SCHS CLASS OF 1958
OLD NEWS 2007
December 18, 2007
Hey there people;
| Betty Jo Marshall McMillion (1) | |
| From: | Jackie Pauley (jpauley@ntelos.net) |
| Sent: | Fri 12/14/07 7:53 PM |
December 8, 2007
Hey there guys and gals:
| 39 and holding | |
| From: | Jim & Elinor (odellwv@verizon.net) |
Thursday December 6, 2007
Local car salesman has
no shortage of stories
by Local car salesman
has no shortage of stories
Jerry Pauley of
"I had a customer who bought the car for
his wife for a surprise Christmas gift," said the longtime employee of Joe
Holland Chevrolet. "He asked me
to bring the car to his home on Christmas Eve and put it in his garage with a
big red bow on top.
"On Christmas morning
I got a call at home asking me where the car was," he called. "I made
the trip back to his home only to discover I had mistakenly put the car in the
next-door neighbor's garage. "Needless
to say, it took me a while to explain to the neighbor's wife what had happened
as she thought her husband had bought her a new car for Christmas," Pauley
said.
After working in the car business for 50 years, Pauley
has lots of stories to tell.
He's one of the longest-working employees of any car
dealership in the area. But he probably won't be walking the car lot much
longer.
Pauley is 72 and has had some health problems that
have kept him from working recently. He's also contemplating retirement. "I
want to retire pretty soon, maybe work another year, then retire," he said.
He can remember when he started in the service
department, when he switched to sales, and when he sold his first car. He even
remembers who bought it. Pauley grew
up in Alum Creek. After graduating from
"I was hired to work that summer in the service
department to cover for people taking vacations," he said. "When
summer was over and everyone had taken their vacations, one of the owners, Dusty
Rhodes, came to me and told me I had done a good job and when they needed
someone full time, he would hire me.
"Dusty was pretty
forgetful and I was young and needed to work someplace, and I figured it might
as well be Rhodes-Walker," Pauley recalled. Cecil Walker was the other
partner in the dealership.
"When the following Monday rolled
around, I came back to work just like I was supposed to," he said.
"When I would see Mr. Rhodes, I would hide so he wouldn't see me."
Pauley remembers that this went on for a week until
The service
department of the dealership opened at 7 a.m. each day, and Pauley had to get
there to sweep and clean the service floor by 6 a.m. After a while, he advanced
to driving the wrecker truck. Then they made him a service adviser, which was
called a service writer back in the 50s.
After a fire
at the dealership, Walker and Rhodes decided to separate their businesses.
"Joe
Holland came in as a partner with Rhodes changing the company name to
Rhodes-Holland Chevrolet," Pauley said. "Later Joe bought out Dusty,
again changing the name of the company to Joe Holland Chevrolet. Today, Joe's
son, Joey Holland, runs the business."
Pauley has
been working at the business longer than anyone else, including the owners. He
left for a few years when he and his brothers Jack and Jimmy opened their own
car dealership in Ripley. He
switched to selling cars at Joe Holland in 1963 and has been at it ever since.
He has worked on commission since that first day and still does. "We
made maybe $100 to $150 profit on the sale of a car, which was the usual
amount," he recalled. "And the owners made about the same. It wasn't a
big deal back then.
"The
first car I ever sold was a Chevrolet
"Several years ago, brothers Ray and
Russell Tinsley along with their families moved to
When he was just starting in
sales, he was also married and starting a family.
"It was tough going when I started," Pauley said, "when my
wife, Jackie, and I had our first child, Scarlett, and we needed all the money I
could make. So, I worked from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. selling used cars then walked
across the street to work another shift selling new cars. "I've walked many
miles across
During the winter of 1978,
"I had brought home a
four-wheel-drive truck from work and was able to get around in the snow,"
he said. "After hearing I was mobile, we started getting calls from nurses
who needed to get to work at
From his many years on the sales floor, Pauley
can remember lots of stories. Once a farmer brought in a pig to trade. "He
asked if he could trade his hog as a down payment on a car," Pauley said.
"Well, I told him he wouldn't be allowed to do this, but another customer
who was standing nearby offered to buy the hog," Pauley said.
"He sold the hog to the other customer and used the money from
selling his hog to make the down payment on a car," he said. "That
had to be one of the most unusual sales agreements I've ever done."
Pauley can remember occasionally trading for a
sale when he never saw the vehicle to be traded. "We did it a few times
back in the old days," he said. "We just took the customer's word on
the value of the car to be traded. Then we'd go and pick the vehicle up.
"It usually happened when the customer just came in for a look and
wasn't driving the car he wanted to trade," Pauley said. "We'd
generally put our heads together and set a price."
When his health was good, Pauley said, he would
usually sell about 25 vehicles a month. "Now I have enough repeat business
that I can sort of take it easy," he said.
Contact writer Mary Childress at ma...@dailymail.com
or 348-4886.
|
|
|
---- Original Message -----
11/24/07
Hey guys and gals: I received this email from Larry Rock and found it amusing so wanted to share with all of you.
