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Vol. VI No.22
August 9, 1990
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From the Greenbrier
Valley of West Virginia
M Pres
~tating he is extremely
lased bv the presidential
Iluation" University System
:c'rim Chancellor James
officially presented the
report el West Vir-
lia School of Osteopathic
(WVSOM) President
:n ]ones to the Board of Trus-
The report was received
accepted at the June meet-
of the Board of Trustees
'ting held in Institute. State
requires evaluations every
years to assess performance
institutional presidents. /\
Stee's policy mandates an on-
e~aluation to obtain an
and objective" impres-
el the performance of the
to Board of Trustee
David Hardesty, "the
~Sident of each University Svs-
institution is expected'to ex-
:ise effective leadership and
a competent admmis-
World-Famous Brewer's
To The State Fair of West
The world-famous Clvdes-
dales, official symbols of the
Anheuser-Bush brewing com-
pany, will be at the West Vir-
ginia State Fair August 15 from l
p.m. to 4 p.m.
Runyon Distributing Com-
pany of Meadow Bluff is spon-
sor of the eight-horse team's ap-
pearance and performance at the
State Fair. "VVe are delighted to
bring the Clydesdales to the
Fair. We hope eveyone will have
the chance to view these mag-
nificent animals," Don Runyon,
general manager of l",tii-ivon Dis-
t ribu ling, sa id.
Since April 1933, when the
iXiTheuser-Btisch comparw ac-
quired a team of Clydesdah_'s to
celebrate the repeal of prohibi-
tion, the horses have thundered
their way across America. In
their 57-year history, the Ch, des-
dales have traveled more tha'ma
million miles and appeared in
more than 7,000 pareades and
events from the Tot|rnament of
Roses and Macy's Thanksgiving
Day parades to small-town cele-
brations.
There are three traveling
eight-horse hitch teams, based in
Saint Louis; .Merrimack, No, v,'
It a m p s h i r e; a n d R o m c ~ I a n d,
California. The three team~, log
approximately 9(),000 miles aim
make more than 300 appear-
ances country-wide al~nuallv.
To be selected for one Of the
three hitches, a horse must be at
least three years old, stand ap-
proximately 18 hands high, be
bay in color, have four white
stockings and feet, a blaze c,f
white on the face and have a
black mane and tail.
Mr b,>unyon said the Ch, des-
dales will perform at l-[arnc,ss
Race tin;c' at the State Fair on
August 15. "'The horse travel m
style aboard custom-designed
tractor trailers. Before truck
transport ,,'.'as introduced in
1040, the horses, wagons and
harness equipnlc, nt had to be tin-
loaded from railroad trains, put
on local trucks and then tin-
loaded again where ever the
horses were stabled," Mr Rtin-
VOll e×plained.
Just A Country
Gal: Linda Blue
By Carol Hall
Linda "Blue" Burnette is bh_le
to the bone. She's obses~td with
the color. She's true blue, and
her penetrating light sapphire
blue eyes demand immediate
attention.
What unique quality did the
producers for the Nike Com-
pany see in Linda Blue? What
would you do if you were in a
roolll full of youp, g beautiful
men arid wornerb and the pow-
ers-that-be chose you ior a tele-
vision commercial? Such was tile
case for the casting call l.,inda
Blue attended.
Linda, A West Virginia native
from Fayette County, began her
career at the age of three and a
half in Norfolk, Virginia, when
she ran away from home in a
grass skirt and high-heeled
shoes and was discovered, to tile
dismay of her mother, m a local
"honky tonk" performmg songs
for the sailors! Losing all the
!
of Pocahontas
i
Dr Olen Jones
ire organization and staff to
;tire effective and efficient
iinagement of the institution.
chief executive officers, Uni-
System Presidents have
,'ntly been charged with de-
Oping a role and mission
ement dedicated to anticipat-
and responding to the higher
needs of the state."
Hardest said, a broad
of the West Virginia
loot of Osteopathic Medicme
s was covered dur-
the Evaluation Tearn's rneet-
~'hedule to indentifv areas
Strength and areas in" which
~OM", Page 2-A
By Jonathan Wright
Mack's Home Bakery between
Cass and Green Bank is truly a
home bakery. James and Karen's
five children help out in the
eight-year-old business, located
in the family's house. The bak-
ery is now in its third year of
full-time operation.
