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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Professional activities: Maintains archeolog- 

 ical museum at Moundsville, W. Va. ; has 

 sponsored three major archeological projects 

 financed by private industry, with the work being 

 done by the Smithsonian Institution and the 

 Carnegie Museum. 



Publications: West Virginia Archeologist, 

 irregular, current volume: 11, $.75. Editor: 

 Sigfus Olafson. 



1533. West Virginia Coal Mining Institute. 112 



Mineral Industries Building, Morgantown, 

 W. Va. President: S. Dunlap Brady, Jr., P. 

 O. Box 67, Summersville, W. Va. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: G. R. Spindler. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1908. 



Purpose: To promote safety, efficiency, edu- 

 cation and technical research in the coal mining 

 industry of West Virginia. 



Membership: Coal operator, manager, mine 

 superintendent, engineer, or other person prac- 

 tically connected with coal mining in West 

 Virginia. Total membership approximately 375. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional actiznties: Annual merit scholar- 

 ship award in the School of Mines at West 

 Virginia University. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual. Editor: G. 

 R. Spindler. 



1534. West Virginia Optometric Association, 

 Inc. Room 2, Strong Building, Parkersburg, 

 W. Va. President: Mason Isiminger, 302 

 Jefferson Avenue, Moundsville, W. Va. Term 

 expires June 1961. Executive Secretary: H. 

 Eugene Merrill. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated 1934 with four geo- 

 graphical divisions. Technical and Scientific 

 Committees : Contact Lenses, Geriatrics, Occu- 

 pational Vision, Orthoptics and Visual Train- 

 ing, Research and Standards, and such other 

 special committees as required. 



Purpose: To unite in one association all those 

 engaged in the profession of optometry, to 

 advance the science of optometry, to elevate 

 standards of optometric education so that the 

 profession may become more capable and useful 

 in promoting the health, comfort, and happiness 

 of mankind. 



Membership: Limited to those persons licensed 

 to practice optometry in the State of West 

 Virginia. Total Membership 100. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1535. West Virginia Psychological Association. 



West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. 

 Va. President: Julius C. Wilson, 932 Dudley 



Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va. Term expires 

 April 1961. Secretary: Robert L. Decker, 

 Department of Psychology, West Virginia 

 University, Morgantown, W. Va. Term ex- 

 pires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science 

 and as a profession. 



Membership: Master's degree in psychology 

 and one year of experience, or two years of 

 graduate study in psychology, and at time of 

 application devoting full time to psychological 

 work. Total membership 42. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1536. West Virginia Public Health Association. 



State Health Department, 1800 Washington 

 Street, East, Charleston, W. Va. President: 

 B. S. Brake, Clarksburg, W. Va. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. Executive Secretary: Mrs. 

 Katherine L. Brown. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded in 1924. Affiliated with the 

 American Public Health Association. 



Purpose: To promote a better understanding 

 of the concepts of community health with special 

 emphasis upon prevention of illness and pro- 

 motion of well-being. 



Membership: Persons engaged in the practice 

 of public health, either directly or indirectly, as 

 well as persons interested in the advancement 

 of public health. Total membership 450. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two awards presented 

 annually, one to citizen for public health activ- 

 ities, the other to a professional person who has 

 done outstanding work in the field of public 

 health. 



Publications: The Voice, irregular, free to 

 members. Editor : Harold T. Colley. 



1537. West Virginia Radiological Society. West 

 Virginia State Medical Association, 302 Atlas 

 Building, Charleston, W. Va. President: 

 John D. H. Wilson, P. O. Box 1046, Clarks- 

 burg, W. Va. Term expires August 1961. 

 Secretary: Karl J. Myers, Myers Clinic, 

 Philippi, W. Va. Term expires August 1961. 



History: Organized 1951. 



Purpose: Improvement of the quality and 

 status of the practice of radiology in West 

 Virginia. 



Membership : Active members, 28, those physi- 

 cians in the State of West Virginia specializing 

 in radiology and eligible for membership in the 

 American Medical Association. 



Meetings: Semiannual, with the West Vir- 

 ginia State Medical Association. 



