Miners Camp Set At West Virginia Camp This Vacation
The seventh annual Miners En campment will be held at the WW Carver 4H Camp during the miners vacation period. Sponsored by the Mining Extension Service of West Virginia State College attendees will take foreman workshop classes on modern mining techniques and take foreman and fireboss exams. Notables include Governor William C. Marland and George Titler of United Mine Workers District 29. Mining education certificates will be awarded to high school students by George W. Bryson and to miners by C. E. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Extension Service of
West Virginia State College
Okers
William C. Marland
W. W. Trent
Frank B. King
George Titer
United Mine Workers Tri
Woodmen Spared That Tree One Century Ago
Madison reports a giant jack pine along the Wisconsin River near the Dells recognized by the American Forestry Association as the largest in the world. The 70 foot tall tree measures 68.8 inches in circumference and stands among Wisconsin’s records for largest white pine and largest Norway pine.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
American Forestry Assn
Wisconsin River
Stop Harsh Drugs for Constipation Ad
A dated advertisement recommends avoiding harsh laxatives for constipation and endorses Dr Caldwell's Senna Laxative as a gentle, effective remedy. It highlights pleasant taste, regular relief without repeated dosing, and stomach sourness relief. The copy invites mail order to Box 280 New York, NY.
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Dr. Caldwell
Dr. Well
Mans Jones Wedding in Bluefield
Miss Mildred Louise Manns and William Wadsworth Jones wed at Scott Street Baptist Church Bluefield West Virginia on Saturday June nineteenth at seven pm. The ceremony featured a fern and gladioli display, personal music by the Hughes duo, and a pink and navy reception at the Carolina Community Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Louise Manns
Harry Manns
Pageton
W. Va
William Wadsworth Jones
William Jones
Bluefield
Scott Street Baptist Church
Fred Thornton
Robert Hughes
Alice Watkins
Hughes
Viennese Adopt Foreign Custom
Vienna observes three stages of foreign influence shaping culture. Turks left coffee beans after 1693, Italian ice cream vendors introduced summer parlor styles, and now Viennese women embrace American jeans as a local fashion habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Past Proxy Installs Poca Lion Officers
The immediate past president Dr. R. D. Hayes installed new officers for the Pocahontas Lions Club._new officers include Macom Hurley as president Andrew Geisen as first vice president Raymond Martin as secretary treasurer Gaza Kovach, principal of Pocahontas High School, spoke on football and the athletic field's future in Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Lions Club
R. D. Hayes
Macom Hurley
Andrew Geisen
Raymond Martin
Gaza Kovach
Pocahontas High School
Pocahontas
Parent Education Workshop Dates Set for July 1954
Dean G W Whiting announces a two week Parent Education Workshop July 6 16 themed New Responsibilities for a Changing Society. Topics include Moral and Youth Education Human Relations Program Planning Home School and Community focus Mental and Emotional Stability Changing Society Health and Spiritual Values of Education. Leaders include Mrs Minnie J Hitch and others from national and state education groups. A Shriners Isis Ball and other conferences follow in late July and early August.
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G. W. Whiting
Ummer School
Rams
Amon Econdren
Aong
Minnie J. Hitch
Hite
West Virginia
Nathan Platnick
Max Auerback
Annie L. Younger
Carrie Daniel Gee
Prora
J. Wright
P. R. Wizglabothas
H. W. Smith
GWHS Teacher Wins Full Colorado Aviation Scholarship
Mrs. W. Curtis Epperly, science teacher at George Wythe High School, received a five week graduate scholarship at the University of Colorado Boulder funded by the Virginia Wings of the Civil Air Patrol. She will study July 22 to August 26 with travel and all expenses covered. The program aims to boost aviation and weather science instruction.
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W. Curtis Epperly
George Wythe High School
University of Colorado
Der
Col
Virginia Wings
Civil Air Patrol
Epperly
Boulder
Air Force
Wytheville Band Plans Rehearsal and Booster Meeting
Wytheville band members are called to a rehearsal Monday June 28 at 11 a.m. in the Band Room. A meeting to organize a Band Booster Club is set for Tuesday June 29 at 7 30 p.m. in the Band Room for parents and others interested.
Rural Retreat Work Day Planned Today
The Cemetery Committee of Kimberlin Lutheran Church in Rural Retreat announces a work day for today to care for the cemetery. Volunteers are asked to bring tools for cutting grass and clearing the grounds. Financial contributions may be sent to Herschel Huddle, Rt. 2, Rural Retreat, Va., or given to him.
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Kimberlin Lutheran Church
Rural Retreat
Herschel Huddle
Rt. 2
Chinese Nationalists Eye Tachens as Strategic Northward Shield
Formosa radioed dispatch from Taipei on June 27 reports Nationalists fear the Tachens may become pivotal in the fight against Communism. The Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa and Shanghai, could serve as invasion jump points or stepping stones for attacks. U.S. aid and the 7th Fleet's involvement loom as tensions rise around potential clashes with Communist forces near Chekiang.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Tachen Islands
Red China
Shanghai
Tachens
Chekiang Province
U.S
7Th Fleet
Far East
James A. van Fleet
Eisenhower
8Th Army
Korea
Chiang Kaishek
van Fleet
William C. Chase
Chiang
US. Navy
Noble completes Wholesale Management course at Ohio State
William A. Noble, manager for Automotive Supply Company in Bluefield, recently returned from a two week Wholesale Management course at Ohio State University. Sponsored by the National Association of Wholesalers, the program selects top men from hundreds of applicants into a sixty person class. Noble, a Princeton native, began with Automotive Supply as a teen truck driver in 1936 and has risen through every rank to his current role.
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William A. Noble
Bluefield
Ohio State University
National Association of Wholesalers
Washington, D. C
Noble
Automotive Supply Company
Princeton
State Farm Girl Goes to Europe for 4-H Exchange
Miss Betty Bargeloh of Mineral Wells West Virginia left New York June 16 aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth en route to Switzerland to live and work with farm families as part of the International Farm Youth Exchange. She is one of 13 delegates heading abroad in a 80 member group to 23 countries, supported by 4-H and USDA extension programs without federal funds.
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Morgantown
West Virginna
Betty Bargeloh
Mineral Wells
Wood County
New York
Switzerland
Miss Bargeloh
United States
C. P. Dorsey
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
International Farm Youth Exchange
United
Europe
Near
Middle East
Latin America
Pacific
Alaska
National
4-H Club Foundation
Cooperative Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Bargeloh
Washington, D.C
British Conformity and Foreign Influences in Modern Times
London reports that while Britain remains outwardly insular, foreign ideas have entered through law, tradition, and exile. Roman and Norman legacies persist, and postwar American notions and Paris fashion influence shape British habits, though Britons seldom admit it.
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London
Nana
Paris
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