By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I hope everyone had a very enjoyable and safe 4th of July. Mine was spent as usual, home with my scared fur babies. I did get some trazodone from the vet to keep them calm. It did help but you have to give it...
This is from a postcard dated June 6, 1910, from Jenningston. The chute is bringing boards out and there are men, in the lower right of the picture, stacking them. Jenningston at that the time was a large community with a school, store, lumber mill, etc. As I understand it,...
Editor, On June 15th, 2023 an employee of TC EMS was given permission from the Interim EMS Director to use the State Highway fuel fob to access and obtain fuel to put into their personal vehicle which had been used excessively that day in support of TC EMS business functions. ...
Editor, On June 15, 2023 an employee of TC EMS was given permission from the Interim EMS Director to use the State Highway fuel fob to access and obtain fuel to put into their personal vehicle which had been used excessively that day in support of TC EMS business...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate What is going on with our country? We have the son of a sitting president that gets off with a wrist slap for something that other people are in jail for. And then he pleads to a lesser charge and gets off with nothing. ...
Contact: Stan Bumgardner bumgardner@wvhumanities.org 304-346-8500 June 21, 2023 Charleston WV – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. June 28, 1936: Athlete Chuck Howley was born in Wheeling. Howley played linebacker for 12 seasons...
I am writing this letter to let you and the people of Tucker Co know what I observed on the evening of 15th of June and about the conversation that I had with an EMS employee on the morning of the 16th. My name is Harry Hardy and I live...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Stopped in Walmart on my way to work this morning and I have been mad ever since. I just needed two things and I got those, on my way from the back of the store I spotted some nectarines in the produce isle. I...
Photo credit: Teri Cayton Workers stringing steel for on Corridor H Bridge along US219 South of Parsons near Moore.
This is a photo of the Bayard Cleaning Plant dated October 28, 1948. I doubt there are any miners still living that worked at this plant. This was a submitted photo with more to come. Most of them will deal with the railroad industry. Ideas, comments, suggestions or items to...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Summer is upon us once again and I am glad to see some sunshine after all the smoky haze we have had from the Canadian wildfires. My sinuses are happy about that too. If you don’t have sinus problems you cannot understand what that...
This is an advertisement for P. H. Shaffer, Jeweler of Hendricks. “Pat” was a native of Maryland, living on a farm six miles from Oakland. In 1899, he opened a jewelry store in Bayard, WV. The Buffalo Lumber Company’s mill burnt in 1901 and he moved to Tunnelton. He moved...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I am so glad the forecast is calling for rain because this smoke from Canada is killing me. I know we are not getting it as bad as the northern states but it has been so hazy this week that I can actually smell...
By Joseph W. Dumire Tucker County Historical Society IN THE BEGINNING: Close your eyes. Imagine the early beginnings of the area surrounding Thomas. The year was 1746. Thomas Lewis and Col. Peter Jefferson who was the father of Thomas Jefferson were commissioned by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax to survey the...
This is a photo from Thomas of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and The Central School Building. I don’t know when the school started or was replaced. Ideas, suggestions, comments contact Tim Turner (304) 478-3389.
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Well summer has surpassed spring with a vengeance. The temperature has been in the 90’s already and that is breaking records that have stood for decades. Momma Said, “If you play with fire you will get burned so wear your sunscreen.” I have found...
Mr. H. B. Cottrill worked in the mines as a tipple man and quickly was promoted to mine boss in the H. G. Davis Coal Company. He left that company to enter the retail liquor business in Thomas. He was very successful in his venture; he suffered a heavy loss...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I was very disheartened today when I heard my favorite female singer of all time had passed away. I have listened to Tina Turner’s music since I was a teenager. I lived through all the grief that Ike Turner put her through and still...
This is a summons for I. C. Bennett requiring him to appear at the Court House on June 12, 1900, to serve as a Grand Juror. The summons was issued by Riley Harper, Sherriff of Tucker County. Ideas, comments, suggestions or items to share contact Tim Turner (304) 478-3389.
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate I think I am going to live through this crap that is going around. I have struggled to the surface of a tumultuous sea of snot and can now see the horizon. My ship just about went down a couple times but I survived. ...
