Preston Park Gets Caboose Transport On Static Rails
Castle buys five used Chessie cabooses for Cool Springs Park in Preston County. He hauls them by highway on flat-bed trucks with wire fenders and rail-mounted supports to clear wires and branches. Two more cabooses may join the collection as U.S. 50 becomes a brief main line for the Cool Springs Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Mullens Bowlesburg
Harlan Castle
Castle
Cool Springs Park
U.S. 50
Preston County
Chessie
The
Prestonian
Rowlesburg
Cool Springs
Baltimore and Ohio
Rowlesbury
Park
First Scott's Run Fall Festival Planned With Pageants Parade
The First annual Scott's Run Fall Festival at Osage Park Sept 24 29 includes a beauty pageant July for three age groups at Cass District Junior High School and a dance. D L Manning Shows carnival runs Sept 25 29 from 6 p.m. to midnight with proceeds to Cass District Junior High football and other groups. A parade along Osage main street Sept 25 6 30 p.m. features cars bands and fire departments. Planning committee meet Thursday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott’s Run
Osage Park
Willie Winston
Cass District
Osage
Winston
Area road contracts awarded by West Virginia Department of Highways
Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. announced 33 contracts worth 2.5 million from August bid openings. Five are local. Monongalia County resurfaces 6.7 miles of Olive Church Cassville Road for 79,806 to Ohio Valley Paving Corp. Preston County resurfaces 4.1 miles of U.S. 50 and related roads for 105,276 by Preston Contractors, Inc. The same firm won 16,615 for 1.7 miles Lime Plant Road. Taylor County 3.4 miles of U.S. 50 and 3.96 miles of Tygart Lake State Park roads handled by Ohio Valley Paving Corp. and Preston Contractors. Forty percent funded commercially, all to complete by year end. Three more contracts from August 7 are eligible for federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch A. Moore Jr
Department of Highways
Monongalia County
Olive Church
Cassville
W.va
Ohio Valley Paving Corp
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Preston County
U.S
Tygart Lake State Park
Preston Contractors
Moore
WVU Receives 5000 Grant for Structures and Fluids Study
West Virginia University has been awarded an extra $5,000 grant from Babcock and Wilcox Co of Alliance Ohio to support a research project on structures and fluids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Alliance, Ohio
Kincaid named UF chairman plans Morgantown drive
Kincaid, a Morgantown attorney and new United Fund chairman, emphasizes UF as a civic duty and argues government should not replace UF services. He cites a $260000 fund-raising goal and lists 14 agencies affected, noting increased operating costs and the personal value of community giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UF Admissions and Allocations
United Fund
Kincaid
Uf’s
Morgantown
Health agency schedules family planning and clinics
Monongalia County Health Department lists family planning and maternal infant prenatal clinics by appointment with set times. Venereal disease treatment and immunization clinics run with some no appointment times. Additional well child and welfare screening services occur at Scott's Run Settlement House and Blacksville Church with varying hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongalia County
Scott's Run Settlement House
Blacksville United Methodist Church
Scott’s Run Settlement House
Kindergarten centers and transportation in Monongalia and Preston counties
The list details Monongalia County kindergarten sites with transport status for each area, noting which schools provide buses and which do not. Preston County sites cover Aurora Arthurdale Bruceton Fellowsville Independence Kingwood Masontown Rowlesburg Terra Alta Tunnelton with multiple campuses and site assignments. The West Virginia Ostomy Association holds its monthly meeting today at 2 p.m. at the WVU Medical Center with officer elections scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston County
Aurora
Arthurdale
Bruceton
Fellowsville
Independence
Kingwood
Masontown
Rowlesburg
Terra Alta
Tunnelton
Arthurdale-Masontown
Arthurdale Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Methodist
Newburg
Fellowsville Area
Miller
TA Area
Denver
School Board
Kingston Road
West Virginia Ostomy Association
Wvu Medical Center
Brig. Gen. Roberts Brother Lives in Morgantown
Brig. Gen. Ernst Edward Roberts, keynote speaker for Monongalia County Veterans Association’s Veterans Day on November 12, has a brother in Morgantown. Rev. Charles E. Roberts Jr. is an Episcopal chaplain at West Virginia University. Gen. Roberts, 47, is assistant commandant of the U.S. Army Air Defense School at Ft. Bliss, Texas. His wife is a second cousin of Morgantown resident Mrs. Gene Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Edward Roberts
Monongalia County Veterans Association
Morgantown
Charles E. Roberts Jr
Episcopal Chaplin
West Virginia University
Roberts
U.S. Army Air Defense School
Ft. Bliss
Tex
U.S. Army
Gene Hess
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Preston Park
Norfolk and Western
Photo By
Ron Mullens
Wireless Group
Monongalia Wireless Association
Jerome Fanucci
Anderson Ave
Paula McLain
United Fund Service
UF Board of Directors
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Camp Galahad
Chestnut Ridge Camp
Community Need Council
Family Service Association
Girl Scouts, Mental Health Association
Presbyterian Parish and Neighborhood Service
Salvation Army
Scotts Run Settlement House
USO
United Service Organization, Inc
Valley Counseling Center
Girl Scouts OF
Southwestern
Pennsylvania
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
Mountaineer District
Monongahela
Preston
Monongalia
John Mascioli
Allegheny
Fayette, Greene
Washington
Westmoreland
Baskin-Robbins
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Health Agency
Lazzelle
Arnettsville
Central
Second Ward
Cheat Lake
G. W. Phillips
Morgan Heights
Star City
Aiver
Golf
Summers
Suncrest
Evansdale
Wesley Methodist Church
Dorsey
First Ward
Woodburn
Jerome Park
Smithtown
National School
National
Wait
Brig
Gen. Roberts
ArtCarved
Eroica
Lenox China & Crystal
High St
Harold Weiss Preweler
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