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NO. 33 Business-News Dept. - Dial 725-2046 or 2047CHARLES TOWN, (Jefferson County), W. VA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968
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In the first round of two preli- hearing testimony from about a
minary hearings held in connect-
ion with the arrest of former
dozen witnesses in the McDon-
ough ease by Justice Appell. And
after hearing the evidence, Appell
decided against holding Mrs. Me- Admiral M. C. Mumma
Donough over for grand jury
action on the grounds that he did
not feel the State had presented Died Wednesday In
enough convincing evidence to
warrant such action She was re- ~ T" --,
Arizona
presented at the hearing by Char-
les Town Attorney Roger Perry.
With her release from the
charges, Charles Town Attorney
Hen~. Morrow, counsel for Mrs.
LeftWich, then immediately asked :::
for a preliminary hearing for his
client, claiming that the evidence
presented by the State in thei
case of Mrs. McDonough did not
show that there had been any
escape from the jail by Mr. Left-
wich and if there had been no
escape then his client could not
be charged with aiding and abett-
County jailer John Brown and
three others Thursday night July
18, in connection with the escape
of a prisoner from the county
jail, Mrs. Mary McDonough, dau-
ghter of - former jailer John
Brown, and one of the four charg
ed, was freed Monday night of
charges that she aided in any
prisoner escape from the county
jail.
And Saturday morning the sec-
end hearing, that of Mrs. Esther
above are eighteen of the twenty-three area persons currently attending the West Virginia Leftwich, wife of William Left-
short course in Mechanical and Electrical Blueprint-Reading and Freehand Sketching at wich, Jr the prisoner who has
Senior High School. The classes are taught by Leland S. Winger of the Mining and In- been charged with escape from
Service of the WVU Center for Appalachian Studies and Development. the jail, will be held at 11 o' lock
are: Gary A. Burke, Patrick M. Burke, Donald W. Clendening, Norman C. Corhin, Luther before Justice of the Peace Rob-
Jr Paul G. Edwards, Mary L. Evans, M. James A. Everhart, Donald E. Holmes, Robert ert Appell.
Maconaughey, Cyrus W. Moler, Wallace P. Mills, Jr Gary G. Mose, William N. Rob- Mrs. Leftwich' has also been
D. Runion, Floyd T. Specl~t, Glenn E. Specht, John E. Stipp, Paul D. Staubs, Louis Wenger, charged with aiding the prisoner,
her husband, to escape from the
and Grove A. Wilson. county jail.
there were no seriousI
three persons
minor iniurms in two
accidents which
on Jefferson County
and in Charles Town
ring the period of Aug-
Monday night. A total
and one truck sus-
about 7:45 p. m. Saturday evening
on U. S. Route 340, East of Char-
les Town, in which three West-
bound cars were involved.
Charles Town State Trooper
John Napier said a car being
driven by Harry Vaughn Younger
16, of Route 2, Knoxville, Md.
~?ruck the rear of a car being
driven by Willard Otis Whitehair,
Route 1. Woodbine, Md and then
continued on and struck the side
of a car being driven by Russell
totaling about-
the rash of mishaps,
Town Municipal and
reported.
costly accident of all
9:45 p. m. Monday
L Jeffyibs,16, ~. Ripley," W. Va:'~
Damage to the three ears w[si
placed at $600. Trooper Napier
said he charged Younger with
-- Wanda E 1 a i n e failure to keep his car under con-
Route 9, near Bar-
a 19-year-old Martins-
control of her car,
off the highway, ripped
40.feet of fence at the
farm, and came to
.200 feet in a field.
but Miss
escaped set-
She did receive
and abrasions, but
medical treat-
trol.
About 11:45 Saturday night a
two-car collision occurred about
six-tenths of a mile East of Char-
.les Town on State Route 17
North, when a 1961 Rambler be-
ing driven South on Route 17 by
William M. Myers, 38, of Preston
street, Ranson, was struck by a
1960 Ford going South on the
highway by Byi~on Lane Law-
rence. 54. of Hyattsvflle, Md.
Damage to the two cars was
r~laced at $95. Trooper Tony
Divita said he charged Lawrence
with drunken driving. The Law-
rence car struck the Myers car
in t~e rear.
