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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 2001
Page
11
J Neathawk appears at his Lewisburg store on February 28 2001 still going to work nearly every day at his lumber company He opened the business in 1947 establishing a long standing local enterprise.
EWISBURG centenarian S J Neathawk nears his 103rd birthday and still visits the S J Neathawk Lumber Co daily. He recalls starting work at 13 as a water boy at a Spice Run sawmill, later running lumber, then opening his own sawmill and finally founding the Lewisburg operation in 1947. The business now plans a new store beside the current site offering a full decorating center and building supplies.
Armenian public administrators visit Bluefield March 6 to 28 for a CIU backed study tour. Local host families, including Bland Countian Rodger Woodrum, describe initial reservations and language barriers as guests and hosts build mutual understanding through gestures and shared routines.
The Virginia Board of Education reports in the 1999 2000 supply and demand study that 7 604 new teachers were needed for 2000 2001 while colleges would graduate under 4 000. Virginia school divisions had 88 610 instructional positions, with 1 056 filled by underendorsed staff and 382 unfilled. Shortages are most acute in special education science and mathematics.
Jeanie Owens of Ocky Gap West Virginia unearthed a Civil War link from a family ribbon stamped with G A R and West Virginia Society D C Encampment dated September 1915. Her research led to a medal awarded to her great great grandfather, confirming a long hidden ancestral connection.
A March 28 program at the Mercer Mall Red Cross display area showcases Holocaust history with Max Kammer, Rabbi Stanley Funston, and guest Harry Finkelman sharing survivor experiences. The event, part of a 120th Red Cross anniversary effort, is free and ends March 29 with a second program about Red Cross military services.
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