Morgantown Democrat Wins City Mayor Post on Second Ballot
Morgantown Democrat D. C. Cliff Lough took the mayor’s seat after defeating the incumbent Republican on the second ballot in the City Council organizational session. In Clay County, Dana C. Eakdeff was rejected for the State Board of Probation and Parole leadership as talks aimed at a contract settlement for 8,000 drivers and helpers continued. Industrial shares rose with General Motors up over 15 points and other leaders gaining as the stock market hit new highs. Budget cuts foreseen by the 1955 Legislature threaten the adjutant general department and National Guard finances. Justice Tom C. Clark granted a stay of execution in the Caryn Chessman case. General Motors planned stock increases as part of expansion plans. President Eisenhower nominated Maj. Gen. George W. Read Jr. to lieutenant general in Europe and Ways & Means previews legislation on Social Security checks. Fire officials estimated a $250,000 loss from a two‑story Leatherman orchard building fire. Eisenhower canvassed with Republicans on pending measures. Glass industry negotiators attempted to end a walkout by 640 union members.
Taylor Grafton High Band and Library Heads Shift
Taylor Grafton High School and Taylor County board of education held a meeting last night to rehire teachers and non teaching staff, hire bus drivers, adopt the 1955 56 calendar, award gasoline bids, and review budget and policies. Several resignations were accepted and new hires named including a new Flemington Home Economics teacher and Grafton High librarian and band director.
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Taylor County
Board of Education
Flemington High
Grafton High School
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Kathleen Cather
Alan Burner
Rohrbough
Betty Sue Sims
Washington
West Virginia
W.V.U
Flemington High Homie Ee
Joseph" Henry
Grafton High
Supt
Virginia West
Henry
Gassaway
Belington
Wirt County
Miss West
Rohrpough
Gilmer County
University of Indiana
Bessie T. Knight
Flemington
Juanita Stout
West Grafton
Rock Union
Board of
Rohrhough
Beig
School Board Announces 1955 56 Teacher Placements
The School Board lists teacher personnel placements for the 1955 56 year across multiple schools and grades including West Hill East Grafton Grafton High Flemington High and Junior High. Non teaching staff includes secretary to superintendent financial secretary and various clerks and plant operations personnel.
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Roberta Chenoweth Bush
Mus
Lucretia
Dorothy Leach
Mr. Alry
Hattie Armstrong Taylor
Josephine Little
West Hill
Gladys Norris
Blueville
Myrtle Anvil
Beulah
Grimes
East Grafton
Gracie Bosely
Hazel Woodyard
Georgiana Hall
Violet Barnett
Helen S. Blackburn
Virginia Leke
Grace A
Miller Gertrude Rasmussen
Lois Shriver
Carrie Gans
Flemington
Audrey B Bode
Lulu Chenoweth
Louis Robison
Virginia Seyres
Jean Post Stout
Hazel D. Booth
Lillian C. Culp
Marguerite Thayer
Virginia Hanway
Hepzibeth
Maxine Cather
Juanta Harris
Nevada Snider
Park View
Muriel Posten
Rosemont
Naomi Johnson
Ramona Neuport
Kathleen Cather
Haymond
Jewel Crislip
Mildred Gerkin
Doris C. Stout
Knottsville
Catherine Leach
Howard
Walls
Eleanor Ross
Bruntytown
Wilma
Hartley
Virginie Hie
Anna Gilles Mckinnay
Aemf Simpson
Pauline Benda
Helen M. Smith
Thornton
Ida Lake
Gertrude Newton
Arad Burner
Webster
Margaret Hancock
Ada Wilson
West Grafton
Helen E. Brown
Minnie K. Byers
Virginia Campbell
Pauline Cleavenger
Carrie Fast
Rena Goodwin
Avis Smith
Arlene Yoho
Muriel Holt
Grafton Junior High
Naomi Boston
Wilma B. Evans
Geneva Hilkey
Harry K. Latta
Beatrice Little
Gail Luzader
Jean McPhail
Francis W. Nestor
Mildred W. Talbott
Kathleen L. Watkins
James F. Poling
Grafton High
Ruth Batten
Hobart Keeghley
Mildred Bord
Barbara Cather
Charles Cather
Robert Clayton
Hazel Cole
Nelle Cook
Lynn Faulkner
Mildred Haddox
Sherman Haselden
Gladys Hickman
Francis Julian
Charles Kelly
Naomi Lawson
Neil Trutz
Randall McKinney
Hortense Mumford
Elma Robinson
Mildred Sinsel
Lawrence Spadafore
Festus Waggoner
A. V
Virginia Yost
Virginia West
L. O. Bryan
Carl Junkers
Lee Armentrout
Loren Vincent
James Jacobs
Howard Dillon
Gordon Dillon
Roy Vandercrift
George Snyder
Arthur N. Wilson
Kenny Rosier
Douglas McDonald
Billy Frank Whitescarver
Roy Nose
Earl Junkers
Charles Duckworth
Ray Gray
Lloyd E. Sayres
Samuel Humphries
Carl Nestor
Taylor County Sets 198 School Days with 18 Vacation Days
The Taylor County Board of Education approved a 198 day school year with 18 vacation days. School begins September 6 with teachers meeting and September 7 for classes. Christmas break runs December 20 to January 2. School ends May 31 with 172 student attendance days and several in-service or election related days.
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Taylor County Board of Education
R. Virgil Rohrbough Saltodes
Rohrbough
West Viginia Education Association
Clarksburg
Drive Em Away Used Car Bargains Today
Your home town dealers offer two choice selections of used cars with drastic price cuts and low down payments. Samples include a 1953 DeSoto Firedoms four door sedan and a 1950 Oldsmobile eight eight two door. See the Classifieds on page five for more details and larger selection.
