GOLDEN HORSESHOE REUNION TODAY - Justice Starcher And Author O'Brien Will Speak

(06/20/2002)
Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher and author John O'Brien will speak at the Golden Horseshoe Reunion today at Glenville State College. Three to four-hundred winners are expected to attend the program which begins at 10 a.m.

Starcher won a golden horseshoe while a student in Roane County. O'Brien is the author of a popular book "At Home in the Heart of Appalachia." The "Horseshoe" goes back to 1932 in West Virginia, honoring students for their knowledge of West Virginia history.

. Other West Virginia writers are on the program. The public is invited to attend.

Editor's Note: Hur Herald columnist and writer Jack Cawthon, a horseshoe winner himself, will be there. Read his "horseshoe" comments under COLUMNS.