New Classrooms Provide Space as Concord College Enrollment Grows
Athens W Va June 14 Concord college enrollment reported at 670 with more to come. Overflow classes moved to new classrooms and the gym wing now used for English sections. Heaviest demand in English and educational courses. Likely new teachers to be hired. Thelma Phlegar tied with Mrs Lenila Laing for Vandewater poetry prize honors chosen by State university judgesfrom 96 poems submitted.
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Athens
W. Va
Concord College
Thelma Phlegar
Concord
Ohio State University
Lenila Laing
Vandewater
the State University
Phierar
Thompsons in Evidence at Commencement Exercises
Five Thompsons appeared on stage to receive diplomas at the Athens institution. Ralph and Dale Thompson earned A B degrees while their sister Mary Lee obtained a standard normal diploma. they are children of Mr. and Mrs. David N. Thompson of Athens. Millard French of Beckley also received a degree, part of a family tradition with his grandfather earning in 1881 and father in 1908. Dr. Mason French was elected President of the Alumni Association at the annual banquet June 2. his daughter will start school in the fall.
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Dr. French
Mason French
Missionary Meeting Highlights Korea Education and Life
Mrs Wall discussed Korea school system including all grade country schools grammar and high schools. Mrs Della Butler described social life and Mrs Sallie Bailey shared a practical gospel from the Missionary Voice. Mrs Fink presented new items of interest in the missionary world. Very appetizing refreshments were served.
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Wall
Korea
Della Butler
Sallie Bailey
Missionary Voice
Fink
New Beauty Parlor Opens in Athens by Mrs Kennedy
The Petite Beauty shop run by Mrs Thelma Kennedy formerly of Parson s Beauty shop Princeton is Athens newest business. Located in the Jennin building it opened yesterday with Mrs Georgia Weddell of Detroit assisting. The parlor offers complete cosmetics facials and other beautifying services.
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Thelma Kennedy
Parson’s Beauty Shop
Princeton
Athen
Jennin
Athens Drug names new manager for summer term
Harvey Pauley has accepted the position of manager of the Athens Drug company for the summer months, succeeding L. F. Oakes, who has had charge of the local store for eighteen months.
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Harvey Pauley
Athens Drug Company
L. F. Oakes
Law graduate Mann visiting Athens with soon return to Beckley
West Virginia University law graduate F. W. Mann is spending several days in Athens at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith. He will leave July 1 for Beckley to join the law firm of McGinnis and McGinnis.
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Beckley
F. W. Mann
West Virginia University Law School
Athens
W. M Smith
Concord Training School to Begin Summer Session
Concord Training school opens its summer term under Principal G W Bryson with 75 enrolled and expected to reach about 85. Grades one to six will be taught with observation and practice teaching for college students. Miss Ora Peters leaves for Nashville for library administration courses at George Peabody Teachers college.
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Concord Training School
G. W. Bryson
Ora Peters
Concord
Nashville
George Peabody Teachers’ College
Fay Nelson
Princeton
Miss Peters
John Peters
Irene Pendleton
Grant Thomas
Plant discovery and rare yew reported in state
Professor Cutright’s plant find is praised by West Virginia University botany department. The rare specimen, not common in the region, risks spreading if not controlled once established in meadows and fields. He also notes that the American yew Taxus canadensis grows on Mercer county hills, a very scarce plant found in only three or four counties in the state.
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Cutright
Botany Department
West Virginia University
United States
Mercer County
Abbey to spend summer on Montana farm in Bozeman
M. J. Abbey, director of extension and correspondence at Concord, has gone to Bozeman Montana for a summer vacation on his farm. He plans to return to Concord for the fall session in September to head the correspondence and extension work again.
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Montana
M. J. Abbey
Concord
Bozeman
Mont
Abbey
Illness Update on William M. Hardy
William M. Hardy has been seriously ill for about four weeks. Doctors report he is somewhat improved but remains very ill and under medical care.
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William M. Hardy
Professors and students in Athens news items
Reports from Concord College Athens outline academic plans for summer study in Chicago and Harvard graduates. Sunners discuss Cushman heading to Chicago for graduate work toward a doctorate while Catherine Emich attends Harvard finals. Local marriages include Margaret Bell to J Shafer and Mildred Gable to Joe Vachon. Mayor Frank Outright elected in Athens. brief note on welcome extended to summer school students.
