Volume 26, Number 3

Rock art by Earl Ellifritz is displayed at his museum in Rippon, Jefferson County. This piece features a variety of state rocks, including a West Virginia diamond at the center. Photograph by Bob Peak.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
Cecil H. Underwood, Governor

Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Pat Love
Assistant Editor

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

Anne H. Crozier
Designer

Fall 2000

2 Letters from Readers

7 New Books Available

8 Beauty in Rocks:

Earl Ellifritz and His Museum

By Carol Reece

14 Kennedy in West Virginia

By Topper Sherwood

20 Ken Hechler on JFK

Interview by John Lilly

24 "Peace in the Valley":

West Virginia's Singing Doorkeepers

By John Lilly

30"Avery, Dear Avery"

By Florence Lewis Godfrey

36 Fred Layman Saves It All

By Norman Julian

40 Harrison County History

As Fred Layman Sees It

By Norman Julian

44 Otsego:

Remembering a Wyoming County Coal Camp

By David H. Halsey

50 Living in the Quiet Zone

By Belinda Anderson

56 A Spruce Knob Miracle

By Bill Garnetter

66 The Hitchhiking Ghost of Fifth Street Hill

By Joseph Platania

68 Current Programs, Events, Publications