Education group backs proposed school amendment in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Education Association representing over 600 educators endorsed the proposed state constitutional amendment at a Woodrow Wilson High School meeting attended by more than 400 members. Sam Lambert of the State Education Association outlined the amendment replacing the elective state superintendent with an appointive one and noted potential Hill Taft Murray federal aid totaling five to nine million dollars over three years.
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Raleigh County Education Association
Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson High School
Sam Lambert
State Education Association
Lambert
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Congress
James B. Deck
National Education Association
Margaret Sullivan
The
Association
Cranberry
Beaver
Ghent
Lincoln
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Tams and
Tees
Feathers Fly In Holiday Rush Over Education Meeting
Fragmentary report on a Raleigh County education group with an address by Lamino Gefinile and a date set for a follow up meeting. Officers of the organization are mentioned as meeting to discuss proposed educational alignment at state and national levels.
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Icuss
Nevy
Raleigh
LamiNo Gefinile
Th ‘Bert
Organiza i
Printers should print what readers need not only what they approve
A defense of free writing argues that restricting printing to printer approval would suppress diverse thought. If printers determined all content, the world would read only what printers happen to favor, stifling informed discourse and public access to varied viewpoints.
West Virginia Ordnance Works to be disposed by War Assets
The 8000 acre West Virginia Ordnance Works, built for TNT in war, moves under War Assets Administration control for disposition. Army ordnance officials report remaining equipment to be shipped and a small lot sale of surplus goods later. Final plans await announcement with interests from private industry and state guards for depot use. land to Federal Land Bank, owners have repurchase priority.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
War Assets Administration
Army
S ‘Ordnance Department
Cap. E. B. McGowan
Ordnance Department
West Virginia-Ohio
Tri-County Industrial Association
West Virginia National Guard
Federal Land Bank
Home Permits Issued For Franklin Ave And Ninth Street
L. E. Shrewsbury Jr of Beckley received a city building permit this morning to construct a four room dwelling on Franklin Avenue with an estimated cost of 3500 and a 10 fee. Ray McCray a Negro deputy sheriff obtained a permit for a three room rough lumber house at 204 Ninth Street East Park with an estimated cost of 800.
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L. E. Shrewsbury, Jr
Beckley
Franklin Avenue
Ray McCray
Ninth Street
East Park
McCray
Ice Skating Fans Plan Winter Sessions with Park Board
Local ice skating enthusiasts will meet Park Board on Sunday October 13 at 2 PM to discuss organized skating for winter at 4 H Park. A committee including C C Ballard Harold Lambert and C E Shumate will attend along with Beckley area skaters led by Frank Watkins Fred Watkins Sterling Lee J A Nuckols A C L Coleman and R R Smiley. Park Board asked caretaker W H Hleming to paint and store boats for winter and consider stoves and lighting for night skating.
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Park Board
C. C. Ballard
Harold Lambert
C. E. Shumate
Beckley
Frank and
Fred Watkins
Sterling Lee
J. A. Nuckols
A. C L. Coleman
R.R. Smiley
W. HH. Hleming
Two Dresses Burn In Beckley Fire
Two dresses were destroyed when clothes drying on a furnace pipe ignited in the Bryson home at 206 Bellevue Lane Beckley. Firefighters said injuries were minor as Jean Parson nine and David Morgan thirteen were treated for lacerations and a leg injury after the blaze.
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A. F. Bryson
Dents
Bellevue Lane
Beckley Hospital
Bernard Martin
Jean Parson
Bryson
John L. Parson
Parson
David Morgan
Carl Morgan
East Gulf
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