Taylor Said To Submit Letter Of Resignation
McDowell County Commissioner Roland L Taylor denied resigning his post amid reports he submitted a resignation letter. Welch newspaper and AP notes circulated but commission officials gave little detail and Taylor said information would come from his paper first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Roland L
Taylor
North Carolina
United Press International
Commission
Tony Romeo
Romeo
Special Commission
Jennings B. Boyd
Boyd
Church and community religious events listed in Pembroke and Bluefield area
Multiple religious gatherings scheduled across Pembroke Bluefield and nearby towns include an ice cream supper at MormOn Church Pembroke at 6 pm open to the public a charge wide church service at Shady Grove Church Giles CountyFollowed by a covered dish dinner a gospel sing at Rock Baptist Church at 7 30 pm featuring Gospel Crossroads and area singers a bazaar bake sale at 130 Putnam St Bluefield a Rose of Sharon United Holy Church service schedule with Sunday School at 11 am worship at noon homecoming activities at Coaldale Freewill Baptist featuring Soul Seekers and guests guest speaker Rev Ansley Carter at Laurel Creek Baptist Wolfe with choir from Union Baptist Mt Hermon Baptist homecoming Peterstown House of Prayer in memory of R C and G C Bradley Mt Olive Youth Fellowship in concert Carl Miller Church of God program Down By the Creek Bank children musical at Oliver Ave Thorn St Princeton First Church of God sermon Duty and attendance drive and West Virginia Camp Meeting trip details listed for July/Aug dates
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Ansley Carter
Bramwell
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
Wolfe
Union Baptist Church
Bluefield
James E. Martin
First Church
First Church of God
Mahood Avenue
Princeton
Frank Mann
Clarence Dillon
Linda Ellis
West Virginia
Rippling Waters
Ripley
Alderson Livestock Auction Totals Sales At $21129.16
Alderson Livestock Auction sold 267 head with total receipts of 21129.16 dollars. Prices by class included heifers utilities 42.50 to 43.00, cows commercial 40.50 to 42.75 and utility 38 to 40, and canner and cutter 36.50 to 37.50. Bulls cutter 46 to 49.50. Heifer calves food 42 to 43.50, steer calves 53.75 to 56.75, medium 46 to 48.25, common 40.25 to 45.50, and ewes 13 to 16.75 per hundredweight.
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Alderson
Eety . Siewert
Bulletin Board and Community Meetings in Tazewell and Mercer
Community bulletin lists a Tazewell Lifesaving Crew extrication class at Steele's Lane with demonstrations on junked vehicles. Also a Tazewell Taxpayers Association meeting at the courthouse at 7 30 p m, public invited. Mercer County Education Board to hold a special session Monday at 6 30 p m. Wind River field geology course features Miami University students including Todd Shawyer from Bluefield Virginia.
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Tazewell
Steele’s Lane
Stewart Cole
Tazewell County
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Wind River Mountains
Wyoming
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Todd Shawyer
Doak St
Bluefield
Juvenile Court Hears Mercer County Cases and Bluewell Break-In
A 16-year-old Montcalm juvenile is charged in an Aug 3 break-in at Western Auto Associates in Bluewell. A car was set ablaze. Bluewell fire crews extinguished it. A second person is sought. In Mercer Juvenile Court, three cases were heard: custody to welfare for a three-year-old amid parental neglect charges, a 17-year-old Coopers boy pleading guilty to shoplifting, and a Welch youth placed on one-year probation for armed robbery with strict conditions.
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Princeton
Montcalm
Western Auto Associates
Bluewell
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Southern Regional
Green Valley
Sheriff's Department
R.E. Baughman
West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Coopers
Southern Regional Juvenile Detention Center
Welch
Local Magistrate Dockets Includes Arraignments and Referrals
Chief Magistrate Ernest R. Six heard cases in Princeton including Galen E. Weaver arraigned on a worthless check charge and released on a 50 bond. Charles Adkins pled guilty to intoxication and got one day in jail. Charles L. Gillespie arraigned on drunk driving and released on a 100 bond. Trooper F E Thomas arrested in two cases. Ten traffic tickets were processed and one civil suit initiated.
