© Jerry F. Couch 2020 George Coleman was a forward-looking and ambitious man. When he came to Dante as a high school teacher in the late 1930’s, he soon became associated with the Dante theater in addition to his teaching job. A couple of years later, he began operating what had been the Gaiety Theatre… Read More Now Playing at the St. Paul Theatre – 1940
© Jerry F. Couch NOTE: Story from the Big Stone Gap Post, Wednesday October 5. 1910. Photos from the St. Paul Heritage Collection and the Clinch Valley Times’ collection. ST. PAUL ITEMS ____________ —-Mrs. C. C. Bolton has leased the Blue Sulphur Hotel and took charge October first. Mr. Branca, the former proprietor, is moving… Read More Whasssup in St. Paul? – October 5, 1910
© Jerry F. Couch 2020 IN 1915, COEBURN GROCERY COMPANY opened a new branch of its business on Russell Street in St. Paul. In March of 1909, the company had purchased the lots upon which to build this three-story brick structure, gambling on the economic growth the newly arrived CC&O Railway could bring to the… Read More Coeburn Grocery Co. in St. Paul – From Wholesale to No Sale….to Shirts
© Jerry F. Couch DURING WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A SLOW WEEK FOR NEWS, an incident took place in St. Paul during the summer of 1949 that captured the attention of national newspaper media. The story was probably successful because it contained all the scandalous elements so beloved by reporters. After being picked up by… Read More KIDNAPPED! 15 Minutes of Fame for St. Paul, 1949
OPEN HOUSE ENDS BOREDOM From the Clinch Valley Times, February 2, 1978 Bored with staying aboard the Sperry Rail Service Detector car over the weekend, the three-man crew decided to hold an open house while the self-powered, self-contained rail car was parked on the siding behind the post office in St. Paul. T. J. Horn… Read More Sperry Rail Detector Open House in St. Paul – January 1978