Volume 31, Number 1

On the cover: The Newell Big Green meet the Gassaway Elks for the 1952 Class B state basketball title. Dominion-News photograph. Our story begins on page 10.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

Troy Body, Commissioner
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

A.C. Designs
Publication Design

Spring 2005

Folklife*Fairs*Festivals 2005

2 From the Editor

3 Letters from Readers

6 Current Programs*Events*Publications

9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

10 When the “Big Green” Rolled

Newell’s Championship Season
By Bob Barnett

18 “Fleetie Belle”

Adventures of a Tucker County Milk Truck
By Tom Felton

24 Young Days on our Stone Lick Farm

By John Cooper

30 Harmony Church

Witness and Worship in Mason County
By Irene B. Brand

36 “Are You Sick?”

Dr. J.W. Myers and his Remedy Company
By Barbara Smith

44 The Myers Clinic

A Family Legacy in Barbour County
By Barbara Smith

46 Three Important Things

Recalling Keith Wolfe of Walton
By Lud Gutmann

52 “Water from Hill to Hill”

Paint Creek Flood of 1932
By Matthew Mitchell

58 West Virginia Back Roads

Dave Cross III
The Coalwood Greeter
By Carl E. Feather

60 2004 Liars Contest

64 Vandalia Time!

Photoessay by Michael Keller

68 Films and Videos on West Virginia and Appalachia

By Steve Fesenmaier