Gallery: Do you remember? -- Dec. 12, 2011

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Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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A crowd gathers to watch firemen fight the Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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A crowd gathers to watch firemen fight the Rash's Bootery fire in 1961, according to the box. The shoe store was next to the Keith-Albee in the 900 block of 4th Ave. Today, the space is occupied by the Old Village Roaster.

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Wendell "Dez" Reynolds, left, editorial page editor of the Advertiser, accepts a check for $350 after winning first place in a statewide contest on ways to improve West Virginia's economic picture. This photo appeared in the Feb. 6, 1961, Advertiser. John J. Foster, right, presents the check. Foster was a member of the Logan Coal Operators Association, director of the West Virginia Coal Associated and retired vice president of the Island Creek Coal Company. Reynolds retired June 23, 1972, after 50 years of service to the Huntington Publishing Company. He worked as a reporter, telegraph editor, city editor and managing editor until he took over the editorial page in 1956. He died Sept. 9, 1988, at the age of 90.

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Wendell "Dez" Reynolds, left, editorial page editor of the Advertiser, accepts a check for $350 after winning first place in a statewide contest on ways to improve West Virginia's economic picture. This photo appeared in the Feb. 6, 1961, Advertiser. John J. Foster, right, presents the check. Foster was a member of the Logan Coal Operators Association, director of the West Virginia Coal Associated and retired vice president of the Island Creek Coal Company. Reynolds retired June 23, 1972, after 50 years of service to the Huntington Publishing Company. He worked as a reporter, telegraph editor, city editor and managing editor until he took over the editorial page in 1956. He died Sept. 9, 1988, at the age of 90.

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Ceredo-Kenova High School hosts for representatives of state colleges, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Ceredo-Kenova High School hosts for representatives of state colleges, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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From left, Vinson High School student Don Harvey, C.H. Jackie McCown and Principal Wayne B. Curry (thanks to Betsy Cotton for the identification). The date is between 1958-1961. McKown, from Wayne County, was a West Virginia Senator from 1941-56 and 1959-72. He is the father of Dr. Charles McKown, former dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Thanks to Ralph Turner, Ken Reffeitt and Dick Strode for the information.

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From left, Vinson High School student Don Harvey, C.H. Jackie McCown and Principal Wayne B. Curry (thanks to Betsy Cotton for the identification). The date is between 1958-1961. McKown, from Wayne County, was a West Virginia Senator from 1941-56 and 1959-72. He is the father of Dr. Charles McKown, former dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Thanks to Ralph Turner, Ken Reffeitt and Dick Strode for the information.

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From left, Vinson High School student Don Harvey, C.H. Jackie McCown and Principal Wayne B. Curry (thanks to Betsy Cotton for the identification). The date is between 1958-1961. McKown, from Wayne County, was a West Virginia Senator from 1941-56 and 1959-72. He is the father of Dr. Charles McKown, former dean of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Thanks to Ralph Turner, Ken Reffeitt and Dick Strode for the information.

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Oley Junior High School students throw a birthday party for beloved coach Bill Shriner. Shriner began his career with young people in 1949. His philosophy was evident in a card he would often carry, according to a 1999 article in The Herald-Dispatch. It read, "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove -- but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." Shriner was the executive director of the Boys Club of Huntington when it was formed in 1958, the first such club established in West Virginia. He was named to the Huntington Wall of Fame, and was a teacher at Guyandotte Elementary and Oley Elementary and Junior High, a school counselor at Oley and Huntington East, coach and job placement coordinator from 1949 through 1986 when he retired. Shriner died Sept. 17, 2001, at the age of 79. Thanks to Jim Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information. The boy at left is Robert Dillon (thanks to Ellen Vanhoose Washburn, who says the photo is from 1961. The girls were cheerleaders, and the boys were on Oley Junior High's basketball team). The lady second from right is Nancie Cunningham Midkiff (thanks to her daughter Jody Cline for the identification). According to Anita Farrell, the girl on the far right is Jackie Bernard, who went on to be Miss Marshall around 1968. "She married Huntington boy Tom Krieger, who had completed West Point," she said. "He later went to WVU Law School and was in the Jenkins-Fenstermaker firm here till he retired several years ago. I believe they live in North Carolina now. Jackie met The Mary Kay of Mary Kay cosmetics when Tom was stationed out west and literally brought the product to West Virginia when Tom was in law school." According to Jim Mitchell, the student directly behind Shriner is James "Jim" Jordan.

