Miners Health Plan

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate nursing program in West Virginia

William "Wally" Barron was discharged from the army as a sergeant

Normantown won unclassified basketball tournaments against all

Florence Blanchfield received the Distinguished Service Medal

Bill Blizzard was appointed president of UMWA District 17

Harry Brawley became director of political affairs at Charleston radio WCHS

Bill approved for a city-county hospital in Huntington

Fannie Cobb Carter became dean of women at National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington

Extension of Route 39 linking Richwood to Marlinton was finished

Oliver Chitwood published the first volume of A Short History of the American People

George W. Hand became the president of Fairmont State College

Ann Flagg graduated from West Virginia State College (now University)

U.S. Forest Service reports 8.7 billion board feet of timber volume

Gunner Gatski played at Auburn University

General Dwight D. Eisenhower vacationed at the Greenbrier resort hospital upon returning from Europe

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Spin a Silver dollar: The Story of a Desert Trading Post

The name Happy Retreat was restored after being named Mordington by Isaac Douglas

The West Virginia Health Department assumed advisory medical supervision of state hospitals

Joseph Hodges began serving as director of the Roman Catholic Diocesan Mission Band in Richmond, VA

Italian POWs were repatriated, and many returned to America

Maryat Lee graduated from Wellesley College in religious studies

Big Bill Lias purchased Wheeling downs racetrack on Wheeling Island

Dora Ruth Parks became the executive secretary of the Library Commission

The United Zinc Smelting Corporation ceased operations in Marshall County

Bernard McDonough began a concrete business in Houston

The Monongahela Power & Railway Company changed to Monongahela Power Company, discontinuing street car business

The first issue of the bi-monthly National Hillbilly News appeared

Otis Rice received an M.A. in education at WVU

Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations

Louis Jordan composed "Salt Pork, West Virginia"

The one-room Cave School located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, closed

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

Julia Davis published The Shenandoah

The Strayer Report recommended basic reforms in the delivery of public education in West Virginia

The Sunrise mansion and adjoining mansion were acquired by the Salvation Army

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

The state of West Virginia purchased the Sweet Springs property and established the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home

Clint Thomas began working in the state capitol as messenger for the Department of Mines

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) enrollment was at 2,000 students

There were 225 students enrolled at West Liberty

Kelly Miller was hired to coach at West Virginia State

Victorine Louistall became the first African-America female to earn a graduate degree from WVU

Reported 6,000 wild turkeys in West Virginia

M.J. Horsch became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology

John Ross Eakin suffered a stroke, ending his National Park Service career

Ashford General Hospital closed

Wood County Airport, Parkersburg, built

Greater Cumberland Regional Airport, at Wiley Ford, built

The Bailes Brothers moved to KWKH Shreveport

Bluefield joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball

Van Bittner directed the abortive drive to organize southern industrial workers

Everett Ferguson sold Browns Island to Weirton Ice and Coal Supply Company

Lew Burdette signed his first professional contract with the New York Yankees

Col. E. G. Via died

Camden Park was sold to James P. Boylin

Jim Comstock founded the Richwood News Leader

Samuel Cooper attended the World Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland

Bruce Crawford founded the West Virginia Advertising Company

Phyllis Curtin appeared at Tanglewood Music Center

Davis & Elkins College received full accreditation

Dolores Dowling left the Army Nurse Corps as a first lieutenant

Joanne Dru starred in her first film, Abie's Irish Rose

Proposed amendment to make the Board of Education a constitutional body

First consulting forester in West Virginia began work

Patrick Gainer became professor of English at WVU

Joseph C. Gluck, eventually dean of students, vice president for student affairs and special counselor to students, began work at WVU

The third floor of the Governor's Mansion was added

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Spin a Silver Dollar was released as a radio play

Governor Meadows reappointed Roy Lee Harmon as poet laureate of West Virginia

Hawkshaw Hawkins began working on the Wheeling Jamboree broadcast from WWVA

Johnnie Johnson began performing in Chicago

The village of Lilly was razed due to construction of the Bluestone Dam

Pare Lorentz was awarded the Legion of Merit

A new dining hall was constructed at Marshall College (now University)

Jack Maurice returned to the Charleston Daily Mail

Arnold Miller returned home from WWII

The UMWA Health and Retirement Funds were created

Ruth Ann Musick began teaching mathematics and English at Fairmont State College (Fairmont State University)

Eldora Nuzum was made managing editor of the Grafton Sentinel

Molly O'Day was signed to Columbia Records contract by Fred Rose

American Cyanamid established plant at Willow Island

The West Virginia Broadcasters Association was organized

Louis Jordan made "Salt Pork, West Virginia" a best-selling recording

The Secondary Schools Activities Commission appointed a full-time executive secretary to the board

Raymond Hayes made a trip to Fayette County

Meredith Sue Willis was born

Sam Snead won the British Open

Buddy Starcher cut his first recordings on Four Star

An appropriation of $60,000 was obtained for the West Virginia State Police Academy during the legislative session

Storer College was accredited as a baccalaureate institution

A constitutional amendment providing educational reforms was defeated

Joe Stydahar won another championship with the Chicago Bears

Festus Summers became a full-time professor at WVU

The rubber plant at Institute was closed

DuPont's Belle Works ceased production of nylon

Frank Thomas built Fayette Airport

The United Brethren merged with the Evangelical Association forming the Evangelical United Brethren Church

There were 261 United Brethren churches in West Virginia

Hobert Skidmore died

The current West Virginia Historical Society was incorporated

The West Virginia Review was sold again

There were 6,000 students enrolled in WVU

Irvin Stewart became president of WVU

George Smith died

WJLS added an FM affiliate

American neurologist Walter Freeman adapted a variation of the surgery called the transorbital lobotomy

Artist Helen Chilton was born in Pennsylvania

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was Awarded the Newbery Medal for Shiloh

Eldora Nuzum retired from the Elkins Inter-Mountain

The North Central Association approved baccalaureate degrees in business administration, elementary education, liberal studies, and psychology at Ohio Valley University

Henry Payne was runner-up for the Mencken Award

Charlotte Pritt left the state Senate

Dyke Raese was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame

The National Labor Relations Board ruled on unfair labor practices in the Ravenswood Strike

Richard Freeland re-entered the recording business when he started Freeland Records

Otis Rice became vice president of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation

Cynthia Rylant was awarded the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for children's fiction for Missing May

Fred Schaus was named to the WVU Hall of Fame