Wyoming County Board Names 354 Teachers for 82 Schools
In Pineville the Wyoming County Board of Education approved 354 teaching appointments from 436 applications for 82 schools. Most go to 75 elementary schools, 104 to seven high schools, with 9 hired but not assigned. Several rural one room vacancies remain alongside 11 other vacancies. Morgan cited higher applicant numbers and fewer resignations, noting tax cuts shrink funds by over 50 thousand dollars.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Jesse W. Morgan
Barker Creek
Beartown
Bell
Buck Branch
Crang
Fairview
Fort Branch
Micajah
Osborne Ridge
Pads Fork
Pinnacle
Sanders
Turkey
Waco Negro
Morgan
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Board of Education
Adkin
Aldridge Fork
Bailey
Joseph Gautier
Baileysville
W. E. Trent
Verner Morgan
Madison Straley
Geneva Bailey
Hubert Shields
Henrietta Lester
Genevieve Straley
Grat Adams
Violet Shields
Jesse Lester
R. P. Harman
Lillian Lucas
Joyce Lee Bailey
Argyle
B. Smith
Baileysville High
Harold Bailey
Billy Ray Bailey
James N. Cook
Susan H. Bailey
C. A. Kelly
Arnold Allen
Buren Hill
Wanda H. Morgan
Pansy Halsey
Hassell Harless
Joseph Taylor
Argyle B. Smith
Barkers Ridge
Basin
Philip Graham
Birchfield
Black
H. N. Altizer
Blaine
Georgia A. Toler
Bob Branch
Carrie McKinney
Brenton
Lloyd Shields
Vera Mae Shields
Marieda Rogers
Brier
Clarence Lusk
Prin
Mabel Straley
Janice Shields
Brushy
Lyman Bailey
Buck
Three Get Draft Calls Mullens Registrants Induct June 15
Three Selective Service registrants from Local Board No. 21 Mullens are ordered to report for induction June 15. The inductees are Richard Arlen Moorefield Wyco Bueford Andrews Shell Herndon and Dillard Wilburn Lester Stephenson.
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Mullens
RNS
Selective Service
Armed Forces
Richard Arlen Moorefield
Wyco
Bueford Andrews Shell
Herndon
Dillard Wilburn Lester
Stephenson
Greenbrier Stock Farm 270 Head Dispersal Sale
Greenbrier Stock Farm disperses 270 head including 10 herd bulls, 150 cows with calves at foot, bred and open heifers. Sale starts 10:00 A.M. E. S. T. June 15, may finish June 16. Estate of H. B. Moore, Jr. fully settles. Bangs TB accredited herd, calves vaccinated. Contact Houston B. Moore Jr. for details.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
H. B. Moore
Bang’s
T. B
Houston B. Moore, Jr
Name Picked for Mullens School
PINEVILLE The Wyoming County Board of Education chose Mullens Grade School as the name for the new Mullens elementary school. They decided the current Ben Dunman Elementary School remains a landmark and should keep its present name.
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Mullens School
Pineville
RNS
Mullens
Wyoming County Board of Education
Ben Dunman
MYF Members Leave For Elkins Conference
Fayetteville and Kaymoor Youth Fellowships send eighteen members to the Synod Young People's Conference in Elkins. The Rev B Blake Breitenhirt will teach at the conference. From Fayetteville attendees include Sally Wanger Eleanor Phillips Mary Margaret Phillips Roy Conner Mike King Hunter Long Corky Gray Clifford Sexton. Kaymoor attendees include Phylis Davis Nadine Hayes Jackie Bryant Phyllis Bryant Freddie Bates Sally Agee Janice Tufts Don Tufts Tommy Epperly. A chartered bus transported the group from Mt Hope as well.
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Fayetteville
RNS
The
Presbyterian Church of
Kaymoor Community Church
Synod
Elkins
B. Blake Breitenhirt
Sally Whanger
Eleanor Phillips
Mary Margaret Phillips
Roy Conner
Mike King
Hunter Long
Corky Gray
Clifford
Principals to Teach Full Load in Small Wyoming County Schools
Wyoming County Board of Education orders all elementary principals in schools with ten rooms or fewer to take a full teaching load to address anticipated revenue losses for 1954 55. Affected are Glen Rogers Oceana Grades No 1 No 2 Matheny Wyoming and Coal Mountain. The board reaffirmed orderly integration plans and changed student accident insurance to American Casualty Co with same rate. Fire insurance values total 5 305 395. Summer maintenance remains limited to current board crew.
