Bloodier Cuban clash reported near Sancti Spiritus
Mexico City exiles claim 126 militiamen killed in mid September fighting in the Escambray Mountains Las Villas. Guerrillas reportedly wiped out after two weeks of heavy losses on both sides while Soviet officers led a 5000-strong roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Escambray
Las Villas
Angel Gonzalez
Student Revolutionary Directorate
Cuasimas
Sancti Spiritus
Gonzalez
Andres Tartabull
Carlos Roca
Julio Garcia
Sergio Perez
Castro
Pro
Funeral Today For Virginia Soldier Killed In Germany
Funeral services for PFC Roger A. Dunford 21 of Marion Virginia will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Barnett s Funeral Home Marion Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Va He died Nov 30 in a multiple vehicle accident on the Autobahn near Berlin Germany Surviving are his wife Janice Lambert Dunford his mother Dorothy Weiderman three brothers Frank Philip Dunford Pvt Danny Dunford at Fort Knox Ky maternal grandparents Will D Meade Key Santre and Lakie Dunford of Key West Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger A. Dunford
Marion
Barnett
Berlin
Germany
Howard Kiser
L. D. King
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Janice Lambert Dunford
Dorothy Weiderman
Frank and
Philip Dunford
Danny Dunford
Fort Knox, Ky
Will D. Meade
Sant
Lakie Dunford
Key Tazewell, Va
Jaeger to Welcome Santa Claus Dec 12
Jaeger in McDowell County will host Santa on December 12 with a 4 30 p.m. visit from a fire truck to the decorated Norfolk and Western Railway depot. He will tour downtown Jaeger until 8 30 p.m. with treats for children as the high school band and glee clubs perform and shops stay open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaeger
McDowell County
Santa Claus
Jaeger Volunteer Fire Department
Santa
Norfolk and Western Railway
Jaeger High School
Christmas Radio Call-in Prompt
The notice urges listeners to dial W.H.L.S. every Sunday morning at 10:05 to 10:20 for a Christmas special. It emphasizes regular weekly participation and a fixed time slot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.h.ls
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1893 Classified Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph listing addresses and contact details for the press and local notices. Mentions a 327-4171 number and references a bureau of amdit activity in Bluesel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everyorning Daily Telegra Co
Bian Street
Bluesel
Wve
Fr Press
Amdit Buresu
Virginia Weather Update From The Associated Press
Mostly cloudy and mild in the north and 60s in the south with rain spreading from the west to the east through Sunday. Monday brings partly cloudy skies, wind, and colder temperatures with possible snow flurries. windy and colder Sunday night into Monday with more snow flurries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Virginia Vets Close Today
Veterans of Foreign Wars from the Ninth District of Virginia and their auxiliaries conclude a two day meeting in Marion Virginia. A memorial service at 12 30 p m at the post headquarters will be conducted by Rev Rex Bennett of the Marion Baptist Church and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth District
Virginia
Marion
James C. Anderson
Marion Post
Rex Bennett
Marion Baptist Church
VFW
Goolsby Street
Post
H. T. Pigg
Department of Virginia
Burke Graybear
Anderson
Thompson murder case ties motive to love and money
The Thompson case centers on motives of love and money as Mrs. Thompson’s life-insurance nears $1 million. The state alleges Thompson hired Norman Mastrian to kill her, with Mastrian passing the murder contract to Dick W. C. Anderson. Mastrian faces trial in St. Paul next month on first degree murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Norman Mastrian
Mastrian
Dick W.C. Anderson
St. Paul
Pope Paul VI Plans Historic Holy Land Pilgrimage
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI will undertake a groundbreaking pilgrimage outside Italy, the first papal flight in 150 years, aiming to promote Christian unity while navigating delicate Jewish and Arab relations. His route may include Israel and Jordan with a formal Orthodox or Protestant meeting unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Holy Land
Italy
Paul
Union of Churches
Roman
Israel
Jordan
Cairo
Johnson forms presidential commission on slaying probe
