Quiet Mother's Day in City That Started It All
Grafton West Virginia will mark Mother's Day with open doors at the International Mother's Day Shrine but no service for a second year due to urban renewal delays and a $50,000 fundraising drive. Plans include landscaping and repairs, with ceremonies hoped for Memorial Day Weekend. The shrine honors Anna Jarvis and the Mother's Day movement started at Andrews Methodist Church in 1908.
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Julia Sadd Grafton
W. Va
UPI
Andrews Methodist Church
Carl White
Grafton
White
John Glenn
Jarvis
Pruntytown
Taylor County
Anna
Philadelphia
Hardy Countian Chosen Education Association President
Ella Bergdoll a Hardy County teacher of 34 years was elected president of the West Virginia Education Association at a Saturday session. George M. Wood Jr. of New Martinsville won the vice president post, with WVEA delegates also electing W. R. Cooke and Virginia Baughman to the executive committee and re electing Dr. John Montgomery of Lewisburg as state director of the National Education Association.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Ella Bergdoll
West Virginia Education Association
WVEA
West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association
Bergdoll
Moorefield
George M. Wood Jr
New Martinsville
W. R. Cooke
Mercer County
Virginia Baughman
Philippi
John Montgomery
Lewisburg
Greenbrier College
National Education Association
Well Operators Face Charges Dropped in Walden County
Roane County Prosecutor Orton Jones dropped warrants against 11 oil well operators in the Walton section for polluting the Pocatalico River and its tributaries. Residents complained the salt brine polluted drinking water, killing fish. The state plans to appeal a circuit court ruling that the state did not use available legal avenues before seeking an injunction.
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Spencer
W. Va
UPI
Walton
Roane County
Orton Jones
Pocatalico River
Sissonville
Kanawha County
State Water Resources
Ed Henry
Circuit Court
Oliver Kessell
Rabies Quarantine Extended in Jackson County
The rabies quarantine begun Saturday in Jackson County will continue until August 3. West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass announced the measure, prohibiting all dogs and other domestic pets from running at large.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Jackson County
West Virginia
Gus R. Douglass
Final Rites Set For Fullerton
Final rites for veteran West Virginia born newsman Max Fullerton will be held at Jenkins Funeral Home in Baltimore at 11 am Monday. Wellsburg native died from head injuries after a yard fall. Fullerton retired as A P bureau chief in Baltimore and previously headed the wire service in West Virginia. He was a 1925 West Virginia University graduate. Survivors include his mother Annie L. Fullerton of Morgantown, his widow Virginia Elaine Ruble, and three daughters.
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Baltimore
UPI
Max Fullerton
Jenkins Funeral Home
Wellsburg
W. Va
Fullerton
A. P
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Annie L. Fullerton
Morgantown
Virginia Elaine Ruble
State Planning Study for Its Kindergartens
Isabel Miller from Ohio State University joins the West Virginia Department of Education as kindergarten programs consultant. She coordinates elementary student teaching, places interns, and leads seminars and supervision at OSU. Miller has led Head Start Orientation work since 1965 and coauthored the Guidebook for Elementary Student Teachers.
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Isabel Miller
Ohio State University
West Virginia Department of Education
College of Education
Ohio State
Miss Miller
Ohio State Department of Education
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Ravenswood
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South Vietnam
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Washington
James Sprouse
Violet Snedegar
State
Democratic Committee
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
White House
State Welfare Department
Mabel L. Chapman
Dominion and Post
The
Dominion News
Morgantown Post
Sunday
Dominion Post
Pleasant Street
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