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August 20, 2009
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By Martha Ackerman
Angie Dick, the church’s children’s ministry director,
heard about a project through a church member, Marty
Wallace, Cullen’s father.
Team Kid is made up of about 30 children, first through
sixth grades. Through donations, hundreds of golf
balls were collected and the Team Kid members painted
each one with a message–Thank you for your service,
Jesus loves you, various Bible verses and more. It was a joint effort as the Women
on Cullen will be returning to the
A
Bit of History: Beallsville Bank Currency
A
few weeks ago the Beacon received an e-mail from Stephen
Prichard of Beallsville. The e-mail contained a picture
of a $5 bill, followed by a $10 bill and the picture
accompanying this article. According to
After the Federal Bank Holiday was declared in February
1933, Harry Briggs was appointed conservator and the
bank operated on a restricted basis until it went into
receivership in September 1933. The final dividend paid
to depositors was made in June 1935. That plus two
previous dividends equaled a return of 100 percent plus
interest paid to depositors. Other banks mentioned in the history
book included the First National Bank of “It was not until Saturday morning
Oct. 3, 1931, that the true significance of the
financial crisis in
It
is assumed from the photos that each bank had its own
currency. Does anyone have any information on the
currency?
Powhatan PD
Snags Grant to Help Identify Crime Suspects A grant worth more than $20,000 will
make the Powhatan Police Department only the second in
Police Chief Chet Oldfield said his department will
receive a Justice Assistance Grant through the U.S.
Department of Justice in the amount of $22,604 for the
purchase of Law Enforcement Activity and Data System, or
LEADS, terminals to be used in department cruisers. The
equipment will be used by Powhatan Point police officers
to run license plate and driver’s license identification
checks from inside their vehicles. Oldfield said Post 7 of the Ohio
State Highway Patrol in St. Clairsville is the only
department in
“There are a lot of plates we would like to run but we
don’t because the 911 center is tied up with calls,” he
said. “With this, we pull up behind a car, punch it in
and we will be able to get the information right there
in the car.”
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Ormet to Run
Four Potlines Through 2009 Ormet Corporation announced Monday it plans
to continue to operate four potlines through the balance of 2009
as it has secured fixed price metal sales contracts for
September, October and part of November of this year and
continues to explore securing fixed metal price arrangements for
the remaining 2009 metal volume. Since the company made an announcement at
the end of July stating they had issued warn notices to 982
employees, Ormet officials have been working hard to maintain
operations and protect jobs at its “This has been a tough situation but we
moved quickly to take advantage of the rising prices on the
London Metal Exchange,” said Mike Tanchuk, Ormet’s CEO. “I
appreciate the continued support from Governor Strickland, the
PUCO, the USWA, our legislators, our suppliers and most of all,
our employees. We look forward to finalizing the power supply
contract by Labor Day.”
FASTRAC Overage Shared by Chamber, CIC, Team
Donations were recently solicited from area
businesses to subsidize registration fees for the FASTRAC
training offered to area small businesses by Paul Kinghorn of
the Voinovich Leadership School of Ohio University. “Within our request was our promise that we
would equally divide any monies remaining from the donations,”
said Tom Scott, Team Monroe community developer. “After
subsidies were provided to every small business that registered,
monies were divided among Team Monroe and our partners, the
Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) and the Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce. “The generosity of our area businesses and
their support of area small businesses resulted in an excess
amount that allowed for $125 donations to be allocated to our
two partners,” continued Scott. “We are extremely pleased to have made this
training available and to have been able to do so at the reduced
fee of $75 per business registration.,” said Scott. “The reduced
fee was a direct result of the unselfish donations from our
business community,” he added. The training program concluded
its eight-week course on Aug. 13. “Team
The check for the CIC was presented at their
July 21 meeting.
Officials Eye Decentralized Septic System for Hamlets by Arlean Selvy The county budget, and discussion about
decentralized sewer systems were on the Aug. 17 agenda for
Monroe County Commissioners. Dan Mount and Jeffrey Carr, project managers
for ADR & Associates LTD, The representatives suggested the county
could install a decentralized system or the individual towns
could do so. However, if the county should decide to tackle the
project, the cost of the system would be averaged by the total
number of households on the system. Carr indicated there are a number of grants
which can be sought for initial costs such as planning,
engineering, construction and administration. He said there is a
zero percent loan available. The loan would be used to pay the
county’s match for any grants received for the proposed project.
The deadline to apply for the loan is Oct. 15. Members of Team Monroe’s infrastructure
committee were invited to the meeting and offered to help in
whatever way they could. Those members included Dan Greenlee,
Don Pollock and Edgar McVay Community developer Tom Scott was
also present. Commissioners scheduled a meeting for Carr
and Mount to speak to representatives of the various villages
and townships. The session will be held Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the
office of county commissioners, third floor of the courthouse. Jeanette Harter, JFS director, discussed the
budget with officials and requested approval of changes in the
JFS personnel policy manual. A resolution was adopted to approve the
manual to reflect changes in hours, holidays and mileage
reimbursement. Following an executive session lasting 35
minutes, commissioners approved moving Child Support Enforcement
Agency Attorney Bill Frank from 40-hours to 20-hours per week
effective Aug. 31. In addition, Jennifer McKnight, Wingett Run,
was hired as a social worker II at $13.94 per hour, effective
Aug. 23. Concerning the county budget, Harter
indicated there could be a $188,000 shortfall this year. She
plans to look at various ways which could reduce that rate and
bring her ideas to the Aug. 24 meeting. Commissioners agreed to take their August 24
meeting to the fair. They will hold regular session from 9 a.m.
until noon at the Entertainment Tent at the fairground. The
afternoon portion will be held at their third floor office in
the courthouse. Officials meet each Monday, except for
holidays, beginning at 9 a.m. until the conclusion of business.