11/18/07
| A Different Christmas poem (1) | |
| From: | Jackie Pauley (jpauley@ntelos.net) |
| Sent: | Sat 11/24/07 9:12 AM |
| To: | ; |
Subject: Different Christmas poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,Transforming the yard to a winter delight.The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,And I crept to the door just to see who was near.Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child."What are you doing?" I asked without fear,"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..To the window that danced with a warm fire's lightThen he sighed and he said "Its really all right,I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.""It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,That separates you from the darkest of times.No one had to ask or beg or implore me,I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.My Gramps died at Pearl on a day in December,"Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas Gram always remembers."My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',And now it is my turn and so, here I am.I've not seen my own son in more than a while,But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,The red, white, and blue... an American flag.I can live through the cold and the being alone,Away from my family, my house and my home.I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.I can carry the weight of killing another,Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..Who stand at the front against any and all,To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,Your family is waiting and I'll be all right.""But isn't there something I can do, at the least,"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?It seems all too little for all that you've done,For being away from your wife and your son."Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,To stand your own watch, no matter how long.For when we come home, either standing or dead,To know you remember we fought and we bled.Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as manypeople as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is dueto our U.S.service men and women for our being able to celebrate thesefestivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what weowe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, whosacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN30th Naval Construction RegimentOIC, Logistics Cell OneAl Taqqadum, Iraq
October 31, 2007
CLASSMATES: THE FOLLOWING IS THE OBITUARY FOR OUR CLASSMATE CONNIE FOX'S SISTER PAULINE WHO GRADUATED IN '56. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER HER. I WILL TRY TO GET AN ADDRESS FOR CONNIE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND HER A CARD. LOVE TO ALL, JAKE
Pauline Fox Huffman, 69, of Elk Creek, Va., passed away Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at her residence with her family by her side.
Pauline was born July 27, 1938, in Charleston, W.Va., to the late Henry Kipling and Margaret Kathleen Fox. She was a graduate of South Charleston High School Class of 1956. She was dedicated to the betterment of the working class through her 27 years of service with the AFL-CIO.
Survivors include a twin brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Nancy Fox of South Charleston; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Eleanor and J.C. Henson of Alum Creek, JoAnn Garrett of Seabrook, Texas, and Constance and Don Atkinson of Poca; two sons and daughter-in-law, Sherman Huffman Jr. of Elk Creek, Va., Kippy and Sandy Huffman of South Charleston; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sherri and Michael Hale of Elk Creek, Va., Leah and Jay Chase of Wytheville, Va.; three grandchildren and spouses, Brandon and Jami Huffman of South Charleston, Erica and Jason Sutton of Elizabethtown, N.C., Tayler Hale of Elk Creek, Va.; and two beautiful great-granddaughters, Sophie Elizabeth Huffman and Mary Frances Sutton.
A celebration of Pauline's life with visitation for friends and family will be held Nov. 4, at Ward Manor, 1298 Saddle Creek Road, Independence, Va., from 2 to 4 p.m.
If you wish to send a memorial contribution in lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that contributions in Pauline's memory be made to the Twin County Hospice, please write memo line for 100 percent to Hospice, P.O. Box 106, Galax, VA 24333.
The family wishes to thank Pauline's many friends and
colleagues for their thoughtful expression of sympathy and prayers as to take
solace in knowing that she rests in peace with God.
October 23, 2007
October 22, 2007
CLASSMATES -
I PREVIOUSLY HAD NOTIFIED ALL OF YOU ABOUT FRANK'S DEATH, BUT PROMISED TO SEND OBIT WHEN I COULD GET IT.
THIS OBITUARY FOR FRANK TURLEY WAS IN THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE THIS MORNING. IF YOU WANT ADDRESSES FOR HIS FAMILY, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THEM FOR YOU.
LOVE TO ALL, JACKIE
Frank M. Turley
Frank
M. Turley died after a short illness from a rare lung disease on Sept. 30,
20007. He was home in Roseville, Calif., with his family by his side. He was 67
years of age.
Frank was born on July 9, 1940, in South Charleston to Cody and Silba Eskew Turley. He graduated from South Charleston High School in the Class of 1958. Earning a Master's in Behavioral Science from Kent State, he continued to complete an MBA and his Doctorate in Management from Pepperdine University. Frank was an active and successful basketball player in both high school and college.
In his 34-year state career, he held various positions with the California Departments of Mental Health and Developmental Services. During his tenure, he served as the Executive Director for both Napa and Camarillo State Hospitals.
Frank was a member of the Oroville Evangelical Church. In addition to his
wife, Carolyn and his son, Jeff, he is survived by his sister, Carolyn Turley
Clark of Vienna, Va., and his brother, Richard Turley of Louisville, Ky.
October 18, 2007
A Vega Banjo and a ukulele are displayed as is an African trumpet, to the left of the banjo. Gorby’s Music Store on 7th Avenue in South Charleston has a large collection of musical instruments that were gathered by the late store founder Charles H. Gorby.
Vince Gorby compares two distinctly different trumpets at Gorby’s Music Store’s music museum. Made for promotional purposes, only 50 of the mini-trumpets were ever crafted. Both are B-flat trumpets but the mini-one plays an octave higher.
