Charles H. Haden

Discrimination against blacks in state's public places continued, according to West Virginia Human Rights Commission, including in the coal mines.

West Virginia purchased an additional 44 acres

A flood claimed 22 lives in West Virginia

A 65-site campground opened at Blackwater Falls State Park

The Army Corps of Engineers completed a dam on Elk River at Sutton

Marshall College became a university

Charleston's Davis Child Shelter orphanage closed

W. E. "Ned" Chilton III became publisher of the Charleston Gazette

Accident classified as a "disaster" changed from when 5 died to 3 or more

Bruce Crawford retired from the West Virginia Advertising Company

Reported 90% of West Virginia crimes were nonviolent

Phyllis Curtin made her Metropolitan Opera debut

Julia Davis wrote Legacy of Love

Douglass High School closed in Huntington

Joanne Dru was featured on Guestward Ho!

Ann Flagg moved to Chicago

Grafton National Cemetery reached its capacity of 2,119 graves

Elizabeth Hallanan became a member and chairman of the Public Service Commission

Charles Hodel was named the Charleston Gazette's "man of the year"

Joseph Hodges was appointed coadjutor bishop with the right of succession to Archbishop John Swint of the Diocese of Wheeling

The gate house at the Huntington State Hospital entrance was removed

The coal seam at Kaymoor was worked out

Sam Mallison published Let's Set a Spell

Kyle McCormick left the position of state historian

Howard Gray passed presidency of the Meadow River Lumber Company to his son

Morgantown Glassware Guild made a line of elegant stemware for the White House for the Kennedy administration

Milan Puskar started Mylan Pharmaceuticals

Okey Patteson married Dorothy R. "Bebe" (Reuter) Warden.

The Omar riverboat was given to West Virginia

Eleanor Roosevelt began serving as U.S. representative to the United Nations

St. Francis Nursing School in Charleston closed

David Selby appeared in Honey in the Rock

The Salvation Army sold the Sunrise mansions and grounds to the Sunrise Foundation

The New River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was established

Cyrus Vance was named general counsel for the Department of Defense

Charleston baseball joined the AAA International League

The Hinton Jaycees turned the water ski show into a full festival

WSAZ was sold out-of-state

Leonard C. Nelson became president of West Virginia Institute of Technology

Matthew Reese joined the Democratic National Committee as deputy chairman

Billy Cox met James "Jimi" Hendrix at the service club in Fort Campbell

Patch Adams graduated from George Washington University

Appalachian Volunteers took over many county anti-poverty programs

Walter Barnes retired from serving as president emeritus of the Folklore Society

Maurice Brooks published The Life of the Mountains

Robert C. Byrd was elected secretary of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus

The state capitol building annex was torn down

Marmet Hospital became part of General Hospital (now Charleston Area Medical Center)

Samuel Cooper was named West Virginian of the Year by the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail

Fine arts building and dining hall were finished at Fairmont State College (now University)

Frank George was featured on his first recording

Grave Creek Mound State Park created

Charles Haden first became a member of the faculty of WVU College of Law

Chuck Howley played for the Dallas Cowboys in the "Ice Bowl"

Sam Huff retired from the Washington Redskins

Charles James II modernized the James Produce Company with computers and refrigerated trucks

Hugh Curry became president of Kanawha Valley Bank

Ellie Mannette migrated to the U.S.

Catherine Marshall wrote Christy

A new dormitory was constructed at Marshall University

The Marshall University Library was remodeled and expanded

John Brooks Cottle died

Mountaintop removal mining began in West Virginia

Ruth Ann Musick stopped serving as editor of the West Virginia Folklore Journal and retired from Fairmont State

John Norman became involved in medical research concerning organ transplants

Eldora Nuzum was named president of the Association of Newspaper Editors of West Virginia

A par-3 nine-hole golf course opened opened at Pipestem State Park

Otis Rice served as president of the West Virginia Historical Association

Jay Rockefeller married Sharon Percy

The Soupy Sales Show was taken off nationally

West Virginia Legislature recognized the Secondary Schools Activities Commission as a legal entity

Clarence C. Elmore, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioner, was indicted on charges of income tax evasion.

Red Sovine wrote "Phantom 309"

Miles Stanley returned to West Virginia from Washington

West Virginia adopted a corporate net income tax

Reported 7,100 people were employed in textile-related jobs in West Virginia

A nine-hole golf course opened at Twin Falls State Park

Cecil Underwood announced his candidacy for governor

C. W. Ferguson III became circuit judge

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was incorporated

Frederick M. Staunton, publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail, retired

Chief Logan State Park gained state park status

Denomination adopted the name Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Orval Brown was released from the state mental hospital at Weston

Stephen Coonts earned a B.A. at WVU

George Crumb was award the Pulitzer Prize for Echoes of Time and the River: Four Processionals for Orchestra

