McDowell County considers work program and jail tour findings
McDowell County Commission, in a bimonthly session, discussed joining a state Community Work Experience Program for unemployed welfare recipients, to begin January 1. An unannounced jail tour praised the facility as top notch, with emphasis on cleanliness and jailer performance.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County Commission
Leon Ginsberg
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Sion
Ginsberg
West Virginia
Commission
R.E
Pete” Blair
Eddie
Beverly
Blair
Mercer County
Kiwanis club program features Nativity portrayed by Rev Arrington
Rev Norman Arrington told how his father the innkeeper remembered Jesus birth at a Princeton Athens Kiwanis luncheon. Suzy Fry, Buddy Fry and Kirk Story led Christmas songs including Deck the Halls Joy to the World Silent Night. Craig Willis presided and Ted Boggess and Jerry Flanigan spoke. The Princeton Old Guard met hosting new member D W McNamara installed by John Thomas and R E Harbert. visitors welcomed.
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Norman Arrington
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Arrington
Suzy
Buddy Fry
Kirk Story
Craig Willis
Ted Boggess
Jerry Flanigan
Princeton Old Guard
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Princeton
C.Q. Bingham
Clarence Taylor
Old Guard
D.W. McNamara
John Thomas
R.E. Harbert
J.L. Morris
Ruby Hall
Stella Siner
Mae Rickman
Ann Curton
Marion Crouch
Livestock Sales Report From Alderson and Bluegrass Markets
At Alderson Livestock Market 431 head sold by 77 consignors to 57 buyers with steers and calves in several price ranges including choice and good grades. bulls and hogs also traded. Bluegrass Market in Lewisburg sold 206 head with stocker and feeder steers, heifers, calf prices, cows, and hogs in varied lots and per head figures, totaling $26,208.
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Alderson
Alderson Livestock Market
Bluegrass Market, Inc
Lewisburg
Meemnens
St Tapers
Swedish pair wins European championship in 1939 bridge hand
The 1939 Europe an championship saw Rudolf Kock and Einar Werner of Sweden secure the title after a precise six diamond contract. Kock exploited a trump coup with careful timing, ruffing hearts and managing clubs to force East’s decisions. The play culminated with Kock discarding key cards to reveal the slam and clinch the victory. The hand, described by Rimington, highlights the Kock Werner system's strength and the dramatic finish.
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Rimington
Rudolf Kock
Einar Werner
Kock
Kock-Werner
Rudolf
Einar
East
Dummy
Sween
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Fire Destroys Mobile Home in Baptist Valley
An overheated backstove is blamed for a early morning fire that destroyed a double wide mobile home at Route 1 Cedar Bluff Baptist Valley. No injuries. Owner Bobby Jackson identified. Fire crews from Baptist Valley and Richlands battled the blaze about two hours.
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Baptist Valley
Tazewell County
Harold Rose
Richlands
Drew Puckett
Rose
Puckett
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McDowell Eyes Work
Department of Welfare
Akers Glass
Wyoming Street
Sheriff's Department
Marcie Wyatt
Donna Quesenberry
Kiwanis Meeting
Princeton Uar
Claude Garrett
Lester Phillips
W.W. Scott
B.C. Conner
Dock Conner
Cecil Burgess
E.L. Hylton
W.H. Dunn
John Fralick
Ernest Harman
Luther Basham
J.W. Reed
Cliff Thornton
Glen Jones
Boyd Green
Princeton Community Hospital
Ed Hill
Wau Ae Minh
Spn Thy
Mountaineer
Bowling Lanes Inc
Cumberland Rd
Bluefield
W.va
Oswald Jacoby and
Alan Sontag
West
Ty Oswald Jacoby and
Fluffy Polyester Pillow 222 Ltd
Sears
Mercer Mall
Junction
Ethiopia
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