This brightly painted horn is on an Edison Cylinder Phonograph. Owner Jerry Gorby and son Vince are organizing the collection to put on permanent display in the future.
A
medieval illuminated manuscript, circa 1500, written on velum, or animal
skin, hangs on store wall.
These brass music makers are two of the more unusual pieces in a large collection of antique and unusual instruments collected by the store's founder, the late Charles H. Gorby.
Known as the "Music Man" in the Kanawha Valley, Charles Gorby, who died in 2004 at the age of 94, helped start many of the school marching bands in the area. He began by selling instruments door to door, said his son, Jerry.
"He would get the kids organized and bands started," Jerry said. "We figure he started about 50 bands in West Virginia and Virginia."
Charles Gorby graduated from Magnolia High School in New Martinsville and went on to study industrial arts at Ohio University, where he played trumpet in the college band and with dance bands in the area.
He came to the Kanawha Valley in 1932 to teach industrial arts at Loudon District High School, which later became South Charleston High School.
"Dad was an all-state football player at New Martinsville High School, center on the basketball team and played trumpet in the band," Jerry said. "When he came to the Kanawha Valley, there were only two high school bands -- Charleston High School and Cabin Creek High School."
When the principal at Loudon District High School learned Charles Gorby had been an athlete, he asked him to join the coaching staff as an assistant football coach and then to form a band there.
Charles left teaching to sell band instruments for King Band Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. It was during that time that he became interested in collecting musical instruments.
"His major interest was in brass instruments," said Jerry, who plays clarinet.
The second floor of the store at 214 7th Ave., South Charleston, holds more than 400 instruments, including brass, woodwinds, strings and some of the more exotic and rare pieces collected by the Gorbys.
Gorby's Museum of Music has had visitors from 33 states and 16 countries. The collection is available for viewing by appointment.
"We've had the bass trombone player from the Boston Symphony visit, a member of the Chicago Symphony rent an instrument from us and many high school band members and directors visit through the years," Jerry said.
Many of the museum's guests come to study the old instruments, observing the design and craftsmanship their makers put into the work, Jerry said.
"We would like one day to have displays of musical instruments from the oldest to the newest to see how they have evolved," he added.
Among the oldest pieces are a flute and recorder from the 18th century. Those two are displayed on the first floor, where they are housed in a wooden case.
The store's display window holds a 50-pound sousaphone like ones used by the military. Hanging from the walls in the rental instrument area is a sarrusophone, a double-reed instrument made of brass with a fingering system similar to the saxophone. It was originally made for use in military bands.
An ophicleide from the 1930s is from a family of keyed bugles invented in the early 1800s. The name means "keyed serpent," and the soft-timbred instrument is difficult to play.
Vince Gorby, grandson of the founder and Jerry's son, also works in the store.
"My grandfather cataloged most of the old instruments before he died and put it all down in a book for the store," Vince said. "So a lot of that work has been done.
"We would like to have the museum available so more people could see it," he said. "These instruments have been well taken care of and can actually be played today."
Also in the collection are an 1830s Martin Guitar built by C.F. Martin in New York; a metal cello; an early 1907 Gibson A4 Mandolin; a Conn-O-Sax, a metal saxophone from the 1930s; and a King 1079 single-valve bugle the Gorbys received as a gift.
The King double-belled euphonium in the collection has a fourth valve that when depressed routes the airflow to the smaller bell, giving the horn a more trombone-like tone.
Vince opened a tiny case in the museum to reveal a miniature trumpet. Half the size of a regular trumpet, it was produced in the 1920s and 1930s.
One of the museum's prized possessions is a trumpet belonging to the late bandleader Harry James. His name is scripted on the side of the horn. The Gorbys were told this instrument was one of only 30 gold-plated trumpets made.
Vince said his grandfather used to say that was as close as he ever got to Betty Grable, the pinup girl of World War II fame who was also Harry James' wife.
Through the years, many designers of musical instruments have visited the store to give workshops or just to visit.
"One of the Steinway brothers came here for a day," Jerry said.
In one of the museum rooms is an 1875 Steinway and Sons Style II square piano.
"I know of one other like it in town," Vince said. "There weren't too many of them manufactured. It just didn't sell well."
The Gorbys keep a few of the older musical instruments on display in the store and change the displays when they have time.
"All of these are a part of Gorby's history," Jerry said. "We've been on the same street in South Charleston for all these years, and we'll be here for a long time to come."
October 2, 2007
56 Majorette Festival, The slide show shows pictures
September 17, 2007
Mike Wallace has some friends in high places.
| Watch video |
Make that high places, low places, hot places and wet places.
It took cranes, trucks, barges and more than a year to
accomplish his latest adventure, all done for the love of nostalgia.
You don't even have to ask him if it was worth it, what he went through to move a 53-foot metal slicky slide from South Charleston to a specially built pad at the bank of the Kanawha River in front of his home on the far eastern end of Kanawha City.
The glee on his face as he slides down and lands in the river tells it all.
The 41-year-old Charleston lawyer is reliving his childhood, when he spent many summer days at South Charleston's Rock Lake Pool.