President Johnson establishes a seven member panel to investigate all aspects of the slaying and signals the panel may decide on public release timing. He outlines plans for future news conferences and aims for open information flow within security constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
White House
Pierre Salinger
McNamara
Pentagon
Three Suspects Sought in Pittsylvania Storekeeper Slaying
A mass manhunt in Danville Virginia continues for three suspects in the killing of an elderly Pittsylvania County storekeeper. Eugene Douglas Feather, 27, of Roanoke, was arrested on murder and armed robbery charges. A large search area near Red Eye involves deputies state police and hounds with walkie talkies as residents stay indoors and wary shots echo in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Henry 0. Winn
Eugene Douglas Feather
Roanoke
Frriday
Winn
Farmers Find Bogus Twenties in Sawdust Bank
Two Onslow County farmers unearthed about 100000 in counterfeit twenty dollar bills from a sawdust pile. The bills, allegedly printed to fund Fidel Castro’s revolutionary forces, were linked to a broader $1 million counterfeit operation dating to the 1950s and 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baysden
Sparrow
23 More Students On BSC Honor Roll
The Bluefield High School honor roll for the past grading period omitted 23 students from the list. Readers should note the names Pat Magazin Jim Moore Carolyn Murphy Connie Nelson Susan Noble Pam Peery Becky Pe Sheila Portis Theresa Profit Charles Pruett Betsy Richards Martha Richardson Thomas Orford Wayne Sage John Shott Cheryle Snider William Spraher Charfiotie Wayland Judy White Donna Whitley Calvin Whittaker John Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield High School
Pat Magazin
Jim Moore
Carolyn Murphy
Connie Nelson
Susan Noble
Pam Peery
Becky Pe
Sheila Portis
Theresa Proffit
Charles Pruett
Betsy Richards
Martha
Richardsons
Thomas Orford
Wayne Sage
John Shott
Cheryle Snider
William Spracher
Charfiotie Wayland
Deaths and Funerals list multiple Bluefield area mourners
Mrs. J E Wagner dies in St Lukes Hospital and is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery South Bluefield with service led by Rev A L Brewster and Rev Glenn Lippie. Surviving relatives include husband and sister Gotham of DeLand Florida. Funeral Monday in Mercer Funeral Chapel with Dr C H Patterson officiating then burial in Wildwood Cemetery Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Brewster
Glenn F. Lippie
Walnut Grove Cemetery
South Bluefield
Merrill J. Holbrook
W. C. Witten
J. E. Mahood
J. Hudson Huffard
W. M. McGlamery
M. G. White
C. M. Wagner Jr
Elwood Bailey
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle No. 1
WCTU
Gotham
DeLand
Wagner Funeral Home
U Efield
Funeral for Sylvester Mullins Held in Valley View
Sylvester Buster Mullins 56 of Clintwood Virginia died Saturday in a Norton hospital. Survived by wife Opal, children B J Mullins Eugene Mullins Maxine Rose and two stepchildren Ouida Kennedy Billie Bochet, 17 grandchildren, three brothers and four sisters. Services conducted at Valley View Freewill Baptist Church by Rev Stuart Hall and Rev Mack Mullins with burial in the cemetery. The body moved from Miller Home in Clintwood to the church at noon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester (Buster) Mullins
Clintwood
Norton
Matilda Mullins
Solomon Mullins
Opal Fleming Mullins
B. J. Mullins
Eugene Mullins
Columbus
Ohio
Maxine Rose
Manassas
Ouida Kennedy
Valley
View Freewill
Stuart Hall
Mack Mullins
Miller
Mrs Exie May Addison Dies After Long Illness In Virginia
Mrs Exie May Addison 50 wife of Clyde Addison of Kent's Ridge near Richlands Virginia died Saturday after a long illness in a hospital. A Buchannan County native she was a life long area resident. Survived by husband two sons Bill and Donald Addison of Cedar Bluff Virginia three daughters Gearmane Helton Janice and Brenda Addison two sisters Stella Proffitt Doran Virginia and Della Reynolds Belfast Virginia and one grandchild. Funeral services will be held at Farmer Funeral Home Richlands Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exie May Addisson
Clyde Addison
Kent's Ridge
Richlands
Buchanan County
Jim
Carrie Short McGlothlin
Area
Bill
Donald Addison
Rt. 2
Ceder Bluff
Gearmane Helton
Richmond
Janice
Brenda
Funeral rites held for Corporal Rollie Bowman at Fort Knox
