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Va., Friday Afternoon, August 10, 1910Bones FailtoConvince Father of ChildrenDeathfsrI ollowiii” Laboralonlesls in WashingtonBy Register Staff Writer , , .1*A\KI IKN1LLK Yesterday George Sodder said he would come pretty close” to being convinced his five children died in the fire which destroyed his home near Favetteville on Christinas Day, 1915, if a few positive human remains could be found.I ndav, after a bulldozer uncovered the charred ruins of the house and a pick and shovel crew sifted the ashes, Sodder is not convinced the hones unearthed are thoseof ins youngsters.After a lull day of excavation, authorities announcedthe discover} of several hones which a pathologist said■‘might he those of a human.” Results of laboratory testsw ill not he available for at least three lt;ias, lit* added.Following the location of thei iones, Sodder, who has clung ten- The tragcwhich caused theatiously to the belief his children deaths of five members in a family were not victims of the fire, made of 11 occurred on Christmas Day,this statement1945, Favetteville officials describ-1 am still not convinced they ed it as one of the worst fires in are dead. Only three or four bones, the town s history.which may or may not be human, were found even though the men had dug to the very floor of the basement. The pathologist tellsme if the children had been caught pieteiy destroyedtn the fire at least their skulls which they were eshould have irernained,”Fire Mar shall lt;A. Raper, w - scene of the fire that day.compamed by his assistant, JohnM Thompson, arrived on the sceneMartha Ia e, 12. pennie, 8; Betty, 5; Maurice, 14; and Louis Sodder, 9 were pronounced ‘dead by suffocation or fire which com-the home in eeping” by a coroner’s jury impaneled at theFire Marshal Carl Raper and Farl \V. Pierce, assistant fire chief of the Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant, examine thehones with Dr. O. B. Hunter, pathologist of Washington, D. C.,(left).ir miLFair SiioikI'oclar in .tlfrcer Co.Workmen confer with Earl Pierce, assistant fire chief of the Charleston Ordnance Plant, upon the condition of part of thesoil unearthed from the Sodder property.(Register Photos bv Bill Hickman)George Sodder, father of the five children presumed lost in the fire which destroyed their home near Fayetteville on Christmas Day. 1945, examines the site where several boneiwere found during yesterday’s search of the ruins.(Register Photo)Investigations by police and alt; f. .. At'ou na 41 nnt r,,u n k■-t 1 csen ut? i\e o? Tie state fire Hii.MbiUA me nrsi MGF- poultry are requesiea 10 oring*1 hfs innrova! of the re mais'iai s office revealed that the cer County 4-H Club Fair opens their projects for exhibit on Sat-VOlted riiS appiovai OI me M- f nrnhohlv etaH^I frnm a ahnrt . . ... r, . .i____B v TLguter Staff WriterPRINCETON— Thetening pigs, purebred pigs and first Mer- poultry are requested to bungFamily of Oak Hill. ' » ,h f , rmns biit fire I’1 oljatly started from a short torjav at Glenwood Park and witl urday morning, having them on?.£!h« w« oi^sed JTthi *ho!lS. iK “°unu* ,hrou*h Saturday, v,--- h, «•«. . m a,IU- t C Jd — - ------- investigatorsto Ute mannei which Sodder chose no»eb ^hat a stiff wind was blow-9 ito go about it mg at the time, accounting for the scheduled for that dayInc marshall criticized the me- w X1 itu th* tanrMiss Helen Ruth Ray Wedsehamcal equipment, consisting ofswiftness with which the flamesenveloped the upstairs section andthe ground by 9:30 a. m. All pro n is will participate in the iect record books are to be up tolt;1 Farm Bureau picnic, date and exhibited at the same Register Staff Writertime.High Srliool Foiii|lHlt;OAK HiLL -Five teachers haveExhibits were to be in place vt The Mercer County Farm Worn- been placed in Oak Hill HighMrs. Katherine Dunlay, libra rian, and John Duda, history inMiltonRoffinBaltimorei scoop shovel manipulated on trapped the youngsters in then the front of a tractor and employed be(jsthe park by noon tdday and