If you were a kid in the Kanawha Valley from World War II to 1987, chances are you visited the pool operated by brothers Sam, Dave and Joe Wilan that was like no other around.
Built in a rock quarry, it had diving boards. But kids most loved the three slides, especially the largest one, which ran 53 feet, and the trapezes that hung above platforms high above the water.
"My butt went down that slide many times," said Wallace, who grew up near the pool. "I used to do triple back flips off those trapezes."
His daredevil nature has carried into adulthood.
His home on the Kanawha River has a dock that has room for two boats and two personal watercraft. He kneeboards and skis.
A slide seemed like the perfect addition to his little water playground, which the bachelor shares with friends.
When a Charleston businessman announced he had bought the Rock Lake property in 1993 and planned to build a Putt-Putt golf center and go-cart track there, Wallace saw his opportunity.
"I called the new owner and asked him if I could buy the slide.
"He said it added to the nostalgia of the place and he was keeping it there."
When Rock Lake Putt-Putt closed in the spring of 2005, Wallace saw an opportunity again. But the property was seized by the bank holding a lien to it. Bidders came and were rejected.
It finally was sold at auction in May 2006 -- to Wallace's church, Rock Lake Presbyterian. Enter friends in high places.
"I started lobbying my church to buy the slide. They thought I was crazy," Wallace said.
As it turned out, three of his best friends -- William Wagner, Chris Williams and Tom Laird -- took up a collection and made a donation to the church in exchange for the slide, a gift to him on his 40th birthday last Sept. 1.
Then the real fun began.
Wallace had to get the slide from South Charleston to Kanawha City, which wasn't accomplished until this spring.
"I'm a bit of a horse trader," he said. He cajoled, called in some chits and got to work.
This past Memorial Day weekend, a friend with an earthmoving company in Poca, Paul Saluja, brought a team of employees, an excavator and a boom truck with a crane to the former pool to remove the slide.
It was a tricky operation.
"The excavator rolled over. They broke a hydraulic line. It took all day, starting at 7:30 in the morning," Wallace recalled.
"When we first dropped it here on my parking pad that Friday, we all sat on my lawn and admired the day's work."
Next up was making sure the slide - which still bears the stamp of Virginia Welding, its creator - was in safe working order.
Lead paint on the galvanized structure beneath it had to be safely removed. Weak spots had to be replaced and welded.
Someone had to design a deck to the slide, a structure to anchor it at the top and another at Wallace's dock - and it had to be able to move according to the water level in the river. And then the whole slide had to be hoisted into place.
"I'm just a simpleton lawyer," Wallace said. "I can't drive a nail."
Again, good thing he has buddies.
Contractor Richard Stowers and his helper, Abram Barajas, designed and built a deck and concrete pad for the top of the slide. Welder Lee Hancock made sure the slide was safe. Scott Goetz of Charleston Steel provided necessary supplies. Eric Gardner toted a crane on a barge down the river so the slide could be hoisted into place.
At each step of the way, the work attracted attention from neighbors and others.
Hancock's helpers - Wallace knows them only as Rusty and Marshall -- laughed when they saw him take his first trip down the slide.
"You want to try it?" he asked Marshall.
Marshall noted he's not a good swimmer.
"I have a life jacket," Wallace told him.
"What kind of lawyer are you?" Marshall shot back.
After taking a seated trip down, Wallace tried it on his belly.
"It's perfect," he said. "It's as slick as a baby's bottom."
"This year, I'll drag a hose from my house over to keep it wet. Next year I'm going to install a pump system."
When Rock Lake Pool closed in 1987, its owners said astronomical rises in liability insurance forced their decision.
The irony isn't lost on Wallace.
"I'm a trial lawyer and it was probably trial lawyers that shut that place down," he said.
Nor is the irony that he has installed what lawyers call an attractive nuisance -- something that could attract uninvited visitors.
"What does concern me, being a trial lawyer, is someone coming and suing me," he said.
"I'll probably ask people to sign a release."
Contact writer Monica Orosz at monica@dailymail.com or
348-4830.
C
lassmates:It is with deep sadness that I tell you that our classmate Barbara Schoonover passed away on Tuesday. Jerry Gorby was kind enough to send the obituary to me.
Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.
Love to all, Jackie
Barbara Lee Schoonover
Barbara
Lee Schoonover, 67, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, August 28,
2007, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.
Ms. Schoonover was born February 15, 1940, in Charleston, West Virginia, and was a daughter of the late Claude and Mildred Schoonover.
She graduated from South Charleston High School and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio University in Athens with degrees in French and English. At Ohio University, Barbara joined Chi Omega sorority and gained friendships that would last her lifetime. Barbara found her true calling in the field of public relations and spent many fulfilling years in that profession. Her work enabled her to spend time in Cleveland, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Charleston, W.Va. She retired as a senior vice president of William Silverman and Company in Cleveland, Ohio, and soon moved to Gainesville to be near family. During the last year, Barbara enjoyed part-time employment with Agora House, a residential treatment facility. She always enjoyed young people and felt she may have made a difference in the lives of some Agora residents. Her hobbies included horseback riding, genealogy research, western and native American history, and computers. At the time of her death, she was excited about compiling a cookbook for dialysis patients.
