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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1975
Page
9
The Princeton American Legion Auxiliary Unit 54 will hold a special meeting in the Memorial Building on Monday at 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
Allen Jonas, art professor at Bluefield State College, has been named West Virginia representative to the American Crafts Council Southern Region. He invites West Virginia craftspeople to contact him about ACC programs, with office and home contact details provided.
The body of 17 year old Tom Perrill of Kingwood was recovered from Cheat River by state police divers on Saturday. Perrill and friends were floating in white water on inner tubes when he slipped into the river near Iton County.
After the War of 1812 Americans embraced anti breeches trousers as a reaction to British style. The Duke of Wellington helped popularize trousers in England by wearing them to state functions. Early trousers replaced fading breeches, resembling Western chaps worn by cowboys.
John Wayne funds a center project shifting from western films to charity. He forwards a donation to the Special Gifts Fund Drive after a letter from Ramona Bresnahan. The committee reports $8,155 raised with about $30,000 more sought of a $50,000 target for the Med Center opening July 1. Dr. W C Hawley named attending physician.
New data from the F W Dodge Division shows West Virginia contracting in the first four months of this year totaling 484 million dollars, over three times the 144 million from the same period last year. The rise is driven by nonbuilding projects such as highways and utilities, while residential contracts fell from 29 million to 19 million.
The June meeting of the Bluefield Area Ostomy Association will be held Monday at 7 30 p m in Craft Memorial Library conference room. Members will view a film on colostomy care followed by a discussion. Mrs Gayle Jones is the association president.
Gilmore of Pocahontas will oppose Jones in the Eastern District race. Jones, 40, is Bluefield town council member and current mayor candidate, a longtime music instructor, and Graham High School Band director. He plans to resign the Virginia Side Street if elected.
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