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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1985
Page
13
Five former Harrison County sheriff's department employees allege in a U S district court filing that Sheriff L J Trupp dismissed them to sustain a political patronage system. The suit, filed Friday in Clarksburg, cites political motives behind their terminations.
Servicemen Christopher Tickle and Brian Cremeans graduate from U S Army courses at Fort Lee Virginia and Graham Bluefield, share high school ties. Dale Osborne completes leadership course at Fort Stewart while Delores Phillips reports for duty in South Korea as a law enforcement specialist. Daniel Graham rises to chief master sergeant at Reese AFB Texas.
Bluefield Junior High School principal Kenneth E. Muncy announced the second six weeks honor roll. A honor roll includes Heather Brown, Nicole Burton, Kim Hess, Ross McKenzie, Wendy Stallard, Tereza Steele, Laurie Doyle, and more across seventh to ninth grades. B honor roll lists extensive names for each grade level including Paula Allen, Kevin Ammar, Roger Barnett, Christi Bittinger, and many others.
In a West Virginia case the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal law’s ban on charging parents who kidnap their own children also covers parents who use another person to abduct a child. The ruling follows successive abductions by divorced parents of their daughter and notes the parents’ identities are not disclosed. The father lived in West Virginia and took the child from Illinois where she resided with her mother. soon after the mother enlisted two male friends to abduct the child from West Virginia.
The Rev Michael Bratton pastor of First Baptist Pearisburg will speak at Union Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 am. Watch night services planned Dec 31 at 10 pm. An all night service begins 11 pm and ends 6 am at St Matthew United Holiness Church 1039 Wayne St. Princeton hosts watch night 8 pm to midnight. Mount Grove Baptist Browning Lambert Mountain schedules 8 pm to midnight Dec 31.
The Miss Crossroads Mall USA Pageant will be held March 1 and 2 at Crossroads Mall Mount Hope. Crystal Lilly marketing director says winners receive a 1000 wardrobe and 1000 scholarship plus prizes. The winner advances to Miss West Virginia USA in October. Entrants must be 17 to 25 as of May 1 1987, single, and residents of Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Mercer Greenbrier Summers Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas or McDowell counties. Contact Crystal Lilly at 255-5103 for more information.
Public notices announce a 11:00 a.m. January 9 1986 repossession sale of a 1983 Fleetwood Mobile Home in Princeton West Virginia and a January 10 1986 public sale at Reed's Auto Beckley for two repossessed vehicles with cash terms and bank bidding rights. Also listed is a January 15 1986 11:00 a.m. sale of Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia real estate under a trust deed with conditions of cash payment, tax and title disclosures and notice that sale may be adjourned.
Sterling Hughes, longtime Fayette County jail cook and Oak Hill Country Club chef, also cooks for Mount Hope Lions Club. He prepares similar menus for prisoners and club guests, serving hot breakfasts and dishes like stuffed peppers, beef stew, turkey on Christmas, and homemade breads. Hughes notes 35 years cooking experience and pride in feeding many people.
Librarian Deborah Huddle uses a 40 foot plastic dome called the Media Dome to host story time at King George Elementary. Students enter through a front slit and feel transported from the real world as they listen to stories. Principal Dorothea Shannon notes the inflatable space has ignited interest and attendance.
The Bluefield post office invites the public to an open house on January 11 at the North Street station to see mail handling as about 200,000 pieces pass through daily. A centennial cancellation is hoped for with Philadelphia postal approval. Holiday volume reached around 300,000 pieces per day, about 3,000 to 5,000 less than last year.
A compilation of local auctioneers and real estate firms presents contact details and services. Entries include Stanley King Land Auction Co in Wytheville and Heritage Properties in Bluefield offering complete auction services with free consultations, plus Kirk Realty and Auction Co and Horney Bros Auction Co with regional brokerages. Also listed are Josh Small litigation news, JJ's Hairstyling, Spirit Food daily reminders, and Army recruiter details with multiple phone numbers.
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