to en’s Council is offering a scholar- School’s faculty by the board of structor and assistant coach, wer« attain the honor of being a blue ship to the State 4-H Girls’ Camp education making it complete for given the positions which they holeto remove some of the dirt m the basement. All of the dirt shouldRy Register Staff WitterOAK HI LI v- Mrs J. W Kay an-have been slowly and carefully -on the fire» originHe believes it was setSchool of Nursing, the former Miss removed with hand tools he sa.rt. „ was on thf. strength of thisribbon club, each club myst have and the State Style Revue to the the 1949-50 school term, scheduled iast year with emergency certifi Sodder, however, has taken a its project completed 100 per cent winner of the county complete to begin August 31.Thi' means that the project m.;st costume style revue. ~ -—Members of the committees mRay took special post graduatJ nounces the marriage of her studies at the I’mvet ity of Vir- Cleorge daughter, Mtss Helen Ruth Ras, to ginia in Charlottesville, and atJohns Hopkin Hospital, Baltimore, where she is employed as a Marshal (Milton Roff, son of Mr. and MrsJacob Roff. of Baltimore Md.be exhibited; the project circularmust be filled in and the record of charge of the 4-H exhibits are:belief that he ordered workmen acti- itses must also be tilled in md registration, Mrs. Fred B. White:, pi,,n Detectives C.por e Swim ,0 excavate the nuns, which had shown with the exhibit. The high- vegetable gardening and potatoes,o « Fire been covered With dirt a few days est , 0nng project will be taken Mrs. Irene Johnston, Guy Ma-fluU v/ltvli 4 uinaicj, oiaic rue nffgj* fireWitnesses were Mr. and Mrs.Sodder, parents of thePastor PreparesThe Rev. C. C. Melden, Baptist surgical nurseminister, performed the double, Roff graduated from KentonsA. Raper, and Di Benwood Hunter from Washington, D. C.Final Sermons forof arson. Among these arering ceremony in his home at ville High School m Baltimore Sodder said there would be no a ‘ flh* .n'hnin.Baltimore at H pm Saturday. The and studied m Radio and Radai more digging Workmen finished before th,;‘firi broke'out; (b) a couple was unattended, School in Boston He is now ern- their task at i 30 p. m. The bones .. . . . . . f .The bride chose h white street ployed by the Mai key Radio and were located in a corner of thelength frock, white accessories and International Felegraph C ompany. basement Shortly before 3 p man orchid corsage for the cere j Mr. and Mrs. Roff plan to make yesterday,to Lewisburg Monday and exhibit- thena and Mrs. James Shutt;Sodder pointed out evidence ed at the ^tpte Fair, where blue clothing, Mrs. Barbara McKenzie,which strengthen his suspicions ribbons and cash prizes are Mary Etta Hight and Mrs. Aneil(i av led £ Da a id son; foods, Mis. Roy Har-All 4-H clothing members will mon, Mrs. B. C. Hodges and Mrs.have a chance to wear garments Kate Johnson; livestock, R. E.full thud heard on the roof of in the style revue to be held Sat- Harbert, county agent, C. L. By Register Staff Writerthe iy !r ve and Hugh Gooch, Jr., handi-Sunday Servicesthe house minutes before tlames were discovered, and (c)and rural electrification,monv. She also wore a strand of their home in Baltimore, after apearls, a gift of the groom.After graduating from Oak Hill! mother High School and Laird Memorial monthvisit in the home of thfthe latter parthriricc* Hunter is scheduled to J® | to have been severed.# 1L turn to Washington today w ith the of the j pones discovered m the ruins.Alii 4-H membersihaving live- craft the telephone wires were believed stock exhibits, such as baby beef, Harold Oakes, James Gore andma lambs, feeder calves, tat- Mrs Buck Davidson.A number of other cnrcum-VirginiaGirltoBecomeThey look like they may have stands including the misplacing of.. J ( a ladder which might have beennune from the lower part of a pei- the chUdien andson * back but we won t be .sure thp absence of anv outcrles fromFarm Bureau Picniccates. Both qualified with collegt work during the summer.Miss Felice Jobe, of Glen