Alvin Mead went on trial in Wayne county circuit court Wednesday morning on a charge of murder in connection with the shooting his brother-in-law, John Ferguson of near Kenova.

Mead is represented by J. J. Quinlan and D. B. Hardwick, Huntington attorneys. Jess Hammock has been employed by Ferguson's widow to assist M. J. Ferguson and J. T. Lambert in presenting the state's case.

The murder trial of Milton Boyd Napier in connection with the shooting of Howard Patrick at Kenova, has been postponed until the March term of court on motion of the defendant. The defense submitted evidence to the court that one of its material witnesses underwent a major operation and is unable to attend court.

Trial of Arnett Booth on a charge of criminally assaulting Mrs. Pherbe Buskirk is docketed for Friday. It will be the last jury trial this term of court and the petit jurors are expected to be dismissed this week-end.

John Ferguson pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of killing a squirrel out of season. He was placed on probation for one year.

The court will hear a civil case January 13 but the services of a jury will not be required.
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The state conservation commission has promised to help local sportsmen save the new masonry dam at Wayne.

Assurances of assistance in repairing the dam were given by both Major H. W. Shawhan, director of the conservation department, and Earl Morford, chief game protector.

In a telephone conversation with Harvey Staley, president of the Wayne County Sportsman's League, Mr. Morford explained the plan of the commission. He said engineers from one of the CCC camps in this section will be assigned to the work of estimating the cost of repairing the dam. Then if the cost of materials is not prohibitive, or can be met in some way by either the commission or ether agencies or by individuals, the work will proceed with labor being furnished by the youths enrolled in the CCC camps.

Roy Lee Harmon, former managing editor of Wayne County News and conductor of a sports column in the Huntington Herald- Advertiser, was instrumental in arousing the interest of the conservation commission in the Wayne dam. He conferred with Major Shawhan and obtained his promise of assistance. The dam was damaged and threatened with complete destruction when water cut through a sand bank at the end of the stone wall, threatening damage to the highway at the Sansom bridge here.
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Two men arraigned in justice of the peace courts here last Thursday on two separate charges of murder, waived preliminary hearing and were ordered held to the action of the Wayne county grand jury which convenes in March.

The men being held in jail without bond after their arraignment Thursday on murder charges are Norman Napier, 25, of East Lynn, and George Burl Vance, 29, of Huntington.

Napier was arraigned in the court of Justice of the Peace O. F. Keck. The charge against Napier was brought after the death of James H. Stephens, 35, of near East Lynn, who was shot during a fist fight December 24.

Vance was taken before Justice of the Peace Elmer Sansom, on a warrant charging murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Virginia Adams, 37, of Westmoreland.

Huntington detectives who arrested Vance are continuing preparation of their case for presentation to the grand jury. They have photographed the interior and exterior of the Adams home, including the room where the shooting took place.

A second person has been held to the action of the grand jury in connection with the fight which ended fatally for Stephens. Alvis "Dock" Napier, with whom Stephens was fighting at the time he was shot, has been charged in a warrant with being an accessory before the fact. He furnished bond of $500 and is at liberty pending grand jury action.
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SUCCEEDS VIRGINIA W. FRY AS ASSISTANT POST MASTER

James Calvin Lambert, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lambert, of Wayne, has been appointed assistant postmaster here, succeeding Mrs. Virginia Wilkinson Fry who held the position for about three years.

The new assistant postmaster furnished bond of $2,000 and entered upon his duties Saturday. The position pays a salary of about $1,000 a year, depending upon the amount of business handled by the Wayne post office, which is third class. He is a brother of Mrs. Ruth Millies, postmaster. He graduated from Wayne county High school, attended West Virginia university last year and Marshall college at Huntington the first semester of this school year.

Mrs. Fry served as assistant postmaster during the incumbency of Arthur Mitchell and Mrs. Leota Mills Tyree as postmasters, and for 17 months of Mrs. Millies' term.
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John S. Billups, 55 years old, member of an early Wayne county family and who rose to a place of prominence in business and political affairs in this county and Huntington, where he resided for the past 12 years, died a few minutes after 10 o'clock Friday morning, January 24, 1936, at the Crile Clinic, Cleveland.

Death ended a battle which Mr. Billups had waged for his life since last October, when he entered a Huntington hospital to seek treatment for a gall bladder ailment. He underwent an operation in Huntington sometime ago and early this month had recovered sufficiently to be removed to Cleveland, where he entered the Crile Clinic and underwent another major operation. First reports from Cleveland following the operation gave Mr. Billups a fair chance to recover, but several days ago peritonitis developed and physicians announced there was no hope. He rallied last Thursday but early that evening he suffered another relapse and sank into a coma. He never fully regained consciousness before death.

His wife, the former Miss Emma Sipple of Fort Gay, and their only son, Harold E. Billups, were at his bedside.

Wayne County Sheriff

Mr. Billups was prominent in business and political activities in Wayne and Cabell counties. He served one term as sheriff of Wayne county and after moving to Huntington, was elected city commissioner. He engaged in the road contracting business in the early 'twenties and at the time of his death was a member of firm of Billups and Wellman, his partner being Noah Wellman, Jr., of Wayne.

He was born September 8, 1880, at Tabors Creek, Wayne county, one of ten children of John L. and Mary Frances Wellman Billups. The father for many years engaged in the mercantile business, in addition to operating a lumber business in partnership with John Y. York.

The son was educated in the common schools at Fort Gay and at Louisa Ky., and studied telegraphy at Shelbyville, Ky., although he never engaged in that occupation.

He worked in a clerical position until 1904 when the elder Mr. Billups was elected Wayne county sheriff, the son becoming a deputy, a position he also held under his father's successor, Sam J. Crum.

In 1912 Mr. Billups himself was named sheriff and served a full term after which he launched his road contracting business, moving to Huntington in 1924.

