The Mountain Messenger, Thursday, April 19, 1990 5A
Pocahontas Development Looks To County
Hy I{oberta Patton ILodgers New jobs for Pocahontas Countycent jobs were available, but there Ls
citizens--that's the purpose of the no way we can prove, it."
Parade Bonnets! August, Laura Greene, Willa Pocahontas Development Authority, As of April 12, almost 90 corn-
morning here at my of- Gravely, and Edith Patton (the high- formed last fall by the County Com- pleted questionnaires had been re-
the old favorite tune fashion milliner) wore the very latest mission. The group is assessing the turned to the Authonty.
"Easter Parade." The song from New York City. the skills and availability of the local The group has not yet begun
itten by the famous Irvin Mrs Andrew Jackson would stop work force in preparation for luring contacting prospective businesses,
It is an "oldie." Remembeg us girls on our way home from the new businesses to the county, according to vice-president Fred
~t the grandest lady in theOld Red Brick School house (on top The Authority established a "Tel- Burns, Jr. "We're waiting to see
i~,Lwearing an Easter bonnet of Brick Hill). She, too, sold high ent Bank Registry" to show prospec- what the state is going to do about
~thefrills upon it ... fashion hats. She was a saleslady, live employers the numbers and our request to transfer ownership of
..~Childhood Easter bonnet was "Come on in girls, try on my hats qualifications of workers who may Denmar State Hospital to us," he
~,,nl.y childish delight• It was a and tell your mother about them." be available should their businesses said•
tl~!ck poke bonnet made of Such a nice lady, she would try locate in the county• Approximately Should the state grant the
:,ti~DOwn the back, almost to my them on showing us the "how!" 6,500 questionnaires, aimed mostly Authority's request, the Authority will
,:~ ht~:gsad:l:fkthgr Mrs Fletcher, also a milliner who at persons who no longer live in the inc,ude the Denmar faci,ities Jntoa
n o::r:~ sold hats and fashioned them!, county, were published in the videotape presenting the county's
s ~i~ bunch of ornamental red Ronceverte shops sold hats to March 29 issue of The Pocahontas offerings to industries and other
• ~es or, sometimes, colorful people from all over the Valley!
Times. The forms ask for a variety of
job history-related information from
those readers interested in living
and working in Pocahontas County.
"A large percentage of our young
people have left the county to find
work elsewhere," the questionnaire
introduction reads• "As a result, the
businesses, Mr Burns said.
Bob Mann, president of the
group, said the state-planned June
30 closing of the hospital is ex-
pected to have a dramatic impact on
county employment. "Almost as
soon as we got organized as a
group, we got the Denmar problem
~, The poke bonnets were or-My flowers to you are the words
I~r~rn the catalogs ---- usually of the song Easter Parade. "In Your
~y ,~,1 Belles Hess (Long gone!), t Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon
s t°~'t wait for that hat to arrive it..."
the "Jpbe
~les placed on my dutch bob P.S. First Corinthians, Chapter
were usually fashioned in 1,4th and 5th versus.
ing effort begins is to determine the
county's assets and to compile an
inventory of available land for new
businesses. "One possibility is the
25 acres of land the Board of Edu-
cation ts supposedly going to deed
us in the Green Bank area. That will
tlopefutiy be something to work with.
In looking at what we have to offer,
it appears the type businesses our
area is best suited for are high-tech
industries, computer-related firms,
woodworking operations--busi-
nesses which are compatible with
tourism. We teel it would be more in
our interests to have 10 companies
with 25 employees each, for in-
stance, than one large one hiring
500 to 1,000. We believe it's impor-
tant to keep our area compatible
with tourism, and we don't want any-
thing to destroy that."
The Pocahontas Development
Authonty was initially organized as
an independent group but became
inactive about ten years ago. It was
we were able to attract Hanover
Shoe Company, which occupies the
plant now. They started out with
only about five employees, but now
they have over 300."
"We have some problems to
overcome in attracting new busi-
nesses, though," Mr Burns re-
marked. "Our county government,
for example, has to become more
modern in its thinking. We really
need to adopt the flood plain ordi-
nance-not having it is really a
drawback to businesses looking to
locate here."
"Our people need to support
things which businesses need," he
added. "The idea of an airport has
drawn a lot of opposition, but that's
one of the first things company rep-
resentatives ask us about when
they're inquiring about our area.
Many industries, if they have a prob-
lem, need to be able to fly a person
in and out in one day, rather than
have to deal with several days of
Th°~. %r shop by Skinny Horton. I
nt0~fresh as a daisy as he turned
,, ~Und in his famous chair dust-
:. ]~ %ck with the powered brush!
• 'tY~aced the bonnet over the
in.her slippers completed that
rnan+]~ll~tt like the grandest lady in
ts ~l~r Parade Yes } had white
~ted gloves too. ' /
..~,~church with my sisters and
q t~ers to the Easter Parade.
I. 5. ~ l~retty d r A
n~ ~,,,~eone with a wi e b ira.
~e ~lyoung lady by the name of
in!~l~eynolds, wore wide-
t's t~ hats She was a picture to
')'0i!~r,~ I remember (in hats or
ide~l~) in church and Sunday
,ith |~Were my Sunday School
:he~OVer the years. They were
i~ik~a: sisters, LeUCille and
~51&lh Y sually wor dark blu
hat,l,~h flowers Renee Scott had
~te• ,;~n Wore a turned up brim,
g0f~ Plain. As I said, everyone
nd ~4~n. That was the style.
3Y t~Q'Brien just stopped by my
osAe~mt a chat She said, "Rose
Co]
In last v
Ronceverte Board of Commission-
In last week's article about the
nc :ver.= Boar, of C( mmis~ ion.
era' meeting, the Police Chief was
+ncorrectly named. Bill Rose is Po-
!ice Chief of the City of Ronceverte.
Information supplied the Moun-
tain Messenger by the International
Exchange Fund omitted the name of
Brenda Hunter as a contact for
those who wish to sponsor an inter-
national exchange student. Ms
Hunter's address is Route 2, Box
102, Sinks Grove 24976. Her tele-
3hone number is 645-3896
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Shoes to Marlinton, according to Mr "These are the types of things we
size and tends to be made up pri- now we're working with state agen-
mar@ of older people. Thus, the offi- cies to help lessen the shock of all Burns• "When the International Shoe need to look seriously at if we want
cial labor force statistics on Poca- those lost jobs• We'd really like the Company left town in the early 70's, to attract businesses here," Mr
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