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Vol. VI No.ll
May 17, 1990
From the Greenbrier
Valley of West Virginia
Won In
grade schooler to a re-
seasoned racers to first
members of the 29-team
1990 Great Greenbrier
negotiated the beautiful
Cloverlick to Still-
a record average time
up nearly 100
last year, paddled, bi-
ran the 16 mile relay
attention to the recrea-
of the Trail and the
Valley. Competitors,
and their families gath-
finish in Stillwell Park
1. Team No Name
Phil Townsend, Dave
Heads Steve Erskine,
Larry Belcher,
.40.1.
Bear (solo) Greg Ander-
and businesses vol-
~!me. and. Pr!zes to
event a success.
Pocahontas Tourism
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Stone's Ancestors 1
In Battle
By Jonathan Wright Margaret Boone Shanklin of Or-
Fathers and sons fought in the gan Cave has been named Green-
Civil War--and the Battle of Lewis- brier County Belle. She was nomi-
burg was no exception. Seventy-nated by the Extension Homemak-
two-year-old Bill Stone, a Roncev- ers. Mrs Shanklin will represent
erte resident, claims a heritage Greenbrier County at the West Vir-
which includes several family mem- ginia State Folk Festival at Glenville
bers who participated in the 1862 June 15through June 17.
conflict, including his great-grandfa- A Belle must be 70 years of age ~
ther and grandfather. Family records or older and have a background re-
indicate Mr Stone's great-grandfa- lated to the history, knowledge, and ~~
ther Ingram Stone was buried in the preservation of the folklore of her
cross-shaped mass grave at the community. According to Mona
Confederate Cemetery in Lewis- James of Glenville, coordinator of
burg. the West Virginia Folk Festival Belle
'1 don't really take sides in talking program, "The Belles and the activi-
about the Civil War," Mr Stone says. ties surrounding them make one of
'Tm proud of my ancestors because the most interesting features of the
they did what they thought was Festival."
right." Mrs Shanklin was the eldest of
Office, Lauren Stanfield from the According to the records, Ingram three children born to Martyn and
Parks and Recreation Office in Mar- was born in 1812, married Sara Ann Sudie Appling Rodgers of Organ
linton, The Marlinton Hotel, The Massey in 1837, and came to Cave. She attended grade school at
River Place, Richardson's, and Ap- Greenbrier County from Henry Organ Cave and graduated from
palachian Sport in Marlinton, Rose- County, Virginia, in the 1850's. Just Union High School. Mrs Shanklin
wood Cafe, Doug Chadwick, and said '1 wanted to become a teacher,
The Current B&B from Hillsboro, Elk so immediately after graduation, I
River Touring Center and Restau- enrolled in summer school. I at-
rant in Slaty"fork, Cass Scenic Rail- tended Greenbrier College for
road. From Lewisburg, Aides, The Women, Concord College during
Bakery, Edith's Health Food Store, summer term and Marshall College
Plants Etc., Western Sizzlin, Green- during winter term. I received my
brier Health Club, Food & Friends, degree from Concord College and
Wolf Creek Gallery, and the Green- did graduate work at West Virginia
brier River Co. from Ronceverte. University."
Charleston Bicycle Center, Blackwa- Mrs Shanklin first married Ray R.
ter Bikes, as well as all the score- Boone, a Greenbrier County Margaret Boone Shanklin
keepers volunteering their day for teacher. They were the parents of
the event, three children: a daughter, Peggy, Youth Camp trustees -- a position
Proceeds from the event will be and twin sons, Roger and Daniel. she still holds.
used by the Greenbrier River Trail (Roger Boone is publisher of this The first Home Extension Club in
Association for trail improvement newspaper.) Greenbrier County, then known at
projects, such as the restoration of Mrs Shanklin was a 4-H leader the "Farm Women's Club, was or-
the old Cloverlick Depot building to for 13 years. She and her children ganized at Mrs Shanklin's mother's
be used as a trail information center, have been active in the organization home in 1937.
Anyone wishing to become involved since their earliest years. Mrs Shah- '1 did not go back to public work
with the Trail Association please ....... klin served as Rresident of the full timeuntil my youngest (the boys)
write Greenbrier River Trail Associa~ ....... ~reenvrler L,ounty Leaoers ~ssocta- were juniors in high school';' Mrs
Sky Below My Feet'
County 4-H Program
Front -- Doris Taylor,* Julia Higglnbotham, Dixie Le~
e, Cathy Hoke, Becky Miller, Helen Graves - 4-H
"-- Heather Vance, Kristen Hill, Kim Wolfe, Lori Walker.
