Bottled Water

Ruby Bradley joined the Army Nurse Corps

Maurice Brooks received an M.S. from WVU

Pearl Buck moved permanently back to the U.S.

State Department of Public Welfare established Camp Fairchance

Elsie Ripley Clapp was named director of the community school in Arthurdale

Earl Core began as curator of the WVU herbarium

Dolores Dowling graduated from Huntington's St. Mary's Hospital School of nursing

Paved road, private cars, and bus service replace the streetcar

Serious work on Eleanor began

George Bird Evans began writing shooting books based on shooting journals

Clay Communications sold Charleston Daily Mail and other newspapers to Thomson Newspapers

Camp Creek State Park entered the West Virginia park system

Robert L. Smith Jr name Daily Gazette Co. president

Four families bought the Cheat Mountain Club and opened the lodge to the public

Clay Foundation funded by proceeds of the sale of Clay Communications to Thomson Newspapers

Franklin Cleckley received the W. Robert Ming Advocacy Award from the NAACP

Richard Currey published first novel Fatal Light

Ellis Dungan's last film, Josiah Fox-Architect of the United States' First Navy, was released

Alan Briceland claimed Batts and Fallam turned southwestward from New River to East River Mountain and continued to Mingo County

Point Man for God documentary was released by Jacob Young

Hammer on the Slammer documentary was released by Jacob Young

Ruel Foster retired

The Freshwater Institute was launched as a national program

Denise Giardina wrote Storming Heaven

Denise Giardina wrote Storming Heaven

West Virginia National Cemetery was dedicated near Grafton

Heck's Department Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Sam Huff and Carol Holden founded the West Virginia Breeders Classic in Charles Town