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"It's House Cleaning Time in the Valley. [musical notes]"

1. 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!"

2. 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!)

3. 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.)

4. 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!)

5. 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.)

6. 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!)

7. 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!)

8. 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.)

9. 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!)

10. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

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

(Elected to sixth term, House of Delegates 1948 on both tickets!) "Just a plain good candidate!"

11. Just a Plain Good Candidate.

Identifier::: holt_00052
Title::: Just a Plain Good Candidate.
Creation Date::: 1952

(93% of people of Lewis County voted for him in last election!) (Rush Holt's home county.) (Lewis County, West Virginia) (Piloted a bill through the legislature giving the teachers the largest pay boost they have ever received!) (Pay raise $) (2 + 2 =) (One of six children! Worked his way through college!)

12. Lewis County, West Virginia

Identifier::: holt_00053
Title::: Lewis County, West Virginia
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!)

13. Member of the Methodist Church

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

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

14. 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

(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.)

15. Did Not Ask For Exemption

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

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

16. Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor

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

"Not a thing in the record book against him! We'll just have to cook something up!" "Should I stoke it up some more we've got plenty of fuel!" "They all like Rush Holt, but we can try this." (State House Gang smear.) (Tax payers pile.)

17. State House Gang Smear

Identifier::: holt_00058
Title::: State House Gang Smear
Creation Date::: 1952

"All we've had so far is promises!" (Rusty equip.) "Oh man! What a mess! Phooie!" ($50 million) (Elect Rush Holt Governor.) "Neighbor here's our only hope!" "Rush Holt will build us some decent roads!"

18. Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads

Identifier::: holt_00059
Title::: Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads
Creation Date::: 1952

"Just when I discovered gold!" "I've got enough to keep me the rest of my life!" "Here comes Rush Holt!" "They told me not to worry! It was in the bag!" ($50 million road plans.) "Nothing to do but run with it now boys!" (Flower fund) (Liquor) (Contracts)

19. Nothing To Do But Run With It Now Boys

Identifier::: holt_00060
Title::: Nothing To Do But Run With It Now Boys
Creation Date::: 1952

(Holt exposed politics in W.P.A) (Demanded special session of legislature to get assistance for needy when grants reduced! (Politics) (State Employees) (Rush Holt promises decent assistance program!) (W.Va. stands 42nd in old age assistance!) (Rush Holt says this is a disgrace.) (244%) (Large fellow) (Payroll increase!) (7.7%) (Small fellow)

20. Holt Exposed Politics in W.P.A

Identifier::: holt_00061
Title::: Holt Exposed Politics in W.P.A
Creation Date::: 1952

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