Concord College selects Dr. Philip H. Ragan to head new Economic Development Center
Dr. Philip H. Ragan of Boston University will lead Concord College's Center of Economic Development starting Sept. 1. The center, funded by the Area Redevelopment Administration with about 70 000 dollars, will assist small firms in ten Southern West Virginia counties including Mercer and Mingo. It aims to expand employment through professional guidance on manufacturing, procedures, R&D and management.
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Philip H. Ralan
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Concord College
Center of Economic Development
Joseph F. Marsh
Concord
Ragan
Marsh
Area Redevelopment Administration
Center
West Virginia
General Electric
Statistical Department
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
Business Administration
Ravens Financial Development and Research Group
Fred M. Bell
1604
Main Street
Princeton
W. VA
Huston Heads West Virginia Baptist Fellowship
Dr. Lincoln B. Huston was elected president of the West Virginia Baptist Fellowship at a Witcher Baptist Church meeting in Belle. Officers include Rev. Lewis Ader as vice president and Rev. Nat Brummitt as secretary with Rev. C. W. Jones as treasurer. The group will become the West Virginia Baptist Convention in 1966 as state churches shift from the Virginia Baptist Convention. Rev. Alton McEachern presided. speakers included Dr. Vernon Yearby of the Home Mission Board. About 125 representatives attended, including Mercer County delegates Dr. and Mrs. Huston and several local clergy spouses and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Baptist Fellowship
Lincoln B. Huston
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Witcher Baptist Church
Belle
Lewis Ader
Williamson
Nat Brummitt
Morgantown
C. W. Jones
Charleston
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Virginia Baptist Convention
Alton McEachern
West Virginia State Missions Committee
Vernon Yearby
Division of Evangelism
Home Mission Board
Dallas
Tex
Sunday School Board
Nashville
Clyde King
George T. Herring
I. M. Smith
Willard Jenkins
Curtis Nestor
Cledith Harman
Thomas Hayes
Centennial Golf Event Planned in Mercer County
Mercer County Centennial Committee met at the Health Center to plan the West Virginia Centennial Golf Tournament set for June 14 15 16 at Princeton Elks Country Club. Governor Barron and other state officials may attend. event is sponsored by Princeton Elks Lodge 1459 and includes a flagpole dedication.
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West Virginia
Princeton Elks Country Club
Mercer County
Health Center
Walt Dempsey
W. W. Barron
Princeton Elks Lodge
Dempsey
Princeton
Charleston
Bluefield
Concord College
Athens
Dan Wells
Reid Receives Degree From Berea College
Wayne Reid of Princeton West Virginia earned a B S in business administration as one of 177 Berea College seniors awarded degrees at graduation exercises on June 2. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jay G Reid.
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Berea
Wayne Reid
Jay G. Reid
Princeton
W. Va
Berea College
Red
Herndon High School
Princeton High School Class of 1936 Plans Reunion
Princeton's 38 graduates will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Bondurant's Service Motors to finalize plans for a summer reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton High School
Bondurant
Service Motors
Recipients Of Degrees At Concords Exercises
Concord College awarded bachelor degrees in education home economics music education arts and sciences during Monday commencement. Degrees were presented by college president Joseph F Marsh Jr. Recipients include Claudia Allison and many others from Bluefield Athens Princeton and Beckley among numerous towns in Virginia and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh Jr
Claudia Priscilla Allison
Coalwood
Penelope Gene Battin
Girard
Ohio
Margaret Susan Bolen
Athens
Sarah Elizabeth Bolen
Wilma Shaffer Bowen
Bluefield
Charles Troy Bradford
Sundial
Robert Jerry Brewster
War
Bryan Montague Bush
Kegley
Anna Barbara Carter
Sandra Aileen Coburn
Rich Creek
Sandra Jean Curry
Fayetteville
Ruth Gene Foy
Montcalm
John Edward Francis
Mildred White Fuller
North Tazewell
Elizabeth June Hartsow
Charleston
Bonnie White Hopkins
Gay Lew Wooddell Hutchison
Melvin Storm Jamison
Princeton
Joe Pat Johnson
Narrows
Eli Bailey Jones, Jr
Tazewell
Giles Monroe Jones
Anna Lee Brown
Mullens
Fern Spade Carr
Meadow Bridge
