Students Hear Editor Urges Individuality in Newspapers
Seventy five Raleigh County High School Press Association students and advisors heard Espy Miller editor of The Concordian urge newspaper individuality. He praised personal columns linoleum cuts and paper personality while noting advertising costs and April editorial contest prizes. Judges include Beckley Herald Raleigh Register and local warden. Meeting planned for Marsh High in April with Shady Spring Marsh Fork Stoco and Wood represented.
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Raleigh County High School Press Association
Espy Miller
Concordian
Mark Twain High School
Princeton High School
BR. Harris
Concord State Teachers Loge
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Ss. W. Gunnoe
Camp Raleigh
CCC
Shady Spring
F. H. Halstead
Gunnee
Raleigh County
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McDowell
Beckley-Herald
O. B. Harris
Harold Riffe
Raleigh Register
McCacrrell
Marsh High School
Lins
Marsh Fork
Stoco
Wood
Entertainment numbers by four girls and a six year old dancer
Herb ron Wilson and Mark Twain are remembered. Four girls Ella Ables Betty Ann Thompson Maxine Rowe and Pearl Hylton performed tap dance numbers. Six year old Betty Dodson presented two solo tap dances.
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Ron Wilson
Mark Twain
Ella Ables
Betty Ann Thompson
Maxine Rowe
Pearl Hylton
Betty Dodson
Rumetex Featured in Patent Medicine Ad
Mrs George Morton touts Rumetex as a cure for venereal disease and a range of ailments from neuritis to sciatica. The ad claims a year of suffering between Fayetteville and Oak Hill and promises money back if not benefited. Rumetex priced at 85 cents at Watkin's and other outlets.
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George Morton
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Watkin's
Britain to Aid Worn Out Horses Move
In London the House of Commons nears passage of a bill to bar export of old or weak horses to the continent to prevent mistreatment. The measure aims to keep worn horses at home amid concerns they are overworked and even slaughtered for meat, with seasickness noted.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Easter Date Shifts as Easter Moves Earlier than Five Years
The article notes Easter comes earlier this year than in five years and explains the movable feast is set by lunar rules. It cites March 21 as the latest possible reference in determining the first full moon and Easter’s Sunday after it, with historical echoes from 1913 and 1943.
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League of Nations
Rev. William Anderson Dies at 72 in West Virginia Church Career
Funeral services will be held today for Rev. William Anderson 72 longtime presiding elder of the Methodist church in the Clarksburg Buckhannon district and pastor at several West Virginia churches. A native of England he joined the West Virginia Methodist conference in 1889 and later led churches in Clarksburg before moving to Mountain Lake Park Maryland 12 years ago.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
William Anderson
Methodist Church
Clarksburg - Buckhannon
West Virginia
Anderson
Mountain Lake Park
England
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Clarksburg
Obituary Notice for Cotton Anderson Family
Broken back sistersville wheeling new martinsville charleston and mannington. His widow Mary Ellen Cotton Anderson and two sons F Ridley of McKeesport Pa and William Jr of Pittsburgh survive.
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Sistersville
Wheeling
New Martinsville
Charleston
Mannington
Mary Ellen Cotton Anderson
F. Ridley
McKeesport
William, Jr
Pittsburgh
Skilled Labor Shortage Lifts Demand in West Virginia
District reemployment officials report a rising need for skilled workers such as pipe fitters machinists electricians and millwrights with pay up to 85 cents an hour and expect a surge in construction this spring. A shift to state unemployment department oversight begins July 1 while calls go nationwide for a biochemist PhD and other specialized posts.
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Co. M. Ward
West Virginia
Ward
Beckley
New 60 Car Offers Big Car Comfort At Lower Price
The 60 shares quick-stopping brakes, large luggage compartments, and modern styling with the 85 but uses a smaller engine and lower price. It cannot match the 85’s top speed and acceleration yet remains one of America’s best performing low-price cars. It is smooth, quiet, and flexible like a V-8. Visit today to test drive.
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