VFW to give students free clothing at local Home
General Daniel Morgan Post No. 548 VFW and its Ladies Auxiliary will hold a two day clothing distribution for needy school children at the VFW Home on Spruce and Willey Streets Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. No charges. About 350 children aided last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Morgan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Spruce and
Willey
Post 548
Vfwer
Gene Butcher
Josephine Flesher
Post
Flesher
Inez
Walnut Street
Morgantown
William Waller
Post Poppy
Waller
Linda McGee
Auxiliary
Marguerite G. Hess
Paperworkers vote to end Grafton strike
About 90 Local 753 United Paperworkers and Papermakers members voted Saturday night to end a roughly 100 day strike and return to work at Grafton’s St. Regis Paper Co. Union president James Preston confirmed the decision amid a stalled labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
United Paperworkers and Papermakers
St. Regis
Preston
Nixon
Wheels Lose Dual Wheels in Morgantown Rush
A Schwerman Trucking Co semi from Milwaukee lost a set of dual wheels Friday night near University Avenue and Green Bay Road. The wheels rolled through a yard struck a truck owned by James Robert Bent at 745 Ridgeway Ave and ended in a wooded area. The driver only realized the loss after reaching Pittsburgh and reported it to State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Pittsburgh
Schwerman Trucking Co
Milwaukee
University Avenue
Green Bay Road
James Robert Bent
Ridgeway Ave
Myrtle Walgreen dies at 92 widow of Walgreen founder
Mrs. Myrtle Walgreen 92 widow of Charles R Walgreen founder of the Walgreen Drugstore chain died at her Lake Shore Drive home. Funeral private services will be held in Dixon Illinois where Hazelwood estate is located. She helped build the family business and prepared meals for the first stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton
W.va
UPI
Wolf Route
Rebecca Dillon Diley
Elkins
Chicago
Dixon
Ill
Charles R. Walgreen Sr
Walgreen
Myrtle Walgreen
Lake Shore Drive
Hazelwood
Carbondale
Ill., Mrs. Walgreen Was Married To A Young Druggist, Charles R. Walgreen
Gunfire during attempted burglary in Corinth near Preston County
Prison escapee Charles Williams 33 remains at large after a gun battle with Sereno's Place owner in Corinth. Williams, part of a 16-prison escapees gang, is linked to a W V burglary attempt at W E Harsh and Sons store in Eglon. Police seek tips via Romney State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth
Sereno
Preston
Charles Williams
Huttonsville
Romney
Williams
Preston County
Pro-stripping group hosts Kennedy at Reedsville meeting
West Virginia mining activists gathered at the Reedsville Fire Hall with Ben Lusk of the WV Surface Mining Association and H L Kennedy of Pittsburgh as they debated Laurel Run strip mining. Kennedy outlined future plans while officials noted the governor's reclamation board
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Laurel Run
Gloria Bjorkland
Citizens For the Preservation
Kennedy
W. H. Dickerson
Board of Reclamation
Weather disrupts services as storm hits Morgantown area
Last night a cloudy humid storm disrupted power lines television cables and phone service with 31 knot gusts and about 0.5 inch of rain in 40 minutes. Today remains mostly cloudy and humid with a chance of thundershowers through Monday. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s lows in the 60s. Monday highs similar. Hourly Morgantown Municipal Airport Flight Service Station observations are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown Municipal
Obituary notices for Brajkovich Wolfe and Irons published
Agnes J. Brajkovich 79 of Pt Marion Pa died Friday at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital born April 13 1892 in Glina Yugoslavia wife of John Brajkovich died May 1970 survived by three sons three daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren. Slidell B Jeff Wolfe 65 of Fairmont died at home Saturday born February 26 1906 in Kingwood WV son of Charles Washington Wolfe and May Morgan Wolfe electrical engineer founder of West Virginia Electric survived by son daughter and four grandchildren. Charles C Irons 86 of St Petersburg Fla former Morgantown resident died last Saturday son of Ison B and Ella Wright Irons former master plumber and automobile dealer survived by widow a son two brothers a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews graveside rites pending at East Oak Grove Cemetery Hastings Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes J. Brajkovich
