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The following reports are taken from
The Calhoun Chronicle archives:
The marriage business has been very dull of late, no license
having been issued since Apr. 3.
A young guy by the name of Barton was sent to the Pasteur
Institute last week by the charitable people of Glenville, and surrounding
country. The boy was bitten several days ago by a mad dog and the dog’s head was
sent off and found to have a well-developed case of hydrophobia.
The White Pine division of the Citizen’s
Telephone Co. brought its line into the Grantsville switch board last week.
There are many people in the world, including some in Calhoun,
who are quite convinced that the human race has never passed through an era of
such critical import. These people have had no experience with former ages and
not many of them have read much about what the world went through in former
ages.
One worries about the likelihood of inflation or depression.
Another concern is over the gradually developing welfare state, with fears it
will eliminate the urge that makes human beings go forward. When these things
are out of mind, there is always time to be concerned over the government’s
budget and the probable taxes that one will have to pay.
There are those who are worried about the divorce rate, the
antics of youths and the dwindling importance of the home. At other times, they
are concerned with the fundamental decline in character.
The trouble with most of the expert worriers is that they are
not willing to stand on their foundation, but insist on telling everybody that,
unless all people stand on the same foundation, there will be a disastrous end
for humanity.
County commissioners made it official--the new Minnie Hamilton
Primary Health Care Center will be located on the site of the Witt house,
adjacent to the hospital.
Bob Parkins, coordinator of the project, told Lloyd Vaughan,
David Barr and Glenn Hanlin that before the Appalachian Regional Commission
would give final approval to the grant application, the commissioners had to
specify exactly where the building will be built.
Vaughan noted that, although he has been opposed to destroying
the Witt house in the past, he recognized that there would be further delays if
an alternate site for the new health care facility were considered.
The commission reached its decision to use the Witt house
location despite objections from Alvin Engelke, secretary-treasurer of Calhoun
Hospital’s board of trustees, who reminded them that the trustees had gone on
record as opposing the demolition of the building. He said that the hospital was
using the partially renovated dwelling and had plans for its continued use. He
said that, although title to the $37,500 property had been turned over to the
county commission, the building had been purchased and partially renovated with
hospital funds.
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