Teacher Pensions To Be Reviewed In State Board Session
Charleston June 14 The state teacher retirement board will review pensions and retirements for teachers over 65. The meeting will act on 68 retirement requests and 49 continuation requests from county boards of education. Indiana counties named include Berkeley Boone Braxton Jackson Greenbrier McDowell Monongalia Ohio Wetzel Clay Morgan Randolph Ritchie Taylor and Wood. West Virginia University will list teachers eligible for retirement for August consideration. Board actions include a $2 060 000 war bonds investment from the retirement fund and 258 prior service credit requests along with 265 applications for membership in the state retirement system.
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W. Va
Richard E. Hyde
Hyde
County Boards of Education
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Jackson
Greenbrier
McDowell
Monogalia
Ohio
Wetzel
Clay
Morgan
Randolph
Ritchie
Taylor
Wood
West Virginia University
State Board of Education
Bluefield Soldier Receives Presidential Unit Citation
Samuel J. Dillon of Bluefield in Germany with the 773rd tank destroyer battalion earned the Presidential Unit Citation the Bronze Star and cluster a personal commendation from his colonel a certificate of commendation and a unit commendation and was highlighted in The Sniper army newspaper. The citations praise heroic actions near Le Bourg Saint-Lionard-Chambois France August 17 1944 to August 22 1944 and in France Luxembourg Germany and Belgium November 1 1944 to January 31 1945 including leading his platoon under heavy fire and driving to the Rhine to cut traffic in the battalion mission.
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Samuel J. Dillon
Bluefield
773Rd
Germany
Argentan-Falaise
90Th
le Bourg St. Lionard-Chambois
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Dillon
773Rd Tank Destroyer
Record Heat Sweeps Virginia City as Temperatures Climb
The Associated Press reports a heat wave across Virginia with Norfolk at 97 degrees by 3 p.m., Richmond at 96, and Danville reaching 97. Roanoke saw heavy rain and a 90 degree high, while Lynchburg cooled after 93. Officials warn only a slight cooling may come Saturday.
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Norfolk
Lynchburg
Mercury
Richmond
Weather Bureau
S. B. Trotter
Roanoke
Danville
Frances M Martin to Appeal Murder Conviction in Va
Frances Marion Martin, sentenced to 15 years for the murder of her husband, will appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Her attorneys plan a writ of error claiming jury misinstruction on malice and arguing a photograph of the corpse biased the jury.
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Fredericksburg
Frances Marion Martin
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeal
Tony
Spotsylvania
Commonwealth
Sergeant Dillon Named Platoon Leader in V E Day Era
Sergeant Dillon entered the service on March 23, 1942 and went overseas in January 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Dillon of 1005 Carolina Avenue and married to Doris Lee Eu bank of this city. A brother, Pvt. B. W. Dillon Jr., also serves in Germany with the Seventh Army combat engineers.
Dorothy Dix on married romance beyond the wedding day
Dorothy Dix argues that many wives crave ongoing romance after marriage and golden anniversaries, yet husbands focus on comfort and deeds over words. She urges separating courtship from marriage and notes persistence of affection hinges on actions, not declarations.
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John
Not a Free Sample of Romance at the Altar
A girl ends a romantic pursuit at the altar and embraces a new wifehood rather than a sweetheart. She would not expect a busy man worn by anxieties to always deliver grand speeches or vow lasting devotion. She would understand his restrained words.
Hidden Tokens of Affection in Everyday Life
A reader recalls quiet sacrifices that symbolize love, such as a husband keeping an old overcoat worn year after year, giving up fishing trips for a vacation, and a fox scarf as a small luxury. The piece notes small acts can express devotion as clearly as grand gifts, comparing pork chops to orchids as tokens of affection.
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