1926– 100 Years Ago
Morris-Harvey
To Move
Morris-Harvey College of Barboursville, chief educational institution of the Western Virginia Conference of the M. E. Church, South, is to open its 1926-27 school year in Charleston. It is understood that the college will receive a gift of $300,000 upon its removal to Charleston, offered by a group of business men.
It Came True
In 1852, in discussing the possibilities of the telegraph, a Congressman said in a speech: “The time will come when all the proceedings in Congress will be transmitted, in extenso, to all part of the Union daily.” Unfortunately, this dire prediction came true.
Greenbrier High School News
Greenbrier High School lost a hotly contested basketball game to the Central High Champs of Washington, DC by a score of 28 to 22. The visitors were late in arriving in the city, having missed a train in Staunton. They were forced to drive through in motor cars. The large crowd of spectators who waited for their arrival, however, were well paid. We saw one of the fastest and cleanest games ever played on the local floor.
1951 – 75 Years Ago
Dr Houck Noted
Dr. Charles Houck, son of Mrs. and Mrs. A. K. Houck of Lewisburg, was featured in the February 19 issue of Life magazine. Some of the young doctors at the Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, decided to decorate the children’s casts, and Dr. Houck figured out how to do it. He dyed the outer layers of
plaster with cake dye and then, when the cast was dry, he touched it up with paint to suit the children’s fancies. Girls run to light shades of yellow, blue and pink. Boys go in for orange, green and purple.
Nice Pike
Clif Folden, of Lewisburg, caught a nice pike in the Greenbrier River, just south of Renick. The pike tipped the scales at 13 pounds and two ounces.
Wounded GIS Recover
Ninety-eight per cent of the wounded American soldiers treated in Korea recover, an army officer reported. Col. Laurence A. Potter, assistant chief of medical plans and operations, said the frostbite menace has been emphasized too greatly. Ninety per cent of the frostbite victims are treated in
the area, he said, and only 10 per cent have to be evacuated to the United States.
1976– 50 Years Ago
Concert By Orchesis In Lewisburg
Satrurday
A concert by the West Virginia University Orchesis at Carnegie Hall will feature the modern dance honorary in a special original bicentennial presentation. “Frontier’s of Hope” is the theme for the work which has been described by Ms. Mary Kathryne Widebusch, director and choreographer, as a program, “In commemoration and celebration of our country and nation’s Bicentennial.” Among the members of Orchesis to be featured during the concert will be Mary Cole Horton of Lewisburg. The recorded accompaniment for the program is provided by the West Virginia University Percussion Ensemble, which includes another Lewisburg student at WVU, Tom Tuckwiller.
Effort To Save
Watershed Area
Environmental groups ae hoping a minnow about the size of its long scientific name will save the Shavers Fork watershed area from development. Some scientists believe the fish, technically referred to as Rhinichthys Bowersi and found only on the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River may be the only one of its kind. Shavers Fork is also the only known habitat of the Cheat Mountain salamander. It is also on the rare and endangered
species list.
Nobel Prize Winner Shocked At
Continued Smokers
A Nobel Prize winning cancer research said he is “shocked” by the lack of government action to curb cigarette smoking. He questioned the government’s creditability as a promoter of health and fitness. Dr. Renato Dulbecco, a 1975 prize winner for cancer research, said lung cancer is a prime example of a preventable cancer, caused by a clearly identified agent – cigarette smoke.
2001 – 25 Years Ago
Baldwin Explains Reasons For Riffing
A decline in student enrollment and lack of funds are to blame for the recent reduction in force (riff) of Greenbrier County Schools’ teachers and service personnel. This year 22 professionals and 26 service personnel will be laid off as a result of riffing. Greenbrier County has lost 600 students since 1990, Superintendent Stephen Baldwin stated.
Governor
Emphasizes
Education In
Remarks To
Chamber Of
Commerce
Addressing a record crowd at the Greater Greenbrier Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, Governor Bob Wise discussed the importance of education and planning for the future in economic development. Making reference to a Bible verse found in II Corinthians, Wise told those in attendance, “If we
want to make West Virginia the kind of place we want it to be, we are going to have to sow bountifully.”
Students Honored By School of Pharmacy
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy announced its President’s and Dean List for students for the fall 2000 semester. Greenbrier County student Jody J. Franco was named to the President’s List and David A. Brown and Andrea L. Napier were named to the Dean’s List.
