Public auction sale and reclamation bids in West Virginia and Virginia
Notices announce a public auction at Andy Clark Ford Princeton WV for a 1979 Ford Pinto. Bids are invited for reclaiming and seeding coal mined land near Vansant and Prater VA with multiple pre bid review meetings and contact details. Separate WV/VA highway and water system bid calls await bidders with qualification rules and nondiscrimination clauses.
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Andy Clark Ford, Inc
Princeton
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Vansant
Haysi
Buchanan County
Virginia Division of Forestry
Prater
St. Rt
St. Rt. 83
Donald Lee Branson
Big Stone Gap
Valuable Macaw Robert Caged After Day in Charleston Tree
In Charleston West Virginia Robert the blue and gold macaw valued at 1200 dollars escaped from Just Us and More Pets. After police and fire crews failed to coax him down the Appalachian Power cherry picker retrieved him five hours later. Owner Elizabeth Justice vows to raise the bird’s price to 2300 dollars once it talks.
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Charleston
W.va
Robert
Freedom
South America
Elizabeth
Dan Justice
Fire Department
Animal Shelter
Joe Smith
Justice
Appalachian Power Co
Shumate Family Reunion Set for Woodland Park Rich Creek
The Shumate family reunion will be held at Woodland Park in Rich Creek this Saturday with registration starting at 10 a.m. A catered meal will be served at 1 p.m. Reservations may be made by calling Haskell D. Shumate at 304 772 5317.
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Shumate
Woodland Park
Rich Creek
Haskell D. Shumate
Psychology of Color and community notes at Spruce Run
Giles County Extension Agent Joanne Zumbrum led a program on the psychology of color. Two trees were planted at Spruce Run Community Center. The Bicycle Rodeo was canceled due to rain and will be rescheduled. Members toured Mrs Moll's solar heated underground home. July meeting set for Spruce Run Center. Local residents returned from travels in Atlantic Beach, Windsor Ontario, and Dearborn, Mitch, with visits to Pearl and Pearisburg families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bane United Methodist Women
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church
Ernestine Minnick
Mary Stafford
Grace Robertson
Betty Henderson
Gertrude Moll
Spruce Rum Extension Homemakers Club
J.C. Dowdy
J.D. McClrath
Dowdy
Walter D. Cook
Joanne Zumbrum
Giles County
Spruce Run
Ed Fellers
Pearisburg
Atlantic Beach
S.C
Tom Groseclose
Winston-Salem
N.C
Alex Davis
Edd Groseclose
Mabel Porterfield
Newport
P.P. Ferraraccio
Bluefield
Robert Thomas
Richmond
W.H. Thomas
David Thomas
Leonard Spal
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Midcontinental
United States
Dearborn
Mitch
Henry Ford Museum
Prisoners Captured After Escape From VA Facility
STONEY RIDGE VA Two inmates from the Tazewell Correctional Unit No 31 escaped at 4:30 p.m. Thursday and were captured by state correctional officers around 5:45 a.m. Friday along Route 16. Robert Banton 33 of Fairfax and Jerry Osborne 34 of Richlands will be charged with escape. Both were held for habitual offender status.
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Stoney Ridge
Tazewell Correctional Unit No
Tazewell County
Gratton
Robert Banton
Fairfax
Jerry Osborne
Richlands
Meem Named to E F Hutton Directors Advisory Council
NAMED-Gilbert S Meem Jr vice president of E F Hutton Washington office and Bluefield native named to the 1981 Directors Advisory Council limited to top one percent of Hutton account executives. Council meets to exchange investor services ideas and advise senior management on retail investments. Meem joined Hutton in 1977 after Reynolds Securities and Wachovia Bank prior. He is a Bluefield High School graduate with a BA from Washington and Lee University in 1972 and studied at George Washington University.
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Gilbert S. Meem Jr
E. F. Hutton & Company Inc
Washington
Bluefield
Hutton
Meem
Reynolds Securities
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
North Carolina
Bluefield High School
Washington and Lee University
George Washington University
Westminster Choir Plans Special Program at Sunday Service
Westminster Presbyterian Church will present a special musical program at the 11 o'clock Sunday service in place of the usual sermon by Rev. George Jewell. Arranged by music director Garland Bruce, the program repeats a piece first performed June 14 at Gilbert West Virginia church dedication with narrator John Yowell and choir participation from the congregation.
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Westminster
Westminster Presbyterian Church
George Jewell
Garland Bruce
Gilbert
W. Va
John Yowell
Magistrate reports multiple arraignments in Mercer County
Chief Mercer County Magistrate Ernest R. Six heard cases including Robert Dawson of Princeton arraigned on two counts of uttering forged checks and jailed on $200 bond. Gaither Carter of Bluefield pleaded guilty to avoiding payment for electric energy and paid $63 in fines. Shedrick James of Bluefield arraigned on trespassing and released on $200 bond. Edith Woodson was complainant. Deputy Lawson and Chief Deputy Hare assisted. William Cox of Matoaka arraigned on non support and released on $500 bond. Linda Yost of Athens arraigned on assault and released on $200 bond. Terry Eastburn of Princeton charged with driving while intoxicated and released on $100 bond. Worthless check warrants against Glannon Williams and Tonya Bailey dismissed on payment of amounts and costs. Nation Wise Auto Parts and The Welfare were complainants. Six processed 35 traffic tickets and initiated two civil suits.
