Nursery School Teaches Children Living Habits
The WPA nursery school in Beckley has operated seven months with two teachers guiding 37 children initially. Students from age two to five wear matching sun suits, use personal lockers, and follow a strict daily routine emphasizing cleanliness, regular attendance, and sanitary habits, with no corporal punishment.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. VA
Pomeriien
WPA
PWA
Pauline Cline
Nannie Cook
Miss Cline
Carnrate
Fishers catch for meal only at Indian Mills spot
Sumping Branch Aug 1 a town group fished near Indian Mills but kept none for home. The party includes Mr and Mrs Calloway Cole Miss Mildred and Therill Cole Mr and Mrs Hershall Pack Mr and Mrs Robert Bennett and children Mr and Mrs Willis Hannigan and baby Miss Clara Cox Bill Joiner David Breadows and Bryan West.
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Indian Mills
Calloway Cole
Mildred
Therill Cole
Hershall Pack
Robbert Bennett
Willis Hannigan
Clara Cox
Bill Joiner
David Breadows
Bryan West
Wyoming Miner Falls Off Car at Red Jack Tipple
Blake WwW a miner at the Red Jack jet mine in Lusk fell from a railroad coal car on Friday while standing on the brake platform. He said a sudden car jar caused the fall as cars near the tipple loaded. He received X rays at Pineville, no fractures found, but he had shock, a head laceration and multiple bruises. He was to be kept under observation at Stevens Clinic in Welch for several days.
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Register
Wyoming
Blake
Lusk
Tipple
K. G. Khorazian
Pineville
FE. W. Wilkinson
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Pineville social notes from August highlights several travels
Pineville residents and guests are noted in a stream of visits and trips. Virgil H Stewart and family left for Parsons to visit Mrs Stewart's mother, Virginia Repair, returning next Thursday. Mrs Wilbur Achlin and daughter Sally left for Waynesburg accompanied by the Shannons. Relatives visited Huntington and Williamson. T V Morgan and son stayed with the Howards in Glen Rogers. Coy Reed and Frank Crowley visited on business. Mrs Clara Burton of Mullens visited her parents in Pineville. Frances Bailey spent weekend with Jane McClure in Charleston. Shipman family returned from Beckley. Bart Tracy and Miss Sadie Cole dined with the Baileys. Harry Cooke vacationed in Mullens. Blakely family returned from Mullens. Beavers and Basham planned fishing on the Guyan. J K Shipman joined Clyde Shipman for dinner in Wyoming.
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Wilbur Achlin
Sally
Waynesburg
Huntington
A. B. Shannon
James McDermitt
Williamson
T. V. Morgan
Glen Rogers
M. P. Howard
Coy Reed
Herndon
Frank Crowley
Mullens
Clara Burton
I. B. Brooks
Christo Denoof
McGraws
Gritchie Buck
Lon F. Byrd
Frances Bailey
Jane McClure
Charleston
J K. Shipman
Robert
Beckley
Bart Cole
Tracy Cole
Sadie Cole
Theodore Bailey
Harry W. Cooke
Dell Cook
Henry Blakely
Louise
Sarah Jean
Robert Shumate
Russell Beavers
Sandy”Basham
Guyan River
J. K. Shipman
Clyde Shipman
Wyoming
Falls in dance leaves teen with wrist fracture
Aug 1 in Jumping Branch Miss Eva Mae Crook, 15, fell while dancing in her father's lunch room. At Hinton hospital doctors described the fracture as one of the worst they'd seen. Father Matt S. Crook reports she was given anaesthetic for setting and is recovering at home.
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Eva Mae Crook
Hinton Hospital
Stone Stars
Matt S. Crook
Soe
Dogs by the gross by Associated Press in Harlingen
A Texas boy, once heartbroken by a pet dog’s death, now amasses 400 dogs but keeps them forever as china figures, preserving a lifelong affection beyond the loss.
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Associated Press
Harlingen
Tex
W. B. Lewis
China
Board Finds substitutes for Wyom ing county schools
Wyomin g county board of education appoints substitute instructors and assigns teachers across numerous schools. The list includes names such as Paul Richie Mrs R B Johnson Mrs Lucille Davis Eunice Garetson Ralph Williams and many others with assignments across Adkin Aldridge Fork Bailey Baileysville Barker Creek Bartley Basin and dozens more, detailing each school and its teachers.