Two separate single car acci-
dents were investigated about
1:45 Sunday morning on Second.
ary Route 51, West of Charles
Toown by Trooper John Napier,
which resulted in property dam-
age of about $625 to the two cars
::~r,qv~d
Trooper Napier said a car be-
ing driven West on Route 51 by
James H. Green, 16. of 122 Weir-
~ch street. Charles Town, rounded
a curve too fast, skidded off the
highway and into a field. Damage
to the car was placed at about
$25. Hewas charged with failure
to keep his car under control.
A few seconds la~er a car being
driven in the same direction by
Paul Johnson, 17, of West Wash-
ingtofl street. Charles Town,
rounded the same curve and in
trying to avoid hitting the car
being driven by Green, he
swerved his car, lost control of it
and it turned over. Damage to
this car was placed at $600.
Trooper Napier said no charges
were preferred against Johnson.
The car was owned by Madaline
McIvor of North street, Charles
Town.
Monday morning about 1 o'-
clock a 1968 Chevrolet being
driven by Craig Kastle, 19. of
Morison street, Charles Town,
went out of control at the inter-
section of Jefferson Avenue and
~4orlson street and struck a large
brick pillar in the yard of Lee
Adams. Kastle was not injured,
but damage to the car and brick
pillar was placed at $1,000 on the
car and about $300 on the stone
pillar. Kastle told Trooper Tony
Divita as he moved into the inter-
section of 3efferson Avenue and
Morison street, he thought he
was kicking his car out of gear,
but instead shoved the gear into
reverse and it caused him to lose
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PUBLIC SALE
Of antiques and modern fur-
niture, Saturday, August 17 at
1:00 p. m. the estate of Mrs.
Harriett Norman, 113 east main
street, Berryville, Va,
Aug. l$-l-t-fp,
Mrs. J. Edward Savifle
Makes WVU Sponsored
Study Tour Of Europe
Mrs. 3. EdWard Saville, 310 S.
Mil'dred St returned to Charles
Town this week after completing
a nine week study tour in Europe
sponsored by West Virginia Uni-
versity.
Ireland, England, France, Holl-
and, Belgium, Switzerland, Ger-
many, Spain, and Portugal were
among the countries on the itiner
ary.
Those completing the tou~ and
examination receive six hours co~
lege credits.
The study tour was under the
direction of Dr. Armand Singer,
Chairman of the Humanities Pro
gram at W. V. U.
Mrs. Saville is a teacher in
Frederick County, Md.
John Brown and Leftwich were
the other two arrested on the
night of JUly 18. Brown posted
the $5,000 bond set and w~ived
to action of the Jefferson County
grand jury the next morning
after his arrest, as a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the
Peace Appell. But Mrs. McDon-
ough and Mrs. Leftwich posted
bond and asked that preliminary
hearings be held later.
About four and one-half hours
were consumed Monday night in
ing a crime that did not occur.
The four people involved in
the criminal proceedings were
taken into custody July 18 by Jef-
ferson County Sheriff W. W.
Whittington, Charles Town State
Police and Robert Carr, constable
for the Charles Town district, on
a warrant obtained by Charles
Town State Troper Gary Arthur.
The warrant charged Leftwich
with escape from the County jail
and John Brown, Mrs. McDon-
ough and Mrs. Leftwich
]assisting in the escape.
The pharmacy program for the
aged which the West Virginia
Legislature initiated in 1968 will
be continued during the 19f~8-~
have been receiving aid through
this program in the past will be
issued new identificatiot~ cards
through the mail-when their old
ones expires, it was announced
this week, byD0nald Ott, dirdctor
of the food stampprogram in
Jefferson County.
The .West Virginia Department
of Welfare started this program
in 1967 upon receipt of funds
appropriated by the legislature
and it's purpose was to make
available funds to Ihe aged'for
certain prescription drugs for in-
dividuals of 65 years of age and
over ~vho are not receiving public
assistance, but whose income and
resources are insufficient to meet
the costs of their chronic medi-
cation needs.
Any persons who have been
ADMIRAL M. C. MUMMA
Word was received i~ere Wed-
with nesday of the death of Rear
Admiral Morton C. Mumma, Jr
(retired) formerly of Berryville,
Va in a hospital in Tuscon,
Arizona, Wednesday morning.
