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Dorothy Belle Davis
Dorothy Belle Davis
1914 ~ 2004
Mrs. Davis graduated from Victory High School in 1931 and was a graduate of West Virginia University in 1934 with a major in English and a minor in...ver maisDorothy Belle Davis
1914 ~ 2004
Mrs. Davis graduated from Victory High School in 1931 and was a graduate of West Virginia University in 1934 with a major in English and a minor in French. She worked on her master’s degree at the University of Illinois, and then finished it at West Virginia University. She had an honorary doctorate degree from Salem-Teikyo University. Teaching primarily at Salem High School, Mrs. Davis taught English in Harrison County Schools for 37 years. She directed more than 50 class plays during her teaching career and wrote pageants for the state FHA, one of which was presented at the National Convention of the FHA. She wrote “Out of the Whirlwind,” the Harrison County West Virginia Centennial Pageant which ran for a week in May 1963 at the Nathan Goff National Guard Armory. Between 1968 and 1997, she wrote more than 50 historical sketches for the newsletters of the Harrison County Historical Society. She had also written many articles for the Clarksburg Publishing Company.
Mrs. Davis was a member of the Salem Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Harrison County and West Virginia Historical Societies.
Mrs. Davis wrote “The History of Harrison County” and “John George Jacksonver menos