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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1981
Page
3
Funeral services and burial plans for Mrs. J E Gibson 64 of Bluefield plus numerous other memorials from Bluefield and surrounding communities. Details include church, cemetery, survivor lists, and visiting hours with multiple families and locations in Virginia and West Virginia.
Public notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines postal and home delivery rates, association affiliations, and publication details. Mentions Bluefield West Virginia and Landon Virginia addresses, with rate information for home delivery and zone inquiries.
Welch McDowell County Commissioner Roland L Taylor denied reports he will resign to move to North Carolina where he reportedly accepted a post as assistant editor of a Durham newspaper The denial followed rumors heard across McDowell County and comments to the Associated Press without confirmation If Taylor resigns Blair and Boyd would have 60 days to pick a successor or Circuit Court Judge Marinari would name one.
Word was received that a 45 year old former McComas man drowned earlier this week in the Delaware River. Lloyd Monk Penland of Wilmington Del was identified by funeral home spokesmen. He was the son of Mrs Cylia Penland of Montcalm. Survivors include his wife four sons one daughter two brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Friday at Spicer Mullkin Funeral Home New Castle Del burial in a New Castle cemetery.
Street fair crowd applauded 18 year old Wendy Holcombe as she rises from Nashville origins to an NBC pilot and 13-episode deal for a situation comedy titled Lewis and Clark. She will star as a country waitress named Wendy with a Cinderella dream, working with Gabriel Kaplan.
Allison says Airport Square will be Mercer County's second largest shopping center with 107000 feet in size, 250 full time jobs for area residents, and a target April 1982 opening. The project, financed by a $1.2 million bond, draws tenants from surrounding counties as Barco-Princeton and North Carolina Limited Partnerships push expansion plans in Princeton and Bluefield.
The local council and project review committee endorsed the plan while regional HSA staff oppose the RMA proposal. If a new 200 bed CVCH hospital is built, total beds in Richlands would drop from 211 to 11 fewer than present, with projections ranging from 226 to 270 beds needed by 1984 depending on growth.
Evangelist Jerry Falwell sought to block February publication of an interview by Andrew Duncan and Sasha Brata in Penthouse. He claimed no quarrel with the article but said the writers promised not to sell it to Penthouse or similar magazines.
Princeton man Randy Hylton, 22, was arrested on a drunk driving charge after a single vehicle crash on State Route 20 near Athens. He lost control while negotiating a curve in a 1974 Chevrolet, overturned, and had to be freed by rescue squads before being admitted to Princeton Community Hospital for minor injuries.
Industrialist plans to hire 25 local workers at first with training and a two to three year growth program reaching 200 employees in five years. Financing includes 1.2 million from county bonds and 500,000 from the West Virginia Development Authority. The plant will be in the Mercer County industrial park near Princeton Bluefield with a November opening target and full operation by January.
A $3,000 reward offered by family members of occupants of a private Cessna 172 missing since July 20 has been permanently discontinued. Harold Nicholson piloted the plane from Mercer County Airport en route to Indiana. his parents were aboard. A niece said the family stopped the reward for the safety of relatives as no progress or viable leads emerged.
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