Mainstream program aids Taylor County housing worker training
Director Wade Graham notes progress as the Mainstream program expands from Monongalia and Preston to Taylor County. The effort trains unemployed men for regular jobs at 1.60 an hour and aims to place them on payrolls, while linking housing construction to on the job training. Ten Mainstream workers may join in the spring as weather improves and the six county project advances.
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Mainstream
Taylor County
Wade Graham
Monongalia
Preston
Monongalia County
Preston County
Department of Labor
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Morgantown
Graham
Belington
Newburg
U.S. 50
Grafton
David Curtis
Curtis
Monument marks Thornsbury Brown death site in Grafton
A Civil War monument on U S 50 near Grafton marks where Thornsbury Bailey Brown was killed on May 22 1861. The piece recounts Porterfield 1500 recruits delays due to Union scouts, Brown's death, and the ensuing events leading to Philippi. The monument was erected May 22 1928 by Betsy Ross Tent DUV and later relocated remains to the Grafton National Cemetery.
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Plato
Grafton
U.S. 50
Pruntytown
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
Brown
America
West Virginia
West Virginia University Library
WPA
Charles Brinkman
Taylor County
Brinkman
Porterfield
Interior
Virginia
Abbie Kerr
Mollie McCloud
Philippi
Daniel Wilson
Wilson
Fetterman
Tygart River
Northwestern
B&o
George E. Glenn
Daniel S. Knight
William Reese
John A. Robinson
Letcher Guards
Knight
Reese
Glenn
Betsy Ross
Daughters of Union Veterans
Letcher
Fetterman Town
John Price
Fleming Cemetery
Astor
Flemington
Grand Army of the Republic of
Beverly Pike
Donates Eyes Of Cincinnati Teen After Baseball Batting Death
The corneas of Steve Howarth, 16, a Cincinnati high school student, were donated to sightless recipients. His parents said Friday the corneas were transplanted in surgeries after his death on Sunday, three days after being struck on the head by a bat swung from a passing car.
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Donates Eyes
Cincinnati
UPI
Steve Howarth
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Willey St
Morgantown Hospital Service, Inc
Hue
Quasar
Motorola
Insta-Matic
Pauley
Holland Avenue
Westover
Thrifty Wash
Westover Hill
University Avenue
Star City
Mountain National Corporation
Clarksburg, W. Va
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