Virginia Karen Moedebeck
Oak Hill
Marcia Glass Saddler
Donald Lee Bingham
Pearisburg
Lawrence Cary Everson
Patricia Anne Lockley
Shelva Jean Shrader
Peterstown
Gwendolyn Morey Skeens
John Malcolm Spance
Wytheville
Robert Preston Walters
Nancy Carol Worley
Glen Daniel
Ernest Clyde Bourne Jr
Danny Okes Cline
War Eage
Oscar Patrick Farley
Ronald Joseph Ferrigno
Levittown
N. Y
Bill Jack Harman
Herbert Hirsch
Alan Katzen
Harrisburg
John Linn Parker
William Baker Richardson
Wise
Rebecca Beima Thompson
Beckley
Kyle Dean Abshire
Frank Adolph Bary
Mary Carol Chancey
Raymond Eugene Hedrick
Ralph Roediger Kahle
Sankeil Will Speak To Kiwanians Friday
W F Sankbeil president of the Lilly Grove Volunteer Fire Department will address the Princeton Athens Kiwanis Club at the Virginian Hotel at noon Friday. He will review progress since the group formed in March and Ed Jones will preside at the business session.
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W. F. Sankbeil
Lilly Grove Volunteer Fire Department
Princeton - Athens Kiwanis Club
Virginian Hotel
Sankbeil
Ed Jones
Princetonian Will Receive MS Degree
Miss Mary Frances Linkenhoker of Princeton West Virginia is among more than 3000 University of Maryland candidates for degrees to be conferred June 8 She is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in the Maryland graduate school.
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College Park
Mary Frances Linkenhoker
Highland Ave
Princeton
W. Va
University of Maryland
Linkenhoker
University of Maryland Graduate School
Broom Industry roots traced to Franklin
New York report notes the Broom Research Council estimates over 50 million corn brooms sold annually about one per household. Benjamin Franklin is credited as the father of the corn broom industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Broom Research Council
Benjamin Franklin
Mercer County Deed Recordings and Probate Actions
Deeds recorded in Mercer County Court show transfers for Harold C. Farley to Leonard Hardan and others with amounts including 8.05 and 16.07 dollars, plus partition and life estate actions in Bluefield and Princeton. The will of Wilsie Daniel Iddings names Rosa May Iddings executrix. appraisers named. Cecil Belcher authorized to perform marriage rites. bond posted.
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Mercer Oe
Harold C. Farley
Mercer County Court
Leonard Hardan
Raleigh Court
Princeton
L. H. Barbery
Carolina Avenue
Bluefield
Harfee
Pearl Noel
Robert Henry Workman
Nancy Sayers Workman
Fincastle
Janette Alice Godfrey
Monte Vista Park Cemetery Association
Mary J. Shultz
Archie A. Hogan Jr
Margie Hogan
Donald Lee
Kathleen Cole
South 9Th Street
Cecil Belcher
Old Regular Baptist Church
L. E. Belcher
Wilsie Daniel Iddings
Rosa May Iddings
Ralph W. Borwn
James McCoy
C. J. Lester
Gap Mills FFA Awards Banquet Honors Members
Gap Mills Chapter of Future Farmers of America held its annual parent son banquet at the Carm el Presbyterian Church. Bobby Echols received the star farmer and crop farming awards while Billy Shaver earned the public speaking award and Gray Porterfield the farm mechanics and dairy farming plaque. Echols, son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Echols, has led as FFA president and is president of the Gap Mills 4-H Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap Mills
Future Farmers of American
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Bobby Echols
Billy Shaver
Gray Porterfield
David Williams
Charles Sams
Star Green
Roy Kessinger
Echols
Roscoe Echols
FFA
Suit Filed in Mercer Circuit Court Over February Car Crash
Civil action for $20,000 damages was filed by Jackie R. Thornton infant through Hattie Sue Thornton against E. W. Horton. The Feb 11 1963 crash on Route 460 near Princeton involved an auto owned by Fred J. Moore and left the plaintiff injured. Underwood Bros. Asphalt Pav ing Co. filed for $2,221.70 against O. L. Patton William T. Lewis and Go Kart Inc. Joyce Elaine Pruett filed for divorce from Elmo Jackson Pruett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Jackie R. Thornton
Hattie Sue Thornton
E. W. Horton
Fred J. Moore
Princeton
Underwood Bros. Asphalt Paving Co., Inc
O. L. Patton
William T. Lewis
Go Kart, Inc
Joyce Elaine Pruett
Elmo Jackson Pruett
Notice: Diet Tablet Sale and Gasoline Giveaway
Public notice lists a weight loss tablet offer with a week supply for 98c at Taylors Drug and a gasoline giveaway with a weekly Saturday drawing at Semeleriied Road Esso Service Store.
