The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-10
MI. CLARE MINE
SCHOOL SUCCESS
Good Progress Is Made;
Located Short Distance
From Clarksburg

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MT CLARE, Jan, To- Unusual
growth has boosted the attendance
records Of the Mt Clare mining ex,
tension school. Somebody touched
on the enthusiasm, but no one viii
take the blame for 1t nor viii the3
take the credit Tor It. The truth Of
the matter Is that every member o.
the little class put their shoulde,
to the wheel and by some hard
plugging got busy during the pas.
week with the result that five new
members were received to take ina
place OF the four that removed
from the town.
Nestled In the hills south OF
Clarksburg on the trolley line be.
tween Clarksburg and Weston tbs
facilities for reaching the town Is
much better than many towns N
the region and Is moro accessible.
Right here miners are quickly get.
ling to9a point where they are In
need, although as YET, they have not
reached the stage where actual
starvation has been observed. II
was into this section that Unitel
Mine Workers Of America sent a.
truck load Of foodstuffs. The for.
eign population Is especially hard
hit according to reports current.
Despite the fact that all OF the
thirteen mines In this mining towr
are down on the broad OF their bacl;
the mining extension school Is
showing signs OF new life instead
OF being annihllated as one might
expect. One by one the mines In
the Mt. Glare section went down IN.
tn about three weeks ago the last
Of the active 'operations-a mine Of
the Hutchinson Coal company
was also closed. The percentage OF
attendance at the school is most
encouraging despite the adverse
conditions, and the beauty of It Is
that the future OF the class was
never better.
A visitor from Jane Lew dropped
into town last night, attended the
class and was so impressed with the
excellent opportunity offered in tbs
course that he promised to return
next Monday with several Lewis
county men to Join the class, which
with several others the committee
has in mind, will swell the numbers
greater than ever.
From the getaway the Hutchin.
son Coal company proved to get
right back Of the school and extend
to 1t all the necessary aid that was
needed. In the first place the com.
pany donated the use OF q room in
Its building as a school room and
equipped It with several large
blackboards so the class may be
lsent to the board and told to work
out problems. In this respect It Is
better of than any Of the other
classes in the region. In addition
to giving the room free OF charge
the company also furnishes the
heat and light. H. Walter Miller,
the superintendent sof, the HutGhin.
son company mine at Mt. Glare, was
especially active In the start to aid
the class. AS the numerical
] strength grew other Give wires"
presented themselves and Joined
with him in boosting everything
that pertained to the class. Among
the officials Of the Hutchinson com.
pany that are members Of tho class
are ], Walter Miller; su~pcrintend.
Ient; n. G.. McAtee, mine foreman,
and 6. ". Miller, assistant mine
foreman. Recently quite a few OF
the miners of the Franklin Gas Coal
Joined the class.
Ten OF the original members con
tinue to be enrolled IN the class,
they including j. Walter Miller. q.
w. Miller. R. H. McAtee, Andrew
lSwingle. John COT, John Kososkie,
Archie Miller, Dale Miller, Howard
Fox, Edgar Boggs. Those who re.
Gently removed from the town
were ]. C. Constable, j. E. Cum.
mings, Marvin Arhogast and Kes
ton Workman. The five new man:
bers Of the class are: Archie
Prince, Mt. Clare; O. A. Rowe, Nj.
Glare; ]. "A. Myers, Mt. Glare, all
of the Franklin Gas Coal company:
Fred Harris, Mt. Glare, Hutchin:
son Coal company; Charles Wi.
liams, Mt. Glare, Marshall! Coal com:
pany. Nine Of the fifteen men Of
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