Davy Town Hall insured say mayor asserts fire loss
Mayor William C. Hall said Davy town hall is insured with Welch Insurance Agency and an adjustor was at the scene. He denied a report that the town lacked insurance noting the building met fire code with a fire escape and extinguishers. Damages run about 13000 dollars with most loss from water. library/books were damaged but to be replaced.
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Davy
William C. Hall
Welch Insurance Agency
Hall
Opal Morgan Wolfe
Wolfe
T. A. Sizemore
Vepco Reports Higher 12 Month Earnings
Virginia Electric and Power Co. reports 12 month earnings at 1.88 per share ending May 31, up 10 cents from the year before. Surry nuclear plant produced 31 percent of May electricity, generating 872.8 million kWh, the highest since last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Vepco Board
John McGurn
Surry
McGurn Sid. Vepco
Notices to Creditors and Vehicle Auctions Listed
Legal notices alert creditors to present claims for four estates by November 19, 1977 and invite beneficiaries to review claims. Separate vehicle sale notices announce public auctions in Tazewell and Welch areas for various 1970s models with dates, times, and serial numbers.
Northwestern to study wildcat strikes in West Virginia mines
A Northwestern University research team will visit southern West Virginia coal fields this summer to interview workers at four mines including Wharton Nos 2 and 4 in Boone County Lorado in Logan County and Mark in Wayne County. Led by Prof Stephen Goldberg the project aims to identify causes and recommend improvements with funding from the National Science Foundation and with approval from UMW District 17 and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. The work is to be independent of both operators and the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Northwestern University
West Virginia
School of Law
Chicago
Stephen Goldberg
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Wharton
Boone County
Pittston Coal Co
Lorado
Logan County
Mark
Wayne County
Goldberg
United Mine Workers Union
UMW District 17
Jack Perry
Joseph P. Brennan
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
National Science Foundation
The World Almanac Q and A Quiz
A trivia item asks four questions on treason history and celestial events. It includes options for the vice president tried for treason, Halley’s Comet sighting date, and U.S. marriage totals for 1974 with true false prompts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiro Agnew
Aaron Burr
Millard Fillmore
Halley
B.C
United States
Estates Notice to Creditors and Beneficiaries
To creditors and beneficiaries of listed estates in West Virginia, claims must be filed with vouchers verified at the attorney's Riverfield office by October 15, 1977 or be barred from benefits. Beneficiaries may appear by that date to inspect claims and protect interests. Dated June 8, 1977.
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Cora Newman
Elizabeth Simmons
Frances Widener Harloe
Weldon M. Karioe
Charles ' Ieei Skeens
Charles Larry Skeens
Samuel Jesse Turpin
Wanda OD. Turpin
Main Street
Princeton
West Virginia
W. Broughton Johnston
Beecher Wilby
Addisonella Advisson
Clara L. Belcher
Michael E. Belcher
Ada Josephine Butte
C. J. Butte, Jr
Kermit R. Orander Orander
Rivefield
William T. Hancock
Absolute divorce action against Richard V Blackwell Sr
The court orders Richard Virgit Blackwell Sr to serve an answer to the complaint in Civil Action No. 77 C 584 B8 filed by Michael Lilly at 625 Law and Commerce, Barfield WV, on or before July 11, 1977. A copy of the complaint is available from the Clerk of Mercer County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Virgit Blackwell, Sr
West Virginia
Michael +. Lilly
Law & Commerce
Birefield
C. C. McGuire
Circuit Court
Mercer County
Public Auction of Used Vehicles Mercer County Board
The Board of Education of Mercer County WV will auction eleven old model school buses and six trucks to the highest responsible bidder. The sale is set for Saturday June 2 1977 at 9 00 AM at the school bus garage on the old Princeton Battlefield Road, quarter mile south of the Court House.
