Camp Agawam Opens June 30 for Five-Week Scout Session
Boy Scout Camp Agawam will open June 30 for five weeks under new director Edward M Fedorowicz. Located 10 miles southeast of New Castle along Frew Mill Rd, the Lawrence County council offers four camping plans with weekly fees from 5 to 21 dollars, all including medical and accident insurance.
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Agawam
Edward M. Fedorowitcz
Lawrence County Boy Scout Council
Slippery Rock Creek
New Castle
Frew Mill Rd
Fedorowitcz
Order of the Arrow
Pawcankee Lodge
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Department of Forest and Waters
Council
3 Star 4-H Club Plans Busy Lawrence County Year
The 3 Star 4-H Club in Lawrence County enrolls 20 members under leader John C. Hoye. Members raise dairy, swine, and gardening projects to be shown at the August Lawrence County Farm Show. Meetings rotate at members’ homes with reports, training, and softball. The club aims to support all county summer activities and the Farm Show prep drive.
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Lawrence County
John C. Hoye
Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church
Ewing Park
Ellwood City
Pennsylvania
4-H Beaver Club Strives To Make The Best Better
Kathy Reno and Janet Clark lead the 4 H Beaver Club from Enon Valley as nine year members and Mohawk Area High School seniors. The club with 30 members focuses on clothing and home projects learning by doing. State Farm Show winners include Robette Byers Kathleen Musser Nancy Stewart and others.
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Kathy Reno
Janet Clark
Miss Reno
C. A. Reno
Enon Valley
Mohawk Area High School
Washington, D.C
Pomona Grange
Miss Clark
Chester Clark
Washington
Little Beaver
North Beaver Townships
Aubrey Reno
State Farm Show
Sandra Harriger
Betty Jean Martsolf
Nancy Stewart
Sam Craig
Kathy Clark
Kathleen Musser
Ford Foundation Expands Vocational Education Programs
The Ford Foundation announced a new initiative to improve vocational and technical education with a $1 million appropriation. Grants include $185,000 for 10 high schools and two public junior colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area via Cogswell Polytechnic College and $240,000 to the American Institute of Research in Pittsburgh to study employment histories of about 10,000 vocational graduates over the past decade.
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New York
Ford Foundation
San Francisco Bay Area
Cogswell Polytechnical College
Foundation
Henry T. Heald
The
Sage
Michael Harris
Cogswell College
Richmond
Rosenberg Foundation
Richmond Plan
American Institute
American Institute For Research In
Pittsburgh
Playgrounds In Full Swing Staff Complete Summer Roundups
The city opens 19 summer play rounds with registration under way. Recreation leaders and assignments include Big Run Joseph Bullano and Merrilee Betka Bolinger Isabell Moore. Croton Ronald Cook and Mary Ann Bowles. Franklin Paul Reider. Washington John McLure and Sue Bradley. and others across Laurel Mahoning Pollock Rose Rowan Shenango West Pittsburgh Harbor Heights Franklin Pool and more. Senior High Basketball and music and craft programs listed with staff names. Supervision by Austin Cow meadow and Martydd Brown.
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Big Run
Joseph Bullano
Merrilee Betka Bolinger
Isabell Moore
Boyles
Leslie Hartfeld
Croton
Ronald Cook
Mary Ann Bowles
Dean
Jerry Ollie
Deshon
Elaine Chapman
Farrell
Robert Biordi
Sandra Gostula
Franklin
Paul Reider
Gaston
John Nader
Marlene DiGidio
Washington Two 4-H'ers Earn Prizes in County and District
Washington Two 4-H club members from Lawrence County earned honors in last year's demonstrations. In agriculture Elaine Heckathorne placed first, June Heckathorne and Sara Gilmore three times third in county, district and state contests. Betty McConahy and Katherine Gilmore earned second in county, first in district, and second in state for home economics safety at an outdoor cookout.
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Lawrence County
Washington
Elaine Heckathorne
June Heckathorne
Sara Gilmore
Robert Heckathorne
George Brady
Tom Brown
Robert Brady
Tom Book
Betty McConahy
Katherine Gilmore
Noncollege Course Urged For Schools
Dr Daniel Schreiber of the National Education Association urges schools to educate youths who will not attend college as well as those who will. He cites inadequate curriculum as a pushout factor for many students who quit high school early. Some radioisotopes have long lives while others must be sold immediately after production.
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Washington
Daniel Schreiber
National Education Association
Child Needs Parents Aid to Aid Bright Student
David Nydice argues boredom in school stems from mismatch between programs and individual children. John thrives with encouragement and varied projects while Bill, whose parents criticize the system, grows cynical. Parents should separate system critique from child adjustment and support each child’s independent direction.
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John
Bill
Pushbutton meals spread as schools cut costs
UPI reports vending machines replace lines in college cafeterias and reach high schools. Glendora California opened 28 machines, cutting two cafeterias and saving 25 to 30 labor hours daily. Holland Michigan built a new high school with vending service, saving about 102000 dollars, while LaReine High in Washington area turned to vending for profit and variety of low priced items.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Unified School System
Glendora
Calif
del Walker
Albert S. Prentice
Holland
Mich
Walter Scott
Scott
Washington, D.C
LaReine Senior High School
Mary Gerald
LaReine
Chine
The
Vendo Co
Wayne Two Home Economics Club county's largest group
Myrna Walton notes Wayne Two Home Economics Club has 63 members under one charter called the Wayne Fire Belles. The Wayne Buck-a-Roos host 27 members, a horse and pony group fostering responsibility amid Judgement days at the Lawrence County Farm Show. Nancy details include 600 acres near Sharon Connecticut donated to Audubon as a wildlife sanctuary with Miles residence and a $500000 maintenance fund.
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Wayne Two
Wayne Fire Belles
Wayne Buck
Lawrence County
New York
Sharon
Conn
National Audubon Society
Emily Winthrop Miles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boy Scout
Harry Ells
Frank Clark
Enid Ritzert
Fairview
Karns City High School
Joy Reid
Shenango Area High School
Edgar Gray
Ambridge
Tony Tommeller
Beaver County
Frank M. Clark
4-H
Beaver Club
DeAnza High School
Kay Gilmore
Miss Gilmore
Clyde Gilmore
Volant
David Nydice
UPI Education
By Margaret Richards
United Press International
Myrna Walton
Miss Walton
W. R. Walton
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