Bland High School Opens New Building For 260 Students
A new $227 000 Bland High School structure in Bland Virginia will be ready by August 30 1965 for 260 county students. The brick one story building adds classrooms a science lab a library a cafeteria and offices replacing space used since Bland High burned in 1962. Funding includes a $150 000 Virginia Literary Fund loan with the rest from local district capital outlay. Construction by Lincoln Brothers Construction Co and plans by Echols Sparger. Twenty teachers will staff the two schools starting Aug. 30.
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Bland
Victor R. Gilly
Gilly
Seddon
Mechanicsburg
Virginia Literary Fund
Lincoln Brothers Construction Co
Marion
Echols-Sparger
Sam White III Killed in Ohio Valley Crash Near Cleveland Tennessee
Samuel Austin White III a 25 year old Tazewell County native and 1957 Graham High School graduate died instantly in a one vehicle crash near his Cleveland Tennessee home. Three other occupants were injured one fatally while en route to Olin Chemical Corporation. White attended Virginia Tech after Graham and later worked in Cleveland. Survived by parents two of his three sisters. Funeral Monday at Mount Zion Methodist Church with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens.
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Tazewell County
Graham High School
Bluefield
Cleveland
Tenn
Samuel Austin White III
Samual A. White Jr
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Olin Chemical Corporation
White
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Graham
Jean Crockett White
the Divide
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
George Comer
McIntosh
Ala
Albert L. Husky
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Sherwood D. Edwards
Richmond
Mount Zion Methodist Church
Marvin E. Kinchloe
George Arnold
Grandview Memory Gardens
Peery-St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Jake Rocket
John Meade
Homer Thompson
Frank Prott
Richard Sandbury
Joe McClanahan
Tom Helton
Lamar Smith
Gene King
Fire destroys six room frame house near Bluefield
Saturday at 4 50 p m flames gutted a six room frame home on Stony Ridge just north of Bluefield city limits. Ernest Ford jumped from a second story window to escape the fire which began beneath the house possibly from an electric water pump. The house owned by J K Wimmer and rented by Clarence Ford carried no insurance with damage over two thousand dollars and a wrecked 1956 station wagon also lost. Two or three Ford children on the porch escaped unharmed.
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Clarence Ford
Stony Ridge
Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Ernest Ford
J. K. Wimmer
Clar
Ence Ford
Damion
Pick-Up Stolen at Bluewell Recovered Near Welch
A 1961 Ford pick-up stolen from Nick's TV Service in Bluewell was found abandoned and running about 9 a.m. in Gary No. 10 in McDowell County. Troopers coordinated with Welch and Princeton units as the truck awaited its owner Nick Amell Jr. The investigation continued Saturday.
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Bluewell
McDowell County
Nick
Gary No. 10
Welch
Princeton
Nick Amell Jr
McDowell
Tazewell Names Martin New Welfare Superintendent
Thomas Martin of Stuart Virginia will arrive in Tazewell on July 1 to begin as superintendent of the Tazewell County Department of Public Welfare. He previously held the same role in Stuart and succeeds acting superintendent C R Hunsaker, who moves to the Lynchburg Welfare Department.
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Thomas Martin
Stuart
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Department of Public Welfare
Martin
C. R. Hunsaker
Hunsaker
Lynchburg
Narrows man held for Giles County grand jury rape charge
Giles County investigator charged 18 year old George Bird of Narrows with raping a nine year old girl on June 9. Held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing in Pearisburg. Grand jury convenes in the second week of July.
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George Bird
Narrows
Giles County Circuit Court
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Pearisburg
McDowellite Guilty Of Taking Mule On Walk For 48 Miles
L A Justice, 62, of Litwar in McDowell County was found guilty of stealing a mule and walking it 48 miles from Keyrock Wyoming County to his home in Litwar. He was fined 30 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail and remained jailed Saturday night. The mule was recovered and described as in good walking condition by Deputy Sheriff June Laxton.
