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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

(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.)

3. WVU and Salem

Identifier::: holt_00047
Title::: WVU and Salem
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!)

4. Move Over Boys! Here Comes Rush Again!

Identifier::: holt_00049
Title::: Move Over Boys! Here Comes Rush Again!
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!)

5. Lecturer, Newspaper, and Magazine Writer

Identifier::: holt_00048
Title::: Lecturer, Newspaper, and Magazine Writer
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!)

6. 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

(Member of the Methodist church.) (Has delivered addresses from over fifty pulpits in the state of West Virginia!) (Cousin of two Methodist bishops!) (Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes) (Bishop Matthew Simpson Hughes) (Teaches largest and best attended men's bible class in Weston!)

7. Member of the Methodist Church

Identifier::: holt_00054
Title::: Member of the Methodist Church
Creation Date::: 1952

(In World War I, 11 years old, a Western Union boy!) (In World War II, presenting himself more than once for physical; he was turned down each time on account of strong glasses.) (Did not ask for exemption.)

8. Did Not Ask For Exemption

Identifier::: holt_00056
Title::: Did Not Ask For Exemption
Creation Date::: 1952

"Look Mommy! Kerry would like to go to Sunday school with us!"

9. Look Mommy! Kerry Would Like to go to Sunday School With Us!

Identifier::: holt_00055
Title::: Look Mommy! Kerry Would Like to go to Sunday School With Us!
Creation Date::: 1952

"Eye to eye November the 4th!" (Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor.)

10. Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor

Identifier::: holt_00057
Title::: Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor
Creation Date::: 1952