Firemen seek replacement after flood damaged Ford wagon
The Rowlesburg Volunteer Fire Department plans a fund raising drive for a new emergency vehicle after their 1956 Ford station wagon, used since 1966, was totaled in a rock slide while checking floodwaters. Three crewmen escaped with minor injuries. Chief E P Goff said the department has only one emergency vehicle left and will pursue insurance and fundraising.
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Rowlesburg
Preston County
Perry Goff
Richard Schaffer
Donald Schaffer
Goff
E. P. Goff
Kinney Plans New Factory in Preston Kingwood Area
Kinney Shoe Company aims to build a 40 000 square foot one story factory in Kingwood with air conditioning and space for 225 to 250 workers by 1971 once an industrial park on Rt. 7 near Kingwood is finished. The Preston Development Corp seeks an EDA loan of 20000 dollars for park planning and road access.
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Kingwood — Kinney Shoe Company
Kinney
Rt. 7
Kingwood
Preston Development Corp
Max Burk
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Burie
Washington
Claude Lewis
Kinney Manufacturing Division
Shoe Company
Burk
Kingwood City
Silver Circle
The
Preston Development Corporation
Homemakers Club Holds Christmas Meeting
Rowlesburg Homemakers Club gathered at Mrs Iva Cains home with co host Mrs Nancy Knotts. Agnes Fraley gave devotions and readings with accordion music by Mrs Lessie Kreckle. Mary Ellen Wiles led business and plans were made to prepare Christmas plates for shut ins. Door prizes awarded to Elizabeth Hackett and Mary Pyles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowlesburg
Martha Taylor
Bernadine Ashburn
Mary Sheilds
Bernice Funk
Agnes Fraley
Elizabeth Hackett
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Reland Deets
Judy Davis
Margaret Davis
Judy Halterman
Gladys Bolyard
Effie Rogers
Ada Nine
Betty Chidester
Mary Pyles
Kreckle
Betty Ashenfelter
Jessie Goff
Myrtle Graves
Delbert Wolfe
Precinct Reshuffle Planned for Preston County Districts
Preston County plans to redraw voting precincts in 1970 to align with 1969 legislation. In Kingwood District precincts 2 4 5 6 and 7 will shift voters and merge areas, while Union Districts 40 41 43 45 and 46 undergo consolidations and transfers pending court approval at the next session February 2.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Union
Union District
Memorial marker with removable indicia patent awarded
Russell N. Sheidow of Kingwood received U S patent 3 481 089 for a companion memorial marker with a secure replacement plate using lug slots and press fit. The patent filed May 18 1967 covers five claims of originality. Filibusters are noted as more common in the U S Senate than in the House due to Senate debate rules.
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Russell N. Sheidow
McDonald St
Kingwood
U.S
Senate
House
Scouts Move in Preston County Emphasize Boy Power Man Power
Mildred Lindley reports that Preston County scouts and leaders join a nationwide drive to involve one third of all boys in the program. District Scout Executive Preston Browning explains the aim and local steps to organize a troop through school-area surveys and parent meetings.
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Mildred Lindley
Preston County
Preston Browning
Browning
Preston
Taylor
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the Development Corporation
Appalachian Commission
Buric
Preston Motors, Inc
East Main Street
Kingwnod
W. VA
Pennzoil
Penfzoi
Clem
Morgantown
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Sheidow
Monongalia
Hotel Morgan
West Virginia
Triune
Paul Vandergrift
Erma Dalton
Brown -Halleck
Standing
Richard Moses
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Myron Spellman
Bruceton Mills
Lester McMillan
Mountain Heights
Douglas Hilling
Don Slavensky
Cassville
Harold McNeill
Wvui Extension Service
J.C
Chal’’ Millin
Monongahela Power Co
Fairmont
van Gilder Street
Stewart Street
Bruceton Bank
Bruceton Mills, W. Va
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