Bluefield Board Marks First Year Of Quiet Progress
Bluefield’s board of directors marks one year in office as Mayor Don Keesling stresses maintaining day to day city functions over grand projects. Members note careful budgeting, open access, and groundwork for the Bluefield Towers and a regional cultural center, while balancing downtown growth with community cleanup.
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Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Board of Directors
Don Keesling
Joe Walker
Bluefield
Bea Paine
Bluefield Towers
Mrs. Paine
Paul Oliver Sr
Oliver
Home Rehabilitation Program funds still available in Bluefield
Bluefield city officials Brock Smith and Jeff Scruggs administer the Home Rehabilitation Loan Program. There are 28 applications awaiting approval and 24 homeowners have started improvements while 27 have completed and begun loan repayments since the program began last year. The program offers up to 5000 dollars at 3 percent simple interest for substandard housing, with requirements for three contractor estimates and city-inspected work.
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Bluefield
Brock Smith
Jeff Scruggs
Scruggs
First National Bank
Rogers St
Call
Kellerman and Pile Named to United Way Posts
A. S. Buddy Ammar announced Fred M. Kellerman and James E. Pile as chairmen of United Way special gifts divisions for Bluefield. Kellerman, president of Southwest Virginia National Bank, and Pile, active in local United Way since World War II, will lead five teams of canvassers launching Aug 15 with a breakfast at Bonanza Restaurant.
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A. S
Buddy) Ammar
Greater
Bluefield
United Way
Fred M. Kellerman
James E. Pile
Ammar
Kellerman
Southwest Virginia National Bank
Pile
Union Mission
Red Cross
United Way Drive
Christiansburg
Bonanza
Hartley Mays
Bluefield, Va
Salvation Army
Greater Bluefield
Barnes Gillespie
Buddy Ammar
Gillespie
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Debbie Williams
Dany
Virginia Ave
Ficial of
Alexandria, Va
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Automobile Club
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
the Rescue Squad
Metropolitan Dinner Club
Children's Temple Mission
First United Methodist Church
the Kitchen Castle, Inc
Ronson
Tub
Wed
Thur
Rt. 460
Tazewell Co. Country Club Golf Course
Fort Witten
Tazewell
Richlands
State Fair of
West Virginia
Roy Clark
Mel Tillis
Margo Smith
Conway Twitty
Kingston Trio
Charlie McCoy
Kenny Rogers
Orwell Brothers
Aldridge Sisters
Ava Barber
Lawrence Welk
Jim Ed Brown
Helen Cornelius
Arts & Crafts
Stebbings Royal European Circus
West Virginias
Home Products
Lewisburg-Ronceverte US
Sealy
Allso
Warwick Furniture
Raleigh St
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