Bluefield women raise funds for children charity event
Laura Rush and two fellow supporters formed For the Love of Children LLC after reading The Glass Castle. They emailed author Jeannette Walls, inviting her to a local fundraiser. On Friday they presented a $10,000 check to the Wade Center and mailed seven more checks to benefit area children programs.
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Bluefield
Laura J. Rush
For the Love of Children LLC
Christine ‘Simon
Teresa
Cole
Jeannette Walls
Walls
Wade Center
Dr. Sims
Christine Simon
Teresa Cole
Brian Checchio
Laura Rush
Bill Whitt
National Scrip Collectors meet in Bluefield
NSCA held its spring meeting at the Bluefield Holiday Inn with Pineville lawyer Steve Cawood, president of the group tracing scrip’s use from 19th to mid 20th century. He noted scrip lingered until around 1961 at the Pure D Coal Mine and discussed its history and exchange as bearer notes.
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Bluefield
America
Steve Cawood
Cawood
Pineville
National
NSCA
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Fayetteville
Sullins brightens Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff with circulation expertise
Bluefield Daily Telegraph hires Chuck Sullins 37 formerly of Abingdon Virginia as circulation manager after stints at Bristol Herald Courier and others. He supervises district representatives routes and promotes the paper including Newspapers in Education. He enjoys music classic movies bluegrass and big band. He cites his dad Charles and Ronald Reagan as heroes and writes poetry stories and music.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Daily ‘Telegraph
Chuck Sullins
Abingdon
Abingdon High School
Clinch Valley College
Mercer County
Bristol Herald Courier
Southern Westinginia
Sullins
Daily Telegraph
Becky
April
Jimmy Stewart
Charles
Ronald Reagan
Reece
South Central Educational Development Inc
Bland Street
Cortez D. Reece
Bluefield State College
Joseph Bundy
BSC
Francis Brammer
Donald Grisby
Charles Thompson
Pat Rice
Arthur Hendricks
Sec
Danny Williams
West Virginia University Press
Virginia
Governor Manchin to attend Bramwell bank ribbon cutting
Governor Joe Manchin will visit Bramwell on Friday May 11 for the New People’s Bank ribbon cutting in the former Bank of Bramwell building and attend a community dinner at 6 p.m. The weekend also features the Bramwell coal barons mansion tour and a 2 p.m. bank event with Bill Archer and Karl Miller performing. Manchin also plans county visits in Wyoming and McDowell with the Council on Aging and EDAs, plus other regional engagements.
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Bamwell
Bramwell
Marion County
People’s Bank
Bank of
West Virginia
Joe Manchin
Molly Robinette
Manchin
Charleston
Robinette
New People’s Bank
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Bank of Bramwell
Pineville
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
Wyoming County Council On Aging
Wyoming County
McDowell County
Council On Aging Center
Lmann
John D. Rockefeller IV
Indian Ridge
Gayle
Jamestown
Queen Elizabeth I
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David Blackwell
Ectors
Scrip Collectors Association
Daniel Boone
Hudson Bay Company
Maysville
By Greg Jordan
Buuegren
Oruy Seegrape
Women of Faith
Boissevain
Ers
Altizer
Arietta
Arnold H. Hurd II
Marietta
Hurd
151St Regiment
Richard B. Foley
Copperheads
Mercer
United Confederate Veterans
Princeton
William Sanders
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