Princeton Election Returns Confirmed After Canvassing
Incumbents Emory Reaser and Ira Southern and newcomer Robert Graham were certified as Princeton City Council winners after canvassing June 5 ballots. Reaser led with 430 votes, Southern 34, Graham 284. other vote changes included Donzie Kessinger at 281 and several minor gains for remaining candidates. Southern and Graham take office July 1, while Reaser was sworn in by city clerk Virginia Wolford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Emory Reaser
Ira Southern
Robert Graham
Princeton
Reaser
Southern
Graham
Robert Whitten
Joseph H. Vicars
T. R. White
Virginia Wolford
Herbert Fink
Solicitation Permit Retained For Unification Church Group
Bluefield city officials kept the Unification Church solicitation permit after a hearing. City manager Fred Burton refused to revoke it due to lack of proof of misrepresentation in fund collecting at a McDonald’s. Church members did not attend the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unification Church Group
Bluefield
Fred Burton
Unification Church
McDonald's
Donald Hancock
Fred A. Stalians
Folzeniogen
Daily Telegraph
Virginia Side Council rescinds town whistle blowing ordinance
The Virginia Side Town Council votes to repeal a local whistle blowing ordinance after concerns over unsafe rail crossings. Councilman James Lindsey urged action amid recent rail-related deaths and a request to pressure Norfolk and Western Railway to install gates. The meeting also covers tax exemptions for the sewage plant, delinquent tax publication timing, and appointments including Leonard Yost as recreation director and Steve Danko to the planning commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Side Council
James Lindsey
Jack Gilbert
N&w
Railroad
T.o.davis
Davis
Leonard Yost
North Tazewell
Yost
Steve Danko
Planning Commission
Frank Hart
Anderson
Mercer Art Guild Members Win Awards at Rhododendron Festival
Three Mercer Art Guild members earned prizes at the 13th annual Rhododendron State Art and Craft Festival on the Capitol grounds in Charleston. Rita Montrosse won first in oils and mixed media. Joy Shott took second in mixed media and had two watercolors accepted for the Allied Artists exhibit at Sunrise Gallery. Ellen Elmes received an honorable mention in watercolor while serving as Artist in Residence in Johnson City Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Art Guild
Capitol Grounds
Charleston
Rita Montrosse
Guild
Joy Shott
Ellen Elmes
Johnson City
Tenn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Notes Delivery Rates
The notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines publication details including establishment, mailing address, and AP association. It lists subscription by mail in first and second series, with a rate of 5280 per year, home delivery at 440 per calendar month, and mentions rates to other zones on application. It also notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising representation by Landon Aweiare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wen
Delvery
Audi Bureau of Crculation
Landon Aweiare
Mercer County School Board Plans Executive Meeting
The Mercer County Board of Education will meet in executive session today at 10:00 a.m. in the Central Office to continue selecting a superintendent. The board also schedules its regular meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. A James E. Robbins of Lilly Grove requests clarification in the Daily Telegraph that he is not the James E. Robbins arrested for writing worthless checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
James E. Robbins
Lilly Grove
Princeton
Daily
Teleraph
Mercer County Deeds and Licenses Filed This Week
Deeds recorded in Mercer County Clerk's office include George A Morton and Elizabeth H Morton in River District and Grace Parley’s son in Quail Valley Estates for 52500 dollars. Marriage license applications list Michael A Chudina of Roanoke and Jane A Griffin of Princeton and James M Hunsucker of Princeton and Cynthia L Red from Werushhure.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
George A
Elizabeth H Morton
Grace Parley
Douglas H
Maria B. Wilburn
Quail Valley Estates
East River District
Michael Anthony Chudina
Roanoke
Jane Anne Griffin
Princeton
James Merriott Hunsucker
Cynthia Lee Red
Werushhure
Matoaka Municipal Election Totals Unopposed Slate
Matoaka holds its municipal election with all candidates running unopposed except for council slate incumbents Frank Caruso Samuel Davis Douglas Hawkes James Hodges and newcomer Robert Barlow. Mayor Charles E and Recorder Ralph S Bird not on ballot write in votes expected.
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Matoaka
Charles E
Ralph S. Bird
Frank Caruso
Samuel Davis
Douglas Hawkes
James Hodges
Robert Barlow
Council
Bramwell Votes Are Official In Town Election Outcome
An official Bramwell tally shows Don Murphy unopposed as mayor with 148 votes and Elizabeth McElrath named recorder with 156 votes. Write-ins include Roger Goins for mayor with five and William Miller, Glen Scott, and Gordon Short with two, three, and one votes respectively for head office. Council totals list Vester Johnson 62 Phillip Ball 26 Warren Butt 47 Jack Comer 42 and Charlie Eanes 86. council write-ins include Goins one vote. The council addressed 24 challenge votes at Monday night meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramwell
Don Murphy
Elizabeth McElrath
Kim Murphy
Glen Scott
Joe Vinciguerra
Paul Gay
Roger Goins
William Miller
Gordon Short
Goins
Vester Johnson
Phillip Ball
Warren Butt
Jack Comer
Charlie Eanes
Man Charged With Slaying Of Taylor In Honaker
Buford State of Honaker has been charged by Russell County Virginia sheriff's officials in the slaying of Bertha Lee Hess Taylor of Honaker. Death details show she died of gunshot injuries. Surviving relatives include her husband Marvin Taylor and daughter Angela, plus several Hess siblings. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery after interment.
