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10-PRESTON
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COUNTY JOURNAL-Wednesday, January 12, 2011-Kingwood, WV
Our first Hospital was built rices.
in 1905, on Court Street. The The next hospital was located
doctor was Emery Stickler. The on the South side of High Street
doctor's office was located on where the church stands today.
the second floor of the Brown Dr. Rankin bought the home of
Building (located at the comer Charles Byme that was built
of Court and Price Street) and around 1797. Remodeled and
he had an overhead walkwaycaUed a hospital, it was not
from his office to the hospital much more than a doctor's of-
in back. His drug store was in rice. He did remove tonsils of
a room on the first floor. The many Kingwood children at this
building that housed the hospi- hospital.
tal is being used today for of- Kerchval Memorial Clinic
January 1
Chelsea Lansberry
January 2
Victoria Long
January 3
Tiffany Goff
Elnora Jennings
Trapper Jennings
Missy Jennings
January 4
Kayla Brown
January 5
Colton Sanders
January 6
Jeff Hamrick
January 7
Steven Myers
Mat Derrick
Cody Jennings
January I
Terry and Betty Hamilton
Richard and Peggy Stephens
January 8
Jerry and Norma Murray
January 8
Mykl Barro
Krisopher Pysell
January 9
Tina Huffman
Lauren Clarkson
January 10
Jane Taylor
Brandon Helms
Nolan Rankin
Jason Hershman
January 11
Mauricio Barro
Evan Workman
January 12
Crystal Thomas
Tyler Clark
Shelly O'Connor Baylor
Patrick Parker
Karen Matlick
January 13
Garrett Wetting
Barbara Damell
Denise Belanger
Evan Young
Patty Sigley
January 14
Dusty Fowler
Isaac Pitzer
was located on the north side of tions and the elimination of the The snack bar at the hospital
Main Street. Earl Swartzwelder aluminum panels between the was opened in August 1957 and
sold the Pratt property on Main windows of the building and ri- was operated by the hospital
Street to Dr. RE. Kercheval nal costwas$1,221.265.38. Auxiliary. The Rotary donated
in March 1939. The house The other contracts were also most of the money for the bar.
was remodeled and called the awarded at this time. They be- Miss Lucy Rechart was the
Kercheval Memorial Clinic, as ing the kitchen equipment and hostess on opening day.
a monument to the memory of the window shades for the insti- In October 1957, another wing
Margaret Ellen Kercheval, Dr. tution. Both of these contracts at Preston Memorial Hospital
Kercheval's only child, who went to Parson and Souders of was opened. The West Wing,
died two years before the clinic Clarksburg. The kitchen equip- which had not been in use since
was established. Dr. Kercheval ment was awarded at a price of the hospital opened. The Board
had a dentist office in front, and $39,199.07 and window shades, of Trustees at a recent meet-
Dr. Lehman and McLane used $1,479. ing authorized the opening due
the rest of the downstairs. The The Preston Memorial Hospi- to the fact the patient load was
upstairs was used as a small tal opened its doors on Monday, getting too crowded to keep it
hospital. An open house was July 11, 1955.TerraAltaAmbu- closed. With the opening of this
held Friday, August 4 and Sat- lance Service brought the first wing, it would eliminate having
urday, August 5, 1939. patient, Bruce Bucklew, to the to move patients so much in the
Ground was broken for the hospital. Floyd "Stretch" Ring- hospital.
new hospital November 21, er was the first surgical patient. In 1978, The Preston Addic-
1953. The footers were poured Dr. John W. Trenton performed tion Treatment Center opened;
in March 1954. The contact was the operation on Tuesday, July the first hospital-based treat-
awarded to Baker and Cooms 12. The first baby born was ment center in the state. In
Inc. of Morgantown. Their orig- Rona Graham, a daughter of1982, the Preston Birth Center
inal bid was $1,367,700. But Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Graham, opened. Then in 1984, a new
with some negotiated deduc- of Atbright. addition was added to the hos-
"Cut To Order Free"
8-10 tb, Black Angus, Whole
SIRLOIN TIPS
pital to house the lab and emer-
gency rooms.
The hospital is located in the
south end of town, on the Wil-
liam G. Brown property, that
was purchased in 1940 by the
Kingwood Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
BirthdaY noted
Hilma Hawkins will celebrate
her 92nd Birthday on Janu-
ary 16. You can help make this
birthday special by sending a
card. The address is 1108 Num-
ber 4 Road, Tunnelton, WV
26444.
While Supplies Last
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CHOPS
BLACK ANGUS
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SATURDAY AT 6 PM
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SATURDAY AT 9 PM
THE PRESTON HIGH
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Land O Lakes
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American Cheese
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Hot
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Kingwood Plaza
THE MOUNTAINEERS
PLAY HERE!!
Interim Healthcare
has immediate need for Nurses
(LPN) in Preston County.
Day and Night Shifts Available
Apply online www.interimhealthcare.com
or call 800-891-6721.
Howesville
Church of Christ
Rt. 26, 5 miles South of Kingwood
Phone: 329-3830
CALL BROWNING
FUNERAL HOME
THE
JOHNSON
MEMORIAL CO.
Representatives
Phone 329-0600
Kingwood, WV 26537
CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday, Morning 10 a.m.
Sunday Eve. 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Evening
Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
January 12
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Bob andkoberta Jacobs , UNITED 2% or CHOCOLATE MILK gallon .............................................................................................. $2.59
IlJ°e Street's,~ RouteAuto7,Mas0nt0wnlRepairl FARMLAND CHOPPED HAM ............................................................................................................... $1.49 Ib
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UNITED ORANGE JUICE gallon ................................................................................................................. $2.99