Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Dickenwise Reunion Set
Former CCC members from Camp Dickenwise Clintwood Virginia hold their fourth annual reunion starting 10 am Saturday June 16 in Shelter 3 Breaks Interstate Park near Haysi Virginia. For details contact Grant Hawkins reunion president at P O Box 745 Clintwood VA 24228 or Bernard Rakes secretary at P O Box 216 See VA 24228 call 703 926 6866 or 6796. Hospital sibling class at BRMC Saturday 10 am in main lobby $5 call 327 1218 Jean French instructor. German Club meets Tuesday June 12 at 7 pm Johnston Restaurant Princeton.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Dickenwise
Clintwood
Shelter
Breaks Interstate Park
Haysi
Grant Hawkins
P.O. Box
Bernard Rakes
P.O
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Jean French
July childbirth classes scheduled at BRMC
Prepared childbirth classes for expectant mothers with due dates in July. Remaining sessions will be held Mondays June 11 18 and 25 at 7 p.m. at BRMC. A $20 fee applies. Instructor Jean French. Call 327-1218 for details.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Jean French
Picnic for ex prisoners of war at Breaks Park Shelter 5
The Southwest Chapter of American Ex Prisoners of War hosts a 11 a.m. Saturday picnic in Shelter 5 at Breaks Interstate Park Dickenson County Virginia. All former POWs and families invited. The chapter provides food and drinks. attendees should bring a salad or dessert.
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Southwest Chapter
Breaks Interstate Park
Dickenson County
Tazewell High class of 1965 seeks reunion volunteers
The 1965 Tazewell High School reunion seeks missing classmates including Shirley Anderson Linda Angles Shirle Boyd Betty Jo Bennett Brenda Brown Russell Horn Glen Keene Susan McGee Bonnie Myers Sandra O Quinn Randal Parsons Arnold Pauley John Peery Loretta Powers Eddie Rye Eddie Short Larry Sparks George Stevenson Shirley Williamson Eddie Yost Phyllis Booth Shirley Sparks Maxine Jackson Childress Connie Dillon Francis Cheryl Hawkins Shanks Bobby Hatfield Pat Christian Sparks and invites any graduate to contact a committee member. Committee members are David Buffalow Linda Doss Hess Don Whittaker Bill Allison Charles Gillespie Ann G Gibson.
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Shirley Anderson
Linda Angles
Shirle Boyd
Betty Jo Bennett
Brenda Brown
Russell Horn
Glen Keene
Susan McGee
Bonnie Myers
Sandra O’quinn
Randal Parsons
Arnold Pauley
John Peery
Loretta Powers
Eddie Rye
Eddie Short
Larry Sparks
George Stevenson
Shirley Williamson
Eddie Yost
Phyllis Booth
Shirley Sparks
Maxine Jackson Childress
Connie Dillon Francis
Cheryl Hawkins Shanks
Bobby Hatfield
Pat Christian Sparks
Nou
David Buffalow
Linda Doss Hess
Don Whittaker
Bill Allison
Charles Gillespie
Ann G. Gibson
Installation service set for Rev. F Winston Polly III
Installation services will be held Sunday June 17 at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Bluefield Virginia for Rev F Winston Polly III pastor. A pre installation sermon at 11 by Dr William C Butt Eben ezer Baptist Beckley with choir and congregation. at 4 p m Rev Robert I Brown Central Baptist Beckley will speak.
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Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
Wilson St
Bluefield
F. Winston Polly III
William C. Butt
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
Robert I. Brown
Central Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School at Lorton Lick Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School will run June 11 to 16 at Lorton Lick Baptist Church. Classes run 6 30 to 8 30 p m for prim through youth with an adult class taught by Brother John Witt.
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Lorton Lick Baptist Church
John Witt
Lightning toll halves Orange County herd at farm
Orange County Virginia farmer George Ahlfield faced a crushing loss after a thunderstorm. He found 30 pedigreed black Angus cattle dead in a field and the rest distressed, the storm likely striking through the herd as the cows huddled together.
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Orange
George Ahlfield
Orange County
Ahlfield
Contact numbers for Daily Telegraph editors
News tip line offered for the Daily Telegraph with contact options. Editor names Bob Pepalis and David Barker are provided along with a phone number 327-6171 for tips or city news.
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Call
Bob Pepalis
David Barker
The
Daily Telegraph
Corrections correct two student names in Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph corrects two Princeton Senior High School graduates names. Rebecca Kay Ellison and Patricia Gail Hel mo were misprinted earlier. The Montcalm High School student pictured on page A-1 Monday is Patricia Gail Hel mo.
