Block Party Supports Head Start With Creative Wooden Sets
Morgantown and University communities organized a project producing 6,300 wooden blocks for 90 Head Start children in Monongalia County. Each set includes 70 blocks and masonite pieces for floors and roofs, with mothers trained to guide creative use and care. Six Head Start centers—Presbyterian Church, Bethel, Cassville, Daybrook, National, and Rock Forge—participated as educators emphasize blocks’ Versatile, educational play value.
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Susan Harman
Dominion Post
Morgantown
University
Monongalia County
Presbyterian Church
Bethel
Cassville
Daybrook
National
Rock Forge
Scott's Run
Stitch and Chatter Club
Brown’s Chapel Farm
Wesley United Methodist Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Church of Christ
Madigan Avenue
Wicklow den
The
Unitarian Fellowship Church School
Pi Kappa Alpha
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Delta
Alpha Gamma Rho
Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Chi Omega
Sigma Fhi Epsilon
AARP
Mothers of
William Canady
Vincent Gerencser
Mary Kennedy
Betty Harris
Margaret Bailey
Kermit Cartwright
Robert Swartwout
Leo Horacek
John Thomas
Harry Elzinga
Harold Galbraith
John Hall
Scott Stringham
Carol Townsend
Doris Ie
John Prager
John Engberg
Barton Hudson
Anderson Family
William Crouthamer
Alfred Papano
Sanders, Floorcovering Inc
L.C. Riser
Benson's
Burger Chef
BBF
G.C. Murphy’s
Montgomery Wards
Morgantown Paint Co
Star City
Bretzman in Accident Leads to Hospital Transport
Neil Smith of Bretz was taken to University Hospital after a 6:30 p.m. accident when he slid in mud after exiting a parked truck and was struck by a vehicle driven by Robert Polce. police report Smith’s condition was not known at press time.
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Masontown
Neil Smith
Bretz
University Hospital
Smith
Robert Polce
Polce
Evelyn King
Main Street
East Street
Vespucci Polce
King
Buff attacks rehabilitation procedures in West Virginia
Dr. I E Buff condemns state run vocational rehabilitation as wasteful and indifferent to coal miners. He says many disabled workers are denied Social Security and must face appeal courts when reapplying.
Obituary notices from Morgantown area deaths and services
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Trecie O Wyatt Dillon 43 of Baltimore former Morgantown resident and several others including Charles T Donley Sr 81 of Mt Morris Pa and Lawrence Franklin Spencer 22 of Masontown. Details cover birth dates places families and funeral arrangements.
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Trecie O. Wyatt Dillon
Morgantown
South Baltimore Hospital
Elkins
Olive Palmer Wyatt
E. C. Wyatt
Malcolm Dillon
Pamela Walton
Baltimore
Denise
Virgil
Easton
Lawrence
Yorkville
Ohio
Freda Shultz
Rolling Meadows
Ill
Evelyn Mathews
Littlestown
Man Held on Charge of Intent to Kill in Carmichaels
Benjamin Franklin Howard, 27, of Carmichaels, is jailed on charges of intent to kill and pointing a deadly weapon after firing a 16 gauge shotgun at Kenneth Gephart, 22, who was not injured. Howard, in his home, awaits a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Joseph Rapchak. no bond is set.
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Carmichaels
Benjamin Franklin Howard
Greene County
Howard
Kenneth Gephart
Gephart
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Rapchak
United Fund Nears Goal in Monongalia County Drive
Monongalia County United Fund has reached 90.4 percent of its $212 000 goal by collecting $191 732. Campaign officials including Dr. James G. Harlow and Dr. Maynard Pride said final success hinges on outstanding divisions and a possible Sterling settlement. An upcoming Jan 14 meeting will allocate funds to 14 agencies.
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Monongalia County Aububon Society
Audubon Chapter
David Samuel
Wvii Division of Forestry
Morgantown
Monongalia County
Ruby Enterprises
Hess
United Fund
U.F
U.S. Board of Directors
Salvation Army
University
Sterling
Partly sunny Christmas week opens with a cooling turn
The forecast expects a partly sunny day with highs in the 40s then increasing clouds tonight. Rain or snow is possible in northern and eastern West Virginia, with rain in the southwest, while western Pennsylvania faces falling temperatures, cloud, and likely snow with teens for mountain lows.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Local Funeral Notices Bulletins for Brindle Donley and Spencer
Janet Brindle 79 of Kingwood died Dec 18 1970 at Elmcrest in Pittsburgh Pa Friends may call Browning Funeral Home Kingwood 2 4 and 7 9 pm Sunday Services 1 pm Monday Rev Forrest Campbell Interment Maplewood Cemetery Donations to Wesley United Methodist Church Kingwood. Charlies T Sr Donley 6 of Mt Morris Pa died Dec 19 1970 at Brownsville Golden Age Nursing Home Calling hours 2 4 and 7 10 pm Sunday and 2 pm Monday funeral at Richard Harod Funeral Home Pt Marion Interment Highland Davistown Grange ritualistic service 730 pm Sunday. Lawrence Franklin Spencer 22 of Masontown Pa died Dec 19 1970 at University Hospital Call at mother’s home Bull Run after 4 pm Sunday until noon Tuesday then to Herring Baptist Church for funeral 2 pm with Rev E G Ramse Interment Herring Church Cemetery Morgan Funeral Home Reedsville handling arrangements.
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Charles T. Donley
Mt. Morris
Brownsville
Bald Hill
Furman
Mima Greenleaf Donley
Greene County
Beryl Haines Donley
Charles Jr
Elizabeth
James William
Fort Gordon
Donald
van Wert
Ohio
Edward
Linda
Jean
Morgantown
Richard R. Herod Funeral Home
Marion
Frank E. Tulak
Highland Cemetery
Dvnstown
Grange
Lawrence Franklin Spencer
Masontown
University Hospital
Virgil
Eva Margaret Lambert Spencer
Dennis
Allen
Burton
Mary Bailey
Cleveland
Leona Legett
Grafton
Bull Run
Herring Baptist Church
E.G. Ramsey
Herring Church
Morgan Funeral Home
Reedsville
Janet Brindle
Kingwood
Elmcrest
Pittsburgh
Bolton
England
James Archibal
Cathrine Barlow Aspinall
Harry Brindle
Richard
Moon Township
Rowland Aspinall
William Aspinall
Orange
Calif
Wesley United Methodist Church
Jasper Miller
Granville
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Hardman’s Switch
Preston County
Norman
Sadie Stewart Miller
UMW
Ida V. Miller
Booth
Glenn
Mercedes
Bobby
Honolulu
Hawaii
Kenneth
Cassville
Pauline) Morris
Jacksonville
Fla
Claude
Betty) Lewis
David
Roselee) Cain
Alexandria
Alpha
Uniontown
Fred L. Jenkins
Chapel of Prayer
William Fichtner
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Moose
Funeral Home
Brindle
Janet
Browning
Forrest Campbell
Maplewood
Donley
Charlies T. Sr
Richard Harod
Pt. Marion
E Tulak
Davistown
Spencer
Lawrence Franklin
E. G. Ramse
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