Report on Project DAVE to be released at board meeting
The long awaited Design for Academic Vocational Education in Appalachia report will be unveiled at an 8 p.m. Preston County board meeting. Principal consultant H B Masters led the federally funded study with a $89,000 grant, and officials promise innovative programs without alienating local leadership.
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Dave
Appalachia
Phil Spahr
Supt. of
Lawrence Losh
Preston County
Spahr
Dominion-News
Morgantown Post
Sunday Dominion-Post
Terra Alta Council approves Post Office site choice
Terra Alta Town Council met at the Town Hall with Mayor Howard Metheny presiding. The body approved the December minutes with one correction and discussed truck buying, town policeman applicants, and snow and ice removal ordinance notes. Financials show December receipts and fund balances across sewer, general, sanitation, fire tax, and park accounts.
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Terra Alta
Howard Metheny
Gerry Smith
L. W. Collins
Elmer Strawser
Clarence Elsey
Charles Feathers
John Whitehair
Metheny
Mitchell
Robert Halbritter
West Virginia
Rebekahs To Give Awards For Pilgrimage To United Nations
From across the U S and Canada one thousand teens travel to New York for the Twentieth Annual Odd Fellows United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth. Local plans, sponsor lodges, eligibility rules, and a public speaking contest determine the delegate to observe the UN for a week with expenses paid.
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Kingwood
United States
Canada
United Nations
New York
Odd Fellows’ United Nations
Order of Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Florence Wotring
Preston
Pride Rebekah Lodge
Mountain View
Aurora
White Mountain Rebekah Lodge No. 63
Newburg
Newburg High School
Population to Grow Slowly in Preston County
The Phase I report by Candeub Fleissig and Associates projects Preston County will see about a 5 percent population increase from 1970 to 1990, contrasting state declines. It notes prior outmigration, Kingwood as the county’s urban center, age and gender shifts, density patterns, and a gradual easing of unemployment with potential women’s workforce participation.
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Preston County
Wendell R. Cochran
Kingwood
Candeub, Fleissig and Associates of
Columbus
Ohio
Preston
Candeub
Fleissig
Monongalia County
Grant District
Tucker County
West Virginia
Maryland snowmobile championship races near Oakland
The Deep Creek Volunteer Fire Co. sponsors the first annual Maryland state snowmobile championships at Deep Creek Lake in McHenry. Events run Friday registration, Snow Ball, Snow Queen nomination. Saturday practices 8 to 10 30, stock races at 1 pm, Snow Ball and Snow Queen. Sunday modified races. In case of no snow, dates shift to Jan 25 and 26.
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Oakland
Here
Maryland
McHenry
Deep Creek Lake
U. S. 219
Preston County
W. Va
Deep Creek
Tunnelton Band Boosters Meet Thursday Evening
The Band Boosters of Tunnelton will gather at 7 p.m. in the school band room on Thursday January 16. All band student parents and interested residents are urged to attend. Mrs Marie Bolyard won the portable television prize at the Christmas band concert.
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Tunnelton
Marie Bolyard
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Roamin
M.R. Harsh
Eglon
Southern States Cooperative
Richmond
Cooperative Farmer
Southern States
Frank Heaster
Happy Everly
Panorama
Kingwood and
Council
Halbritter
Odd Fellows
National Association of Secondary School Principals
U.N
International House
Radio City Music Hall
Manhattan Island
Empire State Building Observatory
Film Processing Service
Superior Photo Service, Inc
Brockway Ave
Municipal
Morgantown
W.va
East Main Street
Preston Motors, Inc
Vorgantown
Asphalt Inc
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