Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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Hunt. t. i®. § hmualtrr Hon. E. M. Showalter was bom at Wheeling, West Virginia, December 7, 1869. During his boyhood he attended the public schools of the State, and he made such use of his time that at the early age of fifteen years he secured a license to teach. He taught four terms in the common schools. In 1 889 he was appointed to a clerical position in the United States census office at Washington, and during his term of service he studied law in the Georgetown University. In 1891 he returned to West Virginia and entered the State University at Morgantown, where he graduated from the law department in 1 892. Following his graduation he located in Fairmont for the practice of his profession, and in the Fall of 1 892 he was the Republican candidate for Prosecuting Attorney. In 1 894 he was chairman of the Republican County Executive Committee, and in 1898 he was secretary of the Congressional Committee in the Second Congressional District. In I 897 Mr. Showalter was appointed Assistant United States District Attorney by President McKinley, and he has filled this position with distinction and honor since that time. In I 902 he was elected president of the Board of Education of Fairmont Indepen- dent District, and was re-elected in 1906 without opposition. As a member of the Board Mr. Showalter has stood for progress in educational affairs, and in this he has been supported by his fellow members, and a large majority of the people of the district.

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 itt a U £ iy a it r t ilubltflbrb bu ttfr Junior (Haaa Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Associate Editors ) Roberta Fleming, Katherine Russell, Louise Nichols ( Nelle Manley, George DeBolt AN APPRECIATION The Editorial Stall and Members ol the Junior Class make gratelul acknowledgment to Miss Jane Etta McKinney, iheir class teacher, lor the invaluable assistance she has given in the preparation ol this book.