Clark Kessinger

A new city council was seated in Hinton

Guyan Valley High School was built in Pleasant View

Kyle McCormick became publisher of the Princeton Observer

A granite monument marking Zackquill Morgan's grave was erected

Lawrence Nuttall donated his plant collection to the WVU Herbarium

The American Viscose Corporation started rayon production in South Parkersburg

Giuseppe Argiro of Fairmont was credited with creating the pepperoni roll

1,099 cases of smallpox were reported in West Virginia

The state's milk control program began

The federal court case United Mine Workers of America v. Red Jacket Consolidation Coal and Coke Company affirmed the use of injunctions against union organizing efforts

Blind Alfred Reed wrote "The Wreck of the Virginian"

Walter Reuther moved to Detroit

Frederick H. Rhead joined the Laughlin Company

The boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest were extended to include the Smoke Hole

Legislature acted to acquire additional areas for state parks

Festus Summers studied at Columbia University

The William Byrne Elk River tales began a regular feature in the West Virginia Wild Life Magazine, and were later published as Tale of the Elk

Sam Taylor ended his state police career after losing a leg in an on-duty motorcycle accident

W.W. Trent became president of Alderson-Broaddus College

A planing mill in Parson became a woolen mill

Consolidation Coal Company became the largest independent bituminous mining company in the nation

Ernest T. Weir took over as chief executive officer of National Steel

I. C. White stopped serving as first director of the West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey

Lenna Lowe Yost became the first woman to serve on the West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees

Gas leak and fire destroyed much of the glass factory, but the company resumed a year later

Vernon Johnson was reelected as Speaker of the House of Delegates

Reported 88 junior high schools were open in the state

The Raleigh Register became a daily newspaper

William Thomas Bland died

Ernest Farrow was born in Huntington

The Jones Diamond was found by Grover Jones and William "Punch" Jones in Monroe County

An edition of Samuel Kerchival's A History of the Valley of Virginia incorporating editorial notes was printed

The Kimball War Memorial was dedicated

Waitman Linger relocated his family-run chair business to the French Creek

William A. MacCorkle published The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia

William A. MacCorkle published The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia

Minnie Lowther wrote Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin

Louis Marx & Company introduced the yo-yo

The Concrete Steel Bridge Company of Clarksburg encountered unexpected difficulties with Pennsylvania bridge project

A record 31.6 million board feet was sawed by the Meadow River Lumber Company

Margaret Montague's Tony Beaver tales were published as Up Eel River

Davis Grubb published Shadow of My Brother

Questions were raised on the authenticity of the birthplace of Nancy Hanks

William Hoffman wrote Yancey's War

Walt Shupe became superintendent of the Holly River State Park

The West Virginia Human Rights Commission reported that "blatant racial discrimination" was over

Reported that Kanawha State Forest holds 574 species from 292 genera representing 93 families of fauna

John Knowles wrote Indian Summer

The Library Commission adopted a plan for implementing the Blasingame Report proposals

Curly Ray Cline joined the Stanley Brothers

Bill Hart retired as editor of the Dominion News

Breece D'J Pancake argued that Mothman was a California condor in a letter in the Huntington Herald Dispatch

Mylan Pharmaceuticals began manufacturing its generic version of penicillin G

James Marvin Powell became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Radio station WVBC, licensed to Bethany College, began broadcasting.

James Rexrode's wife died

Mary Lee Settle wrote All the Brave Promises

A controversy involving State Road Commission purchasing practices arose.

Congressman Harley Staggers became chairman of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee

Buddy Starcher recorded "History Repeats itself" for Boone Records

Eleanor Steber quit singing with the Metropolitan Opera

The Carr China Factory building burned

Three more dormitories were built at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

A student union building was built at Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

The Stonewall Jackson Lake was authorized

Gary District became the first black high school to win the WVSSAC state basketball championship

Williamson Liberty lost the WVSSAC

A separate organization began representing the interests of West Virginia's surface mining operators

Harrison Ferrell left as dean of West Virginia State College (now University)

Edwin D. Hoffman was appointed dean as the first white administrator at West Virginia State College (now University)

Victorine Louistall returned to WVU to teach library science

Wesley Chapel opened at West Virginia Wesleyan

Wheeling Hospital set up the first coronary care unit in West Virginia

Frank R. Haig, S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

The Mingo County Courthouse was built in Williamson