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Oley Junior High School students throw a birthday party for beloved coach Bill Shriner. Shriner began his career with young people in 1949. His philosophy was evident in a card he would often carry, according to a 1999 article in The Herald-Dispatch. It read, "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove -- but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." Shriner was the executive director of the Boys Club of Huntington when it was formed in 1958, the first such club established in West Virginia. He was named to the Huntington Wall of Fame, and was a teacher at Guyandotte Elementary and Oley Elementary and Junior High, a school counselor at Oley and Huntington East, coach and job placement coordinator from 1949 through 1986 when he retired. Shriner died Sept. 17, 2001, at the age of 79. Thanks to Jim Casto and Ken Reffeitt for the information. The boy at left is Robert Dillon (thanks to Ellen Vanhoose Washburn, who says the photo is from 1961. The girls were cheerleaders, and the boys were on Oley Junior High's basketball team). The lady second from right is Nancie Cunningham Midkiff (thanks to her daughter Jody Cline for the identification). According to Anita Farrell, the girl on the far right is Jackie Bernard, who went on to be Miss Marshall around 1968. "She married Huntington boy Tom Krieger, who had completed West Point," she said. "He later went to WVU Law School and was in the Jenkins-Fenstermaker firm here till he retired several years ago. I believe they live in North Carolina now. Jackie met The Mary Kay of Mary Kay cosmetics when Tom was stationed out west and literally brought the product to West Virginia when Tom was in law school." According to Jim Mitchell, the student directly behind Shriner is James "Jim" Jordan.

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Cammack Elementary School Mardi Gras hats, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Melissa Adkins Young, in the top row, third from the left is Linda Schurman and fourth from the left is Shauncie Curnutte. On the bottom row, third from left is Andrea Thabit.

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Cammack Elementary School Mardi Gras hats, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Melissa Adkins Young, in the top row, third from the left is Linda Schurman and fourth from the left is Shauncie Curnutte. On the bottom row, third from left is Andrea Thabit.

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YWCA new board members, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Ken Reffeitt, the woman standing second from left is Irene Williamson.

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YWCA officers, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Ken Reffeitt, the woman seated third from left is Lorena George.

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YWCA officers, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Ken Reffeitt, the woman seated third from left is Lorena George.

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New Pilot Club members, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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New officers for Delta Zeta sorority, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Susan Wheeler, Nancy Shoemaker Eplin is the last person on the right seated in the front row. "She was a home economics teacher at Barboursville Jr. High and later a counselor at Barboursville High School," Wheeler said. "She was married to Ozell Eplin (who passed away several years ago). She lives in the Barboursville area." According to Paula Smith, the woman seated in the middle is Georgann Hanna.

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New officers for Delta Zeta sorority, according to the box. Date is unknown. According to Susan Wheeler, Nancy Shoemaker Eplin is the last person on the right seated in the front row. "She was a home economics teacher at Barboursville Jr. High and later a counselor at Barboursville High School," Wheeler said. "She was married to Ozell Eplin (who passed away several years ago). She lives in the Barboursville area." According to Paula Smith, the woman seated in the middle is Georgann Hanna.

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Shower for Miss Patty Wingfield, according to the box. Date is unknown. From left, her mother, Sally Wingfield, Patty Wingfield, unknown, Mrs. H.H. Rogers (Louisa). "These were members of our church, Beverly Hills Methodist," said Robin Chandler Wilks.

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Shower for Miss Patty Wingfield, according to the box. Date is unknown. From left, her mother, Sally Wingfield, Patty Wingfield, unknown, Mrs. H.H. Rogers (Louisa). "These were members of our church, Beverly Hills Methodist," said Robin Chandler Wilks.

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Orthopedic Hospital Bible class, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Orthopedic Hospital Bible class, according to the box. Date is unknown.

