Obituary of H P Whittaker Sr Terra Alta business leader
H P Whittaker Sr 72 of State Avenue Terra Alta died Friday in University Hospital after a brief illness. He owned Whittaker Insurance Agency and was active in Penn Mutual Kemper and local groups including Terra Alta Methodist Church Rotary Post 154 American Legion Moose Lodge 1395 and the Terra Alta Volunteer Fire Department. Survived by his widow two sons two daughters sisters brothers and grandchildren. Louise S Pursglove 82 of Miami formerly Morgantown died Thursday at Pines Nursing Home North Miami born New York July 10 1886. Former DAR member moved to Florida in 1958. Survived by son Edgar S Strunk. Funeral Sunday in North Miami with cremation follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P
Percy) Whittaker Sr
State Avenue
Terra Alta
University Hospital
Tunnelton
John William and
Mary Jane Hebb Whittaker
Whittaker Insurance Agency
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
Kemper Insurance Group
Terra Alta Methodist Church
Terra Alta High School
Mountain State Business College
Nelle Shaffer Whittaker
Harrison P. Whittaker Jr
Canton, C
Richard S. Whittaker
Franklin
Paul Eileen Vickers
St. Albans
Ison Betty White
Marie Storer
Louise S. Pursglove
90Th St
Miami
Morgantown
Pines
New York
Noah Sammis
Elizabeth Lundington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Florida
Edgar S. Strunk
Lithgow 150Th Street Chapel
North
Harold Davenport
Whittaker
Fike- Watson
William Trowbridge
Preston County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Rossetti Nick 75 funeral notices outline
Funeral notices list Nick Rossetti 75 of 648 Brockway Ave died Friday in St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital. Visitation at Davidson Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-noon, 3-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Requiem High Mass Monday 10 a.m. at St. Theresa's Church. Interment East Oak Grove Cemetery. Rosary 7 p.m. Sunday at funeral home.
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Rossetti
Nick
Brockway Ave
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Davidson Funeral Home
St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church
Leonard Murray
East Oak Grove
Funeral
Willard Luther R
Fred L. Jenkins
Father Robert Goshorn
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Plane Crash Kills Two Near Elkins Mountains
Two pilots from Far Aviation Company died in a twin engine plane crash in the Allegheny Mountains near Elkins West Virginia. The victims Kurt Fulle 29 and Franklin Lange 28 were identified by State Police. The crash occurred about 1230 am with dense woods and fog hindering search efforts. The plane was en route from the Midwest to Washington DC.
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Elkins
W. Va
UPI
New York
Allegheny Mountains
Here
Kurt Fulle
Jamaica
N.Y
Franklin Lange
Saddle Brook
N. J
Far Aviation Company
Mid
Washington, D. C
John F. Kennedy International Airport
FAA
Washington, D.C
Two Local Women Charged With Shoplifting At G C Murphys
Verna Miller age 74 of 469 Brockway Ave and Helen Gere age 42 of Jere were arrested by City Police and charged by state warrant with shoplifting at G C Murphys on High St. Both paid $25 fines and costs after appearing before Justice of the Peace William Bowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Murphy's
High St
Verna Miller
Brockway Ave
Helen Gere
Jere
Justice of the Peace
William Bowers
Lindy Gene Jones
Cleveland
Ohio
Grace D. Scott
Harrisville
Juliette Scanga
Keener St
Sprouse Showboat Brings Free Performances to Morgantown
The James M. Sprouse Showboat docks at Walnut Street for four days of 8:30 pm shows through Wednesday. Nine Morgantown youths from the Mark Twain Boyplayers perform The Mischief Maker in a three-act comedy aboard the 100-foot steel boat seating 100 outdoors. prior to Morgantown openings the boat hosted American Wind Symphony events in Morgantown and Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Sprouse
Walnut Street
Morgantown
Mark Twain Boyplayers
Mischief Maker
Fairmont
American Wind Symphony
Sprouse
Ravenswood Ferry
Clyde Richey
LHS Reunion Planned by University High School
University High School announces an all alumni reunion on August 3 at the VFW ballroom Spruce Street. A 7 30 p.m. covered dish dinner precedes a 10 p.m. dance with Sam Marino Orchestra tickets five dollars per couple and available at Hando's Cassville Westover TV Ruby Ketchy's Fairdance Road Kelly's Boat Dock Sunset Beach Dallas Pine Room Pursgrove Ed's Barber Shop Brockway Avenue and the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University High School
VFW
Spruce Street
Sam Marino
Hando’s
Cassville
Westover TV
Ruby & Ketchy’s
Fairdance Road
Kelly’s
Sunset Beach
Dallas Pine Room
Pursgrove
Ed’s
Brockway Avenue
Fire Units Respond to Two Local Calls
Local fire departments answered two calls yesterday with no injuries or damage reported. The Star City department responded to burning trash at 834 Stewart St. around 2 40 p.m. a small brush fire quickly extinguished. Morgantown Fire Dept investigated smoke near a pipe at Hav A Lunch Restaurant on Pleasant St about 6 42 p.m.
