Betty Bartholomew

A decline in membership left only 40 churches belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal denomination

Death of William G. Baldwin

Walter Barnes wrote The Photoplay as Literature Art

William "Wally" Barron married Opal Marie Wilcox

Charleston and Huntington remained the only West Virginia cities in the Middle Atlantic League of baseball

The state purchased the initial three tracts of land to form Bear Rock Lakes near Wheeling

Van Bittner became Midwestern director of the Committee on Industrial Organization's campaign to unionize steel workers

Henry Lake Dickason became president of Bluefield State Teachers College (now Bluefield State University)

Matthew Wesley Clair, Sr. retired as bishop of the Midwest black conferences of the Methodist Episcopals

Elsie Clapp left Arthurdale

Artist Ellie Schaul was born in Cambridge, Massachussetts

Allied Artists of West Virginia's first juried art exhibit

Walter Barnes wrote Contemporary Children's Poetry

Golfer Sam Snead played an exhibition match at Black Knight Country Club, Beckley

A gymnasium was built at Bluefield State Teachers College (now Bluefield State University)

Maurice Brooks began teaching wildlife management at WVU

The Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1558V moved into Camp Anthony Wayne, now Cabwaylingo State Forest.

Plumbing and electricity was extended throughout Capon Springs Resort

William "Gabe" Devon erected "The World's Largest Teapot" on Carolina Avenue in Chester

Curly Cline became one of the most significant bluegrass fiddlers from West Virginia

Floodwall in Huntington began construction

The Greenbrier State Forest was created

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Hillbilly Ballads

Holly River State Park was created under the management of the State Conservation Commissions

The Short Ballot Amendment was proposed

Gov. Homer Holt supported the Short Ballot Amendment to the state constitution

Gray Barker received a B.A. from Glenville State College

Bill Campbell graduated from Princeton University

Virginia Mae Brown graduated from West Virginia University College of Law

Harden-Harden Funeral Home operated on Charleston’s East End

WVU Educational Building dedicated on grounds of CAMC Memorial Division

Stephen Coonts left active duty in Navy and moved to Colorado

Muriel Dressler published second collection of poetry, Appalachia

Ellis Dungan produced For Liberty and Union

Edgewood Country Club built a small clubhouse and golf course at Derrick Creek new Pocatalico

Robert Atkinson ordained the first women priests among West Virginia Episcopalians

Breece D'J Pancake wrote short story "Time and Again"

Louise McNeill became West Virginia poet laureate

William K. Simmons became president of Glenville State College

Goldenseal magazine was placed under the new Division of Culture and History

Davis Grubb returned to West Virginia for a statewide speaking tour

The legislature created a consolidated Department of Health combining the old Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health, Commission on Mental Retardation, public institutions and smaller boards and commissions

Legislation created the West Virginia Division of Culture and History

Protesting finally ended over the Kanawha County textbook controversy

Paul D. Marshall & Associates was incorporated in Charleston

John Sayles wrote the novel Union Dues

J. Kemp McLaughlin retired from the military

Marshall University School of Medicine was established

M. Blane Michael began serving as special counsel to Governor Rockefeller