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1924
The Concord College He-Man Club began as picnic to honor retiring college president Christopher Columbus Rossey Other events that happened on or around 1924 Elementary school and junior high schools numbered 453 for African-American students and teachers Mary Atkeson wrote The Woman on the Farm The number of banks in West Virginia peaked at 225 state banks and 125 national banks Walter Barnes wrote The Children's Poets The Evening Post, Beckley's first daily newspaper, was established UMWA President Keeney and Secretary Treasurer Mooney were forced to retire Izetta Brown seconded Davis again for nomination Izetta Brown again defeated for U.S. Senate, this time by William Edwin Chilton Chauncey H. Browning graduated from WVU John W. Davis Democratic candidate for president Matthew Wesley Clair Sr. returned to Washington for a visit Association changed its name to West Virginia Council of Churches and Christian Education Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis failed to carry home state West Virginia Huntington's Frederick Douglass Junior and Senior High School was built Patrick Gainer recorded folk songs and lore of West Virginia's people Construction of the Governor's Mansion began Major flood brought devastation Record floods hit Hardy County Another school was built in Harrisville The hemlock wooly adelgid was first reported in the Western United States Colonel Joseph Long bought a corner lot in Huntington to erect a building for his paper, the Herald-Dispatch The UMWA had lost half of its members in West Virginia and was nearly bankrupt The Huntington Post-Herald became a daily newspaper Homer Holt married Isabel Wood of Charlottesville, Virginia Rush Holt graduated from Salem College Cheat Lake construction began, created primarily for the production of electricity Carmine Pelligrino of Rosemont held record of mining 66 tons of coal in 24 hours The Jackson's Mill property was donated to the state of West Virginia Ray Wetzel was born in Parkersburg Mother Jones called on Governor Morgan for pardons for miners imprisoned after the Logan March Out-of-state KKK publication carried reports from several West Virginia location The Ku Klux Klan marched through Hinton Howard B. Lee left office as Mercer County prosecuting attorney Carnegie library was established in Hinton Howard M. Gore became assistant secretary of agriculture Mountain lions were declared extinct Walter Martens designed the Science and Liberal Arts halls of Davis & Elkins College Clarence Cameron White was named director of music at West Virginia State College The Concrete Steel Bridge Company of Clarksburg had 52 separate construction teams in the field The Metropolitan Theater in downtown Morgantown opened Fred Mooney left as secretary-treasurer of UMWA District 17 The first Mountaineer Field opened The Clarke-McNary law was passed by Congress authorizing the purchase of forested, cut-over, or denuded lands for the production of timber in addition to the flow regulation of navigable streams Records of chicken production began. The West Virginia Public Health Association was organized. Jennings Randolph graduated from Salem College. Walter Reuther began work as apprentice tool and die maker at Wheeling Steel Leonard Riggleman accepted a pastorate in Milton William Ritter made headline for sharing $3 million in company stock with his employees Money from the John B. Crowley estate paid for a new addition to St. Francis Hospital A second wing was added to St. Joseph's Hospital The state built a fire tower in Seneca State Forest A merger agreement between Sheltering Arms Hospital and Charleston General Hospital fell through Ada "Bricktop" Smith performed in Paris West Virginia Wesleyan defeated Navy, Syracuse, Kentucky in football The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference began Seneca State Forest became the first state forest in West Virginia P. D. Strausbaugh and colleagues collected, mounted and filed the nucleus of a new plant collection for WVU The Blackwater Boom & Lumber Company closed All lumber operations in Tucker County closed due to depletion of original forest Membership in the United Brethren Parkersburg Conference was 10,337 Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney resigned from the UMWA Ward Engineering built the Greenbrier, a sternweel towboat
1943
The Concord College He-Man Club did not meet during the war years Other events that happened on or around 1943 William "Wally" Barron enlisted in the U.S. Army Great Britain recognized black lung as compensatory injury Blakeley was purchased and rehabilitated by Raymond J. Funkhouser Florence Blanchfield succeeded Col. Julia Flikke as Colonel The legislature changed the name of Bluefield State Teachers College to Bluefield State College (now University) Work suspended on Bluestone Dam because of WWII Sawmill at Cass sold to Mower Lumber Company of Charleston James B. Griffin described the Clover Archiological Site in The Fort Ancient Aspect Name changed from Concord State Teachers College to Concord College Artemus "A.W." Cox began serving as president of the board of trustees