Christmas Memories of Mrs. Chowning in Morgantown
The elderly Mrs. Chowning, who moved to Morgantown in 1948 after her husband’s death and a country store closing, reflects on Christmas with quiet sadness and resilience. Eight of her nine siblings have died, she bears old wounds, and she anticipates opening gifts while nursing a forehead cut as another year ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Chowning
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Mabel Bowlby
Robert Bowlby
Funds for more PRT cars in Morgantown up in the air
The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit program will need at least 18 more months to reach 45 cars in Phase I. DOT official Barney Vierling said funding timetable depends on Congress. The piece notes testing with five cars, no Phase II funding yet, and Gov. Arch Moore urging federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Young
Dominion Post
Morgantown
U.S. Department of Transportation
DOT
Barney Vierling
PRT
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Congress
Coliseum
Medical Center
Richard Nixon
Transportation
John Volpe
Claude Brinegar
Los Angeles
Volpe
Italy
Moore
Christmas Spirit Missing In Morgantown Holiday Shopping
Shoppers crowd downtown Morgantown but several residents say the Christmas mood is down this year. Comments blame commercialism and early advertising, with a few praising acts of giving such as holiday baskets for the poor. Some note the weather and rushed shopping lessen the seasonal feeling as others reflect on the true spirit of Christmas beyond gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blosser
Dominion Post
Morgantown
Jeannie Mayffield
Reedsville
High Street
Patty Clovis
Englewood Blvd
Whitesides
Charles Morgan
Fairfax Drive
Breathalyzer questions cloud Monongalia DWI appeals
Thirty three drivers in Monongalia County appeal DWI arrests, with breathalyzer results driving most charges. Incoming Prosecuting Attorney David L. Solomon must review the cases as the October circuit docket thins, leaving many appeals from Morgantown, Westover, and local police court decisions unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongalia County
David L. Solomon
Circuit Court
David L. Nixon
Morgantown
Westover
Plan Would Help Elderly Through Transportation Stamps
Gov Arch Moore pursues a pilot project to issue transportation stamps for low income elderly akin to food stamps. The idea, pitched amid a national aging crisis, gains local support after Mountaineer Bus Lines ceased service, leaving seniors without transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Laqueur
Dominion Post
West
Mountaineer Bus Lines
Commission On Aging
Monongalia County
Mt Morris man jailed after Mt Morris shooting kills wife
Catherine Strickler a 19 year old Mt Morris woman died from an abdominal gunshot wound after a loaded revolver discharged while in the home of her husband Joseph Strickler 24. He was jailed on 30000 bond charged with murder and two counts of pointing a deadly weapon. Lois Ellen Sanders 16 of Davistown was reportedly threatened with the weapon before the fatal shot. Strickler arraigned before a justice of the peace and the body was taken to Williams Home for Funerals Westover with arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Morris
Greene County
Catherine Strickler
Mt Morris
Pennsylvania
Joseph Strickler
Strickler
Justice of the Peace
Lois Ellen Sanders
Davistown
Williams Home
Westover
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Photo By
Ron Rittenhouse
Mrs
Elizabeth Chewning
Greer Building
Wva
Green Bay Road
M.F.C
James A. Ashburn
City
Spruce St
City, Power Company
State Department of Highways
Ashburn
William S. Ritchie
Collins Ferry Road
G. J
The
New City Bus Service
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Charles Barker
Weaver St
Mary DeWitt
Rt. 7
Mike Olexa
Tyrone Road
Ann Swinkola
Department of Welfare
Commission
Louise Gerrard
Gov. Moore
White House
She Was
Waynesburg
Roland and
Gladys Hughes Sanders
Davistown, Pa
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