Phyllis Curtin sang with the Charleston Symphony Opera

Phyllis Curtin was named West Virginian of the year with George Crumb by the Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail

Home Demonstration clubs changed name to Extension Homemaker Clubs

National attention was brought to the issue of mine safety

Fesenmeier sold its brewery to Little Switzerland Brewing Company

Two-year associate degree in forestry was developed at Glenville State College

Five high schools were consolidated into Gilmer County High School

The last Gravely tractor rolled off the Dunbar assembly line

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Rhymes of a Mountaineer

The Modern Budget Amendment made the governor responsible for preparation of the state budget

West Virginia's first spring gobbler season began

Sonny Hyde transferred to the state Department of Natural Resources to work on Outdoor West Virginia (now Wild Wonderful West Virginia)

The Jones Diamond left the Smithsonian to be on exhibition at the State Fair

Linsly School relocated to Banes Hall in Wheeling

The present entrance to the Lost World Cavers was dug through a hill

Joe Manchin's family shoe store burned

A new academic building was constructed at Marshall University

Enrollment at Marshall University reached 8,177

Irene McKinney received her bachelor's from West Virginia Wesleyan College

M. Blane Michael graduated from New York University

M. Blane Michael began working at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York

R. E. Fisher died leaving the Moorefield paper to Pheobe Fisher Heishman and husband David

Mountain Artisans was founded

John W. Saunders became president of Beckley College (now Mountain State University) replacing D. K. Shroyer

The National Bank of Commerce built a new building known as Commerce Square in Charleston

New Vrindaban began as a project of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The New York Central System merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad to create the ill-fated Penn Central

The annual Nature Wonder Weekend was first held in North Bend State Park

Nylon precursor chemical stopped being produced at Belle Works

Logging on Otter Creek began again

Pilgrim Glass Corporation plant manager Karel Konrad introduced cranberry glass

Radio station WVWC, licensed to West Virginia Wesleyan College, went on air

The last case of polio in West Virginia was reported

James Rexrode's works were displayed at the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society at the Harrisonburg Arts and Crafts Festival

Spanky Roberts retired from McClellan Air Force Base

The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey conducted another extensive excavation on the St. Albans archeological site

David Selby appeared in Dark Shadows

James A Butcher became president of Shepherd College (now University)

Governor Hulett Smith proposed $150 million bond issue for school construction and state facilities improvement.

Grace Martin Taylor retired from Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Norman L. Fagan suggested a Theater West Virginia show based on the Hatfield-McCoy Feud

The Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodists forming the United Methodists, becoming West Virginia's biggest denomination

There were 240 Evangelical United Brethren Churches in West Virginia, at the time of their merger with the Methodists

Kendall Vintroux retired from the Charleston Gazette

VISTA volunteers had streamed into rural and hard-pressed areas of West Virginia

The WAJR facilities moved to the Greer Building

West Virginia counties reasserted their control over economic opportunity commissions and community action programs, as local officials react to War on Poverty

WesBanco was incorporated

Wheeling Downs reopened

Jon Dragan founded Wildwater Expedition Unlimited at Thurmond

Bill Withers was discharged from the U.S. Navy in San Jose

Runway expansion for jet airliners began at Kanawha Airport

Chuck Yeager became a brigadier general

Keith Ham leased 130 acres in Marshall County for the establishment of a rural retreat

Nick Saban led the Monongah High School football team to a state championship victory over Paden City High

Helen Chilton graduated from Denison University

Charleston Section of the National Council of Jewish Women undertook “Appalachian Corridors,” the first exhibition to expressly curate the work of Appalachian artists

Voters approved Better Highways Amendment

Arch A. Moore Jr. won reelection, becoming first governor to succeed himself under the Governor's Succession Amendment

West Virginia voted Republican in presidential elections

Jim Sprouse was elected to the state Supreme Court of Appeals

Arch A. Moore Jr. became the first governor to succeed himself under the Governor's Succession Amendment

DeSales Heights building was demolished

Hazel Dickens received the Lifetime Achievement Award from North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance

Gods and Generals was filmed in Harpers Ferry

The community celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster sighting

Jennifer Garner appeared in Catch Me If You Can

The Monongahela National Forest's Middle Mountain Cabin was torn down

"Biggie" Goldberg moved retired to Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Ken Hechler received the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award in Independence, Missouri

Homer Hickam published We Are Not Afraid

William Hoffman ppublished Wild Thorn

Appalachian Power Company reverted to that name while remaing part of AEP

16 active bald eagle nests observed in West Virginia

With the creation of New River Community and Technical College, the community college component was separated from Bluefield State College (now University)

A park was opened at Burning Springs

Nanya Friend named publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

Bank One purchased by JP Morgan Chase

Mayflower vehicle systems was purchased by Union Stamping and Assembly

Flexsys closed the Monsanto plant

Hampshire County celebrated its 250th anniversary

Fairmont State College became Fairmont State University

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton was filmed in Fayetteville