Courthouse Activity Records Mercer County deeds and filings
Six deeds were filed two wills probated two fiduciary matters settled and two marriage license applications announced at the Mercer County Courthouse Princeton deeds include transfers from Frank B Queen to Garvis L and Della M Walker in Beaver Pond District and others with modest sums. Wills of Ruth Watson Byrd and James Henry Wyrick admitted to probate. Marriage licenses issued for John Ryan Houchins and Brenda Joyce Brooks and for Robert Luther Martin and Glenna Marie White. Beatrice D Richardson appointed administratrix for Ida Mae Cole with Fidelity and Casualty Co surety bond of 500. Appraisers named Hank Smoot William C Bivens Jr and P T Lilly Jr.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Frank B
Daisy Queen
Garvis L
Della M. Walker
Beaver Pond
Beatrice D. Richardson
Ida Mae Cole
Fidelity and Casualty Co
New York
Hank Smoot
William C. Bivens Jr
P. T. Lilly Jr
Charles R. Smith
Clarence L. Hunt
Carlyle Cole
Preston Warden
Dyer Baldwin
Ruth Watson Byrd
James Henry Wyrick
John Ryan Houchins
Brenda Joyce Brooks
Bluefield
Robert Luther Martin
Glenna Marie White
Princetonian To Get Degree At Cincinnati
Phillip Selig of Princeton earns a bachelor of science in industrial management at the University of Cincinnati. Graduation is at Cincinnati Gardens at 2 p.m. Sunday. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. I E Selig of Hinton Street and a Sigma Alpha Mu member who served as vice president. After a home vacation he and his sister Francis will travel to Los Angeles to begin a position with Douglas Aircraft Company. Mr. and Mrs. Selig and Frances will attend.
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Phillip Selig
Princeton
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gardens
Selig
I. E. Selig
Hinton Street
Phillip
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
Francis
Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Company
Frances Selig
Tri State Singing Convention Planned at Bullitt Park
The 44th annual tri state Singing Convention is set for Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bullitt Park in Big Stone Gap Virginia. Officers include Sylvan Wilson president Paul Harry Miller vice president Guy Stone secretary and W M Holbrook business manager. Committee members are George Dalton Georgia Yost Roy Kelly Grover Jackson and Claude Akers. Gospel singers are invited and refreshments will be served. Kiwanis and Lions Clubs will run concessions.
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Bullitt Park
Big Stone Gap
Sylvan Wilson
Paul Harry Miller
Guy Stone
W. M. Holbrook
Geoge Dalton
Georgia Yost
Roy Kelly
Grover Jackson
Claude Akers
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Publication rates and associations listed for West Virginia press
The notice outlines publication access and rates across West Virginia. It references Associated Press distribution and mentions a yearly price of 26 dollars with zone variations.
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Aly Bo
Vane Me
Associated Press
Daly
First Ee
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of
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Payne 78 Jolo resident dies after two year illness
Nancy Katherine Payne 78 of Jolo died after a two year illness at a daughter's home in Lex. She was born in Buchanan County Virginia to John and Plynne Bales and was widow of Jim Blaine Payne. Surviving include five children two sisters a brother 27 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Full Gospel Tabernacle Jolo with burial in Keene Cemetery Paynesville.
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Nancy Katherine Payne
Jolo
Mary Bell Davis
Lex
Buchanan County
John and
Plynne Childers Bales
Jim Blaine Payne
Full Gospel Tabernacle of
John D. Payne
Edna Keene
Ethel Bales
Edgar
Isaiah Payne
Sarah Smith
Joe Bales
Bradshaw
S. N. Shortridge
Piga, O
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Hansel Childers
Berlin Smith
Keene Cemetery
Paynesville
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Hartwell and Hawkins families mourn in local obituaries
Oscar David Hartwell 64 of Hiawatha died Wednesday at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Survivors include wife Julia Hartwell son James D. Hartwell and two stepsons. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton handling arrangements. Horace Howe Hawkins 76 of Mt Airy Va native of Timothy and Laura Musser Hawkins. Wesleyan Methodist Church member. Mrs Nellie Hutchinson Hawkins of Bluefield and one grandson. Body at Hawkins Funeral Home with arrangements pending. Friends may call after 6 pm.
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Oscar David Hartwell
Hiawathe
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Charlie
Mary Hartwell
Mercer County
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Julia Hartwell
James D. Hartwell
Princeton
Thomas W. Radford
Gro- Friends
Horace Howe Hawkins
Mt. Airy
Timothy
Laura Musser Hawkins
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Nellie Hutchinson Hawkins
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Obituaries from Bluefield Falls Mills and Bland Va
Dale C Walker 78 of Mortuary Bluefield Va dies with Rev James Howell officiating burial at Big Branch Cemetery Falls Mills Va Pocahtontas Masonic Lodge 240 pallbearers graveside service friends may call after 11 am today Victor A Fletcher Princeton memorial directory in charge funeral at Pisgah Methodist Church burial Fletcher Cemetery Pisgah Thomas Cicero Thompson 83 Bland Va dies Friday 3 pm Newberry Funeral Home Bland Rev C V Duff burial Monte Vista Mausoleum
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Fletcher
Victor A
Princeton
Pisgah Methodist Church
T. D. Dickenson
Fletcher Cemetery
Pisgah
Memorial Funeral Directory
Thompson
Thomas Cicero
Bland
Newberry Funeral Home
C. V. Duff
Monte Vista Mausoleum
City Committee Faces Unfilled Posts For Municipal Election
Bluefield officials, including City Executive Committee, must fill vacant Democrat and Republican posts for eight wards as only half the candidates ran. Ties in Ward 1 Democrat race need resolution, while Republican contests show several candidates with uneven results.
