Local Notes Highlight Holiday Week and Community News
Morgantown readers note Fourth of July festivities, pet show trophies, reunions, and local travel. Prof Robert L Smith discussed old fields, while Jane Maddox won Lassie at the All Breed Dog Show. George Franks hosted guests for his 21st birthday and a cruiser gift.
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George Franks
Near
Carmichales
George
Cheat Lake
Hills
Morgantown
National Guard
Jane Maddox
Lassie
Mel Owens
Poteau
Okla
Akron
Ohio
Mt Morris Weekend Fires Bring Minor Damage
Morris volunteers answered two calls with little damage. A roadside blaze on Route 7 was quickly extinguished and a Pyle home stove fire caused smoke and a burned pan. Mt Morris softball leads local league with 12 1 record and schedules games through July. Ground broken for three new homes on Route 19 and Perry School Road with two houses under construction. Community events include a WeinER roast at Mt Morris Methodist Church and Vacation Bible School program with 70 attendees.
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Ruth F
MT. Morris
Att. Morris
Core
W. Vas
Robert Pyles
Bald Hill Road
Pyle
Nel
Morrisville
Washington St. Methodist of
Waynesburg
First Christian of
Muddy Creek
Osborne Philips
Hazel Renner
Abraham George
Martinsville
Perry School Road
Newton Kerns
Service News
Richard Stump
Spain
Stump
Columbus
Ohio
Mt. Morris Methodist Church
Bible School
Helen Pallas
Beatrice Wright
Helen Bennett
Barbara
U S Nationality Night Thursday Greene Rejects Reform Movement
Nationality Night for Carmichaels Bicentennial events set for July 12 at the Carmichaels Fire Hall with a typical American program by the Carmichaels Grange and Pomona Grange. Greene County votes show opposition to the constitutional convention. Greene County WCTU elects officers. Campus Choralairs to perform free summer concert July 12 at Carmichaels Area High School auditorium. Museums open for Carmichaels 200th birthday celebration with 2 to 5 pm hours and 35 cent admission. Four Greene County women attend the 44th State Grange Leadership School at Gettysburg College.
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Carmichaels
Carmichaels Grange
Pomona Grange
Choralairs
Seattle
Washington
USA
The
Carmichaels Ministerial Association
Grange
Greene
Pomona
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg College
Gay Cree
Lawrence Scott
Holbrook
Joseph Willis
Jefferson
East Franklin Grange
Gross Dinsmore
West Fing
Harvey's Grange
Local Birthdays Celebrated in Markleysburg
Markleysburg residents marked several birthdays last week. Honorees include George A. Fike on June 25, Carl Fike Jr. on June 26, Barbara Rishel on June 20, Janice Savage on June 26, and Ross Caton on June 30, all noted by families.
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Markleysburg
George A. Fike
Arnold Fike
Carl Fike Jr
Carl Fike Sr
Barbara Rishel
Janice Savage
Wilbur Savage
Ross Caton
Sergeant Curry Fills Vital Role in Air Arm Patrol
Staff Sgt. Robert B. Curry of the Mountain State plays a key part with the nation’s combat ready air arm guarding the 10,000 mile Bamboo Curtain. Sgt. Curry also served in the Korean War.
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Robert B. Curry
Mountain State
Curry
Nappy Parents Celebrate Harriet’s Freshman Semester Honor
Mr and Mrs J John son receive congratulatory note from Acting President Heflin for Harriet’s scholastic achievement at the university. She completed the second semester of her freshman year with a 4 point average.
Area Counties Receive NDEA Education Funds
Fayette Greene and Washington counties are among 11 Pennsylvania counties to receive National Defense Education Act grants. The funds support the Southwestern Regional Instructional Materials Center in California and total $100,000 for the three southern counties. Grants come from NDEA with 50 percent federal, 30 percent Appalachian Regional Commission, and 20 percent local funding. The program, PRIME, conducts pilot studies to compare regional centers before and after expansion of resources.
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Harrisburg
Fayette Greene
Washington Counties
Pennsylvania
Clifford L. Jon
Area 16
California
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Columbia
Mont
Tour
Snyder
Union
Northumberland
National Defense Education Act
Appalachian Regional Commission
Removal of House Ends Era at Waynesburg
The century-old Robinson Downey home in Waynesburg was wrecked last week ending an era. Visitors William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft once spent nights there during campaigns. The Downeys left the house in 1920 and after family death it passed to Waynesburg College for use as a music building before foreclosure. No protests arose, only head shaking and crying.
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Waynesburg
Robinson Downey
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
Downeys
Washington, D.C
Waynesburg College
Young Miss Indy Sinko Praised as Promising Artist
Masontown Pennsylvania resident Indy Sinko, a graduate of Albert Gallatin Senior High School, earns wide acclaim from art critics as a promising artist-of-renown-to-be.
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Indy Sinko
Masontown
MA Sinko
Albert Gallatin Senior High School
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