In addition to her parents, Ms. Schoonover was preceded in death by her aunts, Madge and Maxine, and uncles, Paul and Harold.
Survivors include her sister and brother-in-law, Karen and Glenn Martin; her niece and nephew, Laura and Alex Martin; and her beloved pussycats, Tiffany and Enota.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Humane Society of Hall County, 845 West Ridge Road, Gainesville, GA, 30501, or the St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, SD, 57326, www.stjo.org.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 7, at Mason & Ward Funeral Home, Gainesville, with the Rev. Robert Puckett officiating. Interment will take place this fall at Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
Arrangements are by Mason & Ward Funeral Home,
Gainesville, Ga.
August 28, 2007
August 23, 2007
|
|
|
Wanted to let you know that Cynthia passed away last night a few hours after the girls got home. She seemed to be at peace and pain free and simply stopped breathing. Thank goodness for the kids. They have more or less taken over. Since she is being cremated, the memorial service (Monday - Martin funeral home) will be relatively simple. We did not even plan a grave side service because many of her family and friends are so far away.
Bob
August 9, 2007
Jackie,
Some of your classmates may want to know that Cynthia has been battling lung cancer. After going through chemotherapy, radiation treatment, surgery, and high internal radiation treatment, the doctors have told her there are no more treatment options available. She is presently in hospice at home.
Bob Schenley
August 6, 2007
August 6, 2007
Viola
“Vicki” Lane, 67, of South Charleston, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2007,
at the home of her son, James, in South Charleston after a long illness.
She was retired from the Department of Highways, a member of the Charleston Moose Club, Charleston Eagles, Red Hats Society, and the South Charleston Alumni Association.
She is survived by her sons, James M. Lane Jr. of South Charleston, Jeffrey A. Lane of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Robert D. Lane of Groveland, Fla.; granddaughter, Amber Dawn Lane of Charleston; grandson, Robert Chad Lane of Teays Valley; four great-grandchildren; sister, Blanche Harrison of St. Albans; brother, Edward Ewart of St. Albans; and uncle, Eugene Norman of Charleston.
A service to honor the life of Vicki will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, at Snodgrass Funeral Home in South Charleston. The burial will follow at Cunningham Memorial Park in St. Albans.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Snodgrass Funeral Home is in Charge of arrangements.
|
|
|
July 26, 2007
June 26th, 2007
Kathlyn
Bailey Gumowski, 65, of Charleston, passed away June 25, 2007.
Lyn was active in Civil Rights and Women's Rights. She was editor of a regional women's community newsletter. She was a former educator in the Kanawha County School system and was a consultant for Boone County Schools. She was a former employee of Columbia Gas and worked as an Affirmative Action Officer at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Helen Pauley Bailey.
She is survived by her husband, Danny Gumowski of Charleston; son, Thomas Sclar of Dallas, Texas; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Judy Bailey of South Charleston; sister and brother-in-law, Martha Bailey and Bruce Umbaugh of St. Louis, Mo.; niece and nephew, Melanie and Miles Umbaugh of St. Louis, Mo. She is also survived by her loving dog, Dawnie.
A service to honor the life of Lyn will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday June 27, at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston with Pastor Jody Pistore officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.
Family and friends will visit from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Those unable to attend may send a message to the family by visiting www.snodgrassfuneral.com and selecting the Honoring Life Condolence Center Icon.
Snodgrass Funeral Home, MacCorkle Ave. SW, South Charleston, is handling t
June 25, 2007
June 25, 2007
|
|
|
|
June 20, 2007
June 14, 2007
HEY GUYS AND GALS: THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO READ A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SC. JAKE
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Photos |
Photos |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Charleston’s Little Creek Park offers a
soapbox derby track and garage area, where Nick Meadows
prepares for an upcoming race. A Little League game is underway at one of Little Creek Park’s five fields. |
South Charleston’s Little Creek Park offers a
soapbox derby track and garage area, where Nick Meadows
prepares for an upcoming race. A Little League game is underway at one of Little Creek Park’s five fields. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 “Even though making money is not your goal in recreation — the goal is to provide a service — you want to do it in an efficient cost,’’ he said. “To get into this and think you’re going to make money, it’s not going to happen. But the golf course, on the other hand, has the potential to at least be self-sufficient, if not make a little money.’’Another South Charleston campaign issue was metro government, or the combining of city services. Bob Anderson, SC’s executive director of the visitors and convention bureau, says the widespread popularity of the city’s recreational facilities have a metro flavor. “We have metro government,’’ said Anderson. “Most people who use the ice arena and the community center don’t live in South Charleston.’’ The ice arena, in particular, beckons strongly to outsiders. “We draw big-time from Putnam County and Clay County and from 10 or so surrounding counties,’’ said Chris Ryan, the ice arena’s director. “Huntington used to have an ice arena, but that got shut down, and so we picked up some of their business. We take people from eastern Kentucky and southeast Ohio.’’Ryan concedes that most of SC’s skaters are from outside the city, but he seems to enjoy the arena’s hustle and bustle, regardless of the skaters’ addresses. He estimates that total use of the arena last year was about 250,000. Skaters pay $5 for admission; skate rental is $2. SC’s outstanding recreation facilities in the heart of the Kanawha Valley make them easily accessible to non-South Charleston residents. The community center attracts 60 percent of its clientele from outside the city and offers aerobics, water aerobics, racquetball, basketball, swimming, weightlifting, outdoor tennis, self-defense classes, exercise classes, line-dancing classes and monthly dances. SC residents get a slight break in rates. A three-month individual pass, for example, is $70 for the city’s residents; outsiders pay $88. Community center director Danny Smith estimates that more than 600 people use the facility daily. He said that UPS, Dow and other corporations subsidize memberships for their employees, thus bringing in people from throughout the valley.“From what I see,’’ said Smith, “there’s a lot of South Charleston people here, but there’s a lot of outside people here, too. We welcome people from all over because that’s what this place was built for.’’ At Little Creek Country Club, golfers pay $29.68 on weekdays and $34.98 on weekends, including Fridays. Carts are included. Rates are the same for SC residents and non-residents.