He served as city commissioner in Huntington from 1931 to 1934, when the mayor and council form of government was substituted for the commission form. His tenure of office was marked by many improvements. During the latter part of his administration as street commissioner he appealed to Huntington merchants for donations to purchase radio cruiser cars for the police department and in this was successful, $1,000 being given for this purpose.

Mr. Billups was a member of the Elks lodge and of the Wayne Masonic lodge.

Funeral Services

Funeral services for Mr. Billups were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Episcopal church, Huntington, with the Rev. L. H. Roseman, pastor of the Jefferson Avenue Baptist church, and Dr. C. G. Stater, pastor of the First M. E. church, officiating. Interment was in Woodmere cemetery. Rites were conducted by the Elks lodge.

Surviving, in addition to the widow and son, are his aged mother, who now resides at Kenova; two brothers, Fred and Burt Billups, of Kenova; and six sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bowe, of Fort Gay; Mrs. Bunia Rowe, Mrs. Dora Beckley, of Kenova; Mrs. Virginia Higgins and Mrs. Mary Frances Ritz, of Illinois, and Mrs. Ella Stewart, of Westmoreland.
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WILL ENTER UPON DUTIES MARCH 2; SALARY IS ANNOUNCED

Walter B. Bias of Wayne has been appointed mail carrier on Wayne Route 2, effective March 2.

As is customary in filling positions of this kind, the appointment is for a probationary period of six months. Satisfactory service during the six months period usually is followed by appointment for an indefinite period, in accordance with civil service regulations.

The salary for a carrier on Wayne Route 2 is $1,860 per year, plus five cents per mile each day. The route is 33.25 miles in length.

The position of mail carrier on Wayne Route 2 was left vacant last May when E. V. Wilkinson retired on pension. More than a score of applicants took the civil service examination for the job, Mr. Bias making the highest grade. He was appointed by the second assistant postmaster general upon recommendation of Congressman George W. Johnson.

Since Mr. Wilkinson retired William Blankenship, son of Irvin Blankenship, has been serving as acting carrier. His services in this capacity will be terminated February 29.

Mr. Bias has already executed bond of $500 preparatory to qualifying for the Job, and has received certain forms to fill out before entering upon his duties March 2. He took the oath of office Saturday which was administered by Everette Walker, notary public.

Mr. Bias is a prominent citizen of Wayne and is active in religious affairs, being a member of the M. E. church, South.
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A birthday party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rice Osburn, of Fort Gay, January 25, 1936, honoring their daughter, Blanche (sister to webmaster, Howard Osburn). Games and dancing were enjoyed, and many presents received. Refreshments were served to: Arline Meeks, Dorothy Booth, Gladys Robinett, Estelle Thompson, Susie Booth, Rose McClure, Thelma Bailey, Florence Fluty, Nora V. Thacker, Blanche Osburn, Herma Dean, Leuberta Thacker, Erma Carr, Glena Thompson, Lawrence Edwards, Corbett Lovely, Paul Edwards, Bill Fluty, Bennie Wise, James Wellman, R. C. Brown, L. T. McClure, Raymond Dean, Donald Fluty, Chas. New, Arthur Wheeler, Dennis Booth, Arlin Cyrus, Norman and R. C. Meeks.
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STREET TO BE GRADED AND GIVEN STONE BASE, BLACK TOP

Work on the Keyser street project at Wayne has been proceeding rapidly the last few clays after a brief shutdown due to snow and cold weather.

The block between the state highway and Hendricks street has been graded and covered with crushed stone. At the present time workmen are employed grading in the next block and working in the stone quarry.

Henry Taylor, foreman, said 85 men are employed.

The street will be graded and then a 10-inch stone base laid and this will be covered with a two-inch black top coat. Concrete curb and gutter will be constructed on the north side of the street. The present sidewalk will serve as a curb on the southern side of Keyser street.

The work of improving the street, and possibly other streets in Wayne, was made possible by a $29,000 WPA allotment.
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GYPSY WRIGHT, SISTERS AND M. E. CHURCH INHERIT PROPERTY

The will of the late Barbara A. (Aunt Bob) Burgess, of Wayne, was admitted to probate by the county court Monday.

Mrs. Burgess bequeathed the major portion of her property to Mrs. Gypsy Wright of Wayne, her niece, who with her husband Hugh Wright, resided with Mrs. Burgess at her home here. Other beneficiaries are the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of Wayne, and Mrs. Burgess four sisters, Mary Ann Spurlock and Julia Ailiff, both cf Wayne, Sue Napier of Huntington and Dollie Crockett of Owingville, Ky.

Property bequeathed to Mrs. Wright include the Burgess residence property located on Keyser, Cleveland and Hendricks streets; the house occupied by George Hampton on Keyser street; the property in which Dr. Sam Ferguson's office is located; an automobile, other personal property and any money remaining after payment of debts and funeral expenses.

The four sisters of Mrs. Burgess inherited $1,500 in notes with the provision that if the notes are collected by the sale of property, one-fourth of the proceeds is to be given to the M. E. church, South, at Wayne and the remaining three-fourths is to be kept by the sisters. They also inherited eight acres of land.

Mrs. Burgess bequeathed her diamonds, seven acres of land at the mouth of Two Mile creek in Stonewall district and $900 in notes to the M. E. church, South. She directed the trustees of the church to sell this property and apply the proceeds on the church debt.

The will, dated May 16, 1929, was witnessed by Hazel V. Bing Brammer and Judge Charles W. Ferguson. Judge Ferguson and Mrs. Wright were named executers, and R. A. Ramey, Byron Smith and Charles E. Walker have been appointed appraisers of the estate.

Two large pictures of Judge Gobel Burgess, her husband and Judge Jimison Ferguson were given to Judge C. W. Ferguson and are to be placed in the auditorium of the court house.

The house occupied by Mr. Hampton is to be left by Mrs. Wright to her daughter Barbara Bell Wright grandniece of Mrs. Burgess, the will provided.
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DAUGHTER OF JOHN SANSOM HAS TWELVE LIVING ANCESTORS

The person with the greatest number of living ancestors in Wayne county is little Doris Jean Sansom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sansom of upper Newcomb creek.

