David was with General [Daniel] Morgan and Col. [William] Washington when the American army retreated through North and South Carolina. (This retreat was an instrumental maneuver during the Revolutionary War and became known as "The Race to the Dan." It is often cited by historians as one of the things that led to Cornwalis' surrender at Yorktown and the end of the Revolutionary War).

Records also indicate that David Thompson had two sons who "served with honor" in the Revolutionary War (Roleta's great-uncles). Apparently, the military tradition was an important part of this family, because David Thompson's grandson (Roleta's third great-grandfather, also named David Thompson) served with honor from private to major in the Virginia Militia during the early 1800's.



DO YOU REMEMBER THE PARKETTE?



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MEMORIES OF SPATS
spatterdashes a short for spats!



submitted by: Marlene Andre (RW '53)

Spats were primarily worn by men, and less commonly by women, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They fell out of frequent usage during the 1920's. Made of white cloth or brown felt material, spats buttoned around the ankle. Their intended purpose was to protect shoes and socks from mud or rain but this footwear also served as a feature of stylish dress in accordance with the fashion of the period.



submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)

I do "remember these", but I am not sure what the real purpose of them was and/or when and/or what they were worn for. They are what I refer to as "shoe toppers", as they would be put on above your shoes and the strap then went under the shoe to hold them in place.



submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)

There were two famous people who I knew wore this type of shoe spats. Ironically, both their names were Fred. One was Fred Astaire, who wore them in just about every movie he made while dancing. The other person was Fred Alvaro, my father. My father wore them when he dated my mom. Mom told me he loved dressing up. I also have the key used to pull the spat over the buttons.

If I remember correctly, one of the best dressed men in our town in the 50's was Charlie McGlumphy's dad, I cannot remember his name but I know several of the readers remember him. I think his name was Art or Arthur. He owned McGlumphy's Mortuary on Main St. He was really a nice man. I do believe he wore spats also. He walked around Clarksburg a lot and wore them while walking through town.



submitted by: Terry Shorr (WI '58)
dtshorr@suddenlink.net

Thanks again for the OUTSTANDING contributions you've made in enriching our lives with the WI Newsletter. Every issue prompts stirring memories, yet seldom have I contributed to the WI Newsletter.

Upon opening the November issue and reading for only a few seconds, I had to type the following:

Spats: I wore them in the WI band 1954-57. And still wear them as a member of the WV Highlanders of Davis & Elkins College (photo attached) .

Hot Dogs: Clarksburg had several great hot dog establishments, but I was partial to those at Joe Bennett's Broad Oaks Dairy Bar. Preferably with chili, mustard, and relish.

Street Cars: As a toddler I barely remember riding them, from the Harrison and Point Sreets stop, halfway from my house to the Broad Oaks Dairy Bar. My teenager uncle Bob Shorr would ride one from Weston to pick me up for the return trip to visit my Shorr grandparents. He enjoyed telling that I once announced, enroute to Lewis County, "Me have to pee pee." The conductor stopped the car, we dismounted, and, to the laughter of other passengers I relieved myself next to the tracks.

Thank you!





WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEER MILITARY MUSEUM

In Weston, WV is a Mountaineer Military Museum. Check it out.

http://www.mountaineermilitarymuseum.com/




GLASS PLANTS

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)

I am not sure how many glass plants there were in the Clarksburg area, but my "guess" would be five. I do remember the names of three of them:

Hazel Atlas     Pittsburgh Plate Glass     Adamston Glass

The Hazel Atlas Glass Company was located at the bottom of Sycamore Street, just before entering Northview. Having lived on Broaddus Avenue, it would be hard to miss this one.

Both of the other two that I mentioned may have been in Adamston



submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)

Here is my list. I have pictures of all of them. I also have pictures of some really old glass plants...Crescent Glass Works, Peerless Glass and Travis Glass.

Pittsburgh Plate
Hazel Atlas
Fourco
Rolland
Adamston Flat
West Fork
Owens

These 2 may or may not be considered glass plants.

Akro Agate
McNichol



SHOCKED

submitted by: Roleta (WI '59)

I am shocked that more people didn't reply to my plea….. I almost hate to publish the list because I don't think anyone will read it. Of course there were many more glass plants listed below than any of us knew. It seems most of them were before most of us were even born…but if you happen to stop at this article and read it, isn't it amazing? Harrison County truly was a Glass Plant Mecca, wasn't it?

Below is a list of the local glass factories that one time or another was located in Harrison County and the year each was started. Those that were in business in 1950 are indicated by an *. Fred Layman (VICTORY 1946) supplied me with this bit of history many years ago. God Bless Fred….I miss him, he was a great supporter of the W I Newsletter.

