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15529. Railroad Men on Speeders at Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad, Webster County, W. Va.

'Old bridge built in 1835 in Background.'

15530. Old Covered Bridge and New Bridge Over Cheat River, Route Number 50, Preston County, W. Va.

Old bridge built in 1835, Camp Dawson.

15531. Old Covered Bridge and New Bridge Over Cheat River, Route Number 50, Preston County, W. Va.

15532. Darus Bolyard Farm House, Preston County, W. Va.

A lady is standing on the front steps of the J.W. Watson, Feetwell, Wilhelm House in Kingwood, West Virginia. 'J.W. Watson house, now owned by Feetwell, corner of Tunnelton Street in Kingwood. Home also of Judge Wilhelm in his later years.'

15533. J. W. Watson, Feetwell, Wilhelm House, Kingwood, W. Va.

'A select group at Teacher's Institute at Webster Springs, W. Va.  Then called Addison.  Picture was in the Webster Echo on May 24th, 1978.'

15534. Teacher's Institute, Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.

'First Sunday School and Church held in Webster County, W. Va.  Wm Gregory, class leader and Sunday School superintendant in 1833.  Addison Hite, circuit rider minister.  Owned by Commission of Archives & History, Inc. for United Methodist Church of W. Va.  See Webster Echo 5/18/83; Sampson Miller Annals of Webster County, p. 192.'

15535. First Sunday School and Church in Webster County, W. Va.

15536. Class Photo Webster Springs Public School Class with Their Teacher Mrs. Ella Nancy White, Webster County, W. Va.

'Wayne All Steel Body, Model 4360.  Length 23'9'', width 95'', inside height 67''.  Boy is installed on GMC, Model T-33 chassis, 234'' wheelbase.  Special equipment features include:  1. Genuine leather upholstery, 2. #1569 book racks, 3. #1513 window guard rails, 4. Special lettering.'

15537. Webster County School Bus Number 6, Webster County, W. Va.

'In 1969 a group representing Webster Springs Grade School sang 'The Webster County Hills' in the pavilion of the Point Mountain Reunion.  This was the first time a school was represented at the annual meeting.  Front row, left to right: William Gregory, Gloria Miller, Debra Hamrick, Michael Gregory, Jeffrey Cochran, Jack Cochran.  Second Row:  left to right: Mrs. Winnie Belasco, Vickie Hamrick, Kathy Adams, Karen Hamrick, Vickie Williams, Diana Marsh, Adola Cogar, Martha Schrader, Susan Cummings, Principal Walter Hall, Miss Virginia Dyer played for the group.  Thomas B. Bickel wrote the lyrics.  Gordon T. Hamrick took the photo. --Berlin B. Chapman.  The Annual Point Mountain Reunion in Webster County exemplifies an important organization in central West Virginia.  It began in 1928 and was known as the 'Hamrick-Gregory Reunion.'  For decades hundreds of people have assembled for visiting and for a program featuring local talent.  There is a pavilion, monument, and well-kept grounds.  it is an all-day meeting with picnic dinner, held on the fourth Sunday in August.  'The Webster County Hills' is in Sampson N. Miller, Annals of Webster County, pp. 370-371.  See also, Mayme H. Hamrick, The Hamrick and Other Families, pp. 107-109.  Trophies are awarded to the senior lady; senior gentleman; couple longest married; and to the party coming the greatest distance to the reunion.  See 'The Call of the Ole Elk Country', S. N. Miller, Annalls, pp. 372-373.  This picture is in Webster Echo, 3/27/85, page 19.  A copy of photo was presented to Principal Walter Hall, ibid, 5/13/70.' Part of the lyrics for the song the children are singing are as follows:  'Where the gray fox and the red give the hunting dogs a chase, and the rabbit runs so swiftly that he always leads the race.'

15538. Webster Springs Grade School Sing at the Point Mountain Reunion, Webster County, W. va.

15539. Collins, John O.'s Portrait , Preston County, W. Va.

Pictured left to right; Lynne Taylor, Nelda Gilmore and RoseAnn Carrico, 1967, Preston County, W. Va.

15540. Buckwheat Festival Queen and Court, Kingwood, Preston County, W. Va.