"Blue Sky Be-
,"--- Mission Pegasus," a
Enrichment program,
April 20 with a visit
McBride. Captain
national Aeronau-
Administration
pilot and West
astronaut, spoke
to students
Greenville, Gap
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tion, Slatyfork 26291. before the Battle of Lewisburg, tion and was elected one of the first Shanklin said. "1 taught in Green-
which took place May 23, 1862,
Ingram's s°ns Ge°rge' Alfred' and I Q I
James enlisted in the Confederate Mr uick Asks
Army. Mr Stone, then 50 years of
age, announced he could outfight l~eCOlLll, l~l,t Of Vote
and outwork any of his sons, and so
he too enlisted. On the canvassed -- but not yet
During the battle he positioned certified -- Greenbrier County Pri-
himself in a fence corner to shoot at mary Election returns, Board of Edu-
the Union troops. A Union soldier cation hopeful Mike Quick trailed in-
sneaked up behind him and stabbed cumbent Clarence Hinkle by 24
him with a bayonet. Ingram's son votes 2052 for Mr Quick; 2076 for
Mr Hinkle.
Alfred saw it happening and tried to
shoot the soldier, but his gun would Mr Quick has asked for a re-
not fire, according to written family count. Greenbrier County Commis-
records, sioners, entrusted with the certifica-
Ingram was taken to the Lewis- tion of the election, have agreed to
burg Presbyterian Church (now the run the totals again. The Commis-
Old Stone Church), which was used sioners (Joe Feamster, Billy Jean
as a hospital during the battle His Hutsenpiller, and Bill McClung) will
wife Sarah came down from the meet Wednesday May 23 at 9 a.m.
family home on Muddy Creek Moun- in order to start the re-count pro-
ceedures.
tain to see ~er husband~ Ingrain told
Commissioners have until June 7
her he would be all right and to go
back home to look after the children to certify the Primary Election to the
West Virginia Secretary of State's
See "Stone", Page 3-A Office.
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Mills and Union elementary schools.
The Blue Sky Below My Feet
educational program was initially
developed by the National 4-H
Council in Washington, D. C. and
NASA. The materials are dedicated
to the memory of the Space Shuttle
"Challenger" crew who lost their
lives in the explosion of January 28,
1986. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
Ellison S. Onizuka of the "Chal-
lenger" crew was a former 4-Her. He
credited 4-H programs with gwing
him opportunities to develop self-
confidence, the ability to achieve,
and a spirit of exploration and chal-
lenge. Lieutenant Colonel Onizuka
was assisting in the production of
the Blue Sky program before his
death.
The Blue Sky program was ex-
plored this school year by 17 teach-
ers and 375 students in the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades of the elemen-
tary schools in Monroe County. The
program doubled as a 4-H project
and enriched the student's school
curriculum in science, language arts,
math, health, nutrition, careers and
.art. Each child had a Mission
See "Blue Sky", Page 3-A
Join Soldiers
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1862 fashion shows, tea, and concerts by the 11th North Carolina
Band will be presented between noon and 4 p.m. at the General
Lewis Inn Saturday, May 19 as part of the Battle of Lewisburg
rei~nactment weekend.
Not all of the re~nactors are military; these ladies in Civil War era
costume will accompany the 1st Virginia Infantry and Participate in
the weekend festivities.
brier County elementary schools for
24 years and was financial secretary
at the West Virginia State Prison for
Women for four years."
Mrs Shanklin is a member of the
West Virginia branch of the National
Educational Association and has
been a vice-president of the Green-
brier CQunty ~ucation Association; i
president of the Greenbrier County
Bolling-Lewisburg Intermediate School
After almost thirty years, the for-
mer Boiling High School at Oak
Street and Feamster Road in Lewis-
burg is once again officially using
the name "Boiling."
In a special meeting April 25, the
Greenbrier County Board of Educa-
tion voted to change the name of
Lewisburg Intermediate School to
Bolling-Lewisburg Intermediate
School. The action was in response
to a request from the Boiling High
School Alumni Association to return
the original name to the school.
Boiling High School started as
Lewisburg Colored School in the
early 1900's, according to Pearl Car-
ter, who graduated from the school
in 1936 and taught English there 22
years. In 1933 it was named Bolting
High School in memory of Professor
Edward A Boiling, who served as
principal many years there.
The school contained only ele-
mentary grades until the 1930's,
- when junior and senior high classes
were added. It then became the only
high school for black students in
Greenbrier County and drew stu-
dents from throughout the county.
Its last senior class graduated in the
early 1960's, and the school re-
verted back to elementary grades
for several years. In the late 1960's
it was renamed-Lewisburg Interme-
diate School and housed grades five
and six, which it continues serwng
today.
When asked why the alumni as-
sociation did not push for the name
"Boiling Intermediate School" with-
out the hyphenated "Boiling-Lewis-
burg" designation, Mrs Carter said,
"We agreed that any way we could
have the name 'Boiling' included
would be acceptable."
New Writer:
Joy of Farming
The Mountain Messenger
welcomes Ella Galford and her
column "The Joy of Farming" to-
day. Mrs Galford, of Marlinton,
will be a regular contributor to
the messenger's "On The
Farm," page 8.
Mrs Galford is one of eight
children born to Emery and
Pearl Williams Shue of Droop
Mountain. She attended
Hillsboro High School and re-
ceived her A. B. degree from
Shepherd College.
see "Galford", Page 3-A
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