The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 26, 1970, Image 9
News of Joanna
BY MRS. W. J. HOGAN
Correspondent-Representative
697-6949
AFTER LONG HALL—SD-40 3009 ter the lonjr haul from Envin on
rests in Elkhorn City. Kentucky, af- Train 95 through the snow and sleet.
Diesel Safari To The Coal Mines
BY BILL CANNON
Old fashioned steam heat,
warm covers, a good bed, and
sleet chattering against the win
dows - all ingredients to make a
fellow stay in bed on a winter’s
morning. But the insistent knock
of the hotel clerk shatters the
silence and breaks the hold of
sleep. Railroading starts at most
any hour, and for us, it starts
at 5:15 AM as train 95 is to
continue our trip trough the
mountains to the coalfields. We'll
ride the engmes again on the
Clinchfield Railroad from Erwin,
Tennessee, north to Elkhorn City,
Kentucky.
A typical breakfast, ham, eggs,
grits, and trimmings, will fortify
us for the trip on this cold day.
Even walking is risky on the little
pebbles of ice in the street, but
we can get on SD-40 number
3009 with our friend Trainmas
ter Bob Rice, and there find
engineer Bob Peeples waiting to
go north. Railroaders are a breed
of people all their own, and
Peeples is one of those unique
even among railroaders. With
several thousand horsepower and
untold thousands of dollars worth
of equipment and lading under his
control, he is fuming over the
outcome of last night 's ball game.
The rumblings of the diesels
stir the whole town as they get
under way, pulling hard at the 107
cold, cold cars behind them. One
•lip and the slack action in the
train willfenr out coaling knuck
les. Steady yet unrelenting power
urges the reluctant cars out of
town, and soon the edge of John
son City is in sight. Sneaking
around a sharp curve, Number 95
inches through downtown Johnson
City and then out past Barrett
towards Kingsport. Setting cars
off at Kingsport, the train then
climbs out towards Frisco
Tennessee, and then Waycross,
Virginia. Trainmaster Rice
chuckles to himself and suggests
that you not try to get off the
engines around the next curve,
and when the train bolts out on
to the 188 foot high Copper Creek
Bridge, over a quarter mile long,
It’s easy to see why no one gets
off. “Watch that top step. . ."
Beyond Copper Creek, the rail
road clings to the sides of Boul
der Bluff, some 240 feet above
the valley floor. Once years ago,
Mr. Rice’s father’s train hit a
big rock on the track right along
here and off he went down the side
of the bluff and turned over on
the Southern Railway tracks down
below, getting nothing from his
wild ride but a few minor in
juries. The errant diesels were
put back on the track on the
Southern and taken home the long
way around for repair. Better
than trying to go back up that
bluff with a diesel, indeed’ Die
sels off their feet without the
aid of tracks are a mess!
Clickety-clacking along
through Dungannon and St. Paul,
Virginia, the train soon noses
through Dante, Virginia. This is
the home of local operations for
the area, and there are two branch
lines to coal mines over which
trains run out of this terminal.
A long climb up Sawmill Hollow
and the train ducks into the long
est of the 55 tunnels on the line,
tlie Sandy Ridge Tunnel, 7854
feet long. Of the 277 miles of
railroad owned by the Clinch-
field, some 10 miles (4 it are
underground in those 55 tunnels,
and the Sandy Ridge is one of the
longest in this country.
It seems endless, but the 3009
breaks '>ut into the open and the
snow again passing through
Trammel, Virginia. From here to
Elkhorn City it is downhill all
the way, and the regenerative
brakes <*i the diesels snarl as
they hold the train back on the
descending grade. (Regenerative
brakes make use of the diesel’s
traction motors as a braking de
vice - sort of like putting an
auto into a lower gear coming
down a mountain to hold it back).
Rice points out the new six mile
Haysi Railroad, being built to
tap new coal resources, and then
the engine noses into the State
Line Tunnel between Virginia and
Kentucky. This is one of the few
tunnels anywhere around that has
a “window" in the middle of it.
The center line of the track came
so close to the outside of the
mountain that the builders blasted
a hole in the wall to throw de
bris over theside while they were
working in it. Back in steam en
gine days, it was a relief for
the crews to pass the opening and
get a bit of fresh air after being
penned up with the steamers in
the bores.
Across Pool Point Bridge, 115
feet above the Russell Fork of
the Big Sandy River, after hav
ing gone through the Breaks of
The Big Sandy (called the Grand
Canyon of the East), the engine
peeps around through one last
tunnel and enters the yard at
Elkhorn City, Kentucky. Two hun
dred and seventy-seven crooked,
mountain miles ago, we climbed
on an engine in Spartanburg, and
passed over some terrific rail
road construction.
Railroaders work hard,andeat
hearty! After a big mead and a
night’s sleep, there’ll be other
miles to ride, and maybe even a
ride on the general manager’s
private car complete with fried
chicken and all the trimmings
going back down the Blue Ridge.
Long trip? Yep' But lots of fun,
and most of all, different. . .
for the Clinchfield is a different
railroad in every way, from its
friendliness to its modern ef
ficiency in operating through
some of the most difficult but
spectacular country in the United
States.