Wolfe To Head City Finances
City officials report Walter Wolfe was appointed acting financial director by City Manager Hugh Woodford amid a planned but aborted council meeting. Woodford said no meeting occurred and confirmed Wolfe’s appointment while noting related administrative actions at Grand and High streets.
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Walter Wolfe
Hugh Woodford
R. D. Stout
Woodford
L. J. Loar
City Hall
Wolfe
al Grand
High Streets
Conservationist Reappointed to State Commission
Raymond J. Lambert of Kenova Wayne County was re appointed by Gov William C Marland to a six year term on the State Conservation Commission ending June 30 1941.
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Charleston
Raymond J. Lambert
Kenova
Wayne County
William C. Marland
State Conservation Commission
NEA Nominates Illinoisan for Top Office and VP Selection
John Lester Buford, Mount Vernon superintendent, nominated for NEA president. Martha Shull, Portland high school English teacher, nominated for first vice president. Other nominees include Sarah Caldwell for Education Policies Commission and several regional directors and executive committee members. Fire victim Samuel Joseph Pigg, 18, dies from burns in Fairmont after oily rags overheated and exploded.
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Chicago
John Lester Buford
Mount Vernon
National Education Association
Martha Shull
Portland
Ore
YEA
Sarah C. Caldwell
Akron Hie
NEA
Education Policies Commission
Execusive
Jessie Cunningham
Wheeling
W. Va
B. Melvin Cole
Towson
Irene McNulty
Binghamton
Board of
New Jersey
Lena M. Porreca
Hackensack
Penn
Audrey S. Graham
Pittsburgh
Nan ‘Temple Davis
Huntington
Fairmont
Samuel Joseph Pigg
Talking Fireman Finds Job Waiting
DETROIT a civil defense recruiting drive climaxed with a practical demonstration. Fire Chief John W Whitlock wheeled a truck and extinguished a blazing awning across the street after a shout of fire. Rome Italy Antonio Segni forms a new Western coalition government with a three party cabinet backed by a tiny center party supporting the Christian Democrats Social Democrats and Liberals.
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Detroit
John W. Whitlock
Civil Defense
Whitlock
Rome
Italy
Antonio Segni
Segni
Fall hanged man in Graysville Ohio farm accident
William Cline, 78, of Graysville Ohio operated a four acre farm near town. He died in an accidental hanging Thursday while preparing to hoist hay into a barn loft. The incident occurred at his rural property and is being investigated.
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Graysville
Ohio
William Cline
Here
Prison Rioters Hold Hostages in Washington State Penitentiary
A band of 800 convicts at the Washington State Penitentiary seized the facility and overran staff. Seven hostages were reported held as a “zero hour” approached at 7 p.m. EDT with demands for safer handling of inmates. Recreation officer RB. W. Fain was knocked unconscious and treated after resisting the rioters.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington Mate Penitentiary
William Campbell
Prison Guidance Center
RB. W. Fain
Eastern Section U. 5 Heat Wave Sweeps East
The eastern half of the nation sweltered in a 100 degree heat wave for the seventh straight day. A mass of hot muggy air kept temperatures high from the Dakotas to Maine. Temperatures rose above 100 in New York and Pennsylvania Tuesday, with no relief expected for at least two more days.
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Natley
Dakotas
Maine
New York Area
Penn
Ivania
Lightning Strikes Moore Farm Garage Near Nestorville
In Philippi West Virginia lightning damaged the Moore farm garage eight miles east of town while three men fought to save a car. The bolt also hit a nearby utility pole and entered the house causing minor damage. The Moores recently rebuilt after a summer tornado and host the Nestors who lost their home in May.
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Philippi. W. Va
Godfrey Moore
Moore Farm
Nestorville
Here
Sumer
Moore Garage
Mercury Soaring With 86 to 94 Degree Day Outlook
Temperature at noon rose from 75 toward a high of 86 to 94 as hot humid weather persisted. A low of 63 overnight preceded a day with anticipated storms that failed to materialize yesterday after noon and evening, leaving the air extremely uncomfortable.
Eisenhower backs Dixon-Yates if Memphis builds plant
President Eisenhower said he would be willing to back the Dixon-Yates project if Memphis Tennessee proceeds with construction of its own power plant. Coal expert Lloyd A Wildman 58 of Charleston West Virginia died in an auto crash near Foster Madison reported by State Police.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Memphis
Tenn
Madison
W Va
Lloyd A. Wildman
Charleston
Foster
Here
Eisenhower urges world to seek good faith for disarmament
President Eisenhower told reporters the world must seek heart of good faith to ease dangers and build trust as a basis for disarmament. He said the United States will present a conciliatory stance at Geneva and reject nothing merely out of truculence. He discussed inspections, open factories, and the limits of detecting all weapons, noting large bomber bases and missiles pose challenges but are not concealed from view.
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Washington
Pelkpe
Eisenhower
Geneva
Chey
Jlsershower
United ‘States
Sla
United States
Lne
Eisenhower Rejects Forcing Run for Second Term
President Eisenhower today rejected pressure to seek a second term in 1966 stating the decision is his to make. He emphasized he will decide for himself without external coercion or haste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
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George W. Read, Jr
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Europe
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Leatherman
Congress
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AFL Window Glass Cutters League
Taylor
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Tow
Grafton
Vocational Trade School For Veterans
George F. Norris
Charles Kelley
Ralph Shahan
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Oldsmobile
John Secor
Nes Dean
Secor
Conrad Tupper
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