Beaver High School Captures Wide Range of Honors
Beaver High School earned multiple awards this year led by Trixie Peters and Sidney Phelps with first place literary prizes. Thelma Deglerie, Chester Harris, Harold Whonaker, Elizabeth Gloiey, Jerome Katz, and Sidney Kwass also earned top honors in athletics or oratory. The debating team defeated Charleston High, with team members winning in both the capital and home events.
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Beaver High School
Bailey
Beaver High
Beaver
Trixie Peters
Sidney Phelps
State of West Virginia” Society
Charleston
Thelma Deglerie
Chester Harris
Thelma
Chester
Harold Whonaker
Rivefield College
Elizabeth Gloiey
Richardson
Jerome Katz
Cohen
Charleston High
Sidney Kwass
Beth Ward
Beavers
Lagenberg to open Europe’s largest broadcasting station
Berlin reports Europe’s biggest broadcasting station will open at Lagenberg near Cologne within months. It will replace Dortmund and Elberfeld stations and operate at sixty kilowatts, enabling crystal sets across a one hundred mile radius. Moscow previously held the largest station, with only Maine’s larger.
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Berlin
Europe
Lagenberg
Cologne
Dortmund
Elberfeld
Rhine
Ruhr
Moscow
Lagenburg
Maine
Oil leases barred on Can adian county farm by Major Hurst
Major Homer Hurst of Newcastle Oklahoma forbids oil operators from drilling on his southeastern Canadian county farm. He allows tests nearby but not on his land, aiming to keep the tract from being mussed.
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Oll
Newcastle
Okla
Homer Hurst
Canadian County
Beaver High Debating Club Elects Leaders for 1926 27
The Laurel Debating Club of Beaver High School held its final meeting of the year at Miss Virginia Deaumeron's home on June 1. Officers elected for 1926–27 include President Beth Ward, Vice-president Elizabeth Shirey, and Secretary-Treasurer Ralph Shupe, with four new members joining. The Beaver of ’27 yearbook staff was outlined, naming editors, managers, and art staff, as preparations begin for next year’s publication.
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Shirley Brown
Laurel Nee
Laurel
Beaver High School
Miss Virginia Deaumeron College
Henry Clay
Harold Honaker
Apollo
Sonant
Galli Curci
Ruthith
Nero
Jerome Katz
Cicero
Gordon Dick
Scipio Sidney Kwass
Cato
Blair Stone
Beaver Laurel Debating Club
Beth Ward
Elizabeth Shirey
Ralph Shupe
Beaver
Beaver High
Pupils Enjoy Afternoon Social and Evening Activities
Pupils spent the afternoon and supper time together and later swam, played ball, and wandered about. They all said they had a wonderful time, with special fondness for the cats involved in the event.
The Senior Faces Graduation and a Doubted Departure
The piece reflects on a senior's uncommon life as he weighs leaving his first real school after four years of successful high school education. He anticipates graduation but questions whether to depart from the community he has known.
Lemons Leads Beavers Tumbling Team as Captain
Wilmer Lemons known as Willie captains the Beaver tumbling team for the coming season. A star member, he handles strong-man and air parts, showing rare talent in the art of tumbling despite not winning the medal this year.
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Lemons
APTA
Atalans
Beaver Boys
Wilmer Lemons
Willie
Unnamed Manager to Lead 1926 27 Season Team
The passage notes a future 1926 27 season under trusted leadership. It states the manager position is not yet filled, with Coach Smith appointing a current team member to take on the responsibility.
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Smith
Studebaker Wins Annual Yosemite Auto Classic
The Studebaker Standard Six Duplex-Phaeton won the fifth consecutive Yosemite Auto Classic from the Pacific Coast to the park entrance. Driven by L. G Goodwin of Modesto dealer Wm. J. Silva, the stock model overcame snow and steep grades to reach Yosemite’s ranger station just after midnight on New Year’s Eve. The victory earned the first 1926 touring car permit for the car.
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Pacific Coast
Yosemite Park
Studebaker
Rangers Station
Wm. J. Silva
Modesto
California
L. G Goodwin
Silva
Stam'na
Studebaker Sets Records From Mount Whitney To Death Valley
A Studebaker record story notes a trip arc from Mount Whitney timber line to Death Valley and mentions gas pipe relics in Lincoln Nebraska as pioneer era heating and lighting. It also references Chinese spectacles and social greetings.
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Studebaker
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
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Valazre Momus
Hankla’s Pharmacy
Postoffice
Bluefield
W. Va
Beaver News Pond
Alreadeven
Dan Goodykoonts
George Pito
Buss” Meeer
Upshur Higginbotham
Hartsell Wassum
Harriet Hyman
Edgar Speiden
Mary Easley
Mildred Greenspon
Alice Fortune
Phyllis DeBrick
Milton Tinsley
Bernard Wills
Ellen Kitts
Howard Wilson
M. L. Smith
Margaret Hardiog
Ruth Hunter
Rock
Dad
Lincoln
Neb
Janes
L Ely
Sweet Springs
Alleghenies
Atlantic and Pacific Highway
Midland Trail
C. H. Paxton
Sweet Springs, W. VA
Lewis
Es Aly
The
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Furniture Company
Eeaos
West Bluefield
W. G. VA
Princeton
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