Reshaping West Virginia Public School Curricula
West Virginia students face a major shift as the State School Supt Rex M Smith urges a comprehensive program from kindergarten through post high school. He notes focus on community links, self driven learning, expanded guidance and testing, and a push to update curricula to meet modern demands.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Rex M. Smith
Smith
Jackson County
Ravenswood
Ripley
Sandyville
Whch
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Factsheet
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893 and prescribes subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery. It notes AP membership for news dispatches and office address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sat Agency
Inc
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note the death of Maggie Leach Wylie 89 of Gap Mills and other local residents including Fredona Elledge, Ira Ward Songer, Earl W. Goff, Charles Dudley Kelly, Garfield Adkins, Anderson Hines, Marian Reed Bennett, and others. Services listed with locations Gap Mills Union Peters Branch Matoaka Charlottesville Roanoke Grundy Harman. The notices include survivors, burial sites, and funeral arrangements.
Funerals for Edgar Gray Palmer and Maggie Schuyler Held Today
Edgar Gray Palmer 82 of 6032 Bluefield Ave. dies with services at Hawkins Funeral Chapel at 1 p.m. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with pallbearers named. Maggie Schuyler 89 of Princeton dies with services at First Christian Church Princeton at 2:30 p.m. Burial at Oakwood Park Cemetery with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. Flowers carried by Faith McKaken and Florence Cantrell Circles. Body sent to church from Seaver Mortuary one hour before services.
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Schuyler
Maggie
Princeton
First Christian Church
Norman Crawford
Oakwood Park
Walter White
W. R. Hedrick
Tony Marshall
Fred Cook
P. B. Bowling
Wilson Carter
George Strong Sr
George Strong Jr
Lawson Faulkner
L. C. Chambers
J. M. Okes
Jack Scott
Clinton Lilly
Virginia ducks season options announced by commission
Virginia will offer a 50 day season with a daily limit of three or a 40 day season with a daily limit of three or four, one more duck per day than last year. The options follow U S Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines and a public hearing in Richmond is set for August 24 before final limits.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Beartown Woman Jenny White Dies at Home
Jenny White of Beartown and Washington DC died at her Beartown home Friday night. She was a Beartown Methodist Church member, widow of Minnis who died in 1959, and survived by son James White of Washington DC and three Washington area daughters Gussie Wilson Vera Birthisel and Lessie Bailey. Funeral services were held Monday at 11 am at Beartown Methodist Church with burial in Bailey Cemetery. Her body was moved from Bennett Funeral Home in Northfork Saturday.
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Maggie Leach Wylie
Gap Mills
Monroe County
Andrew P. Wylie
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Gates
James
Florence J. Leach
Gap Mills Methodist Church
Ward Wylie
Mullins
Clem
Claude Wylie
Gray Wylie
White Sulphur Springs
Grace Neel
Cora Leach
Union
A. J. Leach
E. T
G. C. Leach
Huntington
Ashby Leach
Procterville, C
Billee Scott Mick
Earl F. Surface
Carmel
Brovies Funeral Home
Stafford
Porter Patton
Lyle
John Ruddell
Claude Rowan
Arnott Dess
Fredona Elledge
Matoaka
Jesse F. Elledge
Wilkes County
N. C
Alfred Wyatt
Spencer Elledge
Princeton
Lacy Cardin
Route 1
Rock
Calvin Young
Clayton Wyatt
Arnold Williams
Jim
Monroe Wyatt
Wilkesboro
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Paul McCormick
Paul Deaton
Roselawn
Bailey Funeral
Bill
John Carden
Raymond
Robert Elledge
Benford Sanders
Thurman Swanson
Marian Agnes Reed Bennett
Harman
Grundy
Lucian F. Bennett
Gordon Bennett
Charles Bennett
James Bennett
Lucian F. Bennett, Jr
New Lexington
Eleanor Yates
Louise Dale
Duluth
Minn
Virginia Funeral Home
Green Hill Cemetery
Clay Pool Hill
Jenny White
Beartown
Washington, D. C
Bailey Cemetery
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Nehru's Sister to Head India's UN General Assembly Delegation
Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, sister of Prime Minister Nehru, will lead India's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly next month, replacing the former defense minister V K Krishna Menon, an official spokesman announced in New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Nehru
