Bell School End of an Era on Micajah's Ridge
In Barker's Ridge District the Bell Schoolhouse near Micajah's Ridge closed in spring 1959 after nearly a century. Population decline and better options led the Board of Education to distribute students to other schools, ending a landmark tied to Uncle Samuel Bell and a long line of Bells and neighbors who formed the community.
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Bell School
Micajah’s Ridge
Barker's Ridge
Board of Education
Lum ‘Laxton
John Canada
John Bishop
Marion Green
John Mills
Noah Belcher
Bill Roach
Hamp Evans
Steve Moran
Sam Bell
Pupil recalls Bell School years on Micajah's Ridge 1886
An octogenarian recounts enrollment in 1886 at Bell School on Micajah's Ridge with teacher Isaac Lambert. He describes learning letters, meeting Cora Roach, a move away, later Tolliver School, and news of Cora going blind. He joined the 29th Infantry in the Philippine Islands, and notes teacher R. B. Lester's fiddling and its reception.
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Bell School
Micajah’s Ridge
Isaac Lambert
Pinnacle Creek
Barker’s Creek
Soulsville
Slab Fork
Tolliver School
Cora
Co. M
U. S. Infantry
Philippine Islands
R. B. Lester
Lester
Floyd
John Lester
California robes ruling sparks judge rebuke
In Los Angeles AP report, a new California law requires all superior court judges to wear judicial robes in court at their own expense. Judges Call Crum Swain mock the mandate, citing constitutional oath limits and humorous verse about robe conformity.
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OS Angeles
California
Superior Court
LeRoy Dawson
Joseph L. Call
Call
Arthur Crum
Frank G. Swain
Rhode Island Governor Considers Motorcycle Ban
Rhode Island Gov Christopher DeSesto said he is thinking about banning motorcycles from state highways. He noted 1,200 motorcycles are registered versus 200,000 automobiles, but motorcycles account for about 10 percent of accidents. He called motorcycles too dangerous for general passenger use under modern conditions.
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Providence
R. I
Christopher DeSesto
Rhode Island
Governor Underwood named honorary Boy Scouts member
Gov. Underwood is named an honorary member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He learned of the honor at the 49th annual meeting in San Francisco in a letter from Chief Scout Executive Arthur A. Schuck. A membership certificate runs until May 31, 1960.
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Charleston
Underwood
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
San Francisco
Arthur A. Schuck
New Brunswick
N. J
Missouri Baptist Hospital to mark seventh anniversary
In St Louis the Missouri Baptist Hospital, claimed as the world's oldest Baptist hospital, will observe its seventh anniversary in November.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Postmaster Honored For Defying Navajo Lightning Superstition
INDIAN WELLS, Ariz AP The Post Office Department will honor Herbert S. Hukriede 50 for public service above and beyond the call of duty in a Navajo community. He aided after 17 year old Harry Joe was struck and killed by lightning near his hogan on July 15, helped move the body to a mission and facilitated a Christian burial while elders avoided the corpse due to an old belief. The award will be presented by Assistant Postmaster General Eugene Lyons at Indian Wells.
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Indian Wells
Ariz
Post Office Department
Herbert S.hukriede
Harry Joe
Hogan
Joe
Sl ‘Hukriede
Hukriede
Glen Davis
Holbrook
Davis
Young Joe
Asst
Eugene Lyons
Mutual funds shape stock market in postwar era
AP analysis explains how fast growing mutual funds influence market moves as investors funnel money into funds and accumulation plans. Dwight P. Robinson Jr. details Massachusetts Investors Trust portfolio shifts since 1924, showing large gains across six core holdings and how stock splits boosted early positions into multi million dollar stakes.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Wall Street
Dwight P. Robinson Jr
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Boston
Robinson
MIT
U. S. Steel
Eastman Kodak
Atchison, Toneka & Santa Fe
Texas Co
National Lead
Santa Fe
Six Signposts Shaped Hitler Invasion of Poland
The Associated Press reports on the early signals that emboldened Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the outbreak of World War II. The piece notes the first wagonloads of dead and wounded arriving at the German border at dawn on September 1, 1939, marking a pivotal moment in the war’s start.
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Poland
Earl C. Cranmer
Associated Press
Adolph Hitler
Danzig
Hitler
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Rhineland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
United States
Henry Pu Yi
China
League of Nations
Japan
League
U. S
Henry L. Stimson
Shanghai
Taly
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Germany
Popular Front
Axis
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Engelbert Dollfuss
Schuschnigg
Reich
Berlin
Vienna
Navy says aircraft carrier backbone of U S sea power
Vice Admiral Beakey told the American Legion convention in Minneapolis that the Navy will keep the fleet near 40 ballistic missile submarines while resisting expansion. He cited deterrence mix, attribution, and heavy demand as reasons for a smaller sub fleet than some lawmakers desire.
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Minneapolis, Minn
U. S
Adm
Wallace M. Beakey
Naval Operations
National Security Commission of the American Legion
Legion
Beakley
United States
Legion Committees
New Appraisal Rules Target Coal Land Tax Issues
West Virginia’s new appraisal program to tax coal lands faces knotty problems as methods yield inconsistent values for inactive and producing lands. Officials propose a statewide framework at the Oct 25 29 assessors meeting at Oglebay Park to seek simple, uniform formulas, including five year production averages and revisions to survey methods.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Company
Edward G. Haislop
Tax Department
Haislop
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Barker’s Ridge
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Scout Council
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Sudetenland
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Munich
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Benes
Chamberlain
Emil Hacha
Prague
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Soviet Union
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