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Bluefield
Maxine Holm
Newhall Church to Launch Two Week Revival
Newhall Advent Christian Church will begin a two week revival the revival starts Monday night at 7 30 oclock and the public is invited to attend.
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Newhall Church
Newhall Advent Christian Church
Alumni Affairs Head is Kiwanian Speaker
Members of the South Blue Kiwanis Club met at the Pinnacle Restaurant Thursday evening with Jim Compton as program chair. Ralph Patsel the Bluefield College alumni director spoke on Family Security using a Vu-graph. Visitors included Jess Ramsey and Adrian Vance from Anawalt Club plus Winford Dillard and E. C. Rector and Harry Parks from Northfork.
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South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Pinnacle
Jim Compton
Ralph Patsel
Bluefield College
Patsel
Jess Ramsey
Adrian Vance
Anawalt Club
Winford Dillard
E. C. Rector
Harry Parks
Northfork
Boy Missing Hand Held Back From Baseball Debut
Olathe Kansas AP Terry Nalley a six year old born without a left hand waited to play left field for a Minor League East team. A thief stole his new felt covered wire hand and glove after a shop visit prompting a search for the missing equipment and a plan to replace it if recovered.
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Olathe
Kan
Terry Nalley
Terry
Neal Nalley
Civil Service
Olathe Naval Air Station
P. W. Hanicke
Kansas City
Freeda Smith
Mrs. Nalley
Mrs. Smith
Building Permit Rule Applies Countywide in Tazewell
Tazewell County adopts a universal building permit rule covering all repairs or construction costing $1000 or more, applies even where towns have their own permits. Graham Hedrick notes tax free buildings are exempt to avoid revenue loss. The May 4 board action enacts a $5 permit fee with up to $250 daily penalties for violations.
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Tazewell County
Graham Hedrick
County Board of Supervisors
Bluefield
Board of Supervisors
Feud Threatens Food Stamp Program Expansion
The dispute centers on expanded food stamp distributions in four pilot counties and a plan to replace stamps with surplus commodities in case of discontinuation. Officials clash over safeguards while about 50,000 people in additional counties could be affected.
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Anced
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Wayne
Kanawha
Boone, Fayette
Raleigh
Smith
Robertson
Aa Culture Department
Midwest Floods Rain Through Soggy Plains
Relentless spring rains and scattered severe storms inundate the Midwest. In Kansas, Newton with 15,000 residents saw 1,090 evacuated as high water rose along tributaries of the Arkansas River. Authorities warn the region faces at least 24 more hours of storms and floods.
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Wichita, Kan
Midwest
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Newton
Wichita
Kan
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Low Bid For Pineville Federal Office Post Office
The apparent low bid of 222900 to construct a federal building post office in Pineville West Virginia was submitted by the R F Creson Co of Memphis Tennessee. Senator Byrd said the General Services Administration will review the bid and noted Congress has appropriated 30300 for the project.
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Washington
Pineville
W.va
R. F. Creson Co
Memphis
Tenn
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
General Services Administration
Congress
Lions Club to Install Officers at Banquet and Dance
The Bluefield Lions Club holds a 6 30 p m meeting at the West Virginian Hotel with installation of new officers and the annual banquet and dance as the keynote. The usual Friday noon business meeting is not held today.
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Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginian
May Receipts in Princeton Top 1964 Total
The Princeton Chamber bulletin reports May 1965 gross sales tax receipts at 11 742.60, up from 9 523.90 in 1964 and 7 941.42 the year before. May building permits reach 38 650, bank debits rise to 9 876, a 17 percent gain. Region Three retail sales up 12.1 percent.
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Chamber of Commerce
Princeton
Region Three
Mercer County
Military Bases Bill Approved by House
The House passed a $2 billion military construction bill by voice vote despite a possible presidential veto threat. The measure would grant Congress a say in base shutdowns, raising questions about its impact on bases slated for closure, including the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Washington
House
Congress
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mercer County Court condemns riverfront easement near Montcalm
Public notice of eminent domain action in Mercer County West Virginia in Civil Action Nos 13762 and 13759 to acquire a perpetual right of way and easement along the Bluestone River near Montcalm for flood control channel clearance from mile 34.80 to 37.83. The proceeding names Fannie J Bailey Helen Flippen and others as defendants with hearings set and just compensation to be determined.
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Fannie J. Bailey
Bluestone
Mercer County
West Virginia
Bluestone River
Montcalm
Circuit Court
Princeton
KWASS
Stone & Blue
O. Blue
Helen Flippen
C. McGuire
Kwass, Stone & Blue
Commerce
Bluefield
Senate Defeats Bid To Cut Foreign Aid Timetable
The Senate rejected an early attempt to reduce the 3.44 billion dollar foreign aid bill and moved to speed action. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said final action might come by Friday night, though he cautioned it was not guaranteed. A time limit on debate was set, with one hour per amendment and four hours for closing remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Public Notice of Condemnation Proceedings in Mercer County WV
The Circuit Court grants an order of publication in a condemnation action against Ethel Neal York and Edgar York concerning land along the Blue Stone River Mercer County for a flood control project. The map shows Parcel 81 near Montcalm. proceedings set for 9:30 A.M. in Princeton Court, with notices to nonresident defendants to appear and protect their interests.
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Oscar D. Hartwell
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W. L. Alley Sr
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Fred Welcker
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