Boucher to Keynote Pocahontas Labor Day Event
Region briefs note U S Rep Frederick C Rick Boucher will keynote the Pocahontas Labor Day observance on Sept 6 with speeches at 10 a m followed by the Coal Miners March and lunch The update also covers corrections about the Pocahontas Fuel Co Store opening until 1980 and a Virginia safety certification for Thistle Foundry & Machine Co in Bluefield The period notes reflect Aug 6 2004 to Aug 6 2006 and list a local source Four Seasons Pharmacy carries O Winston Link calendars
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U.S
Frederick C
Rick” Boucher
D-Va
Pocahontas, Va
Tom Childress
Pocahontas News
Jerry Gravely
Edna Drosick
Childress
Pocahontas
Jay Kelly
Thistle Foundry & Machine Company
West Graham
Bluefield
Virginia
C. Ray Davenport
Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Kelly
Thistle Foundry
Davenport
O. Winston Link
Roanoke
National Railway Historical Society
Four Seasons Pharmacy
Boissevain Memorial transfer set for Aug 24 ceremony
Officials of the Miners Memorial in Boissevain will turn over control to Tazewell County at a 10 a.m. ceremony on August 24. Arch Coal Inc announced it will continue its Teacher Achievement Award program with 10 teachers receiving 2500 cash awards and schools receiving 1000 grants for the third year. Nomination forms are at Speedway stores or online. Gary Adkisson, former Bluefield Daily Telegraph publisher, now leads the Delaware Gazette and notes Delaware County’s rapid growth and 186-year family ownership of the Gazette.
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Tom Childress
Miners’ Memorial
Boissevain
Tazewell County
Arch Coal Inc
John R. Snider
Arch
Eastern Region
Speedway
Archcoal.com
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Gary Adkisson
The
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Last Run of J-Class Steam on Powhatan Arrow
Turntable Times from July 2004 recounts the final Powhatan Arrow steam era with the J Class powering the westbound train and Pocahontas eastbound service. Js were retired in July 1958, briefly revived for holiday mail traffic, then dwindled to one survivor on display at Roanoke rail museum in Virginia.
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Turntable Times
Roanoke
National Railway Historical Society
Rail Museum
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