County police coverage criticized in Preston region
A regional observer argues Preston and neighboring counties lack adequate police protection due to stretched state and local resources. Proposals include professionalizing the sheriff's office under civil service or creating intercounty State Police barracks to ensure cross county coverage and faster response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Kingwood
Sheriff's Department
Preston County
Monongalia
Tucker
Taylor
Morgantown
Masontown
Terra Alta
Grafton
Taylor County
Tucker County
Terra Alta Army veteran Farrald Lee retires after 20 years
Platon Sergeant Farrald E. Lee of Company B 1st Battalion 63rd Armor Fort Riley Kan retires as senior NCO with over 20 years service. He entered the U S Army December 12 1947 and served overseas in Korea and Germany earning the Silver Star Bronze Star and other decorations. Lee now lives in Weatherford Texas with wife Mary and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Alta
Farrald E. Lee
63Rd Armor
Fort Riley
Kan
U.S. Army
Korea
4Th Special Training Brigade
Fort Leonard Wood
Sgt. Lee
Lee
Weatherford, Tex
Mary
Sharrald Ann
Helen Ruth
Farrald E. Jr
Danny
General Dynamics
Ruth Lee
Jim
Weatherford
Tony
Fort Hood
Honorary Initiates Swank Into Sphinx Honors
Preston County student Steve Swank of Reedsville was initiated into Sphinx University Men's Senior Honorary. An honor student at West Virginia University he serves as treasurer of Lambda Chi Alpha and member of the University Band Honorary Kappa Kappa Phi. He plans French horn and Mellophone in the band and has toured the state with the University Singers. Swank also serves on the Mountainlair Social Committee and is an advanced ROTC cadet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston County
West Virginia University
Steve Swank
Robert Swank
Reedsville
Sphinx
Swank
Lambda Chi Alpha
Kappa Kappa Phi
Mountainlair
Kingwood Mayor Court List Details Traffic Fines
Kingwood Mayor's Court fined several motorists for speeding and hazards with sums ranging from 2 to 19.22 dollars. Stop sign and parking violations also noted along with intoxication fines. The article also covers Preston County Classroom Teacher Association events and local 4‑H and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Marshall William Rawlings
Keyser
Fred J. Koch Jr
Kenneth E. Sypolt
Eugene Ray Sturms
Seaford
Carl A. Nicole
Massillon
Ohio
Craig Lee Sweitzer
Oakland
Ben Harvey Jr
Matthew J. Bolyard
Westover
William W. Merow, Jr
Morgantown
Cheryl D. Vitez
David Edward McCray
New Martinsville
Albert Scudiere
Dennis William Helms
Reedsville
Charles William Graham Jr
Albright
Robert William DeWitt
Earnest L. Whetsell
David D. Barlow
Bill
Tunnelton Students Tour Pittsburgh Landmarks
Seventh and eighth science students from Tunnelton School traveled by bus to Pittsburgh to visit Buhl Planetarium Sky Show Phipps Conservatory and Carnegie Museum. They were guided by teacher June Lee Wilson and mothers Mrs Marion Barlow and Mrs Edith Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
Tunnelton School
Pittsburgh
Buhl Planetarium
Phipps Conservatory
Carnegie Museum
Sweeny’s
June Lee Wilson
Marion Barlow
Edith Sanders
Tunnelton Methodist Church
MYF
Jean Mankins
Jean Fortney
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By Wendell R. Cochran
By Sylvia Moyers
7Th Infantry Division
2Nd Infantry
50Th Armor
Set. Lee
628Th
61St
Germany
21St Infantry
24Th Infantry Division
Mayor’s Court
CTA
Classroom Teacher Association
Thomas Welch
J. Roy Lipscomb
Deahl
Mary McCrum
Kingwood High School
Roger Shrout
Patti Peterson
Nedra Wolfe
Sandy DeMoss
Barbara Stone
Patricia Wright
Gilbert Wilson
Roxann Miller
Lottie Hebb
Kercheval
Marilyn Snyder
Janice Crane
Ringwood Women’s Club
Frank Everhart
D.R. Davis
Clifford Oatman
William John
Harold Peterson
Richard Wilkinson
William Kenyon
Robert Layman
Charles Whetsell
Kingwood Trailblazer
St. Sebastian's Catholic Church
Johnny Wills
Nancy Cassidy
Karen Snyder
Sharon Harvey
West Virginia Boys and Girls
Cindy Gerasimovich
May Isell
Clifford Bucklew
Jean Gerasimovich
Arlene Whetsell
Ladies of
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
IOOF
High Street
Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department
Don Tenant
Charles Brown
Stewart Burge
Science
Preston Motors, Inc
East Main Street
Kingwood, W.va
LBE
Monongahela
Allegheny Power System
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