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Galen E. Weaver
Edgemont Drive
Princeton
Barbara B. White
Roger Kessinger
F.E. Thomas
Charles L. Gillespie
General Delivery
Kegley
Thomas
Commissioners Urge Jail Reform Study In West Virginia
West Virginia lawmakers and Cabell County Commissioners urge a state task force to study jail conditions and remedies. The resolution cites rising lawsuits over unconstitutional conditions and old facilities, noting funding limits and potential county levy needs. Mercer County faces federal litigation over its jail atop the courthouse. Other actions include budget additions for humane society insurance, a crash truck for Princeton Rescue Squad, and various contracts and appointments.
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John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Cabell County
Mercer County
The
Humane Society
Princeton
Mercer County Replaces Three Commissioners of Accounts
The Mercer County Commission ousted Odell Huffman, William Hancock, and Philip Lilly and appointed Billy Burkett, John R. McGhee, and Norris Kantor as Commissioners of Accounts effective Sept. 1. Robert E. Holroyd remains. The three new appointees will oversee decedent estate settlements with the former holders becoming special commissioners to finish ongoing work. All other duties shift to the new appointees.
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Daily Telegraph
Mercer County Commission
Princeton
Billy Burkett
Bluefield
John R. McGhee
Norris Kantor
Burkett
Odell Huffman
McGhee
William T. Hancock
Kantor
Philip T. Lilly, Jr
Robert E. Holroyd
Commissioners of Accounts
Clarence Six
Commission
Ray Bragg
Joe Coburn
Bragg
Wilson Harvey
Harvey
Hancock and
Lilly
Huffman
Holroyd
West Virginia
Mercer County Marriage Licenses Listed in Clerk's Office
Mercer County Clerk records reveal marriage license applications for several couples including Robert ye Elledge and Ella Jane Perdue of Princeton, David Michael Cooper of Alderson and Eva Ernestine Mitchem of Creek, Jesse James Gravely of Bluefield and Veronica Lavonne Favors of Freeman, Vincent Paul Hale and Shirley Elizabeth Keith of Bluefield, Thomas Clyde Deskins Jr. and Charlotte Francis Hicks, Ban Ray Keller and Davis of Bluefield, Mortimer Ighos and Charlotte Lea White of Bluefield.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
Robert Ye Elledge
Ella Jane Perdue
Princeton
David Michael Cooper
Alderson
Eva Ernestine Mitchem
Creek
Jesse James Gravely
Bluefield
Veronica Lavonne Favors
Freeman
Vincent Paul Hale
Shirley Elizabeth Keith
Thomas Clyde Deskins, Jr
Charlotte Francis Hicks
Ban Ray Keller
Prem and
Davis
Mortimer Ighos
Charlotte Lea White
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Mormon Church
Pembroke
Staffordsville
the Rock Baptist Church
Gospel Crossroads
Baptist Church
George M. Hairston
Putnam St
Rose OF Sharon
Rose of Sharon United Holy Church
Cresentview Apartments
Idella Jones
Coaldale Freewill Baptist
Soul Seekers
Charles Munsey
King’s Kids
Earl Buckner
Roy Lacy
Mt. Hermon Baptist Church
Nemours
T.R. Cook
Peterstown
MT. Olive
Youth Fellowship
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Carl Miller
Fermwell Dowell
Church of God
Down By the Creek Bank
Oliver Avenue
Thorn Street
Dottie Rambo
Karen Meadows
Cyndi Whitlow
Frank Meadows
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Baily
Bulletin Board
McDowell County Health Department
Wilcoe
Bradshaw
Old Guard
Ray J. Eads
Princeton Old Guard
First United Methodist Church
John Thomas
Reuben Hawks
Ann Curto
Stella Siner
Mary Adams
Leonard Rickman
Alvie Meadows
Ben Arrington
Lester Phillips
W.H. Dunn
Coy
William O. Bivens, Jr
Danforth
Insurance Agency
Assembly OF God
W. Main St
Christ
Hour of Power
Children's Bible Activity
Missionettes
Royal Rangers
Glenn E. Strickland
Mud Fork
Falls Mills
Marshall Adkins
Virginia
Bob Campbell
Dennis
Ernest R
Charles Adkins
Mercer St
Plead
Princeton Church of God
Ates Children’s
Children’s Church
Oliver Ave
Richard Painter
Don Hare
Board of Education
Glenwood Park
State of
Commission On Aging
West Virginia Manor
Sacred Heart Church
Betty Swim
Carl L. Allen
Courthouse News
Levis
Mercer Mall
Oakvale Rd
Bluefield College
Harman Auditorium
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