1926– 100 Years Ago
Still Captured
Corporal Hissem and Privates Easter and Ball captured a still near Cornstalk which had just made its first run. The operation was located at the sawmill belonging to Withro McMclintic, who is a brother of United States Judge McClintic, which had been closed down for the season. The mill sawdust pile had been used as a hiding place for the mash while fermenting it.
Hanging Schedule
Robert Ford, largest man ever received at the state penitentiary under sentence of death is to be hanged Jan. 29, unless his sentence be commuted by the governor. Ford is a negro and stands well over six feet in his bare feet and weighs 230 pounds. He has been at the prison under sentence since last
June when he was received from Harrison County.
Fire At Rainelle
The Central Hotel and three dwelling houses in East Rainelle were destroyed by fire at three o’clock Thursday morning. The hotel was a two-story frame structure and the fire had its start in the building. The hotel was partly covered by insurance, as also were the dwelling houses.
1951 – 75 Years Ago
Miss Tuke, Sculptor Has Entry In Show
Miss Gladys Tuke, sculptor of White Sulphur Springs, has an entry in the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, which opened in Philadelphia Saturday and will continue through March 1.
Radio At Rainelle
The Western Greenbrier area is to have the service of a radio station at a near date. This has been definitely announced by S. W. Caudill Beckley businessman While this section has been served for some time by two radio stations, WRON at Ronceverte and WOAY at Oak Hill, this is the first time any definite plan has been announced for a radio station to be located in the western part of Greenbrier County.
VA Hospitals
During the year 1950, twenty new Veterans Administration hospitals were completed, bringing the total number of VA hospitals to 148 and making it the largest system of hospitals in the country. Two of the new hospitals were in West Virginia, both 200-bed institutions, one at Beckley and one at Clarksburg.
1976– 50 Years Ago
Bodies Of Men Found In Rubble
The eight-day search ended for the bodies of three Pittsburgh area men who died when their plane smashed into a mountain side on Clover Lick Mountain in Pocahontas County. The discovery of the aircraft by a State Police helicopter ended a search that began Jan. 21 with the report two planes were down. One aircraft belonging to the West Virginia Department of Resources was founded Jan. 23 in Tucker County with both occupants dead.
Singer Pearl Bailey Into Politics
“I was born, I lived and I died, so I can only continue.” That is the way blues singer Pearl Bailey sloughed off a reference to several heart attacks as she bowed out of the entertainment field to enter the world of politics. After 40 years in show business, Miss Bailey was appointed by President Ford to join the U. S. delegation to the United Nations.
Bear Supper Has Record Crowd
The Williamsburg Rescue Squad’s Bear Supper was a success with a record crowd. The weather was favorable and people drove in from miles away. People came from Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland and many from the Kanawha Valley and other parts of West Virginia. Six-hundred and fifty tickets were sold before the food ran out.
Spartans Beat Alleghany Matmen
For the first time in the history of Greenbrier East High School the Spartans have defeated the Alleghany County team. J. D. Fairchild remains undefeated in the heavyweight or unlimited class, and upped his season record to 13-0 when he pinned his Alleghany County opponent in 56 seconds. Spartans won 41-23.
2001 – 25 Years Ago
Jury Finds Marlinton Dr. Guilty Of Four Felonies
Despite assertions by his attorney that the state did not prove all elements of the crimes with which he was charged, Dr. Harry E. Walkup, Jr., was convicted of four felonies related to a fire at a Lewisburg’s attorney’s office. The charges stem from the June 17 blaze at the law office of Barry L. Bruce and Associates.
Vandals Blamed For Cable Interruption During Super Bowl
As people around the world settled in to watch Super Bowl XXXV Sunday evening, an apparent act of vandalism robbed eastern Greenbrier Countians of the opportunity to join in. Charter Communications television cable service was knocked out around ten minutes after the kickoff. James Morgan, senior systems technician for the local Charter office, said “Vandals cut our underground cable at Muddy Creek.” Cable service was not restored until nearly the end of the third quarter.
Student Inventors Discovered In Williamsburg Elem. Study
Sarah VanHorn’s fifth grade class at Williamsburg Elementary recently followed Thomas Edison’s footprints. The students took a journey through the world of inventions. VanHorn asked her students what they thought they needed that hadn’t been invented. One child thought of a pet with “Doggy Goloshes.” Then came a toy-picker upper, an under the bed cleaner, inflatable sleeping bag, ABC eraser, smoke filter, brother whacker and classroom sleeper please.
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