"I've always worked around
my home, around my wife and
children," Mr Meek says. "We
don't really thmk about it that
much. We feel it's important to
learn to work together, whether
it's with family members or
other people. The family is an
important part of our religious
beliefs, and an important part of
lifo."
Downtown Union
Historic District Status
town of Union, settled in
by James Alexander and
for its use as a meeting
for troops, is asking to be
ignated an Historical District
be placed on the National
Register. Uni()n will
the first town in Monroe
County that will receive this
type of designation.
Those working to accomplish
this task are Delegate Mary Pearl
Compton, Dr Ronald Ripley, a
retired dentist, and Rodney
Collins, Architectural Historian
See "Union", Page 2-A
7
James Meck
The Mennonite family bakes a
variety of cookies, breads, sweet
rolls, cakes, and pastries on the
first floor of their farm house,
situated on the Old Cass Road a
half mile from the road connect-
ing Cass to State Routes 92/28.
Equipment for the bakery has
been acquired gradually from
auctions and dealers. Mr Meek
says the family learned the trade
entirely through self-training
and consulting other bakers.
The nostalgia evoked by the
century-old house contrasts with
the huge radio telescope anten-
nae of the National Radio As-
trop.omy Observatory, visible in
the distance. The farm once be-
longed to West Virginia Pulp
and Paper Company, which
ca:sed hogs and cattle on the
si e. The animals were slaugh-
tered there, and the meat was
transported to the company
>tee at Cass and to area logging
Inside Today
About Herbs ...................... 5B
Agriculture ........................ 7A
Briefly ................................ 2A
Classified .................... 6 & 7B
For the Record .................. 5A
Garden Patch .................... 8A
Horoscopes ....................... 5B
Joy of Farming .................. 7A
Obituaries .......................... 8A
Opinion .............................. 4A
Roberta .............................. 8A
Saints ................................. 3B
Sports ................................ 1B
camps. The operation ceased
when Cass was sold to the state
in the early 196ffs and became a
state park.
- Mr Meek says the majority of
the family's business comes
from tourists and campers. "/'d
say one-third to one-half of our
customers are persons who own
camps around this area," he
says. "Many of them are from
,lr(mnd ('harleston. We also get
quite a few tourist~/'
Mr Meek was a furniture
Inaker for fourteen years and
conducted his busmess from the
house, too. The fancily moved to
Green Bank from Buckhannon in
i974.
!t'noto: '1~!ta Greene
Lin ,"Blue,,Burneue .......
candy bars and change thrown
by the men did not deter Linda
from her chosen path.
In the intervening years, she
was active in all phases of thea-
ee "Linda Blue"_ Pae .A
Greenbrier County
School Suit Postponed
A preliminary hearing relating to the proposed consolidation of
junior high schools in Greenbrier County has been rescheduled at
the request of presiding Judge John Ashworth.
Originally scheduled for August 8, ludge Ashworth has re-
scheduled the hearing for August 16 at 9 a.m. in the Greenbrier[
County Court House. ]
According to the Greenbrier Circuit Court Judges' offices, Judge]
Ashworth changed the hearing date due to a conflict he had with a
trail in progress m Raleigh County.
The hearing stems from a suit brought by 22 county resident,,
against the local Board of Education, asking a writ of prohibitioi7
concerning the Board's proposed junior high school consolidatioi
plans.
1940
Fiftieth Reunion
Harry Miller (Back row, left to right), Robert Canterbury, Florence Smith McCarthy, Sterling Hanger, Char-
les Fletcher, Richard Zopp. Elizabeth Skaggs (Middle row, left to right), Lucilla Croy Bostic, Mary Ruth
Andrews (Teacher), Wayne Walkup, Gilbert Cofer, Charles Skaggs, Mary Alderson Graham, Mary M.
Campbell Weigel, Ruth Farley Zopp, Lawrence O'Dell. Ethel Ayers Wilson (Seated, left to right), Alice
Harrah McMeans, Eleanor Williams Gilpatrick, Mary Alice Eades King, Frances Zicafoose Kleinman, Lorene
Burdette House, Pauline Honaker Taylor. Attending the reunion but not pictured: John Carden, Laeuna Hill
Croy, Ruth Shelton Sprutll and Frances Alderson Swope (teacher). Se Column 5 5-A