She has 12 living ancestors, according to a report received by Wayne County News this week, and hence betters the record of 11 living ancestors reported two weeks ago on behalf of little Erna Lee Perry, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Alvin Perry of Beech Fork.

The living ancestors of little miss Sansom are as follows:

Her parents.

Paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sansom of Wayne route.

Paternal great grandparents, Mr and Mrs. R. S. Sansom of Wayne.

Maternal grandparents, Mrs. Lula M. Ferguson, Genoa route, and Lindsey Maynard, of Stiltner.

Maternal great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. S. Ferguson, of Genoa route, and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Maynard, of Stiltner.

In addition to the grandparents, Doris Jean Sansom has nine great-great uncles and four great-great aunts living.

A comparison between the number of living ancestors of the Perry and Sansom children is as follows:

Perry, parents 2, grandparents 4, great grandparents 5.

Sansom, parents 2, grandparents 4, great grandparents 6.
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MRS. McDOUGAL DISPOSES OF KENOVA REPORTER, CEREDO ADVANCE

Mrs. Mary Virginia McDougal, of Ceredo, announced Tuesday that she had disposed of her two weekly newspapers, the Ceredo Advance and the Kenova Reporter to her nephew, Herman Everett Gieske, widely known metropolitan journalist, who is a native of Wayne county. The new editor has already taken charge.

Mr. Gieske until recently has been connected with the New York World-Telegram. He formerly was night city editor of the New York American and also saw service as a member of the editorial department of the Huntington newspapers, the Philadelphia Evening BulIetin and the Pittsburgh Sun. He announced that the policies of the two weekly newspapers which he has acquired would continue as heretofore.

In the new enterprise Mr. Gieske will be joined as associate publisher by Fred Nicholson, a publisher and printer, who formerly served as secretary of Senator H. D. Hatfield.

Mrs. McDougal and her late husband, Col. T. T. McDougal, published the Ceredo Advance and Kenova Reporter for half a century.
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SWORD SISTERS ALSO HAVE TWELVE LIVING ANCESTORS

No record, it seems, is ever safe.

Just when it began to appear that the record of having 12 living ancestors would go unchallenged, Wayne County News receives a report from Mill Creek, Fort Gay Route, that the two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sword have 12 living ancestors also.

Thus the Sword children equal the record of little Doris Jean Sansom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sansom of upper Newcomb Creek.

The twelve living ancestors of Ethel Belle and Virginia Fern Sword, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sword of Mill creek, are as follows:

Their parents; their paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sword, Sr., of Mill creek; their paternal great grandparents, Mrs. Mary Milum of Nolan and R. G. Damron of Grassy; their maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harless of Mill Creek; maternal great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Harless of Dunlow and Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts of Mill Creek.

Mr. Damron, the paternal great grandfather of the Sword children has remarried and thus Mrs. Damron is the step-great-grandmother of the Sword children.

In addition to the 12 direct living ancestors, the Sword children have 15 great-great uncles and 5 great-great aunts now living.

The Sword sisters also have three great-great-great uncles living, as follows: George Hampton of Wayne and Linzie Ferguson and William Harvey Ferguson, both of Huntington.

The ancestor record of the Sword and Sansom children are alike in this respect, namely: Each has two parents, four grandparents and six great grandparents living.

Erna Lee Perry, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Alvin Perry of Beech Fork, was the former holder of the living ancestor record in Wayne county. She has two parents, four grandparents and five great grandparents living.
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WAYNE PROJECT COSTING $21,000 FINANCED BY LOAN, GRANT

Work of providing Wayne citizens with a new water system will be started by April 1, 1936, local officials have been informed.

Mayor Byron Smith said he has been notified that P. H. Shaid, of Elkins, contractor, will start moving his tools and equipment to Wayne next week and will be ready to begin work not later than April 1.

Early beginning of construction work on the project was made possible when $12,000 worth of bonds of the town of Wayne were purchased by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va. In this manner the town will finance its part of the $21,000 project. The remaining $9,000 is an outright grant from the Public Works Administration, which has already sent $1,400 to the town and will forward the balance in the near future.

The final work of meeting all requirements and filling out application blanks was attended to last week by city officials who went to Charleston for a conference with PWA officials. Those making the trip were Mayor Smith, Recorder Paris Adkins and Councilman C. H. McKown.

Local labor will be employed on the project where possible, and it is specified in the contract that the contractor shall give preference to workmen in this order: First, to those residing within the town of Wayne, and next, to those residing in the county outside of the town of Wayne.

The PWA loan and grant for the Wayne water system was announced several months ago. Since then city officials have spent much time meeting requirements for the loan and grant, which has gone through various channels to the point where work can begin within the next two weeks.
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PAYNE ESTABLISHES BRANCH STORE HERE IN CHARGE OF MRS. WARD

A new feed store opened in the town of Wayne this week.

W. W. Payne, owner and manager of The W. W. Payne company, of 732 Fourteenth street, West, Huntington, announces in an advertisement which appears on another page of this issue, that he will maintain a branch store in the S. L. Bowen building in Wayne, located at the corner of Keyser and Hendricks streets.

Walter Payne has been in the feed business in Huntington for 26 years and for the past 17 years of that period he has been manufacturing his own famous brand of "Radio Feeds." He has a legion of friends and customers in Wayne county.

Mr. Payne has served as president of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, president of the Huntington Rotary club and also was president of the West Virginia Flour and Feed Manufacurers Association for three years. He a has long been identified with civic betterment enterprises in Wayne county. He was one of the instigators of the overhead crossing at Kellogg; he lead a long fight for the establishment of the Veterans hospital in this county; and he has always sponsored local campaigns for better roads. He has a summer home in Wayne county and resides here for several months of the year.

In announcing the opening of the Wayne branch store, Mr. Payne explains that this step is taken in order to improve his service to local farmers, dairymen and poultry raisers.