1. 1899 Lafayette Cooperative Glass Co.
2. Hargo Glass (Salem) was not in business very long.
3. 1900 Liberty Glass Co.
4. * 1900 Hazel Atlas Glass Co.
5. 1905 West Fork Glass Co.
6. 1906 Republic Glass Co.
7. 1907 Tuna Glass Co.
8. 1908 Salem Cooperative Window Glass Co.
9. 1910 Modern Window Glass Co. (Salem)
10. 1914 Peerless Glass Co.
11. * 1915 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
12. * 1915 Rolland Glass Co.
13. 1915 Travis Glass Co.
14. 1915 Alliance Window Glass Co. (Salem)
15. 1920 Paramount Glass Co. (Salem)
16. * 1921 Eagle Convex Glass Co.
17. * 1926 Adamston Flat Glass Co.
18. * McBride Glass Co. (Salem)

Please note: The following glass plants were noted for other type products.

1915 Akro Agate Glass Co. specialized in 90% marble manufacturing. They made a few smaller items such as toy items and some misc. items.

1914 D.E McNicol Co. specialized in pottery products such as china ware for the White House and state parks, etc.

1930 Master Marble Plant was located in Bridgeport. They manufactured marbles and also glass chimney globes such as used in kerosene lamps. 90% of the business was marbles.

The Hazel Atlas Glass Company sold out to Continental Glass Co. They were sold later to Brockway Glass Co. then they were bought by Anchor Hocking Glass Co. Some years after the plant closed it was set on fire by unknown persons. The plant site is now being cleared away.



OBITUARIES

MARGARET "MAGGIE" SAUCER MEYER

Margaret "Maggie" Saucer Meyer, 81, of Clarksburg, WV, died September 9, 2013 at WVU Ruby following complications of an extended illness,

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Keith Meyer (VHS). She is survived by her brother David Saucer and sister-in-law Janet of California, a niece Jamie and her family in California and a nephew John and his family in Texas.

Margaret graduated from WI in 1949. She was a life long member of the Clarksburg Baptist Church and a very active member and past Grand Matron of the Eastern Star.

She retired from Dyer Insurance Agency after many years of real estate management and claims adjustments.

"Maggie" and Keith were devoted golfers and played golf often as they could at Sunny Croft and on their travels. After Keith's death she continued to play frequently with her many lady and men friends at Sunny Croft.



CRAIG REED HOLTZ

Craig Reed Holtz, 57, of Hallandale Beach, FL, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 14, 2013. He was born in Clarksburg on June 12, 1956, a son of Charles E. Holtz, who survives in Clarksburg, and the late Dorothy Reed Holtz.

In addition to his father, he is survived by his stepmother, Isabel Holtz, Clarksburg; his uncles, James W. Holtz and his wife Ava, Shelby, NC; Bill Reed and his wife Betty, Salem; and Charles Reed, Salem; his aunts, Mary Ellen Sutton and her husband Vance, Wintersville, OH, and Sue Maditz and her husband Thomas, Clarksburg; and several cousins complete his family.

He was the grandson of the late Cleoras and Lucy Jenkins Holtz and the late Lottie B. and Cecil G. Reed, and the nephew of the late Rev. William R. Holtz and Naomi J. Phillips.

Craig was a graduate of WI High School, and had attended Fairmont State University. He had previously worked at the Clarksburg Exponent, before moving to Florida 10 years ago. He was working as a foreman at several horse racetracks and dog race tracks. He was Methodist.



SHARON HINZMAN HUKILL

Sharon Ann (Hinzman) Hukill, age 70 of George Washington Highway, Bridgeport, WV passed away Saturday, November 9, 2013 at her residence.

She was born February 4, 1943, in Harrisville, WV a daughter of the late Louie Earl and Wanda Ruth (Grose) Hinzman.

She is survived by six children, Billy Wayne Hukill of Beaufort, SC, Johnie Lee Hukill Jr. and wife Nancy of Clarksburg, Nina Marie Ingram of Clarksburg, Brian Keith Hukill of Bridgeport, Lisa Ann Hukill also of Bridgeport, and Michael Lee Hukill and wife Jamie of Flemington; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Denver Hinzman and wife Betty of Bridgeport; also survived by several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnie Lee Hukill Sr. who passed away May 7, 2012; two brothers, Norman and Bill Hinzman; and one sister, Maria Hinzman.

At Mrs. Hukill's request, she will be cremated and there will be no funeral home visitation. A memorial graveside service will be conducted at a later date.



ROBERT SHAW MARKS

Robin Shaw Marks, 66, departed this life on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.

He was born on Jan. 25, 1947, in Fairmont, W.Va., the son of Sara V. Marks and the late Denzil I. Marks of York, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bridgeport.

