Mercer County Board of Education session halted by Sunshine Law
A planned private Mercer County Board of Education discussion in Princeton was halted when a Bluefield Daily Telegraph report pointed out the gathering violated West Virginia Sunshine Law requiring two days notice. Board members Tomchin Walthall Caldwell canceled the session after review showed no proper notification or open session procedures.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Board of Education
Princeton
Harold Tomechin
Robert Walthall
L. C. “Corky” Caldwell
SEM Partners, Inc
Thomas Gronaker Jr
B of E
Harold Wood
Princeton High School
Princeton Secondary School
Princeton Junior High
West Virginia
C. D. Lilly
Tomchin
Mercer County
Lilly
Steve Middleton
Charles Stanley
SEM
Caldwell
Walthall
Tomechin
Sally
Oxley
Rubinstein
Harvey
Martin
Oakes
Middleton
Prineton
Tomcehin
County Commission Sets Ambulance Insurance Plan and Oath
The commission arranged to collect keys for four ambulances used by McDowell County rescue squads to cover insurance expiry risks. Bid opening for insurance is slate da for Wednesday along with bill payments and talks with Corte Construction and Pentree Inc about landfill needs. Lawson took the oath for a short term ending Dec 31 after unopposed election. Melvin Dillon commented on his tenure.
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McDowell County
Sandy River
Panther Creek
Big Creek
Corte Construction Company
Bluefield
Pentree Inc
Princeton
Melvin Dillon
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notice History and Rates Detail
Publication information outlines the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield West Virginia with establishment in 1893 and AP affiliation. It lists subscription and home delivery rates, zone distinctions, and advertising representation details for the paper.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Wo Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of
Cir Lati ‘N Advertising
Lar
Assocate
Questionnaire Set For Mercer County School Bond Input
After a three hour meeting on Thursday night the Advisory Committee of the Mercer County Board of Education the School Improvement Committee and SEM Partners agreed on a 12 part questionnaire for citizen input into the school bond proposal. The questionnaire will be distributed to county school children by Monday December 11 with a return by Thursday December 14. County citizens without children will receive questionnaires by other means and asked to return them by December 14.
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Mercer County Board of Education
SEM Partners
Matney and Boyd Outline Plans for McDowell County
McDowell County new commissioners Chester Matney and Jennings Boyd spoke after being sworn in at Welch Courthouse. They pledged cautious, people centered leadership and discussed projects including parks, emergency services, the landfill, sewage and water concerns, redistricting, housing and industrial development, with ongoing programs from prior administrations to be continued. Both men stressed collaboration, legal guidance, and the goal of making McDowell a better place to live and work.
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David Williams
Daily Telegraph
Chester M. Matney
Jennings B. Boyd
Matney
Boyd
Welch
Commission
McDowell County
Blue Demon
Northfork High School
McDowell
Mathey
Chester
Raymond
McKenzie
Moore
OH-9
Wade Watson
Flood Committee Formed By Jim Gilbeath
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce forms a flood committee to study Bluefield Virginia’s flood problems and seek solutions. Ralph Patsel will chair the panel which meets Monday at 3 p.m. in Town Hall with Town Council members Cumberland Plateau Planning District reps and Tazewell County supervisors. Other members include Ralph Kiser Fred Kellerman Bruce Garrison Orin Rolen Ron Workman K A Ammar Bob Hamilton and D Keith McKenzie.
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Jim Gilbeath
Daily Telegraph
Greater Bluefield
Cumberland Plateau Planning District
Tazewell County
Deaths and Funerals: Caldwell Beavers Stevenson Keffer Holcomb
Obituaries from Union and nearby areas report Grover Caldwell 89 of Union died after long illness. Services set at Fairview Christ Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Also noted are Birdie Shrader Beavers 97 of Tazewell and Walter Frazier Stevenson 75 of Tazewell, with services planned in Maplewood Cemetery. Hazel Keffer Holcomb 76 of Sebring, formerly Bluefield, died in Florida with arrangements pending.
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Hazel Keffer Holcomb
Hazel Keffer Holccomb
Sebring
Fla
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Funerals listed for multiple county residents in Virginia and West Virginia
Obituary notices detail funeral arrangements for PACKETT Thomas Otis 77 of North Tazewell VA Ward Gathic Steele 71 of Rock Princeton WV Fred Hite Cartwright 179 of Leckie Carson Hazelwood 72 of Princeton Mrs William S Webb 83 of Matoaka Mrs A M Henry 109 Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home names Angelo Chipoff 70 of Columbus OH and others with services set in Bluefield Princeton Welch and nearby towns including churches and cemeteries.
