Flapper house area may see improvements planned
The vacant Flapper house area may receive road and street improvements this year as City Council prioritizes the project. Mrs. Conaway notes much of the good lumber has been stripped and the house has stood empty for six years with five years of unmet rent. Newly elected Mayor Earl McCartney highlights the area as a major council concern.
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Earl McCartney
Department of Highways
DOH
Roger D. Wood
Morris
Retirement marks landmark career of Leland Booth
Longtime state civic and farm leader Leland Booth retires after more than 41 years with State Farm in Hopecrest. A WVU graduate and early 4-H member, Booth held roles from Farm Bureau secretary treasurer to editor and national Farm Bureau president, shaping WV ag and insurance circles.
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Leland Booth
Kerr School Agricultural Club
West Virginia
West Virginia Farm Bureau
WVU Agricultural Extension Service
State Farm Bureau
West Virginia Farm News
Pennsylvania Farmer
Booth
West Virginia Congress of Agriculture
National Farm Bureau
WVU
Tho
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Alpha Zeta
Athenaeum
West Virginia Electrification Council
State Farm Insurance Companies
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
State Farm
High St
Swimming classes offered by Monongalia County program
Two week sessions provide youth and adult swimming lessons at Shack Neighborhood House pool in Pursgrove. Tony Barill notes ten sessions of one hour thirty minutes each. Youth mornings and adult evenings. youth enrollment Mondays at 9 am. adult registration at 7 pm Tuesday. Call 292-2702 for details.
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Monongalia County
Shack
Pursgrove
Tony Barill
Unsafe vacation of 1971 at Kingwood Elementary
School officials chose to delay classes for repairs and upgrade of the Morgan Street Kingwood Elementary building. Maintenance crews lifted flooring to inspect joists, plan subflooring and carpeting for a safer classroom, with current costs at $491.14 not including labor or carpet. Exterior work includes painting and roof refurbishment with two rooms already painted last year.
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Ervin Fink
Fink
Kingwood Elementary
Morgan Street
Kingwoodlementary School
Manown
Busy week on tap for area road crews
Area road crews have a busy week ahead with work on berms along 119 North toward Point Marion and Buckeye Road off 1.7 West and on Tyrone Road and Cooper's Rocks Road Route 73. Crews may clear debris from Friday morning storm and may slow traffic but not block roads.
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Mason- Dixonland Road
Fred Siegwarth
Monongalia County
Siegwarth
Summer Camping Underway With Scouts From Four Counties
Dominion-Post reports Camp Mountaineer hosts Mountaineer Area Council scouts from Monongalia Preston Taylor and Marion in its second week of summer camp 160 youths in attendance. Training covers Tenderfoot to Life ranks with rope axe use pioneering trail hiking signaling first aid nature conservation star study survival canoeing and archery amid campfires skits and Order of the Arrow ceremonies. Council executive John Young promises full camps for the next two weeks and August activities for Cub Boy Scout and Explorer groups.
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Camp
Mountaineer
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Marion
Order of the Arrow
John Young
Illness Unknown Keeps Former Mayor Buehler Hospitalized
Former mayor Arthur W. Buehler, 71, remains in good condition at University Hospital after hospitalization Thursday evening. A family member says doctors have not diagnosed the ailment and asks that visitors refrain.
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Arthur W. Buehler
Wilson Avenue
University Hospital
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Penny) Hornbeck
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Elizabeth) Miller
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Mildred) Clark
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