of Morris Harvey College Fairmont State Teachers College became Fairmont State College Floodwall in Huntington was completed Construction of the Science Hall at Glenville State College was completed Legislature changed the name from Glenville State Teachers College to Glenville State College Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote The Mountain People James Lowell McPherson succeeded Roy Lee Harmon as poet laureate of West Virginia Standard Oil combined its gas subsidiaries under Consolidated Natural Gas Jehovah's Witnesses won the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette Johnnie Johnson entered the Marines as one of the first African-Americans admitted to the Corps Howard B. Lee retired from law practice Clara Johnson became the executive secretary of the Library Commission Jack Maurice served in the U.S. Navy Reserve Ken and Faith Reynolds McClain bought the Parsons Advocate Newspaper Frank McEnteer was made chief engineer of the construction division of the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East Clarence Meadows was elected to a full term as 10th Circuit judge Arch A. Moore Jr. served as an army infantryman Raleigh County experienced its peak output of coal production during World War II. Alex Schoenbaum settled in Charleston Legislature authorized a return to the name Shepherd College Joe Stydahar joined the navy Festus Summers became president of the West Virginia Historical Society Construction began on Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston Navy assigned the name Huntington to another cruiser Legislature changed the name of West Liberty State Teachers College to West Liberty State College Florence Blanchfield became superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps WSAZ radio affiliated with the Blue Network Frankie Yankovic enlisted in the Army Jonah Edward Kelley was drafted into the army
1988
The first woman, Bessie Horn, was admitted to the He-Man Club Other events that happened on or around 1988 South Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing Company took over the VW plant at Charleston Ordnance Center Stephen Coonts wrote Final Flight Ken Joseph of Ashland, Kentucky bought the Edwards Moonlight to renovate it as a restaurant Daniel Boyd released the movie Chillers The Stonewall Jackson Dam was completed A report stated that 78% of the state was forested Henry Louis Gates wrote The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism Mrs. Ailes retired as assistant editor of the Hampshire Review The state's original interstate system was completed The state budget was $3.3 billion William Hoffman wrote By Land By Sea Kaiser Aluminum plant was sold to Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation Girls were again admitted to Linsly school Lee Maynard published the novel Crum Louise McNeill published The Milkweed Ladies Louise McNeill published TheMilkweed Ladies Richard Osborne was promoted to publisher of the Logan Banner West Virginia became a charter member of the multi-state "Lotto America" game Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Quick Fire and Slow Fire The section of the Midland Trail from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston was designated as West Virginia's first state scenic highway
1996
The He-Man Club merged with Concord's Mountain Lion Club Other events that happened on or around 1996 Virginia Ruth "Dagmar" Egnor moved from Connecticut to Ceredo Democrats reported voter registration advantage of 16-1 in Logan County Robert Gates and Bob Webb released a film about Kanawha County cello maker Harold Hayslett Ruel Foster was voted "most effective teacher" at WVU by Alumni Vandals destroyed the old tower at Hanging Rock Observatory The Highlands Scenic Highway was designated a National Scenic Byway The congregation of T. D. Jakes' church was 1,000 State per-capita funding of libraries raised to $4 Reported 178 libraries in West Virginia The Library Commission removed Frederic Glazer as executive secretary
1998
The He-Man Golf Tournament was first held Other events that happened on or around 1998 Denise Giardina wrote Saints and Villains William K. Simmons stepped down as president of Glenville State College The state began to collaborate with private landowners in sharing cost of aerially treating forestland with insecticides Judge K. K. Hall argued that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should have the power to regulate tobacco Homer Hickam retired from NASA Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood Rocket Boys: A Memoir was selected by New York Times as one its "Great Books of the Year" Rocket Boys: A Memoir was nominated by the National Book Critics Circle as Best Biography William Hoffman wrote Tidewater Blood Lonnie Bender purchased the Linger Chair Factory Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie Reported 40,149 marijuana plants destroyed in West Virginia Paul Marshall retired from architecture and moved to South Carolina The McLure Hotel was purchased by Pelican International Properties View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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