Volume 26, Number 2

Dr. Patrick W. Gainer was a prominent educator, folklorist, and scholar from Tanner, Gilmer County, who founded the West Virginia State Folk Festival in 1950. This portrait was made by son Patrick A. Gainer in 1974.

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

Department of Arts, Culture and History
Renay Conlin, Commissioner

John Lilly, Editor

Pat Love
Assistant Editor

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

Anne H. Crozier
Designer

Summer 2000

2 Letters from Readers

5 GOLDENSEAL Goodbyes

6 Current Programs, Events, Publications

9 Celebrating West Virginia Men

10 The First Father's Day

By Thomas Koon

12 Rex Harper: My West Virginia Dad

By Sheldon Harper

19 "Coach": A Visit with Bill Weber

Interview by Gene Ochsendorf

25 One With Nature:

Mountain Man Coy Fitzpatrick

By Jim Wilson

31 A Lasting Impression:

Recalling Printer Ken McClain

By Mariwyn McClain Smith

38 Cass: A Short History

By Philip V. Bagdon

42 "Hell's Acre": A Visit to East Cass

By Philip V. Bagdon

45 Robert S. Hickman:

Keeping the Company Store

By H. William Gabriel

47 Frank Edwin Mower:

Keeping Cass Alive

By H. William Gabriel

50 "Let's Keep It Traditional":

West Virginia State Folk Festival Turns 50

By Bob Heyer

58 Dr. Gainer: Folk Festival Founder

By Paul Gartner

60 Old Sweet Springs:

A Lewis Family Legacy

By Rody Johnson

66 Doodle Was a Tough Old Bird

By Larry Bartlett

68 Films on West Virginia and Appalachia

71 Vandalia Award 2000