Mercer County Leaders Plan Push for Roads Bond Referendum
A Mercer County campaign group outlines strategy for the November Roads for Jobs and Progress bond issue. Norris Kantor Scott Shott and Curry Blank meet with local officials to schedule speakers and a late October rally for the 750 million highway plan aimed at West Virginia’s economic growth. Contributions urged via Bluefield Daily Telegraph or Princeton Bank and Trust.
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Mercer County
Norris Kantor
Scott Shott
Bluefield
Curry Blank
Princeton
Ponderosa
County Commission
Ray Bragg
Democratic National Committee
Emilie Holroyd
Lawrence Morhous
Kantor
West Virginia
Roads For Jobs and Progress Committee
Shott
Daily Telegraph
Blank
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Mercer County Notebook highlights hospital stay and local auctions
Judge Howard M. Jarrett returns to Bethesda Naval Hospital for illness treatment and hopes for visits. Mercer County officials attend the annual Tax System and Computer Users meeting at Oglebay Park while the Board of Education auctions Park School and the Seaway building with minimum bids of 150 000 and 250 000 respectively. Vision screenings begin for kindergartners and special education pupils in October as ramps are under construction at the Memorial Building in Princeton. Governor Rockefeller announces a 418 204 contract for the Duhring Truss Bridge project by Marko Contractors in Parkersburg.
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Howard M. Jarrett
Bethesda
Jarrett
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Wisconsin Avenue
Oglebay Park
Joe Coburn
Wilson Harvey
Don Hare
Jean Hill
Betty Harman
Sheriff's Department
Mercer County
John M. Hughes
Board of Education
Park School
Seaway
Public Park School
Baldwin and
Park Avenue
Bluefield
Keith Hare
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Matoaka High School
Memorial Building
Princeton
Rockefeller
Duhring
Marko Contractors, Inc
Parkersburg
Livestock Sale At Alderson Market Reports Totals
At Alderson Livestock Market 541 head sold by 125 consignors and 108 buyers for 108752.89 dollars. Slaughter cattle steers and heifers ranges noted. stockers and feeders including calves and bulls. hogs cows and calves and veal. sheep and lambs with varied prices per class and quality.
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Alderson
Mercer County Court Records Highlight Seasonal Docket
Mercer County Circuit Court heard multiple cases including Terry Tabor bound to Grand Jury on a breaking and entering charge for the A Mart in Princeton. Wendl Harper pleaded guilty to trespassing with fines totaling 68 dollars as Arlie Conner acted as complainant.
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Ernest R
Terry Wayne Tabor
Union Drive
Princeton
Mercer County
A-Mart
Timothy Manchin
Bill Winfrey
J.J. Weis
Wendl Harper
Oceana
Arlie Conner
Wyoming County
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Jim Leslie
Magistrats
Circuit Court
William 0. Bivens, Jr
Dewey Allen Phillips
Derek Swope
Buford
Phillips
Joseph R. White, Jr
Maryland
Bivens
Michael Lilly
Teddy Ray Farmer
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Edwin Wiley
Billy Wayman Wallace
Ronald Cecil Dawson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Courthouse News
Mercer County Clerk
Canada
Biene
Grant Street Bridge
Titan Electric
Little Joh Wooood
Thorsen
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