1925– 100 Years Ago
No Shock Felt
At Quinwood last week it was announced that a debate would be held between Rev. Henry Bennett and C. E. Sims on the question: “Resolved that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it.” Mr. Bennett had the affirmative and Mr. Sims the negative side of the question. It has not been learned which won the decision, but so far no serious disturbances has been felt in scientific circles.
River Low
Due to little or no rain in recent weeks the Greenbrier River is at the lowest stage on many years, according to persons who have lived in this section for a number of years. It is possible to cross the river in many places on rocks without getting one’s feet wet.
Football Camp
The Greenbrier Military School of Lewisburg is opening football camp at Camp Alleghany on the Greenbrier, where Eddie Cameron, coach of Washington and Lee University, will be in charge of the G.M.S. squad, and is likely bunch of new material will be trained into shape for the fall schedule which includes games with Kenova, Huntington, Staunton Military Academy, W and L freshmen, Roanoke High, Bluefield High, and Charleston High.
1950 – 75 Years Ago
U. S. Casualties To Aug. 25 Put At 6,886
The U. S. Department of Defense issued Summary No. 2, showing battle casualties in Korea based on notification to next of kin for the period through midnight of Aug. 25. The casualties are placed at 6,886, divided between the services as Army 6,567, Navy 27, Marines 194, Air Force 98. Total deaths 503. Wounded in action 3,889. Missing in action 2,554.
Festival Princess
A. H Anderson, supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest has named Miss Elisabeth Bowling of White Sulphur Springs to represent the forest as a princess at the Court of Queen Silvia XIV at the Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins, October 5, 6 and 7. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar V. Bowling of White Sulphur Springs where her father is a merchant and she attends West Virginia University.
Horses At The Fair
Among the winning horses at the State Fair last week were: “Frontier Genius,” owned by Geo. Aide of East Rainelle and John Jones of Rupert, won first place in the five-gaited championship class, and also won the Dr Julian Arbuckle trophy.”Lady Rosette,” owned by Helen Aide of East Rainelle, won the reserve championship.
Attention
Members of the Lewisburg House and Garden Club annual dues of $2 are now due, please send this to me as soon as possible.
Mrs. Wm. E. Moir, treasurer.
1975– 50 Years Ago
Greenbrier Gets New Home Demonstration Agent
Assuming her duties as Greenbrier County Agent-Home Demonstration was Mrs. Elizabeth Andrea Bourne Gainer, wife of Phillip L. Gainer, a real estate broker, who for the past ten years has been the West Virginia Sinking Fund Commissioner. Mrs. Gainer said that her ties with the Valley dates back many years since her mother, the former Jeanne Deitz was born and brought up in Ronceverte where her father, the late Theo Deitz, was a coal dealer from 1918 until his death in 1941.
Hanover Shoe Factory Outlet
Hanover Shoe, Inc., has opened a Factory Outlet Store in White Sulphur Springs. The new store will sell “Factory Imperfect” men’ shoes. The term “Factory Imperfect” means that the shoes have a very minor flaw, that does not affect the shoe in any way. Shoes sold at the Hanover outlet are priced at $9.90, $12.90 and $16.90.
CIA Stockpiling Lethal Toxins
Former CIA Director Richard Helms was summoned by a Senate investigative panel to tell what he knows about the CIA’s stockpiling of “lethal bacteriological toxins” – including cobra venom – despite a 1970 presidential order to destroy them. Senator Frank D. Church, D-Idaho, said the committee wants to find out who in the CIA gave the order to defy the presidential order and hold on to two batches of toxins which were manufactured from cobra venom and from the distillation of decaying shellfish – the latter concoction said to have no known antidote.
2000 – 25 Years Ago
German Fugitive Seeks Asylum In U.S.
Hendrik Albert Viktor Mobus, the German fugitive from justice who was captured in Lewisburg last month, is seeking asylum in the United States. William Pierce, leader of a white supremacist group headquartered in Mill Point, and his supporters helped Mobus prepare the necessary documents. Mobus was arrested on a provisional warrant from the People’s Republic of Germany. He was wanted in his home country for violating the conditions of his release on a 1994 murder conviction. According to information from the U. S. Marshal’s Office, Mobus was convicted of murder in 1994, as a juvenile. He and two accomplices lured a “non-Aryan” teenager into an apartment and strangled him to death.
GVEDC Ready To Buy Western Gbr. Industrial Park
With the promise of grant funds from the state, a match from the county and a federal loan, the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation board of directors is poised to purchase the Western Greenbrier Industrial Park and Building. GVEDC President Bill Shiffer said GVEDC is looking to bring a wood manufacturing company into the area that specializes in items such as trusses and joists. According to Shiffer, the company, which is headquartered in Maryland and intends to expand its operations, expects to hire 35 employees.
Museum Sponsors Antiques Appraisal Fair
The first North House Museum Antiques Appraisal Fair is scheduled for September 23 at the WV School of Osteopathic Medicine gymnasium in Lewisburg. Featured appraisers will include Ken Farmer and Larry Clevinger, who have both appeared as appraisers for the popular PBS television program, Antiques Roadshow. In addition to the appraisers accompanying Farmer and Clevinger, area appraisers scheduled for the Antiques Fair include Vicki Wilson and Karen McClung from Peddlar’s Alley Antiques, John Stroud of Stroud Booksellers, Jim Pesgraves of Bookworms and Silverfish and others.
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