Gallery: Do you remember? -- Dec. 19, 2011

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Fairland plays against South Point in a high school basketball game, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Fairland plays against South Point in a high school basketball game, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Fairland plays against South Point in a high school basketball game, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Fairland plays against South Point in a high school basketball game, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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The first one on the left is Dorothy McClure (thanks to Robin Chandler Wilks). The second lady Dorothy (Mrs. Basil) Brangham (thanks to Ken Reffeitt). The middle lady is retired music teacher Janice Chandler Gold (thanks to Gold's daughter, Robin Chandler Wilks). The fourth lady is unidentified so far. The lady on the far right is Maureen Roberts, according to Anita Farrell. "She was a member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church," she said. "Her husband, Clyde, was a pharmacist."

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Mrs. George Ballard and an unknown man look at books, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Mrs. George Ballard and an unknown man look at books, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Walter Lewis was born in Lithuania in 1885, according to a newspaper article published the day after his death April 13, 1970. He came to the United States as a child and lived for several years in Texas before moving to Huntington in 1908. Lewis established a chain of furniture stores in Huntington as well as in other West Virginia cities and in Ohio and Kentucky. He was well known as a Huntington financier and real estate developer.

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Walter Lewis was born in Lithuania in 1885, according to a newspaper article published the day after his death April 13, 1970. He came to the United States as a child and lived for several years in Texas before moving to Huntington in 1908. Lewis established a chain of furniture stores in Huntington as well as in other West Virginia cities and in Ohio and Kentucky. He was well known as a Huntington financier and real estate developer.

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Executive board of the Guyandotte Baptist Association, according to the box. Date is unknown. The woman on the left is Beverly Petit Griffith, wife of the Rev. Bryce W. Griffith, who was the pastor of First Guyandotte Baptist Church from 1959 to 1966. Thanks to her son, David Griffith, for the identification.

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Members of the Woman's Club of Huntington and guest speaker Jim Comstock. He was the owner/editor of The West Virginia Hillbilly paper in Richwood, W.Va., said Col. Robert Hanger. "He was a very close friend of mine and known as 'Mr. West Virginia,' " he said. "I still have quite a few editions, as I was a contributing writer from 1961-1974. The ladies are holding an edition of his paper. He looked like this when I featured him on my 'Neighbors' TV show on WHTN-TV in 1956-1958. We remained friends, and I booked him on many speaking engagements in Virginia in the mid- to late-1960s, out of Charlottesville." Comstock died in 1996 at the age of 85.

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Members of the Woman's Club of Huntington and guest speaker Jim Comstock. He was the owner/editor of The West Virginia Hillbilly paper in Richwood, W.Va., said Col. Robert Hanger. "He was a very close friend of mine and known as 'Mr. West Virginia,' " he said. "I still have quite a few editions, as I was a contributing writer from 1961-1974. The ladies are holding an edition of his paper. He looked like this when I featured him on my 'Neighbors' TV show on WHTN-TV in 1956-1958. We remained friends, and I booked him on many speaking engagements in Virginia in the mid- to late-1960s, out of Charlottesville." Comstock died in 1996 at the age of 85.

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March of Dimes coffee, hosted by Mrs. J.C. (Maris) Coda, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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March of Dimes coffee, hosted by Mrs. J.C. (Maris) Coda, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Hostesses for the shower of Carol Ann Stewart, according to the box. At left is Mercedes Moore, and at right is her daughter, Susan Moore, according to Richard McCoy.

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Hostesses for the shower of Carol Ann Stewart, according to the box. At left is Mercedes Moore, and at right is her daughter, Susan Moore, according to Richard McCoy.

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Quota Club Bosses Night Dinner Committee, according to the box. Date is unknown. The lady second from left is the late Sally Kenaston, according to Anita Farrell.

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Quota Club Bosses Night Dinner Committee, according to the box. Date is unknown. The lady second from left is the late Sally Kenaston, according to Anita Farrell.

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Officers of the Huntington High School Future Teachers Club, from left, Sue Wright, Sharon Gaddy and Mary Ann Myers. The photo is in the 1961 HHS yearbook, according to Tom T-Bone Baker.

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Officers of the Huntington High School Future Teachers Club, from left, Sue Wright, Sharon Gaddy and Mary Ann Myers. The photo is in the 1961 HHS yearbook, according to Tom T-Bone Baker.

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Monroe Elementary School string instrument group. The man on the right of the stage is Leland Arnold, according to Jack W. Dennis. "He was Henry Shadwell's assistant for several years, taking over the Cabell County band program after Shadwell died," he said. Shadwell, along with Charles Gorby of South Charleston and Carl McElfresh from Logan High School, started the West Virginia Band Festival in May 1936. Thanks also to Paul Fulks for the information.

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Monroe Elementary School string instrument group. The man on the right of the stage is Leland Arnold, according to Jack W. Dennis. "He was Henry Shadwell's assistant for several years, taking over the Cabell County band program after Shadwell died," he said. Shadwell, along with Charles Gorby of South Charleston and Carl McElfresh from Logan High School, started the West Virginia Band Festival in May 1936. Thanks also to Paul Fulks for the information.

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Ted Barr and members of the Terrace Mothers Club according to the box. Date is unknown. The lady on the left is Phyllis Romine, according to Anita Farrell. "She's a retired teacher," she said. "Her husband, Chuck, is a retired State Farm agent. He also served in the W.Va. House of Delegates." As for Barr, his public service began in 1949 for the Huntington Police Department. He retired in 1972 as a captain. He then served as the Cabell County sheriff for eight years. He was a Cabell County commissioner for 12 years before getting voted to the Cabell County Board of Education in 2000. He also was the president and founder of Barr & Associates, a private investigator service. He died Dec. 1, 2009, at age 81.

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Ted Barr and members of the Terrace Mothers Club according to the box. Date is unknown. The lady on the left is Phyllis Romine, according to Anita Farrell. "She's a retired teacher," she said. "Her husband, Chuck, is a retired State Farm agent. He also served in the W.Va. House of Delegates." As for Barr, his public service began in 1949 for the Huntington Police Department. He retired in 1972 as a captain. He then served as the Cabell County sheriff for eight years. He was a Cabell County commissioner for 12 years before getting voted to the Cabell County Board of Education in 2000. He also was the president and founder of Barr & Associates, a private investigator service. He died Dec. 1, 2009, at age 81.

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Charles J. Richmond (with his wife, Joyce) became the minister of the Farmdale Church of Christ at Barboursville in February 1961.

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Charles J. Richmond (with his wife, Joyce) became the minister of the Farmdale Church of Christ at Barboursville in February 1961.

The first one on the left is Dorothy McClure (thanks to Robin Chandler Wilks). The second lady Dorothy (Mrs. Basil) Brangham (thanks to Ken Reffeitt). The middle lady is retired music teacher Janice Chandler Gold (thanks to Gold's daughter, Robin Chandler Wilks). The fourth lady is unidentified so far. The lady on the far right is Maureen Roberts, according to Anita Farrell. "She was a member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church," she said. "Her husband, Clyde, was a pharmacist."