James Wood High hosts college day with 250 students
About 250 juniors and seniors from Clarke County and James Wood gathered at JWHS for College Day. Representatives from 25 colleges and universities conducted three hours of interviews on finance, courses, and campus life. Local staff organized the event with assembly and lunch served by Home Economics, and remarks by JWHS administrators.
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James Wood High School
Clarke County High School
James Wood
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Paul D. Beable
Donald Perrault
Retha Cooper
Elsie Hovermale
Owen Hoagland
Leroy Buckner
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church of Winchester
Beable
Bobby Layman
James Wood Sga
William Marland Named West Virginia's Youngest Governor
William C Marland will become West Virginia’s governor at 34, the youngest in state history. A former coal miner and naval officer, he rose from assistant attorney general to attorney general under Gov Patteson, campaigning on good roads and schools.
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William Marland
W.va
Charleston
W. Va
William C. Marland
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Cay
Statehouse
Marland
Okey L. Patteson
Holt
Rush D. Holt
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Adlai Stevenson
Glen Rogers
UMW
Alabama University
Navy
Patteson
Mispronounced Mechanist Pronunciation Guide
A guide teaching the word mechanist pronounced mekha nist with stress on the first syllable and e as in met. It clarifies the correct articulation for readers.
Ground Is Broken For Navy Shrine At Pearl Harbor
Eleven years after the Pearl Harbor attack a $75,000 Navy dead shrine site was broken ground in a misty ceremony at Pearl Harbor. Acting Hawaii governor Frank Serrao warned of creeping communism as a global threat while noting the Japanese view of the attack.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
Frank Serrao
Hawaii
Pacific
Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Co Elects Directors
Ten directors for the year were chosen at the annual meeting of the Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company held Saturday in the County Office Building. The officers continued for the coming year include Earl S. Bailey as president and Harry L. McCann as vice-president with Raymond G. Edwards as secretary-treasurer.
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Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Early S. Bailey
H L. McCann
Raymond G. Edw
F. B. Cadwallader
Ralph Bauserman
George Bywaters
J. R. McKeever
Carlton Ramey
J. M McAboy
Frederick County
T. W. Russell
Clarke County
Raymond G. Edwards
Earl S. Bailey
Harry L. McCann
W. Erlene
Aleson S. Hott
Seven Month Old Baby Dies in Fire in Martinsville
A seven month old boy, William Harvey Ingram, died in a basement one room apartment fire in Martinsville. His two half brothers and a half sister escaped unharmed while the mother, Rosie Lee Campbell Wyatt Ingram, was away seeking new living quarters. She had lit a small fireplace fire before leaving.
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Martinsville
William Harvey Ingram
Rosie Lee
Campbell Wyatt Ingram
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Empire State Building
William F. Smith, Jr
LaGuardia Field
Newark
Nate
Philadelphia
Molden
S. Loudoun St
Nelson Family
Hotpoint
Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
John R. Steelman
Truman
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr
Adams
Vandenberg Jr
Steelman
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Helena
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Dulles
Honolulu
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Calif
Rational Link
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Weerry
North Li H
Trounee
Winchester
Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Co
ST. Josep
Sterling
le Puveret
W. Boscawen St
Grant's
Turkeys
Saturday Evening Post
LIFE
Good Housekeeping
Friendly Grant Store
Santa Claus
Santa
Grant
Hopalong Cassidy
Roy Rogers
Grarmi
Tonigin
N. Loudon Street
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