Funeral services were conducted Thursday in the Main Post Chapel Fort Knox Ky for Corporal Rollie Bowman 2 who died Sunday December 1 in Ireland Army Hospital at Fort Knox following a year long illness Burial was in the Post Cemetery He was a son of Mrs Nellie Bowman of Horsepen Va and the late Alvis L Bowman Surviving are his wife Mrs Katherine Bowman Wright of Martineville Va five brothers Larry and Severn of Horsepen Curtis of Martineville William Bowman with the U S Air Force in Florida and Dewey Bowman with the Air Force in Michigan The Perry and Alvey Funeral Home of Fort Knox was in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
Rollie Bowman
Ireland
Bowman
Nellie Bowman
Horsepen
Alvis L. Bowman
Katherine Bowman Wright
Martineville
Larry Ad Severn
Curtis
William Bowman
U. S. Air Force
Florida
Dewey Bowman
Ai Force
Michigan
Perry
Alvey
Williams Dies at Work in Columbus on December 4
John George Williams 41 native of Tazewell Virginia died Wednesday December 4 while working in Columbus Ohio. Survived by daughter Hazel Williams of Columbus and sisters Marie Dillard Bluefield Ida Mae and Joret ta Williams Dayton. Services at First Baptist Church Tazewell with Rev Paul Winfrey. burial Maplewood Cemetery. pallbearers Johnny and Sam Johnson William Bailey James Peery Walter Moore and Sam Craig. Body arriving Sunday morning at Peery St Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell. viewing at grandmother's home Sunday 2 30 pm and at church Monday 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John George Williams
Tazewell
Columbus
Ohio
Charles and
Lena Jones Williams
Jennie Williams
North Tazewell
Hazel Williams
Marie Dillard
Bluefield
Ida Mae
Joretta Williams
Dayton
First Baptist Church
Paul Winfrey
Maplewood Cemetery
Johnny
Sam Johnson
William Bailey
James Peery
Walter Moore
Sam Craig
Peery- St. Clair Funeral Home
Osbornes Obituary: Edie Victoria Osborne of Shortt Gap
Edie Victoria Osborne 50 of Shortt Gap Va died Friday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. She was a Buchanan County native, daughter of the late Mathias and Elizabeth Osborne. Survivors include five sons Massie Estil James Dannia Jessie four brothers Esaw Theodore Walter and Noah and one sister Mrs Bertha Davis. Services Monday at 11 a.m. in Osborne Church with Revs Robinson Horton Ball and burial in Osborne Cemetery. Farmer Funeral Home Richlands Va in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edie Victoria Osborne
Shortt Gap
Richlands
Buchanan County
Mathias
Elizabeth Osborne
Massie
Red Ash
Estil
James
Dannia
Jessie
Esaw Osborne
Theodore
Walter Osborne
Rt. 1
Raven
Noah Osborne
Bertha Davis
Osborne Church
Osborne Ridge
Carl Robinson
Grat Horton
Albert Ball
Osborne Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Infant stillborn in Princeton remembered by families
Graveside rites Sunday at 2 30 pm at Sandlick Cemetery for an infant stillborn Friday night at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton is in charge. grandparents listed are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bailey of Sandlick and Mr. and Mrs. J W Starcher of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sn Sandlick
Bobbie
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Clifford Bailey
Sandlick
J. W. Starcher
Princeton
Funerals for Gladys Jenkins Scott and Jesse James Altizer
Funeral services announced for Mrs Gladys Jenkins Scott of 205% Ramsey Street Bluefield to be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Chapel with Rev Altizer. Jesse James Altizer 76 of Bandy Virginia will be buried after a Sunday 4 p.m. service at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands officiated by Rev Walter Wyatt and Rev H D Hampton. Burial in Bailey Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altizer
Jesse James
Bandy
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Walter Wyatt
H. D. Hampton
Bailey Cemetery
Mrs Laura C Jessee 83 dies in Honaker Va
Mrs Laura C Jessee 83 widow of Henry Jessee died Friday night at her Honaker Virginia home. Survived by three daughters Leona Jessee of Honaker H G Dutton and Mrs Wilford Edmister of Coalmont Tennessee a son Arnold Jessee of Honaker 14 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren two sisters Maggie Compton of Honaker Belle Smith of Belle a brother John N Wallace of Honaker Funeral rites Sunday 11 am Valley View Church burial Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Va body returned to the residence from Honaker Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura C. Jessee
Henry Jessee
Honaker
Leona Jessee
H. G. Dutton
Wilford Edmister
Coalmont
Tenn
Arnold Jessee
Maggie Compton
Belle Smith
Belle
John N. Wallace
Valley View Church
