Counsellor, Benjamin Head of Household age 44
Hannah wife age 34
Elisha son age 18
Fosnisia daughter age 16
Lydia daughter age 14
Della daughter age 12
Ella daughter age 10
Frankie son age 8
Addie daughter age 4
Counsellor, Benjamin Head of Household age 44
Hannah wife age 34
Elisha son age 18
Fosnisia daughter age 16
Lydia daughter age 14
Della daughter age 12
Ella daughter age 10
Frankie son age 8
Addie daughter age 4
Name Age
Clarence A Clark 51
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Margret M Clark 40
Austin A Clark 18
Miller E Clark 17
James E Clark 14
Flowerence M Clark 11
Rosea M Clark 8
Nancy G Clark 7
Allice B Clark 6
Floy A Clark 2
Toy O Clark 2
Sim W Clark 39
Name Age
Clarence A Clark 51
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Margret M Clark 40
Austin A Clark 18
Miller E Clark 17
James E Clark 14
Flowerence M Clark 11
Rosea M Clark 8
Nancy G Clark 7
Allice B Clark 6
Floy A Clark 2
Toy O Clark 2
Sim W Clark 39
Pictured on the Right:
Ernest Leslie Fortney (born May 5, 1897) was the son of Frederick Washington Fortney (1880-1949) and Susan Virginia Hanks Fortney (1876-1943)
Ernest was first married to Thelma Mary Scanist who passed away Aug 31 1936. They were the parents of two children: Ernest Robert Fortney and Betty Jane Fortney. His second wife was Delphia Anderson Rose, who passed away Feb 15, 1977. Ernest worked at a number of local jobs in the Enterprise and Shinnston area and took his first public works job in 1918 with the Fairmont Tractor Co. (street car). He retired in 1950 as an employee of the Consolation Coal Company at the Owings Mine.
As a young man he worked with Andy Laulis at the Laulis Dairy Farm at Enterprise. Ernest resides in 1978 at 1048 Hood Avenue in Shinnston. (picture property f Helen Martin, retired school teacher)
FAIRMONT, W. Va. (UPI) - A pretty young mother got a stiff sentence but a 62-year-old spinster got off with a light penalty yesterday for embezzling money from the Bank of Shinnston. Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins imposed a 15-year prison sentence and $8,000 fine on Mrs. Jo Ann Stevens, 25, pregnant mother of two small children and sentenced Miss Lucy Fortney to a year - and - a - day. Both will serve their sentences at the Federal Women's Reformatory at Alderson. Probation Officer L. O. Bickel made his report to Federal Judge Harry Watkins on the women and it read like a study in contrasts. Bickel told of the wild and lavish spending of Mrs. Stevens, accused of tapping the till for $224,244, while the report on Miss Fortney, accused of taking $22,548 was mild by comparison. Miss Fortney had worked at the bank since it was opened in 1932. The probation officer said he had talked with 67 persons about Mrs. Stevens and all had given her “unfavorable" recommendations. He said Mrs. Stevens told him she started taking the money in 1955 when her husband Owen was out of work. Bickel related how she told him taking the money “became like a disease,** reaching overwhelming proportions. In his report before a packed courtroom, including the husband and both children, Bickel said that Mrs. Stevens told him she took the bulk of money in the last six months and it was taken from the cash drawers while she was a teller. Mrs. Stevens had also gotten some of the money by setting up a fake account in the name of a former boy friend. Bickel revealed that during the 19 months before the shortage was revealed Mrs. Stevens had spent $46,000 in various area stores. He said $1,076 went for shoes and another $1,300 went for It was suspected that an unknown amount was used to purchase Mouton Jackets for several of Mrs. Stevens female friends and acquaintances.In his report on “Miss Lucy*’, Bickel said everyone he had talked to had given “favorable references, her honesty and dependability was confirmed in all quarters.** Bickel said Miss Fortney had made restitution of $10,885 of the money and had offered a personal note for the remaining amount. Bickel also brought out that Miss Fortney had undergone a cancer operation in September 1960. Authorities said previously that Miss Fortney apparently didn't know of Mrs. Stevens operations but the younger woman may have caught on to Miss Fortney's till-tapping. Both Mrs. Stevens, dressed in a white maternity blouse and skirt, and Miss Fortney kept their composure during the reading of the probation reports and the sentencing. However, as they were being led out of the courthouse to the Marion jail they both broke down.