U.N. General Assembly
V.K. Krishna Menon
Garrotte Executions in Madrid and Global News Roundup
The garrote was used in Madrid to execute two anti Franco anarchists for bombing a police office and a union site injuring 37. In Seoul Song Yo Chan, ex premier and War hero, was freed pending trial after a court order. In Beirut the Orient reports Saudi Arabia freed all slaves in the central region. Vatican hints at EC general council to open Sept 29 and possibly extend beyond Dec 4.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Francisco Granados Gata
Joaquin Delgado Martinez
Carabanchel
Seoul
Korea
Song
Tiger
Yo-Chan
Mapo
Syngman Rhee
Beirut
Orient
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Information Ministry
Allah
Vatican City
Vatican
McNamara Vacationing At Jackson Hole Resort
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara is vacationing in the Jackson Hole area. He flew into Jackson Friday night and expects to spend about a week there.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Robert S. McNamara
Jackson
Bluefield State President to Speak at Monday Vesper
Dr L B Allen president of Bluefield State College will address the vesper service at 6 p m Monday at the Community Center Sharon Pamer leads the event Other meetings include Tuesday 130 pm children s fun time Wednesday noon mid week bridge Thursday 730 pm Pioneer Civic Club board Friday 5 pm Cib Scouts and 730 pm Church Laymen meeting
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L. B. Allen
Bluefield State College
Sharon Pamer
Pioneer Civic Club Board of Directors
Cib
Silent Screen Star Richard Barthelmess Dies at 68
Richard Barthelmess, 68, famed silent era matinee idol, died Saturday of throat cancer at his Long Island summer home. The New York native appeared in 76 films from 1916 to 1942 including Broken Blossoms and Way Down East. He sold a Southampton beachfront in 1955 to Henry Ford II and served four years in the Navy during World War II. He is survived by his wife, adopted son Stewart, and daughter Mary Hay Bradley. Funeral plans are pending.
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Southampton
N.Y
Richard Barthelmess
Long Island
Barthelmess
East
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
Mary Astor
Lila Lee
New York
Mary Hay
Mary
Jessica Stewart Sargeant
Ford
Henry Ford II
Navy
New York City
Stewart
Mary Hay Bradley
Bluefielder Attends Purdue University Day On Campus
Richard G. Collins of Bluefield joined 2,800 incoming students at Purdue University Lafayette Ind for a summer Day On Campus. The group visited the campus and completed preliminary enrollment steps including schedule setup advisor meetings health clearance photos and placement tests.
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Richard G. Collins
Augusta St
Bluefield
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
GOP urged to avoid attacking candidates in 1964 race
Roanoke Virginia AP report notes Hazel K. Barger 6th district Republican committeewoman warns members not to campaign against other GOP contenders for the presidential nomination. She urges support for any former GOP hopeful over the current administration, speaking at Hotel Roanoke during a Saturday workshop.
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Roanoke
National Republican
White House
Austerity Declared After Congo Regime Change
Provisional Premier Alphonse Massamba-Debat announced a period of austerity in Congo after overthrowing President Fulbert Youlou. He banned lavish government spending, restricted trips to Paris, and said officials must forego big cars. Youlou resigned amid riots and was confined to a military camp for safety. tribal tensions rose in villages near Brazzaville.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Alphonse Massamba-Debat
Massamba-Debat
Fulbert Youlou
Paris
Youlou
Deborah Club Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The Deborah Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Nancy English on Vine Street for their gathering.
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Deborah Club
Nancy English
Vine Street
Ten Thousand Pupils Begin Buchanan County School Year
About 10,000 students will report to classes when Buchanan County Virginia schools open Thursday August 22. Superintendent Percy V Dennis says the earlier start makes up for weather days and that if days are not lost schools may close earlier next spring. Approximately 340 teachers start a three day acclimation workshop at Grundy High School. Registration for first graders at Grundy Elementary is August 21. The new Grundy High School at $1 159 000 opens with an aerospace education course.