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Honaker Waman
Russell County
Honaker
Sheriff's Department
Buford
Bertha Lee Hess Taylor
Marvin Taylor
Angela Renee Taylor
Ethel Mangus
Slater S.C
Mary Francis Taylor
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Funeral Home
McDowell County
Henry Church
Dellia Lester Church
Donald
Jerry
Robert
James
Lee Short
Hensley
Frank Short
Baltimore
Mary Cox
Mullens
Dave Bells
Quincey
Ohio
Murder Suspected In Garrett Death in Fayetteville
Ernest Garrett, 23, ROTC cadet and West Virginia State College student, died Saturday night in Fayetteville North Carolina in a suspected homicide. A native of McDowell County he was the son of Clyde and Willie Garrett. Survivors include three brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ernest Garrett
Caretta
Fayetteville
N.C
W. Va. State College
McDowell County
Clyde Garrett Sr
Willie M. Garrett
Clyde Garrett Jr
Larry Garrett
Robert Garrett
Charleston
Emma Jean Garrett
Landover, Md
Page Funeral Home
Escapee Nabbed In Pageton
A McDowell County man wanted for felonious escape from a Maryland penitentiary was captured Sunday afternoon in Pageton. Leman Ashbrook, about 45, was taken at his Pageton home around 4 p.m. by Troopers G. L. Woods and S. L. Cox, with help from Trooper C. M. Turner and Deputy Sheriff Ronnie Mathis.
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McDowell County
Maryland
Pageton
C. M. Turner
West Virginia
Welch
Leman Ashbrook
Ashbrook
G. L. Woods
S. L. Cox
Turner
Ronnie Mathis
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Death notices from the Bluefield area list James Lester 65 of Alexandria Va former Bluefield resident died after a long illness. Survivors include Edna M. Lester and several children. Funeral held at Demaine Funeral Home Alexandria with burial in Presbyterian Cemetery. Other obituaries include Myrtle Pardoe 83 of Frederick Md former Green Valley and George M. Vandyke 61 of Oakwood Va. Also listed are Floyd C. Dye 66 of Swords Creek and many local names with services pending or completed at Cravens Shires Funeral Home and Buchanan County Funeral Home.
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James Lester
Alexandria
Bluefield
Ellewyn
Edna M. Lester
Carl Gillespie
Dennis Hockenberry
Lowell
Mich
Earl W. Davis
Doran
Lew Roy Lester
Cedar Bluff
Thomas Lester
Demaine
Presbyterian Cemetery
Myrtle Pardoe
Myrtle Spangler Pardoe
Frederick
Green Valley
Cravens- Shires
Bluewell
George M. Vandyke
Oakwood
Richlands Oo
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
Long Point Baptist Church
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
James Shelby Lewey
Gilliam
McDowell County
James W. Lewey
Sallie Warner Lewey
UMWA
Sahara Etta Stone Lewey
Thelma Faye Anderson Lewey
Melvin Lewey
Home
Shirley Vanney
Princeton
Richard
Loretta) Hedrick
Mary Whitner
Arlington
Robert
Blanche) West
Whitegate
Ray
Lottie) Hingole
Charles
Mabel) Lucas
Vienna
D. H. Lewey
W. H Lewey
Washington, D.C
Bennett-Fanning
Northfork
Richard Hanson
Thornspring
Pulaski
Floyd
Rose) Wampler
John
Nannie) Lockhart
Maxwell, Va
Helen Counts
Woodrow W McGlothlin
Garden Creek
Recommended concrete thickness for walkways and driveways
The thickness of a concrete walkway depends on traffic type and volume, with 4 inches commonly advised. For a concrete driveway, a minimum thickness of 6 inches is recommended to support heavier loads.
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Donzie Kessinger
Didates
C. E. Ball
Thomas Steel
Oliver Avenue
Kee Street
Civitan Park
Caperton Ave
Thomas Worley
Capterton Ave
Oliver and Kee
Worley
Meador
Wysong
Maple Street
Robert Carr
Sues
Folzenlogen
Don Keesling
Norfolk & Western Railway
Claude Croney
The
American Watercolor Society
Falmouth
Mass
W. C. Dibble
W. Va
Gerald Ratliff
Davy
Mary Hale
Gordon Herd
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
Mid-Atlantic States
Gulf States
Rockies
Courthouse News
Congressional
Man
Taylor
Garrett
Blankenship
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Childress
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Forrest Hall
Ikey Maynard
Edmond Freeman
Roger Stone
John Meadows
Jimmy Hayslett
Walter H. Anderson,jr
Walter H. Anderson Jr
Covington, Ky
Robert H. Anderson Sr
Newport, Ky
Randy Anderson
Covington
Narrows, Va
Miss Rhoda Gail Anderson
Covington Ky
Richard Anderson
George W. Seaver Chapel
Norman Arrington
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bessie Short
Welch Hospital
Lena Bell Williams
Rt. 2
She
Sharpsburg, Md
Morgan S. and
Mary K. Lakin Fisher
Marilyn Burnett
Ella M. Price
Robert F. Williams Jr
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Derry Gray
Monte Vista Park
Mercer Funeral Home
Donald K. Taylor
Appointmer
North
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