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Star City
Stewart St
Morgantown
Pleasant Street
Geologist Dr Price to attend International Congress in Prague
Dr Paul H Price director of the State Geological Survey will depart this week as the West Virginia official delegate and chairman of the association of State geologists for the International Geologic Congress in Prague Czechoslovakia. The congress runs August 17 to 25 with a pre congress tour to Tokyo Hong Kong and other Far East sites before he leaves Thursday for San Francisco. He previously attended the Copenhagen congress several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Price
State Geological Survey
International Geologic Congress
Prague
Czechoslovakia
West Virginia
Association of State Geologists
Price
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Far East
San Francisco
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hospital births and discharges across several care centers
At St Vincent Pallotti and Preston Memorial Hospitals, births occurred for families including Mr. and Mrs. Davenport Jr and Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Duffy with baby boys or girls. Surgical and medical patients are listed alongside discharges such as Joyce Goodwin and Laura Knifely. Names of staff and workers for Monday are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davenport Jr
Westover
Violet McCardle
Riverview Ave
Homer Mathess
Denslow
Anna Shafer
Philips
Joyce Goodwin
William Robinette
Donald Neff
Suzanne Jett
Sharon Gasper
Margette Brand
Louise Feather
Emma Angotti
Florence Maiolo
Gertrude Brown
Clyde Brand
Jay Brand
Candy
ST. Vincent Pallotti
Donald DeMasges
Cassville
Berth Hershman
Lake Lynn
Anita Marie Eruce
Masontown
Alexa Hamrick
Susie Meffe
Mildred Hall
Clarence Shriver
Juanita Wolfe
O. J. White
A. J. Schmidiger
Steve Driviec
Reginald Krause
Sue Riggs
Charles T. Duffy
Waynesburg
Armand Bernarduci
Greensboro
Wilda Humbert
Florence Church
Rogersville
Maryann Duffy
Laura Knifely
Maryester Barnhart
Roger Lynn VanDruff
Maude B. Curtis
Park Ride Collapses at Coney Island
A section of an amusement park ride on Coney Island collapsed Saturday night injuring several patrons and stranding others high above the ground. Six people were taken to Coney Island Hospital and eight were left suspended when the ride halted mid air. Fire ladders rescued riders of The Orbit. The extent of injuries to the hospitalized was not immediately known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Coney Island
Coney Island Hospital
Morgantown Dominion-Post Sunday Edition Details 1968
A page from the Morgantown Dominion-Post dated July 21 1968 outlines publication schedule and advertising rates for the combined Sunday edition of The Morgantown Post and The Dominion News. It lists home delivery options rates by mail and by daily plus Sunday, noting prices for West Virginia subscribers and general sales terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown Post
The
Dominion News
West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer
Morgantown
West Virginia
Pleasant Day Ahead With Mild Temperatures Forecast
Pleasant weather described as fair with no rain and comfortable heat. Highs expected between 82 and 88 degrees with tomorrow partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Morgantown Flight Service Station records accompany the forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Pilot Safe In Crash
A pilot walked away uninjured after an emergency landing on a farm near here yesterday afternoon. Harold Joseph Gaff, 34, of Revere Massachusetts, told the FAA at Morgantown Airport that engine trouble forced the landing in a field on Ruth Young’s farm on Dug Hill Road. Only the right wing was slightly damaged. Sheriff Whiston noted the fuel gauge showed a quarter tank but the gas tank was dry.
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Here
Harold Joseph Gaff
Revere
Mass
Federal Aviation Agency
Morgantown
Charles Whiston
Dominion Post
Ruth Young
Dug Hill
Whiston
Schweiker Charges Clark Campaign Violated Law
UPI reports Senator Richard Schweiker at a Fayette County GOP picnic accused his opponent Senator Clark of using the Pittsburgh Federal Building for a political fund raiser. Schweiker cited federal code. Clark campaign denied the charge and suggested the note targeted only the fundraiser details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
UPI
Richard
Schweiker
U. S. Senate
Joseph S. Clark
Pittsburgh
Fayette County
Shady Grove Park
Clark
Pittsburgh Hilton
Federal Building
U.S
Scholarship Audition Set for Music Program
Auditions for a limited number of fall scholarships will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Room 408, Music Building. Applications can be obtained by calling 293 4842 and must be returned to the office by July 22.
Swimming classes at Marilla Park pool begin Monday
The last two weeks of sessions start Monday at Marilla Park pool. Beginner classes run at 10 a.m. and 1 a.m. No intermediate classes are scheduled. For registration or information call 292 9181.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilla Park
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Corathers
Eugene D
Wright-Patterson Air Force Bay
Dayton
Frey Home
John Mobley
Peterson Cemetery
Weston
Allamong Funeral Home
Fairmont Rd
Teela Lipscomb
RD 1
Richard E. Davies
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York
UPI Weather Forecast
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AMI Showers
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Rockies
Lower Lakes
Ohio Valley
Sprouse Showboat
LHS
Geologyreeting
Preston Memorial Medical
Charles Springer
Greene County Memorial
Grafton City
Bertha Murphy
Pearl Street
Grafton
David McCloud
Lee Roy Goodwin
Rt. 4
Richard Eugene Davis II
Dale Murphy
Elsie Jennette
Linda Sue Rosemont
Dominion-Post
McCormick’s
South High
ACME
M Markets
Richwood Ave
Willey S
University Avenue
Friend’s Westover Foodland
Dunkard Avenue
ARGO
Wilson
Foodland
Rea Een Ey
Chico
All-Star Dairy CO
Rogers
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