Report on Winding Gulf Schools October 1919
The West Virginia district report notes poorer performance than last month with fewer Honor Roll pupils. Illness and absenteeism reduce attendance. emphasis on promptness and daily attendance as law requires. State schooling cost per pupil is $35 per term. only about 4% enter high school, many districts lack accessible high schools or roads and rail service. Teachers urged to retain older pupils and prepare for high school, building district school spirit and facilities. Names of Honor Roll students across rooms listed. action urged to expand educational access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Raleigh
Slab Fork
R. A. Riggs
Teachers Named At Laurel and Dirtsville Schools
R A Riggs and Frank Wise lead a list of teachers at Laurel Branch School and Dirtsville School. Names include Lovette Bailex Grover Daniel James Godbey Carl Jeffrey Arden Maynor Frances Godbey Hallie Maynor Lillian Maynor Nova Tradway Eva Wiseman and R Mae Feazell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Riggs
Laurel Branch
Lovette
Bailex
Grover Daniel
James Godbey
Carl Jeffrey
Arden Maynor
Frances Godbey
Hallie Maynor
Lillian Maynor
Nova Tradway
Frank Wiseman
Dirtsville
Emil Craddock
Theodore Craddock
Kenneth Hottle
Russell Lilly
Morris Maynor
Emery Maynor
French Williams
Gilmore Williams
Elmer Daniel
Tom Kelley
Leslie Tyree
Ese Bailey
Ardath Davis
Lovelle
Local Men Lease Nicholas Tract for Coal Development
M F Odell and E A Hall of Beckley secured a lease on a large tract of several hundred acres of coal land in Nicholas county near Gauley Fork and Summersville. The area contains three large coal veins and serves as a gateway to the county’s coal region. Several thousand acres nearby could be moved via this tract, with plans to acquire adjoining land if negotiations succeed as railroads extend into the county to support upcoming coal development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Odell
E. A. Hall
Beckley
Nicholas County
Gauley
Summersville
Messrs. Odell and Hall
Odell-Hall
Odell
Mr. Hall
Memorial Day observed at St Francis DeSales Church
All Souls Day services join a Catholic observance at St Francis DeSales Church starting 9 30 AM to commemorate the faithful departed including parish members. Christian Church offers Bible school at 9 45 AM with J W Givens as superintendent followed by the Lord's Supper and sermon at 11 by Rev Gerald Culberson on The Witness of the Spirit. Young people meet at 6 PM and the evening sermon at 7 titled A Fool's Verdict invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Souls Day
St. Francis DeSales
Christian Church
Bible School
J. W. Givens
Gerald Culberson
Charleston to Erect New Municipal Building
The city announces a new municipal building to be built on the property between Virginia Goshorn and Truslow streets opposite the old gas works and about a square west of the present location.
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Charleston
Virginia
Goshorn and
Truslow
Real Estate Transfers In Beckley And Shady Spring Districts
Real estate transfers include Sarah E. Phipps and others to Calvin Surratt for two Beckley lots with appurtenances for $1. Beaver Coal Company and Bowyer Smokeless Coal Company sell to the Board of Education of Shady Spring district a lot in Shady Spring district for $1. Newton Farley and others transfer a Beckley lot to Herbert Stansbury and associates for $10. R E Peters and others transfer a Beckley lot with appurtenances to Lacy Trump and associates for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Phipps
Calvin Surratt
Beckley
Beaver Coal Company
Bowyer Smokeless Coal Company
Board of Education
Shady Spring
Newton Farley
Herbert Stansbury
Property transfers in Beckley and surrounding districts
A sequence of real estate deeds and transfers across Beckley, Shady Spring, Trap Hill, and surrounding areas. Properties include lots, tracts, and alleys in Beckley Junction, Sylvia, and Wildwood addition with prices from $1 to $23,484. Notable parties include R D Webb, Ida M Grandison, Harvey Cook, Lilly Land Company, and Raleigh Realty & Construction Co.
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R. D. Webb
I. A
Cora McGinnis
Cove Creek
Marsh Fork
Thomas Phillips
W. S. Dickson
Beckley
Harvey G. Henderson
K. M. Henderson
Trap Hill
S. H. Kent
H. J. Lilly
A. J. Cochran
Ida M. Grandison
G. W. Snuffer
E. M. Payne
Harvey Cook
Glade Creek
Raleigh County
W. C. Rakes
Shady Spring
Trict
Beaver Coal Company
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company
Lilly Land Company
H. L. Nottingham
G. W. Glass
Raleigh Realty & Construction Co
John Peters
Beckley Junction
Bernie Tinsley
J. P. White
R. D. Mackey
Beckley Construction Co
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Wd. Gulf
Jamie Cumbo
Cecil Cook
Jessie Perdue
Howard Mitcham
Ernest Chambers
Edd Rutherford
Elbert Tomas
Therman
Southern
Wade Kemper
Glen Barlow
Hunter Lowe
Clara Cumbo
Virginia Wood
Margery Farley
Barbara Jervis
Frank Albert
Leslie Farley
John Jiiden
Wm. Shirky
Ned Smith
Harry Hambrinck
Wm. Burdiss
Ray Kirkwood
Boyse Royal
Edwin Smith
Marion Cook
Susie King
Hazel Young
Louise Turner
Lora Epperson
Marie Gri__s
Gertie Gri__s
Daisy Burton
Pearl May Dunford
Della Dunford
Francelia Shafer
Cossy Lilly
Antonette Amato
Myrale Cassell
Viola Fink
Inise Smith
Mary Snyder
Goldie Tatterway
Dena Young
Doris Hambric
Lillian Martin
Herron Chambers
Burton Ford
Joe Johnson
Willie Johnson
Charles Kemper
Clarence Wool
Garnet Wood
Earl Young
Charles Clark
Kelly Shumate
Allena Cook
Leola Hambrick
Katherine Kirkwood
Marie Marshall
Emma Smith
Janie Royal
Frances Johnson
Thelma Young
Frances Staten
Marguerite Taylor
Roxie Lankford
Cora A. Ford
Theodore Lacy
Ira Cole
Lewis Staton
Walter Smith
Helen Burdiss
Annie King
Dessie Ford
Blanche Waldron
Hazel Skaggs
Bernice Flana
Nicholas
M. F. Odell and
R. E. Peters
Lacy Trump
Lot
J. T. Williams
W. VA
Lyric Theatre
E. B. Thompson
Sylvia
G. W. Thompson
J. H.dunn
S. W. Trail
Gorn E. Alshire
Isaiah Hall
H. J. Hatcher
J. $. Ellison
B. J. Shumate
Carmelo Sparta
George H. Smith
C. T. Shrewsbury
F. L. Smith
Elvira F. Kidd
W. T. Lilly
R. M. French
L. D. Bailey
Hunter Smith
Martha Kincaid
M. S. Lilly
Douglas and Florsheim
Pickus Bros
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