Ruby Bradley

Perry Epler Gresham was born in Covina, CA

A state director of purchases was appointed

The Brooks Bird Club first published The Redstart quarterly journal

Harry F. Byrd was appointed to U.S. Senate for Virginia

Louis W. Chappell published John Henry: A Folk-Lore Study

Chessie Kitten created by Lionel Probert

The Civil Works Administration was established with the New Deal agency

FDR creates the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) first of the New Deal agencies

Deer restocking program was initiated by state and sportsmen's groups

Maj. Francis Wheeler Turner set up temporary camps to rescue children from poor farms and proposed replacing county farms with regional state-operated farms

Berkeley Club Beverages was established

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

Reorganization changed name from AG&E back to Appalachian Power

Leroy Allen became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company was sold to Clinchfield Coal Company

Clarksburg Park Board developed Buffalo Lake into a public recreation area

Dale Brooks released "The Ambridge Boogie" on Cozy Records

Phyllis Curtin sang Susannah at the Brussels World's Fair

Phyllis Curtin sang with the Charleston Symphony Opera

Ellis Dungan returned to the Ohio Valley, settling in Wheeling

State superintendent of schools became a Board of Education appointee

National Radio Quiet Zone surrounding Green Bank observatory was established by the Federal Communications Commission

Jack Fleming became announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Follansbee rolling and annealing facilities were sold to Wheeling Steel

"Biggie" Goldberg was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame and the West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame

Davis Grubb wrote The Watchman

Alberta Pierson Hannum wrote Paint the Wind

Chuck Howley was drafted by the Chicago Bears

The school year was interrupted by an anti-integration school bombing at Osage near Morgantown

A new dormitory was constructed at Marshall College (now University)

The need for local graduate education was articulated by officials at Union Carbide Corporation and other Kanawha Valley chemical concerns, and Kanawha Valley Graduate Center was founded

John Matheus retired from West Virginia State College (now University)

Jack Maurice won the Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial writing

The McClain Printing Company was incorporated

McClain Printing Company published its first book, Chronicles of Border Warfare by Alexander Scott Withers

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman became superintendent of the Lakin State Hospital

Moncove Public Hunting and Fishing area was purchased by the West Virginia Conservation Commission

Ohio Valley Speedway was built

Construction on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory began at Green Bank

Marble King Factory moved to Paden City

Jennings Randolph flew from Morgantown to Washington on a plane fueled with gasoline made from West Virginia coal

William Revercomb left U.S. Senate, defeated by Robert C. Byrd

Leonard Riggleman led Morris Harvey to accreditation

Fred Schaus guided WVU's basketball team to a No. 1 national ranking at the end of the regular season

Festus Summers co-authored with Charles Ambler the second edition of West Virginia: The Mountain State

Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) was accredited by the North Central Accreditation Agency

Jerry West played on the WVU team that finished No.1 in the nation

Jerry West was a second-team All-American in basketball

West Virginia Yesterday and Today was adopted as a state textbook

The West Virginia turnpike was included in the Interstate highway system

A water ski show moved from Tennessee to Hinton

Aunt Jennie Wilson was discovered by Patrick Gainer

Elizabeth Gilmore helped organize the Charleston chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

The Centennial year closed and virtually all elements of the program had been successfully completed

Patch Adams spent two weeks in a psychiatric facility for depression

President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) recommendations sent to President Johnson

Appalachian Hospital network saved by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church

Appalachian Volunteers organized

Only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles could be found in the U.S.

W. E. Blackhurst published Sawdust in Your Eyes

W. E. Blackhurst was the first commentator for the Cass Scenic Railroad

Florence Blanchfield received the West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal

A new student union building was built at Bluefield State College (now University)

Tony Boyle was elected president of the UMWA

Elk River Coal & Lumber Company sold its sawmill at Swandale to Georgia-Pacific

Expansion of Cabell Huntington Hospital increased the size to 280 beds and 48 bassinets

Centennial Golden Trout received first widespread stocking

Mower Lumber Company purchased Cheat Mountain Club

Jim Comstock ran for unsuccessfully for Congress

Phyllis Curtin sang at the meeting of the Music Educators National Conference in Charleston

Julius DeGruyter wrote A Brief History of Kanawha County and the Kanawha Region

Dolores Dowling became secretary and administrative assistant of the Veterans Administration regional office in Huntington

Thomson Newspapers of Canada purchased all three Fairmont papers

Ann Flagg returned to teaching at Evanston Consolidated School District and Southern Illinois University

The department led the effort to organize a crafts fair at Cedar Lakes

The book, Mountain Heritage was published

Patrick Gainer published The West Virginia Centennial Song Book of 100 Songs

Patrick Gainer recorded Folk Songs of the Allegheny Mountains for Folk Heritage Recordings

Earl Andrews became president of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation at Berkeley Springs

Legislature authorized counties to cooperate with local governments and the federal government

Land on Maryland Heights was added to the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park

The widows of Edward and Walker Long and William D. Brike took charge of Huntington Newspaper Publishing

Charles Hodel was named to the West Virginia Press Association's Hall of Fame

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals who ruled in State ex rel. Slatton v. Boles that the state policy is to "protect and reclaim juveniles" and will be treated as delinquents rather than criminals

Kanawha Records began to record authentic indigenous mountain music as performed by contemporary West Virginia musicians

Reynolds Memorial Hospital opened a new facility in Glen Dale

The National Youth Science Camp was founded in Pocahontas County

The West Virginia Chapter of Nature Conservancy was founded by volunteers

The Greenbrier Historical society re-formed after disbanding during the Civil War

New buildings of the Ohio Valley College (now University) were occupied on a permanent campus

The Libbey-Owens-Ford glass bottle plant closed in Charleston

Jim Comstock found a preserved baby and the two female mummies in a barn in Philippi.

The West Virginia Centennial showboat, Rhododendron, plied the Kanawha, Ohio and Monongahela Rivers

Spanky Roberts was assigned to Griffis Air Force base

The St. Albans Archeological Site was first identified by Samuel D. Kessel

Salem College received full accreditation by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges

Devid Selby married Claudeis "Chip" Newman

WVU Rod Thorn became All-American in basketball

Boyd Stutler published West Virginia in the Civil War

Legislation to protect the environment from surface mining was enacted

Rod Thorn became the second pick in the first round of the NBA draft and went to Baltimore Bullets

The Unitarian Universalist church in Morgantown was built

The VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) began

Geoffrey Hobday left the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was led by a season of guest conductors

The first Water Festival was held at Hinton

Billy Edd Wheeler recorded "Coal Tattoo"

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

The Shott brothers revived their WHAJ-FM

The Widen mine and railroad ceased operation

WVU at Parkersburg became the first of WVU's Appalachian Centers

A naval radio station was established at Sugar Grove

Ellie Schaul helped decorate the Centennial Showboat Rhododendron