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Pineville
Wyoming County Board of Education
Adkin
Don D. Cook
Aldridge Fork
John Baznie
Earsel Toler
Mildred Dooley
Parker K. Strong
Andres Hale
Mary B. Holloway
Edna McGraw
Ada V. Crockett
Tott Afe- Graw
Mabel Goode
Margaret Maynor
Golda Davis
Louishia Birchfield
Beatrice Toler
Donnie McGraw
Black
J. W. Harman
Bob Branch
Archie Lusk
Bower
Jeanette Houck
Brier
Hayes Cook
Cabin Creek
Ruby Lambert
Conley High
Carl Hazzard
Sanford Williams
Curtis Johnson
Beatrice Taylor
Josephine Chapbel
Milam and Surrounding Districts Named in Ledger Roll Call
A long list of schools, creeks, districts, and grade levels appears as a roll call of names and places including Milam High, Pineville, Oceana, Otsego, Road Branch, Rockview, Sand Gap, Soulsville, Turkey, Wyce, and Wyco. Notable names include Hattie McGraw, Milam, Ernest Emberger, and Cherished local officials, reflecting a survey of districts and personnel. The record reads like an index of teachers, students, and community groups across multiple districts.
July Ties June For Weddings in Pineville Records
Pineville reports from County Clerk C V Shannon show 21 marriages in June and as many permits issued in July with couples from Stephenson Glen Rogers Mullens Tralee Simon Covel and Mullens among the listed partners. Names include Emmet Hartley Lilly Shrewsbury Frank Lundy Magele Parson Silas Rollins Julia Littles Arthur Davis Katie Owens Duncan Bessie Lafferty Dewey Mullins Blanche Browning John Burns Virginia Davis Lemmie Mabe Ruby Smith Kelly Belcher Ruby Howerton Sam Monroe Julia Lovelace Joseph Odell Mamie Martin Drewey Lawrence Nancy Woody William Adams Ella Belle Wilson Lesley Cox Mary Bells Iear Debold Indus Hill Cecil Wade Weaver and others.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming
C. V.shannon
Emmet R. Hartley
Stephenson
Lilly Shrewsbury
Frank Lundy
Glen Rogers
Magele Parson
Silas
Lemmie Mabe
Danbury
N. C
Ruby Virginia Smith
Mullens
Kelly Belcher
Tralee
Ruby Howerton
Sam Monroe
Julia Lovelace
Joseph Justice Odell
Mamie Martin
Drewey Lawrence
Simon
Nancy Woody
William Adams
Covel
Ella Belle Wilson
Lesley Cox
Mary Bells
Iear Debold
Indus Hill
Cecil Wade Weaver
Notable Cast of Young Residents Named in Local Event
To Head Lions Pineville and Aretta Privett, 17, of Glen Fork, Luther Walker, 28, of Corinne, and Elizabeth Taylor, 18, of Corinne, Ivan M. Jones, 21, of Mullens and Ferne Cole, 21, of Mullens, William Seay, 26, of East Galt and Reba Thompson, 18, of Allen Junction, Fred Sizemore, 25, of Bud and Leatha Louise Lester, 16, of Bud, Joe Rawleigh Lundy, 23, of Glen Rogers and Grace Willis, 30, of Glen Rogers.
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Pineville
Aretta Privett
Glen Fork
Luther Walker
Corinne
Elizabeth Taylor
Ivan M. Jones
Mullens
Ferne Cole
William Seay
East Galt
Reba Thompson
Allen Junction
Fred Sizemore
Bud
Leatha
Louise Lester
Joe Rawleigh Lundy
Glen Rogers
Grace Willis
Kelso Initiates Water and Milk Testing Lab Work
Gilbert Kelso, director of the sanitary engineer training school, helped install a water and milk testing laboratory in Bluefield Friday. He departed Saturday for a military camp at Edgewood, Maryland, to serve as a second lieutenant in the chemical division for two weeks.
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Gilbert Kelso
Sanitary Engineer Training School
Bluefield
Kelso
Edgewood
Chemical Division
Widow Charged With Man's Death
Linda Gaines a negro widow released on 2000 bond after allegedly shooting Ben Parker a negro at her Lester home. Parker died 28 days later prompting murder warrant and grand jury review October 22. Funeral held for Parker in Lester with burial in Bedford Va. Parker reportedly roomed with Gaines for four years after an earlier maiming charge.
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Ben Parker
Lester
Linda Gaines
Parker
Alladha
Squire W.F. Hancock
Gaines
Grand
A. m. Iy
Jones
Bedford
Hives
White
Miner Parker Survives After Gun Accident At Local Hospital
A woman reported a wrestling incident with a 38 caliber pistol that fired, wounding Parker with two bullets. Doctors removed the bullets from his liver and back in emergency surgery at two local hospitals. An attendant said Parker’s blood loss was grave, but he later left for home with improving condition.
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Parker
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