Nursery MISS SHORTER REPORTS WORK ACCOMPLISHED
Fayette county recreation supervisor Miss Beulah Shorter praises the WPA Nursery school in Oak Hill where 26 children ages two to five attend daily. Activities include self care, dress and feeding, house play, blocks, art, and naps. A daily health check and monthly weight progress are recorded.
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Register
Oak Hill
Elsie Blake
Vernel Perry
Miss Shorter
Myrtle Clinebell
F. W. Woolh and Company
the Wampany
W. H. Level
Iss Anna Fields
Camel Attacks Keeper At Park In Frenzied Incident
John C. Hane, 55, park board employee, entered a camel pen and was bitten and trampled by a frenzied animal. He described the camel gripping him like a cat and kneeling on him as WPA workers rushed to help. Hane sustained ankle and wrist fractures chest injuries and head gashes from the camel's teeth.
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Associated Press
St. Joseph
John C. Hane
Park Board
Hane
WPA
Cupid Favors Autumn in Fayette County Marriages
Fayetteville Old Dan reports seasonal marriage trends from the Fayette County clerk. December 1985 set a county record with 101 marriages, while November 1935 and 1936 show 100 and 72 licenses. October also sees high numbers, but spring months lag behind.
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Register
Fayetteville
Dan Cupid
Fayette County
Young Prosecutors Lead Fayette County Office Change
Carl Vickers 27 will assume the prosecuting attorney role in Fayette County for the coming years, with R J Thrift Jr., 28, as assistant. Both are Washington and Lee graduates. Thrift has four years practice with his father in Fayetteville and Vickers has run a private firm with his brother. The piece notes a trend of youthful officials, citing Judge Dillon at 31 succeeding Judge Eary in Fayette and Nicholas counties.
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Register
Fayetteville
Carl Vickers
Vickers
R. J. Thrift Jr
Thrift
Vicker
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Virginia
R. J. Thrift
Montgomery High School
Dillon
Judge Eary
Fayette
Nicholas
Brakeman Rescues Girl On Rails Gifted By Past Rescue
In Cedar Rapids Iowa FE J Byers recalls saving a baby girl from a locomotive cow catcher twenty four years ago. Gladys Aakre of Ossian now 26 visited him to personally thank the man who saved her life when she was two and a half.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
J. Byers
Byers
Gladys Aakre
Ossian
Gladys
Neely in Doubt Choosing Bride in Reno Claim
Neely son of Senator Neely of West Virginia obtained a Reno marriage license but called it a joke. He claimed intent to wed Jocelyn Jo Morris, a 22 year old Reno stenographer who said she does not intend to marry. He had previously planned to marry Luetta Sutton and later called romance off.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nev
John Champ Neely
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Mary Kathryn Faust Neely
Fairmont
Neely
Jocelyn Jo Morris
Miss Morris
Luetta Sutton
Salem
W. Va
Blossom Gay
Power Factor Topic Discussed By New River Institute
O G Crow of Bluefield will lecture on power factor to members of the New River and Winding Gulf Electric and Mechanical Institute at Mountainair hotel. The talk centers on factors affecting power rates reductions granted to coal companies conditioned on improving power factors. K F Humphreys of Whipple presides as president for the first time.
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Register
Hope
New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
O. G. Crow
Bluefield
West Virginia Engineering Company
Mountainair Hotel
M. K. Clay
Clay
J. H. Collins
Institute
Crown
Alabama Tech
K. F. Humphreys
Whipple
Budapest duel ends after eleven rounds in court dispute
In Budapest Alexander Maygon, attorney, and Andor Weis berger settled a courtroom argument with a bloody duel Sunday. They fought 11 rounds using heavy cavalry sabers and both sustained numerous wounds before declaring reconciliation.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Alexander Maygon
Andor Weisberger
Dogs to get four drinking fountains in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colo. Thirsty dogs will benefit from the will of Susan McGenniss Smit who died recently. She left $2,000 to the El Paso County Humane Society to erect four drinking fountains suitable for dogs and other small animals and made provision for the care of her own dog Bobby.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Colo
Susan McGenniss Smit
el Paso County Humane Society
Bobby
Japan's Rising Sun flag features sixteen rays
The national flag of Japan, known as the Rising Sun, is depicted with sixteen rays emanating from a central red disk. This emblem has long symbolized Japan's heritage and maritime history, appearing in various official and cultural contexts.
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Japan
Lochgelly Forms New Scout Troop
Lochgelly organizes a new Boy Scout troop sponsored by the community church. Rev J D Wilson minister. Officers include Scout Master Albert Waldron, assistant scoutmasters W L Lewis and Willis Blake, troop committee chair D T Mann, committee men L N Humphries E W Amick George Mann and B F.
Fourth Fayette troop registers for Acorn Award lineup
Wilshire, C. W. Bumons, John Mor gan. This is the fourth new troop to register in Fayette county during the past two months. The troop officers of each of these troops will receive President Walter W. Head's Acorn Award.
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Wilshire
C. W. Bumons
John Morgan
Fayette County
Walter W. Head
Nine Schools Report 100 Percent Enrollment
Nine more schools were recorded as 100 percent enrolled in the Junior Red Cross today. They were Montreal Stickney Crab Orchard R M I Dorothy Teel Sullivan Shady Spring Glen Daniel and Central Elementary School.
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Red Cross
Montreal-Stickney
Crab Orchard
R.M.I
Dorothy
Teel
Sullivan
Shady Spring
Glen Daniel
Central Elementary School
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