Meet The West Virginia Governors
By The W. Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
By The West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
West Virginia has had 25 governors since it became a state in 1863, including 13 Democrats and 12 Republicans, according to the State Industrial and Publicity Commission.
“Wood County leads the State with four chief executives,” said the Commission, “three each for Kanawha and Marion counties, two for Fayette and Hampshire, one one each for Upshur, Greenbrier, Ohio, Preston, Monongalia, McDowell, Harrison, Randolph, Raleigh, Wyoming and Tyler counties.”
The Commission listed Arthur Ingram Boreman as the State’s first Republican governor and John Jeremiah Jacob as the first Democratic chief executive.
“Seven governors were born outside of West Virginia, including Arthur Boreman, who was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; William Dawson in Bloomington, Maryland; William Marland in Johnson City, Illinois; William MacCorkle in Lexington, Virginia, and Albert Blakeslee White in Cleveland, Ohio,” the Commission added.
It listed John Jeremiah Jacob of Hampshire County as the last governor under the first West Virginia constitution to serve a two-year term, and Henry Mason Mathews of Greenbrier County, as the first governor under the second constitution to serve a four-year term.
“Arthur Boreman was the only chief executive of West Virginia to serve six years in office, or three two-year terms, while Daniel T. Farnsworth served the shortest period with a term of five days,” the Commission added.
Here are the governors of West Virginia—25 of them—as recounted by the State Industrial and Publicity Commission:
Arthur Boreman (R), Daniel Farnsworth (R), William Stevenson (R), John Jacob (D), Henry Mathews (D), Jacob Jackson (D), Emanuel Wilson (D), Aretas Fleming (D), William MacCorkle (D), George Atkinson (R), Albert White (R), William Dawson (R), William Glasscock (R), Henry Hatfield (R), John Cornwell (D), Ephraim Morgan (R), Howard Gore (R), William Conley (R), Herman Kump (D), Homer Holt (D), Matthew Neely (D), Clarence Meadows (D), Okey Patteson (D), William Marland (D), and Cecil Underwood (R).
Widen Relief Committee
The October meeting of the Widen Relief Committee was held at the offices of Elk River Coal & Lumber Company on Friday, October 24, 1958, with Billy Facemire, Carl Young, Joe Truman, James Triplett, and Lloyd Butcher, Jr., representing the employees, and H. L. Beattie, E. R. Ketchka, Scott Williams, and Darrell Wood representing the company.
There was no change in the list of retired men and $100 each for the month of November was approved for Press Greathouse, Allen Hamric, Preacher Craft, Big Charlie Borash, Dod Neal, Nick Subrick, Walter McElfresh, Sam Hamlin, James R. Collins, Jink Lykins, Nim Woods, George Bowers, Frank Crider, Leo Capalba, Tom Ratliff, Bill Patton, Norman Rogers, Marvin Houghton, Ernie Starcher, Slim McDivitt, Willie Gibson, Byrne Wilson, Steve Felix, Harrison Rapp, Everett Vaughan, Ira Eagle and Joe Boggs.
Disability cases carried over from last month consisted of those of Richard Kelly, Herbert Thorne, Robert Perkins, Clarence Miller, J. A. McKinney, J. B. Holcomb, Ophie Hall, Theodore Johnson, Ardie Cox, Cecil Adkins, Bud Craft, and Curtis Morgan, of whom only the last named was able to return to work during the month. New cases approved were Earl Given and John Hutchison, both of whom are already back at work and John Chapman, James Haygood, and Mack Ellis, all of whom were still off at the end of October. Applications by Clarence Stover and Kermit Hughes were not approved because they were off less than one week from the date of application for assistance.
Survivors’ assistance was approved for the dependent surviving members of the families of Ellis Strickland, Lee Acree, Cliff Atchinson, Bing Gibson, Dewey Asbury, Omer Wilson, Jim Rhodes, Fred Hoover, Theodore Griffith, Ova Casto, Ervin White, Clyde Graham, Everett Butcher, Early Gibson Tate Steele, Ivory Carter, Hale Dobbins, Stanley Pauza, Sullivan Woods, John B. Friend, Ellery Nicholas, Cecil Rose, Jeff McTheny, George Strickland, Randall Strickland, Woody Igo, Chelsie Bowers, George Johnson, Oscar Adkins, Bill Ray, Lanty Facemire, Don McCoy, Earl Hall, Marvin Shaffer, Hamilton Given, Everett Adkins, Okey Davis, Wade Dodrill, and Billy Ashley.
In addition to the cases at Charleston General Hospital, medical and hospital bills were approved at Charleston, Clarksburg, Clay, Clendenin, Cowen, Dunbar, Gassaway, Montgomery, Philippi, Richwood, St. Albans, Summersville, Sutton, and Webster Springs, W. Va., and Westbury, N. Y., for 208 employees, 15 of whom also received either retirement or disability benefits this month. Several small bills for one employee were not approved because they were incurred more than one year prior to the date they were submitted to the committee and one larger bill was not approved because of the circumstances that made the hospitalization necessary. This was a case in which a severe beating reported to have been administered to a woman by her husband (an employee eligible for relief benefits) resulted in her being admitted to a hospital for extensive treatment and surgery. The committee by unanimous action refused payment in this instance.
Leaving one or more dependents off the exemption list for income tax purposes is one thing. Leaving them off your dependency card is another. When it comes time to pay income tax, all your dependents may be claimed. When it comes time to claim benefits, only those listed on your card can be considered. Be sure your card is correct and up to date.