Individual Note:
"FAIRMONT, W. Va. Mrs. Jo Ann Stevens, a J25.-year- old mother of two charged with falsifying records to cover a $224,244 bank shortage was free today on $10,000 bond pending federal grand jury action. Mrs. Stevens, a bookkeeper at the Bank of Shinnston... (W. Va.) and 62-year- old Miss Lucy Fortney, accused of doctoring entries to hide a $22,549 shortage, both waived preliminary hearing Friday before U. S. Commissioner L. T. Eddy. However. Miss Fortney. assistant cashier of the bank, failed to post bond and was returned to the Marion County Jail. Miss Fortney had been with thp bank since it was founded in 1932. Mrs. Stevens worked there about eight years. Bank officiate about 10 days ago started an investigation after becoming suspicious of the "high living" habits of Mrs. Stevens, whose husband is a coal miner. Her salary was about $250 a month. The FBI arrested the two women Thursday after bank examiners turned up the shortage. Bank officials said they did not believe the women worked together on the deal. They were of the opinion that the suspects carried on their own separate projects although aware of each other's."
FAIRMONT, W. Va. (UPI) - A pretty young mother got a stiff sentence but a 62-year-old spinster got off with a light penalty yesterday for embezzling money from the Bank of Shinnston. Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins imposed a 15-year prison sentence and $8,000 fine on Mrs. Jo Ann Stevens, 25, pregnant mother of two small children and sentenced Miss Lucy Fortney to a year - and - a - day. Both will serve their sentences at the Federal Women's Reformatory at Alderson. Probation Officer L. O. Bickel made his report to Federal Judge Harry Watkins on the women and it read like a study in contrasts. Bickel told of the wild and lavish spending of Mrs. Stevens, accused of tapping the till for $224,244, while the report on Miss Fortney, accused of taking $22,548 was mild by comparison. Miss Fortney had worked at the bank since it was opened in 1932. The probation officer said he had talked with 67 persons about Mrs. Stevens and all had given her “unfavorable" recommendations. He said Mrs. Stevens told him she started taking the money in 1955 when her husband Owen was out of work. Bickel related how she told him taking the money “became like a disease,** reaching overwhelming proportions. In his report before a packed courtroom, including the husband and both children, Bickel said that Mrs. Stevens told him she took the bulk of money in the last six months and it was taken from the cash drawers while she was a teller. Mrs. Stevens had also gotten some of the money by setting up a fake account in the name of a former boy friend. Bickel revealed that during the 19 months before the shortage was revealed Mrs. Stevens had spent $46,000 in various area stores. He said $1,076 went for shoes and another $1,300 went for It was suspected that an unknown amount was used to purchase Mouton Jackets for several of Mrs. Stevens female friends and acquaintances.In his report on “Miss Lucy*’, Bickel said everyone he had talked to had given “favorable references, her honesty and dependability was confirmed in all quarters.** Bickel said Miss Fortney had made restitution of $10,885 of the money and had offered a personal note for the remaining amount. Bickel also brought out that Miss Fortney had undergone a cancer operation in September 1960. Authorities said previously that Miss Fortney apparently didn't know of Mrs. Stevens operations but the younger woman may have caught on to Miss Fortney's till-tapping. Both Mrs. Stevens, dressed in a white maternity blouse and skirt, and Miss Fortney kept their composure during the reading of the probation reports and the sentencing. However, as they were being led out of the courthouse to the Marion jail they both broke down.