Cecil Underwood

The first master's degree was awarded from Marshall College (now University)

Ruth Ann Musick received a Ph.D. in English from the State University of Iowa

Soupy Sales graduated from Huntington High School

The Strawberry Festival was discontinued due to WWII

Leon Sullivan graduated from West Virginia State College (now University)

Cleve Bailey won a seat in Congress

Chauncey H. Browning was elected prosecuting attorney in Logan County

Clarence Meadows was elected governor of West Virginia

Julius DeGruyter was elected to the House of Delegates

James Dent graduated from WVU

The end of private education at Storer College in Harpers Ferry

New campus for Appalachian Bible Institute opened in Bradley

Gray Barker wrote his best-known book, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers

Blackwater Lodge opened at Blackwater State Park

Boundary dispute between West Virginia and Virginia involving Monroe, Giles, and Alleghany Counties

Chauncey H. Browning was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court

Cabell Huntington Hospital first opened for business

Lodge at Cacapon State Park was completed with a restaurant and banquet hall

The "golden" trout was spawned with regular rainbow trout at state fire hatchery

Charles Town Opera House was condemned

City National Bank was organized in Charleston

Roy Clarkson joined Department of Biology at WVU

Mine at Bishop exploded

Chapman Revercomb last Republican to be elected to the Senate in West Virginia

Associated Dry Goods bought the Diamond Department Store

Elizabeth Drewry helped pass constitutional amendment allowing women to serve on juries in West Virginia

Pete Everest graduated from Armed Forces Staff College

Pete Everest flew the X-2 at Mach 3

Ruel Foster wrote Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American Novelist

Charleston's Garnet High School closed

The state Board of Education authorized the construction of the student center, Pioneer Center, at Glenville State College

Joseph C. Gluck became pastor of the Forks-of-Cheat Baptist Church

The U.S. Government approached the C&O with proposal to build an "emergency relocation center" at the Greenbrier for reassembly of Congress

Davis Grubb wrote Shadow of My Brother

Minnie Buckingham Harper's second husband John B. Paterson died

Hazel Atlas Company operated 12 plants across the U.S.

Chuck Howley was named the Southern Conference Athlete of the Year

Sam Huff played with the New York Giants to win a championship game

The peak patient population at the Huntington State Hospital was 1,460

The federal Interstate Highway Act was passed

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Jean Lee Latham won the Newbery Award for Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

The Library Services Act by Congress enabled the Library Commission to acquire federal funding for public libraries in West Virginia

Clagg and Britton produced an atlas of West Virginia emphasizing historical factors and statewide economic data

Camden Eli "Cam" Henderson died

William Marland tried to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat

G. Ogden Nutting started his newspaper career as a reporter and news editor for the Martinsburg Journal

Mason College of Music and Fine Arts merged with Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston)

Thomas Miller graduated from the WVU College of Law

The West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Corporation was chartered

Alfred Knobler opened the new Pilgrim Glass plant on Walker Branch Road in Ceredo

The community of Port Amherst received that name

The Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys was reintegrated

The N&W was West Virginia's last steam powered railroad

Mary Lee Settle wrote O Beulah Land

The Mann's Creek Railroad line closed

Planning for Sutton Dam continued

Direct distance telephone dialing was introduced in Wheeling and Moundsville

The Greenbrier art colony was reopened with the work of Gladys Tuke and Jeanne Eleanore Coyne

A silicones products plant was built in Sistersville

Andre Van Damme founded the Charleston Ballet

Jerry West led East Bank High School to the state basketball championship

The West Virginia Publishing Company changed name to West Virginia Education Foundation

The timber flooring of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge was replaced with open steel grid

West Virginia Institute of Technology was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Katherine Johnson's first husband died of a brain tumor

Ellie Schaul moved to West Virginia

Jennings Randolph won the open seat in the U.S. Senate

Robert C. Byrd was elected to the U.S. Senate

Robert C. Bryd was elected to the U.S. Senate

JFK narrowly defeated Richard Nixon

C. Donald Robertson was elected attorney general

John Kelly was elected state treasurer

William "Wally" Barron was elected governor of West Virginia

Chauncey H. Browning won the election to a full 12-year term to the court

William Revercomb ran unsuccessfully for governor

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 served on the Monongalia County Board of Education

