Striking at Leatherwood Continues Across Regions
The Leatherwood Company in Bluefield faces a five day strike by 61 workers after months of talks with the Teamsters Union. A 5.5 percent salary increase offer from the company remains the focal point as branches in Beckley Bristol and Christiansburg Narrows are also affected. Company spokesmen deny milk shortage threats, noting other dairies have absorbed production and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leatherwood Company
Bluefield
Teamsters Union
Leatherwood
Beckley
Bristol
Christiansburg-Narrows
Rhodes Trial Is Continued In Logan County
Law rence Rhodes, a McDowell County native, had his armed robbery trial postponed by Logan County Circuit Court Judge Harvey Oakley to March 1. Defense attorney Dan Cahill cited trouble locating several defense witnesses. Rhodes is accused of stealing $12,000 from an Amherst Coal Co payroll office in 1968 in Logan County. He faced separate hijacking charges tied to a jetliner bound for Cuba, later dropped after officials ruled him insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
McDowell County
Lawrence Rhodes
Logan County
Harvey Oakley
Dan Cahill
Rhodes
Amherst Coal Co
Cuba
Edgar Smith Is Released From Death Row
In Hackensack New Jersey Edgar Smith was ordered released from prison after spending more years on Death Row than any other American inmate Judge Morris Pashman granted release 142 years after Smith pleaded no contest to murdering 15 year old Victoria Zielinski in 1957 Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Edward Fitzpatrick had urged the sentence match the time he had already served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N.J
Edgar Smith
Superior Court
Morris Pashman
Smith
Victoria Zielinski
Bergen County
Edward Fitzpatrick
Pashman
WVU Removes Mock Fraternity From University Recognition
West Virginia University permanently dropped Fi Batar Cappar, a men's mock honorary fraternity, after members displayed an obscene banner before the WVU Penn State football game on October 30. The group is barred from university facilities and any recognized activities, including use of the university name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph contact details include address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 user services and advertising office information plus subscription rates by carrier and mail west virginia zones motor route pricing and circulation bureau mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Area Deaths And Rites In Southwest Virginia
Obituary notices from Richmond to Bluefield and Richlands list Clifford Harvey Warner 51 of Richmond and Lebanon native. Nellie Puckett Johnson 93 Bluefield widow. McKinley Alexander Bluefield WWI veteran and former Norfolk and Western employee. Maggie Virginia Strouth Wilson 44 Richlands resident. Funeral services and burial details provided for each, with survivors and calling arrangements.
Infant and Truby Steele funerals set in Virginia
Bradshaw infant daughter of Shannon and spouse dies shortly after birth in Bluefield hospital. Graveside rites at Shiloh Cemetery Bland with A. West and Sons Funeral Home. Truby Steele 71 of Rt. 1 Bastian dies after long illness. service at Nebo Methodist Church Clear Fork with burial in family cemetery. Greever Funeral Home handling body transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Truby Steele
Rt. 1
Bastian
Bluefield
Nebo Methodist Church
Clear Fork
Tommy Stowers
Larry Steele
Luther Harless
Bill Neel
James Kinser
Jimmy Pruett
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Orpha Jane Lee Funeral Rites Held in Grundy Va
Orpha Jane Lee 69 of Grundy Virginia died after a long illness and was pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral services were held at Virginia Funeral Home Chapel in Grundy with Rev. George Mullinax, burial at Mt Valley Memorial Park Big Rock. Survivors include six sisters and two brothers with Pallbearers named Vernon Belcher Joey Davis Raymond Iron J C Bowles Woodrow Shortridge and Riley Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpha Jane Lee
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
Virginia Funeral Home Chapel
George Mullinax
Mt. Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Buchanan County
John Carroll
Tracy Jane Quinley Lee
Ellis E. Lee
Roseann
Vernon Belcher
Joey Davis
Raymond Iron
J. C. Bowles
Woodrow Shortridge
Riley Marshall
Thomas William Fagan Dies in Train Accident
