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Vol. VI No. 17
July 5, 1990
From the Greenbrier
Valley of West Virginia
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Coles
By Jonathan Wright
Area fans of Lewisburg basket-
ball Star Bimbo Coles waited anx- iously June 27 for the Virginia Tech
player to be selected in the first
change for veteran guard Rory
Sparrow.
A former star of the Greenbr,er
East High School Basketball Team
in Fairlea, Mr Colas recently finished
apPointment that he was not
Selected until the fortieth overall
pick, reactions have been positive.
i'l'm still satisfied, because 1 know
he !1 continue to do better," Mr
J Oles grandmother, Gloria
w°cnnSon, said. "The best thing in the
Orld is that he made the NBA. He
can handle it [the NBA decision].
He's very humble."
Mr Colas had been termed a mid-
to-late first-round choice but was not
Selected untit late in the evening in
the draft proceedings at thlnJaN:b
Javits Convention Center
York City. At 10:47 NBA Vice-Presi-
dent of Operations Rod Thorn an-
nounced the Sacramento Kings had
chosen Mr Coles as the thirteenth
pick in the second round. At 11:15,
hOWever, the Kings traded their
~gnts to negotiate with the Lewis-
o urg player to the Miami Heat in ex-
round of the National Basketball a four-year career at Virginia Poly-
Association (NBA) draft. Despiti~ ~s°.~'~-, technie ~titute and State Unwersity
(Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, estab-
lishing 66 records for the team. In
1988 he played on the United States
Olympic basketball team. He won
honors as the all-time major college
basketball scorer in Virginia and the
all-time leading scorer in the Metro
Conference.
Though expressing disappoint-
ment her great-grandson was not
selected in the first round, Ruth
Grant of Lewisburg said, "1 think
things will go nicely for him. It's a
good opportunity for Bimbo."
Family and friends say the selec-
tion by Miami has advantages --
particularly in keeping Mr Cotes
closer to home, He is expected to
formally sign with the team in Sep-
tember after completing his degree
in hotel and motel management at
Blacksburg this summer.
Facility For National Forest
Under Construction In Spa City
Davis-Stuart School Will Pay
Back Wages To 35 Workers
A complaint filed by a housepar-
~=nt couple against Davis-Stuart, In-
corporated, a Lewisburg facility for
dependent and neglected children,
has been settled. Davis-Stuart will
pay a total of $35,000 in back pay to
35 present and former employees.
Individual payments range from $12
to $2,900.
According to Davis-Stuart execu-
tive director Bruce Robertson, the
settlement is a result of the wording
of a law involving hours and wages.
"The law states that a married
couple working in a facility that pro-
vides education or provides care for
dependent and neglected children,
and who reside at the facility more
than five days a week, are exempt
from the Wage and Hour Law," Mr
Robertson said.
A difference in interpretation by
Davis-Stuart officials led to the
institution's violation of wage proce-
dures. The conjunctton "or" following
the word "education" was interpreted
as "and" by Elizabeth Hallanan
judge for the United States District
Court for the Southern District of
West Virginia.
Associate Regional Solicitor
James Leonard served as judge for
the Wage and Hour Division of the
United States Department of Labor.
Attorney Karen Hamrick of Char-
leston represented Davis.Stuart
The back pay covers the period
from October 1987 to November
1988. The complaint was lodged by
a houseparent couple, whom Mr
Robertson declined to identify, in
January 1987. The Wage and Hour
Division filed its suit in Federal Court
in October 1989.
Baptist Church
Enon Baptist Church has joined the state's anti-litter efforts in the
Adopt-A-Highway Program by agreeing to keep litter free two miles of
Conte Writes
By Chas. A. Goddard
"Entering the grounds of The
Greenbrier, you sense ~mmediately
a place rooted in a time well before
our own. The stately white hotel, the
neat rows of cottages, the spacious
lawns shaded by ancient oaks, all
bespeak a romantic past that contin-
ues to float elusively in the collective
memory of America. In fact, the his-
tory of The Greenbrier cctors the
recollections of not one. but numer-
ous generations as d weaves its
way through the many eras of the
country's past. The purpose of this
book is to tell the stories that have
always surrounded the place, to fol-
low the people who created the re-
sort and those who sustained it, as
well as the many legendary charac-
ters who frequented it over the
years." So writes Doctor Robert S.
Conte in his recently published "The
History of rhe Greenbrier: America's
Resort."
The Greenbrier Hotel, variously
known since the late 18th Century
as Bowyer's Sulphur Springs, The
Old White, The Greenbrier, or sln~-
ply "White Sulphur Springs" has"
played a major role in the develop-
ment of the Greenbrier Valley. Now.
with Doctor Conte's handsome
book, the resort's history is chron-
icled as never before.
Even if you have no parhcular
interest in history, you'll find Doctor
Conte's well-paced and elegant
prose a pleasure to read. His Js as
much a history of our region as it is
of the spa. He traces events from
1778, when a pioneer white woman,
seeking a cure for rheumatism, was
carried on a litter to the spring;
through the bloody Civil War, when
the South was the nation's battle-
h ig hway ~ri ~ a~N~!.,o~l:l~l~F~lN;d~ol;d. Trio Joe, at ~#~n for g r O u n d ;. n t o t h i S C e n tu r y w h e n
world-renown politicians and enter-
tainers came to The Greenbrier for
rest and relaxation (and, of course,
to be seen).