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Mercer County
Ernest R
Robert
Bobby) Dawson
Princeton
C.E. Mitchem
Gaither Carter
Hardy Street
Bluefield
Appalachian Power Company
W.O. Lawson
Shedrick James
Lord Street
Edith Woodson
Keith Hare
Lawson
Virginia Cox
R.A. Hill
Linda Yost
Athens
Teresa Pennington
Hare
Terry Eastburn
Vance
Glannon Williams
Coopers
Rockefeller to Be Parade Marshall at Bluefield Fourth of July
Governor John D. Rockefeller IV will preside as parade marshal for Bluefield's Fourth of July events at City Park. The Greater Bluefield Jaycees sponsor a 10 a.m. parade from the North Street Post Office to downtown, followed by park festivities at 11 a.m. with Rockefeller's address and performances by The Rich Mountain Rounders. The program includes a Virginians square dance, dunking booth, pie in the face, civic booth activities, and live remote by WHIS AM radio. A 7:30 p.m. Bowen Field game between the Bluefield Orioles and Kingsport Mets precedes a fireworks display by the American Legion. Contacts for parade or booth setup are John Parr at 327-5061 or 327-3551.
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West Virginia Department of Highways
Charleston
West Virginia
Washington Street
East
Mercer County
Matoaka
Arista Mountain
Huchanan County Public Service Authority
Grundy
Virginia
Ncessary
Flannagan
Dickenson
Buchanan
Gary W. Gibson
Buchanan County Public Service Authority
PSA
Shortridge
Code of Virginia
Princeton
John D. Rockefeller IV
Bluefield
Greater Bluefield
Rich Mountain Rounders
Whis. AM
Jaycees
Bluefield Orioles
Kingsport Mets
Bowen Field
The
American Legion
Project
John Parr
Soviet and Polish troops in maneuvers in Poland
In southern Poland sowed by the Soviet and Polish forces on maneuvers, with 18 Warsaw Pact divisions in extended drills across Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany. Western observers saw no planned Soviet intervention while allied leaders raised concern over Poland and Solidarity.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Independent Union
Solidarity
PAP
Silesia
London
East Germany
Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Alexander Haig
Washington
Pentagon
NATO
Red Army
Rife Seeks Third District House Seat in Democratic Primary
Jay Rife Jr., 38, a Buchanan County real estate broker and longtime Democrat activist, announces his bid for one of the two seats in the third district House of Delegates. He challenges incumbents D. A. McGlathlin and Bill Green citing leadership concerns and pledges to press issues during the campaign. Rife, a U.S. Army veteran, has held several party roles and criticizes current delegates' votes while redistricting remains unsettled.
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House of Delegates
D. A. McGlathlin
Grundy
Bill Green
Lebanon
Jay Rife Jr
Buchanan County
Democratic Party
Democrat Committee
9Th District
Young Democrats
State Central Committee
Tam
General Assembly
Corte Employees Reject Union Vote at Corte Co
The Corte Company employees voted against union representation in an NLRB election held June 26. Fifty four opposed and eighteen supported the union, confirmed by labor consultant Ronald R. Morgan. A six month organizing drive was conducted by the Charleston Building and Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO.
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Corte Company, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Ronald R. Morgan
Charleston Building and Construction Trades Council
Afl-Cio
Corte
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Board of Zoning Appeals
City of
Bluefield Avenue
South Third Street
D. L. Redden
Nand
Zoning Board of Appeals
Virginia Wohlford
West Virginia Department O Highways
Sam
Homemakers
Giles County News
Roanoke
Roanoke Valley
Woodrum Field
J.T. Flanery
State
Salem
Flanery
Rob Glenn
Glenn
Georgia Watson
Giles Street
James E. Owrey
Albermarle Street
M.S. Hajar, M.D
Mt. View Avenue
Jefferson Street
Charles K. Houchins
Marion Salley
S. Spring Street
William R. Leffel
Clovis Street
James D. Baker
Essex Street
R.J. Mays
Cumberland Road
Bluemont Drive
Joseph A. Blankenship
View Avenue
Kathy Kennedy
Debbie Mariotti
Bailey Lodge
AF & AM
Aubrey Bailey
Clinton Gaither
S.W
James Blevins
W.M
Garland Brooks
J.W
George Cooley
S.D
Buck Parks
Robert Moretto
J.D
Chester Foy
Earl Regney
Tyler
Jack Pinkard
Herman Whaling
S.S
Thomas A. Warden Jr
James Dunford
Church News
William P. Cox
Rockefeller
Baptist
Pastor Jimmy Jones
Halls Ridge Road
Rife
Jesus
Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Graham Christian Church
Virginia Ave
Bluefield, Vadr
Herbert R. Hicks
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