Clarksburg Youth Becomes State Governor in Mock High School Elect
Seventeen year old Laslie G Reed of Clarksburg was elected governor of the first West Virginia state as part of a high school encampment study. Reed led the Nationalist ticket with 217 votes to 64 for Orrin Bright Conaway 18 of Sistersville in a landslide. The Federalists won attorney general and two supreme court posts amid a statewide mock government exercise.
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Jackson's Mill
Laslie G. Reed
Clarksburg
Bors State, Inc
Reed
Federalst
Orrin Bright Conaway
Sistersville
West Virginia
Kump
Supreme Court
Jack Sullivan
Gacy
Walter Stutler
Charleston
Philip Prices
Sistorle
Carl Robitson
Clark
Casey Jones
Madison
Joan Plesa
Hollidays Cove
Dodd William
Robert Pruett
Walter Spelsberg
Paul Riley
Rhinston
Wetzel Kimball
George Davis
Firefighters Battle 2000-Acre Webster County Timber Blaze
In Webster County near the Pocahontas line, 2000 acres of timber burn as forest rangers and 200 CCC youths fight a fierce fire. Arthur A. Wood, U.S. forest supervisor at Elkins, and Robert Fields, assistant regional forester from Kentucky, direct the effort.
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Elkins
Williams River
Webster County
Pocahontas County
CCC
Arthur A. Wood
U.S. Forest
Robert Fields
Kentucky
Will Talk Here Mr Dern To Speak At Life Underwriters Meeting
Will Talk Here Mr Dern vice president of Linealit Rational Life Insurance company will be among principal speakers at the annual sales congress to be held Saturday at the Daniel Boone hotel by the Charleston association of life underwriters. Dern has over 25 years in life insurance serving as producer actuary and home office executive. He sits on the board of diameters of the life insurance sales area bureau and chairs the agency section of the American life section.
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Dern
Linealit Rational Life Insurance Company
Daniel Boone
Charleston Association of Life Underwriters
Der
Dicameters
Life Insurance
eRea Bureau
Americcan Life Section
Industrial Four-H Club Has Swimming Party
The Industrial Four-H club of Dunbar held a swimming party Monday at the Kanawha Four-H pool. Present were Mrs. J. L. Adams, Betty Jane Bailes, Barbara Lee Adams, Dorothy Byrne, Mary Fish, Betty Miller, Evelyn Falkiner, Westing Miller, Alice Lee Surface, Maria Adams, Harold Guthrie, Charles Fish, Jennings Falkiner, Philip Fox, John Wilkerson and Fleetwood Guthrie.
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Industrial
Beckley Man Heads State Osteopaths WPA Under Attack
Beclky man presides over annual convention as osteopaths vote a vigorous protest against WPA policies in state workman compensation cases. Delegates chose Elkins for next year and elected Dr Harwood James of Beckley to succeed Dr George Bolt of Wellsburg as president. Other officers named include Dr W B McNriss for a term and Dr Preston B Gaudy of Clarksburg as a one year trustee.
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Essaen
Elkins
Harweod James
Beckley
Preston B. Gaudy
Clarksburg
Conley to Be Honored By Wesleyan College
Honorary degrees will be conferred at the forty sixth commencement of West Virginia Wesleyan College. Dr. Roxy McCuskey will present the degrees to Phil Cantey editor of the West Virginia Review doctor of literature. Prof. Nicholas I Hyma head of chemistry department doctor of science. The Rev B T Trevy pastor of Weston First Methodist church doctor of divinity. Bishop H Lester Smith will deliver the commencement address to 67 seniors.
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Buckel Non
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Roxy McCuskey
Phil Cantey
The
West Virginia Review
Nicholas I Hyma
B. T. Trevy
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Weston
H. Lester Smith
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Social Agencies Council Reorganization Planned Tonight
The Social Agencies Council will reorganize at 7:30 tonight at the Yo YMCA A meeting will be presided over by Mrs. C P Trask The council includes social and welfare agencies in the county and aims to develop cooperative programs.
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Social Agencies Council
Council of Social Agencies
C. P. Trask
West Virginia Briefs From The Associated Press
Huntington Dr Peter Carmichael resigns Marshall College faculty to become assistant dean at LSU. Huntington Democratic county exec committee to meet June 13, Republican chair awaits recount results. Elkins CCC enrollee Jerald Ware arrested for pistol tot ing. Depositors in Elkins National and Peoples National banks receive between 55000 and 60000. banks did not reopen. Clarksburg Nar rivon county Dem exec committee to meet Thursday. Moundsville Sul livan Plants 741 found dead by hanging. death ruled self-inflicted. Bluefield Sixty Bluefield College seniors receive diplomas. Dr John Temple Graves principal speaker. Beckley Raleigh circuit court awards 1000 damages to administrator of Dennis estate. suit over fatal truck collision. Moundsville Jerome Rykosky says about 60 inmates will receive World War II bonus payments. warden acts as trustee. Moundsville Special city election set for June 27 to consider an extra tax levy. Spencer Squire Paul nat fle fined three gypsies 18 for lack of title eny tags. ordered out of Roane county.
