Marrs couple marks 60 years of marriage at Ebenezer Church
Larry Hypes honors Bill and Juanita Marrs on six decades joined in 1954 at Ebenezer Methodist Church near U.S. Route 460. The piece recalls family, school ties, and community service, noting Bill as a longtime lay leader and Juanita as church board president while recounting neighbors, memories, and local history.
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Virginia
Bill
Juanita Marrs
Ebenezer Methodist Church
Doug
Rick
Chuck
U.S
Bluefield
Tazewell
Juanita
Marrs
Graham High School
Eleanor Douthat
Rick Marrs
Ebenezer Methodist
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roster and Motto
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists Randy Mooney as Publisher and News Editor with Andy Patton as Sports Editor and Brian Woodson and Samantha Perry as editors. The page carries an editorial motto about casting burdens on the Lord and being sustained.
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Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
New leaders named for Bluefield and Princeton councils
Bluefield names Col Dane Rideout as city manager succeeding Jim Ferguson with Dennis Dillon's interim term ending. Princeton elevates David E. Graham to council to fill Jimm Norman's vacancy. Norman resigns amid local governance shifts. Rideout and Graham bring prior military and zoning board experience respectively to their new roles.
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Col
Dane Rideout
David E. Graham
Rideout
West Point
Bluefield
Jim Ferguson
Dennis Dillon
Ball State University
14Th Human Resources Sustainment Center
Fort Bragg
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
Afghanistan
Graham
Jimm Norman
Norman
Kroger
Wendy’s
Arby’s
City Hall
New River Community and Technical College
Mercer Street
Time to fire the big thinkers in Washington
A reader condemns current leaders as inadequate and worries the country is worse off than eight years ago. The letter urges firing those who carry pens in or around the White House, calls for resignations, and a complete government reset to restore common sense. The writer fears continued decline and pleads for divine aid.
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United States
White House
Conservatives back bold plan to shrink poverty and boost opportunity
Jay Ambrose argues that GOP figures led by Paul Ryan press a national trial program to weave work incentives with expanded aid, backed by Robert Woodson. He notes Rand Paul and Cory Booker bipartisanship on rehab over prison, Perry's justice shifts, Rubio poverty ideas, and Haskins’ caution on broad GOP buy in amid high U.S. incarceration.
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Paul Ryan
House Budget Committee
Robert Woodson
Ryan
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Cory Booker
New Jersey
Rick Perry
Texas
Marco Rubio
Florida
Ron Haskins
Brookings Institution
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Johnny Carson
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Norfolk Southern Corporation
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Charles Owens
Cumberland Road
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