Incumbents Lead In Bluefield Primary Field
With under a week to the Bluefield primary election, 22 candidates compete for 10 July 5 general election nominations. Incumbents Mayor Edwin Elliott Angelo Monaco Allen Connolly and Joe Walker are tipped to be among the top 10, while 18 challengers focus on change and local issues.
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Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Edwin Elliott
Angelo Monaco
Allen Connolly
Joe Walker
Elliott
Monaco
Fisher-Trenton Pharmacy
Bland Road
Walker
Grassy Branch
General Telephone Co
Region One Planning and Development Council
Connolly
Pulaski Street
Betty Gillespie
Larch Street
Bluefield State College
Ohio
United Pentecostal Church
Wade H. Miles
Central Junior High
Westmoreland Avenue
Baptist
Chattanooga
Bluefield Board Candidates Named in Local Campaign
A long list of Bluefield residents files to contest the city school board. Names include D Taft Johnson Sr, Jason McGuire, Paul Oliver Sr, Kelly Jenkins, and Dr. D Ray Brown. The primary narrows to 10, July 5 general election selects five board members who will name a mayor and take office the first Tuesday in August.
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West Virginia University
McDowell County
Tom Janutolo Jr
Cumberland Road
Bluefield State College
Bluefield
D. Taft Johnson Sr
Pulaski St
Johnson
Democratic Executive Committee
Northside
Kelly Jenkins
Union Street
United Piece
Falls Mills Road
Paul Oliver Sr
Clovis Street
Joy Manufacturing Co
American Legion
Calvary Baptist Church
Frances Etman
Fulton Street
Ray Bragg
Bluemont Drive
Bragg
Bailey Lumber Co
Mayor’s Advisory Committee
People’s Loan Co
Homer L. Brown
Stadium Drive
Brown
Mercer County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mildred Sperry
Brierwood Lane
David R. Grove
Cherrywood Lane
General Telephone Company
West Virginia
Jason McGuire
Bland Road
House of Delegates
McGuire
East Bank
Mercer Welding and Machine
Falls Mills
Manuel (Mallie) Giampocaro
530 Parkway
Bland Street United Methodist Church
Mercer County Lodge No. 80
Fraternal Order of Police
D. Ray Brown
West Cumberland Road
Interstate Land Co., Inc
Green Valley
District 10 Office
Princeton
State Department of Highways
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Donald M. Keesling
Blue Ridge Amusement Co
Blue Prince Cinemas
Bramwell
Keesling
Bland Street
Ambrose elected Athens mayor in municipal vote
David Ambrose retired Air Force colonel won Athens mayoral race unopposed with 145 votes while incumbent Wilbur Johnson joined the city council. Robert Kessinger was reelected recorder with 146 votes. Council results show Johnson 124 votes, Ike Mitchell 130, and four others. Final fifth seat awaits Thursday night’s challenged ballots.
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David Ambrose
Athens
Wilbur Johnson
Ambrose
Robert Kessinger
Johnson
Ike Mitchell
John Seago
John Baumegrass
Osby W. Harvey
Charles William Francis
Sandra Porterfield
Cecil Ramsey
Hampton Witt
Ellen Ann Harless
Paul Jones
Betty Claytor
Harold Pack
Five Democrats Take War Council Seats in Town Elections
In War, five Democratic candidates won town council seats and Wesley Miller was elected mayor with 297 votes. Fred Schrom Jr. was town recorder with 262 votes while Republican challengers Howard C. Linkous and Earl A. Overbey were defeated. A write-in, Pauline Clark, earned 36 votes. challenge ballots may shift one council seat but are unlikely to change the result. The next council meeting on June 13 will certify the winners.
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Hodge
Charter Party
Thomas A. Anderson
James A. Wilkerson
Dan Rose
W. H. Lester
Wilkerson
Lester
Rose
R. L. Robinson
Edward Stevenson
Democratic Party
Robinson
Stevenson
Paul J.evans
James Horton
Jesse Williams
Donna Harman
J. C. Parks
Richard Hall
James Randall David
Edward Wade Jr
Rose Cure
Jarrell Alford
Daisy A. Abbington
Fred Schrom, Jr
Teresa Stutso Linkous
Bob Musser
Clarence Powers Sr
Epp Staten
Quinto Falgiani Jr
Howard C., Linkous
Earl A. Overbey
Linkous
Overbey
Roland
Pauline) Clark
Fred Schrom
Town Recorder
Write-In Candidate Elected In Anawalt
Anawalt voters chose Max Shoun as mayor with 67 votes, narrowly defeating write-in Thomas Dillion by five. On the council, Fannie Rose led with 121 votes, followed by Milton Stear 113, Jack Heffinger 89, James Ross 85, and Ernest Donchatz 79. Incumbent Recorder Maxine Presley ran unopposed.
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Anawalt
Max Shoun
Thomas Dillion
Shoun
Fannie Rose
Rose
Milton Stear
Jack Heffinger
James Ross
Ernest Donchatz
Donchatz
Frank Martin
Charles Dillon
Maxine Presley
Gary Vote Totals Hint at Hodge Re-Election
Unofficial Tuesday tallies from Gary suggest incumbent mayor Charles Hodge leads as votes continue to be counted, indicating momentum for a possible re election.
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Gary
Charles Hodge
Incumbents Retain Seats in Peterstown Election
Incumbents prevailed in Peterstown with six of seven on the ballot winning re election. Harold Pack alone fell short by a narrow margin.
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Peterstown
Harold Pack
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Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc
Allen Peacock
Mountain View Ave
Consolidated Brokerage Co
University of Georgia
Methodist Men’s Club
Lois Spencer
Edward M. Spencer
Beatrice Paine
Mountain View Avenue
Albert J. Paine
North Street
Medical College of Virginia
Union
Martin
W. R. Martin
Rolla Wickline
Cynthia Jennings
Elwood Parker
U.S. Postal Service
Sweet Springs
James Higginbobtham
William E. Pyne
Fred Davis
Matoaka
Progressive Party
Charles E. Blankenship
Blankenship
Robert ‘‘Spoon
Barlow
People’s Party
Ralph Bird
Hazel Pychon
Frank Caruso
Doug Hawkes
James Hodges
Samuel Davis
Kermit Howell
Howell
People’s
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Ronnie Bacitto
Carnedith Sigmon
Joe Testino
William Moore
Dennis Sibold
Democrats
War Council
Wesley Miller
Falgiani
Bor
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Roverces
United States
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Folger's Mountain
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