Old Timers Find Washington Has No Old Women
A 1930s Associated Press piece about Washington's Oldest Inhabitants Association founded 1865. It notes 480 members, 35 years in district and 50 to join, a $2 to $3 dues raise, and a 13-vice president structure. Profiles include John W. Barse at 95, Alfred Hellmacher nearly 70, and president John Clagett Proctor quipping on aging.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oldest Inhabitants Association of
Union Engine House
H Street
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
James
Dolly Madison
American Society of Architects
John Clagett Proctor
Proctor
South America
Alfred Hellmacher
Escaped Convicts Being Returned
MOUNDSVILLE A life termer and two other convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary were headed back toward the institution. Warden Orel J. Skeen announced the recapture of two who escaped through window bars and were captured Friday night. Millard Greer, 26, habitual criminal from McDowell County, and Elmer Tichnell, 27, sentenced to 19 years for armed robbery from Wood County, were picked up near Farmville Virginia during a car theft investigation. Greer inclined extradition, Tichnell agreed to return. The third man, Everett Ruble, 27, of South Parkersburg, was captured in Parkersburg during the same car theft probe. Richards, 23, escaped December by cutting through a bakery roof and climbing a 20 foot wall with a pipe. he has since been recaptured.
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Moundsville
State Penitentiary
Orel J. Skeen
Millard Greer
McDowell County
Elmer Tichnell
Wood County
Farmville
Skeen
Greer
Tichweilhan
Parkersburg
Ronald Gainer
Everett Ruble
South Parkersburg
Ruble
Otis Richards
Richards
Kingston High to Crown Queen at Montgomery Dance
Edna Cottrell will represent Kingston High School as tournament queen. The queen will be named at a dance scheduled to be held in Montgomery on March 5.
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Kingston School
Kingston
Edna Cottrell
Kingston High School
Montgomery
Noted Scientist to Talk Here at Memorial Building
Dr. J. O. Perrine of American Telephone and Telegraph demonstrates radar concepts at a Memorial Building lecture and demonstration on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Sponsored by the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute, the event will cover microwaves, cathode ray tubes, and a mini three cm wave system transmitting speech and music. The audience is invited to learn about time measurements in microseconds, reflection, polarization, and other microwave features.
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J. O. Perrine
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Memorial Building
New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Perrine
Mrs Gable Shower Honoree At Kopperston Church
A stork shower honored Mrs. Bill Gable with four hostesses leading games and refreshments at the Kopperston Community Church basement. Guests included many local women such as Mrs. W. L. Green, Mrs. Walter Bushell, Mrs. Leonard Moore, and Mrs. Jim Justice.
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Register
Kopperston
Bill Gable
Gene Poller
T. RB. Workian
Lester Buckley
Hager Lester
W. L. Green
Walter Bushell
Leonard Moore
Jim Justice
Freddie Workman
George Adkins
Rufus Williams
Gertrude Wright
James Black
Ed Hager
Arrs
C. 7
Upchurch
Cleo Short
Jimmie Jones
Fay Grosse
Rufus Davidson
A. P. Boxley
Harry L. Poe
Ash Toler
Arlene ‘Go
Weather Recorders Prefer Blonde Hair
Weather researchers at Friez Instrument Division of ben dix Aviation Corp in Baltimore claim blonde hair offers superior moisture sensing for humidity instruments. They insist only straight unbleached hair at least 10 inches long will work, while brunette or red hair is deemed too coarse.
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Friez Instrument Division
Bendix Aviation Corporation
SEA Plan Stresses Improved Teaching
Sam Lambert of the State Education Association outlined a two fold program stressing teacher welfare at the Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association meeting. He urged identifying gifted students for teaching, forming teacher clubs, and limiting future teachers to top students while calling for higher college honor points for certification.
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State Education Association
Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association
Sam Lam
Lambert
S.E.A
Hermit on Horseback Befriends Dogs Drowns in Sudan
In Merowe Sudan a hermit living among the Kuru pyramids cared for about twenty dogs. He borrowed a horse and rode through villages bidding farewell. The horse and dogs swam to safety but the hermit drowned when they fell into deep water.
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Associated Press
Khartoum
Merowe
Sudan
Kuru Pyramids
Kuru
Elzuma
Jie
Grasshoppers Hamper Sports in Adelaide Australia
Clouds of grasshoppers swarmed Adelaide causing BMELS club members to hose greens continuously to protect play. The hopper plague also disrupted tennis, obscuring balls and carpeted some grounds with crushed insects, yet a game resumed the following Saturday.
