The Centennial year closed and virtually all elements of the program had been successfully completed
Patch Adams spent two weeks in a psychiatric facility for depression
President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) recommendations sent to President Johnson
Appalachian Hospital network saved by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church
Appalachian Volunteers organized
W. E. Blackhurst published Sawdust in Your Eyes
W. E. Blackhurst was the first commentator for the Cass Scenic Railroad
Florence Blanchfield received the West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal
A new student union building was built at Bluefield State College (now University)
Tony Boyle was elected president of the UMWA
Ruby Bradley retired from the army
Elk River Coal & Lumber Company sold its sawmill at Swandale to Georgia-Pacific
Expansion of Cabell Huntington Hospital increased the size to 280 beds and 48 bassinets
Centennial Golden Trout received first widespread stocking
Mower Lumber Company purchased Cheat Mountain Club
Jim Comstock ran for unsuccessfully for Congress
Phyllis Curtin sang at the meeting of the Music Educators National Conference in Charleston
Julius DeGruyter wrote A Brief History of Kanawha County and the Kanawha Region
Dolores Dowling became secretary and administrative assistant of the Veterans Administration regional office in Huntington
Thomson Newspapers of Canada purchased all three Fairmont papers
Ann Flagg returned to teaching at Evanston Consolidated School District and Southern Illinois University
The department led the effort to organize a crafts fair at Cedar Lakes
The book, Mountain Heritage was published
Patrick Gainer published The West Virginia Centennial Song Book of 100 Songs
Patrick Gainer recorded Folk Songs of the Allegheny Mountains for Folk Heritage Recordings
Earl Andrews became president of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation at Berkeley Springs
Legislature authorized counties to cooperate with local governments and the federal government
Land on Maryland Heights was added to the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
The widows of Edward and Walker Long and William D. Brike took charge of Huntington Newspaper Publishing
Charles Hodel was named to the West Virginia Press Association's Hall of Fame
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals who ruled in State ex rel. Slatton v. Boles that the state policy is to "protect and reclaim juveniles" and will be treated as delinquents rather than criminals
Kanawha Records began to record authentic indigenous mountain music as performed by contemporary West Virginia musicians
Reynolds Memorial Hospital opened a new facility in Glen Dale
The National Youth Science Camp was founded in Pocahontas County
The West Virginia Chapter of Nature Conservancy was founded by volunteers
The Greenbrier Historical society re-formed after disbanding during the Civil War
New buildings of the Ohio Valley College (now University) were occupied on a permanent campus
The Libbey-Owens-Ford glass bottle plant closed in Charleston
Jim Comstock found a preserved baby and the two female mummies in a barn in Philippi.
The West Virginia Centennial showboat, Rhododendron, plied the Kanawha, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers
Spanky Roberts was assigned to Griffis Air Force base
The St. Albans Archeological Site was first identified by Samuel D. Kessel
Salem College received full accreditation by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Devid Selby married Claudeis "Chip" Newman
WVU Rod Thorn became All-American in basketball
Boyd Stutler published West Virginia in the Civil War
Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted
Rod Thorn became the second pick in the first round of the NBA draft and went to Baltimore Bullets
The Unitarian Universalist church in Morgantown was built
The VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) began
Geoffrey Hobday left the Charleston Symphony Orchestra
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was led by a season of guest conductors
The first Water Festival was held at Hinton
Billy Edd Wheeler recorded "Coal Tattoo"
Wheeling Hospital set up the first intensive care unit in West Virginia
The Shott brothers revived their WHAJ-FM
The Widen mine and railroad ceased operation
WVU at Parkersburg became the first of WVU's Appalachian Centers
A naval radio station was established at Sugar Grove
Ellie Schaul helped decorate the Centennial Showboat Rhododendron
