Three Cities Remain For West Virginia Med School Location
Governor Patteson narrows site choice to Huntington Morgantown and Charleston for the four year medical and dental school with Beckley dropped from contention. He will explain reasons for his final decision when announced, as required by the 1951 Legislature. The governor and Rosalind Funk have spent long hours organizing background material for the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill W. Dunlevy
Associated Press
Patteson
West Virginia
Huntington
Morgantown
Charleston
Beckley
Rosalind Funk
West Virginia names McGovran reappointed state VA director
Governor Patteson reappointed T. H. Pat McGovran of Charleston to a six year term as state director of veterans affairs. Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg was renewed for six years on the Veterans Council. The piece notes the heated debates over the location of a state medical school, with Huntington Charleston Morgantown and state university interests cited, plus a brief history of the site selection controversy dating to 1949 and 1951 tax measures.
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Ee Cutes
T. H
Pat) McGovran
Charleston
Veterans Affairs
Patteson
McGovran
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
Veteran Council
The
Department of Veterans
Affa
Park Meeting Planned By Diabetes Society
The Charleston Diabetes Assoc Lay Society will hold its first meeting at the main picnic area in Kanawha State Forest this after noon. Membership is open to diabetics their families and anyone interested in diabetes. Transportation to the picnic may be obtained at 1115 Quarrier St at 2 30 p m Officers are Robert C Thomas president Robert W Lowe vice president Mrs Dorothy M Arthur secretary and Miss Julia Malone treasurer.
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Charleston Diabetes Assoc
Kanawha State Forest
Japan
Quarrier St
Robert C. Thomas
Robert W. Lowe
Dorothy M. Arthur
Julia Malone
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Greenwood Coal Co
Two former employees Harmon of Lawton and Avancini and Bennett of Quinnimont filed an involuntary bankruptcy in District Federal Court against Greenwood Coal Co of Lawton Fayette County. They claim total wages of 575.89 and accuse the firm of defrauding by shipping mining machinery to another creditor to defer debts.
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Greenwood ‘Coal Co
Lawton
Fayette County
Add Harmon
Melvin Junior Avancini
William Bennet
Quinnimont
150 WV Teachers To Attend NEA Parley In San Francisco
One hundred fifty West Virginia teachers will attend the National Education Association meeting July 16 in San Francisco as official delegates of the West Virginia Education Association and its affiliates. Corma Mowrey of Clarksburg will oversee NEA representative assembly sessions. Delegates from Kahawha, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Putnam counties and others will participate, led by state officials and their spouses.
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West Virginia
National Education Assoc
San Francisco
West Virginia Education Assoc
NEA
Corma Mowrey
Clarksburg
Miss Mowrey
State Education Assoc
Malta
U. S
World Order of the
Kahawha County
Bess Grossenback
Jane Thompson
Genevieve Starcher
John St. Clair
E. C. Richardson
Ruth Jeffers
Milan Howard
Maye Wollard
Clara Williamson
Mamie Hughes
Lincoln County
Mae C. Wilson
Marjorie Ramsey
Logan County
Erma Barnett
Myra Schul
Bertha Jenkins
Mason County
Eddie Chapman
Putnam
Mt Carbon GI Member Of Queen's Own Commended for Valor
Pfc. Kenneth E. Hensley of Mount Carbon West Virginia, serving with the 32d Infantry Division Queen's Own in Korea, aided in halting a Communist Spring offensive. The division, praised for superior duty, has endured eight months of combat including two amphibious landings from Pusan to the Manchurian border and battles on both Korean coasts. Major General Claude B. Ferenbaugh commended the unit, likening their stand to World War II battles Bulge and Bastogne.
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INF
U.S. Army
Korea
Kenneth E. Hensley
Maud A. Hensley
Carbon
W. Va
Hensley
32D
Queen's Own
Far East
Pusan
Mancchurian Berder
Korean Peninsula
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
Bulge
Bastogne
WH Official Explains GI Training Deadline
Dr. E W Ockerman Morris Harvey College assistant dean and director of admissions explains the GI Bill training deadline. Veterans not enrolled in Spring or Summer may keep benefits alive by registering between July 10 and 16 with a minimum one college hour to avoid ineligibility after July 25 under the Serviceman s Readjustment Act.