Robin attended Bridgeport High School and soon after his graduation joined the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 132. Employed as a heavy crane operator, Robin contributed to various projects within the state of West Virginia; however, his proudest was various heavy lifts associated with setting the radio telescopes at the Green Bank Observatory.

He is survived by his mother and was the proud father of two sons, Jonathon Marks, Bridgeport, and Christopher Marks, Apex, N.C.; and daughters-in-law, Stephanie Marks and Susan Marks; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. He is also survived by one sister, Sally Lloyd Forbes; one niece, Lauren Lloyd, Huntington Beach, Calif.; and one nephew, Ryan Lloyd, York, Penn.



JOYCE ELLEN SCOTT KENNEDY

Joyce Ellen Scott Kennedy, 79, surrounded by family and friends, passed away at her home in Alexandria, VA, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, after a long and courageous struggle with cancer.

She was preceded in death by her infant sister, Mary Rose, and her brother, John Joseph Scott.

Joyce was born in Clarksburg, WV, on Aug. 24, 1934, to parents Nellie Joyce and John Scott, the third of 12 children.

She spent her childhood in Clarksburg and graduated from St. Mary's High School. She moved to the Washington, D.C., area and worked on Capitol Hill for 35 years, first for Senator Jennings Randolph and then with other senators and congressional committees.

She is survived by her siblings, JoAnne, Tom, Mike, Jim, Mary, Jeanne, Francis, Philomena and Ignatius; children, Michael, Peter, Catherine, Christie, Daniel and Nina; her grandchildren, Gregory, Katie, Stephanie, Chris, Emma, Laura, Henry, Bess, Molly, Cecelia, Sarah and Kate; and many nieces and nephews



JAMES S. ZIGMONT


James S. Zigmont, 75 years old, of Broadway Avenue, Bridgeport, passed away at his residence, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. He was born Dec. 30, 1937, in Clarksburg, a son of the late James S. Zigmont and Aranka Opal Tunascik Zigmont.

James is survived by one brother, David L. Zigmont of Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Ruth Z. Martin of Fairmont and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, James was preceded in death by three sisters, Nancy Liberati, Louise Collier and Barbara Zigmont; three brothers-in-law, George W. Collier, Frank Robert Liberati and John R. Martin, Jr., and one sister-in-law Lillian Cassella Zigmont.

James graduated from Washington Irving High School, Class of 1955 and served in the U.S. Army for two years from 1960 to 1961.

James retired as an electrician from Lucent Technologies, formerly Western Electric, after 32 years of service. He was Presbyterian by Faith.



WILLIAM E. “POPPY” TIANO SR.

William E. “Poppy” Tiano Sr., 85, of Clarksburg, passed away Nov. 27, 2013.

He was the son of the late Joseph A. Tiano and Angelina Guzzo Tiano.

Bill is survived by his wife of 63 years, Barbara R. Tomaro Tiano, whom he wed on June 24, 1950.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mary Beth Barberio and husband, John Michael, Clarksburg; two sons, William E. Tiano Jr. and companion Tom Day, Clarksburg, and Robert Joseph Tiano and wife Lisa, Clarksburg; seven grandchildren, He was a 1946 graduate of Victory High School, where he was an outstanding athlete excelling in football and basketball. He was captain of the football team and made the all-tournament team in basketball, holding a state record of 19 consecutive foul shots in the tournament.

Bill was a foreman at Anchor-Hocking Glass Company, formerly Hazel Atlas, Continental Can and Brockway, for 40 years. He was sent to Italy in 1975 as a consultant to set up an American glass machine. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Adamston Lions Club, Columbian Club and Sons of Italy.



MARY FRANCES HART SMITH



Mary Frances Hart Smith, 72, a long-time resident of Canton, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on November 28, 2013, after a long battle with cancer.

Mary was born in Clarksburg, W.Va. on March 17, 1941, to Claude and Muriel Hart. Immediately following graduation from Washington Irving High School in 1959, Mary went on to achieve a long and distinguished career with Ohio Bell/AT&T. Along with her love of cooking and reading, Mary deeply loved her family, her friends and her church. She was an active member at Faith Bible Fellowship in Tallmadge, Ohio. Because of her kind and loving spirit, she spent much of her time and energy as a volunteer and caregiver to others after her retirement.

Mary is survived by her husband of 50 years, Clark Neal; her son, Stephen and his children, Summer, Hunter, and Dustin. She also leaves behind her brother, Frank Hart, of Clarksburg, W.Va. and her sister, Cheryl Armington and her husband, Jim, of Stow; nephews and niece include, Jonathan Dorsey and his wife, Amy and their daughter, Abigail, along with Michael and Jessica Dorsey. She was preceded in death by sisters, Barbara Skinner and Naydene White.





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