My Grandfather and the Union Love He Held
Samantha Perry writes a personal reminiscence of a coal mining family. The narrator recalls Elliott E. P. Garrett a lifelong coal miner and UMWA pensioner who kept a bumper sticker supporting the union on his Eagle. It traces risks injuries and deaths in the Goodwill mine, family bonds, and early union organizing days.
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Grandpa
UMWA
Elliott
E.P” Garrett
Bishop
Dorothy
Dot” Garrett
The
Goodwill
Vilda Gundisch
Vilda
Acie
Tipple
Bluefield
Daddy
United Mine Workers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Editors
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists William Randy Deason as Publisher News Editor and carrier staff including sports editor Samantha Perry and managing editor Andy Patton. Senior staff names include Brian Woodson Thomas A Colley and city editor Bill Archer Charles Owens. The paper carries a Romans 8 6 AKJV scripture in a brief masthead note.
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Samantha Perry
The
Daily Telegraph
Pocahontas High School Closure Sparks Bus Conflict
After Pocahontas High closed, transportation for Peel Chestnut Mountain students to Tazewell and Graham schools became a crisis. Parents drive up to 36 miles daily. Northern District official David Woodard advocates solutions as Superintendent Brenda Lawson seeks workable plans.
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Pocahontas High School
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Tazewell High School
Tazewell County
Graham High
Tazewell High
Pocahontas
Tazewell
Graham
David Woodard
Northern District
Daily Telegraph
Woodard
Pocahontas High
Brenda Lawson
Lawson
Abortion Numbers Rally in Bluefield Letter
Scott Stephenson of Bluefield WV argues abortion is the dominant voting issue citing 46 million babies killed during 35 years of legalized abortion plus 4146 military deaths in six years in Iraq. He contrasts daily deaths with volunteer service.
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Iraq
Scott Stephenson
Bluefield
Warner Promotes Lebanon at Democratic National Convention
Virginia Senator Warner delivered the keynote at the Democratic National Convention praising American technology and workers. He urged new ideas beyond past divisions, highlighted Virginia as well managed, and noted Lebanon, Virginia, would gain 300 high tech jobs. He quoted Jefferson and praised small towns' resilience while recalling his governorship’s high approval. Pete Lilly urged safety in the Coal Symposium, stressing one accident is unacceptable.
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Ormer Virginia Proreme
Mark Warner
Bush- Cheney
Warner
Virginia
Bangalore
India
Danville
Lebanon
Thomas Jefferson
New York Times
Pete Lilly
Consol
Coal Group
Lilly
Pittsburgh
Symposium highlights Bluefield State College in coal boom
Warner drew cheers as he asserted American tech and workers offer solutions amid a coal boom. Bluefield State College officials and Dean Frank Hart praised mining industry links, internships, and robotics programs, noting strong freshman enrollment and employer support from CNX and Consol. Local figures greet expanding job market and new graduates entering engineering and computer science programs.
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Bluefield State College
Frank Hart
Hart
Bluefield State
CNX
Consol
BSC
John Chance Land Survey’s, Inc
Lafayette
Gulf (of Mexico
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Thomas A. Colley
City Editor
Bill Archer
Charles Owens
DNC
Roderfield
Jimmy Hampton
Wilson Butt
Department of Highways
Wilson
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