Bids Received on Mercer County Airport Runway Project
Two bids were received by the Mercer County Court for the airport runway extension. Haynes Construction Co of Bluefield bid 255 feet for 972 552 20 and 355 feet for 1 365 274 50. Vecellio and Grobeckley bid 255 feet for 790 003 60 and feet for 1 101 933 70. The court is taking time to consider the bids.
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Mercer County
Mercer Airport
Haynes Construction Co
Bluefield
Vecellio & Gro- Beckley
Kroger Opens New Store in Princeton This Morning
Kroger Company will open its doors at 9 am today to a new 165000 dollar supermarket in Princeton. H M Miller, store manager, said Monday that several special programs will mark the occasion.
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Kroger Company
Princeton
H. M. Miller
Miller
Claims Settled In Circuit Court
An order was entered in Mercer County Circuit Court dismissing as compromised the damage action of the State of West Virginia against James B. Mills and the Travelers Indemnity Co. Two automobile collision claims were settled. Guardians were authorized to settle actions for Betty Hylton and Fredia Hylton. A condemnation valuation for Route 20 rights of way was reported at 1100 dollars. A jury verdict awarded Gladys Johnston Nichols 416.83 against Hall. Divorce actions were filed by Freda Boyd and Myrtle Reagan.
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Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
West Virginia
Earnest Wright
James B. Mills
Travelers Indemnity Co
Guy Hylton
Betty Hylton
Oscar Greene Thomas
Fredia Hylton
Thomas
Leo Catsonis
Guardian Ad Liter
State Road Commission
Harry A
Harman
Appalachian Power Co
Beaver Pond
Daniel J. Rorrer
George Edmonds
Otho B. Thompson
Charles Waddell
Alfred Brooks
Gladys Johnston Nichols
Roy Woodrow Hallad
James William Bowles
Wagner
Hall
Circuit Court
Freda June Boyd
Ernest R. Boyd Jr
Myrtle Reagan
Joseph Benjamin Reagan
Senate Favors Travel Tax Cut In House of Tax Changes
Senate votes to end the 10 percent travel tax on train and bus tickets by October 1 and reduce the airline tax to five percent on the same date. Conference with the House is required as the House approved the changes for January 1. The tax cuts are part of a bill extending corporate income and major excise taxes for one year. The wartime levies raise about $325 million annually, with $221 million to be lost under the bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Britisher Buys Sunken Battleship For Garden Cannons
Bristol AP reports skin diver David Langfield paid 56 dollars for the sunken British battleship Ra millies which lies in 20 feet of water. Langfield intends to use the ship’s cannons as garden ornaments.
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Bristol
England
David Langfield
Ramillies
Langfield
Princeton Bids Open for City Street Improvements
Princeton City Council opened bids Monday on street and alley projects with bids from Brown and Wright Underwood Brothers and Road Materials Inc. Council set Tuesday to review costs and award contracts while also pursuing condemnation on a storm sewer easement.
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Princeton
Mercer
Brown and Wright
Underwood Brothers
Road Materials, Inc
Bluefield
7Th St. Harrison
Princeton Ave
Meadow Street
North Walker
Hale Avenue
Park
Underwood Bros
Cook Street
High
Valley
Pine Street
Hunt Street
East Main St
Ingleside Road
Trent Street
9Th
Road Materials Inc
Douglas Street
Level Street
North
Walker
Ritchie Street
Bee Street
Trent
Hunt
Alley
Honaker
and Road Materials Inc
Raleigh Man Wilbert Plumley Found in Grandview Park
The body of Wilbert Plumley about 23 of Abraham Raleigh County was found Monday in Grandview State Park by state police after a weeks long disappearance. An unidentified man in custody directed officers to the body and no charges were filed. Plumley’s body was thrown over a 309 foot cliff according to a state police spokesman. Tourism is noted as Isle of Man’s key industry with locals calling tourists come overs.
