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By Bob Weaver. It was 80+ years ago in Grantsville in 1942 that the cornerstone of the county's new courthouse was laid, with the official opening some months later. The courthouse had been located in numerous buildings during a bitter struggle over the location of the county seat, with an official courthouse being built in Grantsville.Charolette Mae Hathaway Taylor, 52, of Davisville, WV, died May 5, 2019 at her home in Davisville WV. She was born April 9, 1967, in Calhoun County, WV, the daughter of Ethel Powell Hathaway of Elizabeth, WV and the late Raymond Wesley "Wes" Hathaway. Charolette worked for Home Health Care.Tiffany Huffman, 36 of Grantsville. (10/15/2021) Tiffany Huffman, 36 of Grantsville WV, departed this earthly life in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Genesis Health Care, Glenville Center following an extended illness. She was born November 18, 1984 in Parkersburg WV, daughter of Ronald Huffman and the late Anna ...By Bob Weaver. This old Hur WV house, the home of Leona Casto Sturm (1904-1996), housed the Hur Telephone Company for a number years, that dutifully connected the callers 24/7 on the crank'em up system that operated on a single wire strung along the roads and through the woods. Leona married Holly Sturm, son of the founder of the Hur Telephone ...ARISTOTLE'S INLAWS - DAVID WASHINGTON CHENOWETH 1831-1921. David Washington Chenoweth, the fourteenth child of Robert was born in Randolph County, raised in Braxton County, and lived and raised his family in Calhoun County, all in West Virginia. He married Caroline Mollohan, daughter of William M. Mollohan and Elizabeth Lemasters Boggs.

Purdy was born in 1974 at Chloe, and is now a professor at Columbia, formerly professor of law at Duke University and the author of several widely-discussed books including "For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today" (1999) and "Being America: Liberty, Commerce and Violence in an American World" (2003).Teddy Darrell Adkins, 90, of Spencer WV, died Sunday October 10, 2021 at Agape Care, Summerville SC. Graveside funeral service will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Sunday October 17, 2021 at Morrison Cemetery, Winslow WV, with Rev. Randall Whited officiating. Teddy was born November 8, 1930 in Winslow WV a son of the late Frank and Cassie Lester Adkins ...2014: MT. ZION UM CHURCH CELEBRATES 120 YEARS - "This Is A Glorious Day" (04/14/2024) Rev. David Weaver, current pastor of Mt. Zion UN Church, welcomed parishioners and visitors to the celebration

HUR WV: MIGHTY POWER OF MOTHER NATURE (01/10/2024) By Bob Weaver. After thousands of years there was a mighty cloudburst on the hill on which I live in the Village of Hur. About 25 years ago, within a short time, it rained about 4" on our hill. There was a tiny streamlet flowing off the hill to Rowels Run.By Bob Weaver. The annual Calhoun County High School Homecoming Parade was among the county's most popular events during much of the 20th century. The parades continued in the town until shortly after 1998, when the school was moved to the new campus at Mount Zion. Citizens would turn out by the droves to watch the parade and students built ...

In a study of the safest U.S. states during COVID-19, updated on Wednesday, May 26, West Virginia ranked dead last. A few weeks ago, in national statistics, Calhoun WV had the 3rd highest number of outbreak cases in the nation, while the Hur Herald could not confirm the cause of the outbreak or get a statement verifying it.Hacker, a state police veteran, was conscious and at times alert before he was taken by helicopter to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital In Parkersburg. The 34-year-old Harrisville resident died shortly after arriving at the hospital at 12:10 a.m., authorities at the hospital said. Ferguson was arrested about midnight Thursday in a wooded area near ...HUR HERALD'S TALES OF BEAR FORK: 2010: SCHARTIGER FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION AFTER ALL-NIGHT SEARCH IN CALHOUN WOODS (05/17/2022) A 72-year-old Massillon, Ohio man was discovered alive and well about 6:30 a.m. Friday after walking miles in the Bear Fork wilderness and likely finding some shelter at a campground.2020: GRANTSVILLE SKY-VIEW FROM THE AIR - Part Three. (08/28/2023) The Hur Herald has been recording the life and times of Calhoun for 25 years, including thousands of photographs across the 280 square miles. Thanks to Dan Kemper, a historian with roots in the county, and his high-tech drone, he has already photographed the Bethlehem Church and ...

THE BELLS ARE RINGING - West Virginia's Urge To Merge: 08-07-2006: EDWATCH - Educators Get A+ For Explaining Results: 08-07-2006: WV MEN 30-54 LEAD NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT: 08-07-2006: CRESTON NEWS: ... HUR HERALD CELEBRATING TEN YEARS - Recognized During Alumni Day: 07-04-2006: MOTIVE UNKNOWN IN TRIPLE RITCHIE COUNTY DEATHS - Mother Kills Self ...