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Taylors Drug
Esso
Lost and Found Billed Fold Picked Up in Local Store
A lost and found billfold was picked up Saturday in a local store. The owner is asked to mail the valuable papers to 306 Hale Ave Princeton with no questions asked. Also notices on beauty shop services rug cleaning and lubrication offers appear in this area.
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Hale Ave
Princeton
Spring Tune Up and Repair for Lawn Mowers and Tractors
Local service offers tune ups and repairs for lawn mowers garden tractors and chainsaws including McCulloch and White's. Also car and truck repair with free estimates from Rich Repair Service in Bluefield Virginia and T P Pontiac Buick Guardian Maintenance in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equip, Ed Co., Inc
Bluefield-Princeton Oa
McCulloch Chain Shaws
White'svice
Thorn St
Princeton
Paul Whitenack
Pontiac
Buick
Guardian
Rich Repair Service
Bluefield
Virginia
Paving and Remodeling Ads Span Bluefield Area
Local contractor notices promote blacktop and concrete driveways in Bluefield and Mercer County Virginia West Virginia. Firms advertise free estimates financing plans low down payments and contact numbers for Jack Harris Lowneyry Construction Larry Helmes Mercer Construction and others with box addresses and phone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harris
Lownery Construction
Bluefield
W. Va
Call
Rinceton
West , Virginia
Mercer Construction Co
Virginia
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Pennceton News
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Tonite Mercer
Jackie
Gleason
Alfred Hitchcock
America’s
Dr. Huston
Baptist Fellowship
Hines Street
Reid
Ber, Utilities Company
MY Family
Mom
Mary Frances Wilmoth
Mount Lookout
Home Economics
John Trimble Bear
Marlinton
Lorne Lincoln Bentley
Middletown
Robert Wesley Coker, Jr
Eugene Philip Courtney
Worchester
Mass
William Edward Crowley
Ronald Davenport
Suffern
Harry Thomas Davis
Patrick Francis Gormlery
Leonard Edward Orlosky
White Sulphur Springs
Gary George Rade
Coraopolis
Franklin Darrell Smeltzer
Bristol
William Francis Sullivan
Waterbury
Frankfort
Kentucky
Sankeil
Princetonian
Ben
Mercer ST
Dial
Princeton, W. VA
Gap Mills Fha
Ida’s
Taylor Rug
Ireson Electric Service
Ferdue
Glen Lyn
Pop
Bland Street
Philco
Starbright
Western Auto
William H. Lilly Construction CO
W.va
Larry Helmsese
Commerce Street
Sears
Raleigh Street
Dupont
Blue Ridge
Ben Franklin
S. J. Thompson
Sisson’s Inc
Drug & Supply Co
Jefferson Street
Call Hertz Systems
Bluefield Auto Rental
Ramsey Pain Company
Ashellac
Varnishes
Gymseal
Fabulon
Oe Blanks, Inc
Bluefield-Princeon
Standard Coffee Company
Manley
Annexotel
Tapewell
Davis Hotel
Grundy
Eagle Hotel
Richlands
Bluefield Avenue
Pocahontas
Simons
Alex Ac Uence Nassau
L. D. Swallow
Southwestern Petroleum Company
Fort Worth
Texas
B & J Employment Service
Coal & Coke Building
Ity
Federal Station
Gem Trading and Loan Co
Princeton Avenue
Union Loan CO
Princeton Ave
Conventional Community Savings & Loan Company
West Va
South Avenue
AKC
Brown Street
Benco
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