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Rameyev
Tazewell Va
Cnev
General Motors Acceptance
Biuefield, Va
Canes Motor Vehicle
Jack Sykes
Richlands
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Biuefield
Enna Motor Vehicle
Granato
Pontiac-Buick, Inc
Welch
W.va
Bluefield
Ramey
Board of Education of
Mercer County
West Virginia
Princeton Bivefield Road
Court House
Attorney undecided on appeal in Oakvale school case
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund lawyer Marlin Schreffler says he has not decided whether to appeal the Mercer County Board of Education case to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Judge Howard M. Jarrett ruled against Oakvale residents who sought a restraining order blocking school transfers ahead of September term. Schreffler stressed time is critical and will determine the best procedure to pursue an appeal once the court order is seen. Reports indicate residents favor taking the case to the high court. The story also notes a nursing needs discussion involving Bluefield State College leaders and area health facilities to boost RN employment.
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Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
Marlin Schreffler
Oakvale
Mercer County Board of Education
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Howard M. Jarrett
Board of Education
Princeton
Scheffler
Daily Telegraph
Supreme Court of Appeals
Schreffler
Small Schools Preservation Committee
Supreme Court
Wade Gilley
Bluefield State College
James O’hara
Bluefield
O’hara
Carolyn Law
Juveniles Transferred After Escaping Detention Center
A 14-year-old Princeton girl and a 15-year-old Wyoming County boy who escaped the Southern Region Detention Center faced hearings in Mercer County Juvenile Court. The girl was committed to the Girls Industrial School in Salem, while the Wyoming youth was adjudicated delinquent and moved to the Wyoming County Juvenile Division. Additional cases and dispositions were set for July 11 including weapons, property destruction, and gambling charges, with several youths placed in Welfare custody or foster care.
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Princeton
Wyoming County
Southern Region
William O. Bivens Jr
Mercer County
Bivens
Girls Industrial School
Salem
Bob Booth
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Raleigh County
Wyoming
Wyoming County Juvenile Division Court
Bluefield
Bramwell
Midway
Lashmeet
West Virginia
Department of Welfare
Matoaka
Wampler Criticizes Food Stamp Change as Welfare Shift
Virginia congressman William C. Wampler, ranking Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, argues that removing the food stamp purchase requirement moves the program toward welfare. He notes higher costs and erosion of the nutritional aid as more people join rolls and urges reinstating the purchase rule on the House floor.
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Virginia
William C. Wampler
House Committee On Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Wampler
House
WVU Receives Grants Totaling Sixty Thousand Dollars
West Virginia University officials announced nearly $60,000 in new grants. The American Electric Power Service Corp. provides $39,198 for a field study of fly ash construction by the Civil Engineering Department. NASA adds $20,466 for a generalization study of analytical tools for helicopter rotor airfoils under Aerospace Engineering.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia University
American Electric Power Service Corp
Department of Civil Engineering
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Barbs by Phil Pastore on meals and aging
The column jokes about corned beef prices and aging, noting high costs and shifting opinions after forty. It also riffs on race relations needing money and questions olives before martinis.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Davy Town Hall
Maryanne Stevens
Vepco
State Water Control Board
Southwestern Regional
East Main
P.O
Code OF Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia Consolidation Coal Company
Pocahontas
North Washington Road
McMurray
Pennsylvania
Laurel Fork
Givestone
Rai New River
East Main Street
Abingdon
Northwestern
the World Almanac
Geneve
Order OF Publication Circuit Court of
Peggy Kanode Blackwell
Plaintiff v
Richard Virgil Blackwell, Sr
Alls
Tenapartation
Mercer County Schools
Chevrolet
Ford
Wil Board
Harold Lytton
Roller Floral Company
North Walker Street
Harry Price
Tami Weatherly
Fay Roller
Harry Christie
Princeton Presbyterian Church
John Roller
Ellen Rattliff
Roy Ratcliff
Barbara Hawkins
Sharon Farmer
Nancy Haga
Bluefield Community Hospital
Norma Luciano
Princeton Community Hospital
Diane Evans
Karen Anderson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Travel
Ane
RAC
By Hank Ketcham
Wilson
WVU
Phil Pastore
Dad
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