The Wayne store will be in charge of Mrs. Lois Newman Ward, a woman of outstanding ability who will spare no effort to maintain the same high standards here that have always prevailed at the Huntington store of Mr. Payne.

Mrs. Ward is the daughter of of Edgar and Lydia Newman of Lavalette, Wayne county, where she was born October 4, 1911. She attended Lavalette graded school and in 1925 entered Wayne County High school, from which she graduated in 1929. On December 2, 1932 she was married to Sheldon E. Ward, young poultryman and farmer, also of Lavalette. Since marriage Mrs. Ward has been actively and successfully engaged in the raising of poultry and milk cows, and attended the evening poultry classes held by H. N. Hansucker under the sponsorship of Wayne County high school Future Farmers chapter.
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PLANT TO BE PLACED IN OPERATION BY FIRST OF JUNE

Work of constructing a water supply system for the town of Fort Gay has been started by the contractor, the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel company. Fifteen men are employed and about 25 or 30 more will be given work soon.

The project is being financed through the sale of $20,000 worth of bonds issued by the town and an outright grant of $16,363 from the Public Works administration. The bonds were bought by the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond, Va., and the money has been placed to the credit of the town.

The water system will consist of a distributing system, a filtration plant and a storage tank of 50,000 gallons capacity. It is estimated the plant will be in operation by June 30.

A survey of Fort Gay sometime ago indicated the water system would have 85 customers. The rates will be a minimum charge of $1.50 per month up to 5,000 gallons and all over that amount will cost 30 cents per 1,000 gallons.

All materials needed for the system are on the ground, it was announced. Water mains have already been spread on the streets and foundation dug for the steel storage tank.

Work is to be started in April on improvements to the Wayne water system. The contractor, P. H. Shaid of Elkins, was due here last week but had to delay his arrival because of high water.
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IMPROVEMENTS TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE MONTHS

Work on the project of adding improvements to the Wayne water supply system is scheduled to be started Friday of this week, it was announced by T. R. Shaid of Elkins, superintendent of the project.

Mr. Shaid, son of the contractor, P. H. Shaid of Elkins, arrived in Wayne Tuesday and began preparations for the opening of work this week. Equipment is being moved to Wayne and laborers who will be employed on the project have been certified to Mr. Shaid by the reemployment office at Huntington.

Work to be started first will be excavation of the foundation for the filtration plant and the laying of pipe line from the plant to the storage tank.

The improvements will consist of the construction of a rapid sand filtration plant, the laying of six-inch cast iron pipe line, the installation of two new pumps and a new chlorinator. The filtration plant will be made of concrete with a tile superstructure. About three months will be required to complete the work. The improvements, costing about $20,000, were made possible by a PWA loan and grant.

Ray F. Small, resident engineer, and Luther E. Lowe, PWA engineer, are also in Wayne to perform their duties in connection with the project.

About 40 men will be employed and they will work in five hour shifts with two men to each shift. Labor rates will be 35 cents per hour.
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FAMILIES OF RECRUITS TO RECEIVE $25 PER MONTH

Twenty-four Wayne county youths successfully passed physical examinations and were accepted for enlistment in the Civilian Conservation corps at the examining station in Huntington last Thursday. The youths are:

Charles Arthur, Lavalette R.; Frank Bartram, Jr., Fort Gay R.; Milton Bartram, Ferndale; James Bishop, Fort Gay; Earl Caines, Cassie; Grover Bowen, Webb; William Damron, Radnor; Bourbon Dean, Wayne; Ira Dean, East Lynn; Orge B. Foster, Fort Gay R.; Everett Gilliam, Webb; Boyd McKinney, Wayne R.; Charley McSweeney, Fort Gay; Sanford Pilbean, Missouri Branch; Eugene Pinnell, Huntington; Charley Price and Charles Queen, Fort Gay; William Stapleton, East Lynn; Cullie Thompson, Radnor; Mose Vance, Harts; Auza Vinson and Gid Williamson, Crum; Stanley Woods, Ceredo; Arthur Workman, Dunlow.

Captain Franklin W. Patton, commanding officer of the Missouri Branch CCC camp, was in charge of the examination. All the recruits are from the relief rolls. The families of the youths will be removed from the relief rolls after the recruits receive their first pay checks. Of the pay, $25 will go to the families.
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SUPT. BARRETT DETAIL WORK COMPLETED AT WAYNE CAMP

A review of accomplishments at CCC Camp S-61, located in the Cabwaylingo state forest near Missouri Branch, Wayne county, has been written for Wayne County News by C. E. Barrett, superintendent of the camp.

The camp is occupied by Company 3532. Cabwaylingo state forest reserve, which derives its name from its situation in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Mingo counties, is an area of 8,000 acres of wooded hill land and has considerable water resources. A general program of construction and reforestation at the camp has resulted in the following accomplishments:

Camp erection started July 1, 1935, and field work started August 19, 1935.

For the purpose of communication in case of fire or emergency there has been eight miles of telephone line constructed between Camp S-61, and its neighboring camp a short distance away in Mingo county. A fire tower also was constructed, as were the following:

Eight-tenths mile of truck trail or forest road; 46.3 miles of truck trail maintained in order to facilitate the moving of fire fighters to danger zones; three horse, one foot and two culvert type bridges; and in order to take care of equipment two garages, blacksmith shop, mechanical repair shop, tool house, oil house, forestry office and a powder magazine.

A total of 2,763 pounds of hardwood seed have been collected and delivered to the state nursery at Lesage for planting, to be transplanted later in the forest reserve.

Other work completed includes 2.3 miles of roadside fire hazard reduction; 312 acres of forest fire hazard reduction, which consists of removing dead trees and stumps to reduce possible spreading of forest fires; 4,000 evergreens transplanted; 2,500 black walnut and 5,000 poplar trees planted; 26 acres of recreational ground improved; partial work on 33 acres in the way of cleaning up and making the area available for parking space for automobiles, construction of paths and foot bridges, stream development, excavation for shelter, fireplaces, disposal pits, latrines and other work that goes to make up a recreational area. Three undesirable structures have been torn down.