Graveside rites for Thomas William Fagan 38 of Assining New York are tentatively set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Maplehills. Surviving are his mother Mrs Mary Jackson Fagan of Assining and an aunt Mrs Robert C Chrisman of Bluefield. He was preceded in death by his father and a twin brother. Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas William Fagan
Assining
N. Y
Maplehills
Bluefield
Mary Jackson Fagan
Robert C. Chrisman
Mercer Funeral Home
Noah S. Perdue dies at 76 in Maybeury
Noah Sylvester Perdue, 76, of Maybeury, died Monday at a son's home in Maybeury. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shumate Newman Funeral Home in Pocahontas, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah S. Perdue
Noah Sylvester Perdue
Maybeury
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie G Harry held in Princeton
Mrs. Lottie Gray Harry 78 of the North View Addition Princeton died Sunday after a long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Burns Wormal Chapel Memorial Directory Princeton with Rev Paul Hall. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road. Survived by husband W E Harry two sons Everett Kanode Hubert Kanode both of Princeton one step son George Harry Oklahoma Neb two daughters Mrs W B Moser Roanoke Va Mrs Lola Hall and Mrs Dean Lilly Princeton two sisters Mona Bivens Pulaski Va ander y Fain Princeton one brother Ed Perdue Narrows Va 14 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Grandsons pallbearers granddaughters and friends will carry flowers. Friends may call today 2 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Alexander
Upper Jones St
Bluefield
AME Zion
Pulaski St
H. L. Hall
S. H. Hairston
James Davis
Clarence Tiffany
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Lebanon
Johnson Alexander
Norfolk and Western Railway
First Ame Zion Church
William M. Alexander
Beulah Hendricks Alexander
Dorothysa A. Herring
Washington, D.C
Roger O. Alexander
U.S. Air Force
Suitland
Sam Alexander
Greate Alexander
Junior Davis
Thomas Thornton
Ernest Hale
Frank Lewis
Walter Person
Mason Mitchell
Clarence A. Mitchell
The
Missionary Society of the Church and
K. C. Lovejoy
Henry Bundy
R. Cooke
Ira West
Logan Bundy
Samuel Luster
Marshall Hale
Maywood Smith
Linkford-Richardson Funeral
Lottie G. Harry
Lottie Gray Harry
North View
Princeton
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Giles County
Burl
Tissue Honaker Perdue
W. E. Harry
Everett Kanode
Hubert Kanode
George Harry
Oklahoma
Neb
W. B. Moser
Roanoke
Lola Hall
Dean Lilly
Mona Bivens
Pulaski
V.2
Ander Y Fain
Ed Perdue
Narrows
Mrs Vernie Deel 84 Dies in Lebanon Va
Mrs Vernie Deel 84 of Lebanon Virginia died at her daughter’s home Monday morning She was formerly of Clincho Virginia and a member of the Mills Creek Free Will Baptist Church Her husband Harrison Deel preceded her in death Survivors include son Robert H Deel six daughters and 26 grandchildren The funeral was held at 1 p.m Wednesday at Mills Creek Free Will Baptist Church with several ministers officiating Burial followed at Deer family cemetery near Clincho Lebanon Funeral Home handled arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernie Deel
Lebanon
Jenkins Mitchell
Clincho
Mills Creek Free Will
Stallard Lambert
Cleveland
Erwin DeLaurelle
John Varisto
Detroit
Mich
Joel Boyd
Grundy
Mill Creek Free Will Baptist Church
Enoch Rose
Asa Hughes
Clyde Reedy
Deer Family
Robert H. Deel
Lebanon Funeral Home
Mark D. Smith 87 Peterstown farmer dies in Bluefield hospital
Mark D. Smith of Peterstown, 87, formerly of Wolfcreek, died Monday in a Bluefield hospital. A retired farmer and Peters town United Methodist Church member, he is survived by three sons, two daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. Services were held at 1:30 pm Wednesday in Broyles Funeral Chapel, with viewing at the funeral home after 4 pm today and visitation 7 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark D. Smith
Peterstown
Bluefield
Wolfcreek
Monroe County
Newman
Martha Hines Smith
Edward Smith
Alderson
Pearl Miller
June Sutto
Broyles
Joe Geiger
Wheeler M Trivett obituary from Squire area
