Parkersburg dominates Mountaineer Boys State results
In the 18th annual West Virginia American Legion Boys State, Parkersburg swept key offices with Burt Dudding elected governor and the Nationalist ticket gaining seats across the Board of Public Works and Supreme Court. Other winners include Albright, Swartz, Talbott, Johnston, Akers, Renick, Bowman, Demas, Weber, Kirby, and Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Board of Public Works
West Virginia American Legion
Chauncey Browning
State Supreme Court
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Burt Dudding
Mountaineer Boys State
Eddie Wilson
Charleston
Supreme Court
Dudding
State Senate
House of Delegates
Joe Albright
Paul Swartz
Inwood
Berkeley County
Dave Talbott
Joe Johnston
W. D. Akers
Mullens
Rusty Renick
Fayetteville
Jack Bowman
Petersburg
John Demas
Wheeling
Tom Weber
St. Marys
Harold Kirby
Fairmont
Larry C. Payne
Man
Barger Shumate Nuptials Solemnized At First Methodist
Miss Patricia Lucille Shumate and Jack Harold Barger wed Thursday at First Methodist Church Mullens in candlelit ceremony. Rev. Robert Chenoweth officiated with orgel accompaniment. They plan Concord College graduation next year and join campus groups Cardinal Key and Sigma Tau Gamma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Chenoweth
Jewell Hartson
Sophia
Lucille Burcham
Ramona Christian
Iva Gray Riley
Squire
Joan Barger
Judith Shumate
Barbara Davis
Roberta Shumate
Franklin Delano Parker
Pemberton
Harry Barger
Switchback
Ralph Cole
Slab Fork
Steve Miller
Oak Hill
Ben Shumate
Mrs. Shumate
Shelor
Harley Christian
John Miller
Harry Mounts
William R. Shumate
William A. Davis
Ray Bowling
Concord College
Cardinal Key
Kappa Delta Pi
Women's Hall Council
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Sigma Tau Gamma
Negro Hospital Will Get Doctor Aid From Howard University
Denmar Sanitarium in Pocahontas County West Virginia will receive two medical fellowships from Howard University Washington D C one in medicine and one in surgery paying 4400 a year with duties at Denmar Supt H T Elliott currently the only physician will be joined by Dr Howard Payne as part time medical adviser 4000 a year The program adds a chief surgical consultant paid 50 per day for 25 days a year and a preventive medicine consultant at 50 a day for six days It could expand to other state institutions and comes as Burdett states the care at Denmar will be second to none in the United States
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Charleston
Denmar Sanitarium
West Virginia
Porcahontas County
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Joe F. Burdett
State Board of Control
Howard
Denmar
Burdett
H. T. Elliott
Howard Payne
Payne
Elliott
Denmark
Public Heath
United States
Rural Development Council Director Attends Country Life Meeting
C. T. Shackelford, RDC director, travels to the annual Country Life Community meeting at Clayton Elementary School Summers County. Awards include Country Life Contest honors with a blue ribbon certificate of merit to Clayton community. James Kessinger chairs the Country Life Commission.
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Rural Development Council
C. T. Shackelford
Country Life Community
Clayton
Summers County
Country Life Contest
RDC
Extension Service
James Kessinger
Country Life Commission
Itmann Youth Oscar Aldridge Dies After Polio Fight
Oscar Darrell Aldridge 18, a Mullens High School graduate and home bound student, died in Jersey City after polio left him partially paralyzed. He endured illnesses and a fall at Kessler's Clinic while receiving rehabilitation and vocational training funded by state and United Mine Workers. Born January 18 1987 in Freeburn Kentucky, he moved to Itmann in 1950 and is survived by five siblings. Funeral services set at the Aldridge home with burial in Kentucky.
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Mullens
RNS
Itmann
Mullens High School
Oscar Darrell Aldridge
Jersey City
N. J
Kessler
Newark
Rehabilitation Department
State Board of Education
United Mine Workers
James Oscar Aldridge
Oscar
Freeburn
Freddy
Donna Sue
Jo Wanda
Sharon Kay
Larry Dean
Aldridge
H. W. Gillespie
Kentucky
Jamboree
Robertson and Foglesong
Plane Disappears After Moonshine Cache Found Near Bluefield
Police investigated after a single engine plane crashed at Windmill Gap Mercer County on Saturday. A moonshine cache was found near the scene and a farm youth said the pilot jumped out and asked him to watch the plane. He left after nine hours as agents found the plane vanished and authorities suspect it was disassembled and removed by a truck.
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Bluefield
Windmill Gap
Mercer County
Herbert Walker
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
ATU
Radio drive ends at Pinecrest Sanitarium
Thirty patients at Pinecrest Sanitarium have received radios as a result of a drive which ended Tuesday. The Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Raleigh County 4 H Camp Dates Announced
Miss Sue Henley announces two Raleigh County 4 H Camp sessions at Little Beaver. The older group 14 to 21 will meet June 27 to July 4, and 10 to 13 year olds July 4 to July 11. A July 4 opening includes a flag dedication ceremony by Mrs. Gene Keatley Beckley with the Sophia High School band.
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Raleigh County
Sue Henley
Little Beaver
Gene Keatley
Beckley
Sophia High School
Radios Delivered to Southern West Virginia Residents
Recreation Service reports radios donated by local residents across Southern West Virginia. A canvass of the sanitarium found every patient desiring a radio had one supplied. Repairs were provided free of charge by several local merchants.
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Recreation Service
West Virginia
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Mrs
Jack Harold Barger
Negro Hospital
U. S
Wiliam Dixson
Reginald Burgess
Lewisburg
Lewisburg House and Garden Club
Handolph K. Hock
Ltmann
Oscar D. Aldridge
Dinette Set Inc
China Set
M. Powers
Main Street
Tomchins
Moran Avenue
Ee Mullens
Princeton
Northfork
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