Three acres of ground have been prepared and planted in seed for birds and 1,200 pounds of feed was distributed for game during the past winter, thus saving quail and other birds from starvation. The enrollees discovered 35 or 40 coveys of quail on the state property.

Four thousand acres of land have been trapped over for rodents.

"The boys enrolled in Company 3532 are mostly from Wayne county," Mr. Barrett said, "and have taken a special interest in the development of this area, as well as the work carried on at night by the educational department, such as forestry, reading, writing, arithmetic, typing, bookkeeping, carpet weaving, first aid, etc. The boys also receive systematic instructions on the job from the foresters in the use of tools and the different methods of doing the work in the field."

The educational advisor is assisted by three WPA instructor, who teach different chases in academic and vocational subjects. Classes are held twice a week. A camp paper is edited and published monthly. It consists of news of camp life, jokes and happenings of interest to enrollees.

Baseball and softball teams will be organized and games will be scheduled with outside teams, Superintendent Barrett said.

Officers of the camp are Captain R. E. Kemp, Lieutenants B. G. Dennis and J. K. Folck, Superintendent Barrett, Educational Advisor H. R. Sheets and Harkins Fry and Charlie Pack, instructors.
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WILL BE FIRST TEST TO BE MADE IN THAT SECTION

Drilling for gas on the Henry Mullens farm was started last week by a company composed of Guy Mabon, Dr. W. E. York and Clyde Huffman, all of Huntington.

It will be the first gas test ever to be made in that section of the county. The Mullens farm is located on Bloss Branch, about seven miles from Wayne. If gas is struck in paying quantity it would be necessary to construct a pipe line as there is no line in that section at the present time.

The company doing the drilling has considerable oil and gas holdings in Wayne county under two company names, Huffman Oil and Gas company and Edwards Oil and Gas company, and several wells have been drilled in Butler and Stonewall districts by the two companies.

Should the present venture prove successful it would lead to the sinking of wells on other locations in that section as a considerable portion of the area surrounding the Mullens tract is under lease, it was stated by oil and gas men.

Present plans call for the drilling of the well to the shale formation, approximately 3,000 feet in depth, if gas is not struck nearer the surface.
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$25,681 IS SET ASIDE FOR EMERGENCY PROJECTS IN COUNTY

Projects to repair damage caused by the flood in Wayne county have been approved at Washington, according to word received today from Congressman George W. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson said the projects, for which $25,681 have been set aside, are as follows:

Repairs to masonry dams in 12-Pole creek at Wayne and Dickson, $3,983.

Repair and replace streets, alleys, sewers and other public areas within the town of Ceredo, $7,800.

Repair secondary road between Kenova and Neal, $8,022.

Repairs to sidewalks and drainage in the city of Kenova, $5,876.

Funds for these projects will be available immediately, it was stated by Congressman Johnson. Projects will be under the supervision of the WPA and labor will be certified from relief rolls.

Sportsmen of the county have been interested in having the Wayne and Dickson dams repaired.

John J. West, district WPA administrator, said Wednesday that work was already in progress on the street projects at Ceredo and Kenova. He added that he had not yet been notified of approval of the dam projects at Wayne and Dickson, but that once approval is received work can be started immediately.
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$100,000 SET ASIDE FOR REPAIR OF ROAD IN THIS COUNTY

Wayne county and surrounding counties will participate in the temporary reconstruction program for primary roads, as announced by Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson, it was said Monday by C. M. Binford, district road engineer.

Mr. Binford said he had not yet been informed how much money would be allotted for this area, but that he expected complete plans would be outlined and the work started at once.

In making his announcement, however, Commissioner Simpson mentioned the adding of gravel and grading a long section of Route 52 in Wayne county at a cost of $100,000. It is believed here this work will be done on the section of highway between Wayne and Williamson which was damaged during the winter and is almost impassible after a hard rain.
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(WCN - 5/1/1936) Work On Water Main Completed

The laying of a new water main at Wayne from the site of the proposed new filtration plant to the reservoir was completed Wednesday of this week. The line was connected with the reservoir which was then filled with water for the purpose of testing the main for leaks. After this test, and the stopping of any leaks which may be found, the main will be covered and streets opened to two-way traffic again.

Construction of the new filtration plant and pump house, both to be located in one structure, are important phases of the project yet to be completed. This work will require several weeks.
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BLACK TOP TO BE PLACED ON WAYNE STREETS BY WPA

Material to provide Wayne streets with a hard surface has been ordered and is expected to arrive here within the next few days, according to notice received from Charleston WPA office by Henry Taylor, foreman of the local project.

An order for 600 tons of asphalt concrete was placed with a Lewisburg, W. Va., firm about two weeks Ego, Mr. Taylor was notified.

Mr. Taylor stated that the road Equipment was expected to arrive at the same time and that after the streets have been rolled with a stone crusher, the work of applying the black top to Keyser and Hendricks streets will be started.

The WPA street program here also contemplates similar improvements to Bluefield street, it was stated.
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WILL BE SENT TO CAMP IN CALIFORNIA AFTER FORT KNOX STAY

Forty-two Wayne county youths were accepted for enlistment in the CCC at the examining station in Huntington Wednesday, and will be sent to a camp in California after going through a conditioning period at Fort Knox, Ky., it was announced today at the local relief office.

The enlistment is for a period of six months. Officers in charge of the examinations and enlistment were Captain Franklin W. Patten of the Wilsondale CCC camp, and Lieutenant John K. Folck, medical officer at the Missouri Branch camp.

