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1. West Virginia Centennial Exhibit Train, Morgantown, W. Va.

Nurses show the first babies born in 1963, West Virginia's Centennial Year.

2. Nurses With Centennial Babies, Morgantown, W. Va.

'Charleston, West Virginia--$100 ham and bacon will be served at the Pioneer Breakfast on Statehood Day, June 20th, at the Rose City Cafeteria on Lee Street in Charleston. The State of West Virginia will be 100 years old on June 20th and the Centennial Commission hopes all citizens sharing the same birth date will join in the festivities planned for the breakfast. A full course breakfast will be served from 7 til 9 a.m. and there will be entertainment and prizes for the guests. Committee in charge includes, reading left to right, Bob Phillips and Juanita McCollam, co-chairmen of the event; Adj. General Gene Hall Williams and Grover Waybright, Jr. Both Mrs. McCollam and Adj. General Williams celebrate their birthdays on June 20th. Reservations may be made, or tickets for $1.00 purchased, from the Centennial Commission, 1608 Kanawha Boulevard, E. Charleston, West Virginia.'

3. Pioneer Breakfast, Charleston, W. Va.

Reproduction of a postage stamp from the 1960s, from West Virginia.

4. West Virginia Centennial Commemorative Postage Stamp

Pleasant Creek Methodist Church was organized in 1800 when Mr. land was donated land for the building.  The church was later rebuilt several times until the current structure was completed in 1903

5. Church at Pleasant Creek, Barbour County, W. Va.

Little Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1803.

6. Little Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Belington, Barbour County, W. Va.

Little Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1803.

7. Front of Little Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Belington, Barbour County, W. Va.

8. Elk Chapel Methodist Protestant Church, Overfield, Barbour County, W. Va.

9. Green Hill Methodist Church, Elk District, Barbour County, W. Va.

This church was organized in 1850.  The present church was built in 1883.

10. Talbott Methodist Church, Barbour County, W. Va.

11. Mt.Tabor Baptist Church, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Mt. Zion was organized in 1835. This church was built in 1838.

12. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W. Va.

This building on West King Street of Martinsburg "is the second building on this same plot of land; this building was built in 1913 -- the educational building seen on the rear of the church edifice was built in 1925. The stone building seen in the right of the photo was purchased in 1925 by the church.  This stone building has been here for many years and has a long history of use by many businesses."

13. First Baptist Church, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W. Va.

This Friends (or Quakers) church was built in approximately 1796

14. Middle Creek Friends Meeting House, Arden, Berkeley County, W. Va.

15. Bunker Hill Presbyterian Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

This Episcopal Church was organized in 1853

16. Christ's Church, Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The Methodist Episcopal church was organized between 1841 and 1847

17. Methodist Episcopal Church, Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, W. Va.

This church was founded by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in 1740.

18. Tomahawk Presbyterian Church, Tomahawk, Berkeley County, W. Va.

19. Gerrardstown Methodist Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The Greensburg Evangelical United Brethren Church was founded in 1850.

20. Greensburg Evangelical United Brethren Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

Mt. Zion Episcopal was organized in 1817-1818. It was previously called Hedges Chapel.

21. Mt. Zion Episcopal Church, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, W. Va.

St. Mark's was organized in 1844, but was previously known as First M.E. Church.

22. St. Mark's Methodist Church, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, W. Va.

The episcopal church was founded in 1843

23. Trinity Episcopal Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.

Martinsburg First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1824. The current building was dedicated in 1903.

24. First Presbyterian Church, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W. Va.