Towboat Pilot Evelyn Elaine Cook, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Description:
'Evelyn Elaine Cook, 1926-1989. Clarington now claims the youngest feminine pilot on the Ohio in the person of Evelyn Elaine Cook, 13, a high school freshman. She is known from Steubenville to Marietta as the pilot of the small towboat Rescue, owned by her father, boat builder and river man Charles Cook.'
Home of Samuel Mullett, Doolin Run, Wetzel County, W. Va.
Description:
'Samuel Mullett's Home Built in 1894, Doolin Run, Wetzel County, West Virginia. Left to Right-Eunice Cross, Emma Cross, Bertha Mullett, William Mullett, Harry Mullett. Front: Jesse Mullett, Wilbert Kocher.'
Pilot Melba Gorby Beard of New Martinsville, W. Va.
Description:
'Melba Gorby Beard, 1907-1987. This photo of Melba in her plane was probably taken at the time she visited her hometown of New Martinsville, West Virginia in the 1930's and had the great adventure with her cousin, Mary Louise Gorby.'
Pilot Melba Gorby Beard of New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1935
Description:
'Melba Gorby Beard with her plane, and the coveted Amelia Earhart Trophy, won at the 1935 National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio. She still flies (in 1979) a similar plane to antique airplance events.'
Flood Water on Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
'One of the 1930-40's floods on Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, West Virginia. The Postlethwaite house and garage are in foreground, and 714 Maple Avenue is behind. The floodwaters are not on Postlethwaite pooch, but 714 porch and living area are covered. The McColloch family lived here at this time.'
Gorby Brothers Grocery Store, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
'Gorby Brothers Grocery Store, early 1900's. Located on the south side of North Street near Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, West Virginia. Left to right: unknown, Charles Thomas Gorby behind horse's collar, unknown (in back), Front: unknown, William Edward Mullett, unknown, Kersey Jesse Gorby, George Ira Gorby.'
Gorby Brothers Grocery Parade Float, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1931
Description:
'Gorby Brothers Grocery parade float depicting delivery methods over the years. Shown are a wheelbarrow 1901-1903; horse and wagon 1903-1914; and truck 1914+. The float was built on the store truck.'
Grocery Delivery During Flood, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
'Charles T. Gorby on porch above Gorby Brothers store fills a grocery order by lowering a bucket which has been added to the photograph. Jesse K. Gorby lived his last years in the apartment to the left of the upper porch; From a photograph in the Wetzel County Historical Museum.'
Craig's Chapel Church near New Martinsville, W. Va.
Description:
'Craig's Chapel Church is located on a bypassed loop of West Virginia State Route 7 about 1 1/2 miles east of the State Route 7 and 20 junction four miles east of New Martinsville, West Virginia. The cemetery is to the left of the church in this view. William Gorby, his daughter Amanda and her husband Josephus McCullough are buried here.'
'The building on the right housed a merry-go-round. No longer standing. Site of Gorby Reunions in the 1930's. Note streetcar tracks in front of pavilion. The trolley connected New Martinsville, Paden City, Sistersville and Middlebourne before the highways connected the towns. W. Va. Rte. 2 replaced the trolley tracks in the foreground.'
'Late 1940's flood picture taken from the porch of the Gorby home at 663 Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, W. Va. Maple Avenue is 6-8 feet beneath the boat. My sister Martha; Sam McColloch has the oars; and Aunt Mary Louise Gorby in the far end. The rowboat belonged to the Gorby Bros. store. It had many uses during the floods from delivering groceries, moving the store stock and furnishings, and taking us to the church to help move the church furniture. When the work was finished, there was time to row around town and explore where everything familiar was submerged. Then later, the cleanup would begin. It was a big adventure for the children but not for the adults.'