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Australia
Tuc
Pirts
Adelaide
Austrataa
Bmels
Buses to Replace Train Service Between Richwood and Laurel Creek
The Public Service Commission may approve removal of the gasoline rail coach on the Richwood to Laurel Creek run in Nicholas County. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks permission to discontinue six daily trips, citing low passenger revenue of 50 cents a mile against costs of 1.17. Panther Bus Lines, operated by B. R. Perrine and A. E. Reynolds, would take over the route serving Johnstown Coal and Coke Company, Panther Coal Company, and Richwood Sewell Company.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Richwood
Laurel Creek
Nicholas County
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. R. Perrine
A. E. Reynolds
T the
Panther Bus Lines of
Johnstown Coal and Coke L Company
Panther Coal Company
Richwood Sewell,Company
Army Develops Dream Enlarger for Dream Camera
The army reports a new dream enlarger that works in daylight and auto-sets exposure via a photo electric cell. It uses 70 millimeter film, is housed in a light tight hood, and lets the operator view printing through a top filter. The system mirrors the earlier dream camera announced last November and aims for industry availability through the Signal Corps Laboratory chief Edward Kaprelian.
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Army
Edward K. Kaprelian
Signal Corps Laboratory
Baileysville Group Donates to Missions
The Missionary Society of Baileysville Baptist Church donated $10 for mission work at a meeting in Mrs. Henrietta Lester’s home. Mrs. Charles A. Kelly led devotional, with readings by Mrs. Anna Bailey and a poem by Mrs. Jerry Short. A candlelight consecration preceded the love box offering. The next meeting is planned for March at Mrs. Anna Bailey’s home.
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Hegister
Baileysville
Missionary Society of the
Charles A. Kelly
Anna Bailey
Jerry Short
God
Lester
Anna ‘Bailey
Modern Four Room House Built for $1000 in Tuskegee
In Tuskegee Alabama a Negro farmer builds a four room concrete block home for about 1000 dollars under the Tuskegee Institute low cash cost home program. With 250 dollars cash and a 750 dollar loan he and family, aided by relatives and students, replace a decaying shack with a weatherproof dwelling using native materials. The project, supervised by Dr. F D Patterson, aims to show rural homes can be affordable. the plan envisions further homes and ongoing research to cut costs in furnishings, plumbing and design while raising funds.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Rush York
F. D. Patterson
Dr. Patterson
York
Patterson
South
College
Newplace
Yorks
E. BR. Alexander
8 000 Highway Samples Tested
More than 8 000 samples of materials were tested in a year at a jointly run West Virginia lab by West Virginia University and the State Road Commission. The effort supports road program planning and studies concrete mixes and other paving materials, with testing of sand, gravel, stone, steel, and related items. The lab is supervised by T. J. Cochrane, chief of the tests department.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
Road Commission
West Virginia University
State Road Commission
T. J. Cochrane
Teacher Dr Marsh Drug Wins Federal Approval
Morgantown WVU faculty member Dr David Marsh reports federal approval for a synthetic asthma drug after a three year study. The drug is two to four times as potent as adrenaline and does not raise blood pressure, allowing safe use for children and older adults. In Mullens Mrs Dennis Toney is said to be recovering in hospital after last week’s surgery.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia University
David Marsh
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Marsh
Meiiter Mullens
Dennis Toney
Mullens
Student Housekeepers Learn Practical Home Economics
Fifteen seniors majoring in home economics at Winthrop College live in two management houses as a departmental lab. They plan, buy, cook, and clean, performing all tasks to earn degrees and qualify as extension service home demonstration agents.
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Picas Rock Hill
Winthrop Women's College
Greenhouse for hospital a war memorial
The American Legion auxiliary of Pennsylvania donated a $20,000 fully equipped greenhouse to Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville. It was dedicated to those who fought and died to preserve the nation and to those who fought and suffered in war while those living work toward a perpetual peace.
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Associated
Phoenixville
American Legion Auaxiliary of
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge General Hospital
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Montgomer
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Genuine Dundee
GAY Florals
Beckley
Murphy’s
Lace
The
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Magneves
Habia ‘Music and
4 Electric Co
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Uy Is
Penney
Chambrays
Penney’s
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