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During the 50th Anniversary celebration of the East Bank High School Alumni Association, the changing of the town's name from East Bank to West Bank on March 24, 1956 was remembered. The one day renaming was to honor East Bank High School All-State Basketball player Jerry West who lead the Pioneers to a West Virginia State Basketball Championship that year. Jerry West is seated to the left and Mary Pat Maloney is at the podium.

1. Commemorating Changing East Bank to West Bank, Charleston, W. Va.

Identifier:: 051147
Title:: Commemorating Changing East Bank to West Bank, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: 2009/09

Jerry West, right, shakes hands with Coach Williams, left.West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever state championship victory as its starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.

2. Coach Roy E. Williams and Jerry West, East Bank, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050856
Title:: Coach Roy E. Williams and Jerry West, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1952-1960

Band members play to celebrate the East Bank High School basketball team winning its first ever state championship title. Young Clinton Jeffreys, mascot for the East Bank High School band, blows a horn to celebrate the homecoming of the State Basktball Champions.

3. Celebration for East Bank High School State Champions, East Bank, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050855
Title:: Celebration for East Bank High School State Champions, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:: 1956

Roy Williams speaks to a crowd in front of the East Bank High School building after the East Bank High School basketball team won its first ever state championship title.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to victory as its starting small forward. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.

4. Coach Roy Williams Addresses Crowd during Celebration of Championship Win, East Bank, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050854
Title:: Coach Roy Williams Addresses Crowd during Celebration of Championship Win, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:: 1956

5. Wilhelmina Williams Getting into the New Car Bought by Fans, East Bank, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050852
Title:: Wilhelmina Williams Getting into the New Car Bought by Fans, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:: 1956/04/20

Stover and Green pose with the game ball after securing the state championship victory.Jerry West led the East Bank High School basketball team to its first ever West Virginia state championship title. He was named All-State from 1953–56, then All-American in 1956 when he was West Virginia Player of the Year, becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season.West was born in Cheylan, W. Va. in 1938. After high school, he went on to play basketball for West Virginia University and then rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA before becoming a basketball coach and manager.

6. Gary Stover and Bob Green Present the Championship Game Ball, East Bank, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050851
Title:: Gary Stover and Bob Green Present the Championship Game Ball, East Bank, W. Va.
Date:: 1956