100 Years Ago, 1922
Accidental Shooting
Lemuel Ridgeway, who lives about a mile and a half east of Lewisburg, on the Caldwell road, accidentally shot himself on last Sunday afternoon at about 4:30 o’clock, with a shotgun which he is said to have been cleaning.
Ronceverte Has Best Flour
In a report issued recently by T. B. Leith, chemist of the State Department of Agriculture, it is officially announced that from an analysis of samples of flour from West Virginia and other mills, that the famous “Betsy Ross” flour manufactured by the Limestone Milling Co., of Ronceverte, is awarded first place in competition with sixteen other mills.
75 Years Ago, 1947
Hinton Airport Complete
The Hinton-Alderson Airport have completed their hanger and office building at Pence Springs, and have been granted a permit under the G. I. Bill to instruct flight students. They now have 12 students and are allowed 30. There are now eight planes on the field. James Tolly, a former instructor for cadets at Princeton during the late war, is manager of the airport. Tolly has been in the flying business for the past 15 years.
Local Scouts Participated
Boy Scout troops from Ronceverte, Rainelle and White Sulphur participated in the Jamboree held in Kanawha City Saturday. The boys from Ronceverte, with David Houchins as Scoutmaster, and Rainelle, with Scoutmaster Grant Collins, won blue ribbons having scored over 225 points out of a possible 250 points. White Sulphur was awarded à white ribbon and scored 221 points. Four more points and these boys would have received the blue ribbon.
50 Years Ago, 1972
I-64 Link Opened
“The Governor of West Virginia and State Department of Highway officials took part in two ribbon-cutting ceremonies near Lewisburg in Dec. morning.
At 11 o’clock, Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. cut a ribbon thus opening the recently completed section of Interstate 64 from Richlands to Alta. The section, approximately five miles, cost $11,139,000 and has been under construction since November 1967. The second ceremony was for the official opening of the new District 9 Shop and Storeroom north of Lewisburg on Route 219
Shopping Center To Open Soon
The Red Oaks Shopping Center will be opened officially sometime this month when Aide’s Discount Store of Fairlea opens in the Center’s main building.
“Thousands of items are arriving daily and are being placed on the shelves,” said George Aide, owner of Aide’s Discount and also president of the Red Oaks Shopping Center Corporation. “The building is completed except for a few finishing details and we are selling out at our present location. When that is done, we will move,” continued Aide who has returned recently from a shopping trip to New York, where he placed orders for soft goods, and to Chicago where he attended the Houseware Show.
Red Oaks Shopping Center |
25 Years Ago, 1997
$15,000 Raising During Monte Carlo Night
Over 600 people attended Carnegie Hall’s 1997 Monte Carlo Night and Silent Auction on Saturday, February 8, at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs. The popular winter fundraiser raised $15,000 which will directly benefit The Renaissance Campaign, a $2.9 million capital improvement project, and a variety of arts in education programs at Carnegie Hall.
Ronceverte Accident Sends Woman To Hospital By Christine Jerman
One person was taken to a local hospital following a two car accident south of Ronceverte on Monday afternoon.
According to a spokesman for the West Virginia State Police, Brenda M. Osborne, 49, of Gap Mills was treated and relcased from Columbia Greenbrier Valley Medical Center.
Pamela S. Butcher, the driver of this crunched 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier, and officers survey the damage following a Monday afternoon accident south of Ronceverte. S. Walton photoCharges To Be Filed Against Three Suspected In Weekend Crime Spree By Christine Jerman |
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