Echoes of the Past: Governor Honors Clingman As “Distinguished West Virginian”

1924– 100 Years Ago

The New Kind Of Lumber

Boards 900 feet long are the miracles of the new synthetic lumber. Boards 900 feet long are made daily at mills near New Orleans out of bagasse, the waste fibre of sugar cane. The new lumber is flawless. It has no knots, no sap, no cross-grains, no irregular edges, no variation in strength, width or thickness. It does not decay. It is weatherproof. It has the insulation value of cork, which cuts down the fuel bill and makes homes cool in summer and warm in winter.

Only Five Lynchings

There were only five lynchings in the United States for the first six months this year,  ”the lowest for the first six months of any of the 40 years during which the record has been kept,” it was announced by the department of records and research of Tuskegee Institute. The five lynchings were divided as follows: Florida 2; Georgia 2, South Carolina 1.

Among The Moonshiners

M. Nicely of Richwood is being held for hearing before U. S. Commissioner Fitzwater at Charleston on the charge of having a 120 gallon still 300 gallons of mash, 119 gallons of moonshine whiskey, one 12 gauge shotgun, one 32-20 pistol and one small 9 m. m. shotgun. He was arrested on Coal (sic) Knob, Greenbrier County.

1949 – 75 Years Ago

Plans For Egg Plant

Final plans for the establishment of the egg cooperative plant at Ronceverte have been approved. The board ordered the manager, George B. Irons, to secure two grading machines from Ohio, and go ahead with preparation for handling broilers, along with egg grading at the plant.

Baseball

The first half of the schedule of games of the Greenbrier Valley Baseball league resulted in a tie between Rainelle and Quinwood. The two teams will meet under the lights at Island Park in Ronceverte to decide the champion.

Large Rattler

Harold Gillespie and Clyde Scott on Monday killed a rattle snake near Hopper Siding that measured 43 inches in length and over three inches in circumference. It had only a few rattlers.

1974– 50 Years Ago

Inquiry Finished

The House Judiciary Committee has finished judging Richard Nixon and has called for his impeachment, trial and removal from office for three alleged high crimes against the government he heads.

Aide Sentenced

John D. Ehrilichman, formerly President Nixon’s No. 2 aide, was sentenced to 20 months to five years in prison today for conspiracy and perjury in the Ellsberg break-in case.

Union Gets Repeal

The West Virginia Civil Liberties Union (WVCLU) has won a procedural fight to have the state’s abortion laws repealed on grounds they violate the U. S. Constitution. On a 3-2 decision, the state Supreme Court granted a temporary injunction which, in effect, prohibits the prosecution of physicians performing abortions on women during their first three months of pregnancy.

1999– 25 Years Ago

GVT Kicks Off Fund Campaign

Lewisburg’s most dramatic treasure is about to take on a new life. Recently featured as one of the prime reasons Lewisburg was highlighted in The Best 100 Small Towns In America by John Villani, Greenbrier Valley Theatre officially announced the kick off of the Raise The Roof Campaign, a capital campaign to raise funds to complete the renovation of its downtown Lewisburg building. The goal is to raise 1.1 million new dollars for the final stage of building renovations to the former Leggett’s department store.

Lewisburg Boy Scouts Head In Different Directions

Boy Scouts from Lewisburg’s Troop 70 headed in different directions in July. Following ten hours of classroom training and four practice drives to obtain basic open water scuba diving certification, nine boys and two adult leaders left for Isla Morada in the Florida Keys, site of the Boy Scout High Adventure Sea Base. Fifteen boys and two adult leaders flew to Iceland for a week at the Iceland National jamboree, preceded by a week of hiking to view glaciers, volcanoes, geothermal streams and pools, mud pots and geysers.

Governor Honors Clingman As “Distinguished West Virginian”

Governor Cecil H. Underwood presented Gwen Clingman with a Distinguished West Virginian award. Clingman’s Meat Market is the longest-lived continuously operating business in the city. In awarding the certificate, the governor also mentioned Clingman’s interest in and concern for the students at the nearby West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

DISCLAIMER: The articles in Echoes of the PAst are printed in their entire original form, including typos.

The post Echoes of the Past: Governor Honors Clingman As “Distinguished West Virginian” appeared first on West Virginia Daily News .