'Nathan Goff, Sr. (center), H. G. Davis (seated right), Jacob C. Beeson (standing right), Joseph Bell (seated left), Richard P. Camden (standing left)'
Members of the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia
Date:
1872
Description:
'1. Samuel Price - President; 2. Samuel Woods; Jas. S. Wheat; 4. Evermont Ward; 5. Benjamin F. Martin; 6. D. D. Johnson; 7. William K. Pendleton; 8. James M. Jackson; 9. Nicholas Fitsugh; 10. A. F. Haymond; 11. Charles J. Faulkner; 12. John Blair Dodge; 13. J. A. Robinson; 14. J. M. Hagens; 15. Charles W. Ferguson; 16. William W. Miller; 17. John S. Thompson; 18. D. A. Roberts; 19. J. M. Byrnside; 20. Benjamin Wilson; 21. Alexander Campbell; 22. William H. Travers; 23. William McCreery; 24. Joseph Snyder; 25. W. A. Morgan; 26. George O. Davenport; 27. Isiah Bee; 28. James D. Armstrong; 29. Thomas Maslin; 30. J. H. Atkinson; 31. A. J. Powell; 32. Septimus Hall; 33. Thomas Ferrell; 34. Lemuel Stump; 35. M. A. Staten; 36. U. N. Arnett; 37. John Bassel; 38. Jepitha Randolph; 39. B. W. Byrne; 40. William B. Brown; 41. J. F. Harding; 42. William Prince; 43. George H. Moffett; 44. W. G. H. Gore; 45. William D. Pate; 46. W. T. Willey; 47. John T. Pearce; 48. B. H. Lurty; 49. A. Monroe; 50. William Haines; 51. John A. Warth; 52. B. Jackson; 53. Charles Kantner; 54. A. W. McClearly; 55. Henry M. Matthews; 56. H. A. Holt; 57. D. H. Leonard; 58. James Calfee; 59. Edward B. Knight; 60. Thomas R. Park; 61. A. Cushing; 62. Thomas Thornburg; 63. Jas. M. Pipes; 64. Fontain Smith; 65. David A. Paul; 66. J. W. Gallagher; 67. A. H. Thayer; 68. Charles O. Boggs; 69. H. M. Dickenson; 70. Hanson Criswell; 71. Lewis Allen; 72. D. D. T. Farnsworth; 73. Charles Waggoner; 74. Okey Johnson; 75. J. N. B. Crim; 76. Logan Osbourn; 77. J. P. Strickler; 78. Unidentified; 79. B. H. Butcher; 80. B. A. Galligan; 81. Unidentified; 82. Unidentified; 83. A. J. Cunningham; 84. D. J. Wetzel; 85. Unidentified'
United States Consul to Mexico, David Hunter Strother in Group Portrait at Tivoli De San Cosme, Mexico
Date:
1885/07/04
Description:
Martinsburg, West Virginia native David Hunter Strother was appointed Consul to Mexico by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. The photograph was taken in the gardens called Tivoli De San Cosme at Espiritu Santo, Mexico. Strother is front and center with the white, flowing beard.
Governor A. B. Fleming With Family and Friends, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1890/10/15
Description:
Front Row Left to Right: Mrs. Woolfe; Edd Knight; James Ewing; Miss Etta Hayes; Back Row, L to R: Miss Gypsie Fleming; W. D. Payne; S. S. Green; Mrs. S. S. Green; Miss Ida Fleming; Governor A. B. Fleming. The photograph was taken at S. S. Green's house on Broad Street in Charleston, West Virginia
Standing - Congressman William L. Wilson from West Virginia; Seated, right-Congressman Clifton R. Breckinridge from Arkansas; Name of person seated left not readable.
Graduating Class, South Carolina Co-Educational Institute, Edgefield , S. C.
Date:
1899
Description:
Artist Neta Blanche Lazzell from Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia is seated front row, second from the left. Others identified, left to right, front row: Abner J. Asbill, Johnston,S. C.; Blanche Lazzell; unidentified student; Lillian Anderson, Hendersonville, S. C. Back Row: unidentified; J. L. Smith; unidentified; Simeon Smith.
