PTA Council draws support at first meet
The Monongalia County PTA Council held its first in a series of meetings to gauge interest in continuing the countywide group. Richard P. Smith said the sessions will gather support and consolidate ideas from PTAs across the county.
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Monongalia County
PTA
Richard P. Smith
Monongalia County Veterans Association
MCVA
VFW
Westover
Gene Hess
Hess
Cheat Lake
Igh School
Mt. Pleasant
Oak Grove
Easton Ptas
Smith
Cheat Lake Junior High
Russell Rex Haynes
Mt. Pleasant Pta
Ptas
Haynes
County Council
Clay-Battelle School
Blacksville
Arnettsville
Core
Jake’s Run
Daybrook
Cool Springs
Summers
Wadestown
Riverside Junior High
Morgantown Junior High
Obituaries from a West Virginia region in 1972
Memorial and funeral notices for Harry B. Taylor Emily Randall Hazel W. Kelly Chester Summers Floyd E. Hershman appear with service times dates and burial details. Recipients include Emily Randall widow of Sam Randall and Hazel Kelly of Brandonville with extensive survivor lists and home callings.
Visiting Homemaker graduation Thursday
Ten women will graduate from Visiting Homemaker training, increasing the service to 19. The ceremony at 7 30 p m occurs in Spruce Street United Methodist Church social rooms alongside the annual board meeting. Training covered first aid nursing procedures body mechanics nutrition and legal emotional aspects.
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Spruce Street United Methodist Church
Pauline Shaver
United Fund Agency
Maxine Patrick
Family Service
Fairmont
Fair
New Jerseyman Bell Missing Linked to Virginia Remains Case
Authorities plan to test a severed head and torso found in Rockbridge and Montgomery counties Virginia to confirm if they belong to John S. Bell of Little Falls New Jersey missing since January 9. Diner owner Lynch jailed on murder charges. arms found in Pennsylvania linked to Bell.
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Toms River
UPI
New Jersey
Virginia
N.J
John S. Bell
John Lynch
Seaside Heights
Lynch
Ocean County
Bell
Shawnee State Park
Bedford County
G. L. Rodgers
Rockbridge
Montgomery County
Rodgers
Roanoke
Hijacker Trapnell delays Padilla talks on JFK flight
Dallas authorities say Padilla faces armed robbery charges and is sought in Miami and Fort Lauderdale for probation violation and another robbery. Trapnell, who hijacked a TWA jet earlier, pressed to bring Padilla to psychiatrist Dr. Hubbard in Dallas. FBI coordinated a plan with a fresh crew and pilot to subdue Trapnell.
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Padilla
Dallas
Miami
Trapnell
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Kennedy
David G. Hubbard
Hubbard
New York
FBI
TWA
Richard H. Hastings
Wantagh
N.Y
California
Rome
Rafael Minichiello
Hastings
Saeinas
Driver Education Class Aims to Help Local Adults
A special adult driver education class will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Reedsville school gymnasium, with contact at 857-6800 for details. John Huey of Connellsville Pa. is reported in improved condition after a Friday single car crash at 3 45 p m on Pa 857 near Uniontown.
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Reedsville
John Huey
Connellsville
University Hospital
Uniontown
In Touch and Concerned brings daily calls to Morgantown seniors
The In Touch and Concerned program offers Monongalia County seniors a daily social call to reduce loneliness and provide quick help in emergencies. Volunteers maintain emergency files with doctors, relatives, and neighbors, and can arrange rides, meals, or nurse and clergy contacts.
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Margaret Ann Thaxton
Dominion Post
Morgantown
Community Need Council
Monongalia County
Juanita B. Evans
West Virginia
Lunar Eclipse Seen Before Clouds Close In
Early risers witnessed a moon eclipse between 4 11 a m and 6 12 a m though clouds persisted. Forecast calls for mainly cloudy skies with light snow flurries and near freezing temperatures. yesterday’s high reached 29 with a low of 18.
Nixon, Yorty in New Hampshire Campaigns for Nomination
Demskey plans against Nixon as a peace candidate while Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty seeks the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire where the first Segendia primary is held. The RNC says a national leadership conference will meet in Washington on March 14 under the theme TogetherAgain. Muskie, leading Democratic hopeful, criticizes Nixon for appointing too few women to policymaking posts, noting only 79 of 10 000 positions have women.
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Nixon
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
New Hampshire
Republican National Committee
Washington, D.C
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Funeral Notices for Collins and Hershman Died in 1972
Brooks Collins 69 of 248 Ridley Road died Jan 27 1972. Services at Sora Funeral Home with Rev E David DuBois and Rev Ellsworth Harman officiating. Burial Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens. Floyd Hershman 74 of Terra Alta died Jan 29 1972. Viewing after 7 pm Sunday at Fike-Watson Funeral Home. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at the home with Rev WC Danson officiating. Burial Preston Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
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Emily Randall
Maple Ave
Sundale Rest Home
Monongalia General Hospital
Sam Randall
Washington County
Emily Louise Gibson
Detroit
Emily Christine
James Randall Gibson
Dering
Funeral Home
John W. Doane
East Oak Grove Cemetery
Hazel W. Kelly
Brandonville
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
Newburg
Samuel and
Roberta Koontz Shaffer
United Methodist Church
WSBS
Brandonville Parish
Ralph G. Kelly
Fred Kelly
Bruceton
Myron
North Eton
Ohio
Franklin
Anna Knotts
Grafton
Marie Woodyard
Gayle Zinn
James H. Shaffer
Pittsburgh
Chester
Rufus
Terra Alta
Benjamin Ward
Carl R. Spears
Chester Christian Summers
Preston County
Floyd and
Belle Wilhelm Summers
Gladys Shaffer Summers
Delma Ritchey
Chester Jr
Lovel Summers
Faye Miller
Lowell Ritchie
Shady Grove
Floyd E. Hershman
Parsons
John
Bud
Ltiantha Shahan Hershman
State Department of Highways
Lizzie M
Hershman
Edward DeWitt
Erie
Hazel Fike
Baltimore
Shirley Wilderman
Kelly
Hazel W
Souder
Harry Young
Dayton Smith
Bradonville
Chester Christian
Brandonvil
Preston Memorial, Hospital
Grandonyville
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Waynesburg
Greene County
Pt. Marion
Jack Whipkey
Canyon Road
Cheat Road
Whipkey
Granville
Brookhaven
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San
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Kansas City
FY. Worth
Milwaukees
Upper Plains
Gulf Coast
South Carolina
sosTon
York
Harry B. Taylor
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mr. Taylor
State College
Masontown
Whillis McGinnis
Vietnam
Linda Holt
Arthurdale
Donald Mayfield
Greg Sypolt
University Sunday Dominion Post
Morgantown Municipal
Demskey
Muskie
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