DAR speaker Earl Core sheds light on Taylor County history
Mona DeLaney presides at Inwood Restaurant meeting. Earl L. Core, West Virginia native and author, discusses early Taylor County history including settlement in the Tygart Valley, the Allegany Mountains era, and the 1766 land grant by Moses Templin. Announcements note June events and a June 14 plaque dedication for Revolutionary War soldiers. Meeting adjourns after summer sessions due to fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Debendarfer
Virginia Knotts
Mary Korth
Earl L. Core
Land Office Commission
Allegancy
S. 2
Moses Templin
Lost Run
Richard Merrifield
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Andrafton
Nina Wilson
Court House
Taylor County
Innwood Restaurant
Earl Core
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Innwood
Carolyn Wagner
Friendly Visitors Lesson At Oak Grove Extension Club
Oak Grove Extension Homemakers Club met May 19 to discuss GRAFTON A Guide for Friendly Visitors. Edna Fast and Ruth Malone co hosted at the Fast home. Katherine Lemmon presided in Maude Davis’s absence. June gathering at Linda Edwards home with a refreshment run of local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Oak Grove Extension Homemakers Club
America
Edna Fast
Ruth Malone
Grafton-Morgantown
Maude Davis
Katherine Lemmon
Linda Edwards
Oak Grove
Lena Allen
Sylvia Allen
Eleanor Brake
Jill and
Kelley
Betty Freeze
Barbara Ford
Kevin
Virginia Henderson
Amanda
Mary Matthew
Judy Shackelford
Melanie
Dottie Watkins
Alice Westerman
Carla
Helen Wilson
Dottie Brown
Keith
Joyce
Jenny
Navy Seaman Corley Returns From Mediterranean Deployment
Navy Seaman Charles H. Corley son of Ruby A Moyers Route 1 Box 57 Kingwood West Virginia has returned from an extended deployment in the Mediterranean aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Guam homeported in Norfolk. The Guam served with the Sixth Fleet transited the Suez Canal in November 1976 and took part in Kenyan independence ceremonies. Crewmates joined the National Week XXII exercise in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas near Sicily and participated in Phiblex 4-77 off southern Italy and Greece with visits to Egypt and France. The ship carries amphibious assault forces and Marine units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Corley
Ruby A. Moyers
Box 57
Kingwood
W. Va
Mediterranean Sea
Guam
Norfolk
U. S. Sixth Fleet
U. S
Suez Canal
Tyrrhenian
Ionian
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Spain
Kenya
Egypt
France
Navy
Webster Extension Homemakers mark 26th anniversary with plant exchange
At the Webster club's 26th anniversary meeting hosted by Mrs. James Kerns on May 13, members exchanged potted plants and cuttings. Mrs. Kerns led devotions, songs were sung, and a lesson on Friendly Visiting was presented by Mrs. Howard Richardson. Nine members attended, with reports heard and accepted. Tentative plans for an Open House were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Webster Extension Homemakers Club
James Kerns
Warren McVicker
Carl Ludwick
Wilbern Mitchell
Health and
County Extension Homemakers Club Meeting Recap
In the County Extension Office members hosted a session with hostesses Wick wire Extension Homemakers. Topics included Achievement Day on September 10 at Church of the Good Shepherd with speaker Margaret Merrills of Clarksburg. A bookmark craft demonstration by Mrs. Charles Stipe and plans for June meetings. An alphabetical flower naming game was led by Mrs. Kerns, with a social hour and birthday cake. Attendees included Velma Ludwick and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Good Shepherd
Margaret Merrills
Clarksburg
Wickwire Extension Homemakers Club
Charles Stipe
Pearl Felton
Kerns
Wilbern Mitchell
Older 4 H Members Conference at Jackson's Mill Camp
Four H youth from Taylor County join about 350 State H ers at Jackson's Mill State 4 H Camp for a week of talks on the theme To Everything There Is a Season. Keynote Dr Barbara Armstrong of the University of Akron and state leaders lead talks daily with workshops in music dance drama and recreation. Camp director Ralph Hayes and 4 H agent John Loyd invite inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Jackson's Mill State
Taylor County
Eugene Hays
Cathy Lines
Joyce Snecker
Janice Stout
Joyce Saccarro
Barbara Armstrong
University of Akron
Pocahontas County