Parsons Native Vachon Joins Local High School Staff
Mr and Mrs J C Gable of Parsons announce the marriage of their son Vachon to a Parsons High School graduate who later attended Potomac State College and Concord for a degree in 1928. He has spent the past two years as athletic coach and science instructor at the local high school. He is son of Mr and Mrs Dave Vachon of Hambleton and is held in high esteem by many friends here.
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J. C. Gable
Parsons
Parsons High School
Vachon
Dave Vachon
Hambleton
Potomac State College
Concord
Dewese and Walls Announced Marriage in May
A Monday evening event in town resembled a serenade and announced the marriage of Miss Bernice Dewese of Athens and Robert Emmett Walls of Simon, West Virginia, noting the ceremony occurred in May.
Concord College News And Local Changes At Athens
Concord college update recounts visits by students and faculty including Fletcher Mann, Ora Peters, Milton Cushman, and Meade McNeill. The piece notes transfers, summer sessions in Kentucky and Peabody Nashville, and anticipated roles for new faculty including M. J. Abbey and Padover. It also mentions a tragic Philadelphia quarry accident affecting seven relatives.
EV Crowder to Be War's Mayor
War Kiwanis club met at the high school with many members present including President David Son who spoke on his Florida South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and Cuba trip. An election at dawn Tuesday June 3 chose E V Crowder as mayor with H S Bailey as recorder and councilmen J Zando L M Auer F A Weaver John Atwell Jim Howell.
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H. $. Bailey
War Kiwanis Club
Davidson
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Cuba
West Virginian
Bluefield
Boy Scouts
Blaylock
George Moody
Warriormine
Spruce Pine
N. C
Zed French
Narrows
E. V. Crowder
H. 8. Bailey
Joe Zando
L. M. Auer
F. A. Weaver
John Atwell
Jim Howell
Unusual Woodpecker Drills Sap Cups and Drinks All Day
A sapsucker or yellow bellied woodpecker carves downward holes in tree bark to form sap cups. The bird remains at the cups for hours, drinking sap until it grows sedate.
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Pine Tree Patrol
Pontiac
William Smith
Robert Gatherum
Mr. Moore
ROY Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Peter
Nannie Gatherum
Prop and Wing Club
Aviatrices
New England
Boston
Barbara MacKlashan
Eleanor Spear
Arthur Spear
Portland
Guy Ham
Dorchester
Mass
Loraine Defern
Brookline
Jean Cameron
Francesa Nelson
Beverly, Mass
Teddy Kenyon
Hoyt
Syracuse
N. Y
Lytton
Ella Basham
Jennings
Frank Cutright
West Virginia
Jacobs Fork
Crockett’s Cove
Thomas Crockett
Tazewell County
Rift
McDowell County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop
W. A. Bishop
Railroad and Fuel Company
Southwest Land Company
E. C. Akers, Mer
M.S. Cushman
Chicago
Chicago University
Cushman
Catherine Emich
Charleston
Cambridge
Maso
Harvard University
Harry Speel
Speel
du Pont
Harvard
Mies Ella Holroyd
New York
Europe
Mise Catherine Emich
Frank Outright
W. M. Hardy
S. FE. Via
G. J. Fink
T. A. Barberry
F. W. Cooper
L. B. Parker
Frank Marsh
Don
Westinghouse
THE
Astra
Concordian
Stewart Higginbotham
Caiey Higginbotham
Httl
Fletcher Mann
Morgantown
Mies Robbie Archer
Dc. H. Archer
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Elizabeth Carpenter
Schlesselman
Iowa
Peabody Teachers’ College
Meade McNeill
McNeill Carri
Cubbedge
Sage
J. Q. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Souderton
Ralph Cupitt
Miss Loving Hutchinson
Miss Hutchinson
R. R. Sage
FE. R. Sage
Bobby Sage
Stantington
Margaret Daugherty Hall
Faye Nelson
Helen Caperton
Kerley
Peabody College
Tenn
Crowder
War
Studebaker
Atlantic City Speedway
Bland Steel
President
Woods-Brevick Motor Company
Bluefield, W. Va
Giles County Motor Co
Pearisburg, Va
Cedar Bluff Meteor Co
Cedar Bluf, Va
H. H. Ball
Princeton, W. Va
M. R. McMillion
Superior Supply Co
Burgess Electric CO
McVeigh Electric CO
West Veorginia Utilities
Homelectric CO
Tazewell Fuel & Ice CO
Home Electric Supply CO
Buefiell
Bluefiel
W.va
W. V. Mullens
Kimball
Jaeger
War Taxewell
Tazewell
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