Mercer County Board of Education votes 3 to 2 on bus use
The Mercer County Board of Education continued a dispute over using school buses for non school activities. Minutes show a 3 to 2 vote approving the stance to cease bus use for such trips after Jan. 1, with Nestor and Walthall dissenting. Walthall later said he would have withdrawn his second to the motion. The board also discussed a new election on a $3.9 million bond issue for schools, possible timing, and a countywide insurance program for school property, plus scheduling holiday time and joining the West Virginia Association of School Boards.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Jack Nestor
Robert Walthall
George Richardson
TJ. Owen Griffith
Jack McClaugherty
Nester
Walthall
Richardson Navy
McClaugherty
Griffith
Richardson
Nestor
Sam
Grifith
Harold Woods
Top
Flat Top
Spanishburg
O. D. Tucker
Lane Murphy
Princeton
Princeton High
Elementary Principals Association
School Board Central Office
West Virginia Association of School Boards
Bluefield
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs Josie Simmons
Mrs Josie Simmons of 210 High Street Princeton died Tuesday at Princeton Memorial Hospital She was born in Pearlsburg Virginia and lived in Princeton 50 years She was a member of New Central Methodist Church Surviving son William Simmons Washington DC two sisters Ellen Henderson Willie Joiner one brother Vernon Thompson Pearlsburg Funeral at 1 pm Saturday at New Central Methodist Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Removal from Lugos Funeral Service to church at 9 am Pallbearers listed Flower bearers from Womens Society of Christian Service Funeral home visitation Friday 5 to 10 pm Also noted are obituaries for Mrs Mary Harris Wood and Mrs Ora Harris with funeral details and survivors.
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Josie Simmons
High Street
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Pearlsburg
New Central Methodist Church
Bob and
Mary Thompson
William Simmons
Washington, D. C
Willie Joiner
Ellen Henderson
Vernon Thompson
T. J. Stewart
C. K. Hooper
Oakwood Cemetery
Lugo
Joe Adams
Bernard Adams
William Henry
Earl Wright
Key Ellis
Leonarden
Women's Society of Christian Service
New Central Church
Mendez Open House Set At Bluewell Church Parsonage
Rev and Mrs John Mendez invite members of the church and friends to an open house at the Bluewell Methodist Church parsonage Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. The Women’s Society supplied new drapes and the downstairs rooms were recently painted.
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John Mendez
Bluewell Methodist Church
Women's Society
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Op Ed Policy Announcement
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Obituary for Dillard W. Patton of Cedar Bluff Virginia
Dillard W. Patton died at 65 Wednesday night at his North Tazewell home. Survived by wife Edna Davis Patton three sons Walter Dillard and Carl. four daughters Edith Kinder Mary Remines Sandra McFarland Maggie Rose. twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. brother Carl Patton and two sisters Annie Byrd and Georgia Lowe. Funeral held Saturday at Main Street Methodist Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may visit Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell Friday evening.
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Cedar Bluff
North Tazewell
Edna Davis Patton
Walter Patton
N. Tazewell
Dillard S. Patton
Lynchburg
Carl Patton
Ohio
Edith Kinder
Bluefield
Mary Remines
Tazewell
Sandra McFarland
Wytheville
Maggie Rose
Culpepper
Annie Byrd
North Carolina
Georgia Lowe
West Virginia
Main Street Methodist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever Funeral Home
Arch B. Hare 61 Dies After Illness in Bluefield
Arch B. Hare owner of Brunswick Billiard Parlor Princeton Bluefield died Wednesday after a weeklong heart illness. Funeral at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Survived by wife Mac Kidd Hare and two sons Carl and Jack Hare. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Friday.
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Princeton
Arch B. Hare
Brunswick Billiard Parlor
Bluefield
Roselawn Memory Gardens
Hare
Princeton Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Narrows
Mont
Willie Cooper Hare
Mac Kidd Hare
Carl
Jack Hare
Funeral services for Mrs Yates in Linkford and Richardson Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Yates were held at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Chapel with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. A native of Appomattox Virginia she had lived in Bluefield for fifty years. The only known relative is a grandson, Johnson of Columbus, Ohio. She died at home after p.m. Friday.
