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"Sh-hh! It's his until he finds us!" "Bah!  I'm tired of this game!  I'm going to Rush Holt's meeting!" "Ray for Rush!" (Meeting house secret) (Well known bag co.) ("PA")

1. Meeting House Secret

Identifier::
holt_00002
Title::
Meeting House Secret
Creation Date::
1940-1950
"Come on Willie you've got larn'gitis!" [Laryngitis] "Yea Holt!" (Debate today!) (W.Va.)

2. Debate Today

Identifier::
holt_00003
Title::
Debate Today
Creation Date::
1940-1950
"It's House Cleaning Time in the Valley. [musical notes]"

3. It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley

Identifier::
holt_00042
Title::
It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley
Creation Date::
1952
"Mommy I'll stay in bed if you read me the Rush Holt story again!"

4. Mommy I'll Stay in Bed if You Read Me the Rush Holt Story Again

Identifier::
holt_00043
Title::
Mommy I'll Stay in Bed if You Read Me the Rush Holt Story Again
Creation Date::
1952
(Rush Holt's father was a very well known country doctor and also served as mayor of Weston!) (Treated six generations of same family!) (Editor Weston Republican!) (Accompanied many times by his wife, Lela!)

5. Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston

Identifier::
holt_00044
Title::
Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston
Creation Date::
1952
(Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.) (Member - Sons of American Revolution, Sons of Revolution.) (Member Political Science Association.) (Former state President of Moose.)

6. Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.

Identifier::
holt_00045
Title::
Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.
Creation Date::
1952
(A high school graduate at fourteen years of age!) (Diploma Rush Dew Holt.) (Received his education in public schools of Lewis County!)

7. A High School Graduate at Fourteen Years of Age

Identifier::
holt_00046
Title::
A High School Graduate at Fourteen Years of Age
Creation Date::
1952
(University of West Virginia and Salem College!  Graduated with A.B. Degree 1924.) (Mother was one of the first to graduate from Salem College.) (WVU) (Salem) (Married June 19, 1941 to Helen Louise Froelich, Gridley, Illinois.  One daughter and one son!) (Coached St. Patrick's High and twice took basketball team to nat'l. tournament.) (Teacher and coach, Virginia and West Virginia high schools and colleges 1923 to 1931.)

8. WVU and Salem

Identifier::
holt_00047
Title::
WVU and Salem
Creation Date::
1952
(Lecturer, newspaper, and magazine writer!) (Editor West Virginia Taxpayer.) (National representative Caux Conference in Switzerland 1948.) (Member U.S. delegation to Norway 1939!)

9. Lecturer, Newspaper, and Magazine Writer

Identifier::
holt_00048
Title::
Lecturer, Newspaper, and Magazine Writer
Creation Date::
1952
(Elected Rush Holt) (House of Delegates) (1930 1932) (Lewis County) "Move over boys!  Here comes Rush again!" (Elected to third term 1942.) (Re-elected for a fourth term in 1944 by a write-in vote, receiving more votes than both party candidates combined!)

10. Move Over Boys! Here Comes Rush Again!

Identifier::
holt_00049
Title::
Move Over Boys! Here Comes Rush Again!
Creation Date::
1952
(Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the youngest person ever elected to that body.)

11. Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.

Identifier::
holt_00050
Title::
Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.
Creation Date::
1952
(Elected to the fifth term of house of delegates without opposition!) "Welcome!  Here he comes with the facts!" "Gentlemen!  Whom do I see to get a locker?" (Rush D. Holt of W.Va.) (Active in youth program!) (7 year old daughter Helen Jane a Brownie Scout!) (National Council Boy Scouts of America!) (As early as 1927 wrote articles calling for cleanup of state mental hospitals long before holding or aspiring to any political office!)

12. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

Identifier::
holt_00051
Title::
Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!
Creation Date::
1952