Railmen Hear Two Top Officials at West Virginia BRT Meet
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen plans a July 16 17 convention in Charleston with top officials Charles Luna and W E B Chase to speak at a Friday luncheon. Theresa Mosher will attend. registrations run 8 a.m. to noon and 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. A square dance, joint meeting, separate closed sessions, a 6 p.m. banquet, and semiformal dance follow through the event.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
West Virginia
Daniel Boone
Shanklin
Grand Lodge
Older Promoted to President Amid Railroad Career Span
Carl T. Older, son of Mr and Mrs Carl T Older, rose from clerk at Cyanamid to president of the Brotherhood, succeeding W. P. Ken. He began at Santa Fe in 1925, worked in East Dallas yard since 1988, and held several offices before becoming Secretary-Treasurer in 1963.
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Santa Fe
East Dallas
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Brotherhood
Carl T. Older
W. P. Ken
Churchill
Beenjnedy
Chase
American|gan Railroad
Cyanamid Co. Brewster
Michigan Central
Bradley
Fla
Westiyard
Grand Virginia University
Trunk Western
Detroit
BRT
West Virginia Education Seen Improving Slowly
West Virginia's public school system is inadequate but improving as dropout rates decline and third grade literacy rises, per Morris Harvey College President Marshall Buckalow. He cited a young, trainable population and fewer social conflicts as strengths, yet warned whites’ average education remains below national levels, with only 8.8 years on average.
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Jammes A. Haught
West Virginia
Morris Harvey College
Marshall Buckalow
Charles Iton Exchange Club
Wast
Virginia
U.S
America
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
West
Ginla
Jack. W. Blair
Charles E. Hamilton Jr
Feaster
I. Q.i
Charles L. Caprio
C. E. Roth
Charleston Teen Replaces Morgantown Actor on Showboat
John Woodruff 13, son of Mr and Mrs Ben Woodruff of 126 Oakwood Rd, will play Muff Potter in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on the Showboat Rhododendron. A Morgantown boy quit acting for the summer. Performances are today and Saturday at 2 p.m. on the showboat and Sunday at 2 p.m. at St Albans, with Ten Nights in a Bar Room at 8:30 p.m. on those days.
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Charleston
Mark Twain Boy Players
Morgantown
John Woodruff
Ben Woodruff
Oakwood Rd
Muff Potter
Boyplayers
St. Albans
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