Area dog show returns to Fairmont this Saturday
The Mountaineer Kennel Club of Morgantown hosts the American Kennel Club licensed all breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial at the National Guard Armory in Fairmont this Saturday. Judging begins at 9 a.m. for breed and obedience with eight rings for spectators. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Proceeds fund public dog education and support the 4-H dog project. In 1970 the event drew 781 entries from 25 states plus Puerto Rico and DC, with dogs from California and Oregon and 30 local entrants, and organizers expect nearly 1,000 attendees this year.
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American Kennel Club
Mountaineer Kennel Club of
Morgantown
National Guard Armory
Fairmont
AKC
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
California
Oregon
Thayne
Mountaineer Kennel Club
Mt Heights community plans softball tourney and events
Mt Heights Community Association meets Friday July 2 at Summers Elementary at 7 30 p m. Plans for the Mt Heights Second Annual Court of July Invitational Slo-ootch Softball Tournament set for July 3 4 5 with trophies for first and runner-up and plaques for participants. Entry is 1 per player. call 296-7040 296-3510 or 292-5007 for info. Memorial services at Davis Cemetery at 2 p m today. Playgrounds open with directors Susan and Louis Petonic. Summers open Mon Wed Fri 2 30 5 p m and 6 30 8 p m. Sarver Tue Thu with same hours. Mt Heights Ball Team to play Laurel Hill at Mt Heights ballfield. concessions. Mt Heights girls have formed a girls team. meet Monday 9 30 a m at Mt Heights Field. game Tuesday at City Ball Park. In hospital Susie Hiner at WVU Hospital. Lillie McDonald at Monongalia General. FMY banquet held at Four Corners Restaurant in Grafton. attendees listed. Anniversaries Jack and McDonald 46 years. Rolfe and McDonald third anniversary last week. Birthdays Kathy Lynn McDonald second birthday. Luann Murray. Albert Corbin. Jim Corbin. Roger McDonald. Personal notes cover relatives and visits across Mt Heights and nearby towns.
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Mt. Heights
Davis Cemetery
Susan
Louis Petonic
Ballfield
Laurel Hill
City Ball Park
Susie Hiner
West Virginia University Hospital
Lillie McDonald
Jack McDonald
FMY
Free Methodist
Four Corners
Grafton
Knotts
Bob McDonald
Hazel Clemens
Mark McDonald
Luann Murray
Mary Ann Knotts
Verna McDonald
Ricky Knotts
Rolfe McDonald
Kathy Lynn McDonald
Daugher
Lester McDonald
Albert Corbin
Jim Corbin
Roger McDonald
Sirley Nicholson
Larry Murray
Lorain
Ohio
Bill
Timmy
Mike Dudley
Camp Muffly
Jerry Morris
Westover
Road crews fix streets as it shines
Summer weather keeps area road repair crews busy this week with resurfacing limestone graveling berming brush cutting wall construction and bridge repair work. Monongalia County DOH crews target W.Va. 7 and W.Va. 73 while Peddler's Run Bridge on Rt. 731 at Core is repaired. Preston County DOH focuses on resurfacing W.Va. ? and W.Va. 26 with berthing ditching guard rails upgrades in Taylor County.
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Fred Siegworth
Monongalia County
Core
George Schmidle
Preston County
DOH
W.va
Taylor County
Parking fines tally and band rehearsal notice
Two people paid a total of 135 dollars in overdue parking fines to City Police with Donald Gun paying 45 dollars and Joseph Sands 90 dollars. Others settled fines for permits and restricted zones while James Paugh and Allen Porter posted bonds for pending hearings. The Suncrest Flatts Junior High Band began its first summer rehearsal at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the school inviting all current and new members.
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Donald Gun
Star City
Joseph Sands
Lost Creek
Gerald Powers
St. Albans
Greg Kelly
Dillie St
Mack Davis
Morgantown
Mark Steinman
Masontown
John Cole
Carol Primrose
Beverly Ave
James Paugh
Park St
Allen Porter
Maidsville
Suncrest-Flatts
Markleysburg Society Notes Pattie Rae to Wed Elmer Baker
Announcements from Markleysburg Pa include Pattie Rae Martin’s July 3 wedding to Elmer P. Baker at Union Chapel Church with a reception at the bride’s home. Also listed are several local events and updates from church and residents.
