Preston County primary race shapes up in 1968 contest
Voter registration is down and absentee ballots average as Preston County prepares for Tuesday's primary. The sheriff’s race appears pivotal with many candidates, while backers rally behind arch Moore and Cecil Underwood among GOP voters. Delegates to the national conventions are expected to be free agents as the ballot omits presidential preference. The Etam COMSAT facility in Green Valley brings the Olympics to living color, boosting local electricians amid a $6.5 million project.
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Preston
Reed
Pll
Preston County
Monongalia County
West Virginia
West
Annual Alumni Dance Set in Rowlesburg High School
The Class of 1943 Rowlesburg High plans a 25th anniversary Alumni Dance on June 1 at 9 pm in the school gym. Sam Marino's Morgantown band will provide music. Alumni pay $1 dues to Mrs James Heath to fund annual scholarships of three $25 awards. address updates should be given to Mrs Heath.
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Rowlesburg
Rowlesburg High School
Sam Marino
Morgantown
James Heath
Heath
PTA
County Plans Teacher Training and Summer Camp in Preston County
A five week July 15 to August 16 program at Kingwood High School will train about 35 teachers 10 principals and 10 aides with WVU and other college consultants focusing on health recreation and classroom units for home community and school carry over. A 240 child summer camp for 9 to 13 year olds from Title I ESEA will run July 22 to August 16 at the Preston County 4-H Camp with eight teachers and a nurse directed by John D. Myers.
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Kingwood
Kingwood High School
Preston County
West Virginia University
ESEA
CAVE
County Health Department
Community Action Council
Extension Service
Board of Education
John D. Myers
Bruceton High School
Lynch Addresses Preston Tuberculosis Association
Dr. Richard V. Lynch of Clarksburg spoke at the Preston County Tuberculosis and Health Association dinner May 5 at Mountaintop Vacationland. Dr. Charles E. Andrews of West Virginia University joined, with Dr. Jerome Arnett presiding. Certificates honored local banks, the Allegheny Poster Advertising Co, and numerous individuals for service to the association and community.
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Terra Alta
Richard V. Lynch
Clarksburg
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Preston County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mountaintop
Lynch
Charles E. Andrews
West Virginia University
Jerome Arnett
Preston County Group
I. T. White Jr
H. P. Whittaker
Albright National Bank of
Kingwood
First National Bank of Terra Alta
Allegheny Poster Advertising Company
Joseph Brumfield
Florence Borchert
Fae Brown
Ward Crane
Howard Bolyard
Sylvia Moyers
Peggy
Circles Hold Meet at Kingwood Methodist Church
Women of circles I to IV of the WSCS met in the church parlor with Mrs. C. Y. Moser leading a film on Lake of the Ozark Parish and Pledge use. Mrs. Howard Wade presided. a library for the church was approved and a committee appointed including Mrs. Jessie Shafer and Mrs. Gay Whitesell. Favors were provided by local banks, a funeral home, a oil company, and an insurance agency. a tea followed on the balcony.
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Kingwood
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Kingwood Methodist Church
C. Y. Moser
Lake of the Ozark
Howard Wade
Gay Whitesell
West Virginia
WSCS
Wesley Chapel
Buckhannon
Wesley Center
Wade
Jessie Shafer
Junior Liston
M. C. Stalnaker
Frank Everhart
William Kenyon
Preston County News
P. R. Watson
Edna Dye
Albright National Bank of
First National Bank of
Terra Alta
Terra Alta Bank
Fike-Watson Funeral Home
Clem Teets Oil Company
H. P. Whittaker Insurance Agency
Mountaintop
Eble Wins Full Grant To College
David W. Eble a Masontown Valley Senior High School senior won a four year Presbyterian tuition scholarship to Davis and Elkins College in Elkins West Virginia. The award covers 1500 dollars annually and recognizes top third class ranking and high test scores among presbytery competitors. Other winners included Beth Bachand and Sara Lynne Showalter.
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Elkins
David W. Eble
Masontown Valley
Davis and Elkins College
Charles R. Eble
Arthurdale
West Virginia
Virginia
Eble
David and Elkins
Beth Bachand
Ravenswood
Sara Lynne Showalter
Parkersburg
Light Turnout Foreseen in West Virginia Primary
Preston County voters head to the polls Tuesday for the West Virginia primary with light turnout expected. The Buckwheat Country slate features tight races for sheriff and prosecuting attorney among eight man GOP contests. Incumbents face little opposition in many districts, while Democrats field few candidates, and some officials run unopposed for re election. Ronald R. Brown seeks the Democratic nomination for prosecutor and a delegate berth to the Democratic National Convention.
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Kingwood
West Virginia
Preston County
Buckwheat
Edwin Runner
Neil A. Reed
Ronald R. Brown
Brown
Melvin Snyder
Richard A. Smith
Terra Alta
Arlie Davis
Hazel Jenkins
Sue Wendell DeMoss
Del
Robert Halbritter
Charleston
Robert L. Snyder
Charles R. Trickett
Mr. Trickett
Valley
Albert McKinney
Theodore Holmes
George Sinclair
Up Up Goes The Mouse At Fellowsville High
Fellowsville High School science teacher Gareth D. Shay reports Apache I launched at 8 43 a m May 3 from a pad near the school. The rocket reached 800 feet and landed about 900 feet away. The space program will be expanded and a trained mouse will be sent on a suborbital flight.
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Fellowsville
Fellowsville High School
Gareth D. Shay
Shay
27 Scouts to Attend Seventh National Boy Scout Jamboree
John Saylor announces 27 area Scouts and Explorers will join the Seventh National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America at Farragut State Park Idaho. Applicants are interviewed by the selection committee with results announced by November 1.
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Boy Scouts of America
John Saylor
Mountaineer Area Council
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Saylor
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