West Virginia Pupil Attainment Rising Says Officials
Public school leaders contest declines in fundamentals noting rising average attainment in basic subjects and steady time spent on the three Rs. They cite standardized tests and state requirements for graduation, with English and spelling needing bolstering per employers and colleges.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Associated Press
W. W. Trent
Lillian Wolfe
Cabell County
Kanawha
Iowa
H. Cliff Hamilton
Education Department
Gibson
Trent
PTA
Dochomab by Elisabeth Ley Se
Dr Stephen Carr leaves Norfolk for Pacific duty and arranges for Dr Craig Talboy to take over his practice. Talboy dismisses Carrs clerk Miss Cobb, while Shelly Carr contemplates changes at home. Family dinner reveals tensions over servants and new workers moving into town as Carrs plan a temporary arrangement. (To Be Continued)
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Stephen Carr
Norfolk
Mid-West
Pacific
Craig Talboy
Carr
Talboy
Shelly
Orient
Everett
Stevie
Stephen
Everett Carr
Father Carr
Miss Cobb
Adoption of Trademark by West Virginia Liquor Dealer
John Stinson trading as Thrifty Dairy Beckley Raleigh County WV adopts a trademark for bottling operations. Notary Oppie L Hedrick certifies the signing of the document dated December 31 1955 with acknowledgement in Beckley. Commission expiration December 1980.
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John Stinson
Thrifty Datry
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
John H. Stinson
Raleigh
Vey Oppie L. Hedrick
Thrifty Airy
Funeral Announcements for Fuller and DeBerry Kin
Funeral services for Robert Wayne Fuller two months old will be held at Beaver Baptist Church with Rev Hiram Rhinghart officiating. Interment at Blue Jay Cemetery. Cards of Thanks express appreciation for support during Daisy Banks De Berry’s recent bereavement. An anniversary tribute honors Albert Fares, killed March 10 1953, with memory verses and reflection on his loss.
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Fuller Fuller
Robert Wayne
Robert H Fuller, Jr
Daniels
Caffee Funeral Home
Beaver Baptist Church
Hiram Rhinghart
Otsego
Blue Jay
Daisy Banks DeBerry
MM. Mitchell
Trent Funeral Home
C. DeBerry
Albert Fares
Shelly Observes Plant Workers in Waiting Rooms
Shelly grows curious as plant workers from the right hand room stream into Stephen's office for biannual checkups. The left room hosts gossip focused on ills and social status while Ike Vandable, a tall neighbor with a cold, is urged by Dr. Talboy and Shelly to rest and let the doctor manage his fever as his work for clay pits awaits.
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Shelly
Stephen
Craig
Mrs. Lee
Poller
Ike
Southland
Dr. Talboy
Carr
Kanawha County
Westmoreland Coal marks 100th anniversary in 1854 roots
Westmoreland Coal Co operating near Madison Boone County and in Pennsylvania marks its centennial. Chartered in July 1854, it opened the Larimer mine that year and has since produced more than 166.5 million tons.
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Westmoreland Coal Co
Madison
Boone County
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland
Larimer
C. E. Campbell Jr
Charleston
West Virginia Optometric Assn
Welch
Stephen J. Wright
Bluefield State College
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Del
Vernon Callaway
McDowell
The
Local obituaries and funeral notices paste
Samuel Dennis Garner of Skelton dies at 64 after a March 9 illness. Funeral at 10 am Thursday from Quesenberry and Webb, with burial in Prosperity cemetery. Rev. Charles Bika officiates. pallbearers listed. George Burton Turner of Grandview found dead March 9. services at 2 pm Friday with Rev. Midkiff. burial in Covey cemetery. pallbearers named. Robert Hampton Hayes of Beckley dies at 68. funeral at First Nazarene Church March 9. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Masonic lodge to oversee graveside rites. active and honorary pallbearers listed. Shelby Rose of Mabscott dies at home March 5. funeral at Rich Creek Baptist Church Pin Oak March 10. burial Joe McComas Cemetery. pallbearers named. Rufus Meador, 48, of 212 Myers Avenue, dies March 7. funeral at Regular Baptist Church March 10. burial Sunset Memorial Park. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Turner Turner
George Burton
Grandview
McCreery
Quesenberry and Webb
Charles Midkiff
Covey
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Hobart Moss
Milton Smith
Bill Fortner
Douglas Fortner
Hunter Redden
Hayes Hayes
Robert Hampton
Maple Avenue
Beckley
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
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Johnstown Road
O. F. Haynes
Sunset Memorial Park
Masonic Lodge No. 95
Masonic Hall
Everett Harvey
Cecil Miler GH. Bird
Raborn Sanford
Floyd Sayre
J. A. Thompson
Harold Miller
Caryl Houchins
Masonic Lodge
Essie Thompson
Tressie McComas
Elmo Dilhon
Guy Walker
Cecil Shrewsbury
Linda Shrewsbury
Clarence Shrewsbury
Ressie Walker
Art Thompson
Feilder Thompson
Bird Bird
Rufus Meador
Myers Avenue
Everett Shafer
ER. Walker
Paul Lester
Cecil Day
Jack Rowden
Kelly Meadows
Cecil Stewart
Fhh Carter
Bob Lytton
Bane Shumate
Bobby Atterson
Benny Atterson
James Boggess
Robert Treadway
Ted Wolfe
Jack Underwood
Herman Mavis
Lonnie L. Cooper
James Slater
Hazel Branch
Okey DeHart
Quesenberry and
Webb Funeral Home
Daugherty Nomination Hearing Is Postponed
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Duncan W Daugherty for U S attorney of the Southern District of West Virginia was postponed from the originally scheduled Friday. No new date has been set.
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Washington. Wa
Senate
Duncan W Daugherty
YU. S
West Virginia
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