Jean will replace Miss Naleene Wrigh who resigned as commerce teacher Miss Jobe graduated in June a Marshall College. James Trent, o Gauley Bridge, replaces Thurmar McKinley, mathematics instructo: who plans to teach near Baltimore and Mrs. Kenneth Vandall will re place Mrs. Patricia Perry, whoslt; lea\e of absence has been ex tended.Trent, a graduate of West Virginia Tech, taught at Gaule; Bridge one year and has beei working in the plant at Alloy durBrideBertWristonuntil i examine mem in the lab- youngsters also served to keeporatory, Dr. Hunter said The. B , So Ider s hopes alive that his chil-bone specialist said he would for~dren a*’® not deau.Set Tomorrow in MercerMrs. Ora SmithDies in Arizona;Rites Set SundayBv St .iff WriterKINGSTON ~Miss Mary JaneFulton, of Staunton, Va , will become the bride of Beit J Wriston, Jr., of Kingston and New York (Tty, in a ceremony to be perform ed thu» month.The bride-elect’* approaching nuuriage ha* been announced byward his finding* in three oi four Oavs to Detective Swam in t harleston.Soldier's RitesFormer FayetteTo be Held TodayResident DiesRy Rif*t»t#r Staff W’rttrrOAK HILL Funetai services will be conducted at 2 30 p.m. Sunher mother, Mrs. Martha Bell By Registei sun WriterFulton, of Staunton, Va. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs, J. B.Wriston, of KingstonGLEN JEAN—Funeral serviceslie incomplete today for Abner M. Vernon, 45, of St. Louis, Mo.,Dr. Hunter will confirm whether the bones are human alter he return* to Washington, lie said alsothat, if it were necessary, he could determine approximately the age of the person to which they might belong.The 35-year-old pathologist is R*e* Lwell-qualified in his profession.He is a graduate of Georgetown 1 n|versify and is now on the teaching staff of that institution, and on the staff of Doctors Hospitals in Washington.Fly Register Staff WriterPRINCETON— The annual pie-H INTON — The Rev. B. H.Bruner hs prepared his two final sermons to be delivered at the First Christian Church, Hinton, before leaving Monday morninglor Indianapolis, where he will m«.the l?,st pa,r'continue his writing ministry and do special and supply work among the churches.In addition, the pastor, alreadytru author of numerous religious books, plans to do extensive research work in preparation forMrs. Vandall was transferrei from Ansted High School.me of the Mercer County Farm writing additional volumes.Bureau will be held on the final day of the county Glenwood Park tomorrow.Mr. .Bruner, in addition to di-4-H fair at reeling the work of the churchin Hinton, has been an active member in civic and community iffairs. He is a director and mem-is* •a.’fSfrtorg*^ setter at l°c.The program opens at 10:45 withMEADOW BRIDGE Funeral a softball game between the tarm ber of the Kiwanis (Tub, and deanservices will be conducted at 2 p.m.StJosepJv^SPtRO*VUurST.JOSEPH ASPIRIN FOR CHILDRENSo easy totake, has anorange flavor. 50 tablets for 35c.Try it:Miss Fulton is a gradual# of who died luesday night followinghay for Mis. Ora B Smith, 51. who Robert K la-.- High School and an[today for Sergeant Winston AGwunn, 21-vcar-old son of Mr. and will be served at noon.Mr* W G 1 ’ n, of M» » w rBridge, who was killed in a traffic openDr. Hunter served in the Army accident Middleburg, \ a., on i:30 by explaining the organiza-for lour years during the war,Bureau and a team made up of and teacher of the Annual Schoollei 4-H boys, al er n h lunch of Religion,MOUNTAINAIRMrs. Bruner has been namedE. Harbert, county auent, will executive secretary of the Wo-afternoon program at man's Christian Missionary Society of Indiana, and will assumetheDRIVE-IN THEATREGLEN JEAN. W. VA.died Sunday in a hospital at Flag staff, Am She had been mArizona for the past eight months.Rites will be conducted from the First Baptist Church in Oak ma ‘-orontj Hill with the Rev. Shirley Don- wnitonMadisuti College. For two yearsInevs of five days was employed a.s a railway ing discharged with the rank ofshe has been dietitian at Virginia freight agent in St. Louis