Mercer County teachers open 1978-79 year in Princeton
On the first day of school in Mercer County 800 teachers gathered at Princeton High School for the opening session. Superintendent Clinton Lilly urged awareness of fire marshal orders and highlighted bonds and levies as essential for funds. He called for parental involvement and quality teaching to expand the idea of basic education beyond reading writing and arithmetic.
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Princeton High School
Mercer County
Princeton
Clinton D. Lilly
Lilly
Mineral County
Thomas Honaker
County Board of Education
Honaker
California
Buckhannon Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter
In Buckhannon, Jerry David Shreve pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Donald Ray Rorrer at the Jungle Club in Bluefield. The plea followed plea negotiations reducing the June 1977 murder indictment to involuntary manslaughter with a possible one to five year term. Judge William O. Bivens Jr. scheduled a presentence investigation and Sept. 20 disposition, while noting probation possible. Shreve's memory of the events was hazy, with eye witnesses claiming he fired the gun.
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Buckhannon
Bluefield
Jerry David Divers
Buckhannon Construction
Donald Ray
Jack) Rorrer
William O. Bivens Jr
Rorrer
Guy Perkins
Bruce Ambrose
Shreve
Bivens
Robert
State Penitentiary
Shreve Steuaeivens
Alvin Gearheart
Michael Gibson
Gearheart
Raymond Gilpin
N W Policeman Cleared Of Charges
Roanoke judge cleared N W policeman Jack Wynn of brandishing a firearm at a striking railroad clerk on August 17 near Shaffer s Crossing. Marvin Smith, a clerk on the picket line, testified Wynn carried a shotgun and fired a shot after ordering him to stop, but the court found Wynn acted with reasonable care.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Roanoke General District
James P. Brice
Jack Wynn
N&w
Wynn
Marvin Smith
Shaffer
Smith
Princeton youth faces delinquency charges over church arsons
A Princeton teenager charged with delinquency in connection with two July church fires at Princeton Presbyterian Church and First United Methodist Church has no trial date set. A detention hearing on August 7 informed the youth of charges. a psychological evaluation is ordered at Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center, and the final disposition date will be set upon report receipt.
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Princeton
Douglas Fisk
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Princeton Presbyterian Church
First United Methodist Church
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Ray Lynch
Princeton High School Board
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mercer
Barbara Hawkins
Deity Telegraph
Stet
Borrer
Ambrose
Eggett Your Happy Shopping Store
Kodak Paper
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Mountain Security
The
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Pat Oe
Eee
Mountain Security Savings and Loan
Virginia Avenue
Wea
AMT
ACA
Sereid
Giant Shoe Mart
Sale
Sale S& Reg
Shoe Mart
Blue Prince
Princeton Road
Wwa
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