Armstrong
Joseph Gluck
West Virginia
Richard Neely
State Supreme Court
Polly Hanst
4-H
Nancy Valentine
Marion County
Linda Burdette
WVU
Rhonda Wallace
West Virginia University Center For Extension and Continuing Education
Ralph Hayes
Greenbrier County
John Loyd
Tunnelton Cub Scout Pack 90 field day results
Cub Scouts from Tunnelton participated in the Mountaineer Camp field day on May 21. Top performers were Steve Plum Timmy Warnick and Todd Warnick with Todd placing fourth and the first five winners receiving plaques. Fathers joined the 50 yard dash as many Tunnelton Scouts and a long list of leaders and family members attended. Contact Melodye Harris at 567 2986 to sell uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
Cub Scout
Mountaineer
Steve Plum
Timmy Warnick
Todd Warnick
Chuck Bowmar
Doug Zuchowski
Gary Britton Jr
Tommy Zuchowski
Gary Maxwell
Brian Uphold
Johnny Plum
Gregory Miller
Phillip Wiles
Bobby Hensley
Billy Pepper
Reggie Grimes
Eddie Grimm
Allen Plum
Pink Maxwell
Carol
Clarence Plum
Bob Uphold
Roy
Carol Bowmar
Cassie
Barbara Plum
Tom Zuchowski
Greg
Gary Britton
Beth Wiles
Nichole
Raymond Grimes
Lloyd Harris
Brian
Missy
Christine Miller
Melodye Harris
Town Visitors Share Weekend Family Gatherings
Residents recount a busy weekend with extended family from West Virginia Maryland Ohio and California visiting townspeople including Shelly Mitchell family guests the Nestor and Mitchell clans and several in law relatives along with service members stationed in Virginia and Maryland visitors extend to Paul Serback Cassell Duckworth and the Livingston and Poe families amid hospital and home visits and travel between Grafton Shinnston Philippi and Frederick Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Sutton
Ohio
Roy Baughman
Teresa
Barbara
Dorothy Weaver
Dallas Marsh
David
Ruby
Abbie Gall
Rose Poe
Jo White
Todd
Grafton
Troy Weaver
Mike Livingston
Virginia
Herschel Livingston
Randy Lantz
Livingston
Billy
Vera Nestor
Paul
Sharon
Shelly Mitchell
Bruce
Heather Mitchell
Pauline Mitchell
Grafton City Hospital
Dewey Poe
Ann
Amy
Aoyce Poe
Edna and
Cassell Duckworth
Maxine
Shinnston
Junior McDaniel
California
Otto Poe
Debbie
Jimmy Exline
Herschel
Maxine Livingston
Officers Elected at Knottsville PTA Installation
At 1 p.m. on May 25 a luncheon in Knottsville School cafeteria installed next year PTA officers. Rev. Gerald Daniels gave grace before dinner. New officers named were President Gerald Daniels Vice President Clarice Daniels Secretary Mary Poling Treasurer LuAnn Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Knottsville
PTA
Gerald Daniels
Grace
Clarice Daniels
Mary Poling
Treasure
LuAnn Collins
Dillinger
Belfry
Tunnelton Troop Attends Camporee At Camp Mountaineer
Boy Scout Troop 90 from Tunnelton joined the ALL Out For Scouting Camporee at Camp Mountaineer near Morgantown. Delegates included Chuck Zinn, Leslie Zinn, Jeff Williams, Brian Harris, David Ruggles, and Scoutmaster Lloyd Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunnelton
Boy Scout
Camp Mountaineer
Morgantown
Chuck Zinn
Leslie Zinn
Jeff Williams
Brian Harris
David Ruggles
Lloyd Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
DAR
Mona DeLaney
The
Daughters of the American
Revolution
Inwood
Reva McDermott
Ruth Bumgardner
Jackson’s Mill
Trinity United Methodist Church
San Antonio
Tex
Victor & Wyatt
Quincy A. Wyatt Jr
Rt. 1
Philippi
Air Training Command
Lackland Afc
Wyatt
Francis E. Warren Afb
Wyo
Strategic Air Command
Community College of the
Air Force
West Virginia University
Kenneth T. Kittle
Carl W. Kittle
Rt. 2
Belington
Keesler Afb
Miss
Lackland Afb
Kittle
Philip Barbour High School
Tri-County Vocational School
Buckhannon
Ernie E. McClendon
U. S. Army
Joseph Fmcclendon Sr
Terra Alta
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
McClendon
Terra Alta High School
Howard Richardson
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Delaware
Cub Scouts
Mary Miller
ARDEN
Willie Nestor
Charlene Mitchell
Vergie Nestor
Willa Nestor
Bruce Mitchell
Heather
David Billie
Sue
Brad Mitchell
Odie Martin
Texas
Cassell
Edna Duckworth
Eddie Serback
Paul Serback
Joseph
Charles Bowmar
Sandra Mitchell
Gusta and
Russell Cale
Frederick, Md
Edna Snodgrass
Buddy Ball
Baltimore, Md
Mary Allen
John Allen
Jeff
Brent
Hubert Ball
Mrs
Karl Poe
Jcpenney
West Main St
Camporee
W. Main St
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