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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1973

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area reflect long illness

Allen Woodrow Meade 59 of Princeton died in Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survived by mother Maude Stinson Meade widow Edna Mae Meade son William E. Meade daughter Betty Ellison. several siblings and grandsons. Funeral Tuesday at George W. Seaver Mortuary Princeton. Burial Grandview Cemetery Tazewell. Carl Looney 54 Harmon died of apparent heart attack. Survived by widow Blanche Looney two daughters and three sons. Funeral today 11 a.m. at Little Josie Regular Baptist Church Harmon. Burial Looney Family Cemetery. Ira Clevinger 62 Harmon died after long illness. Survived by wife Jane Branham Clevinger three daughters two sons and grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. Bull Creek Regular Baptist Church. Burial Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy. Additional notices list multiple local obituaries and funeral arrangements in Grundy and nearby towns.

Allen Woodrow Meade Princeton Beckley Honaker Maude Stinson Meade Ervin Meade Silver Springs Kathern Meade Bastian Edna Mae Meade William E. Meade Radford Charles Betty) Ellison Glenwood Park Carson Meade Newark N. J Charlie Arnold Stinson Rocky Gap Claude Kenneth Stinson Norfolk Earl Stinson Alexandria Carl Meade Bluefield Bobby Harry James Meade Virginia Hess Tazewell Lora Gay Linda Gall Carter Avalon Hurley Chicago George W. Seaver Mortuary Amos Turner Grandview Cemetery Carl Looney Harmon Buchanan County William and Lydia Stiltner Looney UMWA Blanche Bailey Looney Dennis Looney Richland Center Wisc Howard Looney David Looney Clinton Dales Ira Clevinger Grundy Silas Elizabeth Stiltner Clevinger Jane Branham Clevinger Jimmy Belcher Billy Hawkins Bobby Belcher Rt. 2 Ira Ralph Clevinger Benny D. Clevinger Elkhorn City Claude Clevinger Green Cove Springs Fla Thurman Clevinger Bull Creek Regular Baptist Church Delbert Sanders Johnny Clevinger Franklin O'Quinn Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy Funeral Home

CPA Official To Address Virginia Meet

The national President of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants will speak at a joint Highlands Chapter Virginia Society of CPAs and Appalachian Chapter Tennessee Society of CPAs meeting. The event at Martha Washington Inn Abingdon Virginia features Samuel Derieux of Richmond as AICPA president and Robert L. Neeley of Grundy noting it is the first time an officer has addressed a local accountants group.

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Highlands Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Tennessee Appalachian Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants Martha Washington Inn Abingdon Samuel Derieux Richmond Robert L. Neeley Grundy

City Hall debates watchdog for Kee Dam project near Airport Road

City Board weighs forming a five member advisory committee to monitor the Kee Dam Edison Hollow project with Elizabeth Kee and Al Modena named. Final authority rests with Farmers Home Administration and Soil Conservation Service plus city officials. Parking garage plan near Colonial Theatre to begin early next year adds 400+ spaces.

Kee Dam Edison Hollow Elizabeth Kee al Modena Farmers Home Administration Soil Conservation Service Fred Burton Bill Looney Airport Road Bartlett Tree Experts Flat Top Bank Bluefield

Richard Clinton Tanner dies at 47 in Lynchburg

Richard Clinton Tanner of Lynchburg Virginia died after a short illness. He was 47, born in Bluefield, son of Mrs J W Tanner and the late J W Tanner. He worked at Lynchburg Training School and hospital. He belonged to Madison Heights Lions Club Elks Club No 32 and the Association of Retarded Children. Survived by widow Ann Sanders Tanner two daughters Ann Marie Tanner and Mrs Richard Harper two sons Stuart W Tanner and Richard A Tanner a sister Mrs Margaret Belcher and three half brothers Ronald Rodick and Donald P Tanner. Funeral 1 pm Tuesday at Whitten Park Avenue Chapel Lynchburg with burial at Fort Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9.

Charles J. Ratcliffe Charles James Ratcliffe Stadium Drive Bluefield Arthur Ella Grass Ratcliffe Trinity Methodist Church Modern Woodmen Mary J. Brooks Ratcliffe Carl J. Ratcliffe U. S. Air Force Ipswich England Pancof. Combs Pancof’. Combs Athens Princeton Glenwood Galax James and Louise Dillon Combs Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company Methodist Church Lucille Effler Combs Panco F. Combs Jr Shirley F. Combs George E. Combs Millville N. J Helen May Dorsey Cleveland Ohio Mary Moatz Asby Dillon Norfolk Bertie Boyer Eskdale Magdalene Harrison Jacksonville Fla Bessie Daniels Grove City Bailey Funeral Chapel Tony Spinella Paul Hall Roselawn Memorial Gardens Richard Clinton Tanner Lynchburg J. W. Tanner Peterstown Madison Heights Ann Sanders Tanner Ann Marie Tanner Richard Harper Monroe Stuart W Richard A. Tanner Margaret Belcher Ronald Tanner Richmond Rodick Donald P. Tanner San Antonio Tex

Funeral notices for Willard Ball and Jim Short and enrollment rise in Lochiel

Funeral services are set for Willard Ball Sr. 76 of Honaker Va with burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon and pallbearers from IOOF and WWI veterans. Jim Terry Short 29 of Greenville S C dies with services in Richlands Va. Rev. Pruett officiates and graveside rites follow. Lochiel Elementary School reports enrollment at six, up from three, officials say.