and was major During that time he workAugust 13Rites will be conducted from theMeadow Bridge Methodist Church \ 40 Melvin Smith, Farm Hometion and objects of the Mercer her duties as such about the first Rural Planning Council and at of September.FRIDAY“THE HUNTEDPreston Foster—BehtaPolyttn hme Institute, Blacksbuig She is a member of Pi Kappa Siga memberthe Brotherhood of ed with the criminal investigation wdh the Rev. Robert Henson, pas- Administrator, will presenta graduate of Vir*nelly and the Rev. Gilmer Cross KunaBul t.n-h.uc Institute He sei-ved three years m the I S. Navymofficiating. Burial will followthe Highlawn Memorial Park, Oak during Woild \\ar j1 ,IS ,M’*tl ,, asMstant dnector of the (ampuiRailway Trainmen. He was a former resident of Fayette County.He is survived by one brother and two sisters and five children, capacity a Mrs. A. B Flint, Oak Hill; Mrs. j 1 Rader, S n; Dorothy Ver- 14and investigate literally thousands [l] End of the^ Frail C emeit rv of graves of war casualties in hisHis Sunday morning sermon on the the subject “The Light of the which World” will conclude a series ofsermons which included the beati-d vision and helped to ex ivate .*(I• nJL! w Farm Management Bolt; k*| has been prepared RuralMerninrs of the American Legion [Manning Council to be distributed tudes of Jesus, and his evening and Veterans of Foreign Wars wilt throughout the county. subject will be “Castles in Spain.”Pierre WatktntComedySHOW STARTS AT DARKHillnon, Calif.; Viola Vernon, Florida, towns. The number includes Mtpathologist.The searching party consisted of conduct military rites at the grave-side.A member of the Meadowmen from here and nearbvAt 1:50 there will be a discussion of the public health outlookRE1 MOV SKI U G1ST 28Hew Valley Theatrei* r»(urii*d to Metch-indi ing Buir.tu v.ith head- and one s(»n. Josby Vernon, U. S. and Mrs. Soddei s two sons, John Bridge Methodist ( hurch, C.winn Inc nonv win ie rtiurneji hj - . , * , , m the ser tee in Sentem-the home of her mother, Mrs quarter, m New York City Corns. and Joe. enlisted in the m eptemfor the ctiunty, and at 2 p. m. Essie By Registn staff WriterTruitt FuneralRites SaturdayFit a Hamilton, Ingram Branch, tomorrow.Surviving are her husband, JohnH Smith, Flaggstaff, Arir : her mother, Mrs. Esta Hamilton, Ingram Branch; a son. Thomas O,Smith, Robson, four daughter*Mis* Donna Jean Si nth, Flagstaff,Ari*.; Mix* Nina Smith Ingram Bv Register staff Write*Branch; Mrs. Edith Dempsey, Min den; Mrs. Virginia Neff. Fayette ville one sister, Mrs Arbagsst, ( harleston; one brother Alton Hamilton, Ingram Branch and four grandchildren.MarineThe body will arrive at GlenI ; . and Ail! intaken to the Collins Funeial HomeandAlso helping were Earl W. Pieiit * e fir#department at the I’ S Naval Ord-B'jilcv. o* tne Princeton Bank KINC AIDThe Kincaid andRhodell, W. Va.ber, 1945 He v as stationed atLangley Field, Va , at the time tfthe accident.and Trust Companv, will discuss Johnson reunion will be heldf tAugust 28 at the Fayette Countyuntil the completion of funeral nance plant. South Charleston, and arrangment*.“Farming[for Better LivingA countv 4-H stvle revue, di- **~H (amp, Beckwith.1 -o-.Surviving besides the parents rected by Charlotte Vandiver,Howard, Buster, home demonstration agent, is the6 p. in.8 p. m.FRIDAYI#World Wide Guildthree Charleston firemen, Joseph are s,x brothers, . .P. Hudson, Mike Cunningham and JamPS T - »nd Bobby, all of next event on the program comingHarold l |■ i.,.,- . vetei-m in Meadow Bridge, and Roy (,wmn, at 2:30 and winding up the days- « u Beeklev; also six sisters Miss activities will be a s m narj ofBLUEMANEATER OFKUNAONitHa/le (iwinn, Ramellc, Mrs. via- the 4-H exhibits by Cli-ton Dot-Uonif Branch PatientSent tci Huntini'tnnBy Remstn Staff WriterM ATUAKA- t uneral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. to-Kathryn | morrow for Mr*. Doiothy Truitt,2f, of Matoakc, who died Wednes* lav mght at Hluefield Sanitarium Sot \ k bs will be comliii ted from the Matouk* Baptist (*hun h w ithe Rev. Ro Sigmon