Muriel Miller Dressler

The two-year "standard normal" diploma program was abolished at Concord State Normal School

Coopers Rock State Forest was established

Earl Core received his PhD at Columbia University

Earl Core organized the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club

Cliff Hobbs of Cedar Grove began singing harmony for Billy Cox

Edgewood Country Club builds present clubhouse

Susanne Fisher sang with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

Cass Gilbert built the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Major flood from the South Branch River brought devastation to Grant County

County poor farms were closed after establishment of Social Security

Record floods hit Hardy County

Efforts to establish the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park began

Hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives attributed 476 deaths to work on the Hawks Nest Tunnel

Easton Roller Mill was willed to the Monongalia Historical Society

Ann Flagg died in Illinois

Jack Fleming became sports director of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association

Ruth Ann Musick published Green Hills of Magic

Fort Ashby was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Population of Grant County was at 8,607

Alberta Pierson Hannum's book Spin a Silver Dollar radio play was published as The Blue House by U.S. Information Agency

The National Park Service opened the Harpers Ferry Center, to serve National Park units nationwide

Frank Haymond received the American Bar Association's ABA Medal

Henry Clay Furnace was added to the National Register of Historic Places

James Dickey's novel, Deliverance, made the term "hillbilly" sinister

Every Ohio River county except Jackson had at least one chemical plant

Sam Huff ran unsuccessfully for Congress

Alice Moore was elected to the Kanawha County Board of Education as an opponent of sex education

Kanawha Records stopped recording

Kenova population peaked at 5,000

Maryat Lee moved to Powley Creek

Everett Lilly moved back to Raleigh County following son's death

Alex Mahood died

Joe Manchin graduated from WVU with a bachelor's in business administration

The tannery in Marlinton closed

Paul Marshall became a registered architect

Irene McKinney received her master's from WVU

The Meadow River Lumber Company was sold to Georgia-Pacific

Arnold Miller was forced to retire from mining by black lung disease and arthritis

Alan Mollohan began a Fairmont law firm

Ona presented four NASCAR Grand National races

Mylan Pharmaceuticals incorporated in Pennsylvania as Mylan Laboratories

Justin B. Roberts became president of Ohio Valley College (now University)

Squire Parsons graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology

The Penn Central Railroad corporation entered bankruptcy

Frank Beyer purchased the Philippi mummies

The first VHF non-commercial station in the state, WSWP-TV, started in Grandview

Rock Springs Park shut down and was purchased by the Department of Highways.

The first indication of Jay Rockefeller's intention to run for governor came when he spoke out against strip mining

The Ruffner Hotel closed and was demolished for a parking lot

David Selby earned a doctorate in drama from Southern Illinois University

The Meadow River Lumber Company closed

Jim Comstock republished Hubert Skidmore's Hawks Nest

Ada "Bricktop" Smith recorded her only recording, "So Long, Baby," with Cy Colemen

The South Charleston Mound was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

State Police department headquarters relocated to new facilities

Jerry West led the NBA in scoring

The Folklore Society met at WVU

The Highlands Conservancy worked to make cranberry backcountry a federal wilderness area

Federal Highway Act passed allowing tolls to be retained

Bob Wise received a B.A. from Duke University

Bill Withers moved to Los Angeles

WSAZ changed to WGNT

An addition was added to the Kanawha (now Yeager) Airport

Public kindergartens were mandated

The federal Endangered Species act was passed

Reynolds Memorial Hospital was given to the community

Pete Everest retired from the Air Force

Clyde Ware filmed When the Line Goes Through

Denise Giardina received a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan

Tom Screven helped launch the Hearth and Fair magazine

Governor Moore proclaimed West Virginia's first observance of Grandparents Day

The Overseas National Airway changed the name of the Greene Line to the Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

Hal Greer retired from basketball

Research was published tracing the origin of some West Virginia Guinea families to specific biracial and triracial unions

A study of the Hammons family resulted in a double recording from the Library of Congress and a Rounder Records release

Betty Bartholomew retired as WVU herbarium curator

WVU Educational Building dedicated on grounds of CAMC Memorial Division

Stephen Coonts left active duty in Navy and moved to Colorado

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