New Prison Camps Progress and Features Near Pisonburg
A long term program begun in 1949 under Rice M. Youell advances toward replacing older camps with permanent housing. No. 8 near Pisonburg stands as the 17th temp camp. by 1980, all camps should be completed. The facilities include kitchens, cafeterias, recreation rooms, workshops, dorms, barber shop, classrooms, and admin offices. Inmates may attend reading classes and hobbies, with late TV viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice M. Youell
Division For
Corrections
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Two Virginia State Parks Share 17000 Grant For Park Upgrades
Pocahontas and Hungry Mother state parks in Virginia will receive about 17000 in federal grants for last year work. Pocahontas 14170 covers 50 percent of development including picnic tables fireplaces campground wash houses and site development of 100 camps. Hungry Mother funds extend facilities adding 15 to 20 new camp sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pocahontas
Hungry Mother State Parks
B. H. Bolen
Hungry Mother State Park
Hungy Mother
St Patrick may be two men says Irish scholar
An Irish scholar at the University of Detroit argues St Patrick may be two different figures and that the early Patrick did part of the work credited to the saint. Critics note legends persist whether true or not and parade leaders say the figure may appear as two men due to vast deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
University of Detroit
Patrick
John Mahoney
County Cork
County
Kerry
Yale University
Leif Erickson
America
Columbus
Donnybrook
George E. Ryan
Boston
St. Patrick’s
Loudoun ST
Warren Science Fair Opens at Warren County High School
The Sixth Annual Warren Science Fair opens to the public with more than 140 science projects and exhibits. It runs tomorrow and Friday from 1 to 4 30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Warren County High School Gymnasium. Students from grades eight through 12 and seventh graders from two local elementary schools display their work. Judging is scheduled for Wednesday night March 16. Local residents are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Warren County High Schools
Lincoln University Famed as World’s First Degree Granting College
Lincoln University in Oxford Pennsylvania celebrated as the world’s first degree granting college. The 104 year old institution marks a historic milestone in higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln University
Oxford
Loudoun to Appeal Railroad Shutdown
Loudoun County supervisors vote to appeal the Washington and Old Dominion Railway shutdown to the Virginia Supreme Court. They also file an ICC exception to a report by examiner James Perrin who urged shutdown. The railway seeks to abandon its 48 miles between Washington and Purcellville.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
Virginia Supreme Court
Washington & Old Dominion Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
James Perrin
Washington & CC
Washington, D.C
Purcellville
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Ities
Pisonburg
Virginia
Harrisonburg
U.S
Texas
Jacob
St. Patricks
Mahoney
St. Patrick
Warren Science Fair
W. Morrison
A. S. Rhodes
Ttend
Morrow
Farah
Loudoun
Emerson
United
Mason Beary & Insurance
Kern Motor Co., Inc
ST. Loudoun ST
Winchester, VA
Pontiac Motor Division
Pontiac
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