"Old times there are not forgotten"
Fear of the Soviets replaced the fear of NAZIs and fascism. Post war conflicts between management and labor unions played out with 4.6 milion workers participating in strikes, the United Mine Workers Union was readmitted to the American Federation of Labor and the ENIAC (computer) was dedicated in Philadelphia.
New book titles: All the King's Men, This Side of Innocence and Mr. Roberts.
At the movies: Brief Encounter, Henry V, The Best Years of Our Lives, To Each His Own and The Razor's Edge.
March 23
Woodrow Wilson High School won the West Virginia basketball championship by defeating Stonewall Jackson High School by the score of 40-37 in Morgantown.
August 6
Radio station WWNR signed on the air.
September 3
First day of school for the future Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1958. Early in the school year Mrs. Hazel Davenport took over one of the first grade classes at Central Elementary School for the ailing Miss Figley. George Arnold, Judy Benson, Pat Costelli, John Gorsica, Mary Lou Forren, Sandy Jones, Elizabeth Gayle Mount, Carol Ann Snyder, Micki Wender and Jenny Wilkes were students at Central Elementary School.