Just Between Us Ida Beverage Reports Odd Week
Ida Beverage shares a string of quirky, nature filled happenings from Cheat backwaters including birds nesting in a jeep and mushrooms on porch chairs along with mysterious phone calls and a swimsuit adrift. She credits Morgantown deputies and conservation officers while noting a new light glasslike disposal bottle by Standard Oil and Vistron Corp approved by the FDA. The Pennsylvanian Commission plans a Coal and Coke Museum in Fayette County and Rolling Rock Hunt events are set in Ligonier with housing details. A new baby Garrett Keith greets life in Pt Marion as a bear sighting distracts campers. The weekend urges safety and sensible celebration for the Fourth of July.
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Ida
Cheat
Morgantown
Freedom and duty on July Fourth address liberty today
A July 4, 1971 speech argues rights come from the Creator, not the state, urging citizens to defend freedom daily. It warns of internal decay, cites Purdue and university surveys on knowledge of the Bill of Rights, and stresses individual responsibility, law, and neighborly liberty in sustaining democracy.
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Purdue University
Purdue
University of California
Our Freedom
Germany
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Russia
Mexico
Faithful Core couple serves church and community
Orval and Lettie Myers of Core West Virginia have devoted decades to Dolls Run Christian Church, cleaning, lighting, ringing the bell, and preparing communion while teaching Sunday School. Their near‑daily presence since 1928 marks a remarkable era of service in a small mining and Morgantown commuting community.
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Earl L. Core
Orval
Lettie Myers
Core
Morgantown
W.va
Blacksville
Lettie
Little Dolls Run Christian Church
John Myers
Disciples Church
Plummer C. Core
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Oil Co
Ohio Research
Vistron Corp
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Fayette County
Chestnut Ridge Hunt Club
Uniontown
Smithfield
Point Marion
New Geneva
Rolling Rock
Rolling Rock Farms
Ligonier
Rita Frank
Rolling Rock Stables
Marion
Mary Ellen
Garrett Keith
Louis
John
Betsy Hamilton
Fairdhance
King’s Mountain
Connellsville
Somerset
Betsy
Bie
Tuderei Benge Eee
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin
United States
Alexander Campbell
Bethany
Garrison
Mary
Campbell Jobes
Scotts Run
Monongahela
Randall
Brave
Onger Run
Carl H. Cather JR
M.D
Association of
Phillip B. Mathias M.D
Spruce ST
Glass & Chemical
A.S.C
Farmer
Geer
Greek Limestone CO
Greer
W’ VA
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