Ten Enlist In Marine Corps From Bluefield Area
The U S Marine Corps Recruiting Substation in Bluefield enlisted ten area young men in May. They undergo eight weeks of boot training at Parris Island and another month of advanced training before a 20 day leave and further orders. Enlistees include Danny Ray Bales Charles Donald Jamison William Darnell Sadler Bernard Allen Eades Thomas Larry Long George Petrovich Lloyd Allen Hall Thomas Cecial Murray James Edward Moore Jimmy Edward Lambert and others from Bluefield Pocahontas and Tazewell counties.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Bluefield
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
San Deigo
Calif
Danny Ray Bales
Ezra Bales
Charles Donald Jamison
Dorothy Mae Jamison
William Darnell Sadler
William Moses Sadler
Bernard Allen Eades
Arthur H. Thomas
Thomas Larry Long
Thelma Lee Harvey
Princeton
Pocahontas
George
Thomas Petrovich
Larry Larue
Lloyd Allen Hall
Kelly Lawrence Hall
Thomas Cecial Murray
Cecil Hubert Murray
James Edward Moore
Vestal Moore
Tazewell, Va
Jimmy Edward Lambert
Audrey Hanks
Davy
Mercer County Science Camp Set for June
Mercer County hosts its first annual science camp at Camp Joy on the Bluefield Tazewell Road from June 17 to 21. About 100 seventh to ninth graders will attend, selected by their schools for science interest and achievement. James Long leads as camp director with instructors from Mercer, Athens, Beckley and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Camp Joy
Bluefield Tazewell Road
Princeton
Cooperative Extension Service
Appalachian Center
West Virginia University
Mercer County Board of Education
James Long
Fairview Junior High
Bluefield
Bill Boden
Frederick Harris
Janice Mae Terry
Patricia Harris
Athens
John Seay
Beckley
Carl Allen
Mabscott
Linda Sue Lucan
Fort Gay
John Horseman Jr
Buchannon
Robert Simons
Kimberly
Robert Perry
Ralph Crandall
Region VII Learning Resource Center
James Kukowski
Goddard Lace Flight Center
Charles Pruett
Charles Gatchell
Forest Products Marketing Laboratory
Meade McNeill
Frances M. Luciano
Lions Ladies Night features Mowery talk at Pearlsburg club
International director Charles W. Mowery will speak at Pearlsburg Lions Club Ladies Night at Mountain Lake Hotel marking the club’s 36th anniversary. Mowery, a York-born business educator and author, resides in Fairfax with his wife Dottie and children. He has earned over twenty Lions citations and will see the 1968 69 officers introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Mowery
Pearlsburg Lions Club
Mountain Lake Hotel
Mr. Mowery
York
Rider College
Trenton
N. J
Dramatic Guild
Skull and Sabres Honor Society
Alpha Epsilon Zeta Honor Society
Lions Club
Bruen Chapel Methodist Church
Mowery
Lions International
Pennsylvania
Wilford P. Johnston
Paul H. Hepler
A. B. Heck, Jr
James R. Boult
Kee Street Church Garage Sale Proposal
Kee Street Methodist Church sponsors a garage and auction sale at Skeens' Garage in Princeton near Athens Road and Thorn Street. The sale runs from 10 a.m. until items are sold and funds the church building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kee Street Methodist Church
Skeens’ Garage
Princeton
Skeens’ Grocery
Athens Road
Thorn Street
Byrd seeks restoration of Appalachian Commission funds
U S Senator Robert C Byrd urged a Senate subcommittee to restore the full 45 million cut from the Appalachian Regional Commission budget. He warned the reduction harms the program concept and risks undermining highway and health allocations, noting the House approved 168 million of 213 million requested for fiscal 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Washington
Senate Appropriations
House of Representatives
Appalachian Regional Commission
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Independent Office
Byrd
Congress
Appalachia
Commission
House
Property Owners Urged to Clear Weeds in Princeton
Cris Barton acting city manager announced that all property owners must immediately cut weeds and high grass on all lots. If lots remain unkempt the city will clear the land and bill the property owners for the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cris Barton
Princeton
Eight Marriage Licenses Issued In Giles County
Giles County Clerk office in Pearsburg issued eight licenses on Friday May 31 and thirteen on Saturday June 1. Pairings include James Michael Terry Dayton Ohio and Jacky Lynne Gilmore Dayton Ohio. more couples listed with residences in Huntington W V Narrows W V Evans W V Parkersburg W V and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Giles County Clerk’s Office
Pearlsburg
James Michael Terry
Dayton
Ohio
Jacky Lynne Gilmore
Danny Marlin Dunlap
Huntington
W. Va
Carol Ann Urban
Charles Robert Baumgardner
Nancy Billie Baise
Chesapeake
Eugene Roy Shuff, Jr
Narrows
Alice Janette Green
Warren Dale Hart
Leon
Judy Marie Campbell
Evans
Kenneth Ray Walker
Niles
Mich
Carolyn Louise Weaver
South Port
Danny Joe Ratliff
Parkersburg
Peggy Ruth Stephens
Mineral Wells
Willie Campbell
Velma Edna Miller Cook
Brenton
Ronald Lee Huffman
Newark
Belinda Kay Thornton
Robert Quenton Aliff
Blackberry City
Brenda Joyce Parker
Elkview
Albert Joseph Miller
Charleston
Leela Kay Skiles
Leola Kay Skiles
Elva Eugene Lewis
Hungington
Betty Ruth Bias
Billy Junior Merrix
Pearisburg
Hazel Gray May
Phillip Lynn Wiggins
Traffic deaths rise to 204 on state roads this year
State police reported Thursday that 204 people have been killed on state roads this year, up from 184 at the same point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
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Mercer
James K. Lowry
Raleigh County
Nine Flags
Cologne
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Bluefield, Virgin
Uyr
Kee Street
Istaamm
Dacron Cool
Cox's Basement
Carolyn Sue Weinstock
Marietta
William Millard Peyton
Henlawson
Janice Gail Browning
Big Creek
James Michael Leonard
Columbus
Elaine DeShong Porteus
Terry Lee Thomas
St. Albans
Karen Llyn Lewis
Norwalk
Robert Emory McCallum, Jr
Barbara Singleton Beary
Leslie Wayne Kincaid
Kincaid
Judy Joan Johnson
Charles Monroe East
Pembroke
Nena Mae Freeman
Robert Lee Mullins
Cleveland
Mary Frances Colegrove
Triple Decker Giants
Burge
Stanley
bYse
Aakerstixe,ouse
Bluefield, Virginia
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