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"The only thing super about a two lane highway today is the traffic!" (W.Va. new super highway) "The legislature says make it four lanes!" "In 1946 the law was passed calling for multiple lanes in each direction!  Does the law count?" "Mac it looks to me like Rush D. Holt has the facts!" "But the state is building a two-lane job and it's to be a toll road, imagine!" (Rush D. Holt 4 Governor of W.Va.) "That's a fact!"

49. W.Va. New Super Highway

Identifier::
holt_00088
Title::
W.Va. New Super Highway
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.)

50. WVU and Salem

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holt_00047
Title::
WVU and Salem
Creation Date::
1952
"Wow!  The conservation dept. alone spent nearly $892,000 bucks on cars and supplies in the past 4 years!" "Us old folks didn't have much show under this administration either son!" "I'll leave a few of these Rush Holt for Governor posters with this fellow.  He's probably as sick of our road situation as everybody else!" (We don't raise eggs no more!  Roads to market too rough!) (Fishing Camp No. 1 private road) (Camp No. 2) (No. 3)

51. We Don't Raise Eggs No More! Roads to Market Too Rough.

Identifier::
holt_00101
Title::
We Don't Raise Eggs No More! Roads to Market Too Rough.
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!)

52. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

Identifier::
holt_00051
Title::
Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!
Creation Date::
1952
"What's he trying to do?  Haunt the public?" (Rush Holt) "We're in trouble Willie!  Besides the broom we've got to worry about skeletons in the closet!"  "What will we call this act?  Country corn?" (Wet blanket Willie) "Better call it off."

53. Wet Blanket Willie

Identifier::
holt_00081
Title::
Wet Blanket Willie
Creation Date::
1952
"Houn'dawg did you ever see a place with more opportunity than right here in America!" "No sir!" I guess a guy can find just about any opportunity he wants if he just looks!  Hey here's tracks." "Well that just goes to show!  When a man makes the right kind of tracks it always takes him to the right place!" (Rush Holt 4 Governor)

54. When a Man Makes the Right Kind of Tracks it Always Takes Him to the Right Place

Identifier::
holt_00099
Title::
When a Man Makes the Right Kind of Tracks it Always Takes Him to the Right Place
Creation Date::
1952