High Grass and Weeds Draw Complaints in Bluefield
Bluefield officials report numerous complaints about high grass and weeds on multiple city lots. The city mower remains inoperable but should be repaired within a week. The Bluefield Woman’s Club arranged 50 trees in planters along Bluefield Avenue and will hand them to the city at a future ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
West Virginia Water Co
Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Womans Club
Nunn
Burton
William E. Cline
Trail’s End Nursery
Bluefield Board of Directors
Cline
Harvey Amos
Amos
Florida
Bluefield City Park
Cherry Street
Driveway Camping Leads to Traffic Injuries in Raleigh
Two Pennsylvania youths, Rodney Stover 17 and Kenneth Caldwell 18, slept on a Raleigh driveway by a funeral home. A car ran over them. Caldwell were listed in good condition and Stover in fair condition at Wake Memorial Hospital. They had hitchhiked from Oil City after graduating Cranberry High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
Pennsylvania
Rodney Stover
Venus
Kenneth Caldwell
Oil City
Wake Memorial Hospital
Caldwell
Stover
Cranberry High School
Bluestone Baptist Church Plans Men's Day Program
The Bluestone Baptist Church in Bramwell schedules a Mens Day program starting at 11 a.m. with Rev. H. L. Wade delivering the sermon and the Men' s Chorus providing music. Sherman Graves is featured speaker for the 3 p.m. service. Robert Hairston chairs the program committee and Rev. R. M. Harris is the church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluestone Baptist Church
Bramwell
H. L. Wade
Sherman Graves
Robert Hairston
R. M. Harris
Four Sentenced In Separate Mercer County Court Cases
Judge Howard M. Jarrett presided over four Mercer County Intermediate Court cases on Friday. Tracey E. Dickens, 55, of Bluefield, pleaded guilty to nighttime burglary of Maxine Hill's home in December and received an indeterminate sentence of one to 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Tracey E. Dickens
Bluefield
State Penitentiary
Maxine Hill
Joseph A. Blankenship
Princeton
Frank L. Fitzwater
Kelleysville
Allen Garbutt
Ingleside
Intermediate Court
Blankenship
Fitzwater
Garbutt
Bernard M. Evans
Sterling Grocery
Evans
Jarrett
Wilkes
North Carolina
Industrial School For
Brushfork
Stadium Drive
Skyway
New Virginia Demo Chairman Doubts High Party Losses
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, newly named chairman of Virginia Democrats, dismissed calls of a party collapse after criticism from former Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. and others. He said loyal Democrats would stay, noted intra party rifts, and announced co chairmen to address a $100,000 debt from the 1969 elections while outlining ongoing party unity efforts.
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New Virginia
Richmond
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
Democratic Party
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Fitzpatrick
2Nd District
Norfolk
Godwin
Roanoke
Dinwiddie County
John Clements
Walther B. Fidler
Sharps
Fidler
Democratic Committee
Northern Neck
Clements
Dark Horse
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
William C. Battle
Charlottesville
John S. Battle
Battle
Henry E. Howell Jr
Howell
Peter K. Babalas
William V. Rawlings
Capron
James Edmunds
Kenbridge
Tazewell Hospital Stockholders Elect Five Directors
Stockholders of the Tazewell Community Hospital Inc held their annual meeting at the Tazewell County Court House. Five board members were re elected: Sam Ward Bishop, Raymond Dodson, Jim Deskins, Roy Larimer and Carl Gillespie Jr. The financial report showed net worth of 975051 and cash on hand of 21037.91. The project architect reported most vertical steel in place and masonry near completion for the 50 bed unit, with plans for a 200 bed facility and projected contractor completion in March 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Community Hospital Inc
Tazewell County Court House
James W. Harman Jr
Sam Ward Bishop
Raymond Dodson
Jim Deskins
Roy Larimer
Carl Gillespie Jr
Browne Harman
Stanley Omwake
Gary Soback
Princeton Civitan hears slides on Buffalo Creek flood
Brigadier Clarence Gross a retired Salvation Army officer showed slides of the Buffalo Creek disaster to the Princeton Civitan Club. He praised the National Guard and explained Salvation Army response with canteens, clothing centers, and later Bible distribution and counseling for survivors in mobile homes. Two new members joined and five guests were recognized. The piece notes the longest thorns on the honey locust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Gross
Salvation Army
Buffalo Creek
Princeton Civitan Club
Gross
National Guard
Princeton Old Guard hears Hatcher on food stamp eligibility
Mercer County Welfare Director Jake Hatcher told the Princeton Old Guard that many employed residents may qualify for food stamps yet not know it, urging signup despite uncertain eligibility. Welfare staff determine eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hatcher
Mercer County Welfare Department
Princeton Old Guard
Welfare Department
Ray Eads
Cecil Roy Garret
Rock
Finley Brown
J. W. Miller
Princeton
Wroughby
Harbert
William Hopkins
T. D. Dickenson
F E. H. Noble
J. C. Pritchett
Veteran’s Hospital
Richmond
Walter White
Princeton Community Hospital
John Haley
J. C. Spencer
Edgar Hylton
B. F. Wood
Holly Shrewsbury
Kenneth Farley
John Wright
Frank Pugin
James Monahan
T. R. Dunagan
Jesus
Fred Caffee
God Be With
Audra Miller
Narrows club reception for prospective members and 1972 73 budget
The Narrows Junior Woman's Club hosted a reception for prospective members with Audrey Billos as president and hostesses Nancy Lloyd Carol Lilly and Sandra Pack. The budget for 1972 73 was approved, and Bonnie Spangler elected treasurer. The group plans to sponsor a speech camper with Pearisburg Juniors and welcomed new residents with the Narrows Chamber of Commerce. The Providence Home Demonstration Club met in Pearlsburg with Marilyn Grizzard presenting Leisure Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narrows
Audrey Billos
Nancy Lloyd
Carol Lilly
Sandra Pack
Billos
Mary Thornton
Pearisburg
Bonnie Spangler
Doris Kellam
Providence Home Demonstration Club
Appalachian Building
Pearlsburg
Marilyn Grizzard
Giles County
A. G. Law
W. R. Walker
Garden club notices and travel plans for Narrows and Princeton
The Rose Garden Club of Narrows honored Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jurrius with a garden party in Hill Street. Jurrius and family will travel to Formosa for three to four months where he will serve as a consultant retired engineer. A special interest meeting on Drying Flowers is set for June 19 at 10 a.m. in Pearisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert of Roanoke visited Narrows residents, and Mr. and Mrs. Cum mings bought the Eisel property on College Avenue as the Eisels return to Huntington, W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hales Nursery
Princeton
W. Va
T. E. Starnes
Clay Evans
Pearisburg
Rose Garden Club of
Narrows
J. P. Jurrius
Harold Hale
Hill Street
Jurrius
Formosa
United States
Hale
D. E. Eisel
College Avenue
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Judy Bailey
Bluefield Cochairman
Booth
Betty Davis
Annis Eaton
Cochairman
Tazewell Hospital
Harman
Paul Brewster
Tazewell Rescue Squad
Princeton Civitans
Heritage
Princeton Guard
Hatcher
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Giles County News
Carl Lambert
M. H. Lambert
S. Burt Cummings
Lilveslily
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