There they were, three “cowboys” and a “cowgirl,” in 1940s Worthington.

Bobby Tulin, Judy Galler Price, Jim McDaniel and Roger Harbert.

Franklin Delano Tulin was Robert Thomas Tulin’s brother. They grew up in Worthington.

Franklin lived in Indian Head, Maryland but passed away at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Martinsburg.

Frank was on the 1952 Monongah High football team that won the first of five Lions state titles. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1953 during the Korean War.

Their brother, Donald Tulin, lived in Nashville before he passed away.

The daughters were Gladys Tulin Ireland, who married John Ireland and lived in Milford, Delaware; Flora Tulin Ireland, who married Fred Ireland and lived in Ellendale, Delaware; and Alma Jeane Tulin Leeper, who married Robert Leeper and lives in Fairmont.

Siblings Franklin Tulin, Donald Tulin and Robert Thomas Tulin are deceased.

Their parents were Thomas Tulin and Alma May Mackey Tulin.

Thomas Tulin passed away in 1976 at the age of 93 in Terra Alta, West Virginia. Thomas was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to Peter Tulin and Anne Nicholson Tulin.

Thomas retired in 1975 after owning and operating the Worthington Garage and Exxon Station for 47 years. He was in the British Navy for 12 years.

His first wife was Florence Meredith Tulin. Florence, two sons and Thomas’ sister predeceased him.

One of the Galler daughters – perhaps Odie -- was best friends with Jim McDaniel’s oldest sister, Mary Janes,  class of 1942. 

Bobby Tulin was found dead in his Dad's ESSO garage in the 1960's. 

Roger, Bobby and Jim McDaniel started 1st grade together in 1948, and remained classmates through their Monongah High days.

James Nottingham, Class of 1961, also went through most of the grades with Roger, Bobby and Jim McDaniel.

Jim McDaniel recalls Bobby’s terrible accident:

“Bobby had stopped one night to help a guy whose car had broken down.  He was in 

between the cars when another car hit the car and crushed his legs. Bobby was never the same after that happened.”

Bobby’s legs were almost severed.

Jim McDaniel, who was in the legendary Monongah High band, was married to Shirley Eakle from 1962-74. They had two sons, James and Donald, who live in the Clarksburg area. Shirley passed away in 2017.

Jim and his second wife, Mary Bolin McDaniel,  have a combined 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.  They have been married since 1979.  

Jim was in Air Force for more than 23 years. His son, Jimmy served more than 21 years in the Air Force.  

Jim was stationed in Hof and Berlin in Germany, Wakkanai in Japan,  Osan in Korea, 

Shemya in the Aleutians Islands and some type in Bangkok, Thailand.

Jim is the youngest McDaniel sibling of famed Monongah streetcarstation master Ted McDaniel. So are Mary Jane McDaniel Pritchard, Donald McDaniel and JoAnn McDaniel Huff.

Roger Lee Harbert, Class of 1960, is married and lives in Monaca, Pennsylvania. He is retired.