'Two beat up old automobiles with Indiana license plates are parked at the corner of High Street and Kirk Street' in Morgantown, W. Va. One bears a sign which reads 'I may be old but I can still get hot. Behind the automobiles, Richard Restaurant can be seen.
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1929
Description:
'Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1929
Description:
'Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.'
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1929
Description:
'Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.'
Charlotte Harr, RN, Hopemont Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1929
Description:
'Aunt Lottie' pictured. Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va
Portrait of Sallie McGinnis Bible Class at the Methodist Temple, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1929
Description:
From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 459, vol. 2. In book: "(From left to right) First row: Mrs. Robert Higgins; Miss Thelma Brown; Mrs. Sallie McGinnis; Mrs. Keith. Second row: Mrs. Barella; Mrs. Myrtla Arnett (Rothrock); Mrs. Blankenship; Mrs. Wade Hull; Mrs. Mary J. Starr; Mrs. Andrew Bailey; Mrs. T. J. McGinnis; Mrs. R. E. Turner. Third row: Mrs. Ruby French Tinsley; Mrs. Jake Lares; Mrs. W. B. Fisher; Mrs. M. O. Bright; Miss Annie Platt; Mrs. E. C. Hern; Miss Zone Sherrad; Mrs. Frank Hamlin; Mrs. Russie Gore Williams; Mrs. E. F. Cooper; Mrs. O. . Harrald. Fourth row: Mrs. H. J. Thorne; Mrs. W. R. Snead; Mrs. C. L. Phipps; Mrs. Tobin Stover; Mrs. Jess Blake; Mrs. John Davis; Miss Fannie Reed; Mrs. J. A. Brubeck; Mrs. Fannie Wheatley. Fifth row: E. F. Cooper (teacher); Rev. Charles A. Slaughter (pastor); Mrs. Charles A. Slaughter; Mrs. Thelma Wetzel; Mrs. Rosetta Flint; Mrs. Erie Williams; Eugene G. Larrick; Henry Keyser" (p. 459).
