1925– 100 Years Ago
Smoot News
Well, we suppose that spring is here? We notice the farmers are plowing stubble ground preparatory to sowing their oats. Be careful friends, April may demand a rebate and if she does March will pay her for this weather with interest.
Rainelle News
Mr. F. W. Granert cut the first slab on the original mill, September 24, 1910, and also cut the first slab on the rebuilt mill March 8, 1925 at 4:30 p.m.
Baby On Board
Last Tuesday night on Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train No. 2 a baby was born as the train neared Clifton Forge, VA, to a lady passenger occupying the day coach and enroute to Staunton where the event was expected to take place. The only doctor to be found on board the train was an army surgeon whose sole bit of equipment for officiating at such an occasion consisted of a pocket handkerchief.
1950 – 75 Years Ago
Darnell To Build
Marion Darnell of Lewisburg is planning to build a business building at the corner of Court and Randolph streets in Lewisburg. The new building will replace the one now standing and will be of tile construction. There will be two store rooms on Court Street and an apartment on the second floor, with the Darnell tin shop located in the basement.
Ford An “A” Student
Dick Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady W. Ford of Lewisburg, was one of 40 students at West Virginia University to receive a grade of A in every subject he carried during the first semester 1949-50.
Cow Has Good Record
Curtis Candy Madcap Fayne, a registered Holstein-Friesian cow owned by the Greenbrier Farms, Co. H. B. Moore and H. B. Moore, Jr., has completed a 272-day production test of 415 pounds of butterfat and 10,066 pounds of 4.1 percent mil made in a Herd Improvement Registry.
1975– 50 Years Ago
Kissinger Attempts To Resolve Difficulties
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger set out on new Middle East shuttle talks today in an attempt to resolve the “many difficulties” still standing in the way of an interim peace accord. The main problem appeared to be Israel’s insistence on a formal, unconditional end to Egypt’s state of war.
Drama Students Bring Back One First Place
The Greenbrier East High School students attending the 1975 West Virginia High School Drama Festival brought back one first place, a rating of excellent and placed two on the all-state cast. Mary Lynn Yeager claimed first place in the individual competition in Costume Design. The East one-act directed by Gary Arbaugh received a rating of “Excellent” and included in its cast Richard Kitching, Tim Patton, Kevin Tuckwiller, Kenny Floyd, Bob Mick and Birttian Kitching. Selected from the East cast for the All-State Honor were Tuckwiller and Floyd.
Gore Pleads No Contest, Ends Seven Year Wait For Trial
Truman Gore, the finance minister in the scandal-ridden administration of former West Virginia Gov. W. W. “Wally” Barron, pleaded no contest to bribery charges laced with alleged kickbacks on state contracts, ending a seven-year wait for trial.
2000– 25 Years Ago
Agreement Inked To Allow Construction of Animal Shelter
An agreement was entered into by the Greenbrier County Commission, the Greenbrier County Human Society and a recently developed advisory committee which will allow for the operation of a new animal shelter in the county. Jeff Rodgers, representing the advisory committee, reported that the deed for the property where the shelter will be located, which is on Route 60 just west of Lewisburg, had been filed in the county clerk’s office.
Planner Give OK To Development
The Greenbrier County Planning Commission gave its approval to a request for the rezoning of approximately 2.2 acres located on Davis Stuart Road from residential to regional commercial. Medworks, LLC, formerly referred to as Greenbrier Healthworks, LLC, filed the petition for the change in order to construct a medical facility on the site. According to that petition, Medworks is a corporation with Fritz Glaser, a pharmacist, Kevin Workman, physical therapist, and Dr. Tom Karrs, a dermatologist, as principals.
Hayes, Wood Win Honors In Chess Master Competition
Greenbrier County held its annual Elementary Chess Master Championship. Thirty-three representatives from schools around the county converged at Lewisburg Elementary School to test their chess playing skills against one another. The champion of the competition was Josh Hayes, a student from Frankford Elementary School. Runner-up was Mitchell Wood, a student from Lewisburg Elementary School.
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