'Top Row: No. 1. C. Hirsch, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 2. Harry McLure, The McLure, Wheeling, No. 3. F. G. Warden & Doty Hotels, Newark, Ohio. No. 4. Homer Smith, Phoenix Hotel, Pt. Pleasant, W. Va. No. 5. Geo. Stamm, Stamm Hotel, Wheeling, No. 6. Clark Hamilton, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 7. Harry Adams, Windsor Hotel, Wheeling, No. 8. Lloyd E. Smith, The Blennerhassett, Parkersburg, No. 9. Geo. O. Taylor, President of the Assn., No. 10. C. C. Horton, Pres. Ohio State Hotel Assn., No. 11. The Colonial Hotel, York, Pa. Mr. John E. Williams; 2nd Row: No. 1. Chas. D. Johnston, Webster Springs, W. Va. No. 2. C. E. VanKuren, Wheeling, No. 3. E. B. Potts, Grand Central Hotal, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 4. T. B. Seely, The Traders Hotel, Clarksburg, W. Va. No. 5. E. B. Carney, Windsor Hotel, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 6. L. C. Crump, The Inn, Kenova, W. Va. No. 7. B. S. McLure, The McLure, Wheeling, W. Va. No. 8. Benj. G. Williams, Skinner's Tavern, Fairmont, W. Va. No. 9. F. Melville Lewis, Secty. Ohio State Assn. No. 10. F. B. Tippett, Editor Daily Register, Point Pleasant. No. 11 E. Schmidt, Exchange Hotel, Bellaire, Ohio.'
Summers Family and Neighbors in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1902
Description:
'Charley and Iva Burke Summers in buggy; Sarah Raice, mother of John Wesley Summers wife; John Wesley Summers; Nola Huffman, wife of John Huffman; Phoebe May; John Huffman; Clara Raice, a sister of John Wesley Summers wife; Ira Summers; Fannie Summers; Ernie Simpson; Florence Shahm Nose; Andy Hardsaw; Sadie Pierce; front row: Noren Raice; Harlow Runner; Wade Huffman; J. L. Huffman; Florence Shahm Nose - daughter; Artemis Pierce - on back of horse; Effy Huffman - on horse'
W. W. Tapp, Ada Haldeman, W. P. Samples, N. F. Kendall, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1908/10/29
Description:
Information with the photograph includes "This group was standing in front of Jannett Building (erected by a dentist of that name who later moved to Charleston.) Building in 1940's was bought by an Italian from Clarksburg named Oliverio and named "Professional Building". It was torn down in 1970's to be replaced by Court House annex. Gene W. Ford had law office on front of 3rd floor about 1929."
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Large group of unidentified people, men in left car and women in the right car, pose in train cars while taking the railroad to Blackwater Falls for a picnic.
Top row from left to right: Sidna Allen; Floyd Allen; Claud Allen and Friel Allen, Bottom row from left to right: Wesley Edwards; Sidna Edwards; Victor Allen and Bird Marion. Possibly Randolph County, W. Va.
'This picture was taken of my Sabbath School class December the 1912 Christmas in the afternoon. The log stable back of the group was built from the logs taken from the old Selby School house, built prior to 1844. Willie Board, Superintendent, M. J. Henry, teacher; the names of the class: Joe Fleming, Charles Morison, Dane Pixler, Nelson Shafer, Benny Jolliff, Dimple Lazzell, Clarrissa Jones, Mabel Fields, Bertha Runner, Renna Pixler, Ida Shafer, Ethel Runner, Peril Maxin'
Tunnelton High School Basketball Team, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1919
Description:
'Mr. Judy, Coach and Principal; 1st Row - P. W. Watson, Harley Pyles, Bill Hart; 2nd Row - Charles Clark, James Quinn, Bill Williams; Back - Francis Kelly and Waldo Craig'
The King and Queen of Spain spend a weekend at Polesden Lacey, Dorking, the residence of the Hon. Mrs. Greville. A group of the distinguished guests, including the King and Queen of Spain, Lord and Lady Carisbrook, Lord and Lady Pembroke, The Speaker and Mrs. Lowther, Duchess of San Carlos, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Mrs. Arthur James, Lord and Lady Alastair, Innes-Ker, Colonel the Hon. George Monckton-Arundell, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Horne, Marquis Bandana, Marquis Viana, Mr. Davis (the American Ambassador) and Mrs. Davis, Lord Justice Younger, and the Hon. Mrs. Greville.
Rotary Tacky Party, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1921/09/29
Description:
Possibly taken at the Elks Lodge. Inscribed on the back of photograph; "...Another [party] was held Oct. 28, 1921; Property of Mrs. O. Jay Fleming". Subjects Identified: "1st row - Mrs. Dave Ross, Mrs. Fred Maline, Mrs. Jed Robinson, C. A. Keefer, Mrs. Clyde Turner, Mrs Charles Steel, Mrs. Harry Abbott, Harry Murray; 2nd row: Mrs. Sawyer, Mrs. Clare Batson, Mrs. Bert Anvil, Mrs. C.A. Keefer, Mrs. Harry Murray, Mrs. Lillie Martin Holverstat, Mrs. Tom Carr, Ruth Turner, Esther Murry, Mrs. Tim Scanlon, Mrs. T.W. Engle; 3rd row: Mrs. O. Jay Fleming, Mrs. Holverstat, Unknown, Mrs. Wesley Evans, Francis Jaco, Beatrice Grow , Mrs. Will Hendrickson, Mrs. C. A. Sinsel, Mrs. W. A. Beavers, Jessie Beavers, Clyde Turner; 4th row - Mrs. Tom Barlett, Mrs. Ed Sawyer, Mrs. W. H. Willhide, Mrs. Howard Holt, Mrs. Abbott, Jed Robinson, Dr. S. A. Sinsel, Wesley Evans, O. E. Wyckoff, Rev. Jumbrannon; 5th row - W. H. Willhide, George Jolliffe, O. Jay Fleming, Howard Holt, Harry Abbott, Will Hendrickson, T. W. Engle, W. A. Beavers, Ed Sawyer, Dave Ross, Tim Barlett, Tom Carr, Charles Steel, Sam Jenkins, Prof. L.W. Burner, Tim Scanlon, Fred Maline, Bert Anvil
Guests of Charles Ward on Yacht Madge III, Great Kanawha River, Lock # 6, W. Va.
Date:
1928/10/26
Description:
Guests of Charles Ward at a yacht party. Front Row Left to Right: George E. Sutherland, E.T. Jones, B.G. Smith, Major E.D. Ardery, Col. Harley B. Ferguson, Charles E. Ward, R.P. DeVan, J.S. McKeever, M.M. Eppstein, D.C. Kennedy, R.H. Horner. Back Row Left to Right: George Szepinski, Capt. Mac Wright, L.H. Davis, Frank Conklin, R.I. Grimm, F.B. Duis, W.M. Wiley, Albert J. Dawson, E.M. Merrill, R.H. Morris, C.H. Mead, S.D. Archbold, Owen M. Jones, Major Lester Ridenour. Note: See back of photograph for individual titles and companies.
'Left to right, seated: Maj. Gen. Charles McKinley Saltzman, newly appointed member of the Federal Radio Commission representing the fourth zone; Judge Eugene O. Sykes, representing the third zone; Judge Ira. E. Robinson, chairman, representing the second zone; Harold A. Lafount, representing the fifth zone and William D. L. Starbuck, newly appointed, representing the first zone. Standing, Carl H. Butman, secretary of the commission and Bethuel Webster, general counsel to the Commission. The Federal Radio Commission composed of these men is now in special session considering radio legislation.'
M. W. Ogden with a Group of Prosecuting Attorneys, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1930
Description:
Prosecuting Attorneys since the election of 1892. Front row, Left to right- Charles Powell, George M. Alexander, Scott C. Lowe, Tusca Morris. Back row- Walter R. Haggerty, Frank R. Amos, M.W. Ogden, M.E. Morgan.
M. W. Ogden with a Group of Prosecuting Attorneys, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
1930/08/19
Description:
Marion' County's Prosecuting Attorney's since the election of 1892. Front row, left to right- Charles Powell, George M. Alexander, Scott C. Lowe, Tusca Morris. Back row- Walter R. Haggerty, Frank R. Amos, M.W. Ogden, M.E. Morgan. First five are Democrats, latter three are Republicans.
Division St. Group, City Water Works, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1931/08/31
Description:
Group portrait of the Division Street Group City Water Works, probably in Hinton, West Virginia. No one in the photograph identified. This photograph was purchased by Stephen Trail in Hinton, West Virginia.
Unveiling of Monument to Heyward Shepherd at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1931/10/10
Description:
A group of people, including African-Americans, posing on a viewing stand and a hill. The monument was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Students at the Rosedale School pose for a group photo. Pictured are Joe Hawes, Delvis Reese, Garnet Richards, Margaret Humphreys, May Savage, Sophie Bartylla, Dorothy Savage, Julia Fraze, Ralph Mayles, William Richards, Herschel Champ, Clyde Edgell, Carlos Humphrey, Bruce Savage, Billie Fraze, Henry Hawes, Lucille Lambert, Rosa Fraze, Margaret Lambert, Beatrice Allhiser, Waunita Hawes, Pauline Reese, Charlotte Cathell, and Isabelle Fraze.
Board of Trustees, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Date:
1935/12/14
Description:
25th Anniversary Meeting, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, December 14/ 1935. At the residence of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, No. 2 East 91st St., New York City. Left to right, seated: Alanson B. Houghton, Count Paul Teleki, Count Carlo Sforza, Elihu Root, Austen G. Fox, Charles S. Hamlin, Roland S. Morris, Frank O. Lowden. Standing: George A. Finch, Edward L. Ryerson, Jr., Robert A. Taft, Peter Molyneaux, Mrs. Roswell Miller, Thomas J. Watson, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Nicholas Murray Butler, James Brown Scott, John W. Davis, James T. Shotwell, William Marshal Bullitt, Maurice S. Sherman, MME. Mathilde Perreux, Daniel K. Catlin, Wallace Mck. Alexander, Francis P. Gaines, Malcolm W. Davis, Henry S. Haskell.
Ceremony Honoring S. P. Hullihen , M.D. , D. D. S., Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
The photo was taken at Mt. Wood Cemetery in Wheeling honoring S. P. Hullihen, M.D., D.D.S. (father of Oral Surgery in U. S. ): some attendees in the picture are identified as follows 1) C. Baxter Morris, D.D.S. President W. Va. State Dental Society 2) G. B. Writes, D.D.S., Pres. American Dental Assoc. 3)Edward P. Armbrecht, D.D.S. Chairman Hullihen Day Celebration, City of Wheeling 4)F. N. Carroll, D.D.S., Pres. Wheeling district Dental Society 5)W. D. Giesler, D.D.S., Member of Wheeling District Dental Society.
Kneeling in the front row, from left to right, is PFC Meihold; Private Grewohl; PFC Dunning; and Private Hayes.Standing in the back, from left to right, is Corporal Pop Winn Coxswain; PFC Rottier; Private Hill; CPL Marquez; Private Davis; Private McIntyre; PFC Shumacher; and 1st Lieutenant Davis.
Basketball Team, Athens Knights of Pythias Lodge Number 36, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1936-1937
Description:
'Top Row: Left to Right: Ralph Earl Taylor; Herman Russell Long; J. Kenneth Risky; Joe Baxter Heller; Robert L. Stewart, (Manager); Lower Row: Left to Right: Charles Edwin Baily; Delmar Church; Nelson Gene Livengood, was the high scorer of the team, but was out of town at the time the picture was taken.'
Bottom row, left to right: Parrish, Hawcock, Dr. Hoge, Dr. Wade; Bottom row, left to right: Otey (Pres.), Mr. Claugherty, Foland, Ensly, Cheney, Clagett, Shott and Hoge.
Portrait of the MacDonald Family from Berkeley County, W. Va. The MacDonald family likely acted as a model family for Extension Service advertisements.
'Legal light was not missing at the Tygarts Valley County Club recently when members of the Randolph County Bar association held their annual dinner. Guests included members of the Tucker and Upsher County bars. Pictured in the photograph by Frank Palavido are: First Row - W. W. Barron, Joseph J. Berzito, L. Baker Fowler, A. E. Fiorentino, Bonn Brown all of Elkins; Dean Heironimus, Davis; James H. Coleman, Buckhannon. Second Row - Wayne K. Pritt, Parsons; D. E. Cuppett, Sr., Thomas; former Governor H. G. Kump, Judge A. Jerome Dailey, D. H. Hill Arnold, E. A. Bowers, William Howard, Elkins. Third Row - William P. O'Brien and N. S. Young, Buckhannon; William M. Harmon, Parsons; Ralph See, Elkins; Kelcel M. Ross, Buckhannon; Stanley Bosworth, Henry Higginbotham, F. E. Tallman, Donald K. Crawford, John S. Caplinger and John B. Chenoweth, Elkins. Fourth Row - Jacob S. Heyer, Keith Cunningham and Holt Woddell, Elkins; Dow Jennings, Buckhannon; John Cain, Elkins; Thomas L. Stockert, Lycurgus Hyre and Myron B. Hymes, Buckhannon; Cyrus S. Kump, Elkins.'
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three
Date:
1949/06/13-1949/06/13
Description:
'Sitting, Left to Right: Lt. Colonel A. W. Tyson, USA, Dr. Philip E. Adams, Honorable Louis Johnson, Honorable Stephen Marly, William F. Gibbs, Commander John P. Floyd, USNR; Standing, Left to Right: Lt. Colonel H. L. Conner, USA, Lieutenant (jg) Theodore Hartley, USN, Lt. Colonel Roy L. Kline, USMC, Major Paul Kendall, USAF.'
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three
Date:
1949/06/13-1949/06/20
Description:
'Escorts: Lt. Colonel A. W. Tyson, USA, Major Paul Kendall, USAF; Sitting, Left to Right: Bennett Archambault, Hugh Baillie, John H. Crider, Richard Prentice Ettinger, William Randolph Hearst, Jr., Lee Hills; Standing, Left to Right: Lt. Colonel A. W. Tyson, USA, Dr. Newman Hoopingarner, Theodore F. Koop, Louis LaCoss, Edgar Allen Poe, J. Louis Reynolds, Philip Schiff, William J. Scripps, Dwight Young, T. W. Smith, Jr., Major Kendall, Oscar F. Stauffer'
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three
Date:
1949/06/13-1949/06/20
Description:
'Escorts: Lt. Colonel C. H. Davidson, USAF, Lt. Colonel Roy L. Kline, USMC; Sitting, Left to Right: Carnot R. Allen, Robert Byron, William R. Daley, Don Dunham, Ray C. Ellie, Melville F. Ferguson; Standing, Left to Right: Norman W. Foy, Lt. Colonel Kline, R. C. Simmons, Carl B. Fritsche, C. E. Smith, Henry G. Hotchkiss, Walter Trohan, Vance Johnson, D. C. Turnbull, Jr., G. S. Moore, Lt. Colonel Davidson, John Ed Pearce, DeWitt Wallace, J. Lacey Reynolds, R. G. Rydin'
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three
Date:
1949/06/13-1949/06/20
Description:
'Escorts: Commander John P. Floyd, USNR, Lt. Colonel H. L. Conner, USA; Sitting, Left to Right: Walter Aiken, H. R. Baukhage, Meyer Bernstein, Tams Bixby, Jr., Dr. H. C. Byrd, Harry De Butts; Standing, Left to Right: Commander John P. Floyd, R. MacGruder Dobie, Robert Estabrook, E. J. Forio, Kent Hunter, Julius Klein, James Lucas, Lt. Col. H. L. Conner'
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Number Three
Date:
1949/06/13-1949/06/20
Description:
'Escorts: Commander John P. Floyd, USNR, Lt. Colonel H. L. Conner, USA; Assistant: Lt. (jg) T. R. Hartley; Sitting, Left to Right: Edward H. Martin, John M. McCullough, B. T. Miller, Blair Moody, John O'Donnell, Nelson P. Poynter; Standing, Left to Right: Commander John P. Floyd, Albert E. Schwabacher, Beverly Smith, Clifford S. Strike, George W. Struble, Lt. (jg) T. R. Hartley, Arthur Sylvester, Ray Tucker, Glenn M. White, D. Wilmot, Lt. Colonel H. L. Conner'
A photograph of Governor Patteson (seated) signing a piece of paper, with Eugene Carter (left), President of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, and another man standing behind him.
Terra Alta High School Football Team, Terra Alta, W. Va.
Date:
1950-1951
Description:
In the first row, from left to right, is: Ronald Everly; Charles Glotfelty; Frank Lambert; Richard Fraley; Jim Freeland; Logan Browning; Louis Kelly, Don Groves; Eugene Auman.In the second row, from left to right, is: Lawrence Smith; Bill McCarty; David Metheny; Paul Cooper; Arthur Sisler; Jack Hill; Clifford Lambert; Charles Pilchard; Paul Lewis.In the third row, from left to right, is: Robert Feather (manager); Max Messenger; Robert Brittner; Jim Pifer; Dick Colins; Jim Breeden; Jim Calvert; Ben Brown; Coach Fred C. Carrol.
Terra Alta High School Football Team, Terra Alta, W. Va.
Date:
1950-1951
Description:
Fred Carrol, top left, poses with his football players, including Arthur Sisler (No. 9), Frank Lambert (No. 3), Richard Fraley (No. 18), and Paul R. Cooper, Jr. (No. 17).
