WVU Dean Calls University a Rare Jewel in State
Chester A. Arents dean of WVU college of engineering told attendees at the third annual Engineers Week Banquet that WVU is a rare jewel in the state and that the university and state are like siamese twins needing each other. The Beckley event drew many students and instructors from 17 area high schools as slide rules were awarded to senior attendees.
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West Virginia University
Morgantown
Chester A. Arents
College of Engineering
WVUI
State
Arents
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Beckley Hotel
Shackleford
National Engineers
Mason Wood
Thomas W. Howard
W. Weaver
Wvu’s College of Engineering
C. T. Shackleford
Engineer Dean Arents speaks at West Virginia high schools
Dean Arents toured southern West Virginia as part of an Engineering Week visit speaking at Woodrow Wilson Mount Hope and Oak Hill high schools. He urged focus on faculty facilities and finances and praised WVU as a top university. He thanked math and science teachers at a banquet.
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Dean Arents
Woodrow Wilson
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
West Virginia
Engineer Society
Charles D. Hodge
Clear Fork
Lanny Willis
Mark Twain
Gerald Blair
Marsh Fork
James R. Bragg
Shady Spring
Clayton Parker
Sophia
David W. Bolch
Stoco
Cleavis M. Scott
Stratton
Charles C. Farmer
Trap Hill
Jon McGrice
Alan Kirk
Larry Lilly
Glen Rogers
David Lewis
Mullens
Oscar Milem
Pineville
Johnnie Moore
Pax High
Arents
Workshop Set For County Clean Up Drive April Meeting Plans
An April 4 workshop in the Raleigh County Courthouse will set the stage for a two week general clean up campaign planned by the Citizens Committee planning group. The county drive runs May 1 through 14 with an agenda for a March 7 full committee meeting in the circuit courtroom. Dr. William B. Lilly will give the keynote at the day long workshop focusing on septic tanks land fill and water treatment exhibits.
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Raleigh County
Citizens Committee
William B. Lilly
S. A. Ford
Four-man panel to discuss rural development and sanitation
From the State Health Department secured items to a four member panel set to address comers rural development sanitation and beautification. Mrs Cooper heads the county advisory committee coordinating clubs and organizations outside seven magisterial districts at South Kanawha and Main. A power failure in the business district was fixed by the opening hour. Dr Duff D Daniel, a 42 year customer of the bank, made the first deposit. Phill A McDaniel completed the transaction in a cherry paneled private office. A formal opening will occur soon with no date yet set.
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State Health Department
Cooper
Citizens Committee
South Kanawha
Main Streets
Duff D. Daniel
Phill A. McDaniel
Six men enlist in Navy here for Great Lakes training
Six men were enlisted in the Navy last week and will report for basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The new sailors are Michael Allen McClelland of Beckley, Hans Joachin Warnke of Moorhead, Minnesota, Robert David Clower of Beckley, Curtis Peston Cook of Rockview, Charles Edward Pizzino of Glen Fork, and George Garland Jr. of Beckley.
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Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Michael Allen McClelland
Beckley
Hans Joachin Warnke
Moorehead
Minn
Robert David Clower
Curtis Peston Cook
Rockview
Charles Edward Pizzino
Glen Fork
George Garland Jr
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Radio Corporation of America
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W. Neville Street
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Charles Hodel
Walter Cooper
Beverly Hume
Bank of Raleigh
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