Back to the Farm Movement Shapes West Virginia Schools
The back to the farm movement boosts rural school enrollment while slowing one room school closures in West Virginia. Since 1933 about 900 one room buildings have vanished, but closures eased after 1934 as attendance rose from 90 004 to 95 74 and the 1936 37 year saw 3 664 remaining one room schools. State official Hamilton notes transportation and road limits push consolidation, while teacher training improves with more one room instructors receiving normal or better training.
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State Department of Education
West Virginia
Hamilton
H. Clab Hamilton
Boards of Education
Eight Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses
Applications filed at the County Clerk office include George C Myers 30 Blue Creek with Yesila Rebecca Keeton 2 Tue Mee Joan Roszak 34 Fayette county with Ethel May Tredway 30 Fayette county William F Ballard 21 Ward with Agnes Fizer 18 Ward Clyde D Fix 44 of 1812 Jackson Street with Lucinda Catherine Hall 25 RB F D No 2 Charleston James A Epach 23 Burnwell with Freda Irene Hall 18 Burnwell Claude A Artis 22 Dawes with Irene Falin 17 Sharon Albert H Horton 30 Bowne mont with Lilly Mae Mosteller 17 Bownemont Lawrence Overby Tuck 22 Floyd Ky with Nancy Lee Snead 19 137 Fayette atrect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Calvin Myers
Blue Creek
Yesila Rebecca Keeton
Joan Roszak
Fayette County
Ethel May Tredway
William Franklin Ballard
Ward
Agnes Fizer
Clyde D. Fix
Jackson Street
Lucinda Catherine Hall
Charleston
James Andrew Epach
Burnwell
Freda Irene Hall
Dr Hart to Preach at Morris Memorial Church
Dr. S. B. Hart, permanent trust fund secretary of the Methodist Episcopal church, will preach this morning at Morris Memorial church in Kanawha City.
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Hart
S. B. Hart
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ileclock
Morris Memorial Church
Kanawha City
Railway Ordered to Cut Coal Rates If Tipple Is Built
The public service commission ordered Virginian railway to cut a 8 cent a ton coal rate from Summerice to West Deepwater to 3 3/4 cents if a Kanawha river tipple is erected to provide river transport. The New River Coal and White Oak firms sought reductions on routes from Summerlee Lochaclly Whipple and Oakwood to West Deepwater. The commission also set July 7 for Faw Paw to seek a municipal waterworks system and allowed Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas to set a new gas price for Equitable Gas.
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Public Service Commission
Virginian Railway
Bolt
Summerice
West Deep Water
Fayette County
Kanawha River
New River Coal Company
White Oak Company
Summerlee
Lochaclly
Whipple
Oakwood
West Deepwater
Kanawha Valley
Faw Paw
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Equitable Gas Company
Steel Worker Killed in Beer Parlor Fight
Princeton June 12 A Gooch Harris Kellysville beer parlor proprietor is jailed after a fight at his establishment left Frank Mazle 23 a structural steel worker dead. Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton says 11 witnesses allege the owner attacked Mazle with a blackjack and then shot him through the chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
A. Gooch Harris
Kellysvile
Frank Mazle
Roscoe Pendleton
Harris
Marle
Police Chief to Probe Logan Woman's Death
Logan police chief Jeff D. Watts announced a formal probe into the death of Airs. Mary Mosley found near the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tracks. A coroner's jury ruled she was run over by a train, but Watts says incriminating facts suggest she may have been killed before the collision.
Mrs. Stark Hosts St. Hilda’s Guild Meeting
Mrs. J Edwin Stark entertained the St. Hilda's guild of St. Matthew's Episcopal church at her South Charleston home Monday night. Plans were made for a lawn party at the parish house on June 1. Attendees included Mrs. Arch Yorholt Mrs. L F Bird Mrs. Ellis King Mrs. Geoffrey P Jones Mrs. John Tallichet Mrs. Charles Day and several Misses along with Rev. George Shirley.
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J. Edwin. Stark
St. Hilda
Fruit boom in Mountain State crops calm worries
June 1 crop report shows strong fruit prospects with apples peaking, peach and pear crops the largest since 1931. Wheat, oats, barley, and hay yields improve after May’s wetness, though some southeastern moisture gaps persist and meadows show patches of thin stands from last year’s drought.
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Federal
IGA Store Managers Meet in West Virginia Merchandising Session
IGA stores in southern West Virginia held a quarterly meeting Thursday evening at Lewis Hubbard and company offices to discuss merchandising plans and summer sales drives. Dr. Matthews welcomed over 300 merchants. M C Turley led the program which featured a moving picture titled We're in the Show Business. Refreshments were served.
