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Gallery: Do you remember? -- Jan. 30, 2012

Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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January 30, 2012 @ 12:45 PM

We have a treasure trove of old negatives and photos at The Herald-Dispatch. Some of the images, we know. Others, we have no idea.

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We are scanning the negatives and photos and running some of the photos in the newspaper.

These photos were from a box of 4x5 negatives. The box is marked 1961.

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Marshall University plays St. Francis University (Loretto, Pa.) on Feb. 11, 1961. Marshall won, 91-70. According to Don Jones, #50 is Bob Burgess and #42 is Phil Carter. "Also on that team were Sonny Allen, Micky Sydenstricker and Bill Francis, among others," he said. "The team was coached by Jules Rivlin and went 10-13. Burgess was drafted by the New York Knicks and played pro ball in Europe. Allen went on to be a college coach."

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. At right is Willard Harrison, an employee of the Herald-Dispatch who is now deceased (thanks to Larry Legge for the identification).

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. At right is Willard Harrison, an employee of the Herald-Dispatch who is now deceased (thanks to Larry Legge for the identification).

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Huntington Publishing Company Beatnik Dance. Standing at left is Clarence Knapp (then of the composing room, later of the computer room). The man seated in the foreground (with his right hand on the chair and the left on a table holding a cup) is "Mo" Levine of the composing room. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identifications.

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Charley Snyder, left, and Wilson Latham. Snyder is a former head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd, 1959–1967. Latham is in the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame. He played football from 1958 to 1960. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. Thanks to Jim Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.

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Charley Snyder, left, and Wilson Latham. Snyder is a former head coach of the Marshall Thundering Herd, 1959–1967. Latham is in the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame. He played football from 1958 to 1960. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. Thanks to Jim Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information.

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. This person is Bud Waugh, according to Mack Kilgore. "He was an excellent boxer from Huntington in the 1960s. He is the owner of RT Champs Club on Madison Avenue in west Huntington."

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. You made my Monday!! My father is in one of the photo's. At left is Ron Frye, who died in 1995 (thanks to his son Rick Frye for the identification).

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The man in the middle of the photo was "Speed" Layman, according to Doug Bess. "I never did know his real name. He used to visit my grandfather Bill Bess mostly in his workshop at his home on 925 8th St.," he said. "Mr. Layman, I believe, was a boxer, but I don't know that for sure. I wish I had taken more interest in those things back then. The Golden Gloves sure brings back memories for me, as both my grandmother and grandfather were heavily involved with promoting it for a number of years." At right is Johnny Clark of Westmoreland (thanks to Paul Fulks for the identification).

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. At right is Ottie Adkins, according to his cousin Chuck Runyon. "Ottie was a national runner up a couple of times, I believe," he said. "He became police chief, was county sheriff and just retired from the tax assessor's office."

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The man taking the boxer's blood pressure is possibly Dr. Folsom, a local pediatrician, said Ken Reffeitt.

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Golden Gloves boxing tournament registration. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. According to Dr. Rick Booth, the man at right is Dr. John Bates, a foot doctor who was a longtime referee at the Golden Gloves.

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Boy Scout Troop 29 sets up a camp on the lawn of the Cabell County Courthouse. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Boy Scout Troop 29 sets up a camp on the lawn of the Cabell County Courthouse. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Carl S. Blankenship's 74th birthday party. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Carl S. Blankenship's 74th birthday party. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Officers for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (the nation's largest organization of Greek Americans). The lady second from left is Barbara Diniaco, according to Vickie Perry of Westfield, Ind. "The man in the middle with the bow tie is Denvil Chandler (who may have been mayor at the time)," said Ken Reffeitt. Thanks to Reffeitt and Jim Casto for the information. The man third from right is Mr. Martin, the owner of the old Martins Restaurant on 4th Avenue (thanks to Mary Rose for the identification).

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Officers for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (the nation's largest organization of Greek Americans). The lady second from left is Barbara Diniaco, according to Vickie Perry of Westfield, Ind. "The man in the middle with the bow tie is Denvil Chandler (who may have been mayor at the time)," said Ken Reffeitt. Thanks to Reffeitt and Jim Casto for the information. The man third from right is Mr. Martin, the owner of the old Martins Restaurant on 4th Avenue (thanks to Mary Rose for the identification).

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Mrs. R.C. King and friends. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. The lady in the back is Lula Barnett, according to her grandson Don Monway.

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Mrs. R.C. King and friends. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. The lady in the back is Lula Barnett, according to her grandson Don Monway.

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From left, Mrs. J.P. Hamer, Mary Annese Bartram and Mrs. Joe Hamer , all of Kenova. The Hamer women were sisters-in-law. Both are now deceased. Their husbands owned and operated the J.P. Hamer Lumber Company in Park Circle, Kenova.

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From left, Mrs. J.P. Hamer, Mary Annese Bartram and Mrs. Joe Hamer , all of Kenova. The Hamer women were sisters-in-law. Both are now deceased. Their husbands owned and operated the J.P. Hamer Lumber Company in Park Circle, Kenova.

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"This is definitely a precinct polling place with the five election officers -- note registration book for the precinct (open) and the slips for keeping track of the number of voters, etc.," said Ken Reffeitt. "It must be a general election (not a primary) as there is only one poll slip book (white). In the primaries, the two parties' poll slips were of different colors (pink and blue)."

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United High School Press new officers. The lady in the middle of the front row is Ruth Sutherland. She was typing teacher at Ceredo-Kenova High School in the 1950s and 1960s and was sponsor of the school newspaper, The Sentinel. She is now deceased. In the front row at right is Betty Nichols, an English teacher at Huntington High School who was the adviser for the school newspaper, The Tatler. She died in January 2011 (thanks to Richard McCoy and Susan Wheeler for the identification). The site of the photo appears to be the Science Hall auditorium at Marshall, said Ken Reffeitt.

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United High School Press new officers. The lady in the middle of the front row is Ruth Sutherland. She was typing teacher at Ceredo-Kenova High School in the 1950s and 1960s and was sponsor of the school newspaper, The Sentinel. She is now deceased. In the front row at right is Betty Nichols, an English teacher at Huntington High School who was the adviser for the school newspaper, The Tatler. She died in January 2011 (thanks to Richard McCoy and Susan Wheeler for the identification). The site of the photo appears to be the Science Hall auditorium at Marshall, said Ken Reffeitt.

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Irvin Dunfee. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Irvin Dunfee. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Huntington Police officers investigate a shot-up car. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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Huntington Police officers investigate a shot-up 1954 Chevrolet (thanks to Samuel Januszkiewicz for the car information). The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside. At left is Wilton "Red" Turner. In the center is Paul Harvey. Thanks to Paul Harvey for the identifications.

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Huntington Police officers investigate a shot-up car. The negative was found in a box with 1961 written on the outside.

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