1925– 100 Years Ago
Rainelle Commencement
This will be the first commencement of the Rainelle High School. The exercises will open May 29 with the Senior play entitled “And Home Came Ted.” The baccalaureate sermon and accompanying program will be held in the Rainelle M. E. Church on May 31. The commencement will be held in the Rainelle M.D. Church on June 2.
Gun Battle At Kermit
Two men were killed and three seriously wounded, one perhaps fatally, in a gun battle at Kermit, Mingo County. Few details of the shooting could be learned, but it was understood to have resulted from a heated quarrel over the qualifications of voters in the election which was being held on the questions of creating an independent school district for Kermit.
The Third Time
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has again refused an appeal in the case of E. O. Jones, a former Kleagle of the Ku
Klux Klan, of Fairmont. Jones was convicted last fall as being an accessory before the fact in the shooting of Daniel Washington, a Fairmont negro, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary to a five-year term.
1950 – 75 Years Ago
Remember Flander’s Field
Be generous on Saturday, May 27 and buy a poppy. It is made by the handicapped boys of World War I It will do a tremendous lot of good and cheer the boys.
A Large Egg
Dana Tincher of near Lewisburg brought us an egg that measured 8 by 6 1/2 inches and weighed 4 ounces. It was laid by a Rhode Island Red.
Guernsey Field Day
The Greenbrier Valley Guernsey Field Day will be held at Shawnee Farms, 2 ½ miles southwest of Lewisburg, May 29. All dairymen are cordially invited. A welcome is extended to 4-Hers and F.F.A. members.
1975– 50 Years Ago
Senator Byrd Speaks At The Greenbrier
U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, saying America must “take a realistic look at its energy needs as distinct from its energy desires” today called for increased expenditures for “the refinement of known technology regarding the liquefaction and gasification of coal.”
Nation’s Foreign Trade Account In The Black
The United States recorded its third straight monthly trade surplus in April, putting the nation’s foreign trade account $2.6 billion in the black so far this year, the Commerce Department reported. The value of exports of U. S. made goods exceeded the value of foreign imports last month by $556.8 billion.
Pollution In State Is Worse
There’s a limit to the amount of pollution tolerable in the air over West Virginia’s two key industrial valleys, and Gus Douglas and the chairman of the state’s Air Pollution Control Commission says that means power firms must stay below that limit or squeeze out other industries. If American Electric Power (AEP) is allowed to skirt the state’s standards, all clean air in the Ohio River and Kanawha valleys will be used up and West Virginia can “kiss goodbye” any new major industry, Douglas
declared.
2000 – 25 Years Ago
Rainbow Jury Hears Confession Of Serial Killer As Defense Case Begins
The jury in the Rainbow Murder case heard the confession of a convicted serial killer. Joseph Paul Franklin, 50, confessed that he killed the women because one of them said she dated black men, and the other said she would if she had a chance. “ So I just decided to waste them at that time,” Franklin said.
Fairlea Monument Dedicated To Memory Of Fallen Fireman
The rain clouds lifted as members of the community gathered in the parking lot of Roger’s Foodland-Fresh to remember a fallen hero. As the Lewisburg Volunteer Fire Department’s color guard presented arms and other members of the Lewisburg, Fairlea, and White Sulphur Springs fire department gathered around the memorial for a local hero, services were conducted paying tribute to the late Greg Carter. Carter was the fireman who lost his life in January 1998 while fighting a blaze that consumed Crawford’s Food Center.
Local Soldier Armed With Abundant Musical Talent
When most of us picture a soldier marching into battle, he is outfitted with the instrument of war – an M-16 rifle at the ready, grenade in hand, clothed in muted browns and greens of camouflage. When the son of a Lewisburg couple marches off to war, his footsteps are accompanied by the sharp cadence of a snare drum, and he is armed with an instrument of a very different nature – one of music. Army Master Sgt., Anthony Nalker, son of David and Suzanne Nalker of Lewisburg, is a member of the U. S. Army Band. Nalker, a band member since 1989, entertains audiences as a pianist for the Army Blues, a jazz ensemble that performs the works of jazz greats like Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
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