Rear Admiral Mumma was well
known 'here in Charles Town
The visit of the Red Cross
Blood.mobile unit which was to
have taken place here in Charles
Town today (Thursday) failed to
materialize and local Red Cross
officials said this morning they
had not learned why. They did
say they had learned, however,
that the unit would be in Charles
Town at the Moose Home next
Thursday, August 22 from 10:15
a. m. until 4 p. m.
It was thought that there had
possibly been a mix-up in the
schedule of the unit and that was
the reason it did not show up in
Charles Town today.
Red Cross officials expressed
reget for any inconvenience this
mix-up might have caused anyone
either working with the unit's
visit here, or those who had made
plans to visit the Moose Home
and make a contribution. They
also said they hoped those who
had planned to contribute blood
today would be able to do so next
Thursday.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
m At Morg
The annual auction sale spon-
sored by the Men's Club of Shep-
herdstown will be held at Mor-
gans Grove Park on Saturday,
AUgust 24 at 10:30 a. m.
Articles being solicited and
.which will be offered for sale in-
clude the following: antiques,
farm equipment, live stock, home
appliance, furniture, dishes, sport
ing goods, curedmeats, potatoes,
vegetables, radios, record players
and ets.
participating in this program who
might have lost their identificat-
ion cards skould contact the Jeff-
erson County Food stamp office
at telephone 725-9532,
To qualify for the Pharmacy
Program, certain standards must
be met. A person must he 65
years of age or over, be able to
presenta medicare card, be a res
ident of the. state of West Vir-
ginia and living in the state,
Streets, water, a tag day, post-
office construction, weeds and a
new telephone franchise were
among the major matters dis-
cussed in a lengthy session of the
Harpers Ferry Council held on
Monday night. "
Harpers Ferry's Mayor Temple
.Wheeler, read a letter, to.Council
he had received from U. S. Sen-
ator Robert Byrd in which Sen-
ator. Byrd stated federal help is
not feasible at this time for the
maintenance- of some .of Harpers
Ferry's streets.
The chairman, W. E. VanMetre
and his co~hairman, A. M. Pittin-
ger state that they will gladly
see that any article donated will
be picked up and that all the pro-
ceeds from the sale will be used
for the benefit Of the War Mem.
orial Building and Morgans Grove
P~krk. Any cash donations will be
gladly received.
A lunch stand, featuring ham,
will be on the grounds where
food and 6oft drinks wilt be.avail
able,
having served as managing editor
of the Spirit of Jefferson Advo-
cate for a time right after World
War II. At that time he was re-
siding in Berryville, Va. but for
their income not exceeding $1,500 many years now he had been re-
per yea~ for an individual or siding in Tuscon. He~ was:~ the
$3,000 a year for a man husband of the former .Miss Vir-
have giaJ~ Elder of Ber~vi!le, . a
A graduate' Of the U. S. Naval
$600. for Academy, he served during World
War II as a PT boat commander
in World War II.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by a son, Morton C
Mumma, III, a daughter, Mrs. R.
Meade Dorsey died several weeks
ago.
Although funeral arrangements
have not been completed, it is
known he will be buried in Arling
an individual, or $1,200 for a man
and wife who are livingtogether.
A person must also be in need of
prescription drugs for the treat-
ment of one or more of these
chronic conditions: Diabetes, Epil
epay, Arthritis, Cardiouascular
and Respiratory Diseases, Gastro
entestinal Disorders, Genito Uri-
nary Disorders, Parkinsonism,
supplies or
personal care items
are not covered. However the per EquJ~ml~t Taken From
sons physican and pharmacist
will be able to advise him on
these limRattons after the appli- Charles Town Jr. Hi0h
cation is approved.
Applications are accepted
daily at the local Food Stamp
Office and a person should apply
in the county of residence. The
applicatioz~ process is brief and~
also requires a form to be com-
pleted by the applicants physician
Office hours are observed from
8:30 a, m. to 5:00 p. m. Monday
thru Friday and upon request
applications can be taken in the
home.
Then there was a formal com-
plaint rfrom John Haler of Bolivar
to the West Virginia Public Ser-
vice Commission regarding water
he said had been running in front
of his home for the past two
years. A copy,of the Hafer letter
to the PSC was read to Council.