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Sand Gap
Earl McGraw
Soulsville
Beulah Dixon
Scott Grades
W. Curtis Johnson
Rosalie C. Burkes
Frances Foy
Willa J. Freeman
Sagatha ‘Gaines
Frances Craft
Stephenson
Elbert Cook
Norma McGraw
Catherine Stewart
Buena M. Cook
Donna McGraw
Bernice Tackett
Eula F. Bennett
Skinfork
Effie Brooks
Sun Hill
Kennis Cooke
Mary B. Holloway
Polly B. Brewer
Nutzie Murray
Julia McGraw
Wyoming
Maceo Early
Arnold Harless
James Lewis
Margis Smith Painter
Silas Brooks
Martha Markowitz
Freda S. Lafferty
Inez Hughes Latt
Catherne Robison
F. H. Shannon Jr
Betty J. Yates
Elma B. Hayhurst
Landon B. Cox
Frank Fernandez
Hallie McGraw
Arvel W. Trent
Jack Basham
Baileysville
Walter D. Birchfield
Brenton
Donald EB. Elis
Hanover
John Franklin
Clifford Hatfield
Roy Blankenship
Robert Omar Brooks
Guyan
Ralph Dalton
Clear Fork
Coal Mountain
Thurlie D. Cook
Pineville
Cameron Lilly
Ravencliff
J. Ball Shumate
Glen Fork
Dan Tolliver
Glen Rogers
Carl Roberts
Lamar
Virgil Whitt
Basin
Herndon
Claude Ashley
Mullens
Basil L. Bailey
Bud
William J. Brooks
Enoch Cook
Orion Halsey
Mathen
Wade Houck
Itmann
Harry W. Young
Ralph Cook
Hatcher
Fred Dyke
Oceana
William C. Lusk
Charlie Morgan
Matheny
Bernie Short
Johnnie Short
Greenville Barrett
Raymond E. Morgan
W. F. Rose Jr
Vivian E. Rose
W. M. Manning
Herbert Morgan
Welch
Arlie Gunter
ANL
Wyoming County
Jesse W. Morgan
Wyoming County Board of Education
Pilot Life Insurance Co
American Casualty Co
Reading Pa
C. V. Feller Insurance Agency
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Morgan
Byrd and Bias To Speak Sunday At Legion Convention in Oak Hill
Oak Hill hosts Seventh District American Legion Convention with Department Commander Bias delivering the main address at 1 p.m. Delegates hear from Congressman Byrd, Oak Hill Mayor Hill, and state Senator Bowling. Other officers, elections, orations, and a 12:15 lunch at Knights of Pythias Hall are on the program.
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Byrd
Bias
Legion
Oak Hill
RNS
The
Red Devil Post 59
American Legion
E. Gaujot Bias
Hotel Hill
Robert C. Byrd
Sixth Congressional District
Claude R. Hill
John H. Bowling
White Sulphur Springs
Andrew J. Vegh
Red Devil Post
Seventh District
Ben A. Gooch
J. Zane Summerfield
LaFayette
Troduce
Tommy Jones
Russell Thom
Department
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main St
American Legion Auxiliary 59
Wedding Permits Issued in Hinton List
Marriage licenses issued last week include Ray Kenneth McMillen 25 of Sandstone and Carnelia Ann Crane 18 of Elton, and David Smith 24.
Wyoming County Drops Two Schools
Wyoming County will drop two elementary schools in the 1954 55 fiscal year due to population shifts. Indian Ridge Barkers Ridge and Birchfield will close for now with Buck Branch and Huff Creek reopening as enrollment permits. The district shows pupil teacher ratios of about 32 for elementary and mid 20s for high schools.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Jesse W. Morgan
Indian Ridge
Barkers Ridge
Birchfield
Buck Branch
Huff Creek
Wyoming County
Ostrich metaphor seen in Beckley water search tale
A fragment notes that when an ostrich pokes its head into sand it seeks water not cover, and mentions Beckley and Mildred Louise Barton, 23, of Hinton in connection with the item.