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Honaker Funeral Home
Miss Mary Frances White 33 Dies in New Jersey Hospital
Miss Mary Frances White of Bluefield dies Saturday morning in a New Jersey hospital. She was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Church White. Survived by sisters Anna Ruth Schott Trury Mingans Paula line Skipper of Bluefield and brother James Rodgers White of New York City. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances White
Bluefield
New Jersey
Church White
Anna Ruth Schott
Trury Mingans
Pauline Skipper
James Rodgers White
New York City
Reed. Preston
Gordon P Johns 57 Bluefield resident dies in hospital
Gordon Percy Johns, 57, of 1433 South View Drive Bluefield, died Saturday morning at St Luke's Hospital. Born in Shamokin Pennsylvania he was a former Shamokin teacher who worked 16 years as a construction worker in Bluefield. Survived by wife John R Johns four sisters and funeral services held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Mercer Funeral Home with burial at Roselawn Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Percy Johns
South View Drive
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Shamokin
George W
Flora Hayes Johns
John R. Johns
Treverton
Grace Ludwig
Reading
Merrill Bramlett
Lakeland
Fla
Ellen Jurbala
Rego Park
N. Y
May Maurer
Holmes, Pa
Mercer Funeral Home
C. H. Patterson
Roselawn Memory Gardens
Fellowship Meeting by Ruby Bailey Circle at First Methodist
The Ruby Bailey Circle of the First Methodist church held a Christmas fellowship with a covered dish dinner and gift exchange. Hostess Mrs. Wilbur Smith welcomed 13 members and two guests as circle leader Mrs. C. R. Blanchard led a brief meeting. Mrs. Riley Griffith presented a Christmas program and Mrs. Ted Malcolm read a Christmas story from Methodist Woman Magazine. Members brought items for their Sunshine Sister and food for the Abend Ba family bagel Abend Ba at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Bailey
First Methodist Church
Wilbur Smith
C. R. Blanchard
Riley Griffith
Ted Malcolm
Methodist Woman Magazine
Bagel Abend Ba
HDC Observes Yale Meeting
Athens Home Demonstration Club held a Christmas dinner at Holroyd Hall with co hosts Miss Ruby Holland Concord College and Mrs Mary Fink Dorsey Martin. Rev Albert C Wright gave thanks and new officers were elected for 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Home Demonstration Club
Ruby Holland
Athans Club
Albert Wright
Fred Rogers
Miss Price
R. T. Hill
Mesdames
Charlie Oxley
Jennie Goode
Alland Ethel Martin
Charlles Roth
Dorsey Martin
Edna Johnston
John I. Scott
Gene Neeley
Pearl Via
Ray Miller
Bob Beckett
Meadow Bird
Mary Fink
Ruth Eaton
Pines
Ethel Martir
Bradley's Christmas Gifts and Reduced Prices Ad
Bradley's advertises greatly reduced prices on coats suits skirts dresses and lingerie with names like Hong Kong Italy France and Fischer. It promotes fur boas jackets gloves scarves and a wide gift assortment including brass cases jewelry and long evening skirts moving rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley’s
Bradley's
Hong Kong
Italy
France
Bradley
Fischer
Vanity Fair
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Weather Bureau
S Urrses
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Area
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Central Atlantic States
Tennessee Valley
Gulfa Ee
Cuba
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
THE
Associated Press
Albany
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Tenner
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenx
Pittsburgh
BSC
J. E. Wagner
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Wildwood Cemetery
Beckley
Shumate
Birch Street
Athens
Hazel Blakely
Dearborn Apartments
Robert Gatherum
N. S. Bovenizer
Goodman Jones
William Peery
Bill Crouch
Carl Dunn
Jesse
Wyoming County
Zechariah
Mary Cook Workman
Guyandotte
Rosa Strouth Smith
Riley Smith
Russell County
Moses and
Martha Strouth
Methodist Church
Lester Ramey
Alfred Jewell
Bill Lowe
Cedar Bluff
Flossie Smith
Blowing Rock
N. C
John M. Smith
Ira Strouth
Jewell Ridge
Meredith Strouth
Stallard Strouth
Seaboard
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Sylvester Mullins
Mrs. Clyde Addison
Cpl
John G. Williams
Edie Osborne
Bluefield Monument Co
DIAL
Mary F. White
Gordon P. Johns
Circle
HDC
Yale
City and Coalfield
Mens
Laciny
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield, W. VA
Greenwood Nursery
W. VA
Trails End
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!