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Shower for Mrs. Richard Lucas (seated on the floor), according to the box. At left is Judy Slagle (now Muth), and seated on the floor is Maureen Patrick (now Woolsey). Thanks to Judy McCormick for the identifications.

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Shower for Mrs. Richard Lucas (seated on the floor), according to the box. At left is Judy Slagle (now Muth), and seated on the floor is Maureen Patrick (now Woolsey). Thanks to Judy McCormick for the identifications.

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The Woman's Club of Huntington junior department dance committee, according to the box. Date is unknown. on the right is Dorothy McClure, who is still a member at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. Thanks to Anita Farrell and Robin Chandler Wilks for the information.

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The Woman's Club of Huntington junior department dance committee, according to the box. Date is unknown. on the right is Dorothy McClure, who is still a member at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. Thanks to Anita Farrell and Robin Chandler Wilks for the information.

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Workers demolish the Huntington Memorial Hospital at 6th Avenue and 1st Street (where Food Fair is now) on Feb. 5, 1961. With Huntington's current status as a regional center for medical care, it's hard to imagine that the first hospital hereabouts didn't open until 21 years after the city was founded, and in an old schoolhouse at that. But it wasn't long until hospitals began popping up everywhere. One of them was the Kessler Hospital and Sanitarium, which was founded by Dr. A.K. Kessler and housed in a fine stone structure at 4th Avenue and 5th Street. The property was turned over to Mount Hope Hospital when Kessler moved to this facility at 6th Avenue and 1st Street. After Dr. Henry D. Hattfield, a former West Virginia governor, joined the staff in 1917, it became Kessler-Hatfield Hospital. Later, the business was known as Memorial Hospital, which closed Aug. 13, 1958. It was razed in February 1961 to make room for a shopping center.

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Workers demolish the Huntington Memorial Hospital at 6th Avenue and 1st Street (where Food Fair is now) on Feb. 5, 1961. With Huntington's current status as a regional center for medical care, it's hard to imagine that the first hospital hereabouts didn't open until 21 years after the city was founded, and in an old schoolhouse at that. But it wasn't long until hospitals began popping up everywhere. One of them was the Kessler Hospital and Sanitarium, which was founded by Dr. A.K. Kessler and housed in a fine stone structure at 4th Avenue and 5th Street. The property was turned over to Mount Hope Hospital when Kessler moved to this facility at 6th Avenue and 1st Street. After Dr. Henry D. Hattfield, a former West Virginia governor, joined the staff in 1917, it became Kessler-Hatfield Hospital. Later, the business was known as Memorial Hospital, which closed Aug. 13, 1958. It was razed in February 1961 to make room for a shopping center.

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Cabell County Courthouse poll workers receive training, according to the box. It was possibly taken before the 1958 election, according to Richard Tyson, whose brother Gerald "Jerry" Tyson is standing third from the left. The man standing fourth from the left, pointing to the machine, is Cabell County Clerk Keith L. Arthur (thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identification). The lady standing fifth from the left is Gwen Shimp, wife of WSAZ broadcaster Bert Shimp (thanks to Martha Ingersoll for the identification). The man at right is Gus Kinzel (thanks to his daughter Kim Kinzel Dunfee for the identification).

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Cabell County Courthouse poll workers receive training, according to the box. It was possibly taken before the 1958 election, according to Richard Tyson, whose brother Gerald "Jerry" Tyson is standing third from the left. The man standing fourth from the left, pointing to the machine, is Cabell County Clerk Keith L. Arthur (thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identification). The lady standing fifth from the left is Gwen Shimp, wife of WSAZ broadcaster Bert Shimp (thanks to Martha Ingersoll for the identification). The man at right is Gus Kinzel (thanks to his daughter Kim Kinzel Dunfee for the identification).

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At left is Cabell County Circuit Clerk R. E. Lee Taylor, who is drawing numbers to correspond to names on the potential jurors list. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identification. According to the box, the other two men are C.L. Cavendish and H.O. Dunfee. Date is unknown.

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At left is Cabell County Circuit Clerk R. E. Lee Taylor, who is drawing numbers to correspond to names on the potential jurors list. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the identification. According to the box, the other two men are C.L. Cavendish and H.O. Dunfee. Date is unknown.