Local scholarships awarded to Graham High cadets
The Graham High School awards ceremony saw Anita Smith and Chris Vickers receive Bluefield College academic scholarships presented by Charles Edington. David Holbrook won the Civitan scholarship from E. B. Jarrett Jr. Tammy Staples and Chris Vickers each received $500 from the Virginia Side Lions Club via Don Scott. Carolann Evans gained a Kiwanis Club scholarship presented by Sam Shrader. Sammi Henderson and Rick Bane received citizenship monetary awards from Shrader. The Thelma Compton Scholarship went to Donna Butt, announced by Mrs. Jane Eades. Clyde Wolford was named Cleo Lawson Mitchell Scholar by James J. Brewster.
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Graham Highcool
Lass
Bluefield
Charles Edington
Anita Mith
Chris Vickers
David Holbrook
Civitan
E. B. Jarrett Jr
Tammy Staples
Virginia Side Lions Club
Don Scott
Cleo Lawson
Brewster
Anita Smith
Barbara Whitt
Patty Hagerman Dawson
Mercer EMS Panel Sets Monday Meeting at Health Center
The Executive Committee of the Mercer County Emergency Services Council will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the Mercer County Health Center chaired by Ralph S S Bird. Topics include local responsibilities for 15 components funding for a regional coordinating office Mercer County implications and the proposed full EMS Council meeting on June 28.
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Mercer County Emergency Services Council
Mercer County Health Center
Ralph S.S. Bird
Mercer County
Mercer County Ems Council
Luncheon Set For Rotary Club Bridge Presentation
The Bluefield Rotary Club schedules a Tuesday luncheon at the Brier Restaurant to hear a New River Gorge Bridge project presentation. Harold V. Wohlford Thomas W. Owens and Joseph W. Griswold Jr of American Bridge Co and L. E. Barickman of Amerherst Amerherst Industries will speak. Bob Kelly and Bill Davis Jr. are June Rotary program chairmen.
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Bluefield Rotary Club
Brier
Harold V. Wohlford
Thomas W. Owens
Joseph W. Griswold Jr
American Bridge Co
L. E. Barickman
Amerherst Amerherst Industries
Point Amherst
Bob Kelly
Bill Davis Jr
Rotary Program
Giles County Legion to Present Country Music Show 77
The Giles County American Legion Post No 68 sponsors Country Music 77 at Giles High School Auditorium on Friday June 24 at 8 p.m. Acts include Joe Bud Dowdy and the Pacers Mac Thompson and the Virginia Rebels Dave Lewis and the Bluegrass Cures Cecil Cline and The Blue Diamonds. Advance tickets at Virginian Restaurant Raines Piano and Organ in Pearlsburg and Dutton's Drugs in Rich Creek Narrows. Door sales also available. Door prize of $50. Open to the public.
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Giles County American Legion Post No. 68
Giles High School
Joe Bud Dowdy
The
Pacers
Mac Thompson
Virginia Rebels
Dave Lewis
Bluegrass Cures
Cecil Cline
Blue Diarmonds
Bob Wilburn
Linbury Dowdy
Virginian
Raines
Pearlsburg
Dutton’s
Rich Creek
Narrows
Office To Be Closed In West Virginia Day Observance
The Mercer County Commission on Aging in the Coal and Coke Building Bluefield will close Monday for West Virginia Day observance.
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Mercer County Commission On Aging
Coal and Coke Building
Bluefield
West Virginia
Local Personal Notices Highlights From Grundy Area
Mr and Mrs Sam Beinhorn return from Surfside Florida while students and families attend VPI Blacksburg and Cincinnati Mortuary classes. School events include J M Bevins Elementary All Sports Banquet and PTA officers installed. Community members visit relatives in Flint Roanoke Sarasota Knoxville Bryan and Kentucky with church conference attendance and travel reports.
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J. M. Bevins Elementary Pta
Larry Waddell
Peggy Fletcher
Janice Rife
Ann Waddell
Music Jamboree at Tug River Health Clinic Gary
The Tug River Health Clinic in Gary sponsors a music jamboree on Saturday June 2 at the Gary football field from 5 to 11 pm with gospel country western folk bluegrass and rock acts. Gates open 4 pm and a small admission funds renovations. Local and out of state artists perform. ALA honors distinguished children’s books.
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Tug River Health Clinic
Gary
Why readers write letters to the editor in Iowa story
Three Iowa residents describe their motives for writing to the newspaper. William Gore, Dewitt Counts, and Manuel Brown explain expressing thoughts, justice, and public dialogue as reasons, with Gore defending open views and Counts stressing civic input and accountability. The piece notes Story County near Ames.
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Mary Davis Adams
William Gore
Princeton
Dewitt Counts
Grundy
Manuel Brown
Kendrick
Gore
Counts
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N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Blue Prince Plaza Merchants Association
Hillsmen
Bill Russ
Country Sunshine Band
Giles
Sara Munsey
R.P. Price Sr
Harold E. Price
Route 2
C.A. Whittaker
United Methodist Women of Mt. Zion
Ross M. West
First Presbyterian Church of
Clifton Martin
Colin Kellam
R. B. Myers
Miss Hope Fanning
Marshall Buckland
William B. Riddle
James Heatwale
Marvin Fanning
John Akess
R.G. Akers
James
Millard Browning
Robert Williams
William C Burgess
George Johnson
Sandra Skidmore
Roger Wood
Don Thomas
C.e.smith
Virginia Association of the Future Homemakers of American
Liz Lafleur
F.H.A
Marian Law
Jane Mitchell
the Wilderness Jaycees
Bland Correctional Center
William M. Law
Robert P. Ames
Garnet Vincent
Mrs
Sam Beinhorn
Surfside, Fla
Bill Harrison
Kimberlee Lester
Greg Viers
VPI
Blacksburg
Rose Dotson
Lethia Effler
Susie Branham
Mrs. Carroll Branham
E. H. Lester
J. W. Barnard
Roanoke
Lester
Dr. Barnard
Hidden Valley
J. M. Bevins
Robert McGaughey
Buchanan County Ymca
Darrell Mullins
Charles O. Dhonan
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
Jack Merritt
Lyn
David Merritt
Sarasota, Fla
Mrs. Tilden Yates
Rowena Yates
Woodbridge, Va
Ruth Boyd
L. H. Boyd
Knoxville, Tenn
Laura Weaver
Stuart's Draft, Va
Ruth Weaver
Grundy Hospital
Betty K. Hurley
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City
T. G. Osborne
Titusville, Fla
Donnie Osborne
Ted Osborne, Jr
Pete
Winnie Hawkins
George Ratliff
Gary Brown
Mia
Portage, Indiana
Tommy Brown
Dawn Dennis
Joyce Cecil
Pamela Yates
Emerald Isle, N. C
James Shugart
Holston
United Methodist Churchs
Knoxville
Tenn
Bob Williams
Ted Collins
Joanna Williams
Anna Lee van Meter
Kay McGaughey
Ester
Grundy United Methodist Church
Marie Williams
Alicia Upchurch
Marilyn Berry
Linda Love
Bryan
Texas
University of Kentucky
Lexington
American Library Association
Brown
Iowa
Story
Ames
By Hank Ketcham
Oetaal Sa
Gerenonsi Services
RCA Black
Qhonests
Kammers
China
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