The town water superintendent
told Council' tbe water was com-
ing from an underground spring
and not. from.any of the town's
water lines. He said the water
running .in fr0n.t ~f Hafer's prop-
erty does not contain any chlor-
ine so it could not be coming
from the water mains. In his
letter Hafer had also objected to
excessive water rates to which
Charles Town Junior High pri-
ncipal Roscoe Payne is going to
have to buy a lot of new office
equipm, ent which lke had not plan
ned on buying before school
opens this month as the result
of a costly raid which a thief or
thieves made on the school's
office and some storage rooms in
the office about 2:30 Tuesday
morning.
According to Charles Town
municipal police who are investi-
gating a breaking and entering
which occurred at the school, en-
trance was gained to the build-
ing via a rear window, with .the
culprits standin~ on a metal rail
ing jusY under a rear window,
from which they were able to
force the lock on the window and
pry it open. Once in the build-
ing the thieves apparently knew
exactly where they wanted to go
and what they were after because
they did not disturb a thing in
the room, but instead walked up
the hallway to the office of Prin-
cipal Payne, broke out a woden
panel in the bottom of the door,
unlocked the door and entered.
Once inside they gathered up two
calculator machines, one adding
machine, one electric typewriter,
one photo-copier, one portable
public address system; one trans
parency copying machine. They
evidently also meant to take
along the clock-radio which had
been in Principal Payne's office,
since they unplugged it from the
wall and carried it into the hall-
way, but in the rush apparently
forgot to take it alpng. The clock
had stopped at 2:30, thus fixing
the time of the robbery.
Principal Payne said as far as
could be ascertained, nothing
had bedn taken in any other part
of the building other than the
office.
The total loss was placed at
about $2~500 with only part of it
being covered by insurance.
Charles Town Police said they
have several clues upon which to
worlC
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Mayor Wheeler reported that he
was being charged the minimum
rate which is $3 as compared to
$4.17 for residents of Shepherds-
town.
The Council also became in-
volved in a lengthy discussion on
a recent "tag day" held by the
Friendship.Volanteer Fire Com-
party. At the July meeting of the
Council the body had refused to
live the Firemen permission to
old the "tag day," .stating that
it was not fair to out-of-state cars
that were b~tng stopped and
asked for donations. Although
Town State Trooper
the investigating of-
damage to the car was
with another $300
to the farm fence. He
of the accident
completed.
accident occurred
Peer
Winner
Music
PATSY PEER
Town has a triple
in the field of cou-
in Miss Patsy Peer,
17-year-old Char-
Senior, who on
August 3 won
Female Vocalist
National Champion-
Music cofftest held
Lake, Warrenton,
to the cash prizes
with the national
was also present-
trophy the Little
and in this picture
the ones she won
a~d 1967. She did not
the contest in 1966.
the daughter of Bill
Town, a diSc
Charles Town radio
and Mrs. Mark
W, Va.
much di~umion was held on the
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BY DON RENTCII
This evening (Thursday) at 8
p. m. there will be a very im-
portant meeting taking place in
the "White Church" in the com-
munity of Middleway. And what
is done at this meeting may well
greatly affect the lives of many
children for years to come. The
fancy.
From the beginning of the 19th
Century until the turn of the
20th centmv this building, which
for decades had been referred to
as the "White Church," had serv-
ed as a meeting place for Lulh-
erans, German Reforms, and
Presbyterians in the community.
meeting will be for the formal Thus the structure already had
he more than a century and a half
orgamzatlon of a rat r recently t f r'e ; "" " "~
o va ~ ty imea msto~ ~ut u
founded ,Jefferson County Associ- I " ":
ation For Retarded Children, Inc inan iauen on nara umes, ann
: . was no longer oemg useo as a
whmh is compmsed of a small : '
.but benevolent-minded group de- nouse oI vvorsm.p, or ~or any
d~ealed ~n ?he fn-n~in~, an,~ ~,o. ]purpose. tt had been purcnasea
~ by the Congregation of Grace
cessful development of a speclal~.~ . "
~plscopal unurcn in ~viiooieway
educatmnal center for retarded l .
u Irom [ne Lumeran vlre, lnla Sy-
cntiaren to oe Known a~ t,v
"School of Hope." nod, but Grace Church had not
The meeting will not attract a
large crowd of people since the
group that has long been direct-
ing this project has been small
from the beginning. But those
who do attend and participate in
the deliberations, have high hopes
yet decided as to what use the
building would be put to.
