Flemington High School Commencement Exercises Review
The page notes Flemington High School commencement events with processional hymns invocation chorus address and diplomas presented by West Virginia Wesleyan College president and the Board of Education. Enrollment reaches 108, the largest in school history, with 12 seniors graduating and 28 juniors. Plans include fall reopening in a new building with athletics agriculture home economics and possibly industrial arts.
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H. S
Department of Agriculture
Social Office and Commerce Senior Graduating Class
A brief note profiles a social office and commerce major who earned a B S degree from Wesleyan College and completed graduate work at West Virginia University during the summers of 1926 87 28. The senior class honors mention a person named Wood.
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Social Office and Commerce
Wesleyan College
West Virginia University
Compton Rites Held Tuesday
Mrs Alta Shackleford Compton aged 41 died at City Hospital after confinement. Survived by her mother and father Mr and Mrs Elza Shackleford two sisters Mrs Augusta Weaver Hammond and Mrs Sarah Ann Shackleford New York City and two brothers Joseph B and William R Shackleford. Body to Bartlett Funeral Home to be buried Hammond Cemetery tomorrow at 2 30 with Rev A G Yoke officiating at Hammond M E Church.
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Alta Shackleford Compton
City Hospital
Bartlett Funeral Home
Hammond
A. G. Yoke
Hammond M. E. Church
County Court Hears Claims Amid Repairs in Taylor County
County court, led by President Charles Warder, heard claims and arranged bill payments as the sole business. He announced two roads are under repair, noting Pleasant Creek road in Court House district is being ex-
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Taylor County Court
Charles Warder
Warder
Pleasant Creek
Court House
Road work advance noted near Country Club area
A county officer said construction is planned for about 1000 feet and that a short stretch near the Country Club will be repaired and graded, signaling ongoing improvements in the area.
Railroads win appeal in Supreme Court bid for restitution
Washington June 3 The Baltimore and Ohio and other eastern railroads linked to western lines at St. Louis prevailed in the Supreme Court. The court ordered the appointment of a special master to determine the restitution amount these eastern lines should receive for transfer charges paid on west bound freight crossing the Mississippi.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Howard Glenn Goes On Trial In Taylor County Court
Howard F. Glenn former automobile dealer in the area faces trial in Taylor county circuit court on one of thirteen indictments by Industrial Acceptance Corporation of Virginia for alleged misappropriation of funds. Prosecutor James C. Holt disclosed Glenn handled similar dealings in the county, including a $143.50 check signed by P. P. Glenn with no acknowledgment to the company.
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Howard F. Glenn
Taylor County
Industrial Acceptance Corporation of Virginia
Glenn
P. P. Glenn
James C. Holt
WVU Board approves resignations and new appointments
Morgantown WV June 3 The West Virginia University Board of Governors accepted the resignations of Dr Holly Estill Cunningham head of philosophy and psychology since 1923 and Martha T Fulton as dean of women It elected Ruth D Noel acting dean of women and appointed her to English and student counsellor John W Draper of the University of Maine was named head of English succeeding retiring Dr Robert A Armstrong Felix John Schneiderhan of the Virginia Experiment Station was chosen associate plant pathologist to lead fruit disease control in the eastern panhandle Meville Stewart director general of physical education was elected secretary to Dr Carl P Schott and will study in the college of law The board continues its session tomorrow.
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Martha T. Fulton
Ruth D. Noel
Woomen
John W. Draper
University of Maine
Robert Allen Armstrong
Felix John Schneiderhan
Virginia Experiment Station
Panhandle
Meville Stewart
State Department, of Schools
Carl P. Schott
Department of Physical Education
Stewart
College of Law
Mrs Hoover Receives Honorary Doctorate at Swarthmore
Swarthmore College conferred the honorary degree of doctor of letters on Mrs Herbert Hoover on June 3. The award honored her aid to her husband in his literary work and her role in translating a metallurgical work, highlighted during the ceremony in Swarthmore Pennsylvania.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Herbert Hoover
Iif
Tacna Arica treaty signed to settle Peru Chile dispute
Lima Peru June 3 treaty signing ends long standing boundary dispute between Chile and Peru. In related brief a burglar at Fletcher Motor Car Company stole 150 dollars from a safe and a desk nearby held 3100 dollars not found.
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Lima
Peru
Chile
Clarksburg
Fletcher Motor Car Company
Prohibition Education Plan Endorsed by Church Group
In Pittsburgh on June 3, the United Presbyterian Church endorsed a nationwide educational program to prove the benefits of prohibition, recommending broad adoption by congregations and affiliated bodies.
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Pittsburgh
United Presbyterian Church
Baldwin Plans Resignation to King Tomorrow
London dispatch dated June 3 reports Premier Baldwin who has led the Conservative cabinet since October 1924 will place the resignation of his ministry in King George V's hands tomorrow at Windsor Castle.
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London
Pretier Baldwin
England
King George
Morrison guilty in Kanawha County murder trial
Mil lard Morrison, a New Jersey tourist, was found guilty of first degree murder without mercy by a Kanawha county jury for the slaying of Frank Bowen, operator of the Creek filling station. The verdict imposes death by hanging.
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Charleston
Millard Morrison
New Jersey
Kanawha County
Frank Bowen
End Creek
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Flemington High School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Board of Education
Byron Ross
Rey, C. A. Snider
Robert Johnson
Audience Rey
C. A. Snider High School
R. A. Leubbers
H. Haselden
Lemton High School
Wood
Sherman H. Haseld Pp
Edith Menear
Velya Boyles
Flora Reed
Rubie Johnson
Anna Flaherty
Warrier Dawson
Nancy Lee Hay
Lyle Mengar
Paul Kopson
Joseph Dryfield
Homer Rogerson Radcline
Robert Phelps
Albert Johnson
Stanley Rogers
Robert Flint
Charles Cather
Violet Annegan
Mary Thomas
Francis Dougherty
Roy Aland Martenty
Ratmez Jorishie
Silvio Costello
Delmar Stemple
George Waseman
Rosie Repece
Reba Ménear
Merle Kelley
Ramona Dawson
Daisy Jones
Virginia Marteney
Blanche Barker
Laura Lee Snyder
Martin Howell
Nellie Menseur
Joseph Snyder
Bernard Blake
Charles Kinney
Joe Piccolo
Robert Watkins
Alpin Knight
Arthur Gilliam
Julius Louch
Dante Coptello
Howard Glenn
Grafton
Armstrong
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Holly Estill Cunningham
Philosophy
Mrs. Hoover Honor
Baldwin
Morrison
Standard
Esso
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