|
“Even though making money is not your goal in recreation — the goal is to provide a service — you want to do it in an efficient cost,’’ he said. “To get into this and think you’re going to make money, it’s not going to happen. But the golf course, on the other hand, has the potential to at least be self-sufficient, if not make a little money.’’Another South Charleston campaign issue was metro government, or the combining of city services. Bob Anderson, SC’s executive director of the visitors and convention bureau, says the widespread popularity of the city’s recreational facilities have a metro flavor. “We have metro government,’’ said Anderson. “Most people who use the ice arena and the community center don’t live in South Charleston.’’ The ice arena, in particular, beckons strongly to outsiders. “We draw big-time from Putnam County and Clay County and from 10 or so surrounding counties,’’ said Chris Ryan, the ice arena’s director. “Huntington used to have an ice arena, but that got shut down, and so we picked up some of their business. We take people from eastern Kentucky and southeast Ohio.’’Ryan concedes that most of SC’s skaters are from outside the city, but he seems to enjoy the arena’s hustle and bustle, regardless of the skaters’ addresses. He estimates that total use of the arena last year was about 250,000. Skaters pay $5 for admission; skate rental is $2. SC’s outstanding recreation facilities in the heart of the Kanawha Valley make them easily accessible to non-South Charleston residents. The community center attracts 60 percent of its clientele from outside the city and offers aerobics, water aerobics, racquetball, basketball, swimming, weightlifting, outdoor tennis, self-defense classes, exercise classes, line-dancing classes and monthly dances. SC residents get a slight break in rates. A three-month individual pass, for example, is $70 for the city’s residents; outsiders pay $88. Community center director Danny Smith estimates that more than 600 people use the facility daily. He said that UPS, Dow and other corporations subsidize memberships for their employees, thus bringing in people from throughout the valley.“From what I see,’’ said Smith, “there’s a lot of South Charleston people here, but there’s a lot of outside people here, too. We welcome people from all over because that’s what this place was built for.’’ At Little Creek Country Club, golfers pay $29.68 on weekdays and $34.98 on weekends, including Fridays. Carts are included. Rates are the same for SC residents and non-residents.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
April 24, 2007
Classmates:
Below is an email that I received from
Jim and Elinor. Sounds like they had a wonderful and very
interesting vacation. Thanks guys for sharing your vacation
with us.
Love to all, Jake
PS - anyone else out there had a vacation
they'd like to tell us about???? We love traveling through
with you on your experiences and sightseeing.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim
& Elinor O'Dell
To: Jackie
Pauley
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:43 PM
Subject: A wonderful vacation!
Elinor and I flew out of Charleston
to Atlanta then to Phoenix AZ on 03/21/07 and came back 04/11/07.
Out on a Boeing 757-200 and back on a 767-300.
We stayed three weeks with friends
in Phoenix but spent a lot of time on the road seeing the sights.
There are 3.8 million people in
Phoenix alone and that is almost double the population of WV. (6th
largest city in US and still growing.) Airport has four
parallel runways with air traffic around the clock and about 2
mins between flights on each runway.
The majority of Phoenix is new
construction built in recent years.........absolutely
unbelievable....so many things to do that you would never do the
same thing twice! For instance, the Cheese Cake Factory is a
new restaurant with a menu of forty+ pages (covers all types of
foods) with over 5 dozen different cheese cakes for dessert.
The motif is Egyptian to the nth degree in life size accentuated
with appropriate color and lighting. You would think you
were on the Nile River. You could set 1/4 of the Charleston
Town Mall inside this restaurant. You could eat for weeks
and never eat the same food.
Tooled around the Gilbert area of
Phoenix for about thirty miles of driving and was never more than
ten miles from the house in which we stayed. Most housing
starts around $180,000 and goes up & up & up. Lots
are usually 50' x 110' with gravel for grass. One sub
division after another like row houses and some are gated.
One sub division had over 900 houses and that appears to be the
norm. They are all beautiful, neat, clean, and picture
perfect with tile roofs. Everyone stays inside during the
summer like we do in the winter. Most days we were there was
76-85 degrees with 33% humidity...simply delightful!
