Chamber plans second phase of Christmas lights program
The Chamber of Commerce approves continuing a three year lighting project and plans to meet with a supplier next week. Last year 2200 dollars funded 18th century lanterns and garlands. 1100 dollars remains to start phase two. Installation will extend along Rt 88 to West End and Brodak's market, with Slovanik Club on old Rt 21. Committee includes Mayor Paul Connor and four others. Honorary memberships will be granted to community ministers.
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Carmichales — Chamber of Commerce
West End
Brodak’s
Fairdale
Slovanik Club
Paul Connor
Joseph Dell
James Yeash
Stephen McCann
Ronald Burch
Lions Club
Mapletown High selects four Outstanding Teenagers of America
Four Mapletown High School students Charles Gasti Victoria Imrich Duane Ryan and Donna Zalar have been chosen as Outstanding Teenagers of America 1971. Nominated by principals they qualify for state and national scholarships and will vie for the Outstanding Teenager of the Year Trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Ellenberger
Bobtown
Mapletown
America
Charles E. Wyda
Charles Gasti
Victoria Imrich
Duane Ryan
Donna Zalar
GAA
Glass Bottle Round-up Aids Masontown Area Cleanup
Boy Scouts collect bottles in Old Trails district including Masontown. They place bottles in cardboard containers for safe handling. Dad's Root Bear Bottling Co. teams collect next Saturday, with bottles stored by Thom Betz or John Rogish until needed. Clean bottles separated by color earn a penny a pound for unbroken items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masontown
Old Trails
Dad’s Root Bear Bottling Co
Thom Betz
John Rogish
Masontown council names study committeemen for supervised recreation
Masontown officials appoint Allen Smith and Robert Valencik to study a supervised recreation program at the Masontown play ground. The borough seeks authorization for the project, with Pento noting no school district funding and potential 75 percent Work Study reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Beverage
Masontown
Allen Smith
Robert Valencik
Robert Berish
Robert Pento
Pento
Albert Gallatin Area School
Council
Area gets new writer in Mt Morris column
Ruth Hickman ends weekly news items after 35 years with Dominion Post. Evelyn Teagarden becomes Mt Morris correspondent, previously a district manager for West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Co. Contact 324 2412. Teagarden resides with husband Hiram and children Bruce Anita Ricky Karen Casto Linda D Johnson in various locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Morris
Ruth Hickman
Dominion Post
Linda D. Johnson
Savannah
Ryerson Lake Stocked in Greene County Park
Donald Hyatt, Greene County waterways patrolman, announced 3,300 Rainbow trout were placed in Ryerson Station State Park Lake last Monday. The 62 acre lake in Richhill Township's Ryerson Station Park was created in 1961 by a dam on North Fork Wheeling Creek and allows only motorless boats. The park opened the 50 by 120 foot main pool and 40 foot wading pool for the 1971 season, with capacity for 2,250 people, along with roads, docks, concession buildings, a park office, maintenance buildings, and picnic camping facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hickman
MT. Morris
Donald Hyatt
Waterways
Greene County
Ryerson Station State Park
Ryerson Station Park
Richhill Township
Wheeling Creek
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Pt. Marion
Fike Chevrolet Co
Warren Stewart
Louis Eberhart
Fike’s
Fred Arbogast
Chamber Group Plans
Mapletown High
Charlie Rhodes
Rhodes
Masontown Rotary Club
Bob Slabaugh
Jesse Moser
Phil Detweiler
George Solomon
John Durfee
Veadh Martin
Point Marion
Morgantown
Leroy Erhard
Dave Honsaker
Area
Ryerson Lake
F&p Pontiac
Brockway Ave
ChestNut Street
Et Park
American Optics
Keystone
Americard
Morgantow
Pickett
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