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Buchanan County
Percy V. Dennis
Grundy
Dennis
L Grundy
Coal official D Holmes Morton dies in Charleston
D Holmes Morton 81 longtime coal executive and first West Virginia Turnpike Commission chairman died Saturday in a Charleston hospital. He began as a miner at Turkey Knob Fayette County and led multiple companies including Winifrede Collieries Ames Mining Cox Morton and Briar Mountain. Survivors include wife Alice two daughters Emmy Lou Diehl and Margaret Drenan son Quin Morton and three sisters.
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Charleston
Holmes Morton
Morton
Turkey Knob
Fayette County
Winifrede Collieries
Winifrede Railroad Co
Ames Mining Co
Ames Coal Co
Morton Cadillac Co
Charleston Laundry Co
Cox-Morton Co
Sun Sand Co
Home and Garden Club Meets at Mrs Thomas Home
The Home and Garden Club will gather Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the home of Mrs Mattie Thomas on Brown Street for its meeting.
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Home and Garden Club
Mattie Thomas
Brown Street
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce 28th Annual Meeting
More than 250 business and professional leaders will attend the 28th annual West Virginia Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Greenbrier Hotel August 29 to 31. Mayor Henry Warden Hugh Shott Dan M. Paul and district chambers officials will be present as committees discuss highways and a $200 million road bond amendment to be voted on in 1964. The program includes a Friday panel on recreation and ends with officer elections and policy changes.
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Committee On Highways
Chamber
Committee
Homemakers Read Plans In McDowell County
Ida Holcombe announces the McDowell County extension schedule. Monday at 6 p.m. the Creative Homemakers of Maybeury meet with Mrs Viol Thomas at Switchback. Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. the Home and Garden Club of Elbert meets with Mrs Stennie Long. Friday the Homemakers Council and Executive Committee meet with the Better Home and Garden Club of Elbert. delegates to the state meeting at Clifftop on Sept 16 will be selected.
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McDowell County
Eston
Ida Holcombe
HDC
Creative Honmakers of
Maybeury
Viol Thomas
Home and Garden Club of
Elbert
Stennie Long
McDowell County Homemakers Council
Better Home and Garden Club of
Senior Citizens Club Meeting Notice
The Senior Citizens Club will meet Wednesday at 1 p m in the Hardy Street Recreation Center.
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Senior Citizens Club
Hardy Street Recreation Center
Bradley's preps close out sale on summer and fall wear
Bradley's Specialty Shop announces close out prices on balance of summer dresses coats and suits with many sweaters skirts and costume outfits arriving. Mon sale includes bags hats jewelry gloves hose and other fall and winter accessories plus new Glenhaven and knitwear lines and peddle pushers shorts for a dollar.
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Bradley's
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E. W. Goff
Charles D. Kelly
Charles Dudley Kelly
Interior
Giles County
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
James M
Melinda Wickline Kelly
Helen Lafon Kelly
Jack E. Kelly
Cocoa, Fla
Charles E. Kelly
Gainesville
Donald Knight
R. E. Safley
Ervin McCoy
Robert Kelly
Pembroke
George Kelly
Eggleston
Nellie Porterfield
Richwood
Della Switzler
Newcastle
Maggie O'Dell
Quinnwood
the Hill and Irving Funeral Chapel
Monticello Memorial Park
I. W. Songer
Ira Ward Songer
Elkhorn
Oakey
Fairview
Mamie Songer
Boyd Songer
Ruby Songer
Everett Sutliff
Margie Foster
Sheila Jackson
Kansas
Garfield Adkins
Peters Branch
Capels
Floyd Smith
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Anderson Hines
Greenbrier
Linkford-Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Earl W. Goff
Richlands
Tabernacle
Grat Horton
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Doran
General Tire Co
Nannie C. Goff
Mount Vernon, Co
Charley Goff
Etheline Goff
Ronnie Goff
The
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Janet Marie
Carolyn Goff
Charley
Don Goff
Mount Vernon
Landrum Goff
Robert Goff
Cleveland, C
Oscar Goff
Hurley
Wto
Faye Go
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Marian Bennett
U.N. Assembly
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Buchanan
D. Holmes Morton
McDowell
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Bradleys
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Ruby Collins
South Street
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