Prospect St
Marion
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Glina
Yugoslavia
Fero
Mary Ogulanic Cavrich
John Brajkovich
St. Hubert’s
Steve Cavrick
Industry
Edward Brajkovich
Fresno
Calif
Thomas Brajkovich
Arthur
Jane) Scafella
R.D
Howard
Ann) Mallory
Lake Lynn
Dorsey
Kathryn) Clegg
Smithfield
Slidell
Jeff) Wolfe Slidell
Jeff) Wolfe
Fairmont
Kingwood
Charles Washington
May Morgan Wolfe
Charles Martin Wolfe
Bedford
Mass
Sarah May Eddy
Charles M. Wolfe
Glendora
Helen Fairfax Bowman
May Louise Wolfe
Charles C. Irons
St. Petersburg
Fla
Morgantown
Ison B. and
Ella Wright Irons
Christ United Methodist Church
Maybelle Swindler Irons
Charles Raymond Irons
Staten Island
N.Y
Victor Earl Irons
Redding
Walter Irons
Tamaske
Wash
Shirley Irons
Training Schedules for Albert Gallatin Bus Drivers
School bus drivers in the Albert Gallatin School District will attend an in service training program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the German Junior Senior High School auditorium per Principal Louis F Rozzi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcclellandtown
Albert Gallatin
Louis F. Rozzi
County Fairs Close as Crowds Stay Steady Despite Rain
Monongalia County Fair at Westover and Clay District Fair at Daybrook wrap up a four day run with about 2 500 nightly attendance, large crowds despite rain. Winners include pony and horse pulling champions, boxing victors from Huttonsville, and 1971 queen Paulette Salucci crowned at opening parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongalia County
Daybrook
Monongalia County Fair
Westover
Paulette Salucci
Frank Salucci
Wagner Road
Hayes
William Travis
Bluefield
Fredie Morris
Cereda
Gary Young
Eckley
Jerry Moss
Charleston
Ernest Sizemore
Sizemore
Golden Gloves
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Frances Biffle
Monongalia County Fairs
Yost
Alph Wilson
Gene Harker
Core
Russ Moore
Jerry Yost
Charles Townsend
Pentress
Lori Yost
Darryl Wilson
Larry Yost
Tanya Statler
Danny Moore
Roxane Tennant
David Chisler
Johnny Moore
Jake
Allen Statler
Moorsville
Debby Barry
Junior Statler
Edward Yost
Gary Yost
Virginia Tomago
Rube Schafer
Johnny Andrews
Funeral notices list Agnes C Brjakovich Masontown Slidell Wolfe
Agnes C Brjakovich 79 of 204 Prospect St Pt Marion died Aug 20 1971 at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital. Requiem Mass at St Moberts Church Aug 23. Burial Evergreen Memorial Park. Also NUCE Ocle Leland 68 Masontown died Aug 19 University Hospital. Services 2p.m. Church of the Nazarene Masontown. Burial Herring Cemetery. Slidell B Jeff Wolfe 65 Fairmont died Aug 21 1971. Visitation all day Sunday Carpenter and Ford Fairmont. Funeral 2p.m. Monday at same chapel. Burial Grandview Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Herod
Pt. Marion
St. Hubert’s R.C
Thomas M. Lukac
Evergreen Memorial Park
Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home
Fairmont
Robert Engle
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Brajkovich
Agnes C
Prospect St
Marion
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Richard R. Herod Funeral Home
St. Mobert’s
Nuce
Ocle Leland
Masontown
University Hospital
Friends
Morgan Funeral
Reedsville
Church of the Nazarene of
Jesse L. Keenan
Herring Cemetery
Wolfe
Slidell B
Jeff
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Dominion Post
Frank Parke
James A. Ashburn
Parks and Recreation Committee
Paul Trevillian
L. Davis Coombs
Trevillian
American Legion
Wall Street
Crellan
William
Ray Clayton Martin
Maryland
Serene
Sostin
G York
Upper
New England
West Gulf Coast
Lakes Region
North Pacific Coast
University Sunday Dominion Post
Mary Barberich
Star City
West Virginia University
West Virginia Electric
Monongahela Power Co
East Oak Grove
Hastings Funeral Home
John Hayes
Mary Ruckle
Rt. 1
Maidsville
Loving Furniture Co
Mary Ann Bell
Elmhurst St
U.S
John Holt
Jerry Michael
Otto Shriver
Roy Michael
Lee Anderson
Bragan Thorn
Spencer Burroughs
Delton Elsey
William Speers
Joe D. Yost
Clay District
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