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County’s first female jurors to be honored
A ceremony will be held next Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Fayette County Circuit Judge John Hatcher’s courtroom unveiling a photo of the first female jurors to serve in the county 52 years ago, Fayette County Circuit Clerk Danny Wright said Monday.
One of them, Bonneita Dubee of Gauley Bridge, is planning to attend the event. She is now 85 years old, Wright explained.
Wright is seeking the attendance Tuesday of any or all of the other 20 or 21 women featured in the May 1957 photograph.
“We were the last state to allow women to serve (on juries),” said Wright. “It took a constitutional amendment in November 1956. They were first allowed to serve here in the spring of 1957.”
Dubee, Hatcher and Wright will likely speak at the unveiling ceremony, said Wright. Fayette County Circuit Judge Paul Blake has also been invited to attend and make remarks.
Wright is seeking the participation of the other women in the photograph. Any relatives or acquaintances, or even the women themselves, may contact Wright at 304-574-4213 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays. He also welcomes calls at his home number at 304-465-8845.
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Waters engulf communities
Torrential rainstorms combined with snowmelt from the mountains to create roaring floodwaters which left destruction in their path over the weekend.
- Future of city pool up in air Officials are still mulling the possibility of not opening the gates of the municipal pool this summer. They are considering that option, Mayor Jim Higgins says, but it’s a scenario none of them want to see come to pass.
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Fireman presumed dead
A Glasgow firefighter is presumed dead after a swift water rescue mission in Raleigh County during last weekend’s flooding.
Donald Adkins, 32, went missing when the boat he and fellow Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department personnel were in capsized as they attempted to lend aid to families hit by major flooding in the Beaver area.
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Female students exposed to engineering profession
The career of a woman who may design the bridge you drive on in 20 years could have received its impetus Thursday.
On that day, Bridgemont Community and Technical College hosted Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day in Davis Hall.
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Management plan available for review; meetings scheduled
Members of the public have the opportunity to study the results of hours of scoping sessions and background work as the National Park Service’s draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) and draft Foundation Plan for New River Gorge National River have been released for public review and input.
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World Day of Prayer
Montgomery area church women gathered at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on March 5 to celebrate World Day of Prayer.
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Bridgemont sponsors cultural diversity event
To commemorate Black History Month in late February, Bridgemont Community and Technical College staged a cultural diversity event on campus.
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Gamin’ in Gauley
The new game room at the Gauley Bridge Community Center drew children of all ages to its opening night event on Friday.
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‘Way Out West’ to open at HFT
It’s not “Unforgiven,” “Gunsmoke,” nor even “Blazing Saddles,” but “Way Out West In A Dress, Or Life’s A Hurdle When Your Wearin' A Girdle” is, well, let’s just say a different kind of western about a big misunderstanding and a cover-up, but still with plenty of the standard “good triumphing over evil.”
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Dinner recognizes some who helped bring Scouts to Fayette
Bridgemont Community & Technical College took some time out last week to recognize individuals who helped attract The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve to Fayette County.
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