HENRY PRESTON SCALF

Born 1902, Stanville, Floyd County, Kentucky, son of William Preston Scalf and Phoebe Alice Stratton Scalf; educated local schools, Eastern Kentucky Normal College, Portsmouth (O.) College of Business; taught 19 years in Pike and Floyd County public schools; supervisor of materials, Wainwright shipyard, Panama City, Florida, World War II, in business of merchandising, Stanville, 1946-1948; accountant, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, 1948-1952; associate editor Floyd County Times, Prestonsburg, 1952-1965; awarded Kentucky Citation for outstanding journalism, Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1954; editor and publisher The East Kentuckian, 1965 to the present; present Floyd County Historical Society; executive secretary of Eastern Kentucky Historical Society; chairman Floyd County Historical Markers Program; president Floyd County Forestry Association; president Floyd County Agricultural Council; University of Kentucky community development specialist, 1968-69; Chairman Floyd County Sequicentennial Association, 1950; Chairman and organizer Jenny Wiley Drama Association; municipal judge Prestonsburg; Kentucky Colonel; biographer of Kentucky Lives; author Kentucky's Last Frontier, Historic Floyd County, Kentucky, numerous monographs on Eastern Kentucky history and contributions on history to area and regional newspapers; member Floyd County Hall of Fame; retired 1965 to operate farm, Mare Creek Road, Stanville; writes feature column, Appalachian Notebook, Pike County News, Pikeville, Kentucky; married Norah James, 1931; four children.