Dale V. Eaton was born in Mineral Wells, West Virginia to Wilbert McKinley and Affie Lucille Stephens Eaton. He was reared in Wood County and attended local schools. While at Parkersburg High School he played football and was captain of the 1950 team. He was also class president in his sophomore year and after graduation, attended West Virginia Technical College in Montgomery, West Virginia. graduation dresses for college

On February 1, 1954, he joined the Parkersburg Police Department and, in April, 1956,...