ofticiating assisted by the Rev. i A Gadd Burial will follow in the RestCemeterv, Princeton.Honored at Partyyears service with the department.Private Detective George Swain. . , . . . ..of ( harleston collected the six ITUe LeRocea and Mrs. Jiane son, 4-H agent for the county.with srvrral other Gwinn, both of New YorkSabuJoannf Pag#hones, along small ones not believed to be human. in a pasteboard cartonMrHallie Stratton, Charleston. Mr Marie Bennett and Mr* Fen*• iOAK HILL John Pylick of l^ong Branch, has been trai ferred the \teran* HospitalHuntington for treatment ofbroken leg according to hosplt; attendants.He w'as admitted to the ( Hill Hospital Saturday.A fpati1itaii » ... L I ,Be* Kitwas ttn \\ evanokeetan1Martin FatekU.VIik$34.95She wasC reek, JuneTruitt, Jr. Besidescuts, one Jther Mi liew asBapmm ried 30. 1942.at»w 11fitA* %W-m mFor TourIevOLD VV ASHKRHI fiustniiteroi Mati»k«membet i hurch*a as i emovral H» it a 9Hv Staff WritrrOAK HILL Mrs Mary H hacker entertained membersg the World Wide Guild with••come .o you are’ party Wedmday at 6 p. m.(iames were piase i and refietest ment were served to the follow-mg Mi s Frieda Dettz, Miss (Tara Wilson. Miss June William*. Miss Fatty Haga, Miss June Kidd. Mis* Carolyn Hag*., Miss Janice Cobb,Miss Nancy Elgin, Miss Mary Ellon Carter, Miss Regina Miss 4 a vt* Greene and MissPleasant*.Swain said he wax convinced the Calwness, both of M« a Bimg*.hones were human.VFW AuxiliaryMr• f He and his assistants Frank Hilla and (\ \\ \loonev, both of i tiar-- lestou helped with the invf*tiga» tignDr Hunter said upon arrival during the early afternoon that according to information furnished him about the case, thenL.t. t •*Plans to Observe(0 Engineer First Anniversary1007 N. Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach. S. C.Prtferred By DiscriminatingSine# 1924Recommended ByDuncan HinesPhone ’26Midnight Show Every Sat.Beckley’sTaken by Deathi aimFf tNorth C arolina hri\t*rgoon \oss______bones were not - children were v Kidd, than three 'ear Faith Workmen in search last n j the four vertSodder wathat all destroyed^ dthethetuns of the more old fire, icentratedih ttthesr ! \ e r eiVere :tantiBv Register Staff WriterHINTON—-Funeral ser\ ice incomplete for W. Clyde Ha Chesapeake and Ohio eng who died in the Hinton Ho at 6:20 p m, yesterday.He had reported to work at 3 p. rn , bec ame ill and was remov-a’UeiHiiis Auto StolentheuuB\ Ktcs Staff W* IdWhen traded In OnA NewMullins Infanti ■■4 IABC W \SHEKAt Onlr SI34 ^5(P’ltnp 110 F*tri)Dies After BirthV ¥» I Itoday Fordg thisf Mi Aird ma 11 was ? le parlet V\ iliumit a greeni been•run amBel -1941e ported v W. CSod di sceneSodder,men, has lniUM tube,f LammabU consumedin occasMrs thifniler\ is.. id svroofingmateriaV V fK ilg thewornitR es cther inwas m,owt\* / i im \\ doling the le Ward *Avenueitrina maBeckley Music 8k[NCFSt AWrit#Fur\% \i llRON M»N BOHNHv Regutei WineredtFANMi(V eanaElectric Co.I MDannye the i I ee,I Idilif 5 IIIVstlength to the parents theory t perhaps the children were not the house when it burned Escaping the fire with their y ents were John, now 28, Joe. Marion. 22. Geoige. Jr. 19 , Silvia, 7No e of the Fayette Cou officials were noted at the sc w if h the exception of a d« ; sheriff, who w as a h\ staed to the hospital at 5at 6:20,Formerly an engineer on the railway s main line, he had late* of !y been employed at the Hinton n- yard because of declining health v t He resided on !hc Greenbrier ng Road, above Hinton, sat Surviving is his wife,ui ma HarfordBy Register Staff WriterOAK HILL Plans are being completed for the first anniversary celebration of the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign are \\ ars Auxiliary to be held Septem-ord, \n'V 7 at the VFW Canteen in East mer, End, announced Mrs. Ann Oyier today.Approximately fifty membersand guests attended a swimming party and wiener roast at CampMrs. K. W. McMillanSportsAvcfaLctjStationOPEN AIRpitalWCFCJRiVE ININ THECAR SPEAKERHe died Beckwith Wednesday mghtT. 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