Harts News 07.03.1925

27 Sunday Dec 2020

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ashland, Big Creek, Harts, Holden, Huntington, Logan, Sand Creek

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An unnamed correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on July 3, 1925:

Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Dingess of Blair spent the week end visiting friends and relatives at Harts.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dingess of Logan and sister Miss Ina Dingess were visiting relatives at Harts Sunday.

Miss Jessie Brumfield of Harts was shopping in Logan Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fisher B. Adkins of Harts spent Sunday at Camden Park in Huntington.

Mr. and Mrs. John McEldowney returned to their home at Charleston Sunday after a few weeks visit with friends and relatives at Harts.

Mrs. John Beamins of Holden was the guest of Mrs. Robert Brumfield at Harts Sunday.

Miss Sylvia Shelton of Sand Creek passed through our town Sunday.

Mr. Amon Ferguson of Huntington was calling on Miss Ora Dingess at Harts Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. Charles Brumfield and little son Howard were visiting relatives in Huntington and Ashland, Ky., this week.

Mr. James Auxier Newman of Huntington was calling on friends at this place Monday while eanroute to Big Creek.

People at this place were glad to see Hendrix Brumfield on our streets again.

Rev. Gartin is teaching a successful singing school at Harts. Everybody is invited to come.

Miss May Caines of Wayne was calling on Miss Jessie Brumfield at Harts Sunday.

Herbert Adkins was transacting business in Logan Saturday.

It was a great shock to the people of this place to hear of the death of Bill Porter, for he had a wide circle of friends at Harts.

Harts Creek News 05.11.1923

09 Sunday Jun 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville

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A correspondent named “Punch and Judy” from Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on May 11, 1923:

Mr. Roy McCloud was visiting home folks last week.

Wonder why Mattie seems so downhearted now a days.

Here’s Elbert Adams so chubby and short; he goes to Mr. Maynard’s and drinks milk by the quart.

Randy Baisden seems to be enjoying life to beat sixty at present.

Here’s “Uncle” T. Vance so sportly, you know; who takes his Ruth for a walk, her bobbed hair to show.

Come on, Charley. Let’s go to the Trace. Don’t bother your brains with that other place.

Mr. C.H. McCloud is putting up ice at present.

Mr. Van Mullins is planting a double crop of everything. He said he expected a son-in-law.

Mr. Reece and Grover Mullins are on the steady lookout for a brighter day.

Mr. McCloud is awaiting his old faithful worker, who we all know by the name of T. Vance, to arrive with their farm implements.

Mr. Garfield and Elbert Adams made a business trip to Branch Fork last week.

There was a quiet but happy wedding at the home of Mr. H. Dingess last week.

Ina Dingess seems very lonesome now days.

Little Ida McCloud has joined the Happy Crockers.

Mr. Bob Jonas and Ruth McCloud took a ride last Sunday on Bob’s black pony.

Mrs. Shirley Mullins is riding for her health.

Mr. Tom Baisden made a business trip to Chapmanville last week.

Mr. Anthony Adams and Ellen Curry seem to enjoy being together.

We will leave the rest to “The Ginks,” providing their cherries allow them time to write.

Whirlwind News 09.17.1926

18 Sunday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Whirlwind

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An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on September 17, 1926:

Frank Adams, Jr. doesn’t seem to enjoy walking up the road any more. Wonder why?

Will Adams is taking his vacation this week.

James Baisden was a business visitor at Daniel McCloud’s Wednesday.

Charley Mullins is right on his job this week. Stay right with it, Charley. Winter will soon be here.

Jeff Baisden visits Hoover very often these days. Wonder what his attention is?

Grover Adams is visiting his friends on Twelve Pole. Wonder what makes him go there?

Clinton Adams has bought Florence Adams a bundle of pipes.

Gillis Adams was visiting his girl at Hoover Sunday.

Miss Lucy McCloud was seen visiting in Hoover Tuesday.

Ezra Farley was calling on his best girl Pearl McCloud Sunday.

Gillis Adams was visiting his girl on Sunday. Wonder what was the cause? Ask Lucy. She knows.

Miss Tilda Carter was visiting the sick, Bernice Adams, last Tuesday.

Daily happenings: Alice Dingess and her pipe; David and his bottle; Rush and his mule; Garnett and her rolled hose; Ann and her chewing gum; Rose and her overalls; Ina and her bobbed hair; Boyd and his tobacco; Mollie and her spinning wheel; May and her cards; Alice drying apples; Mandie and her hose; Bertha and her white hat; Susie looking for Daniel; Florence and her apple butter; Bob Dingess’ old Ford; Joe and his geese; Roxie and her baby; Lucy and her pink dress; Carl and his blood hounds; Charley and his ax; Mary is looking so lonely without Herb; Howard and his sweet ways; Pearl and her bangs; Fred Adams and his 10 cent trousers.