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E.W. Ockerman
Morris Harvey College
Yesteray
Jury Awards 9000 in Accident Damages
A Circuit Court jury awarded Mrs. Marie Faull of Ec Pleas Raleigh County $9,000 in damages against W S Abbot Co of Charleston after a Summersville Nallen road collision attributed to improper one way traffic during repairs. The plaintiff claimed permanent impairment from the crash involving her husband’s car and Marvel Haysiler’s vehicle.
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Marie Faill
Ec‘ples
Raleigh County
W. S. Abbot Co
Charleston
Faull
Summersville- Nallen
Nicholas County
Marvel Haysiler
Drowning In Mine Drainage Pond Near Big Stick
In Beckley West Virginia on June 22 Siler Braddock a 16 year old Black youth drowned while swimming with two others in a pond formed by water draining from an abandoned mine opening near Big Stick Raleigh County. Fire department rescue squad drained the pond and recovered the body two hours and thirteen minutes after the drowning.
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Beckley
Siler Braddock
Big Stick
Raleigh County
Braddock
Beckley Fire Department
Degree Earned in California by West Virginia Man
Edward R. Long, brother of Mrs. D B Gallagher of Massey Circle Charleston W Va, received a Bachelor of Science in air conditioning and refrigeration engineering at California State Polytechnic College in California.
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California
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Edward R. Long
D. B. Gallagher
Massey Circle
Charleston
W. Va
California State Polytechnic College
Coal Output Rises in Week Ended June 16
The National Coal Association estimated bituminous production at 10.3 million tons for the week ended June 16, up from 9.93 million the prior week. For the same week in 1950 output was 10.364 million tons.
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Washington
National Coal Assoc
30 Community Dances To Be Launched In June
A series of weekly community dances for South Charleston youths will begin Friday June 29 at the South Charleston Recreation Center. Co sponsored by the Junior Department of the Woman's Club and the Rec Center staff, the program runs year round. Music from 7 30 to 10 36 p m with plans for more elaborate events.
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South Charleston
South Charleston Recreation Center
The
Woman's Cub of
Recreation Center
Mary H. Edge
City Student Named Chief Justice at UT Austin
Harold Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Young of Charleston West Virginia, has been appointed chief justice of the student court at the University of Texas for the summer term. Young is a law student and a member of Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Phi.
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University of Texas Austin
Tex
Harold Young
T. H. Young
Highland Ro
Charleston
W. Va
University of Texas
Young
Sigma Chi
Phi Delta Phi
Chief Fighting Trailer Blaze Fells Fire Chief in Montgomery
Montgomery fire chief Roger Nowviskie was struck by a car while his team battled a trailer fire. He suffered a compound fracture and head injuries. the driver Samuel A. Foster of 19 Bradford St. Charleston was released awaiting further investigation. The incident occurred near the highway bridge from Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Roger Nowviskie
Laird Memorial Hospital
Nowviskie
J. R. Lilly
Samuel A. Foster
Bradford St. Charleston
Foster
Lilly
Nowinskie
The
Texas Law Review
Sgt Charles Larabee to Fort Knox Ky Transfer
Sgt Charles Larabee of the West Virginia Military District in South Charleston has been transferred to Fort Knox Kentucky. Col A R Reeves district chief said yesterday that families would be reassigned to the Army base as part of the move.
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Chavigs BR. Larabee
West Virginia
South Charleston
Ft. Knox
Col
A. R. Reeves
Farilies
Imared School Begins July Third Sat
Imared School opens July 3 with veteran Larabee who served in Europe. The notice mentions Lorne and daughter Carole of RFD 2, and a Valley Art League meeting at 230 Ab Binders with president ww T und.
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Imared
Larabee
Havuis
Europe
Lorne
Carole
RFD
Charleston
Art League
KTW
Ha Valley Art Leage
Persident
Ww T Und
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