The new recruits will be sent to Red Wood, California. They are as follows:

Jairl Campbell, Ollie Damron, Elba Elliotte and Hezekiah Marcum, of Dunlow; Joe Frasher, Walter McKinzie, Frank Robinson and Delbert Wilson, of Fort Gay; Damron Erman, of Genoa; Earl Johnson and Walter Merritt, of East Lynn; Chas. Fuller, of Ceredo; John E. Hood, Quintin Mollette, Tennis Maynard, Oscar Marcum and Earl Sparks, of Kenova; Edgar Ferguson, Charles McCann, George Sutherland, Jesse Sutherland, Lonnie Wallace and Everett Wallace, of Wilsondale.

Herman Fraley, of Cove Gap; Vay Hoosier, Robert Hayton, Ellsworth Moore, Fred Perry and Roy Workman, of Prichard; Nick Herald, of Crum; Homer Mills, John Perry and Forest Stamper, of Missouri Branch; Millard Maynard and Glen Porter, of Radnor; Marion Marcum, Paul Miller, Lundy Perdue and Thomas Spaulding, of Stonecoal; McCoy Garnett, of Shoals; Leslie Scaggs, of Stiltner; Ruben Spurlock, of Huntington Route 1.
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LEICHNER IS COMMANDER; 24 VETS SIGN REQUEST FOR CHARTER

A new American Legion post was organized and officers elected at a meeting here Friday night.

S. F. Leichner, of Wayne, was elected commander of the Wayne post, the name given to the new organization. Other officers, all of Wayne, are as follows:

H. G. Taylor, vice commander; Carl Booton, adjutant; R. A. Ramey, treasurer; C. F. Allen, chaplain; Tolbert Johnson and Leo Blevins, color hearers; W. Earl Burgess, S. S. Buskirk, Wm. Garrison, Hugh Wright and Victor Adkins, executive committee.

Mr. Burgess, Judge C. W. Ferguson and F. M. Cassell were appointed members of a committee to draft by-laws.

The next meeting of the organization will be held in the court house Friday night at eight o'clock for the purpose of completing organization details. Additional officers and committees are to be elected and the application for a charter will be completed and forwarded to state legion headquarters.

Twenty-four veterans of the World war have signed the charter application thus far and are eligible to become charter members of the post. They are:

S. F. Leichner, C. A. Booton, C. L. Booton, Marvin L. Blevins, T. J. Maynard, C. E. Newman, Henry G. Taylor, William Watts, C. F. Allen, R. A. Ramey, C. E. Spurlock, S. S. Buskirk, Forest F. Damron, Hugh R. Wright, S. J. Ferguson, Victor Adkins, Elvert Crabtree, Pearley Staley, F. M. Cassell, Wm. M. Garrison, Tolbert Johnson, W. Earl Burgess, Chas. W. Ferguson and John Watts.
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THREE MILES OF ROUTE 52 TO BE PAVED THIS SUMMER

The new stretch of Route 52 between Lavalette and Huntington will be paved this summer, according to notice received from the state road commission at Charleston, which is also reported to have under consideration other highway projects as the county's share of the enlarged construction program to be undertaken in the state this season.

Bids en paving with cement concrete the relocated part of Route 52 in Wayne county, from Lavalette to the Cabell county line, a distance of 2.905 miles, will be opened after ten o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, July 21, the commission announced. A contract for paving the Cabell county part of the road will be let at the same time.

The project involves the new cutoff highway which reduces the distance between Lavalette and Huntington and eliminates many curves and hills.

Prospects for other highway work in Wayne county this summer are bright, according to local road men, while work is already in progress on repairing Route 52 between Wayne and the Mingo county line.

The road commission is reported to have under consideration the laying of a stone base up Mill Creek road from Route 37 at Fort Gay to Glenhayes, a distance of six miles, and the grading of the Hubbardstown-Fort Gay route, also six miles in distance. It is believed these two projects will be included in the road commission's summer construction program.

Work of reconstructing Route 52 from Wayne to the Mingo county line was in full blast at several points along the 40 mile stretch until Tuesday of this week, when about 200 workmen were cut off. A total of 50 men are assigned to two crews now engaged in removing the broken surface of the road and repairing it with a stone base and gravel, which will constitute the extent of the repair work to be done on the road this summer. Work has been in progress since May 15 when an appropriation of $100,000 was made available for the purpose of repairing damage cone by freezes the past winter.

In addition to the crews now employed, a force of 110 men will be employed by the WPA and put to work on Route 52 sometime this week, it was announced at the Wayne county road office.
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SYSTEM BUILT AS WPA PROJECT IS SERVING 80 CONSUMERS

Fort Gay's municipal water works system, constructed as a WPA project, was officially put into operation last week, having been completed by the contractor, The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Corp.

Water service was turned on to approximately 80 consumers. They will receive free water service until August 1,after which the following rates for water consumption will be charged: Minimum bill $1.50 per month, permitting the use of 5,000 gallons, and 30 cents per 1.000 gallons for all in excess of 5,000 gallons.

The system was financed by a grant of $16,363 from the Public Works Administration, and a loan of $20,000 payable over a long period of years from the receipts of the water system.

The plant is being operated and managed at the present time by C. C. New, town marshal.
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ENGINEER'S PLAN OF WAYNE PROJECT SUBMITTED TO OFFICIALS

Definite steps toward repairing the masonry dam in Twelve Pole creek at Wayne were taken this week when plans were drawn up and submitted to the United States district engineers' office at Huntington.

The plans will have to go through the routine of being approved by the Huntington engineers and by officials at Charleston end Washington before work will be authorized, but no difficulty on his score is anticipated since it was announced several weeks ago that funds for the work were available out of the appropriation made for the purpose of repairing damage caused by spring floods.

Plans for repairing the dam were drafted by Basil Burgess, Wayne engineer. Cooperating in the movement are the town of Wayne and H. S. Sansom, owner of the property on which a part of the dam is located.

It is understood the new plans provide for a spillway in the center of the dam for the purpose of changing the channel and thereby lessening the possibility of washing away the embankment supporting the state highway near the Sansom residence. Serious damage to the highway was threatened earlier this year when a wing of the dam was washed away and flood waters began cutting into the embankment.