Wheeler M Trivett 71 of Squire died early Monday after a short illness. He was a retired McDowell County school bus driver and attended Squire Free Will Baptist Church. Survived by Catherine Wallace Trivett two sons Robert L Trivett Pensacola Florida and Spencer A Trivett Roanoke Virginia four brothers Edward Frank Trivett Elizabethton Tennessee Henry Trivett Abbs Valley Virginia Elmer Trivett Carter Tennessee three sisters Mrs Lillie Hubbard Hamp ton Tennessee Mrs Dewey Potter and Mrs Dessie Nedipper Elizabethton four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at Squire Free Will Baptist Church with Rev Water Reedy and Rev Harvey Asbury Greenhill Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Virginia. Pallbearers named by friends. Body moved from Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Tazewell to church at 4 p.m. today with calling until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler M. Trivett
Squire
Jake Trivett
Dovie Hicks Trivett
McDowell County
Squire Free Will Baptist Church
Catherine Wallace Trivett
Robert L. Trivett
Pensacola
Fla
Spencer A. Trivett
Roanoke
Edward
Frank Trivett
Elizabethton
Tenn
Henry Trivett
Abbs Valley
Elmer Trivett
Carter, Tenn
Lillie Hubbard
Hampton, Tenn
Dewey Potter
Dessie Nedipper
Water Reedy
Harvey Asbury
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Raymond R. Johnson Dies at 66 in Columbus Ohio
Raymond R. Johnson 66 of Columbus Ohio died Sunday in a local hospital. Survived by Lucille his wife one son Roger of Grove City five daughters Phyllis of Obetz Betty Jean Graham Wanda White and Helen Ratliff Patty Bard two sisters Lottie Church Myrtle Ward Minnie Croston Florence Cales two brothers Adolphus Owen 19 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services 2:30 p m Wednesday Jerry Spears Funeral Home Columbus with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond R. Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
Lucille Johnson
Roger Johnson
Grove City
Phyllis Johnson
Obetz
Betty Jean Graham
Wanda White
Mullens
Helen Ratliff
Patty Bard
Lottie Church
Myrtle Ward
Hinton
Minnie Croston
Charleston
Florence Cales
California
Adolphus Johnson
Brooks
Owen Johnson
Jerry Spears
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Howard W Conner dies at 50 in Virginia
Howard W. Conner 50 of Rt. 2 Fincastle Va formerly of Gary. former United States Steel employee. survived by his wife Norma Jean Hardy Conner four daughters two sons and two sisters. services Wednesday 11 a.m. at Rader Funeral Home Troutville with burial 2 30 p.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Conner
Rt. 2
Fincastle
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Elbridge Conner
Norma Jean Hardy Conner
Diana Smith
Barbara Riley
Roanoke
Lethia Conner
Ellen Conner
Howard H. Conner
Johnson City
Infant Gregory Lee Walk Dies in Richlands
Gregory Lee Walk ten day old son of Earnest McKinley and Brenda Sue Goodman Walk of Cedar Bluff Va died Monday morning in a Richlands Va hospital. Graveside rites at 11 a.m. today at Wyatt Family Cemetery Bearwallow Jewell Ridge Va with Rev. H D Hampton officiating. Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Lee
Earnest McKinley
Brenda Sue Goodman
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Carolyn Sue
Earnest McKinley Jr
John Goodman
Rt. 2
Stewart Walk
Charlie F. Goodman
Wyatt Family Cemetery
Bearwallow
Jewell Ridge
H. D. Hampton
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Percy Stennies in Bluefield
Funeral services for Percy Stennies 66 of Madison Street Bluefield will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lugo's Funeral Chapel with Rev J J Howard and Rev Robert Hartwell officiating. Burial at Restlawn Memorial Estates Littlesburg. He was born in Bessemer Alabama and was a long time Mercer County resident and Pocahontas Fuel Company retiree. He belonged to UMWA Local 5997 and Mt Olive Church. Survivors include widow Effie Mae and five children in Ohio Michigan and West Virginia and 18 pallbearers listed. The funeral home will be open today 7 to 9 p.m. and one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Stennies
Madison St
Bluefield
Lugo
J. J. Howard
Robert Hartwell
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Littlesburg
Bessmer
Alabama
Percy and
Mattie Durpee Stennies
Mercer County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
UMWA
Welch
Mt. Olive Church
Effie Mae Stennies
James Stennies
Cleveland
Ohio
Jessie Walker Stennies
Flint
Mich
Regenald Stennies
Anawalt man Dwight Robinson dies in Bluefield Hospital
Dwight Robinson of Anawalt died Monday morning in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Robinson
Anawalt
Bluefield
Linkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Mrs. Fannie Harris Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Fannie Harris of High Street Princeton died Monday in a Princeton hospital after a lengthy illness.