Ex-Princeton Councilman Leonard J. Bailey Dies
Leonard J. Bailey, 45, of College Avenue Princeton died in a Charlottesville hospital after heart surgery. A former Princeton City Council member and Park and Recreation Commission member, he worked at Lowe s in Princeton and belonged to Princeton Presbyterian Church. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Leonard J. Jack Bailey
College Avenue
Princeton
Charlottesville
Princeton City Council
Princeton Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners
Lowe's
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Roger Hughes Dies Former Mercer County Assessor
Roger H. Hughes aged 67 of 304 North Eighth Street Princeton died Thursday in a Princeton hospital after a stroke. He served three terms as assessor, resigned during a fourth due to ill health, previously held bank posts, active in Democratic circles, and a Rock Methodist Church member. Survived by widow Wandal Lincolnhaker Hughes, daughter Marilyn Remonko, grandson Paul Remonko, granddaughter Sarah Remonko, sister Mildred Fry, brother James E. Hughes. Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton with burial in Resthaven Park Cemetery. viewing today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Grover C. Caldwell
Union
Beckley
Roane County
Jacob
Betty Huffman Caldwell
Fairview Christ Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Gladys Fain
Bristol, Tenn
Ethyl Bazzie
Princeton
Pearl Allen
Mullens
Bennie Campbell
Lou Weikle
Nina Weikel
John Caldwell
Sweet Springs
Elsie
Katherine Kessinger
Roy Hall
Fairview Cemetery
Browle-McGuire
Walter Frazier Stevenson
Brook Street
Tazewell
Tazewell Hospital
Linzey
Willie Beard Stevenson
Tazewell County
Claude Stevenson
Ft Lauderdale
Fla
George 1 Beavers
Oakley Farmer
Vanleer
Tenn
Shelton Hill
Huntsville
Ala
Frank Demetropouis
Lucedale
Miss
H. E. Farmer
Dundee
Roy Brown
North Tazewell
J. B. Stevenson
Roanoke
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Beecher Dunsmore
Maplewood Cemetery
Williams. Webb
William
Cassie) Webb
Matoaka
McDowell County
Victoria Harmon Cecil
Webb
Bible Baptist Church
Lashmeet
Clifford Pigg
Montcalm
Dorothy Riggs
Rock
Estes Cooper
Alderson
Gandchildren
Bailey Funeral Home
Fred Kinzer
Roselawm Memorial Gardens
A.M. Henry
A.M
Lucy D.) Henry
Vendll Street
Bluefield
Brookneal
Emma Walker Smith
A. M. Henry
Tabernacle Baptist Church
the Missionary Society
Ministers’ Wives Auxiliary
James Edward Rogers Sr
Lillie Skates
Lena Smith
Brooknell
Goesberry Smith
T. M. Stevens
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesbury
Amd
The
Missionary Society
Linkford and Richardson
Chhurch
Mercer County
Roger H. Hughes
North Eighth St
Mercer County Bank
Bank of Matoaka
Rock Methodist Church
Princeton Elks Lodge
Bluefield College
University of Indiana
Wandal Lincolnhaker Hughes
Princeton High School
Guy
Marilyn) Remonko
Athens
Ohio
Paul Remonko
Sarah Remonko
Alfred
Mildred) Fry
James E. Hughes
Annandale
George W. Seaver Chapel
Danny Agee
Resthaven Park
James Thompson
Elwood Winfrey
Charles C. McGuire
Wilson Harvey
Woodrow Bailey
Aubrey Chambers
Robert L. Price
John Sanders
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Gary
Lawson
Rael
Kustom Kraft
Mercer
Tony Colabro
Concord College
Santa Claus
Andy Clark Ford
Princeton Civic League
Princeton Moose Lodge
First Christian Church
Princeton Jaycees and
Jayceettes
Princeton Downtown Merchants Association
Ray Lunch
Mrs
Birdie Shrader
Beavers
Birdie Shrader Beavers
Rt. 1
Alexander Methodist Church
Bishop, Va
Leon Yost
Ted Anders
Buriial
Greever
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Mrs. Angelo
Hipoff
Angelo
Minnie) Chipoff
Columbus
Caples
James
Alice Thompson
James Diayne McComis
Floyd Thompson
Lois Richardson
Sylvania Lambert
Matheny
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Thompson Cemetery
Big Jenny
Roger Hughes
Charles E. and
Hattie Alice Nuckolls Hughes
Spring ST. Bluefield
Board of Directors
Rogers Street
City of
Rainbow Restaurant
Green Valley
Hollister
Medical Arts Pharmacy
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