Mr. Burgess submitted plans for repairing the Dickson dam sometime ago.
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In the above picture is shown five generations of one family, all of them born and reared in the same community in Wayne county.

Reading left to right in the picture are Mrs. Elizabeth Pack, age 83; her daughter Mrs. Margaret Ramey, age 54; her granddaughter Mrs. Nora Moon, age 40; her great-granddaughter Mrs. Madgie Watts, age 19; and her great-great granddaughter, Nora Emma Watts, age 3.

All of these five generations live at Cove Gap, in Grant district, Wayne county, and none of them have ever lived anywhere else.

Mrs. Elizabeth Pack is the widow of the late Joshua Pack, well known Wayne county man. They observed their 60th wedding anniversary on July 15, 1933, and Mr. Pack has since died.

Mrs. Pack makes her home with her son, J. H. Pack at Cove Gap. She is the mother of 13 children, four of whom are dead. Her living children are: Mrs. Susannah Marcum, of Cove Gap; Mrs. Margaret Ramey, of Cove Gap; Mrs. Nancy Adkins, of Queens Ridge; J. H. Pack, of Kiahsville; Mrs. Polly Wheeler, of Ashland, Ky.; Mrs. Emmazetta Taylor, of Cove Gap; Mrs. Victoria Adkins, of West Hamlin; Mrs. Hattie Elliott, of Wewanta; and Mrs. S. E. Pack, of Cove Gap.
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Members of the Wayne County Singers' association will hold their annual singing convention in the court house at Wayne on the third Sunday in September, it was announced this week by Ervin Blankenship, chairman.

A large number of outstanding quartets and other singing groups from Wayne, Cabell, Logan, Boone, Lincoln, Mingo and Putnam counties, and from Kentucky and Ohio are expected to attend the annual event.

Singing will start Sunday morning, September 20, 1936, and continue all day, Mr. Blankenship announced. He said all groups are invited and will be given an opportunity to sing.

Loud speaking equipment will be installed in the auditorium of the court house so that persons unable to find seats may hear the singing on the court house lawn.

A prize may be offered for the singing group traveling fartherest to the convention. There will be no prizes for singing, Mr. Blankenship said.

Other officers of the association are Lee Osburn, (grandfather of Webmaster, Howard Osburn) Wayne Route, secretary, and R. F. Booton, Wayne, treasurer.

The singing convention was held twice a year for a number of years but at the last convention, held in September, 1935, the association by vote of its members decided to hold the meet only once each year and designated the third Sunday in September as the date for this year's convention.

Reports to the contrary, the association did not disband and discontinue the holding of its conventions.
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WAYNE POST NUMBER 119 IS OFFICIAL NAME GIVEN TO ORGANIZATION

Word was received this week by officers of the local American Legion post that the new post at Wayne will be designated as Wayne Post No. 119.

The new post has 27 charter Members and membership cards have been received by the post adjutant, Carl Booton. The membership cards are being signed by Mr. Booton and mailed to the paid-up members.

A special meeting of the post will be held Friday night, August 21 in the boy scout building and all members and ex-service men are urged to attend as an interesting meeting is anticipated, it was announced by S. F. Leichner, post commander.

Membership blanks and complete information for the organization of an auxiliary to the American Legion were received this week by local legion officers and turned over to Mrs. T. J. Maynard, who will in the near future call a meeting of women entitled to be members of the legion auxiliary, which organization is expected to be effected here.
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SESSIONS TO OPEN AT MT. VERNON CHURCH NEXT MONDAY

A singing school will be conducted at the Mt. Vernon church at Big Creek beginning next Monday night with Tim Osburn, (uncle of webmaster, Howard Osburn) of Two Mile, in charge, it was announced today. The school will be held three nights a week for three weeks.

A large number of persons are expected to enroll. The school is being sponsored as a WPA project and no charges of any kind will be made as Mr. Osborn has been appointed by the WPA to conduct schools in various parts of the county.

Mr. Osburn is a graduate of the J. B. Vaughan school of music at Nashville, Tenn., and is recognized as one of the best qualified singing school leaders in this entire area.
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Except for a few minor finishing touches, work of hard-surfacing Keyser street at Wayne has been completed by WPA, and the few men now employed on the street will he shifted this week to Bluefield street where improvement work is already underway.

Bluefield street will be hard-surfaced with a concrete-asphalt mixture and curbs constructed.

Short stretches of Hendricks and River streets have also been hard-surfaced since the project began last December.

Work on the local streets was stopped about two weeks ago but all workmen were recalled to their jobs Monday when work was resumed. The local project employs about 60 persons.
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CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN; LARGE CROWD EXPECTED TO ATTEND

Wayne county's annual singing convention will be held at the court house here Sunday, Sept. 20, and is expected to draw a large crowd of singers and music lovers from this and surrounding counties.

Ervin Blankenship, chairman of the singers' association who is making arrangements for the meeting, said three cash prizes will be awarded, one of $5 to the choir coming the greatest distance; one of $2.50 for the oldest person, and another of $2.50 for the largest family present. Mr. Blankenship will preside over the convention.

The WPA recreation division is cooperating in arrangements for the singing convention through the efforts of Mrs. Willie K. Fry. supervisor, assisted by Burgess Damron, both of Kenova.

Singing will commence at nine o'clock the morning of Sept. 20 and continue all day. A basket dinner will be served at the noon hour.

Arrangements have been made for the installation of loud speakers so that persons on the outside may hear the singing.

The singing convention is a popular annual event and is attended each year by outstanding singers from Wayne, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln and other counties, who provide pleasing harmony for the large crowd which always attends.
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RECRUITS SENT TO VARIOUS CAMPS IN ALL PARTS OF STATE

Sixty-four Wayne county youths were accepted for enrollment in the CCC after they had been given physical examinations at Huntington one day last week. The new recruits were sent to CCC camps at Marlinton, Shady Springs, Elkins and other places in the state where replacements were needed to bring the companies up to full strength.

