Te autbontas imee--October 14, 2010--Page 13
Anna Wallace: First and
,gn lyfemale Pocahontas County
,00uperintendent of Schools -
fir :t woman to hold elective office
Gibbs Kinderman
Contributing Writer
The first woman ever
elected to public office in Poc-
ahontas County was Miss
Anna Wallace who lived in the
big house that Bill Barnett re-
cently renovated above the
Mill Point intersection.An ex-
perienced school teacher, she
was a candidate in 1922 for
County Superintendent of
Schools, an elective office.
The 19th Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution had just
given women the right to vote.
West Virginia had very nar-
rowly ratified that amendment
and this was the first election
in which women participated.
In that same year, the first
woman, Mrs. Tom (Anna)
Gates, D-Kanawha, was
elected to the West Virginia
House of Delegates.A woman
would not be elected to the
West Virginia State Senate
until 1966, when Betty Baker,
D-Hardy, succeeded her hus-
band.
In the Democrat primary of
1922 Wallace won by a land-
slide over her opponent, an-
other woman, Rella Yeager, of
Marlinton. The vote was
1,073 to 385.
In the November general
election she faced C.E Y'lynn,
of Durbin, and beat him
soundly, 2,003 to 1,700 .
Flyrm was the grandfather of
retired Green Bank teacher
Dorothy Sutton and former
county sanitation officer Ed
Riley and the great-grandfa-
ther of PCHS math teacher
Chris Sutton and Marlinton
Middle School principal Joe
Riley.
It was a big year for Poca-
hontas County Democrats.
The entire county Democrat
ticket was elected, and all six
West Virginia Congressional
seats were won by Democrats,
a big improvement for that
party. In the 1920 election the
Republicans had Iriumphed in
most offices from President
Harding on down to the local
level.
Two candidates had all-time
Pocahontas County record
majorities in 1922: Lanty Mc-
Neel won the County Com-
missioner race by 942 votes
and John McLaughfin' beat his
opponent by 861 votes for a
seat in the House of Delegates.
Editor Cal Price of The Poe-
ahontas Times commented :
"Hen. Ana Wallace's majority
was 303, but she was pitted
against Prof. Flynn, and had a
much more formidable oppo-
nent than either of the other
contestants. And all things
considered, hers may be the
noblest run of all."
One would imagine that Cal
Price considered the fact that
she was a woman breaking
ground for equal political
fights for her sex.
Elsewhere in West VLrginia,
eight other women were also
elected county superintendents
of schools, a remarkable
showing considering it was the
first time women were eligible
to run for the office.
In comparing the 1922 re-
sults with earlier elections, Ed-
itor Price experienced either a
proof reading lapse or a
Freudian slip when he opined
that it was not relevant to
go back to elections be-
fore 1920 because: "none
others count because of
the suffering (suffrage?)
of women."
Wallace sought re-elec-
tion in 1926, but narrowly
lost in the Democrat pri-
mary when another can-
didate from Little Levels
split the vote with her. She
received 772 votes, while
WE. Hayes, of Locust
Creek, got 475 and the
winner, C. Forest Hull, of
Durbin, won with 803.
In the general election
Hayes was swamped by
fellow Durbin resident
CJL Flynn by a margin of
2,637 to 1,860.
Wallace went back to
teaching school, continu-
ing her long career in edu-
cation.
POCAHONTAS COUNTY'S ONLY female Superintendent of Schools, Anna
Wallace, grew up in Mill Point, pictured above. Elected in 1922, she won by a land-
slide over another woman, Rella Yeager, in the primary and then over C.E. Flynn
in the General Election that year. Wallace was awarded lifetime certification for
teaching. After a subsequent defeat the following election season, Wallace went
back to teaching school. Photos courtesy Pocahontas County Board of Education, Bill
Barnett.
die PATH
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9ntas County
Church Notices
Sunday, October 17
First Baptist Huntersville:
Sunday School (all ages) 10
aan.,Morning Service 11 axn.,
Sunday Evening Worship 7
pan.; 'Youth Bible Study' 6th
- 12th grade, 'Kids Club' pre-
school - 5th grade. Wednesday
night at 7 p.m. - Adult Bible
Study, 'Youth Activities' 6th -
12th grade, 'Mission Friends'
Chapel UMC: Sunday School
10 aan.
Marlinton First Church of
the Nazarene: Rt. 219 N.
Edray - Every Tuesday 9 a.m.
until noon - Prayer for Com-
munity Revival. All are wel-
come; Wednesday 7 p.m. -
Bible Study "An Overview of
the Old Testament;" Sunday -
Sunday School 10 a.m., Wor-
ship Services 11 aan. and 6
p.m. On Sunday, October 24,
the Marlinton First Church of
the Nazarene will celebrate its
85th Anniversary. After morn-
ing worship service we will
share a covered dish dinner
and will have special singing
in the afternoon with the Lam-
berts, of Durbin, and others.
Marlinton Presbyterian
Church: Bible Study 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m. Session
Meeting 11 aan.
Marlinton Seventh-day
Adventist Fellowship: Meets
at St. John's Episcopal
Church, 419 9th Street, Mar-
preschool - 1st grade, 'Chil-
dren in Action' 2nd - 5th grade.
Kerr Chapel Church.
Full Gospel Assembly: Old
Green Bank Road, Arbovale -
Praise and Worship 10 a.m.,
Preaching and Children's Min-
istry 11 a.m.; Wednesday Serv-
ices 7 p.m., 1st Wednesday -
Prayer Meeting.
Mace United Methodist
Church: Worship 9 a.m., Sun-
day School 10 a.m.; Tuesday,
Choir Practice 6 pan.
Marlinton-Edray United
Methodist Charge Worship
Schedule: Campbelltown
UMC: Worship 10 a.m., Sun-
day School 11 a.m.; Central
Union UMC: Worship 10 aan.,
Sunday School 11 a.m.; Edray
UMC: Worship 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Chargewide
Bible Study each Wednesday
7:30 p.m.; Marlinton UMC:
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m.; Swage
UMC: Worship 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 aan.; White's
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