Hazel Winecoff obituary services set in Bluewell
Mrs Hazel Winecoff 66 formerly of Pocahontas Va and Cincinnati Ohio. Graveside rites at 3 p m today at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell with Rev Paul Carter officiating Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winecoff
Hazel
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pocahontas
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluewell
Paul Carter
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Vo-Rehab Exec To Talk Locally
Thorold Funk director of the State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation will speak at the Mercer County Opportunity Workshop for the Handicapped meeting at La Salute starting 6 30 p m Bill Vincent outgoing president will introduce Funk Several workshop contributors including Ed Rule Grady Parker Vincent H P Hunnicutt and Q J Humphreys will be honored New board members and 1971 officers will be announced certificates of completion to workshop students will be presented by Keith Thompson Dinner reservations via Bill Rudder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorold Funk
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Mercer County
Funk
William
Bill’’ Vincent
Ed Rule
Grady Parker
Vincent
H. P. Hunnicutt
Q. J. Humphreys
Keith Thompson
Bill Rudder
Mrs. Virginia Belle King Dies After Illness in Welch Area
Mrs. Virginia Belle King 69 of Switchback died in a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband Paul L. King two daughters Stella Odham Serena and Josephine Flippen Chesapeake four step daughters Anita Hubert Rita Gay McKean Mary Lou King all Omaha Neb and Phyllis Lowe Charlotte N C one step son Paul L. King Jr. Omaha one sister Mary Poole Austinsville Va one brother Ernest Slate Austinsville four grandchildren two great grandchildren Funeral at Burke Baptist Church Keystone with Rev Wiley Brooks and Rev Joe Lambert. Friends may call Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork today 6 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Belle King
Switchback
Welch Hospital
Paul L. King
Stella Odham
Serena
Josephine Flippen
Chesapeake, Va
Anita Hubert
Rita Gay McKean
Mary Lou King
Oamaha
Neb
Phyllis Lowe
Charlotte
N. C
Paul L. King Jr
Omaha
Mary Poole
Austinsville
Ernest Slate
Burke Baptist Church
Keystone
Wiley Brooks
Joe Lambert
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Mary M. Humphreys 91 of Peterstown Dies at Home
Mary M. Humphreys age 91 of Peterstown died at her home Monday morning after living in the area 25 years She was born in Fayette County a daughter of the late James and Sarah Painter She was a member of Peterstown Christian Church Her husband Luther Humphreys died in 1964 Surviving daughters Beatrice Cline Lynchburg VA Gladys Wills Peterstown and Erma Stout Roanoke VA sister Bertha Godby Burlington NC brother Earl Painter Fresno CA ten grandchildren four great grandchildren Services held 3 p m Wednesday at Broyles Funeral Chapel Rev Don Staton Orchard Cemetery Grandsons served as pallbearers. Funeral home after 2 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Humphreys
Peterstown
Fayette County
James and
Sarah Kendall Painter
Erma Stout
Roanoke
Bertha Godby
Burlington
N.C
Earl Painter
Fresno
Calif
Broyles
Don Staton
Orchard Cemetery
Franklin Evans dies at 67 in Virginia
Frank Evans 67 of Nemours Virginia died Sunday in a Bluefield illness. Born in Virginia he was a son of the late Robert and Mary Fauce Evans. Survived by wife Ethel Willard Evans three sons Morris Jack and Danny four daughters and one brother. Funeral at Falls Mills Christian Church Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev. David Pryor. Burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Friends may call at Shumate Pocahontas after 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Evans
Nemours
Bluefield
Virginia
Robert
Mary Fauce Evans
Ethel Willard Evans
Morris Evans
Jack Evans
Charleston
S.C
Danny Evans
Springfield
