Wiley Cabin Dedicated as Mercer County Museum
The John and Lena Wiley Cabin was dedicated Friday at the Princeton Mercer County Chamber complex as the Mercer County Historical Society's first museum. Dignitaries praised community cooperation and noted the cabin’s 1933 origins and relocation in 1963. Open hours listed, with exhibits on World War II and broader local history.
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Princeton
John and Lena Wiley
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County Historical Society
MCHS
Glendle Belcher
Mercer County
County Commission
T.A. “Buddy” Warden
John Wiley
Ector
George Lanton
Margaret Ann Scott
Historical Society
Linkous
Ruth Linkous
Scott
Appalachian Law School plan backing grows in Wise County
Development authorities back the Appalachian School of Law in Wise County Virginia with a grant of $18,750 to Norton Industrial Development Authority for preparing the Hotel Norton. The private non profit school aims to enroll 125 in 1997 with a regional economic impact of about $10 million annually.
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Wise Law School
Greg Cruey
Daily Telegraph
Orton
Appalachian School of Law
Wise County
Coalfield Economic Development Authority
Norton Industrial Development Authority
CEDA
NIDA
Norton
Appalachian Law School
Joe Wolfe
Lucius Ellisworth
Clinch Valley College
American Bar Association
Ser
W. Jack Grosse
Chase College of Law
Northern Kentucky University
Grosse
ABA
Virginia State Council of Higher Education
Virginia
George Allen
Mercer Salvation Army kicks off holiday drive
The Salvation Army in Mercer County opened its holiday activities with a ribbon cutting at Mercer Mall. For the first time Bluefield and Princeton corps join efforts to aid those in need across Mercer County. Captain Edmonds and Lt. Vick praise the combined effort and call for toys, food, donations, and volunteers as winter needs grow.
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Bluefield
Salvation Army
Mercer County
Mercer Mall
Princeton Salvation Army Corps
Jim Edmonds
Princeton
Salvation Army Corps
Edmonds
Peggy Vick
Bluefield Corps
Robert Ruble
Marshall Lytton
Pritchett details MCCOA aging services for Princeton seniors
Princeton residents learned how the Mercer County Commission on Aging assists seniors through education recreation health and social programs at a Nov. 28 dinner meeting. MCCOA offers countywide transportation home care nutrition and wellness services from the new Multi-Purpose Senior Center at 600 Trent St providing line dancing bingo craft classes and health screenings.
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Princeton - Princeton Civitans
Mercer County Commission On Aging
MCCOA
Roma III
Sarah Pritchett
Princeton
Pritchett
Commission On Aging
Trent St
Christmas Is Children Auction At Princeton
The GFWC Princeton Junior Woman's Club announces the Christmas Is Children Craft Auction to be held Sunday December 3 at the Fred Gilbert Activity Center 113 Straley Ave Princeton. Auctioneer Jim Mayberry will lead the 2 pm sale with doors opening at 1 pm for item viewing. Admission is $1 and proceeds benefit needy children through the Salvation Army. Contact Susan Owen or Deanna Lilly to donate items.
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Princeton
GFWC
WVFWC
Fred Gilbert
Straley Ave
Jim Mayberry
Children of Need
Salvation Army
Jim Edmonds
Name Change Petition in Mercer County West Virginia
The court will hear Oscar William Bland Jr on January 8 1996 at 9 15 am as he seeks a name change to William Oscar Brewster any interested party may appear to oppose in Mercer County Circuit Court West Virginia dated November 28.
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Circuit Court
Mercer County
West Virginia
William Oscar Bland, JR
William Oscar Brewster
Oscar William Bland, Jr
Clinch Valley College Begins New Classrooms Project
Wise Virginia reports Clinch Valley College started construction on new classrooms on November 21, the first such project since the 1970s. The college is growing with freshman enrollment up 25 percent to 1,273 students. 38 percent hail from outside Southwest Virginia. Sixteen new faculty join this year across nursing economics athletics education theater and biology, with completion slated for fall 1996.
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Tony Barbery
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Peery Mooney
Del
Elizabeth Osborne
Homer Ball
Webster Gilbreath
John Conley
PMCCC
Jack Scott
Lena Wiley
Concord College
Winton Covey
Sim
Erry
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mom
Nicole
P.O. Box
Zin
Merry Christmas
State
Aul Ord
Mercer Salvation Army
Aging Commission
Susan Owen
Deanna Lilly
Debra Kilgore
Burton & Kilgore
Main Street
Public Service Commission OF
Charleston
TCN
United Telecom OF America, Inc
Third Avenue
New York
Public Service Commission
Secretary of State
Beckley
Clarksburg
Elkins
Fairmont
Huntington
Keyser
Lewisburg
Logan
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Moundsville
New Cumberland
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Welch
Wheeling
Williamson
P. O. Box
Howard M. Cunningham
Regency Real Estate & Auction
VA/ WV
Farmers Livestock Market, Inc
Tazewell
Stanley King Land Auction Co
Wytheville
Horney Bros. Land Auction Co., Inc
Judy
Bob, Hall Associates, Inc
Stanley
Franklin Stanley
Janie
Ricky
Darren
Tamela
Bird, VA
P.O
Gypsy
Mahood Ave
Honaker Ave
Penn
Evanima
Bird/Penn
J. L. Gilbert
Lotus
Wordperfect
P. O
C. I. Co
Electric Road
Suite
Roanoke
Clinch Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. Riverside Dr. N. Tazewell
Bluewell
Freeman
Jennifer
Colony Center
Bluewell Ginos
Cumberland Care Center, Inc
E. O
Domino's Pizza
Petn
Bird
Halls Ridge Road
GO Mart
Green Valley
J. Walters
J Walter's
Claypool Hill Mail
ICAHO
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Cherry Street
Sunny Column
S.C
State Capital Building
Blacksburg
Anderson Foley
Penn Ave
FORD
Front St
Richlands
Family & Friends
Honaker Avenue
Hassock
Okla
Jenks, OK
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