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1. West Virginia Centennial Exhibit Train, Morgantown, W. Va.

Nurses show the first babies born in 1963, West Virginia's Centennial Year.

2. Nurses With Centennial Babies, Morgantown, W. Va.

'Charleston, West Virginia--$100 ham and bacon will be served at the Pioneer Breakfast on Statehood Day, June 20th, at the Rose City Cafeteria on Lee Street in Charleston. The State of West Virginia will be 100 years old on June 20th and the Centennial Commission hopes all citizens sharing the same birth date will join in the festivities planned for the breakfast. A full course breakfast will be served from 7 til 9 a.m. and there will be entertainment and prizes for the guests. Committee in charge includes, reading left to right, Bob Phillips and Juanita McCollam, co-chairmen of the event; Adj. General Gene Hall Williams and Grover Waybright, Jr. Both Mrs. McCollam and Adj. General Williams celebrate their birthdays on June 20th. Reservations may be made, or tickets for $1.00 purchased, from the Centennial Commission, 1608 Kanawha Boulevard, E. Charleston, West Virginia.'

3. Pioneer Breakfast, Charleston, W. Va.

New Bethel Methodist Church was organized between 1784 and 1786.  The church burned in 1942.  The church then met in the community hall until August 1948. Money was raised and the present stone church was dedicated in 1948.

4. New Bethel Methodist Church, Good Hope, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1847. It is located 2 miles from Big Wheeling Creek at Sand Hill.

5. Sand Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1812.  The current church was built in 1867.

6. Harmony Baptist Church, Southside, Mason County, W. Va.

The church was first organized in 1854, this building was be dedicated in 1963.

7. Wadestown Methodist Church, Wadestown, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1849.  The current building was erected in 1908.

8. Blacksville Baptist Church, Blacksville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church assembled in community members' homes before a building was built.  In 1900 the community erected the frame church.  It has since been replaced with a newer building.

9. Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Morgan District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Established in 1838, the church is one of the oldest organizations in the Kanawha Valley.

10. The First Baptist Church of Buffalo, Buffalo, Putnam County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1835.

11. Methodist Church, Buffalo, Putnam County, W. Va.

The church was established in 1856 by church goers who wanted a church of their own and separate from Point Pleasant Church.

12. Buffalo Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, Putnam County, W. Va.