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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1985
Page
11
GRTA Chairman Joe Walker of Bluefield warned that without additional operating capital, bus runs cannot continue. Spurgeon announced June 17 23 as GRTA Marketing Week with free rides on June 19 20 and promotional giveaways at Bluefield venues to boost ridership.
Multiple legal notices appear including a June 25 1985 vehicle sale at Andy Clark Ford Princeton WV a creditor and beneficiary notice for estates Dillon McMichael Neal and Neal estate bids for sprockets and collars due June 21 1985 and a final settlement notice for Eaton estate Also a civil rights outreach notice and transit board actions discuss smoking policy driver performance and new buses funded by Urban Mass Transit Authority plus GRTA updates and employment outreach in Mercer County
Public notices list final settlements for several estates including Armstrong Bernice Blanton John C Hooper John Jones Elizabeth R Maynor Earl N Rangle Jesse J and heirs are advised to examine records in Princeton West Virginia before September 1 1985. Also notices to creditors and estates for Opal Mae Dodrill Lisa Denise Pennington infant Angela Catherine Hood guardianship and other executors urge submission of verified claims by September 1 1985. A public hearing on hospital bed reductions in Southwest Virginia health system planning district is set June 20 1985 with further review July 11 1985 and comments invited in Roanoke and Lebanon areas. </S>
Mercer County offers a six week summer course at Princeton High School for second and third graders to reteach reading and math skills. Tuition is 100 dollars. Enroll by Thursday by calling Virginia Winfrey at the county board of education.
Mercer County Commissioners approved upgrading the Brickyard Road Bridge, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, and backed a $721,000 grant application to the Governor's Office for the Halls Ridge Road water project as part of a $943,000 total plan. They appointed Ronnie Kennett to the Mercer County Development Authority and reviewed county investments, depository bonds, and various contracts and leases.
Veteran Virginia lawmakers Claude Anderson and Cleves Manning face primary challenges as Watkins Abbitt Jr. and Kenneth Melvin threaten in the 59th and Portsmouth districts. Anderson, a Byrd-era leader, is challenged by Abbitt amid personal controversy. Manning, a long-time chair, fights Melvin in a heavily Black Portsmouth district. Wilson faces Claude Carter in Covington in a labor-heavy contest.
Religion notices list Vacation Bible School at Kee Street United Methodist Church Princeton from June 17 to 21 evenings for children from kindergarten to junior high. Other items include church anniversary events, meeting notices for Ladies Ministries and United Methodist Men, and a Welsh of sewer plant progress and voter registration notes in Honaker and Bluefield areas.
A seven-year-old Soulsville boy, Christopher Walker, died after a car struck him near Wyoming General Hospital Monday around 5:15 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 5:54 p.m. No citation was issued to driver Stanley Cantrell. The accident cause is under investigation. deputies Eddie Hatfield and Clyde Graham led the inquiry.
Incubator Economic Development has worked on the project for more than a year. Funding is being sought from the Ford Foundation, Benedum Foundation, Local Initiative Support Corporation, the Small Business Development Center at the University of Charleston, and the Small Business Administration. Cannon said an announcement on grant approval is expected by August or September.
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