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fMrs. Roosevelt Will Dedicate Monongalia iSchool BuildingMrs Franklin I Roosevelt. \*( annuallx iotendlt; commencrm* nt exercises at Aithurdaie High School, will extent her visit this yen*I to dedicate the one million dollar Public Woi Us Administration school building program recently completed in Menon ilia Counts.The First Lady is scheduled to arrive in Morgantown during the afternoon of May 23 and to make her dedication speech i at 1:80 o'clock that night in the new 1100,000 Morgantown High School auditor* turnMRS. ROOSEVF.LTShe also has accepted invitations to dr llvei the commencement address at 6 p. m on May 23 at the University High School and to attend a banquet in her honor to he j given by the Board of Education.The dedicatory program here will bej two fold, Assistant Superintendent of School Floyd Cox said yesterday, in which the entire VVPA pr oject will he form illy accepted and the new high school auditor*ium will he officially openedIn communications to Mr. Cox Mrs.Roosevelt said she would leave the Tyg art’s Valley homestead near Elkins on May 22 after delivering a commencement address there in the afternoon and will arrive that night at Arthurdale,On Thursday, May 23. she will address the graduating clnss of Arthurdale High | SchoolLiter In the day, the First I,ady and j her party, to include about 10 persons, willI VtflM fcott'js Run, the co-operative centerthere, and possible ho mo of the new school buildings, arriving in Mot gantown in time to a’tend the University High School commencement program and the banquet at the Hotel MorganMr. Cox said he First lady's visit will include at least a partial j inspection tour of some of the new schools and additions which wen \ constructed under the PWA pi njelt; tInvitations for the program here have hern « nt to PWA off i ! rials, school authorities, and public leaders of • he state, cdv and «•j county.
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Fri, May 10, 1940
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