Black Lung Movement

William "Wally" Barron enlisted in the U.S. Army

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

The Concord College He-Man Club did not meet during the war years

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

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) established the first baccalaureate physician assistant program in the country

Work began at Hungington Museum of Art on a wing designed by Walter Gropius

Greenbrier Valley Airport, Lewisburg, built

Another 36 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Interstate 81 was completed

UMWA President Tommy Boyle supported a campaign for black lung recognition at the state level

A bombing rocked the physical education building and administration at Bluefield State College (now University), briefly closing the school

Ivor Boiarsky was elected speaker of the House of Delegates

J. Lawrence Smith wrote The Potomac Naturalist

Connie Smith began concentrating on gospel music

Ken Hechler met with black lung activists in Charleston to encourage them to press for legislation

J. W. Ruby bought the Preston County property and named it Alpine Lake

Bald eagle declared endangered in continental U.S.

The Barrons moved to Florida

Legislation declaring black lung a compensatory injury passed in West Virginia

William H. Blenko died

Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company was sold to the General Cigar and Tobacco Company

Opposition to UMWA President Tony Boyle began

Harry Brawley helped Congressman Harley O. Staggers to write the Educational Television and Radio Amendments

William Anthony "Tony" Boyle defeated Joseph A "Jock" Yablonski in the election

Education workshops in arts music, dance, crafts began at Augusta Heritage Center

Charleston began hosting the state boys high school basketball tournament

Greenbrier College for Women closed

Charleston Ballet designated official West Virginia State Ballet

C&O, B&O and Western Maryland merged into the Chessie System

Franklin Cleckley wrote Evidence Handbook for West Virginia Lawyer and West Virginia Criminal Procedure Handbook

Gas company subsidiaries all take the Columbia name

Program Disaster Response began after Buffalo Creek Disaster

Jack Fleming called "immaculate reception"

The Augusta Heritage Center began sponsoring three annual festivals at Davis & Elkins College

Governor Rockefeller called for broad changes in the state banking system.

Colonel Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell was dedicated

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital (later CAMC) moved to new complex

Assets of City National Bank at over $81 million

Bernard Coffindaffer underwent open heart surgery

The Louisville & Nashville railroad line merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Corporation

Davis Grubb's Ancient Lights was published posthumously

The High Gate mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

William Hoffman wrote The Land That Drank the Rain

Bill Hopen completed his first public sculpture commission, a Mother's Day memorial

Sam Huff was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Weirton workers purchased the plant from National Steel Corporation

Marshall University presented Howard B. Lee with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains