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A picture postcard of the Stephenson Home in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

7681. Stephenson Home, Parkersburg, W. Va.

'James McNeil Stephenson Home built 1852, 'Oaklands.' Now Parkersburg 7th Street. See Parkersburg Sentinel June 27, 1939.'

7682. Stephenson Home, Parkersburg, W. Va.

'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.'

7683. Towboat Pilot Evelyn Elaine Cook, New Martinsville, W. Va.

'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.'

7684. Home of Samuel Mullett, Doolin Run, Wetzel County, W. Va.

'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.'

7685. Pilot Melba Gorby Beard of New Martinsville, W. Va.

'Front row - left to right: Bessie Weller, Violet Mae Creamer, Louise Smith, Betty Horner, Jean Cavalier, Mary Paxton Jones, Helen Moller, Lola Mae Van Meter. Second row - left to right: John Hendricks, Mary Alice Fraley, Jane Bartles, Annis Mason, Mary J. Frances, Osbourn, June Richardson, Ruth Blackford, William B. Snyder, Jr. Last Row - left to right: Harry L. Snyder III, George Mason, Robert Knott, Paul McCarty, John Van Tol.'

7686. Shepherdstown High School Graduates

7687. Graduation Day at Shepherd College

'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.'

7688. Pilot Melba Gorby Beard of New Martinsville, W. Va.

7689. Graduating Class in Cap and Gown, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

None of the subjects are identified.

7690. Storer College Summer School Graduates

'Melba Gorby (1907-1987) in 1931 in her flying outfit. Age 24.'

7691. Gorby, Melba of New Martinsville, W. Va.

7692. Storer College Summer School Graduates