Demolition To Begin Mid July For Princeton Ave Parking Facility
Bluefield officials approved a lease for the Sportsman Paddock Grill and Cut-Rate Drug Store properties at 612 616 4620 Princeton Ave to clear space for the Princeton Avenue Parking Facility as part of Urban Renewal. Demolition by Corte Construction will cost 4500 with completion in 60 days once started. Bricks and debris become contractor property. Paddock and Sportsman vacate July 1 and the drug store by July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Board of Directors
Princeton Ave
Sportsman
Parking Facilities Commission
Bluefield
Jerome Katz
Corte Construction Company
Katz
Wamoch Appointed To State Mines Post
Gurmer Wamoch of Charleston is named executive secretary in charge of the oil and gas division of the State Mines Department. He has 25 years of field oil and gas experience including work with Empire Petroleum Columbian Carbon and as an independent operator. He previously served at the Department of Natural Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Gurmer Wamoch
State Mines
Wamnach
Empire Petroleum Co
Columbian Carbon Co
Department of Natural Resources
Bluefield city approves fourteen building permits in weekly session
The Bluefield Board of Directors approved fourteen building permits valued at 26 780 dollars and two held over for study. Several license renewals and new applications were approved as the municipal session concluded, with work planned on homes and commercial properties including a retaining wall, roof repairs, and a one family dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Board of Directors
Wirley Flummer
North
Mercer
H. D
Ferne Smith
Larchmont Street
W. A
Ida E. Holcomb
Park St
J. E
Lula Ross Slade
Jones St
Edward Hale
Ridge Street
Estella Norwood
North Mercer
Louise Karkan
Bland St
American Legion
Bland Street
John W
Laura Clark
Stowers St
Georgiana Lewis
Rock St
W. W
Helen R. Walker
Bluefield
Peerless Insurance Company
U. S. Casualty Co
Peerless
Casualty Company
Over-Lapping Taxation Issue Referred For Legal Ruling
Bluefield city board discusses licensing and taxation for vending machines and gross sales tax. Mayor and City Attorney to issue a legal ruling on whether both taxes can apply, with further meeting set for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Warden
Phil Lilly
Board of Directors
J. Dodd Martenseh
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
J. P. Wooldridge
Bluefield
Churchill arrives for Riviera vacation in Nice France
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, arrived in Nice on Tuesday for a two week Riviera holiday, flying from London. Elsewhere a study notes that at least 75 percent of the United States has never received insecticide treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
France
Winston Churchill
Riviera
Churchill
London
United States
Lockhart Wins Toastmasters Contest at Mountaineer Club
Tom Lockhart won the prepared speech contest at the Mountaineer Toastmasters Club second June meeting held at the Pinnacle Restaurant Bluefield. Gari and Lehman tied for top in table topic. Other speeches included Eugene Jones Crime Does Not Pay and M A Krupey Our Dwindling Gold Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lockhart
Tom Gari
Karl Lehman
Mountaineer Toastmasters Club
Pinnacle
Federal Street
Bluefield
Lockhart
Garl
Lehman
Mr. K
Eugene Jones
M. A. Krupey
Charley Sarver
Buddy Keyes
Forest Insects Devastate Billion Board Feet Annually
Forest pests annually destroy about one billion board feet of saw timber and hinder growth by roughly 1.8 billion cubic feet of young timber.
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Wen
Liang
Goodflyear Service Store
North St
Bluefield, W. Va
Wamoch
PSST
Walt Kearns
Kearns Ins
Blond Street
Insurance Agency
W. VA
Grundy
Virginia
R. B. Taylor
A. M. Long
Wm. Alexand Herold Moore
Don Kersey
Dave Spracher
Doug Walters
Brand Whitlock
Noel Wickham
Bill Combs
Lambert
Cherry Street
Victoria Pennington
Magnolia St
Berlin
Ruby Christian
Stadium Drive
H. C. Taylor
Walton Ave
Earl H. Crews
Edgewood Road
James
Rolen
West Virginia Termite Co
Broad St
Theodore White
Virginia Ann Jewelry, Inc
Commerce St
Trailways
Taylor's Drug Store
Bluefield Bowling Center
West Virginian Hotel
Surgical Selling Co
Elks Lodge
Lk. A. Goodykoontz
Goodykoontz
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Randolph G. Whittle
City Street Department
Rish Equipment Company
Whittle
Winnie On
Ed Jones
Joe Scrafford
Earl Yeager
Dick Farthing
Paul Holm
Dick McCray
Bob Snellings
Bluefield Glass & Tileco
Bluefield Ave
Loz
Goodyear Auto
Goodyear Tire
U.S
Canada
Goodyear
Blueflash Oil Company
Mercer Princeton
Kidd
Bland, Va
Tony
Amoco
Coaldale, W. Va
Cliff
Texaco
North Tazewell, Va
River Jack Esso Ser
Gratton, Va
Tazewell Shell Ser
Pocahontas, Va
North Gap Ser
Sta
Rocky Gap, Va
Montdale Texaco
Bluefield, Va
Leedy’s
North Street
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