Hall Seeks Speakership in West Virginia House Race
O D Hall a former House and Senate member announces for the Speaker post in the May 10 Democratic primary. He calls for reorganizing the Legislature, a broad tax reform, constitutional changes and policies to fund education, with emphasis on publicizing sessions and easing legislative processes.
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House of Delegates
C. D. Hall
House
Senate
Hall
Harry R. Pauley
West Virginia
Switzerland of America
West Virginia University
Three Animal Bites Reported In Raleigh County
Three animal bites were reported by the Raleigh County Health Department to the State Department of Health Disease Control for the week ending April 2.
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Raleigh County
State Department of Health Disease Control
Novelettes Meet In Boyden Home
The new Nov ice society gathering at the Boyden home hosted a social hour with refreshments for Mrs. Ophelia Mason Miss Lula Rogers Mrs. Nathaniel Braxton Mrs. Jerry Pack Mrs. Odessa Geurrant Mrs. Andrew Durgan and Mrs. San Hosten. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Durgan’s home.
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Ophelia Mason
Lula Rogers
Nathaniel Braxton
Jerry Pack
Odessa Geurrant
Andrew Durgan
San Hosten
Durgan
Easter Recess Begins Thursday At University
Morgantown Easter vacation for West Virginia University students starts Thursday and runs through Wednesday April 20. The university calendar lists May 6-8 as Greater West Virginia weekend, May 23-28 for final examinations, May 28 commencement, and May 29 baccalaureate exercises. WYOMING COUNTY reported eight measles cases and one tuberculosis case. Fayette County reported nothing. A noted Journal of Chronic Diseases article links tetanus risk to chronic skin ulcers and diabetes mellitus, urging tetanus toxoid vaccination for diabetics and prediabetics.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Greater West Virginia
Raleigh
Wyoming County
Fayette County
Journal of Chronic Diseases
Raleigh County Teachers honor McCall's Teacher of the Year
About 160 Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association members and invited guests gathered at Beckley Hotel Ballroom to honor Hazel Davenport as McCall's Teacher of the Year. A portrait, songs, a skit, and memories from former pupils highlighted the celebration with greetings from local officials and educators.
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Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
Beckley Hotel
McCall
K. S. Lazenby
SMNG
Jewell Graybeal
Memory Lane
Flora Cantabery
Spring High
Belva Bowman
Stoco High
Beverly McClung
Bradley
Mary Walker
Slab Fork Elementary
Topsy O'Dell
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Davenport
Edythe Clay
E. J. MacFarland
Graham K. Breck
Raleigh Register
Nell Keefer
Margarel Richmond
CTA
Wilson
Lew Gravely
Woodrow Wilson High School
Carrie McClure
Hazel
Raleigh County
Hazel Davenport
Oak Hill Man Hurt In Machinery Accident
William Whaplers, 41, of Oak Hill, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a leg injury. He was injured when caught between two pieces of machinery at New River C Co., where he works.
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Oak Hill
William Whaplers
Beckley Memorial Hospital
New River C Co
Assembly Ends Week's FHA Observance
Stratton High School hosts National Future Homemakers of America Week observance with guest speaker Miss Lula Rogers on youth empowerment. The program featured a devotional, solos by Johnnie Mae Staples and Helen Hairston, chapter activity highlights, and the initiation of 21 new FHA members led by sponsor Mrs. Bernice Tyree.
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Stratton High School
Lula Rogers
Rogers
Johnnie Mae Staples
Helen Hairston
Marion Mitchell
Brenda Griffin
Freda Christian
West Virginia State College
Edna Hall
State Department of Vocational Home Economics
Charleston
Stratton Chapter
Future Homemakers of America
Bernice Tyree
Revival To Begin At Maple Fork Baptist Church
Maple Fork Baptist Church starts a two week revival at 7 p m today through Easter with nightly services conducted by Rev C H Painter of Dothan. Special singing will be featured each night and the public is invited.
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Maple Fork Baptist Church
C. H. Painter
Dothan
Tech student teachers bolster West Virginia programs
WVU Tech reports forty five student teachers serving in sixteen area junior and senior high schools. Eight locals named include William Backus Ansted James Chambers Epperly Charles Gentry Ravencliff Frances Hurley Beckley John Hutman Beckley Charles More Oak Hill James Musser Mullens Michael Pegram Coal City. Sigma Tau Alpha joins Sigma Phi Epsilon with a weekend initiation featuring reception Friday April eighth and Easter Dance in the high school gym. Beckley nurses Bowyer Manning Thompson attended Baptist Youth Fellowship in Huntington. Tech Women's Athletic Association hosted Play Day with six area high schools from nine thirty to three thirty. Co chairs Susie Roberts and Marlene Toler.
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Nancy L
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Hubert L. Near
William G. Backus
Ansted
James R. Chambers
Epperly
Charles K. Gentry
Ravencliff
Frances Hurley
Beckley
John Hutman
Charles F. More
Oak Hill
James L. Musser
Mullens
Michael S. Pegram
Coal City
Gauley Bridge
Collins High
Cedar Grove
Montgomery
East Bank
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
Charleston
Stoco
Sigma Tau Alpha
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Taus
Tech
Rhythmn Kings
Ed Strong
Bluefield
Don Farley
Sophia
Larry Mc
Nancy Bowyer
Ted
Connie Manning
Joyce Thompson
Laird
State Baptist Youth Fellowship Convention
Huntington
First Baptist
Women’s Athletic Association of Tech
Susie Roberts
Fayetteville
Marlene Toler
Clear Fork
Smith Continues State Campaign Schedule
Hulett C. Smith's campaign for the Democratic nomination outlines a week of appearances. Today: Welch and McDowell counties. Tuesday: Wheeling and Ohio County. Wednesday: Brooke and Hancock counties and Weirton in the evening. Thursday: Logan County. Friday: Huntington in Cabell County including a Cabell County Young Democratic Club event. Saturday: Huntington in Cabell County.
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Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Welch
McDowell County
Wheeling
Ohio County
Brooke
Hancock
Weirton
Logan
Logan County
Huntington
Cabell County
Young Scratic Club
Huntington Cabell County
Minnesotan Named To U Dental Staff
Morgantown West Virginia University School of Dentistry appoints Dr Elmer Ellsworth Kellin of Minneapolis as associate professor of oral pathology. Kellin comes from the University of Minnesota faculty and holds degrees from Nebraska and Minnesota. He is a member of the Canadian Dental Association the Michigan Division of the National Association for Dental Research and the East Academy of Oral Pathology.
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Morgantown
Elmer Ellsworth Kellin
Minneapolis
Minn
West Virginia University School of Dentistry
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Kellin
University of Minnesota
Saskatchewan
Canada
University of Nebraska
Minnesota
Canadian Dental Association
The
National Association For Dental Research
En Academy of Oral Pathology
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H. E. Melton Jr
Haskell O. Riffe
Mason Anderson
Dewey Bone
W. C. Reid
Virgil A. Sarrett
James L. Hornbeck
Sophia High School
Slab Fork Woman's Club
G. G. Greene
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Sunoco
EE Bowyer
Clung
Dale Henley
Whitby
James Little
James Browder
Doug Lewis
John O'Dell
United Mine Workers of America
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C. H. Howard
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