Potatoes Dig Your Own Bargain on Mrs Lilly’s Farm
In Bent Mountain Mercer County Virginia 110 year old widow Mrs Armintia Lilly invites neighbors to dig their own potatoes at 150 per bushel on eight acres. The honor system prevails as diggers report yields and pay up. A flood of crop from last May’s planting leaves at least 2000 bushels remaining. Lilly’s son Earl and grandson Junior help harvest and sell. The crop risks spoilage from an approaching freeze. some days no one comes, others draw crowds.
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Serona
Armintia Lilly
Earl
Lilly
Joseph
Junior
Giles County
Mrs. Lilly
Bent Mountain
Delaware
Mercer County
Greenhorn
Eddie White
Christmas kickoff at Bland Street United Methodist Church marks second century
Children Sara Mahood, nearly two, and Zachary Boileau, two, sit in a window sill during a church celebration launching a second century of mission work. A large balloon launch accompanies the event as church women commemorate the milestone. Zachary is the son of Scott and Joanne Boileau, Sara the daughter of John and Linda Mahood. Both children attend the church kindergarten program.
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Santa
Sara Mahood
Zachary Boileau
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Zachary
Scott
Joanne Boileau
Sara
John
Linda Mahood
Gateway battles insurance rates and safety programs
Gateway Regional Transit Authority GRTA plans mandatory annual safety programs for employees under state PTD rules to curb rising insurance costs. Section 18 drivers must be certified by July 1, 1986 or 10 percent of monthly subsidy will be withheld. The plan, funded by each authority, includes driver training, record checks, and periodic physicals. Ridership for November reached 10,005 with 4,707 seniors.
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Bluewell — Gateway Regional Transit Authority
State Public Transportation Division
PTD
GRTA
GATA
Ray Bragg
Susan L. O’connell
O’connell
Department of Motor Vehicles
State Risk and Insurance Management Board
Grta Board of
Bragg
Joe Walker
Odell Huffman
Spurgeon
New Cataract Tool Shifts In Eye Surgery at Bluefield Hospital
Dr J Elliott Blaydes Jr at Humana Hospital St Luke s Bluefield demonstrates the Bartell Small Incision Lens Glide, a syringe like tool enabling insertion of foldable intraocular lenses through a 3 mm incision. An 81 year old patient, Mrs Bessie Porter, had the left eye operation, 12 minutes, with right eye planned later. The device, developed with input from surgeons, aims for safer precise lens placement and reduced instrumentation.
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J. Elliott Blaydes Jr
Humana Hospital
St. Luke’s
Bluefield
Blaydes
West Virginia
Bessie Porter
Mike Bartell
Micro Tech
Doylestown
MADD Elects Officers for Mercer County Chapter
The Mercer County Mothers Against Drunk Drivers elected a full officer slate for 1986 at the Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center. Ben Paine will preside, with Bill Hostetter as first vice president Frankie Frederick as second vice president Jayne Freakley as secretary and Charlie Mustard as treasurer. Mrs Paine spoke of the long-awaited chapter and the need to aid victims and raise public awareness.
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Mercer County
Bluefield Area
Mercer County judge dismisses felony murder indictment
Mercer County Circuit Judge William O Bivens Jr dismissed the felony murder charge against Glen Mitchell of Bluefield on motion by the state. Prosecutor Derek Swope said aggravated robbery warrants will be sought against Mitchell and two co defendants for the shooting death of Gene E Johnson 38 of Bluefield during a February 23 robbery on Allen Street. Mitchell pleaded innocent. co defendants Johnny T Wilson 29 Deborah Worth 25 and Jackson S Carey Jr 38 were jointly indicted. Wilson has pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and is serving a 10 year term. Worth and Carey face February grand jury action. Johnson died amid gunfire with a Tazewell Va robbery victim.
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Princeton
Glen Mitchell
Bluefield
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Derek Swope
Mitchell
Gene E. Johnson
Johnson
Allen Street
Swope
West Virginia
Tazewell County
Bivens
Johnny T. Wilson
Deborah Worth
Jackson S. Carey Jr
Wilson
Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office
Ms. Worth
Carey
Mercer County Circuit Court
David Gardner
Tazewell
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Pat Cecil
Eric Brady
J. Elliot Blaydes Jr
Ito
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Paine
Candy Lightner
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John Anderson
Kermit Moore
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