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D. G. Ward
Markleysburg
A. J. Martin
Pattie Rae
Elmer P. Baker
Union Chapel
Virgil Gillum
West Virginia University Hospital
Barbara Ann Smith
William Wilson Jr
Asher Glade
Glison
Tom
Hazel Burd
Atlanta
Georgia
Hazel
Chuck Glisan
Uniontown Hospital
Lorraine Cooley
Youghiogheny Lake
Youghiogheny
Census survey set this week
The Bureau of Census will conduct a nationwide survey on consumer buying and home improvement expectations beginning tomorrow. Homeowners will report planned and recent improvements from the past three months to help government agencies shape programs based on consumer spending trends.
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Bureau of Census
Camp Mountaineer Opens Season For Scout Troops
The Dominion Post reports Camp Mountaineer near Morgantown begins its four weekly scout camping program with Troops 82 47 44 50 97 and 80 from Marion Monongalia Preston and Taylor Counties. Paul Chico and David Seamon serve as camp directors. Visitors welcome Sundays 2 to 5 30 and Wednesdays 6 30 to 10 30 with a water show and campfire program midweek.
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Mountaineer
Morgantown
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Paul Chico
East District
David Seamon
Camp Mountaineer
Riverside Methodist
Statue fund radio drive seeks Lincoln statue financing
West Virginia Broadcasters Association collaborates with the Arts and Humanities Council to raise funds for a Lincoln Statue project. The statue by Sheldon Bronze Co. will translate Vachel Lindsay's poem Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, modeled after Fred Torrey. Donations to Lincoln Statue Fund at National Bank of Commerce or Dollar for Lincoln Fund in Morgantown. Backers aim to start construction within a month, to place the statue on the Capitol grounds facing the Kanawha River.
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West Virginia Broadcasters Association
West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council
Lincoln
Sheldon Bronze Co
Kingwood
Vachel Lindsay
Abraham Lincoln
Fred Torrey
Fairmont
Springfield
Ill
National Bank of Commerce
Commerce St
Charleston
Lincoln Fund
Sheldon Bronze
Capitol
Kanawha Ver
Residents pay fines before Justice of the Peace
Lillie Hagedorn of Denlslow paid 15.50 for pulling into oncoming traffic. Cidney Lavender of Park Ridge New Jersey paid 18 for speeding. Thomas Luchini of Morgantown paid 24 for littering.
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Justice of the Peace
William Bowers
Lillie Hagedorn
Denlslow
Cidney Lavender
Park Ridge
N.J
Thomas Luchini
Morgantown
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Area Dog Show
William V. Thayne
Mountaineer Club
University College of Agriculture
Duchess
William W. Thayne
Charles J. Bush
Mountain Heights
Monongawia General Hospital
Jim Reich
City Street Department
Reich
W. Va
Willey St
the Dominion-Post
Fred Williams
Sabra Methodist Men
Robert Williams
Church of the Brethren
Francis McGinnis
Spruce Street United Methodist Church
Pat Ryan
Flemington
Parent-Teacher Association
William Frum Jr
Newbury Rotary Club
Charles Fortney
Wesley Shultz
Joe Newcome
Tom Vorbach
Dan Marshall
Stanley Robinson
Peter Swartwout
Tom Marshall
Joe McGinnis
James Markwood
Gerry Stanley
Jim Steadman
Lemuel Jacquez
Doug Born
Scott Marshall
Tom McGinnis
Michael Woody
Roger Curry
Newton Camden
James Walsh
Josephine Skarzinski
Patsy Bane
Chuck Kenyon
Donnie Lucci
David Lee Sole
Brian Riley
George Butcher
David Born
Edgar Suite
Statue Fund
JP Actions
General Woodworking
Long Street
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