Home to School Phone Brings MD Boy Back to Class
Alliance Ohio. William Couchie, 13, confined to his bedroom by muscular dystrophy since 1956, now attends four classes daily via a school to home telephone intercom system. He participates in recitation, asks questions, and receives homework while his eighth grade peers study at State Street School.
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State Street School
Wilbur Couchie
Billy
Mount Union College
Frank O'Dell
Couchie
Bolden resigns. Charleston Civic Center picks acting manager
UPI reports Den zil Skinner becomes acting manager of Charleston's $3 million Civic Center, succeeding William S. Bolden who resigns for health reasons. Skinner, assistant manager since September 1960, takes over duties immediately.
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Bolden
Charleston
UPI
Denzil Skinner
Civic Center
William S. Bolden
Skinner
PTA To Study Future Projects
Herndon Grade School Parent-Teacher Association met for its regular meeting with Mrs. Maude Milam in charge. A song and pledge opened the session. Miss Esperanza Lopez, exchange teacher from Mexico, spoke with slides. Mack Quesenberry led the business, forming a committee of Amos Graham, Mrs. Roger Kuhlke, and Mrs. Carl Thompson to evaluate proposed projects. Refreshments followed served by Basin and Peaks Ridge volunteers.
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Esperanza Lopez
Mexico
Mack Quesenberry
PTA
Amos Graham
Roger Kuhlke
Carl Thompson
Basin and Peaks Ridge
Bernard McKinney
Bernard Shrewsbury
Esther Taylor
Ethel Lusk
Matoaka Post Office Dedicated in West Virginia
The Matoaka post office, costing about 50000 dollars, was dedicated with visiting dignitaries and local officials in attendance. U S Post Office official F Alvin Webb credited Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee and James Kee for help, while a large program featured the Matoaka High School Band and local leaders.
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Elizabeth Kee
James Kee
Clarence Elmore
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Criminal Court
Frank Gibson
Clyde White
Mercer County
Democratic Executive Committee
Dan Carr Jr
C. Dean Coffey
E. E. Bailey
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Moss Mills
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Museum Boat Arrives in State
The Omar, a 175-foot sternwheeler built in 1936, arrived in Charleston on a tow to be refitted as a floating museum. Gov Barron and lawmakers toured the boat, which Ohio River Co donated with $17,000 for renovation. It will travel the Ohio Kanawha and Monongahela rivers in the 1963 Centennial.
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Charleston
UPI
Omar
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
Huntington
W. W. Barron
Montgomery
Ohio River Co
Monongahela
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Continental Classroom enrolls 16 at Tech WVU
Montgomery reports 16 students enrolled in the Continental Classroom course materialized at West Virginia Institute of Technology. The program features daily 6:30 to 7 a.m. lectures Monday through Friday on government structure and function. Dr. Otis K. Rice oversees Tech participation. students hail from Deepwater Ansted Rio, Charleston Marmet Fayetteville Oak Hill Kincaid Ta leee Scarbro.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Annie L. Castle
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
Whis-Tv
Bluefield
WTRF
Channel 7
Wheeling
Otis K. Rice
Deepwater
Ansted
Riaico
Charleston
Marmet
Faycetteville
Oak Hill
Kincaid
Tralee
Pratt and Scarbro
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Carol Brent
Montgomery Ward
Neville Street
America
Matoaka
Matoaka High School
Wayne Hager
Ralph Thompson
Tech Continental
Jim Walter
Corporation
Beckley, W. VA
Eisenhower
P. O. Box
Bluefield, W. VA
Princeton Rd
S. Charleston
W. VA
P. O
South Charleston
St. Albans
California
Thrift
Mercer
B. C
S-M-L
Brent
Brent Slacks
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