Chapmanville District Schools (1927) 2

15 Thursday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Halcyon, Native American History, Queens Ridge, Shively, Spottswood, Stone Branch, Warren, Whirlwind, Yantus

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Teachers identified the following schools in Chapmanville District of Logan County, WV, and offered a bit of local history in 1927:

Dave Dingess School, est. 1814

Ula Adams, teacher

One room frame school

“Harts Creek derived its name from Steven Harts, said to have been killed by Indians on the creek.”

Striker School, est. about 1874

Edward Chapman, teacher

One room frame building

Three Fork School, est. 1878

One room frame building, originally a log house

Nine Confederate veterans live here: George Doss, T. Doss, L.D. Stollings, Ed Dalton, Ruben Conley, John Conley, Ben Adams, E. Burton, Melvin Plumley. A Union veteran lives here; he originated elsewhere. Three branches of Crawley Creek are Road Fork, Middle Fork, and Pigeon Roost. Alonzo is the local post office.

Bulwark School, est. 1880

Robert Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“All fought on the Confederate side” during the Civil War. One man gained great merit from our district as a marksman with the American marines during World War I.

Lee Dingess School, est. 1891

Cole Adams, teacher

One room frame

Five local men served in the Confederate Army.

Browns Run School, est. 1892

Ina Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” The fork is named for a Brown who lived at its mouth.

Buck Fork School, est. 1894

No teacher given

One room frame building

A Church of Christ exists nearby. Three local men served in the Confederate Army. One local soldier lost both hands in World War I.

Ivy Branch School, est. 1895

Anna Adams, teacher

Albert Thornton was the first teacher here. “Trace Fork received its name from the original road leading to Twelve Pole Creek.”

Hugh Dingess School, est. 1897

Sallie Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

Conley School, est. 1897

J.L. Thomas, teacher

One room frame building

The first house built on Smoke House Fork at its mouth had no chimney for quite a while and smoked badly.

Dalton School, est. 1897

Thelma Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“This district furnished a lot of Civil War veterans and played her part.”

Bud Dingess School, est. 1904

Beatrice Adams, teacher

One room frame building

“East Fork named on account of its being the most Eastern fork of Harts Creek.” One local soldier served in the Confederate Army.

Hoover School, est. 1910

Howard Adams, teacher

One room frame building

A Christian Church exists in the vicinity. Four local men served in the Confederate ARmy. “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts murdered by Indians.” Three boys went from here and one was wounded at the battle of Argonne.

George Mullins School, est. 1910

Dixie Mullins, teacher

One room frame building

“Buck Fork named from large number of male deer on creek.”

Rocky School (no date)

Daisy Given Dingess, teacher

References an Indian mound on Pigeon Roost where tomahawks, arrowheads, etc. can be found. Indian burial ground.

Under the Tim’s Fork entry, it says that John Dingess was killed in battle at Cloyd’s farm. Tim’s Fork is named for Timothy Dwight, who lived there.

Lower Trace School, est. 1919

Alice Dingess, teacher

Two room frame building

“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” Also, “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts.”

Piney School, est. 1921

F.M. McKay, teacher

One room building

No permanent churches exist locally; people meet occasionally in one of the school houses. Four local men served in the Confederate Army. “Piney was named because of so much pine growing there.”

White Oak School, est. 1922

Fisher Thompson, teacher

One room rented frame building

Manor School, est. 1923

Located at Limestone

Workman School, est. 1924

Fisher B. Adkins, teacher

One room frame building

Marsh Fork derived its name from the marshy land near its mouth.

Source: Local History and Topography of Logan County by J.A. Vickers (Charleston, WV: George M. Ford, State Superintendent, 1927).

Harts 07.03.1925

02 Saturday May 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts, Holden

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An unnamed local correspondent at Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on 3 July 1925:

Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Dingess, of Blair, spent the week end visiting friends and relatives at Harts.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dingess, of Logan, and sister, Miss Ina Dingess were visiting relatives at Harts, Sunday.

Miss Jessie Brumfield, of Harts was shopping in Logan, Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fisher B. Adkins, of Harts, spent Sunday at Camden Park in Huntington.

Mr. and Mrs. John McEldowney returned to their home at Charleston, Sunday after a few weeks visit with friends and relatives at Harts.

Mrs. John Beamins, of Holden, was the guest of Mrs. Robert Brumfield, at Harts, Sunday.

Miss Sylvia Shelton, of Sand Creek passed through our town Sunday.

Mr. Amon Ferguson, of Huntington, was calling on Miss Ora Dingess at Harts Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. Chas. Brumfield and little son, Howard were visiting relatives in Huntington and Ashland, Ky. this week.

Mr. James Auxier Newman, of Huntington, was calling on friends at this place, Monday, while enroute to Big Creek.

People at this place were glad to see Hendrix Brumfield on our streets again.

Rev. Gartin is teaching a successful singing school at Harts. Everybody is invited to come.

Miss May Caines, of Wayne, was calling on Miss Jessie Brumfield, at Harts, Sunday.

Herbert Adkins was transacting business in Logan, Saturday.

It was a great shock to the people of this place to hear of the death of Bill Porter, for he had a wide circle of friends at Harts.

Brandon Ray Kirk

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