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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1975
Page
3
Eighteen people took part in an in service training at the city auditorium June 11 13. The group learned about total recreational operation for 1975 and received craft technique instruction and equipment.
City playgrounds open today at 12 30 p m under reliable staff. Summer hours June 16 to August 8 run 12 30 4 30 with Tuesday Thursday evenings 6 30 8 30. First week features crafts and races. programs remain free for elementary age children. facilities for older youth at Bluefield High School and the city auditorium.
Twelve Bluefield College students and alumni were selected by a Baptist church entity for summer ministry. Rick Via, a Richmond sophomore, leads evangelistic work in Germany and Switzerland. others join camps, drama, revival, and creative worship teams at Eagle Eyrie and related sites, including McKit, Poplar Bluff, Lynchburg, and nearby programs.
An open house Sunday showcased the Pembroke Library housed in the Snidow Building beside the Telephone Office. Built about a year ago by Harve Snidow as a post office, the age of the structure marks it as among the town’s oldest. Mrs. Charles B. Andrews and family own the building and allow library use without rent.
Giles County hosts after school lessons at 5 p.m. weekdays at Town Courts contact recreation office 8 to 10 a.m. for details or pre registration. Open house at the library features items from C L Hunter of Eggleston and notes about early settlers. Adult 4-H Leaders Association recent gathering at First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg with talks on 4-H projects Camp and photography. Morning swimming classes start Monday at Pearlsburg Munich Swim with sessions for ages 10-14 at 1 p.m. and ages 15-17 at 2 p.m. An optional adults tennis meeting is planned.
Four persons died in a head on collision on U S 280 near Randolph Pocahontas county. Two more weekend crashes claimed two additional lives in Hampshire and Boone counties raising the 1975 road toll to 183.
Mercer County voters approved the Judicial Reform Amendment while the Commission selected Kenneth Ellis of Princeton as Justice of the Peace after a quick vote. Reports show many divorces in May and rising summer school enrollment at Bluefield and Princeton High. science camp and vocational programs also listed.
West Virginia Penitentiary officials pursue two trustys after their Saturday escape. Thomas Sturm, 28, of Kanawha County and Charles Kinney, 26, of Tucker County, may have fled in a stolen 1966 maroon Pontiac station wagon. Sturm faces 5 to 18 years for unarmed robbery and Kinney 1 to 10 years for larceny. Authorities conducted a statewide search.
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