Volume 30, Number 4

On the cover: Handmade folk toys from the Mountain Craft Shop in Proctor, Wetzel County. Our Story about toymaker Dick Schnacke begins on page 10. Photograph by Michael Keller.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Bob Wise, 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

Winter 2004

2 Letters from Readers

9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

10 Whimmydiddles and FlipperDingers

A Visit with Toymaker Dick Schnacke
By Catherine Moore

18 “I Am in a Swell Place Now”

Early McDowell County Postcards
By Jean Battlo

24 Eyewitness

Marie Robinette of Matewan
By Dallas H. Jude

30 The First Picture Show in Chapmanville

By John JJ Ward

32 “Seventh Heaven”

Saturday Night at the Sagebrush Round-up
By Carl E. Feather

38 Bill Murray

A Round-up Original
By Carl E. Feather

42 Little John Graham and Cherokee Sue

A Radio Love Story
By Carl E. Feather

48 “Sounds of Home”

Songwriter Dorsey Wiseman
By Carl E. Feather

54 “Lifting as We Climb”

Charleston Woman’s Improvement League
By Ancella Bickley

60 West Virginia Back Roads

Friendly Glass, Glowing Memories
By Carl E. Feather

62 Current Programs*Events*Publications

64 Mountain Music Roundup

By John Lilly

67 GOLDENSEAL 2004 Index