Ball Willard Sr Honaker Honaker Funeral Home W. L. Odum Bill Boggs Russell Memorial Lebanon IOOF Ariz Lochiel

Limits for engaged couples in sexual conduct

Billy Graham advises engaged couples to pursue sexual restraint within marriage, urges self discipline, and emphasizes thinking through consequences. He cites Ruth Stang on responsibility and suggests prayer for wisdom, respect, and reliance on 1 Corinthians 10 to resist temptation.

Jesus Ruth Stang

Controlled Drugs Taken From Princeton Pharmacy

West Virginia State Police in Princeton investigate a break in at Medical Arts Pharmacy in Princeton at 3:36 am Sunday. Thieves escaped with 350 fifty mg Demarol tablets after entering via the reception area of Dr. I. D. Scott's office. The burglary alarm activated but the trio fled before officers arrived. Demarol, a coal tar derivative used as an analgesic, is described as a street drug often obtained through thefts and peddling. Trooper L. J. McCarty leads the investigation.

West Virginia Princeton Medical Arts I. D. Scott

Gas stations halt sales amid shortages on Sunday

Snowy conditions and a nationwide gas shortage led to most service stations closing or limiting pumps over the weekend. In Florida many stations stayed shut with some reopening signs, while a Gulf station owner in Kingman, Bill Neal, reversed his decision citing customer needs and local fire departments. Troopers along the Turnpike reported minimal stranded-vehicle calls, and northwestern Minnesota saw light traffic due to blowing snow and 50 mph winds.

Miami Kingman Ariz Bill Neal Gulf Florida Turnpike Minnesota Highway Patrol

Collision injures three on Virginia road near Bluefield

Three Bluefield residents were injured in a Sunday night head on collision on Virginia Secondary Rt. 102 near Bluefield. Harold Tabor Jr. drove a pickup and collided with Bobby Lorens whose car totaled. Lorens, Harold Tabor Sr., and Mrs. Harold Tabor were taken to Bluefield Sanitarium. No charges filed.

Virginia Rt. 102 Bluefield Harold Tabor Harold Tabor Jr Bobby Lorens Bluefield Sanitarium R. H. Campbell Gary Breeding Lorens Stowers Hill

Snowbound West Virginia toll road crews fight to keep pike open

West Virginia Turnpike crews labored overnight to keep the toll road passable as cars abandoned in narrow streets blocked emergency access. A Smith Transfer truck ripped through guardrail at milepost 26 injuring the driver. Bluefield and Pocahontas saw cars slid into ditches while wreckers pulled stalled autos free. Snow accumulations reached 20 inches in Webster County as the storm stretched from Morgantown toward Bristol near the Tennessee line.

West Virginia Turnpike Smith Bob Morris Charleston Bluefield Pocahontas Morgantown West Virginia Tennessee State Line Bristol

Fiduciary Notice to Creditors and Beneficiaries

Legal notice listing estates of B Hampton Bailey James Harold Martin John Henry Smith Thomas T Wiley Matic 0 Wiley Administratrix Louise Winfrey Yost David M Kalt with claims due by April 15 1974 at the office in Bluefield West Virginia. Beneficiaries may appear by December 1972 to examine claims and protect interests. William Mancock Commissioner of Accounts

Hampton Bailey First National Bank of Bluefield James Harold Martin John Henry Smith Mary Frances Smith Thomas T WILEY Matic Louise Winfrey Yost David M Kalt Canibi Samu Bluetceld West Virginia William Mancock

Certification of debts and hearing notice in West Virginia case

A fragmented notice records Clarence Baldwin disowning debts except his own and a notary seal. It also covers a Public Service Commission hearing in Charleston for Clyde Walters Jr. and Walters Ashland Station, Summers County, on January 7, 1974, detailing publication and notice requirements for a certificate to operate as common carrier by motor vehicle wrecking and transport.

Clarence Baldwin Virginia Tazewell Flora Lew Asbury Public Service Commission OF West Virginia Charleston Clyde Walters JR Walters Ashland Summers County Clyde Walters Tomg Hastings Commission

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