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Rebecca Kay Ellison
Princeton
Duates
Daily Telegraph
Montcalm High School
Patricia Gail Helmo
Defendants Collapsed After Sentencing in Mercer Court
In Mercer County Circuit Court Monday Roland Gunter 23 collapsed in the courtroom after a two month jail term for battery was imposed. He was admitted to Princeton Community Hospital with a Cardiac Care Unit placement possible. condition stable. Co defendant Cortez Martin 22 Bluefield received a 12 month suspended sentence with four months jail. Both men were indicted for malicious wounding in the December 10 1989 beating of Joseph Parks outside a Bluefield bar.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Cella
Mercer County
Roland Gunter
John R. Frazier
Princeton Community Hospital
Gunter
Bluefield Gridiron
Cortez Martin
Martin
Frazier
Joseph Parks
Bo's
Parks
Ben White III
Michael Gibson
West Virginia forests rebound to third in nation
Morgantown AP reports a federal study finds West Virginia now ranks as the nation’s third most forested state with 79 percent of land forested and timber making up 77 percent of growing stock. Foresters say recovery occurred largely on its own after past logging and wildfires.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Dawn DiGiovanni
U.S. Forest Service
Rich Widmann
Forest Service
Northeastern Forest Experiment State
Radnor
Widmann
The
Safety House to Teach Children Fire Escape in Princeton
Princeton fire fighters plan a mobile Safety House to teach kids how to escape a burning building. Mayor Earlie Moon, City Manager Jim Juhl, Fire Chief J.W. Howell, and McDonalds representatives announced the project at Stafford Drive. Funds aim to cover about 5000 dollars for a wooden trailer home used in schools and community events. The department will sell McDonalds Dollars for one dollar each, with McDonalds contributing 35 cents per dollar redeemed. Area businesses and other fire departments will assist. dollars can be purchased by calling the Princeton Fire Department at 425-2982.
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Princeton
Earlie Moon
Jim Juhl
J.W. Howell
McDonalds
Beckey Stacy
Susan White
Gene Forbes
Stafford Drive
White
de Ent
Arter Jackson
Howell
Fire Department
McDonald's
Bluefield
McDonald
Jackson
First Community Bank
Princeton Fire Department
Blankenship ends election protest in Princeton race
Democratic candidate Claude Blankenship will not contest the recount decision and plans to focus on future campaigns. The Mercer County race saw Basham win by 52 votes before recounts. Blankenship paid a $300 bond and gained five votes, with more than 800 ballots not voting in the county commission race. He protested recount procedures, which he says were not done by hand as he expected.
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Princeton
C.W. Blankenship
Blankenship
Terry Basham
County Commission
Basham
Walking Tour Guides Historic Bluefield Landmarks
The June Main Street Bluefield gathering featured a 20 minute walking tour led by historian Stuart McGehee with a Memorial Elementary School class. A pamphlet with maps and bios guides the trek past nine downtown sites starting and ending at the Arts and Crafts Center, including Old City Hall and the former Bluefield Daily Telegraph building. The July Meet Me On Main Street meeting shifts to July 9.
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Main Street
Bluefield
Stuart McGehee
Memorial Elementary School
Bluefield Area
Arts and Crafts Center
Bland Street
Princeton Avenue
Scott Street
Commerce Street
Federal Street
McGehee
Brenda Cannon
Bluestone Visitors and Convenire Bureau
Old City Hall
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Falls Mills water project moves closer to ARC grant
Tazewell County PSA signs a $500,000 ARC grant as part of a $1.965 million water line project for Falls Mills. FHA covers $700,000 while a $750,000 loan funds the rest. project aims to boost fire protection and support future Woodtech plant. PSA plans a June 11 meeting to finalize details.
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Falls Mills Water Project
ARC
Tazewell
Falls Mills
Tazewell County
Farmers Home Administration
Howard Leist
PSA
Lester Jones
FHA
Virginia Foods
Woodtech
Leist
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Camp Dickenwise
Johnston Restaurant
Tazewell High School
Vacation Bible School
James Barbery
Gibson
Falcon Crest
Craig Morrison
Dave Zucker
Safety House
Barbara Hawkins
C.E. “Tate
Lohr
Ray Bragg
Claude Blankenship
Charles R. Smith
Feoe
Rudolph Jennings
Curt Barber
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