Lodge Plans Rehearsal For Memorial Service
Rebekah lodge No 87 will meet at eight tomorrow night to rehearse a memorial service for a convention of Rebekah district No 14 at Whitesville on June 13.
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Mortrase
Permit for $8,500 apartment house issued by city
City authorities granted a permit for an $8,500 apartment house to be built in the rear of a residence on Quarriar Street. The notice cites related permits to alter a brick structure in Atmos virco and to allocate a garage in the 20 block of Brawn reel, listing Amarase Wobr as involved.
Ohio Students Like Proof Of Their History Lessons
Twenty senior high school students from Big Prairie Ohio traveled by bus to the state capitol en route to West Virginia and Washington DC. The party led by Jamison, former Virginian, who is now superintendent at The Prairie, called on Governor H Guy Kemp and plans to pay all expenses. The tour aims to gain first hand history knowledge of Ohio and Washington.
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Big Prairie
State Capitol
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Superyordr
Jamison
the Prairie
H. Guy Kutmp
Washington
Wesley Noble Graduates from Rhode Island School of Design
Wesley Noble son of Mrs. C. F. Brillhart of Blatterman street graduated last week from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. He earned a scholarship by winning the George Bellows art contest four years ago.
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Wesley
Wab‘c
C. F. Brillhart
Blatterman Street
Rhode Island Schoolaf Design
Providence
R. 1
George Bellows
Marriage Licenses Issued in Three Days
Eighteen more licenses were issued yesterday at the county clerk's office making 35 for the first two days of June. Adding 19 licenses issued on the last business day of May, the three day total reaches 54. The clerk called it the best three days of business for months.
Child Health Clinic Will Be Held Today
The Belle Rural club sponsors the first of three child health conferences at Belle school today with June 19 and June 17 sessions to follow. Parents are urged to bring children under six for thorough physical examinations, with Dr. John Thames and Dr. T Nutter assisting. Thames and his staff will immunize those needing typhoid, diphtheria, and smallpox vaccines.
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Belle Rural Club
Belle
John Thames
T. ©. Nutter
Thames
Sewage System Starts in South Parkersburg Project
Construction began on a sewage system for South Parkersburg, boosting the state's PWA job total to 49. State director M. L. O Neale announced yesterday.
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South
Parkersburg
PWA
M. L. O'Neale
Concord College to hear Va President at commencement
Dr C Boucher, president of West Virginia University, will deliver the commencement address at Concord State Teachers College in Athens at 10:30 this morning. The program also features W W Trent and Charles G Gaines, with a long list of graduates from Athens Princeton Bluefield and other towns.
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C. 3. Boucher
West Virginia University
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
W. W. Trent
Charles G. Gaines
State Board of Education
Lambert Arrington
Princeton
Betty Ball
Charles Baxter
Tene Bird
William Callaghan
Forest Cock
Jeffry
Marjorie Penn
Mr. Hope
Madge Rasnake
Mullens
Richard Riner
Union
Bob Rhodes
Sandstone
Douglas Schwank
Beckley
Helen Vaughan Stanley
Ens
Lewis Vie
Lewisburg
Ruth Wall
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Industrial Four-H Club
Beckley Man
WPA
Conley
Wesleyan College
Brey
E Bey
Lizy Shaw, Meer
Belle-Sharmeer
Dorothy Stolte
Wu Mo
Peeper
Associated Press Huntington
Peter 3. Carmichael
Marshall College
Louisiana State University
Huntington
Tom Dunfer
Jerald Ware
Elkins National
Proples National
Narrivon County
Democratic Executive Committee
Moundsville
Sillivan E. Plants
Birch Run
Marshall County
H. B. Ashworth
Bluefield
Bluefield College
di Plomas
John Temple
James H. Beastomobile
Raleigh County
B. B. Price
Thornton Dennis
Price
Edward Foster
J. D. Foster
Dennis
Edward
Jerome Ry- Kosky
C. W. McClintic
Spencer—Squire
Paul Natfle
Roane County
Ohio
Wesley Noble
the Fashion Center
Concord College
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