We toured a US airplane bone yard
with over 4600 airplanes in storage. From WWII B-17, B-29 up
to today's F-14 TomCat which was decommissioned in 2006 and being
put to sleep in storage. Walked through Kennedy's
Presidential airplane and saw Eisenhower's C-121 Independence.
Visited AZ park with wildlife and plants. Saw a wolf, bear,
mountain lion, gopher to name a few.
Next trip took us to San Diego.
Traveled through the Sornan Desert. Walked the beach, took
off my shoes, and waded the Pacific Ocean. Went aboard and
toured USS Midway (WWII museum). Saw atomic aircraft
carrier USS Nimitz and atomic submarine (with crew atop sub) leave
port for Persian Gulf. Went whale watching about 12 miles
off the coast and saw a poppa, mama, and baby whales traveling
North for the Summer. Left San Diego and went through the
Mojave Desert. In 45 minutes we traveled through rain, hail,
and snow with 90% of the desert floor being white. Then
through the end of the Great Salt Flats and on into Las Vegas.
Stayed there three days and visited many many well known
sights...no I did not play any slot machines but I saw thousands
of them ringing chiming kachinging and etc. The girls were
much prettier than the slot machines. We sat down several
times, bought something cold to drink with ice, sipped, and took
in the local scenery. I saw a million dollars in cool cash
in one stack in a glass case in the middle of a walkway through
one of the big hotels with hundreds of people walking by and never
giving it a glance or thought. The weather turned bad very
cold and wet. All outside shows were canceled while we were
there but I did film the only outside activity of the Volcano
Explosion which was fantastic. Phantom of the Opera show was
absolutely superb. There is no way to describe the place.
Prostitution is legal and dozens of Mexicans stand along the
sidewalk handing out glossy slick colored prints of cards
advertising the most exquisite female human bodies you only dream
about. They will come to your room and put on a show
starting at $49.00. Next we went to Hoover Dam and Lake
Meade. Walked all over the dam and took many pictures.
The biggest problem I had out West is trying to size things up and
it is next to impossible because there are no reference points.
Next trip took us to Zion National
Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon National
Park, Sedona AZ (red mountains), and then Jerome AZ (most wicked
town in the West). No picture or words can do justice to
God's handiwork....what can I say...it is unbelievably beautiful
and breathtaking!
Next trip Elinor & I (by
ourselves) drove to Tombstone AZ and watched the OK Corral Shoot
Out (deafening shootout lasts 30 seconds) ....three Earp brothers
& Doc against the Clantons & friends. three died. Sheriff
Virgil Earp was shot clean through the leg and another Earp
was shot through shoulder & back. Wyatt just stood there
cool as a cucumber blasting away. All Earps survived.
One shot hit Doc's holster. Went to the Crystal Palace
Saloon and shared a mug of beer on tap with Elinor at the bar.
Met a local artist that has dressed in the same manner (black
boots, long black coat, black hat & tie - cowboy style)
for the last 17 years. He had lithographs of many famous
people that he had drawn by pencil. We bought one for our
son and then he initial one and gave it free to Elinor. Then
he took a napkin and sketched the main character from HBO's Dead
Wood series, initialed it and gave it to us. Out of all the
sketches of famous people I happened to pick his favorite and did
not know until he told me. He has been interviewed on
several TV shows like Good Morning America and etc. We ate
dinner and then breakfast at Big Nosed Kate's. Next we
went to Bisbee AZ that had huge gold and silver strikes around the
1850s. In WWI they mined manganese and then lead during
WWII. Saw a $496,000.00 earthen bowl trimmed in
gold for sale made by local artist that has stuff in the
Smithsonian. Today, Bisbee and Tombstone only has
tourists.
We had a wonderful trip, lots
of fun, tons of good food and gallons of good drink!
Your friends,
Jim & Elinor
(PS) I know there is plenty I
forget to tell you!
Hey guys & gals:
Below is a report from
Ms. Joan about the luncheon Saturday. I really,
really hated to miss, but had a wonderful time at Charleston
Calligraphers Guild's exchange meeting with Huntington.
Plan to come next month for lunch
with all of us. Love to each one of you, Jake
----- Original Message -----
Hey Jake. We missed you Saturday. Those attending were: JoAnn Spitler Bostic, Janet Buckner George, Bill Coles, Dale & Bull Miller, Jerry & Faye (Adams) Collins, Butch, Raymond, Owen and myself. We just had our usual Chit-Chat and did talk a little about the City of South Charleston election. I was very sad that Butch did not make it for his third term as Councilman, he has done a very good job. It was a beautiful day so most of us were anxious to get home and work in the yard. Love You. Joan
April 16, 2007 Hey Classmates:
Recently Roger and Dreama Vass Rogers
celebrated their 50th Anniversary.
Thought you might enjoy this picture of them.
Congratulations to the two of you!!!
Love to all, Jake
|
April 12, 2007
March 17, 2007
|
|
March 7, 2007
Eula
Maxine Shea, 84, died on March 3, 2007, at her home on E. Sweetbriar Trail
following an extended illness.
