1925– 100 Years Ago
Great Expansion For This Year
The total acreage of the Greenbrier Valley Fair now exceeds forty-five acres; the automobile parking space has been increased to twenty acres this season; the banner-day of last year’s fair there were more than 2,000 automobiles orderly parked within the gates, and the high mark for this year is put above 3,000 because of the highway development and the immense feeder-territory that has been opened for the first time this season
Headliners In The Free Acts And All Fair Entertainment
Five thousand dollars will be spent this year to provide free entertainment and amusement to the Greenbrier Valley Fair visitors. Included in the free attractions are Victor’s suburb band, instrumental soloist, and Miss Gertrude Denise, well-known soprano soloist.
White Sulphur Springs
The summer colony at White Sulphur Springs is considerably aroused over the article appearing recently in the Denver, Colo. News with the comment that “White Sulphur Springs is cold with formality, and the gaiety that does exist includes only a select few, and that few consists of older families whose grand parents have been on intimate terms with each other for generations.” In the course of the year, the Greenbrier Hotel and cottages extend hospitality to between ten and twelve thousand. Visitors and during the crowded spring and autumn seasons turn away hundreds for lack of accommodations.
1950 – 75 Years Ago
Asks Where Army Money Has Gone
Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) renewed his Communists-in-government charges and called Senator Tydings (D-Md.) the Truman administration’s “whimpering lap dog.” McCarthy also said he intends to continue a “bare-knuckle” fight to expose Communists as long as I remain in the Senate. McCarthy asked: “The American people want to know where and how was spent the $90,000,000,000 which the American people gave to make
this nation strong. If that money was wasted, the American people want to know where, why and by whom.
Spotted Fever Mrs. Watson Starcher of Lewisburg is a patient in the Greenbrier Valley Hospital, suffering from a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Bitten by a tick at her home near Lewisburg, she was brought to the hospital Friday night by Dr. George Lemon, and is now responding favorably to treatment for the disease.
Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca Closes
Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca, the summer camp of Greenbrier Military School, closed Thursday. Numerous tournaments with campers competing for trophies and medals, were concluded on Monday. The annual horse show was held Tuesday, with the final banquet at noon Wednesday. A liar’s contest, a wiener roast for the Indian dances, a big hobby show in the lodge, and a feature moving picture added spice to the final days of camp life.
1975– 50 Years Ago
Senator Byrd Speaks In Alderson
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) said here Friday that “ America should strengthen its resolve in dealings with foreign countries, if we are to pass on to future generations the kind of American bequeathed to us.” In a speech after he presented a bicentennial flag in this Greenbrier County town, Byrd mentioned the policy of Detante, and said “It has meant a great deal for Russia – and a great deal less for Americans. America, Byrd said, “Did not become the great nation it is by coming out on the short end of the bargaining stick.”
FDA Finds Cancer Link In Plastic Containers
The Food and Drug Administration may order off the market some plastic food containers because of a potential cancer link, a spokesman said. The agency is also about to study whether water pipes made of polyvinyl chloride form of plastic prose a health risk in the millions of hoes in which they are used. Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group last month asked the FDA for a total ban on PVC in food packaging, claiming it is leached into the food.
Radical Candidate
Sen. George McGovern says Richard Nixon was the radical presidential candidate in 1972. “I might say this, I don’t think there’s anything very conservative about tearing up the Constitution the way Nixon did. I thought that was just about as radical as you could get.”
2000 – 25 Years Ago
County Bed Tax Could Pay For Public Swimming Pool
In light of comments from a number of citizens about the closing of the swimming pool at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, the Greenbrier County Commission has agreed to reconsider the need for a county-wide bed tax. Commissioner Steve Malcomb, who has been pushing for the implementation of a hotel/motel tax for some time, said the tax could prove beneficial to all the county’s residents, not just those seeking a place to swim and participate in water aerobics and other water therapies.
Statlers Headline Grandstand Show
Always a crowd pleaser and a perennial favorite at the State Fair of West Virginia, the Statler Brothers will once again grace the grandstand stage this year, headlining a show that also features Don Williams.
Greenbrier Employee Appreciation Day
The Greenbrier is pleased to recognize its team of more than 1,680 employees at the 5 th annual Greenbrier Employee Appreciation Day at the State Fair, August 16. The year 2000 has been an outstanding year for TEAM Greenbrier who has been recognized with many awards for excellence including being named #1 in the United States for Service by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine and being named the #1 golf resort in the United States by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
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