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Echoes of the Past: Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held At Academy Park

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October 2, 2025
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Pictured at the ground-breaking ceremony are: R. B. “Duke” Fouch, The Lewisburg Foundation; Dr. David Perkins, Greenbrier Community College Center; Dr. Robert Moore, Bluefield State College; Joyce Mott, North House Museum; ad Christie Clemons-Rodgers, Carnegie Hall.

Pictured at the ground-breaking ceremony are: R. B. “Duke” Fouch, The Lewisburg Foundation; Dr. David Perkins, Greenbrier Community College Center; Dr. Robert Moore, Bluefield State College; Joyce Mott, North House Museum; ad Christie Clemons-Rodgers, Carnegie Hall.

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1925– 100 Years Ago

Tar And Feathers

About sixty men and women dressed in uniform, called on a certain woman, a former resident of Hinton, but now near Summerlee, in Fayette County, who has been operating a sporting house on somewhat an open shop scale, and had become a public nuisance in the community. It is reported that she and one of her gentlemen friends who were just starting out for a night drive in his automobile, at about 9 o’clock, were taken to a nearby clump of woods and an application of tar and feathers applied, after which they were left under guard till break of day next morning when the guardsmen silently walked away, leaving them with no other clothing than the coat of tar and feathers.

$50,000 For

Alderson Academy

A movement to raise $50,000 from Greenbrier and Monroe counties for Alderson Junior College and Academy has been launched. The need for immediate funds is an urgent one. The school has an outstanding indebtedness that must be paid. In addition to this, new buildings are needed and larger facilities for teaching are vitally necessary.

Methodism In
West Virginia

In 1783, the Greenbrier Valley organized a circuit of Methodists and at Rehobeth Church “near the Sinks of Greenbrier” the oldest Protestant church west of the Alleghanies was started and three years later completed.

1950 – 75 Years Ago

To Vote On Chapel

A proposal to ask for contractor’s bids on a proposed chapel for the St. James Episcopal Church in Lewisburg will be submitted to the congregation of the church at a meeting October 3. The proposed chapel is to be built on Church Street.

Virginia Polio

Cases Pass 800

Virginia’s record-breaking 1950 polio toll soared past the 800 mark. Twenty-two new cases of the disease were reported to the state health department, boosting this year’s total to 807. The previous high for a year was 756 in 1944.

Hutchinson Appointed

Appointment of Hugh Hutchinson, Lewisburg, as Crusade for Freedom Chairman for Greenbrier County was announced by Arthur B. Koontz, West Virginia chairman. It is necessary for all freedom-loving Americans to join together in this counter offensive against Communist for Freedom. The Crusade for Freedom was launched throughout the country by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in a radio address carried on all networks on Labor Day.

1975– 50 Years Ago

Evidence Strong

Against Patricia

Weapons, bomb components, documents, cash and a green scarf found in two Symbionese Liberation Army “safe houses” may link Patricia Hearst and three other members of the small terrorist group with a bank robbery killing and several San Francisco Bay area bombings.

Ali, Frazier In

Final Hours

Swapping final predictions on the eve of their heavyweight championship fight, Muhammad Ali proclaimed himself an invincible warrior with the power of God behind him and Joe Frazier promised to make Ali crawl on the ring.

Matlovich May Get

Honorable Discharge

The Air Force has decided T. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich – a homosexual – may leave the service with an honorable discharge. But Matlovich says he wants to stay, and will challenge the ruling. “The type of discharge is irrelevant because it is still a discharge for being a homosexual, a fact of
my private life which has nothing to do with how I do my job in serving my country.”

2000 – 25 Years Ago

Manufacturer To Open Plant In Rainelle

Governor Cecil H. Underwood announced that Structural Systems, Inc., will open a $1.1 million operation in Rainelle at the Western Greenbrier Building. The company is expected to create as many as 75 jobs during the next three years. Structural Systems manufacturers wall panels, roof trusses, and floor trusses for the housing and construction industries.

Radio Program Offers Forum For Discussion

Of Gambling

More jobs or more crime – which will the proposed casino at The Greenbrier bring to the local area? That was the focus of the discussion staged by MetroNews in Lewisburg during a two-hour broadcast of Talkline, a statewide radio show.

Ground-Breaking

Ceremony Held At

Academy Park

A ground-breaking ceremony was held last week for Academy Park, a restoration and beautification project located at the corner of Church and Washington streets in Lewisburg. Pictured at the ground-breaking ceremony are: R. B. “Duke” Fouch, The Lewisburg Foundation; Dr. David Perkins, Greenbrier Community College Center; Dr. Robert Moore, Bluefield State College; Joyce Mott, North House Museum; ad Christie Clemons-Rodgers, Carnegie Hall.

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