Volume 35, Number 1

On the cover: Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), photographed by Bernard Cyrus on Montgomery Ridge, Wayne County. Gerald Milnes’ story about Bernard Cyrus begins on page 10.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Education and the Arts

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Division of Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Kim Johnson,
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

A.C. Designs
Publication Design

Spring 2009

3 Letters from Readers

7 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

8 Current Programs * Events * Publications

10 The Natural World of Bernard Cyrus

By Gerald Milnes

18 West Virginia Orchids

20 “Pure Entertainment”
Wallace Horn and the Friendly Neighbor Show

By Carolyn Harmon

26 Buster the Bluegrass Kitty

By Carl E. Feather

28 Night Riders On the Air

By Linda Myers Browning and Donna McGuire Tanner

30 Cough Drops and Mother’s Day

By Dr. C. R. Thomas

31 “I Wish I Could Remember Her Face”
Searching for Ethel Anders

By Joy Gilchrist-Stalnaker

36 Weston State Hospital

38 Top Score
Morris Harvey’s George King

By Bob Kuska

44 “Moonfixer”
Basketball Pioneer Earl Lloyd

By Michael Hawkins

48 The Family Man of Jordan Creek

By Junior D. Hayes and Barbara L. Hayes

54 Koolwink Motel
The American Dream in Romney

By Carl E. Feather

62 West Virginia Back Roads
Driving a Bargain on Route 50

By Carl E. Feather

64 2008 Liars Contest

68 Vandalia Time!

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