Mrs. Shea was born on June 14, 1922, a daughter of the late E.F. and Dora Launstein, in Logan, W.Va. She was a dental assistant in Charleston, W.Va., for many years and served as president of the WV Dental Assistants Society. Prior to retiring to Myrtle Beach, she was co-owner of Beauty by Shea.
Survivors include her husband of 68 years, William M. Shea, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Shea of Trinity, N.C.; two daughters, Kara Shea Carpenter of Myrtle Beach and DeeAnna Shea Caldwell of Colorado Springs; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Shea was a member of Forestbrook Baptist Church.
Final arrangements include a family memorial service.
Grand Strand Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements
Hey there guys and gals:
Classmates:
|
||||||||
Often time’s people that actually make a difference aren’t the ones who talk about it. They just do it. Such is the case with a man named Dave Elmore. Dave hails from Huntington, West Virginia and came to Roatan via Guatemala a little over a year ago. He probably wouldn’t have wound up here except for the fact that he was working with an orphanage in Guatemala and became a robbery victim. To make matters worse, when he reported it to the police, they beat him and robbed him as well. His next stop was Roatan. Close to being broke when he first got here, he went to Eldon’s with the little money he had left and bought a bunch of bread and meats and spreads, made sandwiches and went up and down to all of the dive shops in West End selling his sandwiches in order to make some money to be able to afford a place to live. Dave is currently teaching grades 1 through 3 at Miriam Hansen’s “Home away from Home” school in Sandy Bay .As part of that job, he also directs and holds physical education classes at the tennis courts at Anthony’s Key. If you talk to his students, they sing his praises loud and clear. I was speaking to the mother of one of his students last week and she commented to me that Dave had made such a difference in her daughter’s approach to studying and her attitude about school in general had vastly improved as a direct result of his being her teacher. After hiking the Appalachian Trail (over 2000 miles) starting in 1998, he returned to Asheville, North Carolina and dedicated his time in helping “at risk” children, working with them in a wilderness environment. Children have always had a special place in Dave Elmore’s heart and as a result he has set out to help them the best he can. With the help of friend Brandon Raab, Dave has set up a
non-profit organization called the “Sol Foundation”.
(Sol being an abbreviation for School of Life.) The Sol
Foundation consists of 3 parts: The 3rd and last part of the Sol Foundation is an internship program. This is focused on the late teens and early adults age group and will consist of local businesses such as hotels, computer stores, real estate offices, marine science or marine biology companies being asked to provide this select group of people with internships, exposing them to new skill sets and letting them absorb and learn how businesses are run. Dave feels that in many ways the future of the children and young adults here on the island should include these sorts of positions enabling them to become the decision makers of tomorrow for Roatan. “I didn’t have this plan in mind at all when I first came here” said Dave. “It just kind of all fell into place on its own”. He has also been pleasantly surprised by the generosity of certain islanders who have contributed financially to his sports activities programs. He’s hoping more people will take the initiative to get involved on some level. Actions speak louder than words and this is certainly the case with Dave Elmore. I found out about the work he is doing quite by accident and this was after seeing Dave around for quite awhile. He’s not one to blow his own horn. I approached him with the idea of this article because I feel he is one of the people here who really are making a difference and other people should be aware of it. If you’d like to know more about the Sol Foundation or more importantly what you might be able to do to contribute or help Dave with his projects he can be contacted at dave_elmore@hotmail.com. |
||||||||
January 2, 2007
Jackie,
This subject brought a smile and great memories. As we moved around the country, we often invited our friends and neighbors to a WV hotdog party. The hotdogs were always a success. Often when the invitation was extended, we would be asked what made WV hotdogs so special. Their doubts we quickly dispelled with the first bite. Several adopted this WV specialty as their hotdog of choice.
Paul
I SENT THIS INFORMATION TO TREASURE WIBLIN CLASS OF '57 SINCE HE LOVES WV HOTDOGS TOO. HE MOVED HERE LAST YEAR AFTER SPENDING 40+ YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. HE'S SEARCHING FOR THE GREATEST WV HOTDOG EVER. MY LITTLE QUIPS IN RED AFTER HIS REMARKS. JAKE:
Jackie.......my son has a place on Roatan island where he has begun serving chili dogs...they have been a big hit so I wanted to forwarded this WV hot dog site to him....hope you and family are doing well...Happy New Year...Mary Beth
I requested more information about Roatan Island and her son. She wrote:
Roatan is an island that is part of Honduras. He went to Central America starting out in Guatemala to do volunteer work at an orphanage. As things evolved he ended up in Honduras where he has started a sports program to give the children something to do...it has evolved into his starting a foundation, SOL, (school of life) and he has been able to do soccer fields, basketball courts, baseball batting cages, etc. He is now trying to get sponsors to have basketball leagues. He was very involved in athletics growing up and is glad for the opportunity to give back some of what was given to him throught involvement in sports. He is, also, involved in a Home Away from Home school there on the island. An article was written about him recently titled "People Who Make a Difference".
Matthew
Jerod Potter, 23 of Stanville, Kentucky, died Tuesday
August 21, 2007.