Miss Mildred Taylor, of the Wayne relief office, who accompanied the youths to Huntington, announced the following were accepted for enlistment in the CCC:

Shirley Adkins, John Booth, Burbon Dean, Arthur Frazier, Estel Booth, Vernon McSweeney and Ottie Burk, all of Wayne; Okey Bowen and Howard Chaffins, both of Webb; William Brewer, Clarence Perry, Lowell Perry, Thomas Price, Jesse Stroud, Jesse Sutherland, Everett Wallace and Lonnie Wallace, all of Wilsondale; John Browning, Richard D. Earl, James Smoot, Wilson Stewart and Joy Thompson, all of Ceredo.

Clifford Bishop, Virgil Burnett, Cecil Hewlett, Jr., Charles Now and Wayne Porter, all of Fort Gay; James A. Bell and James Graves, both of Westmoreland; Harley Boyles, Radnor; Arnold Casteel, Charley Dean, Truman Mills, Carl Osburn and James Stephens, all of East Lynn; Robert Carver, Everett Pott, Woodrow Perdue and James Houchins, all of Kenova; James Corns, Bird Farley, Robert Meade, Johnny Muncy, Basil Parsley, Clinton Parsley, John Salmons, Alonzo Stumbo and Ora Ward, all of Crum.

Norman Damron, Clyde Maynard and John W. Terry, Jr., all of Genoa; Ollie Damron, Rudolph Gilliam and John A. Queen, all of Dunlow; Minis Elliott and Burrell McCoy, both of Cove Gap; Robert Hatten, John C. McComas, Charles Perdue and Chester Smith, all of Prichard; Hershel Holt, of Salt Petre; Henry Napier, of Haney, James Phelps, Missouri Branch; Frank Tomblin, Stiltner.
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STATE LEGION OFFICIALS PRESIDE; BANQUET IS HELD

Dignitaries of the state department of the American Legion officiated at the installation of officers of Wayne Post No. 119 on Monday night, and made addresses at the banquet held following the ceremony.

The following officers were installed during a program held in the court house:

S. F. Leichner, commander; Wm. M. Garrison, vice-commander; C. A. Booton, adjutant; Robert A Ramey, finance officer; C. F. Allen, chaplain; Carl E. Spurlock, service officer, and Leo Blevins, Sergeant-at-arms.

The installation was conducted by C. E. Booth of Huntington, state commander; Selig Olafson of Madison, district commander; and Edward McGrail, state adjutant.

Mr. Olafson served as toastmaster at the banquet which was held in the basement of the M. E. church, South, beginning at 8:30 o'clock. He recounted some of the hardships which a new post will encounter and from his own experiences pointed out ways to solve these difficulties.

Adjutant McGrail discussed various phases of the legion program, including child welfare and the Mountaineer Boys State camp, which the legion held last June when 315 boys of the state were given a weeks course in citizenship under the instruction of prominent citizens and governmental official of the state. The camp was held at Jackson's Mill.

Attorney W. T. Lovins, a native of Wayne county and prominent in legion circles, urged the legionnaires to teach their children to respect the constitution, the institutions of America and to uphold American traditions. "It is the greatest work you can do," he said.

Commander Booth discussed the dangers which he said the country faced from within. These dangers, he said were the various forms of philosophy which would tear down the American form of government and eliminate religious freedom.

The banquet was given by the legion auxiliary and other local women and was attended by a large crowd of world war veteran and other citizens of Wayne and vicinity.

All speakers complimented the world war veterans for organizing an American Legion post here and pointed out ways in which the post can render valuable services to its members, other citizens and the community and county.

Members of the legion auxiliary expressed their thanks to those who donated food and assisted in other ways in giving the banquet.
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Fort Gay Knights of Pythias lodge was celebrated last Friday in the lodge hall with a special program, which included the conferring of the rank of knight upon two candidates, Leonard Kirk and C. H. Waldin.

Following the degree work, members of the lodge enjoyed a program of recreation consisting of dart baseball and indoor horseshoes. Refreshments were served to those attending.

W. R. Frazier is chancellor commander of the Fort Gay lodge.
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(WCN - 11/27/1936) MASON G. CYRUS NAMED DIRECTOR

KENOVA TEACHER APPOINTED TO ROANE COUNTY RELIEF POST

Mason G. Cyrus, of Kenova, has been appointed director of public assistance in Roane county, it was learned here this week.

Mr. Cyrus, a teacher in Ceredo-Kenova High school, was appointed to the position under the social security act last week and left immediately for Spencer, where the Roane county public assistance office is located. He is a son of the late H. H. Cyrus, who served as sheriff of Wayne county from 1917 to 1921. Mason G. Cyrus graduated from Marshall college and was a school teacher at the Ceredo elementary school and more recently teacher of social sciences at C-K High school. He qualified for the position of county director by taking the examination given by the state board at Charleston.

Cyrus will be aided in his work by Mrs. Nina Ball Lukens as case supervisor. Mrs. Lukens is well known in Wayne, where she has visited at the home of Mrs. F. F. Scaggs.
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PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IN 2 WEEKS; WORK HERE PROGRESSES

Work of hard-surfacing approximately two miles of streets in Fort Gay is progressing rapidly and will probably be completed within the next two weeks if the weather is suitable, it was stated this week by J. R. Kelly of Kenova, who is in charge of the WPA project. Eighty-one men are employed.

Only 1,500 feet are to be hard-surfaced to complete the work.

The street improvement consists of an eight-inch base, a two-inch tar and gravel mixture and a three-fourths inch surface of Kentucky rock material which resembles concrete. The work has been in progress the past three months.

WPA is also improving Bluefield street in Wayne and is now rolling the rock base preparatory to applying a hard-surface on the street. Amisite, which was used to surface Keyser street, will be applied to Bluefield street. Sixty- three men are employed under the supervision of Hugh Ketchum of Wayne.
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