Week of July 24-28, 2023
1923 – 100 Years Ago
Canned Heat Effective
The sale of canned heat (solidified alcohol) is being prohibited in many states because it is becoming a favorite beverage and substitute for moonshining. One teaspoon of the pasty substance will create a drunk of handsome proportions, while a tablespoon will likely cause an increased dividend on coffin-factory stock.
For The First Time
For the first time in her life, Mrs. Fred Graham, aged 34, of Levisay, Nicholas County, saw a railroad train, heard a factory whistle blow, and walked a paved street when the same went to Richwood to have some dental work done. Mr. Graham has lived in this little country neighborhood of Levisay all of her life, without ever having been more than a few miles out of its boundaries. She came to Richwood to have 32 teeth extracted. She had them all pulled out without once rising from her chair.
Greenbrier College For Women
Greenbrier College for Women was born in a trustees’ meeting at Lewisburg on July 20, and with its birth the institution known as Lewisburg Seminary, after a service of more than a century, began to merge its identity into what will be the only distinctively women’s college in the state.
1948 – 75 Years Ago
Donkey Herders
When the lights go-on next Thursday night at the Lewisburg High School, Donkey Baseball will begin. For an evening packed full of fun and laughter come to the football field and see men twice the size of the donkeys attempting to urge his burrow on home. The burros are never mistreated by the players who are always trying hard to get along with the beast in an effort to get them to go in the right direction.
New Exhibition Hall
An industrial exhibition hall giving exhibitors 2800 additional square feet of space is rapidly near completion on the grounds of the State Fair of West Virginia, and will be filled with the latest and most modern products of the factory.
The County Horse Show Back At White Sulphur Springs
One of the time events of the entire summerr season at this famous resort is the revival after many years of the Greenbrier County Horse Show which will take place July 28 at Memorial Park at White Sulphur Springs. Inaugurated in 1908, the Greenbrier County Horse Show was an annual fixture at the resort until the first World War.
1973 – 50 Years Ago
Suit File Against Nixon
The Senate Watergate Committee will file suit next week to try to force President Nixon to turn over Watergate-related tapes of his White House conversations. Committee counsel Samuel L. Dash said the ultimate decision on the weighty constitutional question of separation of powers will probably be decided by the Supreme Court.
Heavy Fire Damage Seen
The B & W IGA Food Store in Union was completely demolished along with two upstairs apartments. Damage to the structure alone was estimated at almost one quarter of a million dollars. Millton Bradley, store co-owner, expect to reopen in 30 to 60 days.
Rachel Nash Addresses Rotarians
Lewisburg Rotarians were treated to an address by Rachel Nash of Alderson, a Rotary exchange student who recently returned from a ten-month stay in Norway as part of the Rotary Exchange program. Miss Nash described Norway as a “highly socialized country which offers free medical services to all of its society. There was no poverty as we see here in the United States; most of the houses are well built and maintained with a small yard that is used to grow all kinds of berries imaginable. The Norwegians make full use of everything they get from their gardens.”
1998 – 25 Years Ago
Group Asks Planners For Help In Thwarting 219 Bypass Plans
A spokesman for Citizens for Progressive, Planned and Preserved Lewisburg Area addressed the County Planning Commission and asked the planners to help open dialogue with state officials concerning local grassroots efforts in developing alternatives to a proposed bypass around the city. Ray Wiley explained that the group does not want a four-lane highway going around Lewisburg. “It would be an eyesore for the community…it would go through people’s property,” he stated.
Police Confiscate Marijuana Plants In Greenbrier County
One-hundred and twenty-eight marijuana plants were confiscated by police in the western end of Greenbrier County. According to a spokesman for the Rainelle detachment of the West Virginia State Police, the plants ranged in size from 2’-4’, and their total value is estimated by police at just over a quarter of a million dollars. The plants were discovered by Westvaco employees who were conducting a reclamation project in the mountainous region known as Cold Knob.
Light Up The Sky Now In Production At GVT
Greenbrier Valley Theatre’s production of Light Up The Sky opened in Lewisburg in the Greenbrier Valley Barn Theatre. Light Up The Sky by Moss Hart was the top comedy on Broadway in 1948 and is being revived by GVT on its 50th anniversary.
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