GERALDINE HUPP 71ST CALHOUN WV FOLK FESTIVAL BELLE - Festival This Week, Calhoun's Beautiful Belles Over The Years. (06/18/2021) Geraldine Hupp of Grantsville is the 71st WV Folk Festival Belle which will be held in Glenville June 17-20, 2021, she appearing in the Wood Festival Parade. The West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville was ...

Recent News Updates: 05-03-2024. SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - Sober And Dumbfounded "The Greenbriar". 05-03-2024. 1909: CALHOUN WORKERS AT GODFREY CABOTS LAMP BLACK FACTORY. 05-03-2024. MYSTERIOUS GREEN ORB FRIGHTENS HUR SPOTTERS - Sightings 30 Years Apart. 05-03-2024.HUR HERALD'S BEAR FORK TALES - The Dark And Scary Woods, Hidden Gold (05/16/2022) THE DARK AND SCARY WOODS, TALES AND SECRETS. By Bob Weaver 2000. There are several thousand acres in the back woods of Calhoun, Gilmer and Braxton County, a section of forest mysteriously recalled with tales told, now essentially uninhabited.By Bob Weaver. It was 80+ years ago in Grantsville in 1942 that the cornerstone of the county's new courthouse was laid, with the official opening some months later. The courthouse had been located in numerous buildings during a bitter struggle over the location of the county seat, with an official courthouse being built in Grantsville.Tiffany Huffman, 36 of Grantsville. (10/15/2021) Tiffany Huffman, 36 of Grantsville WV, departed this earthly life in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Genesis Health Care, Glenville Center following an extended illness. She was born November 18, 1984 in Parkersburg WV, daughter of Ronald Huffman and the late Anna ...THE WV THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD NOV. 1985 - Forty Seven Die (11/21/2023) Route 16 South Looking Toward Grantsville. Route 16 South at the edge of Grantsville (Photos Courtesy of Emory and Saundra Johnson) On November 3, 1985, the thousand year flood started heading into the Mountain State. Forty-seven people were killed in the Mountain State.Dorl Copen of Elizabeth WV. (09/17/2020) Dorl Copen of Elizabeth WV, passed away September 16, 2020. He was born to the late Arthur D. and Evelyn Hall Copen in Barberton, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers Ronald Shane Copen and Delmas Copen and his sister Brenda Copen. Dorl attended Wirt County High School.304-354-6183. 7697 Pine Creek Rd. - Mt. Zion WV 26151. E-MAIL [email protected]. A QUESTIONABLE PUBLICATION. Editor Bob Weaver returned to his ancestral Village of Hur in 1995 and started The Hur Herald's printed version in 1996 "for the amusement of my neighbors," often printing and handing out 2000 copies. Because of expense, The Herald was ...

CALHOUN'S BURL SIMERS INDUCTED INTO WV DRAG RACER HALL OF FAME. (09/18/2023) Burl Simers (right) was recently selected to be inducted into the Class of 2020 West Virginia Drag Racer Hall of Fame. But, because of the covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony did not take place until Saturday, September 25, 2021 at the Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Winfield WV. Chloe merchant John Rose takes a break swingin' with his. dog on the porch of the country store emporium along Rt. 16. The owner and operator of one of Calhoun's last "country" stores, John Herman Rose, 76, has passed. He was owner and operator of Chloe Auto and Hardware since 2001. John enjoyed helping people and was the ideal storekeeper. 2023: GRANTSVILLE HAS A NEW GREEN FIELD - Removal Rainbow Hotel. (02/26/2024) 2023: Grantsville has another soon to be green field, with.Somewhere in the mid-1930s or so, "this lady from Sand Ridge in Calhoun County" would come to town for shopping, as was the habit for a lot of folks back then at Spencer was located at the end of the railroad line and became a trading center of sorts for dozens of surrounding communities. According to a 2007 article in The Hur Herald, the ...He had been an all-state basketball player from Jackson County. Harless served in the US Army and worked as a janitor at Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood while attending West Virginia State College. In 1980, he received a law degree from West Virginia University, graduating at the top of his class. Harless was a union organizer for the Teamsters ...The Washburn General Store in Ritchie County is a hold-over from time's past, with benches, tables and encouragement to sit a spell on the front porch. The store dates to about 1870, says current owner Mark Lipscomb. "We have a little bit of everything," he said, being the eighth owner of the establishment. The porch sitters said they are among ...

Department of Veterans Affairs Death Index 1850-2010 over 14 million U.S. veterans and VA beneficiaries who died between the years 1850 and 2010. Find a Grave Index 1600s-Current browse over 240 million cemetery records. browse over 25 Calhoun County and Grantsville, West Virginia obituary indexes, including newspaper obituaries, death indexes ...

