Big Day for Preston County Heart Drive Begins
Preston County observes Heart Fund events as 171 heart disease deaths were reported last year, 64 percent of total deaths, with 1 750 000 volunteers nationwide. Local chairwoman Mrs Milford Hardesty leads a county canvass with Terra Alta Kingwood Masontown and other towns sending volunteers to spread heart health literature and collect donations.
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Deanie Loshd
Preston County
Milford Hardesty
Heart Fund
Becky Martin
Hardesty
Martha Wilson
Fred Beerbower
Heart Sunday
Terra Alta
Nancy Sisler
Rainbow Girls
Heart Days
John K. Whitehair
Kingwood
Carl Marsh
Kingwood Heart Days
Melvin Staubaugh
Masontown
Arthurdale
Reedsville
Lions Club in Tunnelton Holds Annual Ladies Night
The Tunnelton Lions Club observed its annual Ladies Night at the Methodist Church room with speaker Arlie Davis Preston County Assessor discussing duties and experiences. Attendees included numerous local couples led by Mr. and Mrs. Davis of Kingwood and other area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BPO Elks Lodge No. 411
Morgantown
Judith Childs
U. S
Miss Childs
Miss Howard
Bruce Beerbower
Brandt Hathaway
Fairmont
Elkins
Clarksburg
Buckhannon
Martinsburg
Michael Lynch
Morgantown Lodge
John Crynock
Auto
Lions Club
Tunnelton
ROWLESBURG DAM Tunnel Toppers H Club Meeting Highlights
The Rowlesburg Dam Tunnel Toppers 4 H Club met Wednesday evening at the school. Vice-president Ricky Rhodes led the program with the 4 H song and pledge, scripture by Barbara Martin, a reading Valentine Day by Barbara Martin, and a poem February Twilight by Nancy Wiles. President Carol Miller conducted the business session. Debbie Maier read minutes and communications. Several activities were planned for the coming months.
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Ricky Rhodes
Barbara Martin
Nancy Wiles
Carol Miller
Debbie Maier
Recreation Facilities Proposals Under Study in Monongahela Area
Plans for recreational facilities at the proposed Rowlesburg Reservoir are under study by the Forest Service and Army Corps of Engineers with R J Kroft stating final dam planning continues. About 700000 has been allocated for planning with Congress to see final plans in 1969 and construction possibly starting in 1970. The Bureau of Public Roads studies N 50 relocation before dam work. total project cost could exceed 100 million dollars. Power Co may use facility for electricity. report due by June 1. The VFW Auxiliary met in Wolfe s Hall with President Eileen Wiles. cards sent to the sick and shut ins. Founders Day planned for PTA Feb 19. Tunnelton Band Boosters meet Feb 22.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Forest Service
Rowlesburg Reservoir
R. J. Kroft
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
A Power Co
VFW
Col. Rowan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wolfe's Hall
Eileen Wiles
Carrie G. Taylor
Wiles
Grafton
Cross Roads School Reopens After Roof Fire
Cross Roads Elementary School reopened Friday after a roof fire forced evacuation of 40 students on Monday. Superintendent Lawrence Losh estimates about $1,000 in damage to the two room building and notes the chimney must be replaced this summer. Temporary repairs were made last week. Contractors moving in for Terra Alta High School heating system work report upcoming installation of pipes and radiation equipment with a new furnace planned for next summer.
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Ingwood
Cross Roads
Lawrence Losh
Losh
Terra Alta High School
Syria apologizes for attack on Iranian Embassy in Damascus
Syria formally apologized for a mob attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus by about 200 people. The incident strains already tense relations amid Arab oil claims on Iran’s Khuzistan province and follows a Friday denial carried over to Saturday.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Syria
Damascus
Khuzistan
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Preston County Heart Drive
Ica
Aurora
Marguerite Shaffer
Fellowsville
Wilma Ridenour
John Bolyard
Rowlesburg
D. M. Wiles
Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Tumnelton
Emma Feathers
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Whetsell
Lillie Craig
Albright
Earl Lines
Manown
Maxine Clark
Wooddale
Oley Wilson
Pleasantdale
Charles Liston
Cor‘Inth
Dorothy Anderson
Hawesville
Walter Thorn
Cuzzart
John Reckart
Bruceton Mills
Brandonville
Steve Lebnick
Valley Point
Carolyn Miller
Country Club
William Harvey
Newburg
Hortense Taylor
America
Borgman
Howard C. Borgman
County Heart Fund
W. Va
Beth Ann Howard
Kingwood High School
Robert Cree
Z. A. Clark
Joseph Sherren
Robert Snyder
Amy L. Snyder
Don W. Peterson
Ronald F. White
Paul C. Peaslee
John W. Trenton
Ringwood Water Board
Jack Crogan
James Walker
Thomas Teets
Miller Road
Board of Zoning Appeals
Mr. Teets
Jack Hill
Terry Allen McGinnis
Noah Dale Hardesty
Maidsville
Kester Leon Gibson
Gilbert DeBerry
Stewart Burge
Denver
Mary Miller
Junior Phillips
Charles Zinn
Edward Edwards
Harold Wiles
Gary Bolyard
Corder Mayle
Ezra Shay
Ronnie Phillips
Carl Shaffer
DuWayne Metheny
Cecil Marsh
Rowlesburg Dam
The
Monongahela National Forest
Mr. Kroft
Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. 50
PTA
Parent-Teacher Association
Preston Motors, Inc
Kingwood, W. VA
East Main Street
Weil
Monongahela
Allegheny Power System
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