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McDowell Countian
Wyoming
Pineville
McDowell
June Laxton
L. A. Justice
Litwar
Justice of the Peace
Gilbert Goode
Laxton
Keyrock
Wyoming County
Lit
Four Firemen to Attend West Virginia Fire School
The Bluefield Fire Department will send four representatives to the 35th Annual West Virginia State Fire School at Morgantown on the West Virginia University campus in July 1923. Chief Gordon Damron plans to take three new firefighters Billy Gibson James Gibson and Clinton Goad, with final approval by the city manager. Deputy State Fire Marshal C A Raper from Charleston will speak on the topic Thirty Five Years.
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Bluefield Fire Department
West Virginia State Fire School
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Gordon Damron
Billy Gibson
James Gibson
Clinton Goad
Damron
The
University Appalachian Center, the
State Fire Marshal and
West Virginia Rating Bureau
C. A. Raper
Charleston
Pineville Names New Street Commissioner
Kelly Curtis of Pineville in Wyoming County has been appointed street commissioner and assistant water commissioner. He will assist Plant Superintendent James G. McDermitt in the water department, replacing Charles Hawks who has resigned.
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Kelly Curtis
Pineville
Wyoming County
James G. MccDermitt
Curtis
Charles Hawks
New School Head Named For Tazewell County District
Lester L. Jones, named to take over as superintendent July 1, is described as capable and aggressive by retiring Tuscarora leader George Ross J. L. Walthall. Jones, previously director of instruction, aims to expand and enrich the instructional program while keeping policy to the Board. He seeks to lower dropout rates from eight to nine percent toward a four and a half percent state benchmark. Jones favors limited civic club involvement and enjoys hunting and fishing when not at work.
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J. L. Walthall
Tazewell County, Va
Sys
Washington County
Jones
Board of Education
Bristol
Jaycees
Tazewell
Lions Club
Sullivan County
Tenn
Bluff City
King College
Tazewell County
Lester Jones
Wal
Virginia GOP outlines path to governor win in Virginia
About 100 GOP officials gathered in Richmond for a day long strategy meeting as A Linwood Holton Jr and running mates declared optimism about winning the November governor race The group pressed voter registration fundraising and precinct organization while party leaders eyed a pending surplus figure and a potential sales tax issue in the campaign context.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Gop
A. Linwood Holton Jr
Holton
Virginia General Assembly
M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke
GOP
Notre Dame scholarship to Dick Louthan sparks $7,700 annual award
Richard Louthan son of Mrs M R Louthan of 111 Penn street Bluefield Va and grandson of Rev and Mrs E M Louthan has won a two year scholarship to Notre Dame for a Ph D in Stress Corrosion on Metals at Room Temperature The award pays 7700 annually with initial offer of 4500 rejected due to family living costs He works with Du Pont at Savannah River Atomic Energy Commission in Aiken SC and has spoken at Notre Dame in March while also teaching at Aiken last summer The state fire marshal is inspecting local buildings for safety prompting possible fire escape and sprinkler upgrades by owners and stricter enforcement by authorities
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Richard
Dick) Louthan
M. R. Louthan
Penn Street
Bluefield
Mack Louthan
E. M. Louthan
Notre Dame
du Pont
Savannah River Atomic Energy Commission
Aiken
S. C
VPI
Blacksburg
State Fire Marshall
Gordon Damrom
Blossoms Travels and Oakwood Ties Highlight Bluefield Life
Ralph Blossom Griffith, famed Knoxville Journal writer, prepares to visit Tokyo with Tennessee Air Guards. Mack Hummon, retired Oakwood coach, plans to move into Bluefield, recalling astronaut Ed White and Barry McKay careers, linking local schools to national history.
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Ralph
Blossom) Griffith
Tennessee
Knoxville Journal
Bluefield Tightens Fireworks Ban for Fourth of July
Bluefield vows full enforcement of a city ordinance banning fireworks during the July 4 period. State and local police warn that state law prohibiting sale and possession of fireworks will be strictly enforced in Mercer County. Penalties include up to a $100 fine and other city penalties for discharging fireworks within the city limits.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
C. W. Andrick
Mercer County
West Virginia
Winters
City of
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