Letter From Charleston Continues On Capitol Plans
The piece questions Capitol complex architecture as two new state office buildings rise with a $16 million price tag while Secretary of State Robert Bailey eyes unused space in the Capitol dome for legislative offices. He cites a possible renovation to add two floors, install air conditioning, and complete elevator access to relieve overcrowded offices.
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Capitol Complex
Robert Bailey
Capitol
Bailey
Capitol Dome
Legislative
DAR group to hear speakers during American Heritage Week
Two DAR ranking members and a former Soviet prisoner will headline the American Heritage Week Camp in Ripley. Mrs Henry Stewart Jones of Wisconsin, first vice president of the national DAR, Mrs Frederick Griswold Jr. of New Jersey, regent of her state group, and John Noble, jailed by the Soviets for 10 years after World War II, will speak. Noble will discuss life behind the Iron Curtain. Griswold will present a keynote.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Ripley
Henry Stewart Jones
Wisconsin
National Dar Organization
Frederick Griswold Jr
New Jersey
John Noble
Edward Pleban Jr Receives 1968 Legion Award
Masontown eighth grader Edward Pleban Jr of All Saints School is honored with the 1968 American Legion Award for honor courage patriotism leadership and scholarship. Also noted are his athletics lectures and plans for a campus talk on What Is Communism and The Spirit of America. A separate segment recalls Noble’s postwar account of life in Soviet camps and his upcoming presentation to 225 high school girls during American Heritage Week Camp.
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Edward Pleban, Jr
All Saints School
American Legion
Edward
Edward J. Pleban
A.D. 1
McClellandtown
Hundred Briefs: Weddings births and visits across Ohio towns
Mrs Edna Sapp and Cecile Huffman returned from Warren Ohio after attending the wedding of Donna Carter to Stephen Putt at Parkman Road Church of Christ. Jennifer Lynn Carter was born weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces in Fairmont General Hospital. Jim Wright, fourth son of Brownie Wright, weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces at birth. Mrs Sara Allem is recovering in Fairmont General Hospital after a hip operation from a fall. Florence Ruth Wright spent vacationing in Virginia Beach and visits in Weirton and Pughtown. Mr and Mrs Richard Jones visited their parents Appy Wright and Marvin B Jones last week.
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Edna Sapp
Cecile Huffman
Warren
Ohio
Donna
Hundred High
Stephen Putt
Ralph Putt
Champion
Parkman Road Church of Christ
James Carter
Dickie Curry
Fairmont
Jennifer Lynn
Fairmont General Hospital
Mildred Curry
Bernice Tennant
Fred Toothman
Brownie Wright
Weirton
Jim
Joe
Gene
John
Laura Kimble
Appy Wright
Hundred
Sara Allem
Florence
Ruth Wright
Virginia Beach
Weirton and
Pughtown
Richard Jones
Marvin B. Jones
Masontown Borough Studies Mobile Home Zoning Issue
Masontown Borough Council discussed residential zoning for increasing mobile homes. Two permit requests were tabled while the borough lacks its own zoning ordinances and follows Fayette County rules. The planning commission will study the matter with county board input and report later.
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Masontown
Masontown Borough
Fayette County
Borough Planning Commission
Bids Let For Work On Roads
About 75 miles of improved highway in the state will be provided with bids to be opened by the State Road Commission July 24 on resurfacing projects. There are 19 separate projects spread through 16 counties. Cost will be financed entirely by state funds. Counties include Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Brooke, Hardy, Harrison, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Monongalia, Ritchie, Taylor, Webster, Wetzel and Wirt.
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Charleston
W. Va
Recital Set On Thursday by WVU Pianist Herman Godes
Pianist Herman Godes of West Virginia University will give a concert at 8 15 p m Thursday in the Music Building auditorium. The free recital precedes a two day July workshop led by Leo Podolsky and assistants, with regional piano teachers invited. Works by Beethoven Ravel Prokofieff and Chopin will be performed.
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West Virginia University Creative Arts Center
Music Building
Godes
Division of Music
Leo, Podolsky
Beethoven
Ravel
Prokofieff
Chopin
Masontown Valley Alumni Banquet Set for Saturday
Annual Masontown Arthurdale Cafeteria event will host the alumni banquet in the gym after dinner a dance follows. Alumni from across the nation are expected to attend the gathering in the Masontown area.
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Masontown
Arthurdale
Masontown Valley
T&C Players Present The Little Foxes at Che k Road Playhouse
The Town and Country Players announce four July performances of Lillian Hellmans The Little Foxes at the Cheat Road Playhouse. The production follows You Cant Take It With You and features a moral drama about the Hubbard family and their money driven society in the American South.
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Lillian Hellman
Playhouse On the
Cheat Road
Miss Hellman
America
Little Foxes
Hubbard
Swim Classes Start Monday at Marilla Park Pool
Swimming lessons begin tomorrow at Marilla Park pool with beginners at 10 and 11 a.m. and intermediate sessions starting at 11 a.m. Call pool personnel at 292-9181 or attend Monday morning registration.
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Marilla Park
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