West Virginia Civitan Leader Heads to International Convention
Governor elect Chester G. Roberts and his wife Marzetti left for Jacksonville Florida to attend the Civitan International Convention. Roberts will head all West Virginia Civitan Clubs starting July 1 and has visited Charleston Dunbar and Parkersburg to install officers. The convention runs Sunday through Wednesday with sessions on Civitan projects worldwide. Delegates include Earl Halsey and J Calloway Brown and their wives.
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Chester G. Roberts
West Virginia
Civitan Clubs
International
Marzetti
Jacksonville
Fla
Civitans International
Roberts
Charleston
Dunbar
Parkersburg
Earl Halsey
J. Calloway Brown
Raleigh County Memorial Airport Receives FAA Clearance
Airport manager Fred Alley announced the Raleigh County Memorial Airport earned a six month clear bill of health from the FAA after a semi annual inspection by FAA engineers. Alley said the airport maintained its good rating and noted completion of cutting 20 obstructions on the runway approach, which was FAA approved.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Federal Aeronautics Agency
Fred Alley
Engineering Department
FAA
Alley
Polyglot Jerusalem Grows with 70 Nations
Ancient Jerusalem becomes a world city as 70 nations are now represented in a large new sector within Israel. Immigrants and locals mix in a diverse urban district. The immigration wave reshapes culture and job markets across the area.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Raleigh County pre enrollment shows drop in total students
Raleigh County Board of Education reports 18,769 students pre enrolled for the coming term, down 491 from 19,259 last term. Elementary enrollment falls by 905 while secondary rises by 491 due to transferring about 400 seventh and eighth graders to the new Spring Junior High School.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
Mason M. Anderson
Glen Leigh
Beaver, Daniels and
Shady Ring
Ae Spring Junior High
Schoo
Hancock WV appoints new postmaster Aula baugh
Washington UPI reports Senate confirmation of Etta M Aula baugh as postmaster for Hancock Morgan County West Virginia. The appointment was approved on Wednesday.
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Washington
UPI
Morgan County
W. Va
Hancock
Senate
Etta M. Aulabaugh
Public service: ancient postal origins and Latin roots
The delivery of letters is an ancient public service tracing back to Darius the Great in 500 B.C. Persia. The term post derives from Latin positus meaning placed, reflecting horse relay stations for riders.
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Darius the Great
B.C
Persia
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