Echoes of the Past is a collection of historical articles curated from The West Virginia News, The Greenbrier Independent, White Sulphur Star, and other publications archived since 1852. You may be exposed to content that you find offensive or objectionable. For historical accuracy, articles are reprinted in their original form, and do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of the publisher.
1922 – 100 years ago
To develop Lewisburg
K. S. Coleman, of Beckley, as trustee, has purchased 58 acres of the Captain Graham property be adjoining Lewisburg, from the The Lewisburg Homes corporation, so says the Greenbrier Independent.
It is understood that the property will be placed on the market in lots later. The principal streets will be graded and hard-surfaced fir and all improvements made necessary to make the property an ideal home section for Lewis-OL burg. Mr. Coleman is representing a number of other Beckley people who are also interested in the purchase of Lewisburg’s new suburb. The opening of the tracts will give the town an opportunity to grow.
Dropped his pistol
F. H. Shumate, of Salt Sulphur Springs, while handling a pistol at his home last Monday, dropped the weapon. It went off and the bullet entered his left hip and spine. He was taken to the hospital in Hinton Monday night by Dr. Roies for an x-ray examination and an operation if necessary. He is a young man of about 25 years of age.
More great eggs
Miss Nannie M. Hill, of Lobelia, Pocahontas County, sends THE NEWS a prize egg by mail, which measures 73 by 6 1/2 inches.
The egg was laid by a hen belonging to her sister, Mrs. L. H. Harouff, and is the fourth extra large egg the hen has laid since the first of April.
On the same day that this egg was received and put on display our friend, Frank Carnefix, of the river road west of Ronceverte brought in a fresh-laid hen’s egg which, laid beside the above egg easily outclassed it in size, measuring 6 1/2 by 8-9 inches. This egg was accompanied by two other eggs laid by the same hen, one 2 large-sized egg and the other a small egg shaped like a gourd. with a handle, both of perfect shells, and laid within a few minutes of each other by the same black Langshan hen that laid nine extra large eggs in seven days in the spring of 1921. This hen of Mr. Carnefix’s deserves a medal. She can’t be beat.
1947 – 75 years ago
Greenbrier air service
Authorization for the operation of two charter airline services was granted Monday by the Public Service Commission.
Mountain State Airlines, Inc., received authority to provide nonscheduled passenger and baggage service from the hydroport at Huntington. Wheeler L. Weikle, trading as the Greenbrier Air Service, was granted permission to do business from Boone’s field at Ronceverte, Greenbrier county.
Community players tryouts
Try-outs for the summer production of the Greenbrier Community Players will take place Thursday and Friday evenings, June 26-27, in the high school auditorium at Lewisburg, 7:30 o’clock.
The play is “You Can’t Take It With You.” There are 16 parts for all ages. Everyone invited to these try-outs.
Walk more carefully
During a short broadcast from WRON Mutual station here, Sgt. Walter Hampton, state police stationed at Lewisburg, stated for the benefit of his radio listeners that the death toll of pedestrians on the highway could be materially cut down if pedestrians would exercise more care when traveling the highways.
1972 – 50 years ago
Chris Evert at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (UPI)—It’s ladies day today at the Wimbledon tennis championships and the girl in particular the fans are flocking to see is “Little Miss Icicle,” Chris Evert.
The stage could hardly be set better.
Reigning champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia, the fans’ darling last year, sits out the first round and leaves the spotlight well and truly fixed on the 17-year-old blonde from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
With the men’s competition suffering because of the absence of World Championship Tennis pros, many knockers have labelled this year’s tournament “The Womens Wimbledon.”
1997 – 25 years ago
Simon comedy-drama leads 30th anniversary season
The award winning comedy-drama, Lost in Yonkers, is in rehearsals and will lead off Greenbrier Valley Theatre’s 30th anniversary repertory season with its July 4th opening.
The play follows the run of GVT’s A opening show (June 12-June 28), the rollicking gospel musical Smoke on the Mountain. Smoke is a hard act to follow, but Lost in Yonkers is classic Neil Simon b and is well up to the task.
Lost in Yonkers is set in 1942 Yonkers, in NY, and begins with the arrival of two adolescent brothers at the home of their cantankerous grandmother and mentally challenged Aunt Bella. The boys’ mother is dead and their father, Eddie, leaves his sons with his mother, though he hates to ask her for the help and knows his boys will be in for hard times in their new surroundings. The boys, warm-hearted Aunt Bella and their less than trustworthy Uncle Louis soon are off on comedy-filled adventures that forever change them.
Lost in Yonkers stars Devin Preston and Matt Hedrick as Jay and Arty, the boys sent to stay indefinitely with their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Balle.
Moore named to dean’s list
Elana Christine Moore, a junior sociology major at Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, has been named to the second semester dean’s list of honor students. To attain this distinction, students must earn at least a 3.4 average on a 4.0 grading scale.
Moore, daughter of Ms. Celia Moore of Lewisburg, is a graduate of Greenbrier East High School in Fairlea.
Fighting Orangemen visit Daily News office
Recently, the Fighting Orangemen Journalism Club of Ronceverte Elementary toured the West Virginia Daily News office.
Frank Spicer, publisher, gave the students an informative presentation concerning the daily operation and procedures used in publishing a local paper. Shag Walton also discussed his role as the photo processor at the paper.
The Fighting Orangemen are sponsored by Kathy King, Margaret Hedrick, and Kim Curry. With the guidance of the sponsor, the club published four editions of the Bulldog Gazette. The students write, edit. type and set up the paper themselves.
Thanks to the financial help of the Ronceverte Elementary PTO and Faculty Senate, the Bulldog Gazette is distributed free of charge to all the students at Ronceverte Elementary.
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