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IGA
West
Virginia
Lewis, Hubbard and Company
Dr. Matthews
M. C. Turley
West Virginia briefs highlight church move and local notices
The Rev. Robert Welskircher was named to the Moundsville Catholic parish after the death of Rev. J. P. T. Wolters. I J Wopat ter will be installed as Huntington Manufacturers' Club president June 15. Miss Abbie Shuman, longtime West Virginia Fire Underwriters board secretary, dies at 54. Lions elects officers in Bluefield. Four year old Doris Ann Mayes is struck by a car but expected to recover. Dunn Woolen Co to raise wages 10 percent effective June 16. about 600 workers affected.
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Moundsyvelle
Robert Welskircher
Wheeling
Moundsville
J. P. T. Woltsmer
Mr. Welskircher
Newton His
Morgantown
Huntington
I. J. Wopatetter
Hunting On Manufacturers’ Club
A. T. Wood
New Martinsville
Abbie Shuman
West Virginia Fire Underwriters Board
Wetzel County
Doris Ann Mayes
Sehwambh Church Group Visite Cuba and Hawaii
The Schwamb Presbyterian senior Christian Endeavor held a tourist meeting with mock visits to Cuba and Hawaii. Guests included Sir and Mrs Clarence Parsons and several married couples. Bernice Thomas and Lucille Thompson hosted and Mrs William Bragg played piano.
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Schwamb Presbyterian Church
Cuba
Hawaii
Bernice Thomas
Lucille Thompson
William Bragg
Clarence Parsons
Eastern Star Installation by Tiskelwah Chapter No. 45
Officers will be installed Tuesday night at 8 by the Tiskelwah chapter No. 45 Order of the Eastern Star at the Shrine Mosque. Hostesses will be past matrons and past patrons of the order.
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Tiskelwah Chapter No. 45
Order of the Eastern Star
Order
Mrs. Pulliam Hosts Circle Members at Elk River Camp
Mrs. Brooke Pulliam hosted circle No. 7 of the First Methodist Episcopal Church South missionary society at her Elk River Road camp. She formerly chaired the circle in 1935. Attendees included Mrs A. F. Wallen, Mrs J. A. Garnes, Mrs J. R. Anderson, Mrs S. W. Burdette, Mrs John Eller, Mrs Alma Jones, Mrs C. B. Oakes and Mrs J. W. Dixon.
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Brooke Pulliam
First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Missionary Society
Elk River Road
Glenwood group hosts family swim party and programs
The Glenwood Story Tellers club held a family picnic and swim party at Kanawha Four-H pool near Dunbar. Performances included Flano accordion solos by Alice Fitch and guitar by N L Cline, plus a North Star legend read by Edna Burst and songs from attendees.
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Glenwood Story Tellers Club
Kanawha
Dunbar
Alice Fitch
N. L. Cline
North Star
Edna Burst
H. B. Agsten
W. Fitch
Frank Fletcher
Talent groups named to pick acts for Four-H fair programs
Committees named to choose talent for Little Theater acts at the annual fair on the Four-H grounds below Dunbar in September. Programs will feature dramatics music and vocal numbers. County sings set for Sunday evenings in late theater.
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Dunbar
C. H. Bowling
Kanawha County Farm Women's Bureau Recreation Committee
A. J. Warner
Belle
D. B. Kenenedy
Clendenin
Harry Balehard
Cedar Grove
J. E. Trose
Diamond
Ray Stewart
Dunebar
W. H. Vickers
Elkviews
C. M. Miller
St Albans
Dewey Parsons
Mink Shoals
C. D. Goodall
Lattes
A. D. Maddox
Hownemont
Doyle Thaxton
Tylee Mountain
S . Creighton
Union District
Anna Peck
Blue Creek
Lida Blume
Elk District
Egypt
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Braxton
Roane
Preston
Lincoln
Nicholss
Greenbrier
Fayette and Mason
Ohio County
Brooke County
Jefferson
Paul Wehrle
Dupont
After Paint & Class Co
Hale St
Mrs. Stark
St. Hilda’s Guild
Mountain State
Faramas
GMC
CMC
Tima
Y.M.A.C
General Motors
Trucks & Trailers
General Truck Sales Corp
Watts
Dial
Fogelsong Pontiac CO
Ft. Pleasant
W. Va
Lions
Bluefield
Lions Club
C. Lewis
Cal. W
Thomas
Martinsburg
Dunn Woolen Company
Sehwambh Church
William Brage
Glenn Campbell
Weldon Tawson
Sun Day
Betty Lucas
Audrey Hackney
June Iris Hughart
Wanda Lowe
Harry F. Hanna
James Arthur, Jr
Mrs. Pulliam
Glenwood Group
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