Photographs, drawings, illustra-
tions, and maps (many in color)
adorn all but nine pages of Doctor
Conte's 178-page book. Images
from the past, frozen in time, are
beautifully reproduced. The printers,
located in Canada, did their work
masterfully. The lay-out and design
of the linen-bound, gold-stamped
the project is Reverend Jim Anderson, who said the church group
will make its second litter pickup beginning July 18, which will be the
2nd of three (3) general litter pickups the group will make in a one
year period. There are plenty of two-mile stretches still waiting to be
adopted by civic, church, fraternal, youth and business groups.
The Department of Highways has furnished safety vests, trash bags
and trucks to haul the bagged trash. Plastic gloves will be furnished
by the Department of Natural Resources.
In addition, the Department of Highways will place signs at each end
of the adopted section with the name of the Enon Baptist Church.
For additional information or application form for adopting a section
of highway, contact Maxine Scarbro, Administrator, Office of Conser-
vation Education and Litter Control, West Virginia Department of
Natural Resources, Charleston 25305, or telephone 348-3370.
Author Robert S. Conte
volume is crisp, clean, and a delight
to look at. Doctor Conte's writing
mirrors the excellent visual presen-
tation. Whether he is telling you
about the resort's earliest days, or
describing the visits of Debbie Rey-
nolds and Eddie Fisher or the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor, Doctor
Conte speaks with authority, preci-
sion, and a deep understanding of
his subject.
Robert S. Conte was appointed
historian at The Greenbrier Hotel in
1978. He established and maintains
the resort's archives and is the cura-
tor of the Presidents' Cottage Mu
seum. He conducts tours of the his-
toric buildings and grounds at The
Greenbrier for guests and has be-
come a well-known personality at
the resort.
A native of San Jose, California,
Doctor Conte received his under-
graduate training in history at Santa
Clara University and earned a doc-
torate in American Studies from
Case Wester~ Reserve Uni,~ersity.
He is a member of the Organization
of American Historians and serves
on the Board of D~rectors of the
Humanities Foundation of West Vir-
ginia. He and his wife Betsy live in
Monroe County.
The History of The Greenbrler:
America's Resort. By Doctor Robert
S. Conte. Published for The Green-
brier by Pictorial Histories Publishing
Company, Charleston. 178 pp. $25.
Available locally at The Greenbrier
newsstand, White Sulphur Springs
and The Open Book, Lewisburg.
Theater
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Garden Patch. ........... , ...... 7A
Home Accent ........... , ..... 11A
Horoscopes ................... 12A
Joyof Farming ................ 8A
Obituaries ...................... 10A
Opinion ,.,: ......... , ...... ,,..... 4BI
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New News Is
Good News
What's Your Sign? Just for fun
you will find a full week's Horoscope
on Page 12-A.
~str~J~t~°n/s "on schedule'' for the new White Sulphur Springs
buildin., i- "g r Office of the Monongahela National Forest. The new
w = tOcated on t I Fish Hatcher near
U.S. Hi-h- he grounds of the Federa " Y
inform'Y, ~way 60. It Will contain a library/conference room, visitor
The 4 ,~,~n services area, break room, offices, and a reception room.
,vuu square feet of floor space will be four times that of the
present facilities in the U The
laro..er ~,=r .......S. Post Office Building on Main Street.
homes ar..KJngLarea Will provide easier access for travelers in motor
bUdnet =,,u mose towing campers and trailers. Federal li0e-item
the ;e=m°n),e.s of $352,819 are fundino the Droject. Completion of
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s is expected by late autumn.
Bailey Tyler brings you news of
the Greenbrier County Board of
Education meetings. With consolida-
tion a big issue throughout the state,
you'll want to take a look at Ms Ty-
ler's column on page 4-A.
"Sleeping Beauty" will wake up at
Carnegie Hall July 20 when
America's largest touring marionette
company, The Vagabond Puppet
Theater, will perform at 7 p.m.
Summertime and the feelin' is
easy. Read about summer sports
activties on page 1 -B
Ronceverte church folks go to
South Carolina to help the needy.
See story on page 2-B.
Tommie Jean Cockrell wins the
first Judith Baker Memorial Award at
Lewisburg Intermediate School. Her
story is on page 6-B
Sponsored by the Greenbrier
Valley Arts and Humanities Council
(GVA&H), "Sleeping Beauty" will last
about 45 minutes and then will be
followed by a demonstration of pup-"
petry and staging techniques. "The
performance will combine classical
music, beautiful period sets and
costumes, handcrafted marionettes,
and the wizardry of professional
puppeteers," according to Larry
Davis, president of GVA&H:
Set in a magical, medieval time
and enriched by the music of
Tchaikovsky, "Sleeping Beauty" pro-
vides all the elements that make a
classic tale come alive. All types of
puppets, marionettes, rod puppets,
and hand puppets will be used. This
adaptation tells the tale from the
handsome Prince's point of view. He
learns of the beautiful Princess
Aurora's plight and he takes action!
Other characters are Magus the
mentor; Princess Aurora's parents,
King Florizel and Queen Miranda,
the wicked Grendal, and the good
Fairies of the sun and Moon. The
show includes a lot of humor, sus-
pense, and excitement.
"Vagabond Puppet Theater's
headquarters are in Marietta, Geor-
gia, and this summer's tour marks
their twenty-fifth year. Their tours
take them to 26 states east of the
Rockies and to foreign countries,"
Doctor Davis said.
Tickets are $1 and will only be on
sale at the door starting one hour
before the performance.
GVA&H is a group of local resi-
dents who promote the graphic and
performing arts by occasionally
underwriting the costs of art shows,
lectures, and performances.
The organization was founded by
Jeanne Coyne of Lewisburg and the
late Mildred Keefe. Both ladies were
instructors at Greenbrier College for
Women which closed in 1972.
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