Shooting Victim's Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements remain incomplete for Eugene Chafin 36 of Aurora Illinois formerly Caretta who died Sunday at his mother's home from an apparent self inflicted .32 caliber pistol wound He was a welder at the Austin Western Ford Plant in Aurora and is survived by his mother Grace Levin Chafin and the late Wallace Chafin five sisters and three children in the home with Fanning Funeral Home Welch in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Chafin
Aurora
Ill
Caretta
Grace Levin Chafin
Wallace Chafin
Austin Western Ford
Faye Elizabeth Chafin
Grace
Mishell Chafin
Gregory Chafin
Lena Compton
Reva Barnett
Hopewell
Louise Cypers
Baltimore
Delores Collins
New Jersey
Gail Blankenship
Bluefield College Choir to Present Christmas Concert
The Bluefield College Choir under Robert Smith will perform its annual Christmas program in the Chas. L. Harman Chapel at 8 p.m. The 40 voice choir is accompanied by Mrs. Ann Scott. The program features traditional Christmas carols from many lands and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Chas. L. Harman
Robert Smith
Ann Scott
Princeton Council Approves 5.5 Percent City Raises
Princeton City Council approved a 5.5 per cent raise for all city employees effective December 1. The hike, funded by a savings and loan tax, totals about 21000 dollars per year and will appear on paychecks before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ira Southern
Ben Faulkner Engineering Company of
Princeton Avenue
Dean Company
West Virginia Water Company
Indians Claim Victory Amid Indias War Aid Suspension
Reports describe India's suspension of 648 million in aid to Pakistan and measured responses from Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Belgium as bombing and air sorties intensify in East and West Pakistan. Bombay reports say antiaircraft fire wounded civilians while Pakistani aircraft strike airfields. U N evacuations face disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
India
Sweden
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Bombay
Pakistan
United News of India
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Punjab
Kashmir
East Pakistan
Associated Press
Peter O’loughlin
Dacca
U.N
New York
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Clifford
Harvey) Warner
Clifford (Harvey) Warner
Richmond
Roger Warner
Marion
Lawrence Patton
Lester Eugene Warner
Jerry Douglas Warner
Mack Casey
Wooster
Gilmer Fogleman
S. C. Williams
Jessie C. Rasnake
Roger Lee
Caney
Calvin
Vance
Clyde Warner
Emory Warner
Augusta
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Harley Dye
Carl Robinson
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Nellie P. Johnson
Nellie Puckett Johnson
Stadium Drive
B. E. Johnson
Jack C. Johnson
Russell County
John W
Elizabeth Harrison Puckett
Marvin Johnson
John J. Johnson
Salem
Hiram T. Johnson
Chicago, Ill
Wade
Audrey) Sluss
Clarence Puckett
Graham Funeral Home
Hugh Ferguson
Maple Hill
Maggie Virginia Wilson
Maggie Virginia Strouth Wilson
Jaeger
Gladys Newberry Strouth Clingingsmith
Walter Stouth
Pentecostal Holiness Church
James M. Wilson Jr
Walter Hubert Strouth
Dallas
Tex
Robert Strouth
Bensenville
Rufus Strouth
Fort Knox
Moses M. Strouth
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Chapel
Alvin Holmes
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
David Lee Addison
Bobby Wayne Addison
James Peery Addison
Michael Strouth
Chester Strouth
Bernard Gilbert
Warrenizing
Fannie Harris
High St
Vo-Rehab Exec
Fanning Funeral Home, Welch
BSC Yale
Organ Service
Ee Eion
Baldwin
Hammond and
Wurlitzer Organs
Lowman Piano CO
Bluefield, W.va
Princeton Council
Southern
Council
W. Robert Carr
Faulkner
Princeton Community Hospital
East
Fire Department
Princeton City Hall
Ottawa
United Nations
Islamabad
B. P. Rikhye
Eastern
Feni
Betwen Dacca
Chittagong
Rikhye
New Delhi
U.S
Madras
Foreign Ministry
Washington
Buckeye
High Seas
Deskins
Deskins Shopping Center
College Ave
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