LEASED BUILDING
So when the Reverend Buttorff
inquired as to the availability of
the building for use as a retarded
childrens educational school, the
and great plans, for making not Grace congreg~ation agreed to
only a unique contribution to the lease the building to the Associat
Middleway community, and all of Ion for Retarded Children for
Jefferson County, but most of the sum of $1 per year. This act
all to open up a whole new world made it possible for the associat-
for some children who up to now ion than to begin setting machin-
have not for the most part. re- cry In motion for ~etting the
ceived the attention and opportu- school into operation and it was
nity they deserve to become full most appropriately named the
and usefull members of society. "School of Hope".
It was in February of 1967 that By late February" 1968 the
a small group of compassionate, building had been made ready
and civic-minded people, realiz-
ing the need for special educat-
ion for a number of less fortun-
ate children and adults in this
county, decided to try and do
something to help those who have
been labeled "mentally retarded".
INITIATED MOVE
~The Rtv. Lynn Buttorff, then
2astor for the Methodist Middle-
~v'ay.~ummit POint Charge," +~and
Misses Marjorie Saphir and In-
grid Bachman, vista workers in
the county, initiated a move to
l explore interest in a program for
the mentally retarded. By Febru-
ary they felt they had enough
interested people to form an
organization. On February 22,
1967, the Jefferson County Associ
ation for Retarded Children was
organized, with the Reverend But
torff being named president pro-
tem of the group,; Mrs. Raleigh
Moler, of Charles Town was
named as president, ~ post which
she is still holding at present;
Mrs. Philip Singhas as vice.pres-
ident: Mrs. Mary Jane Wade, as
treasurer: and Mrs. Marie White,
secretary. The only change in the
make-up of the officers at present
is that Mrs. Singhas is now serv.
ing as treasurer and Donald Mick-
ey who played a key role in guid-
ing and directing the course of
the association almost from it's
founding, as vice-president.
The group then began to look
around for a building that would
be suitable for use as a center
for this special type of education.
And the large four-square dis-
banded brick church building lo-
cated just across the street from
the Masonic Cemetery in the
heart ~of Middleway. caught their
for use, and under the direction
of the Reverend Buttorff and
Miss Saphir as the first and only
teacher, a class of eight persons
were enrolled. They ranged in
age from seven to 22 years,
The school operated from Feb-
ruary until May whcn,~ Miss Sap-
hir resigned her teaching~'~ post to
go back to her native state of
New York and carry, ou with
much the same type of work
there.
Left without a teacher, and
With the Reverend Buttorff hay-.
mg moved from the community,
the future of the "School of
Hope" became uncertain
Those who had help to foster
and develop the project were not
ready to abandon it. Instead they
decided to seek a broader base of
support for it, and also to reno-
vate the interior of the building,
making it more suitable and con-
venient for not only carrying on
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~ 0'~ 1~ ( )'~I~B. 0"llli~ O~l~'O,l ll~ O,gil
Partly cloudy, mild and less
humid today with high 77 to 83.
Increasing cloudiness with lowest
in the 60's. Friday, considerable
cloudiness with chance of scat-
tered showers. The higlfest near
80. Outlook for Saturday; Warm
and nmre humid with scattered
showers. Winds: North to North-
east, 8 to 12 MPH today, becom.
ing light and variable tonight.
,South to Southeast 5 to 10 MPH
Friday.
Following a tour of the East- Mr. Quilliam and Mr. Heidrich
ern Panhandle Soil Conservation are looking over the Jefferson
District Mr. Robert E. Quilliam,
State Conservationist, Soil Censer
ration Service spent some time
confering, with Mr. George Hold-
rich, Chairman of the Board,
Eastern Panhandle Soil Conservat
ion District on the various Ways
the soil conservation service
could be of greatest assistance to
districts in their work with Cou-
nty and City governments and
.other groups interested in and
working to conserve our natural
resources.
County soil Survey received from
the Soil Conservation Service and
presented to the Jefferson Cou-
nty Planning Commission by the
District.
As pointed out by Mr. Heidrich
this is one of the most valuable
tools available to any person or
group in need of soil inforn~ation
More information may bb ob-
tained on the report and the
serv
ices offered locally by the SCS
by contacting George Cole, Soil
conservationist, Ranson.