Spioz
HOT MUSTARD
NECTARINES
2 to 4 fresh nectarines
'4 cup butter or margarine
■2 cup brown sugar,
packed
3 tablespoons prepared
mustard
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon vinegar
Slice nectarines to meas
ure 2 cups. Melt butter or
margarine in saucepan
Combine sugar, mustard
and cornstarch; stir into
butter. Bring to boil, then
stir in vinegar and nectar
ines; cook 2 minutes longer.
Serve with ham, franks or
pork chops. Makes l 3 ^ cups.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Earney
of Charlotte spent last weekend
with Mrs. Frank Templeton.
Mr. and Mrs.J. E. Boyce visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Guy Misen-
hiemer on Sunday afternoon in
Chester.
Friends will be interested to
know Mrs. Clarice Young is a pa
tient at the Charleston Medical
Center.
Danny Thomas, student at Ce
dar Springs in Spartanburg is
confined to his home with mumps.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Thomas.
Mrs. S. A. Mode, Paul Mode
and Mrs. Claude Burns visited
relatives in Pineville, N. C. on
Saturday, going especially to see
Mr. J. D. Lavender who is a
patient in the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Jenkins
and family was in Greenwood on
Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Graham.
Mrs. W. B. Adams and child
ren visited Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Simmons in Due West on Sunday
afternoon. Dinner guest on Sunday
of the W. B. Adams were her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. JackSim-
mons, in celebration of Mr.Sim
mons birthday which was Feb.
21st.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Johnson were Mr. and
Mrs. Carodine Johnson and Mr.
Donnie Ray Johnson of Columbia.
While here, Mrs. Carodine John
son, Mrs. A. R. Johnson, Miss
Bar bar a J ohnson and Mrs. C hamp
Johnson attended a miscellaneous
shower in honor of Mrs. Hazel
Cox in Honea Path on Saturday
night.
Scott Melton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Melton of Spartan
burg spent the weekend with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.A. J.
Gosnell. Also guests on Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Della-
mera of Charleston.
A/lc and Mrs. Bruce Chalk of
Shaw AFB spent the weekend here
with Mr. and Mrs. Junior Tucker
and Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Chalk.
On Sunday, Mrs. Chalk, Kenneth
Chalk and Eric and A/lc and Mrs.
Chalk visited Mr. and Mrs. Lou
Murray in Swainborough, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Foster of
Union were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Junior Tucker.
Billy Attaway who is stationed
in England was a Thursday guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Motes.
Mr. and Mrs. George Morse
visited SEC and Mrs. Bill Moore
in Columbia last Sunday, going
especially to see Vickie Moore,
who is a patient in the hospital
there, due to a recent automobile
accident. This Sunday they visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Kibler
and Stacy in Mauldin.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boyce of At
lanta, spent the first part of last
week with his parents, Mr. and
Customers
are all
millionaires
at
BA1 LEY’S
BANK
That’s because every family is
worth at least a million to each
other — and to every one of
Bailey’s customers, his or her
money is just as important as any
real millionaire’s.
So Bailey's people go all out to
help you — from a loan for the
purchase of appliances to the in
vestment of retirement funds,
from the birth of your first child
to the college education of your
last one. And in between, you
have the best checking, savings,
Christmas Club and safe deposit
box service we know how to give.
Feel like a million: Bank at
Bailey's!
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers • Member F.B.I.C.
Mrs. Marion Boyce. Mr. Boyce
returned on Saturday from the
Self Memorial hospital where he
was a surgical patient, last week.
Here for the latter part of the
week were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Boyce and Amy of Greensboro,
N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thompson
visited Mr. and Mrs. Billy ■
Thompson in Taylors and |
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Craig in :
Woodruff on Sunday afternoon. ■
Betty Stroud of Fayetteville :
spent the weekend with her mo- j
ther, Mrs. Clara Godfrey and Mr. :
Godfrey.
CARD OF THANKS
Many thanks to all of our
friends for their many acts of
kindness during the illness and
death of our loved one. May God
bless you.
The Family of Bill Prater
ON DEAN'S LIST
Miss Jean Abrams, student at
Clemson University has made
the Dean’s List for the first
semester. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Abrams.
RETURNS TO FLORIDA
JOSN Debbie Prater has re
turned to Pennsocola, Fla., af
ter being here for several days
due to the death of her father,
Mr. Bill Prater.
WOMAN’S CLUB TO
SHOW SLIDES
On March 5th, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Joanna Club House the Joanna
Woman's Club will show slides
of the beautiful Callaway Gar
dens. The members are en
couraged to bring their husbands
and also, the club extends an in
vitation to the public. The club
members will remain for a brief
meeting afterwards.
BIRTHDAYS,
ANNIVERSARIES
Birthday greetings today go to
Frank Bodie, Hugh Roy Johnson,
Bo Yarborough andStellaCotney.
Happy birthday to Margaret
Bozard, and Lillian Seawright on
Feb. 27.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Prater and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Shealy will
observe a wedding anniversary on
Feb. 27.
Birthday celebrants on Feb. 28
will be Janet Reeder, J. K. Walts,
Nick Kramm, and Cleo Tinsley.
Kathy Douglas, Donna Connor,
Barron O’Shields, and Robert
Crolley will have birthdays on
March 1.
Karen Davenport, Dollie
Owens, and Jeri Peay will ob
serve a birthday on March 2,
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