George Bird Evans

Berkeley Club Beverages was established

Ruby Bradley joined the Army Nurse Corps

Maurice Brooks received an M.S. from WVU

Pearl Buck moved permanently back to the U.S.

State Department of Public Welfare established Camp Fairchance

Elsie Ripley Clapp was named director of the community school in Arthurdale

Earl Core began as curator of the WVU herbarium

Dolores Dowling graduated from Huntington's St. Mary's Hospital School of nursing

Paved road, private cars, and bus service replace the streetcar

Serious work on Eleanor began

Robert Strider became bishop of the Episcopal Church

Farm tenancy prevailed on 25% of all West Virginia farms

Harcourt, Brace and Company published Louise McNeill's book of poems, Gauley Mountain

Harcourt, Brace and Company published Louise McNeill's book of poems, Gauley Mountain

There were reported 55 one-room schools in Gilmer County

West Virginia Conservation Commission purchased land for roadside park, now Grandview

Davis Grubb went to New York City as a page for NBC

Davis Grubb's first commercial writing was a show for WBLK-Clarksburg

Gov. Homer Holt sent a letter promising support if the striking miners in Fayette, Raleigh, Mercer and McDowell counties returned to work without labor contract

Big Bill Lias opened a string of casino-nightclubs along Market Street in Wheeling

Enrollment at Marshall College (now University) peaked at 2,177 students

Louise McNeill married Roger Pease

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes was instrumental in uniting the three branches of the Methodist Church