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2533. Navy Man Performing on 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

Caption on back of photograph reads: "John Winchcoll, the "Old Timer", and Lois Mae Nolte, singing mistress of ceremonies, have been with the "Musical Steelmakers" series from the start. Winchcoll, an auditor with the company, is a veteran employee, who was chosen as representative of the typical Wheeling employee. Miss Nolte, though only 19, has been on the show in all its seven years, first as one of the Steel Sisters, later as a soloist."

2534. 'The Old Timer' John Winchcoll and Lois Mae Nolte, Host and Performer on 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

From left to right: Margaret June, Betty Jane, and Janet Jean.

2535. The Evans Sisters, Singers on 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

Denver and Benny Cook are pictured together in front of a wire fence.

2536. Cook Brothers on Surveyor's Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Front row is Murvel and Juanita Lilly. Back row, from left to right, is Nancy Lilly, Virgie Lilly, Denver Cook and Lula Cook.

2537. Members of Lilly and Cook Family at Surveyor's Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

Lilly pictured with a hand gun strapped to his belt and bottle in his hand.

2538. Ernest Lilly at Ellison Ridge, W. Va.

Murvel "Jack" Lilly, Juanita E. Lilly, and Nancy L. Lilly pose together for a picture. To the right, in the background, is their grandmother, Lula M. Cook.

2539. Lilly Children at Surveyor Branch, Summers County, W. Va.

View of the old, boarded-up home located on Leatherwood Road.

2540. Murvel L. Lilly's Old Home, Summers County, W. Va.

Caption on back of photograph reads: "Here are the Evans Sisters at the microphone, harmonizing a number for listeners to the "Musical Steelmakers". Betty Jane, left, is a receptionist for the company. Margaret June was recently crowned "Miss Steelmaker 1944". Janet Jean, right, age 15, is the youngest member of the trio."

2541. Evans Sisters at Microphone, Harmonizing a Number for Listeners to Musical Steelmakers

Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Shown seated at the piano during a rehearsal of the "Musical Steelmakers", heard Sundays on the Blue network at 5:30 pm, e.w.t., is Margaret June Evans, eldest member of the three Evans Sisters, vocal trio heard during each broadcast of the program. Miss Evans, whose father has worked for the sponsoring company as a steel roller for 29 years, was recently crowned "Miss West Va." by Carl C. Wayman, Commander of the nation's first American Legion Post, located in Wheeling."

2542. Margaret June Evans, Performer on 'It's Wheeling Steel', Seated at Piano

2543. Musical Steelmakers Orchestra Performing on 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

Front row, from left to right, is Piney M. Lilly, Grace B. Lilly, Ernest L. Lilly, and Edward P. Lilly.Pictured in the back row is Thomas W. Lilly, Mary E. Lilly, and her son, Blake Farley.

2544. Lilly Family in Blue Jay, W. Va.