Their Homes

His father-in-law, being an excellent carpenter, transformed what was a chicken coup over the hillside into a one bedroom house for the young couple's first home. It was here that another child was born, Sandra Louise.

Soon after Sandra's birth, Charles and Helen bought their first home on Chase Street in Huntington with a zero down offer from the GI Bill. One year later, they were able to turn a $2000 profit by selling the house. Charles and Helen moved back to the Chicken coup and their third child, David Alan Damron, was born in 1951.

Charles was riding the train daily to South Charleston and working on the tracks in front of Rock Lake Pool. When David was nine months old, Charles found a house to rent on Lambert's Court on the hillside overlooking Rock Lake Pool.

In 1952, the young family moved up the street to 827 Allview Drive, and rented a two story home from Franklin Ramey. It was during this time that Charles and Helen made a decision that would change the family's life forever. In November 1954, Charles started his own business, Damron Electric with a $50 investment. While workint on the railroad, he and Dick Thomas worked evenings doing service work. Charles studied hard for his Electrician's license and in 1954 was able to quit his job on the railroad and go full time in the electrical service business. His first office was in the attic of our home. The motto of his business "It's the know-how that count." The logo was a boy holding a toolbox with a bolt of lightning in his hand.

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