Teacher Turned Author Chronicles Glass Paperweights
Star City craftsman John Gentile and his wife Gertrude gain fame after a Pennsylvania teacher from Claysville writes a book on American glass paperweights. The volume covers Gentile family history, craft details, and 80 color plus 100 black and white images, with features on tools and other weight makers.
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Star City Man
Pennsylvania
Margo Stock
John Gentile
Jean S. Melvin
John
Gertrude
Industrial Ave
Star City
C & C Mold Machine Co
August J. Christopher
Raymond J. Coburn
West Virginia
Clinic Schedule Announced by Monongalia Health Dept
The Monongalia County Health Department lists this weeks clinics. Venereal disease and prenatal clinics run at the Health Department with specific hours Monday through Wednesday. Well child conferences occur Tuesday and Wednesday at Osage Settlement House and Brookhaven Community Building. Friday offers maternal and infant care at the Health Department. Immunizations Saturday cover measles polio diphtheria whooping cough smallpox and tetanus.
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Monongalia County Health Department
Health Department
Osage Settlement House
Brookhaven
17th Air Cavalry Leaves Preston County After Training
The 17th Air Cavalry known as the Flying Horsemen will depart Preston County Monday after a 21 day exercise. Lt. Col Christopher B Sinclair praised local support and rugged terrain aiding training. More than 700 personnel including 150 pilots logged over 14 000 flight hours in Huey helicopters over 600 square miles around Camp Dawson.
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17Th Air Cavalry
Preston County
Christopher B. Sinclair
Fort Knox
Camp Dawson
Sinclair
Southeast Asia
John J. Pershing
Texas
19Th Special Forces Group
Abn
West Virginia
Utah
Maryland
New York
U.S. Army
George E. Handley, Jr
US Army Armor Center Aviation Group
Charles E. Canedy
7Th Squadron
1St Air Cavalry
City Council Delays as Mayor Race Stalls Work
The city council slows committee activity amid a mayoral election dragging into July. Backlog grows as individual motives and chairmanship hopes shape votes and hinder progress. A sanitation worker incident last week brought new facts to light about attempts to influence council decisions.
Annexed Suncrest Areas Strain City Garbage Service
IDD department was financially sound until new Suncrest sections lengthened routes. Locked garbage pails slow pickups and crews face more time and friction. Residents acknowledge payoffs for better service and peace of mind, with many viewing tips as common courtesy.
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Partment
Suncrest
Four Morgantown Students Named Dean's List Recipients
Four Morgantown students earned dean's list honors in the School of Physical Education for the second semester of the past school year. Ann M. Lyon posted 3.5, Patty Jean Furman 4.0, Larry R. Williams 3.86, and Virginia Lee Wood 3.42.
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Morgantown
University
Ann M. Lyon
Patty Jean Furman
Larry R. Williams
Virginia Lee. Wood
West Virginia School Holds Parents Institute in Romney
The first parents institute by the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind will be held in Romney August 13 14 and 15. It is designed for parents of children aged two to five with hearing or vision impairment requiring special education.
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West Virginia Schools For the Deaf and Blind
Romney
W. Va
West Virginia Youths Win Service Academy Appointments
Rep Arch Moore Jr announced eight First District candidates to service academies. Appointees include E Davisson Hardman Jr of Clarksburg to West Point and Samuel A Mutch and Chalmers L Miller of Fairmont to Annapolis plus Gregory D Church Theodore A Hermeling Jr Phillip W Spiker Louis J Fo or.
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Arch A. Moore Jr
Rv.va
Service Academy
West Virginia
E. Davisson Hardman Jr
Edwin D. Hardman
Clarksburg
West Point
Samuel Andrew Mutch
Robert S. Mutch
Chalmers L. Miller
J. Chalmers Miller
Fairmont
Annapolis
Gregory D. Church
Theodore A. Hermeling Jr
Phillip W. Spiker
Grimes
Louis J. Foor
Grunter in Children Aids Oxygen Intake Says Doctors
University of Michigan pediatricians George DeMuth and William Howett report that a child who grunts during a serious cold or respiratory disease pauses to inhale, increasing lung ventilation without extra effort. The grunt raises oxygen absorption and boosts carbon dioxide elimination.
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Grunter
Ann Arbor, Mich
UPI
George DeMuth
William Howett
University of Michigan
Hamstead Attends Week-Long Law Seminar in New York
Richard E. Hamstead of the County Bar Association left Morgantown Saturday to attend a week long practicing law seminar in New York. The course focuses on court techniques for various cases and the seminar opens Monday with Hamstead expected back in Morgantown a week later.
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Richard E. Hamstead
The
County Bar Association
Morgantown
New York
Hamstead
Red Cross Seeks Gift Bags For Vietnam Service Members
Monongalia County Red Cross director Robert Beyers asks for public support for the Shop Early Vietnam 1967 program. The goal is one filled gift bag per able bodied U S service member in Vietnam over Christmas, with items such as pens books soap cases and nail clippers. Cost averages 3 50 per bag and shipping is set for Sept 1 1967. Contact the local Red Cross to participate.
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Robert Beyers
Monongalia County
Red Cross
Vietnam
U.S
Elkins Man Heads State Postmasters
Elkins Postmaster James Mc Gee was elected president of the West Virginia Postmasters Association at the annual meeting. He will take office January 1, succeeding Harold L. Welker who was defeated for another term. New officers include Darrell Thompson secretary treasurer Robert Marple president at large Catherine Paris vice president for fourth class offices Marjorie Hammett third class Stanley Hehle second class Fray Lilly first class Bob Henderson editor of Mountaineer Postmaster.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Elkins
James McGee
West Virginia
Cunard
Fayette County
Marjorie Hammett
Willow Island
Stanley Hehle
Parsons
Fray Lilly
Beckley
Bob Henderson
Sistersville
Mountaineer
Union Vote Set For 700 UMW Members In West Virginia
About 700 striking United Mine Workers District 50 Local 12625 members in South Charleston West Virginia will vote at 2 pm Monday on a tentative two year contract with FMC Inorganic Chemical Division. The deal includes 11 cents an hour raise the first year and 10 cents the second, plus improvements in shift differential holiday vacation pension insurance sick leave and injury pay. The walkout began five weeks ago when the old contract expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
W. Va
UPI
United Mine Workers Union District 50
FMC Inorganic Chemical Division
Soldier Killed in Accident Near Seoul
U S Army Pfc Ernest Lee Pauling Jr. of Cameron North Carolina was accidentally shot and killed last week in Seoul by a fellow soldier while cleaning a rifle.
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Seoul
UPS
U.S. Army
Ernest Lee Pauling Jr
Cameron, N.C
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Fort Knox, Ky
Peter Gentile
America
Italy
Glassworld
Peter
Bergstrom Art Center
Neenah, Wis
Gentile
United States
France
George Melvin
Thomas Nelson and Sons
Jim Gentile
Mountaineer Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Preston
Monongalia
Marion
Kenny Baker
Ben Franklin
Hope Natural Gas Company
Union
First Baptist Church
High Street
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