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Cipal
Gertrude Caves
Gladys G. Whitt
Cavel
Blanche Armstead
Elk Lick
Stacy Hughes
Fanny
J. Hite Stewart
Horace McGraw
Mary S. Brooks
Beatrice Shrewsbury
J. Ernest Shumate
Kelly Sizemore
Faye M. Kelly
Oma Sizemore
Alpha Clay
K. D. Sizemore
Viola Jenkins
L. A. Dillon
Inez Woodrum
Glen Rogers High
Acie B. Stewrt
Reecnet
Virginia C. Smith
L. A. Illon
Frederick T. Woodrum
Mary Frances Davis
Marion H. Brooks
Donald Manning
Andrew Porter
Elizabeth Williams
Garland Phillips
Ethel Ellis
Mary M. Cole
Herndon High
C. C. Ritchie Jr
Jack
Blaine England
Amos Steele
Rosa Steele
Everett Cline
Hazel Shields
Sadie Hurley
Beatrice Coutu
Roy Kenton Childers
C. L. Cook
Byron Rose
Andres Hale
Joe R. Phillips
Shirley C. Goins
Pauline McGraw
Pansie L. Snyder
Gloria A. Wheley
Alice Hypes
Lillie Ulshafer
Jesse W. Powell Brooks
Agnes Rider
Fay Grosse
Hazel Morrison
Margaret M. Lesler
Floise Bragg
Laruel
Evelyn Early
Long Branch
Herschel Stewart
Eula Walls
Leslie Walls
Lusk
Madeline L. Cook
Ted R. Clay
Geneva S. Clay
Ina R._ Elliott
Mary Lou Thompson
P.D. Bragg
Marshfork
Ethel MecConihay
J. Fergie Scott
Margie C. Cook
Corda W. Thompson
Ralph Stewart
Cash Halsey
Norman Belcher
Jacqueline Shrewsbury
Brenda Batscott
Milam Creek
Myrtle Mills
Geo. M. Nolley
Pauline Crotty
Mildred Dooley
Lucille Hays
Hazel Caldwell
Lula Lail
Tott McGraw
Mabel Reynolds
Lillian Davis
Mabel Tuggle
Agnes Neely
Golda Davis
Alice Houck
Frances S. Davis
Rosalie Conner
Alma Wilkinson
Beatrice Bower
Dorothy Ann Williams
Mona Ann Dooley
Mullens High
R. E. Kuhn
Lewis D’antoni
Tracy Wyatt
Mary H. Lewis
Julia Lipscomb
Loutishia Morgan
Katherine Moler
Sally B. Neal
Lee Hodson
W. F. Staats
Maude Canterbury
Bruno Rezzonico
Beatrice Pritchett
Virginia W. Cook
Madge Kaman
Earsel Toler
Mary K. Staats
W. N. Murphree Jr
Rosemary Dickson
Merle Robinette
Dana
S. Evans
Margaret
Ray Caldwell
Janet Meredith
Ray Richards
Mary Frances Nolley
Mary Lee Goode
Holroyd Brooks
Marjorie Chambers
Vaughn Cozort
Wayne Rollins
Claudean Pendleton
F. Dayle Cook
Anthony Hurley Jr
Warner Walker
Co. C. Fisher
Berlin McKinney
Lessie Cook
Gladys Hatfield
Dona J. Drake
Jessie McMillion
Louetta Stewart
Marguerite McMillion
Virginia H. Brown
Murray Morgan
Violet Lusk
Margaret Sue Morgan
Mabel Hale
Ines Mullins
Mayme Kirk
Ella Mae Miller
Mary H. Belcher
Ruth Blackburn
Grace McCourt
Bertha Thomas
Mildred Hays
Elizabeth Kuhn
Ruth Hawley
Rose Marie Pais
Kathryn Breeden
William D. Hawley
Pineville High
Jessie W. Houck
Greenbrier Stock Farm
Melrose
Melrose Distillers, Inc
N. VL
Jelrosh
MYF
Elkins Conference
Donald Craft
H. L. van Camp
Appalachian
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Beckley, W. Va
City
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