1952 Pony League Baseball Team, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Group portrait of Pony League team. Only identified members are Coach Whitey De Moss, standing back row, first on the left and Sprioff, second row, first left.
Association for Student Teaching Banquet, Wesley Methodist Church, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1955/12/01-1955/12/03
Description:
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Dr. Grace Scott, Director, Supervisor's Program, WVU; Dr. Florence B. Stratemeyer, Professor of Education, Columbia University; Mrs. Freda Conway, Head, Department of Education, West Liberty State College; Miss Genevieve Starcher, Supervisor, Bureau of Teacher Certifications and Recommendations, State Department of Education. Top Row, Left to Right: Dr. Eddie C. Kennedy, Director of Elementary Student Teaching, WVU; Dr. Eston K. Feaster, Dean of the College of Education, WVU; Corma A. Mowrey, Director of Professional Services, West Virginia Education Association; Dr. J. Lee Irving, President of the West Virginia Association for Student Teaching; and Mr. Ralph Cunningham, Professor of Education, Concord College.
Members of the W. Va. State Association of Pharmacy, at the Lederle laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, N. Y.
Date:
1955/12/08
Description:
Left to Right: Mr. PhCol [sic], Sales Manager, Lederle; Mr Troxwell, Fairmont, Vice President, West Virginia State Association of Pharmacy (WVSAP); William Dixon, Oak Hill, Secretary WVSAP; State Senator and Member of the State Board of Pharmacy; Mr. Ralston, Weston; J. Ray Fredlock, Morgantown, President WVSAP, 1955-56; Mr. H. R. Ridenour, 2nd or 3rd Vice President of WVSAP; and unidentified woman guide.
Jerry West and High School Basketball Team with Championship Trophy, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:
1956
Description:
Jerry West, pictured holding the trophy, poses with his East Bank High School basketball team after winning the state championship. West led his team as the starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.
![Possibly taken at the Elks Lodge. Inscribed on the back of photograph; "...Another [party] was held Oct. 28, 1921; Property of Mrs. O. Jay Fleming". Subjects Identified: "1st row - Mrs. Dave Ross, Mrs. Fred Maline, Mrs. Jed Robinson, C. A. Keefer, Mrs. Clyde Turner, Mrs Charles Steel, Mrs. Harry Abbott, Harry Murray; 2nd row: Mrs. Sawyer, Mrs. Clare Batson, Mrs. Bert Anvil, Mrs. C.A. Keefer, Mrs. Harry Murray, Mrs. Lillie Martin Holverstat, Mrs. Tom Carr, Ruth Turner, Esther Murry, Mrs. Tim Scanlon, Mrs. T.W. Engle; 3rd row: Mrs. O. Jay Fleming, Mrs. Holverstat, Unknown, Mrs. Wesley Evans, Francis Jaco, Beatrice Grow , Mrs. Will Hendrickson, Mrs. C. A. Sinsel, Mrs. W. A. Beavers, Jessie Beavers, Clyde Turner; 4th row - Mrs. Tom Barlett, Mrs. Ed Sawyer, Mrs. W. H. Willhide, Mrs. Howard Holt, Mrs. Abbott, Jed Robinson, Dr. S. A. Sinsel, Wesley Evans, O. E. Wyckoff, Rev. Jumbrannon; 5th row - W. H. Willhide, George Jolliffe, O. Jay Fleming, Howard Holt, Harry Abbott, Will Hendrickson, T. W. Engle, W. A. Beavers, Ed Sawyer, Dave Ross, Tim Barlett, Tom Carr, Charles Steel, Sam Jenkins, Prof. L.W. Burner, Tim Scanlon, Fred Maline, Bert Anvil](/thumb/039111.jpg "Rotary Tacky Party, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.")
![Left to Right: Mr. PhCol [sic], Sales Manager, Lederle; Mr Troxwell, Fairmont, Vice President, West Virginia State Association of Pharmacy (WVSAP); William Dixon, Oak Hill, Secretary WVSAP; State Senator and Member of the State Board of Pharmacy; Mr. Ralston, Weston; J. Ray Fredlock, Morgantown, President WVSAP, 1955-56; Mr. H. R. Ridenour, 2nd or 3rd Vice President of WVSAP; and unidentified woman guide.](/thumb/030674.jpg "Members of the W. Va. State Association of Pharmacy, at the Lederle laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, N. Y.")
