Apple Butter Fundraiser Aids Bluewell Church
Volunteers at Bluewell First United Methodist Church turn 63 bushels of apples into more than 200 gallons of apple butter using six copper kettles. Since starting 30 years ago in Irene and Pat Poff's backyard, the annual effort funds church programs with applesauce made at Wytheville cannery and sold at the Carner house.
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Irene
Pat Poff
Bluewell First United Methodist Church
Bob Stoddard
Bill Blevins
Roanoke
Jamison
Blevins
Kay White
War Burton
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Carner House
Byrd urges increased strip mine spending
U S Senator Robert Byrd pressed West Virginia to boost funding and staff for the strip mining regulation program to avoid a federal takeover. He warned the federal Office of Surface Mining could assume control if the state fails to meet staffing and funding needs, while Governor Cecil Underwood backed a special legislative session to secure $3.6 million in state funds to draw $6.2 million in federal money.
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Charleston
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Underwood
Byrd
Cecil Underwood
U.S. Office of Surface Mining
State Division of Environmental Protection
OSM
D-W.va
West Virginia
DEP
Mike Castle
Federal Office of Surface Mining
DEA
Castle
Alma's Christian Bookstore Opens in Former Grocery Site
Alma Littlejohn opened Alma's Christian Book Store at 1204 Bland Street on February 12, 1995, in the former Burkhart and Carroll Grocery. She partnered with pastor Rev. Garry Moore and attorney John Feuchtenberger to build a faith community–minded shop offering Bibles, Christian books, and robes, while seeking better local advertising.
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Bluefield
Alma Littlejohn
Alma’s Christian Book Store
Bland Street
Burkhart and Carroll Grocery
Dan Carroll
Littlejohn
Alma
Michael
Arthur Carroll
Garry Moore
Scott Street Baptist Church
John
Feuchtenberger
Princeton Post Office to Move to New Building
Princeton workers anticipate a Columbus Day weekend move to a new building across the street. Postmaster Deborah Johnson, clerk Maxine Maynard, and staff expect more elbow room, better parking, and 11,000 square feet of work space, with plans to minimize public disruption.
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Princeton Post Office
Rinceton
Maxine Maynard
Maynard
Deborah Johnson
Bluefield
Princeton
Johnson
Stafford Spriggs
Rick Catson
Johnathan Palmer
Paul Cochran
Ted Kessinger
Kessinger
Carriers
Eric DiNr
Mercer Street
McComas High School Alumni Reunites in Bluefield
About 250 graduates from McComas High School, which served the community from 1924 to 1960, gathered at the Bluefield Holiday Inn for the third all classes reunion. The event celebrated lifelong ties among former miners and neighbors from Mercer County’s coal towns including Crane Creek Pinnacle and Sagamore mines. Elmer Conner, Class of 1932, recalled a fun loving, hardworking community that coal brought together despite the years.
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Luefield
McComas
Bluefield
McComas High School
Mercer County
Crane Creek
Pinnacle
American Coal
Sagamore
Pocahontas
Thomas
Bramwell
Elmer Conner
Old School
Leonard Bailey
Gracie Walker Conner
Julia Shepper Barrett
Ken Hurst
War completes $9 million sewage treatment system
War in McDowell County completes a $9 million sewage treatment facility, the fourth city in the county to achieve federal compliance. Mayor Tom Hatcher notes the system serves about 98 percent of residents and costs $16.50 for the first 2,000 gallons, with a sliding scale for more. A dedication is set for Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. The river Dry Fork is improving, and future plants are proposed for Keystone, Northfork, Kimball, and Coalwood.
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War
McDowell County
City of War
Tom Hatcher
Welch
Bradshaw
Gary
Keystone
Northfork
Kimball
Coalwood
Dry Fork
Hatcher
Virginia Line
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Sugar
B.K
Daily Telegraph
Luewell
Wytheville
Eric DiNovo
Alma’s Christian Bookstore
Bill Archer
Malcom Howell
Howell
The
Elmer Conner McComas
Ign
Dry Fork River
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