The following information is taken from the pages of The West Virginia Daily News, The West Virginia News, and The Greenbrier Independent in The West Virginia Daily News archives from 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago.
June 17-21, 1996
25 Years Ago…
Receiving degrees from Bridgewater College Class of 1996 were C.J. Childers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Childers of White Sulphur Springs, and Scott E. Slaven, son of Ed and Sarah Slaven of Ronceverte.
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Howard H. Hunt, D.O., associate dean for clinical education and professor at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, was recently elected vice president of the West Virginia Society of Osteopathic Medicine Inc.
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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel A. Rameriz, son of Ellen L. Hambrick of Lewisburg, is currently halfway through a six-month deployment to the Adriatic Sea and Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
He is a 1992 graduate of Greenbrier East High School.
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Mendy Seldomridge of Lewisburg has been nominated by Dr. Patsy H. Haslam, dean of the School of Nursing, to the National Dean’s List.
She is the daughter of Danny and Inga Seldomridge of Lewisburg.
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Marie Williams of Lewisburg was the first place winner in the 1996 Rubber Ducky Race held during the Ronceverte River Festival on the Island Park.
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Dr. Robert L. Caldwell of Lewisburg was elected right eminent grand commander of Knights Templar of West Virginia at the 122nd annual Grand Conclave held at Days Inn Convention Center, Flatwoods.
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Carrie Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Thomas of Alderson, was awarded the 1996-97 academic year scholarship from the Fairlea Heilig-Meyers store.
She is a graduate of Greenbrier East High School and currently attends Greenbrier Community College Center.
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Randy S. Burdette of Riverbend Auction Company in Alderson has been awarded the Certified Auctioneers Institute designation, the highest designation offered in the auction industry.
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Marianna M. Hanlon, M.D., of Clintonville, has been awarded the American Academy of Family Practice Teaching Certificate by the West Virginia School of Medicine.
She was recognized by West Virginia University’s Department of Family Medicine.
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White Sulphur Springs Councilman James Perrow announced that the municipal pool is scheduled to open this weekend, after all repairs and updates are finished.
June 17, 1971
50 Years Ago…
At a special session of the Greenbrier County Court, Perry McGuire of Lewisburg was appointed a deputy sheriff. He will succeed Earl Shires, who will retire July 1.
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Leggett’s is building a 3,300-square foot addition onto their department store in Lewisburg. It will face on Jefferson Street and will include a parking lot that will accommodate nine automobiles.
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The Greenbrier County Court has ordered the sale at public auction of the bricks and stone from the old county jail building at the corner of Randolph and Jefferson streets.
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Martha A. Greene of Alderson was among the 2,176 undergraduates and graduates receiving degrees from the University of Virginia.
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Thomas C. Edgar of Hillsboro has been named West Virginia’s Outstanding Disabled Veteran for 1971. He will compete for the national title at the convention in Detroit, Michigan, in August.
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John Hamrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hamrick of Fairlea, has been appointed recreation director for Indian Acres, Spotsylvania County, Va.
He is a graduate of Greenbrier East High School.
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At the annual conference of the United Methodist Church held in Buckhannon, Lee K. Bell of Lewisburg was selected by the board of laity as the Methodist Layman of the Year.
He now serves as lay leader of the Lewisburg United Methodist Church.
June 29, 1946
75 Years Ago…
The conspicuous absence of the name “Ronceverte” from all road sign markers in this vicinity was the subject of discussion at the recent meeting of the Ronceverte Lions Club in the Gateway Hotel.
Although Ronceverte is the largest town on Route 219, the Seneca Trail between Elkins and Princeton, there is not a marker which points it out.
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Sale of liquor in state stores, suspended since May 21, was resumed Monday in West Virginia under a rationing system, limiting customers to two fifths of blended whiskey or one fifth of “premium” whiskey for the next six weeks.
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The State Road Commission will recommend approval by the Federal Public Road Administration in Washington of the bid of the Kelley Construction Co. of $386,908.50 for the construction of 6.168 miles of the Alderson-Ronceverte road, Route 63, between Fort Spring and Alderson.
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The last bed patient for Ashford General Hospital left White Sulphur Springs Friday morning on the C&O train for Washington, D.C., to enter Walter Reed Hospital.
Taken over by the War Department in 1942, the Greenbrier Hotel was converted into an Army hospital and at one time had 2,800 patients.
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Richard Cox has leased the storeroom from L.O. McClung on North Monroe Street in Alderson, formerly used by W.L. Tyler for a restaurant, and will open a grocery store about June 24 under the name Cashway Grocery.
June 18, 1921
100 Years Ago…
Howard W. Martin of Neola, while going up Laurel Run, had his attention drawn to a large black bear feeding within close range of his rifle. He accepted the opportunity offered him and dispatched the animal, which weighed approximately 350 pounds.
Neighboring farmers appreciated Martin’s good marksmanship in killing the animal that for several years had been preying on livestock and smashing fences.
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A black cat, owned by Mrs. Newman Anderson of Teaberry, disappeared the night of the big snow last January and was never seen or heard of until last Monday morning when he came back home. There were numerous markers to identify the cat.
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The monument erected to the memory of Soldiers of the World War will be unveiled at Williamsburg on July 4. The program and details of the ceremony will be announced later.