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

C. W. Ferguson III became circuit judge

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was incorporated

Patrick Gainer retired as professor at WVU

Glenville State College celebrated its centennial

The Greenbrier Military Academy closed

Perry Gresham wrote Campbell and the Colleges

Deliverance was made into a movie, furthering hillbilly stereotypes

William Hoffman wrote A Walk to the River

S. L. Jones' work was discovered at Pipestem State Park by folk art collector Herbert Wade Hemphill Jr.

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital was completed in Lewis County

Harold Harvey and others began work to promote a state Libertarian Party

Reported 80% of states population had some sort of library service

Frederic J. Glazer became executive secretary of the West Virginia Library Commission

Little Beaver State Park was established

The Louie Glass Company was sold by Margaret Wohinc

Arden Cogar Sr. cut a 10x10 vertical white pine in 14.45 seconds

Louise McNeill published her second collection of poems

M. Blane Michael was appointed special U.S. assistant attorney, Northern District of West Virginia

A $30 state clothing allowance reached about 44,000 welfare children

Agnes Reeves Greer died

The Coty American Fashion Critics' Award recognized Mountain Artisans as helping to spur the American crafts movement

The Mountain Institute was founded as the Woodlands Institute

O'Dell Hall was built at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The Mountaineer mascot figure was first used in commerce

Milan Puskar left Mylan Pharmaceuticals

The Mystery Hole became a Fayette County roadside attraction

John Norman went to the Texas Heart Institute

Logging in Otter Creek ceased when an effort began to have the area designated a wilderness area

A state highway marker was erected to commemorate the Pinch Reunion

Aerial tramway began operation at Pipestem Resort State Park

Former Attorney General C. Donald Robertson pleads guilty to charges involving kickbacks on federal housing assistance

Pricketts Fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Announcer Jack Fleming first referred to the West Virginia University marching band as the "Pride of West Virginia" during the Peach Bowl broadcast

Legislation authorized the state Department of Education to create Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs)

The Shenandoah Corporation bought the Charles Town Race Track

Title 9 federal legislation mandated school and college athletic programs for girls and women

Stonecoal Lake was built

Mel Street recorded "Borrowed Angel"

The Wells Hotel building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Grand Central Mall, West Virginia's first shopping mall, was built at Vienna

Uncle Homer Walker was featured in the documentary film Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival

Jerry West was named most valuable player in NBA all-star game

Jerry West played in the NBA championship

West Liberty lost its Wheeling and Weirton branch campuses

The West Liberty branch campus in Wheeling became West Virginia Northern Community College

Warren S. Lewis led the major updating of the old seminary grounds at Hilltop Baptist Center

A new hospital opened in Weston

Charles L. Currie S.J. became president of Wheeling College (now Wheeling University)

Robert Kreis left Wheeling Symphony leading way to guest conductors

Bob Wise became involved in community redevelopment from the Buffalo Creek disaster

Bill Withers won a Grammy for "Ain't No Sunshine"

Carol Miller graduated from Columbia College

Nomination of Charlotte Pritt for governor in Democrat primary

Jon McBride ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary

Denise Giardina ran for governor of West Virginia as candidate of the Mountain Party

Robert C. Byrd was elected to his 8th term in the Senate

Shelley Moore Capito was elected to the 2nd District Congressional seat

Gus R. Douglass was elected his 9th 4-year term as Agriculture commissioner

Ken Hechler ran unsuccessfully for a Democratic seat in Congress

The Libertarian candidate, Bob Myers, failed to gain 1% of the votes

A. James Manchin was reelected to the House of Delegates

Bob Wise was elected governor

Darrell McGraw was reelected state attorney general

West Virginia voted for Republican George W. Bush in the election

Robin Davis reelected to 12 year term on Supreme Court

B-17 pilot Charlie Brown died in Florida