Dr. Toepfer responded to the first school bus accident in the county in 1936, according to the Calhoun Chronicle. The small bus was driven by Johnny Snider, and carried 19 high school and grade school pupils. It upset on Town Hill in Grantsville. Dr.The best account of Booger Hole is recorded in a small book written by Clay County resident Mary Lucinda Curry - "Booger Hole, Mysteries, Ghost Tales And Strange Occurrences." Curry first published her "Booger Hole" book. in 1990 and it is still available after all these years: Cindy. Curry, 3320 Ossia Road, Duck WV 25063, Send $5 plus $2 ...Cawthon's fanciful writing about their escapades sometimes resembled real life in his column for the Hur Herald, "Cawthon's Catharsis," for 20 years. Cawthon sprung from the wilds of Barbecue Run in Gilmer County, and was a long-time columnist for The West Virginia Hillbilly, and a former friend and associate of its late founder Jim Comstock.The village has been the subject of a few dozen articles and numerous photographs on the Hur Herald for many years (use search Richardson), a once busy rural village with little remains of its' glory days, except the cemetery on the hill and a beautiful grassy field along the river. ... He was elected to the WV House of Delegates in 1885 and ...Irene Jarvis Gunn, 99, of Chloe, died in Conroe, Texas on December 31,2020, just weeks before her 100th birthday. Jarvis, a descendant of the legendary "Mammy Jane" Jarvis was the subject of several Hur Herald articles. She was born January 20, 1921, a daughter of the late Spencer Doc and Effie McClain Jarvis. Irene is survived by her daughter ...JESSE JAMES ROBBED WEST VIRGINIA BANK - Legends Link Outlaw To Region, "All Bad People Came To Bear Fork" (10/16/2023) By Bob Weaver. Jesse James continues to rise from folklore dust to be the subject of Hollywood movies. Central West Virginia stories abound about over-night stays and backwoods encounters with outlaw James and his brother Frank. MOST FASCINATING NEWS STORIES OF 2018 (12/28/2023) Here are some of the top stories recorded by the Hur Herald in 2018. Perhaps the biggest story is about the decency of most of our mountain citizens and how they will help each other, even when they don't particularly like each other, many of them having passed into the great beyond this year. Just such a route, eight rugged miles long, connects the tiny towns of Chloe and Elmira in the hills of central West Virginia. There 60-year-old J.B. Vaughan, astride his pinto horse, Pat, delivers mail six days a week to about 200 hill folk. Contractors Operate "Star" Routes. Burt, as he likes to be called, is not a regular postal employee.CALHOUN'S EARLY GRIST MILLS - A Grist Mill List. (03/09/2024) Nearly every small community had a grist mill, essential to grinding grain into flour, meal, and animal feed. Many of the Calhoun grists were associated with country stores, although some operated from family barns and sheds. Witt Flour Mill at Minnora Early 1900's.Thanks much for your longtime support and continued interest. Since the Herald is no longer using a business license, send checks to Bob Weaver, 7697 Pine Creek Road, Mount Zion WV 26151. (OR) PayPal to [email protected]. Contact phone 304-354-6183.

The Little Kanawha Railroad project was between March 1897 to April 11, 1908. The line was completed from South Parkersburg to Owensport in Wirt County (29.377 miles), during 1897 and 1898. The company also began the construction of an extension from Sandy Bend to Burnsville about 70 miles, but the work was discontinued in 1903.

