Army sergeant recalls Agnes flood disaster in Lebanon
Army press: Sgt Clyde Samuels recounts Hurricane Agnes flooding Lebanon and surrounding areas as 6 feet of water swamps towns. Mayor imposes curfew, schools and churches open shelters, Red Cross and Army aid assist hundreds at YMCA and Warren Harding Elementary.
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Clyde Samuels
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Agnes
Carrbbean Sea
Florida
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Swanger
Tabor
Marine Reservists Train At North Carolina Camp Lejeune
Local Marine Reservists from Detachment Truck Company 4th Service Battalion USMCR stationed at Connellsville Airport plan a fifteen day summer training program in Camp Lejeune North Carolina. They will receive classroom and on the job instruction to operate maintain and service land vehicles from Jeeps to ten ton cargo trucks. Major W Wolf Bethel Park notes the training keeps them ready as Marines.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
4Th Service Battalion
USMCR
Connellsville
North Carolina
Tri- State
Marine Division
Marine Aircraft Wing
Maine Corps
ROTC Cadet Training In Central Pennsylvania Modified
Training for about 1100 ROTC cadets at Reservation was temporarily altered due to heavy rainstorms and flooding in Central Pennsylvania. Brigadier General Robert Haldane said there is no immediate threat to cadets and the changes are a safety precaution.
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Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Pennsylvania
Robert Haldane
Pittsburgh firm volunteers complete architectural services for Greene Academy restoration
Foster Rankin Architect of Pittsburgh offered free complete architectural services for the Greene Academy of Art restoration in Carmichaels after a column praised the project. The firm will draft sketches and provide working drawings with engineering services.
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Foster Rankin
Pittsburgh
Nickey Cheueng
Alvin Laidley
Green Academy of Art
Greene Academy
Carmichaels
Rankin
Nicky Cheueng
Greene Academy of Art
Washington Road
Mt. Vernon Towers
Uniontown
Joseph A. Mitchell
Pete Green
Grady Hartley
Brice Blaker
Russell E. Headlee
Headlee
Hardwood Lumber Company
Valley Post Control
Academy
Veterans aid Korean children at summer VFW meeting
Fay ette County auxiliary units reported recent activities at Perryopolis VFW post 7023. Mary Boskovich of Masontown Auxiliary 4584 will lead the September 20 meeting, as Post 4584 donated to the Korean children aid and hospital fund and the Masontown German Park Association. The Masontown Auxiliary plans a July 27 picnic at Colls Park with a 2 p.m. start and 6 p.m. meal. members and families are invited to attend.
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Masontown
Gray-McArdle Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fayette County
Department Hospital Fund
Masontown-German Park Association
Post 4584
Coll’s Park
West Church Ave
Extension
School board refuses to air personnel recommendations
The Carmichaels school board did not hear recommendations for five elementary and two secondary vacancies as the education committee argued it should interview all applicants. The board set a future meeting to review committee and administrative staff recommendations and approved numerous personnel, fringe benefits, facilities uses, and insurance actions while noting a resigning teacher and a band director’s military leave. The panel also discussed ECHO help, scouting usage, and athletic program insurance and examinations.
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Thelma Callaghan Carmichaels
Walter Atalski
Dolores Zoldos
William Harr
Atalski
Edward Tekavec
Robert Korcheck
John Morgan
Frank Ricco, Jr
National Guard
Cheryl Severini Voytek
Penn State University
Clarksville Lions Club
Lions Club
Boys Scouts of America
Exceptional Children’s Help Organization
Mather
ECHO
James Scott
Leslie Shriver
School Board
Nationwide Insurance
Wayne Long
H. B. Miller
Copters Save Four Lives in Penn Flood Rescue Missions
Army helicopters from INDIANTOWN GAP flew three missions on June 22 at IGMR to aid Tower City Lebanon and Jonestown during Pennsylvania's severe floods. Med-evac crews evacuated a woman injured by a railroad tie a newborn baby and a boy clinging to branches as floodwaters rose. Specialist Four John Williams praised the pilots noting their skill amid zero visibility and surrounding mountains.
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Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
John Williams
Severn
Vietnam
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American Red Cross
Young Mens Christian Association
YMCA
United Sates Army
61St Infantry
Fort Carson
Colorado
IGMR
Warren Harding
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jackie Hiester
Red Cross
Ruth Aurentz
Lois Heagy
Joan Heagy
Miss Hiester
Major W. Wolf
Bethel Park
Marine Corps
Architectural Firm
The
Virgil Tenney
Stephen McCann
Charles Donley
Paul Connor
King Coal Association
Cumberland Town
Ship Volunteer Fire Company
Carmichaels Chamber of Commerce
Court Greene County
Catholic Daughters of America
WSCS
Carmichaels First Methodist Church
Carmichaels Garden Club
C. Niekrzydowski
IDA Beverage
Copters
America
Davidson Bros
Chestnut St
For All
Morgan’s
Sporting
Spruce Street
Junior High
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