St Johns Day Service and Church Programs Listed
Religious notices from Bramwell to Upland provide schedule details for St John Day service at Bluestone Missionary Baptist Church, special program by First AME Zion Church, and a Ministers and Wives and Widows Conference in Caretta. Also reported are four Tazewell Christian Academy students medalists at an international convention in Denton Texas, plus church anniversaries and dedications across Pembroke Little Stoney Creek Giotto Crystall Bluefield Princeton Upland and Skygusty area churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top Missionary Baptist Association
Ministers and Wives and Widows
Second Missionary Baptist Church
Caretta
Ronald Dyer
Tazewell Christian Academy
North Texas State University
Denton
Tex
John Blankenship
J. Wesley Blankenship
Tazewell
Rita B. Jackson
John Jackson
Pounding Mill
Melissa McCall
Ronald McCall
North Tazewell
James Tegeler
Carl Tegeler
Man Released After Fine Paid
Mercer County man John Delida, jailed on contempt of court for unpaid child support, was released after paying 1200 in back payments. Judge John R. Fraier ordered continued support payments. In same session, Raymond Joseph Dickerson received a suspended 11 12 year sentence for burglary and two years probation, with attorney Michael Lilly present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
John R. Fraiier
Frazier
John Delida
Department of Welfare
Delida
Raymond Joseph Dickerson
West Virginia
Bluefield
Michael Lilly
Rockefeller says job program approved despite financing dispute
Gov. Jay Rockefeller praised the special session for approving a $42 million public works program to employ 6,000 people, funded with $21 million state money plus federal funds. He noted pay as you go prevailed over borrowing and cited other approved measures while hinting at budget cut pains and potential impacts from a court ruling on his fiscal powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Warren McGraw
Civil Service
West Virginia
Statehouse
State Supreme Court
Clark Butler Named To Head Fund Raiser
Clark Butler of Athens will head Mercer County fund raising for the Agriculture and Forestry Center at Jacksons Mill. The center will house a museum conference facilities and a Hall of Fame for West Virginia agriculture and forestry. Donations by West Virginians will fund the project with 16 regional directors coordinating locally. West Virginia University will operate the center and donations are tax deductible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Clark Butler
Athens
Mercer County
Agriculture and Forestry
Jackson's Mill
Butler
West
Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation For
West Virginia
Hall of Fame
Jackson’s Mill
West Virginia University
Woman Convicted Of Harboring Boyce Recalls Time As Fugitive
Gloria White, 42, serving five years for harboring a federal fugitive, recalls befriending Christopher Boyce in Bonners Ferry Idaho while he evaded capture after escaping a California prison. Boyce, 30, had sold U.S. satellite secrets to the Soviets, was recaptured after 19 months, and remains a focal point of his supporters and prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson
W.va
Christopher Boyce
Idaho
Gloria White
Boyce
U.S
California
Port Angeles
Wash
Ms. White
Charleston Daily Mail
TRW Defense and Space Systems Group
Katka Mountain
Bonners Ferry
Oregon
Two Area Men Given Probation
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge William O. Bivens Jr placed Billy Rogers Davis and George E. Quesenberry on two year probation after guilty pleas for breaking and entering. Davis targeted a hunting cabin. Quesenberry entered Windy Mountain Learning. They must obey probation conditions, pay costs and restitution, and remain under Chief Probation Officer Robert Mozingo supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Bivens
Billy Rogers Davis
George E. Quesenberry
Huttonsville
Davis
Ira Southern
Quesenberry
Windy Mountain Learning Center
Robert Mozingo
Athens Elects Mayor and Two Council Seats Next Tuesday
Athens voters will choose a mayor and two council members in next Tuesday’s town election. Mayoral candidates are Raymond Whittaker, a Mercer County school employee and incumbent councilman, and Robert Richardson, an engineer. For the two council seats are Homer Ball, longtime public official. Margaret Ann Scott, Concord English professor. and Larry Brunk, Dean Company plant employee. Whittaker is a 37 year old bus driver and parish member. Richardson is a Bluefield native and Episcopal Church member. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Athens Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Raymond Whittaker
Mercer County School System
Robert Richardson
Homer Ball
Mercer County
Concord College
Margaret Ann Scott
Whittaker
Mercer County Board of Education
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton
Richardson
Bluefield
Episcopal Church
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AME Zion Church
Thomas Tucker
Tynes Chapel
Rocky Gap
J.R. Williams
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Little Stoney Creek
Skygusty Southern Baptist Mission
H. Cliff Davis
E. Larry Ross
Emory Marchant
Mercer
Jim Bailey
Teresa
Brownie) Clark
James Bailey
Paul Brant
Neil Faulkner
Oliver Johnson
Jim Kahle
Helen H. McFarland
Vivian Peters
W. A. Trent
Harold Wood
John Scott Jr
Federal Prison For Women
Bill Akers
Kenneth Williams
Robert Schumacher
Department of Motor Vehicles
Allen D. Redden
Akers
Darrell J. Skeens
Jeff L. Walters
Concord
Larry Brunk
Dean Company
Assembly OF God
W. Main ST
Christ
Abundant Life Crusade
Danny Johnston
Glenn E. Strickland
Lord
Brecheen
Brushfore Church OF Christ
Falls Mills Road
Route 52
Racy Suu As
Ponderosa
USA
Rt. 460
Blue Prince Plaza
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