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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1972
Page
10
National Merit Scholarship Day at West Virginia University brings 140 semi finalists to Morgantown for orientation tours and an informal Q A with WVU staff. WVU President James G. Harlow will speak at a luncheon, with 11 Merits joining WVU's freshman class and 15 receiving aid.
Morgantown man Clay Hurt was elected president of the West Virginia Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America at its 27th annual meeting at Jacksons Mill. WVU professor George E. Toben received the SCSA Fellow Award for land use leadership and student chapter work.
Monongalia and Preston Counties observe Columbus Day with offices closed including county offices and area post offices. Morgantown and Kingwood handle city closures differently while WVU secures a EPA grant for fly ash landfill stabilization led by Dr. Lyle K. Moulton and linked to a Morgantown Municipal Airport dump trial.
The Monongalia County Veterans Association invites political groups and candidates to enter a unit in the Oct 23 Veterans Day Parade. Participants provide their own cars drivers and signs. Events begin at 10 a.m. with a parade on High Street followed by 11 a.m. ceremonies and a 1 p.m. luncheon at Westover VFW Post 9916. Contact numbers are 2966696 and 2928750.
The Morgantown Monongalia County League of Women Voters will hold Wednesday at 9 30 a m and Thursday at 8 p m sessions to discuss campaigning ethics and a study of campaign financing. Wednesday's gathering is at 750 Amherst Road hosted by Mrs Franklin Parker and Thursday's at 637 Grand St hosted by Mrs John Doane. All interested women 18 plus may attend. membership chair is Mrs James McLaughlin.
The Area Recycling Group will hold a glass refuse only collection today from noon to 3 p.m. at the Farmers and Merchants Bank parking lot.
Greene Memorial records show births for Mr and Mrs David Whipkey Carmichaels a son at 1 20 p m and Monongalia General reports births for Mr and Mrs Al Nethkeen Route 2 a daughter at 5 20 p m and Mr and Mrs Rodney Chapman Westover a son at 11 55 a m Surgical and discharge entries include Lawrence Bowman Darlene Whipkey Mary Yatchum John Hammond and Melvin Brenrich among others with multiple discharges Faye Musick Ronald Dunham Genevieve Foley Bertha Stewart Mary Blaney and more listed.
West Virginia University groups will perform on West Virginia Night at the National Press Club in Washington, D C. The Percussion Ensemble directed by Philip Faini and the Trombone Ensemble directed by Richard Powell will feature contemporary classical traditional and modern jazz selections with pianist James Miltenberger performing jazz solos in the second half. Other names listed include Cochran John Hammond Shirley Gasper Gary Shaver Allen Wilmoth.
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