To make an appointment, call 740-472-1341.
As a result one corner of the TV is six to eight inches from our
thermostat.
Because of this, the heat from the corner of the TV requires us
to keep the
thermostat set at 77 or 78 degrees or it is too cold in the
house. When the TV
is not on, which is most of the time we are awake, we turn it to
normal. Yes, we
plan to have it moved. I will admit I am addicted to “NCIS” as I
can watch rerun
after rerun and never blink an eye. I can also watch three hours
of “Touched by
an Angel.” I think it is probably the best TV show ever
produced. “Mash” brings
back many memories even though we didn’t have “Hot Lips” in our
outfit. “Hee
Haw”, “Reba”, “Andy Griffith”, the list goes on and on. The
thing about watching
all the old reruns is, I am old enough I don’t remember a lot of
reruns until
they are half over. Jay Leno changing to 10 p.m. has allowed me
to go to bed a
little earlier, can’t stand Conan. I also watch Fox News network
quite a bit.
OK, I know there are some of you have various thoughts regarding
Fox. I read a
letter to the editor in the Times Leader who had little good to
say about Fox. I
don’t know how he knew so much about it unless he watches it.
Regardless of what
you think about Fox you would miss out on some news I pass along
from time to
time. The rooster kicked out of his home is an example. They
keep saying, “We
report, you decide.” You decide the following that I doubt you
know or even
given it a thought. I know I didn’t. Did you know that dairy
cows production of
milk will increase if they sleep on a waterbed? That’s right, a
waterbed. Think
about it. Wouldn’t old bossy feel better on a waterbed than cold
concrete with
sawdust or straw scattered around? A lady who lives on a dairy
farm that has
been in their family four generations was telling how their herd
production
increased due to the water beds. they had film showing the
waterbeds. They
reminded me of a large hot water bottle. She also said they had
one cow that
really got disturbed if another cow got into her stall. Could
you blame her? I’m
not sure a waterbed would work if the barn area got down below
freezing.
Something else she said; you can decide for yourself. She said
the name you give
your cow has an effect on milk production. They need a nice
soothing name. I
think Betsy was a good name. I guess that was a problem we had
on our farm. I
don’t remember ever naming one of our cows. I do recall my
brother calling a cow
or two not so pleasant of a name and maybe that stressed them
out. There was a
story about a pet pig that was kicked out of his home but I
didn’t get any of
the details. TV ads can come up with something that is not a
thing you might
expect. One ad, I don’t even know what it is trying to sell, but
there is a
if many herefords know much about a milking machine. Their
milking machine
normally has four legs. I really had a very good weekend. A
family reunion on
Saturday and an American Legion cookout on Monday, plus, the
Pennyroyal Reunion
is on tap this Saturday. Good food. The Pennyroyal was a big
thing when I was
growing up. We kids were playing around most of the time which
sometimes ended
up in a water fight. Bob Secrest was the main speaker many of
the years. He
needed no PA system as you could hear him back in the woods.
Actually, Bob was
the only Democrat my Dad ever admitted he voted for. Only a few
of us show up
anymore. Several years ago I subscribed to “Reminisce” magazine.
I stopped it as
I kind of lost interest. Some time ago a friend gave me a number
of copies he
had saved. A year ago I received a subscription as a gift and it
stirred up my
interest. They offered a good deal so now I’ll be getting it for
the next two
years. The latest issue contained several articles regarding old
cars. I’ve
developed a little test to test your memory. The answers are, I
remember or I
never heard of the car. Following is the year, the car, and the
price. 1927
overland Whippet, $695; 1927 Pontiac Big Six, $745; 1939 Hudson,
$695; 1939 La
Salle, $1,240; 1957 The Mighty Chrysler, $2,975; and 1960
Rambler, $1,795. How
did you do? If you remembered all, you have been around for a
good number of
years. I remembered all. Did you know back in the ’20s and ’30s
you could order
a Do-It-Yourself house from Sears? Maybe more about this next
week, if I don’t
forget. The noblest dog of all is the hotdog; it feeds the hand
that bites it.
Wonder if we will still be the only county without an active FFA
chapter after
school starts? Summers are a good time to attend church. It
isn’t crowded.
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In loving memory of Dale Cree Feb. 28, 1912 - Aug. 17,
2005 and
Hospital,
Friends were received Aug. 18 at Harper Funeral Home,
Beallsville, where funeral services will be held Aug.
19, with
Burial followed in
Sympathy expressions at grisellfuneralhomes.com.
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Cullen
Wallace, USMC, is shown teeing off one of the golf balls
sent to 
Harry
Briggs was hired as cashier of the First National Bank
of Beallsville, which was organized in November 1903. He
is shown with Mildred Resseger Crum, who served as
assistant cashier until the bank closed in 1935.
Team
