Volume 32, Number 3

On the cover: Kenova pharmacist Ric Griffith designs and displays more than 3,000 carved jack-o-lanterns, such as this one, each Halloween. Our story begins on page 10, Photograph by Michael Keller.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

BlaineTurner Advertising, Inc.
Publication Design

Fall 2006

2 Letters from Readers

 

6 Current Programs * Events * Publications

 

9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

 

10 3,000 Points of Light

Kenova’s Pumpkin House
By John Lilly

18 Homer L. Wells

Midland Trail’s Mystery Photographer
By Bob Moore

25 Midland Trail Association

26 Townsend’s Barbershop

Shave and a Haircut in Summersville
By Bill Lynch

30 WVU’s Mountaineer

A Mascot with a Mission
By Dan B. Fleming, Jr.

36 Three Years at Three Mile School

Memories of a Calhoun County Educator
By Louie Dawson Snider

41 What’s with These Dawson Names??

By Louie Dawson Snider

42 Tales from the Cells

Recalling the Tucker County Jail
By Tom Felton

48 The Ricottillis of Barbour County

An Italian Family Carries On
By Lori Marie DiBacco

54 Bagpipes in West Virginia

By Gerald Milnes

56 Cabwaylingo State Forest

Bonnie Watts’ Playground
By Carl E. Feather

62 Crum Brothers

Witnesses to the Change
By Carl E. Feather

66 West Virginia Back Roads

A Texas Tradition in Preston County
By Carl E. Feather

68 Films, Videos, and DVD’s about

West Virginia and Appalachia

By Steve Fesenmaier