Vacation Bible School at Carr Church Ends with Community Support
Carr Memorial United Methodist Church completed a successful Vacation Bible School at Glenwood Park the week of June 18 22 directed by Mrs Edward Bischoff. Parents Night raised 50 dollars for the Allen Kirk Kidney Fund with pony rides fire department visits rescue squad demonstrations and a bagpipe concert. The finale featured Rita Nicholson Mercer County and Linda Bird in a dramatic reading The Betrayal and a local group Faulkner Country Store led songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Nicholson
Mercer County
Linda Bird
Faulkner Country Store
Betty Wolfe
Louise McIntosh
Karen Bailey
Jane Robinette
Cathy Blevins
Neither Huffman
Rita Clark
Debbie Bailey
Debbie Hurt
Ex Bluefielder to be Speaker at Cumberland Plateau Meeting
Charles A. Kersen former Bluefield resident and director of the Virginia Planning and Community Affairs spoke at the Cumberland Plateau Planning District Annual Ladies Night at Breaks Interstate Park. He attended Richmond College and the University of Richmond Law School earning an LL B in 1962 and has served as assistant attorney general and deputy director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development. He and his wife with three children reside in Bon Air Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Kersen
Ee of Virginia
Plannin and Munity Affairs
Cumberland Plateau
Breaks Interstate Park
Christophersen
Bluefield
State Planning Division
Richmond College
T. C. Williams School of Law
University of Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Department of Conservation of Economic Development
Bon Air, Va
Mercer County property transfers and marriage applications listed
Ten property transfers and six marriage applications were filed in Mercer County Clerk's office. Transfers include Bluefield Princeton Rock District East River and Princeton parcels with sums from 900 to 18 500 dollars. Applicants span Bluefield Princeton Oakvale and Aleta Jo Simpkins with multiple spouses listed.
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Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Otto Bowles
Anna M. Bragg
Princeton
H. E. Guill
D. E. Guill
V. C. Patrick
W. W. Brinkley
Bluefield
G. L. Blankenship
Phyllis S. Brown
R. L. Mills
N. A. Mills
Rock District
R. L. Harrison
T. E. White
Guardsmen in two weeks of annual training at Camp Pickett
The 3rd Squadron 107th Armored Cavalry of the West Virginia Army National Guard based in Bluefield is conducting two weeks of annual training at Camp Pickett Virginia. Maj. Gen. Jack W. Blair says the unit is performing field operations to apply the prior year's drill lessons. CPT Charles W. Myers of Bluefield commands the unit. departure from the camp is noted as June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
107Th Armored Cavalry
West Virginia Army National Guard
Bluefield
Camp Pickett
Jack W. Blair
Charles W. Myers
Myer
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Carr Church
Bluefielder
Hillsworth
Prince Plaza
Princeton Road
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