Teacher at No. 7 honored at reunion
Idella Rogers of Grafton, longtime No. 7 School teacher from 1899, was honored at the Mt. View United Methodist Church one room school reunion. A basket dinner, a cake with a red schoolhouse, and an anniversary program followed a church meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Miller Tunnelton
Idella Rogers
Grafton
No. 7
Mt. View United Methodist Church
Rogers
Dortha Forman
Mabel Goff
Ralph Shrout
Grace Hoffman
Dave Robinson
Christine Wolfe
Elsie Phillips
Estel T. Boggs
Marietta
Ohio
Teresa Forman
Amboy
Homemakers tour Capital and Anderson reunion noted
The Preston County Homemakers Clubs began their annual summer excursion leaving Kingwood at 8 a.m. on a bus visiting Charleston for Kanawha Airport a Raleigh County 4H camp and a Grandview Park outdoor drama. The second day covered the Capitol Building Sunrise Cultural Center and a Charleston department store. Also noted is the Anderson family reunion at Keyser with plans to repeat yearly on July 11 and the death of Sharon Christine Funkhouser infant daughter of Scottie and Cheryl Funkhouser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
Kingwood
Preston County
Charleston
Kanawha
Raleigh County
Grandview Park
Beckley
Capitol Building
Sharon Christine Funkhouser
Scottie Funkhouser
Silver Spring
Funkhouser
Cheryl Martin
Everett Martin
Wheaton
Winfield Funkhouser
Baker, W.va
Ralph Martin
Parris Wiles
Newburg
1971 Fellowsville graduates attend summer school
Four of 17 graduates from Fellowsville High School 1971 are in summer programs. Sandra Davis attends Morgantown Beauty School, Linda King goes to Fairmont State College, Pamela Wakefield and Dixie Davis enroll at Fairmont Business College. Brad Wakefield joins the Youth Conservation Corps at Camp Wood for a month. Masontown swept a Fellowsville softball doubleheader last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Messenger
Fellowsville
Fellowsville High School
Sandra Davis
Dorsey Davis
Near
Morgantown
Linda King
Wanda King
Marquess
Fairmont State College
Pamela Wakefield
Floyd Wakefield
Dixie Davis
John Paul Davis
Fairmont Business College
Brad Wakefield
Camp Wood
White Sulphur Springs
Youth Conservation Corps
Masontown
Kingwood Council approves multiple building permits
Kingwood City Council recently approved a series of building permits. Named holders include Norman Helmick Morgantown Street for siding on a utility building. Olive Bundorf Main Street for roof leaks. Junior Arnold Oak Street for windows and repairs. Opal Messenger off Oak Street for roof and general repairs. and several others. Additional permits cover demolitions, roofing, plumbing, and two large dwelling projects with prices ranging from $50 to $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Norman Helmick
Morgantown
Olive Bundorf
Main Street
Junior Arnold
Oak Street
Opal Messenger
Thomas Sypolt
Junior Ridenour
Pine Alley
Earl Speelman
Veteran educators trade posts as Preston County picks Wills
John C. Wills will leave Terra Alta High School to become Kingwood High School principal this fall replacing Frederick Conley. Wills has led Terra Alta since 1967 and previously taught at Kingwood High and Tunnelton Fellowsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Conley
Kingwood High School
John C. Wills
Kingwood
Preston County
North Hills
Pittsburgh
Wills
Tunnelton
Fellowsville
Barracksville
Kingwood High
Mobile cancer screening unit to visit Preston County
A State Health Department mobile unit will offer free cervical cancer tests to all county women August 24 to 26. Sponsored with the Preston County Health Department County Medical Society Homemakers Xi Tau Beta Sigma Phi Kingwood and the American Cancer Society. Locations include Masontown Valley High School Kingwood Community Building and Hopemont State Hospital with multiple daily service blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston County
State Health Department
Preston County Health Department
County Medical Society, Homemakers
Xi Tau Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Kingwood
American Cancer Society
Masontown Valley High School
Brown Avenue
Hopemont State Hospital
Terra Alta
Homemakers Club
Mrs Iris Allsopp Receives Hospital Admin Certificate
Iris Allsopp, administrator at Preston Memorial Hospital in Kingwood, earned a certificate after completing a hybrid program combining correspondence study and three weeks on campus at Ohio State University. George O. Johnson presented the certificate on June 25. The program served working health service administrators from Ohio West Virginia Michigan and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Iris Allsopp
Preston Memorial Hospital
Ohio State University
George O. Johnson
Hospital and Health Service Administration
Ohio
West Virginia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
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Bruceton
Service
Bob Murphy
Glenn Beeghly
Emma Feather
Edith Robinson
Mary Nicola
Victor Hoffman
Roy Pyles
Minnie Martin
Fred Forman
Arthur David
Teresa Ann
Russel Brown
Junior
Myrtle Anvil
Mabel Leonard
Jack Anderson
Treca Tucker
Shinnston
Jeannine White
Fred Fortney
Glenn Fortney
Lumberport
Preston
Taylor Counties
Homemakers Clubs
Capital
Susy Cline
Bonnie Ridenour
Nellie Wiles
Bernice Funk
Naomi Hooten
Agnes M. Fraley
Lena Johnson
Ada V. Nine
Mary Shields
Lucy Tasker
Evelyn Lewis
Mergil Fike
Mary Hovatter
Roxanne Hovatter
Sandy Brewer
Opal Myers
Wilda Wilt
Nada Nethken
Lela Roth
Martha Copeman
Helen Spiker
Frances Fisher
Dortha Miller
Council
Preston Motors, Inc
East Main Street
W. VA
Fairmont High School
West Virginia University
Fairmont College
WVU
National Education Association
West Virginia Education Association
The
County Association
West Virginia Secondary School Principals Association
West Virginia National Guard
249Th Army Band
Kingwood Baptist Church
Joann Troxell
Swartz Road
Jody
David
John
Linda
Stresky
Westminster College
New Wilmington
University of Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Phi Delta Kappa
Education Honorary Society
William C. Stresky
Uniontown
Mrs. Allsopp
Rowlesburg
the Dominion- News
Morgantown Post
Sunday Dominion
Pleasant Street
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