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Beckley
Wilbert Plumley
Abraham
Raleigh
Grandview State Park
Plumley
Princeton Residents Oppose Permanent 40 Cent Fire Fee
Lawson Faulkner of Princeton says over 1 000 signatures have been gathered to block a permanent 40 cent service fee for the fire department. He notes 1 300 signatures are needed by Thursday to bring the issue to a ballot, with 30 percent of voters required to place it on the ballot. The group favors modernization but opposes permanent adoption. The fee would fund equipment, a volunteer force, and more firefighters.
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Lawson Faulkner
Princeton
Faulkner
Honaker Ave
City Hall
Deeds and Licenses Filed in Mercer County
Mercer County records show multiple property transfers including Samuel and Nellie Fine to Eliza beth V Lilly for Bluefield lot 4 in section 913 at 50 000 dollars and Beatrice Wilson Cleary receiving a 10 acre Brush Fork Beaver Pond gift from George W Wilson. Marriage license applications listed for Sidney M Bane and Clara Mae Ferguson Bluefield Rose Mary Blankenship Rock Route 2 William Junior Carter and Peggy Maydla Harris Route 4 Princeton and Jerry Wayne Smith and others.
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Samuel
Nellie Fine
Elizabeth V. Lilly
George E. Cartwright
Doris L. Cartwright
Bluefield
George W
Lealia Wilson
Beatrice Wilson Cleary
Brush Fork
Beaver Pond
Gift
Coy L
Kathleen Guard
Raymond
Anna Lee Guard
W. E. Elliot
East River District
Ray and
Noreen Tilley
J. Lawrence
Gracie G. Chambers
Matoaka
James and
Edna Long Harmon, Jr
Harmon Furniture & Appliance Co., Inc
Giotto
Lillie
C. E. Moore
Quilla
Karel Grunwald
Princeton
Lillie Moore
Sidney M Bane
Clara Mae Ferguson
Jerry Wayne Smith
Rose Mary Blankenship
Rock
William Junior Carter
Peggy Maydla Harris
African officials to visit two West Virginia plants
A delegation from seven African nations visiting West Virginia will tour Charleston Princeton and Williamson industries. They will view North American Aviation Plant Pruitt Upholstering and Manufacturing and DuPont Belle plant then Williamson National Seating and Dimensions before returning to Charleston for a press conference at the State Capitol. The visit concludes with a tour of the two Princeton plants and the group departs June 30.
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West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Charleston
Princeton
Williamson
Cameron
Dahoma
Ivory Coast
Madagascar
Niger
Mali
Senegal
Kanawha
State Capitol
Senate Judiciary Room
Daniel Boone
J. D. Little
Department of Commerce
DuPont Chemical
Belle
National Seating and Dimensions, Inc
WSCS Meeting At Hardy Methodist Church
Members of the WSCS of Hardy Methodist Church near Princeton held a hamburger fry at Mrs. B A Holdren’s home on Ingleside Road. New members Phyllis Williby Orville Whited and Edna Pigeon joined seven old members as the group discussed missions and responsibilities.
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WSCS
Hardy Methodist Church
Princeton
B. A. Holdren
Ingleside Road
Mesdames
Phyllis Williby
Orville Whited
Edna Pigeon
Dale Elmore
Dale Williby
Williby
Elmer Weaver
Jack Weaver
Ann Walters
Holdren
Ben Brown
Wildlife Club Starts To Work On Stream Redevelopment
Fifteen members of the Princeton Wildlife Club, aided by Charles E. Tate Lohr and Ben B. White Jr., launched the stream redevelopment program by building three stream deflectors and one small dam. The reflectors in Bear Creek aim to simulate a natural waterfall and the group plans to develop more than six hundred such structures and dams this summer. Three hundred pounds of rainbow and brook trout were stocked in Camp Creek, purchased from the Mercer Anglers Club by the Mercer County Court. The project will continue through the summer with the next conditioning outing planned for late next week.
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Princeton Wildlife Club
Charles E. (Tate) Lohr
Ben B. White Jr
Lohr
Bear Creek
Camp Creek
Mercer Anglers Club
Mercer County
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