Dickens Reading With Gregory St John in Richlands
Richlands area group invites the public to a Dickens reading by Gregory St. John on Saturday December 15 from 7 to 9 PM at 215 Washington Square Richlands. The event opens at 7 30 PM and is co sponsored by Connie's Calico Garden and G Harris Designs.
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Richlands
Richlands Area
Citizens For the Arts
Gregory St. John
Oe Ulmer
Washington Square
Connie's Calico Garden
G. Harris
Bluefield Regional Hospital Directors Set Wednesday Meeting
The Board of Directors of Bluefield Regional Medical Center will meet Wednesday at 5 30 p m in the Board Room at the hospital.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital 20 Years of Caring Celebration
Princeton Community Hospital marks twenty years since its December 20 1970 opening with a 1:30 p.m. program and open house in the hospital lobby. A Child Development Center trio will perform holiday music and Donna Charles will sing Gifts from the Heart. Refreshments follow in the cafeteria from 2 to 4 p.m.
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Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Child Development Center
Donna Charles
Dinner set for railroaders in Bluefield Christmas event
The Retired Railroad Men's Club of Bluefield will hold its annual Christmas dinner on Monday December 17 at 6 30 p.m. at Western Sizzlin in Bluefield Virginia. All retired railroad employees and their spouses are invited to attend.
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Bluefield
Western Sizzlin
Monroe County Cares Energy Aid Visit Dates Set
A Monroe County Community Services representative will be at Peterstown Public Library on December 18 from 2 to 3 PM and at Ballard Food Center from 3:30 to 5 PM to accept Low Income Energy Assistance Program applications. Bring proof of income, Social Security cards, utility bills, and if no income a statement on family support for the past 30 days. For more information call 772-3381.
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Peterstown
Monroe County Community Services
Ballard Food Center
Monroe Community Services
Tazewell issues commodities for December schedule
Tazewell County DSS will issue surplus commodities in December. Food stamp recipients need not reapply as eligibility runs with food stamps. Issuances: Poca Heights Methodist Church Dec 17, Richlands Armory Dec 18, Bluefield Town Hall Dec 19, Tazewell Fairgrounds Dec 20, 9 am to noon. Recipients must bring containers. allotments weigh 35 to 50 pounds. Disabled or elderly may need help carrying. no delivery to vehicles.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Tazewell Fairgrounds
Tip Line for City Editor and Bureau Chief Contacts
City readers urged to report news to Daily Telegraph City Editor Jim Terry or Princeton bureau chief David Barker via the listed telephone numbers 327 6171 and 425 2185 for feed of local stories.
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Call City
Jim Terry
Princeton
David Barker
The
Daily Telegraph
Looking Back Five Decades In Local History
A nostalgic roundup recalls five major local events from 1985 to 1940. Inc magazine named Coal Products, Inc. a fast growing private firm in 1985. In 1980, Three Mercer County teachers and two retiring board members were honored by the state and Board of Education. A 1965 note mentions a 75-foot Norway Spruce brought to Princeton with historic marker ideas. The 1940 Bluefield post office walls rose quickly with bricklayers at work and the Farley name carved on the cornerstone.
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Mercer County
Board of Education
Rosanna Reaser
Carmelita Peters
West Virginia
Bonnie Hickman
Walker Street
Princeton
Atlantic
New
Bluefield, Va
James A. Farley
James Farley
Richmonds Honored for Bluefield Christmas Tree Tradition
Two Bluefield residents Fred and Jane Richmond were honored by the city for decorating the large evergreen in their Oakhurst Avenue yard each year. Acting Mayor Ben Paine praised the Richmonds for a well loved city tradition and thanked them at a council meeting.
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Bluefield
Ben Paine
Fred
Jane Richmond
Oakhurst Avenue
Richmond
Local drive aims to send 100000 Kool Aid packets overseas
Mercer County JROTC reports 10000 plus Kool Aid drink mix packages donated on day one. Major Raymond E. McKinney says stores report strong, heartwarming support as cadets collect from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. through Dec 17 with drop-off at Kroger, Allens, Westgate Acme and other locations.
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Princeton
Mercer County
JROTC
Raymond E. McKinney
McKinney
Saudi Arabia
Krogers
Lynn Godsey
Randal Grant
Grant's
Haid resigns from post as Education and the Arts secretary
Charleston AP Steve Haid resigns after 18 months as secretary of Education and the Arts, saying it is time for new ideas. He is the fourth of Gov. Gaston Caperton's seven original supersecretaries to quit, effective Friday. He joined the administration in June 1989 after serving as campaign manager and administrative assistant. He may pursue consultant work.
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Charleston
Education and the Arts
Steve Haid
Haio Haid
Gaston Caperton
Haid
Caperton
West Virginians return from Kuwait after four months
Phillip Hall of Springdale and Madison Biffle of Frankford, two West Virginians held hostage in Kuwait, arrived home after Iraqi occupation. They described devastation in Kuwait City, where looting and destruction occurred. They flew via Germany to Washington and then to Greenbrier Valley, greeted by family and a school band.
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Lewisburg
West
Greenbrier Valley
Greenbrier East
Biffle
Pat Pennington
Pennington
Hall
Riffle
Kuwait
DeLeon Cather and Co
Kuwait City
Hechler outlines recipe to curb youth exodus at BSC
West Virginia Secretary of State Ken Hechler spoke to Bluefield State College students about reversing the state’s youth outflow. He recalled Truman and criticized image over substance in leadership, warned WV’s congressional delegation may drop from four to three, with redistricting uncertain.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Ken Hechler
John Taylor
Bluefield State College
Hechler
Harry Truman
Truman
Traditional Christmas dinner planned by Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies Food Basket program will host a community Christmas dinner for needy individuals on December 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Princeton Presbyterian Church. Lori Farley said the free meal includes turkey, dressing, vegetables, fruit cake and pumpkin pie, funded in part by a public appeal after losing an annual grant.
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Princeton
Lori Farley
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Farley
Curbside recycling program expands on success in Princeton
Five weeks into the prototype curbside program by S.S. Belcher and Co. in cooperation with Cycle-Met Recycling shows about 58 percent participation in the 13 block area from Princeton Community Hospital to the Mercer County Courthouse. The project uses the Recycling Wagon to collect glass aluminum paper and cardboard with blue bags. Expansion by eight to ten blocks is planned about a month before the mid February deadline with the aim of a permanent citywide program and possible town of Athens rollout.
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Princeton
S.S. Belcher and Co
Fedram
Stephen Fuller
Princeton Community Hospital
Mercer County
Fuller
Athens
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Coal Products, Inc
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America
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O.P. Collins
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Barbara Hawkins
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