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Mary Josephine Bryant Daugherty, 88, of Elizabeth. Mary Josephine Bryant Daugherty, 88, of Elizabeth WV, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2021. She was born in Chapel WV, to the late Letha M. (Nicholas) and Worthy G. Perkins. Mary was an avid Wirt County sports fan and an avid reader of mysteries. She was a member of the VFW Womenâ s Auxiliary. ORIGINAL STORY 11/04/2020 - West Virginia State Police said they located a suspect vehicle in a shooting in Clay County. Troopers said a man was shot in the chest. No condition was immediately available. Dispatchers with 911 said the incident occurred in the Wallback area. The call came in about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday. MSgt. McDonald has served his country since March of 2000, serving two tours in Irag and one tour in Afghanistan. Leonard is stationed at the Marine base at Quantico VA. He and his wife Silvia currently live in Spotsylvania, VA. He is the son of Delford and Shelby McDonald of Grantsville WV and Mary McDonald of Canton, Ohio.The best account of Booger Hole is recorded in a small book written by Clay County resident Mary Lucinda Curry - "Booger Hole, Mysteries, Ghost Tales And Strange Occurrences." Curry first published her "Booger Hole" book. in 1990 and it is still available after all these years: Cindy. Curry, 3320 Ossia Road, Duck WV 25063, Send $5 plus $2 ...After six quarters of losses, Meta stock is enjoying a spectacular rebound after CEO Mark Zuckerberg heralded what he calls the "year of efficiency". Jump to Facebook parent Meta P... THE HUR HERALD: "A Poor Persons Paper". (09/06/2023) In the Early days of the Herald's introduction to the Internet. (1999) few Calhouners had computers, so copies of stories got. pasted in a Grantsville store front window starting in 1996, even on the hottest. day of summer, folks stood around to read and discuss the news, while hard copies ... high winds down fiber optic cable - hur herald and internet service disrupted: 12-09-2004: smithville bar held-up by armed man: 12-08-2004: king and knight royalty over cm-hs winter gala: 12-08-2004: parkersburg police offer "shop with a cop" 12-08-2004: lion's club gives assist to local library: 12-08-2004: reading first at pleasant hill ...JON WEAVER'S SLOW ROAMIN' WILD AND WONDERFUL (02/11/2024) Middle Mountain, Bartow, WV Photos By Jon Weaver. Ohio River, St. Mary's, WV. Blackwater Falls, Davis, WVRECORD-BREAKING FLOOD STRIKES CALHOUN IN 1967. (03/14/2024) A historical flood struck Calhoun with a record crest of the Little Kanawha River at 43.90 feet. - This account transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilm of the Calhoun Chronicle. - Photos courtesy of David Lee Hickman (Grantsville) and Irene Burrows Siers (Cabot Station).

Local Newspaper Obituaries. Hur Herald : Obituaries in Grantsville, West Virginia (WV) - Find online obituaries in Hur Herald. Search Obituaries. THE STONE WALLS OF ARNOLDSBURG - Depression Era Works Holding Forth (10/10/2023) Depression era stone walls along Arnoldsburg's main drag Arnoldsburg has an array of stonewalls reflecting a time past when the country plunged into the Great Depression.ALMOST HEAVEN - Here's To You, A Few Of My Favorite WV Things (06/20/2023) Brad McElhinny: Almost Heaven, Here's To You . Here Are A Few Of My Favorite W.Va. Things. Charleston Daily Mail. WEST Virginia, my home. You are not perfect, but I love you anyway. I love your birth from rebellion. I love the story of your secession from a secession.Instagram:https://instagram. elisha aquino nuezcagrayson county detention centerhololive gura heightlehigh valley live.com obituaries Shoppers will likely be started by the huge inventory - A to Z, everything from clothing, appliances, furniture, toys, kitchenware, tools, hardware, heaters, jewelry, games, wall hangings, collectibles, glassware, sewing machines, beauty supplies, electronics, plus books, DVDs, and much more. "Our success has been because of the overwhelming ...CALHOUN'S DEEP WELL DREAMS - Resting In The Stars. (04/05/2024) By Bob Weaver 2008. Fifty years have passed since one of West Virginia's first experimental wells was drilled at Mount Zion, Calhoun County. Local residents remember the secrecy when Exxon and Consolidated Gas erected the giant rig between Route 16 and Pine Creek. oath of vengeance bg3gas prices in conway south carolina IT HAPPENED IN WEST VIRGINIA - A Book About Sunny Cal, The Whipping At Sand Ridge: 04-14-2024: MOMENTS IN TIME: "Monied Interests" Consider Investing in 1901 ... HUR CHURCH HAD 138 YEAR HISTORY - "They Came For Miles Around" 04-09-2024: ... Hur Herald's Coverage Of 1982 Beheading ...The Redmen Lodge was a legitimate fraternal organization in parts of rural West Virginia, including Calhoun County. The lodge created membership for women, who were known as "Pocahontas." Several lodges sprung around Calhoun in the 1800's and some continued into the early part of the 20th century. Unfortunately, some so-called "lodges" became ... gd folks meaning Hur Herald Photos. The Legacy Market, a coffee shop, on the 200 block of Church Street in Spencer, caught fire about 7 a.m this morning, across the street from the Roane Courthouse. Damage appears to have spread from the back of business building to other buildings stretching to the Wendy's parking lot. Multiple regional fire departments ...Get more information for Hur Herald in Mt Zion, WV. See reviews, map, get the address, and find directions. Search MapQuest. Hotels. Food. Shopping. Coffee. Grocery. Gas. Hur Herald. Opens at 9:00 AM (304) 354-7011. Website. More. Directions Advertisement. 540 Alan B Mollohan DrThe Little Kanawha Railroad project was between March 1897 to April 11, 1908. The line was completed from South Parkersburg to Owensport in Wirt County (29.377 miles), during 1897 and 1898. The company also began the construction of an extension from Sandy Bend to Burnsville about 70 miles, but the work was discontinued in 1903.