Mercer County school board race looms with many contenders
Mercer County AEO race for two Board of Education seats heats up as candidates emerge from Bluefield Princeton and rural districts. Incumbents Walthall and Tomcin may seek reelection while MCSPA and opponents mobilize. Names linked include Brewster Mathena Nuce Hickman Fredeking Seaver Southern Calfee Wood and others amid a district split and a broader debate on consolidation and school programs.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tomchin
Daily Telegraph
Walthall
Mercer County School Preservation Association
James Oxley Jr
Allen Lackey
MCSPA
Eight Persons Association
School Preservation Association
Harold Brewster
Brewster
Charles Mathena
Mathena
Princeton-Mercer County
Stong
Jo Nuce
Bonnie Hickman
Otto Fredeking
Bill Seaver
Guy Perkins
S. A. Ammar
Ron Satterfield
Ira
Ike’ Southern
Beckley
House of Delegates
Southern
Board of Education
Ike Southern
Bill Calfee
Calfee
Ceres School Pta
Mercer County Citizens For Better Education
Caffee
Willie Wood
Wood
Special services and Christmas musical planned in Princeton area
Special services are set for Friday and Saturday at 7 30 p m at Refuge Temple Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ on Beckley Road near Princeton with Elder A Foddrell as speaker and the Foddrell Singers providing music Elmer Ira Dalton serves as pastor The Sanctuary Choir of the First Assembly of God Church Princeton presents Everyone Will Be Praisin The Lord a Christmas musical by Jerry Nelson on Sunday Dec 16 at 6 p m Soloists include Mrs B J Cotton Miss Kathy Thomas Mrs Carl Caffee Donald Hamm and Rev Billy Joe Cotton Organ and piano accompaniment will be by Mrs Henry Robinett and Mrs Richard Gooch Mrs Cotton is the church music director
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Uae
Bluefield
Churche
Pulpi Committee
Linds Prescott
Spaghett
Bethany Hall
Refuge Temple Church of
Princeton
Jerry Nelson
First Assembly of God Church
B. J. Cotton
Kathy Thomas
Carl Caffee
Donald Hamm
Billy Joe Cotton
Henry Robinett
Richard Gooch
Cotton
Bishop Coal to Lay Off 147 at Bishop Mine Plant
Mine Workers Laid Off Officials said Bishop Coal Co is laying off 147 employees at the Bishop mine and preparation plant in McDowell County. Operated by Consolidation Coal Co, the cut stems from reduced demand for metallurgical coal used domestically by Inland Steel. Employment fell from 731 to 584.
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Bishop Coal Co
Bishop
McDowell Coun
Consolidation Coal Co
Joseph M. Richards
Consol
Appalachian
Inland Steel Co
Bluefield State names 34 for Who's Who 1979 80
Thirty four Bluefield State College students were selected for the 1979 80 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The list spans more than 1200 institutions across all states plus the DC area and several nations.
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BSC
Bluefield State College
District of Columbia
Freddie Angles
Johnny Belcher
David Calfee
Emily Calfee
Deborah Campbell
Jim Carbault
Jerry Conner
Tina Charlton
Donald Copley
Larry Davis
Adrian Dowell
Patsy George
Drema Golden
Lynn Harman
Yvette Harris
Beverly Horton
Donald Hare
Alice Kammer
Lynora Jones
Debbie Lackey
Robert Linkous
Kirby McCoy
Quintin Mullins
Brian Perkins
Neva Pruitt
Mary Borrer
Royal Saunders
Judith Shawver
Gary Shields
Karen Snow
Danny Specks
James Spence Jr
Twila Stowers
Susan Anderson
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Bivefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Hurch
Immanuel Baptist Church
Hillamen
New Hope Road
Pipestem Creek Community Church
Jeff Blankenship
Edgemont Primitive Baptist Church
J. W. Crow
Irwin
ST. Marioh United Holiness Church
Pocahontas
Leonard Federell
Mae Moore
Scott Street Baptist Church
Isiah Paul
Columbia
Carr Memorial Methodist
Carr Memorial United Methodist Church
Glenwood Park
Christ
Allen Ridenour
Gospel
Greensboro
N.C
Bethel United Methodist Church
Rt. 2
Swanishburg United Methods Church
Union Baptist Church
Lonnie Street
Wilson St
John Hooper
Sylvania
Gt-Matic
Et AL
Tadium Drive
Bluefield WA
Princeton High School
South
Southern Regional Education Board
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Virginia
Wytheville Community College
WCC
Joanne Whitley
Phyllis Corbett
Whitley
Finley
Blue Prince Plaza
Princeton Rd
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