Youth volunteers repair Osage elderly widow’s home
Dora Williams, 83, of Chaplin Hill near Osage, received help from Kennedy Youth Center students and local volunteers to repair her four room house. Funds from the Department of Welfare covered materials as crews painted, repaired porches and roofs while improving interiors.
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Shelby Young
Dominion-Post
Dora Williams
Chaplin Hill
Osage
Department of Welfare
Kennedy Youth Center
KYC
Park Protest Grows Over Strip Mine Near Watters Smith Park
Residents across four counties protest a proposed 5 to 6 acre strip mine by R White Co. within the 278 acre Watters Smith Memorial State Park 12 miles south of Clarksburg. Local leaders and residents fear blasting near the pool pond and water filtration unit could harm facilities and aesthetics while state officials review the advertising request amid protests from Clarksburg and surrounding areas.
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Clarksburg
Walter Smith
Smith
West Repae
Homestead
Fairmont
Grafton
Buckhannon
Grafton Women’s Club
R. N. White
WVU star Scotty Hamilton in critical condition in Ohio
Floyd Scotty Hamilton former West Virginia University All America basketball star is in critical condition at University Hospital Columbus after a heart attack at his Marietta home. Kidney failure followed his collapse, family friend said. Hamilton led WVU to the 1942 NIT title and later coached at Washington and Lee. a Grafton native.
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Floyd
Scotty) Hamilton
West Virginia University
University Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Marietta
Hamilton
WVU
Washington & Lee College
Recycling of waste urged at West Virginia conference
West Virginia University Appalachian Center Dean B L Coffindaffer urged a statewide conference at Jackson's Mill to awaken to an environmental crisis and promote recycling. He cited rapid depletion of minerals, noted steel can recycling in Morgantown, and called for a statewide Resources Recovery Authority and broader public cooperation.
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Weston
West Virginia University
Appalachian Center
B. L. Coffindaffer
Jackson’s Mill
Here
Coffindaffer
H E
New York Times
West Virginia
Wierton Steel Division
National Steel Corp
National Steel
Chicago
State Health Department
Obituaries and Legion Poppy Winners Highlight Weekend Notices
Ethel Viola Mason of Pt Marion Pa aged 66 who died in University Hospital is survived by two sons four daughters a sister and 13 grandchildren. Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Morris Crossroads with services led by Rev Melvin Wilson. Mortimer DeVries 75 of New York died en route to Penn State State College. Funeral in New York with daughter and siblings listed. health reasons prevent attendance by Mrs Tanner. Top Buddy Poppy salesmen named by American Legion team Lorene Cronston Ity Hodges and Ricky Wilson led volunteers and sales surpassed 25 workers with a total unknown proceeds.
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Ethel Viola Mason
Marion, Pa
Nilan
University Hospital
Illiam H. Mason
Atala
Ala
James
Ida Cox Thomas
William Ernest Mason
Marion
Alfred Walter Mason
Milton, Pa
Vera Mason
Lulu
Funeral Home
Melvin Wilson
Oak Grove Christian Cemetery
Morris Crossroads
Mortimer Devries
New York
Mabel DeVries Tanner
Morgantown
Penn State
State College
Sol DeVries
S.H
Joy) Benjamine
Long Island
N.Y
Tanner
Lee Morss
American Legion and Auxiliary
Lorene Cronston
Jere
Ity Hodges
Mason
Ethel Viola
Nitan
Friends
Richard R. Herod
Oak Grove
Morris Fossroads
Funeral notices from Davistown and Morgantown
Beverly a pret of Davistown Pa died Sunday May 25 at home with services at the Church of God officiated by Charles Elliott. Burial Cedar Grove Cemetery. Archie G Layman 64 of Rt 7 Morgantown died Thursday May 25 1972. Funeral details listed with viewing times and services by Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home.
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John Shirl Everly
Davistown
B.a
Vinnie Cumpston
Assembly of God Church of
Mt. Morris
Upper Dunkard Township
Dunkard Township
Virginia Calcio Everly
Harry
Joann) Herrington
Paul Shehl
Jack Spicer
James
Warren
Ohio
Arthur
Mariner and Milliken
Waynesburg
Assembly of God Church
Charles V. Ellicot
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Archie G. Layman
Rt. 7
Morgantown
University Hospital
West Virginia
Ruffus
Nannie Saul Layman
Union
U.M.W
Leona Armstrong Layman
Billy L. Armstrong
Star City
Patricia Ann Panther
Greensburg
Roy Layman
Charles C. Layman
California
Carrie Farley
Cleveland
Fred L. Jenkins
Chapel of Prayer
Herman Luhm
Beverly Hil Memorial Gardens
Beverly
Vuuseey
Archie G
Fred & 7
Hase
Herman Lunming
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Memorial Day Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
Skies remain fair with Memorial Day festivities planned in a mostly sunny pattern. Highs will reach the 70s to low 80s, tonight dips to the upper 40s and 50s, and tomorrow turns partly cloudy with highs in the mid 80s. Yesterday peaked at 76 with a low of 49.
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Morgantown Municipal Airport
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Boley
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R. N. White Company
Hamilton ‘Critical
America
Area Recycling Group
ARG
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Granville
Gary Renner
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