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Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Oak Grove
Appomattox
Yates
Bluefield
Johnson
Columbus
William Turner Sparks 49 Patterson Va dies after long illness
William Turner Sparks 49 of Patterson Virginia died in Grundy Virginia hospital Wednesday evening after a long illness. He is survived by wife Stella Sparks three sons Clifford Sparks Ransom Sparks Larry and three daughters Marie Keen Phyllis Deanie Sparks. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the residence with Jess Matney officiating. Burial in Matmey Cemetery Patterson. Body returned to Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
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William Turner Sparks
Patterson
Grundy
Stella Sparks
Clifford Sparks
Bedford
Ohio
Ransom Sparks
Larry
Marie Keen
Phyllis
Deanie Sparks
Betty Bandy
Suzie Bandy
Wolford
Della Hooper
Newark
N. J
Eunice King
Portsmouth
Kizzie Justice
Home Creek
Elijah Sparks
Blackey
Sparks
Jess Matney
Matmey
Virginia Funeral Home
Marshall Perkins
Swords Creek
Millers Chapel
Harley Dye
Grat Horton
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Honaker
Funeral Rites Planned for Lloyd D. Vincent 51
Funeral services for Lloyd Donald Vincent 51 who died Wednesday at his Freeman home will be held Friday at 2 30 p m in Pocahontas Virginia at Union Funeral Home with Rev John Mendez officiating Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Pallbearers include George Palco Mason Sexton Roy Kelly William Foster Ernest Chitmar David Foster Tom Vincent and Mason Kelly Survivors include his mother Mrs Richard Vincent four sisters Mrs Helen England Mrs Demon Charles of Williamson Mrs L T Beavers of Baltimore Md and Mrs Andy Delida of Bluewell also five brothers Richard Vincent of Freeman Joe Vincent of Fitchburg Mass Fred Vincent of Baltimore Calvin Vincent of Salem Va and Roland Vincent serving in the U S Navy in Hawaii
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Mercer
Ora E. Harris
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Hill Top
Oak Hill
John C. Atkins
Roselawn Memory Gardens
S. P. Harris
Bingham
William and
Matilda Neff Bowyer
First Christian Church
Melvin Harris
Beckley
Charles Johnson
Webster
M. H. Bowyer
Lewisburg
E. E. Bowyer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Eshel M. Bowyer
Norwalk
Calif
Clifford Faw
Harry Montgomery
R. H. Grim
E. V. Danieley
L. T. Davis
James E. Bailey
Walter Sowers
Lloyd Donald Vincent
Freeman
Pocahontas
Union Funeral Home
John Mendez
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
George Palco
Mason Sexton
Roy Kelly
William Foster
Ernest Chitmar
David Foster
Tom Vincent
Mason Kelly
Richard Vincent
Helen England
Demon Charles
Williamson
L. T. Beavers
Baltimore
Andy Delida
Bluewell
Joe Vincent
Fitchburg
Mass
Fred Vincent
Calvin Vincent
Salem
Roland Vincent
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
Alex Kedocia Sr
Keystone
Welch Hospital
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Hungarian Presbyterian Church
William Penn Fraternity
Julian Kedocia
Helen Chiki
Elizabeth Palko
Stone
Mary Toth
Julia Halasz
Jersey City
N. J
A Kedocia Jr
John Arvas
Paul Selvey
Richard Hancock
Ira Vecellio
Joe Varalli
Jess Hughes
Funeral notices for Lynch and companions in Bluefield and Bland
Funeral services announced for Terrance E Lynch in Sacred Heart Church Bluefield with burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Daniel Crockett Pauley of Bland to be laid to rest at Central Methodist Church with burial at Temple Hill Cemetery. Shirley Beasley of Coldwater to be buried at Grandview Memory Gardens after services at Church of the Nazarene. Arthur James Hess of Swords Creek to be interred at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill following Hurst-Scott services. Pallbearers named for Lynch and Beasley. Funeral Home affiliations noted.
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Daniel Crockett
Bland
Central Methodist Methodist Church
C. B. Duff
Temple Hill
Newberry Funeral Home
Beasley, Shirley
Coldwater
Mich
Church of the Nazarene
Bluefield
Wayne Meadows
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bruce Humfleet
Junior Ball
Sam Nunn
Robert Barrett
Linnie Ballard
Kent Allen
Wagner Funeral Home
Hess
Arthur James
Swords Creek
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Harley Dye
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Memorial Notices From Keystone and Swords Creek Area
Obituary notices for Alex Kedocia Sr. of Keystone and Marshall Perkins of Swords Creek list survivors, memorial and funeral details. Kedocia’s services are scheduled in Northfork and Pocahontas with graves at Woodland Cemetery. Perkins’ service is at Millers Chapel, burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens.
Death notice for Daniel Austin Atkins of Keystone
Daniel Austin Atkins 60 formerly of Keystone died of a heart attack in Clearwater Florida. Funeral services were held November 29 in Clearwater with burial at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park Pinellas County. He moved to Clearwater in 1965 and is survived by his daughter Caroline Clark of Clearwater, a brother and two children.
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Daniel Austin Atkins
Keystone
Bluefield
Clearwater
Fla
Sylvian Abbey Memorial Park
Pinella County
Methodist Church
First National Bank
Caroline Clark
Funeral notices for Mills Adams list incomplete arrangements
Funeral arrangements remain incomplete for Elbert N. Mills 67 of Crab Orchard who died early Thursday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Virginia Adams of 910 Princeton Ave Bluefield died Thursday evening at St Luke s Hospital. The body remains at Mercer Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Crab Orchard
Bluefield Sanitarium
Virgina Adams
Virginia Adams
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mercer Fumeral Home
Johnson to Speak at United Nations in Strong UN Support
President Johnson will address the U N General Assembly Tuesday for about 20 minutes. U S delegation sources say the speech will be a strong reaffirmation of support for the United Nations.
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United Nations, N. Y
Johnson
U. N. General Assembly
United Nations
U. S
Assembly
Official Sees Housing Move Toward Integration
Washington AP World News reports that Robert C. Weaver, head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, says the coming year will begin a significant dispersion of Negro families from segregated ghettos into general communities. He notes 600000 housing units and 800 urban renewal projects open to occupancy regardless of race. Weaver credits Kennedy’s nondiscrimination order and predicts 1963 will be a record year for home building despite prior protests and no stated plan to alter the order.
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Washington
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
John F. Kennedy
Weaver
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
VFW Auxiliary Delivers Gifts to Beckley Vet Patients
VFW Auxiliary from Princeton entertained patients at SE Vet Veterans Hospital Beckley and at a sanitarium. A spokesman reported 181 patients at the VA facility and 33 at the sanitarium. Officials and local merchants provided gifts including Bibles, shaving materials, combs, toothbrushes, gum, and contest prizes.
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Beckley
VFW
Princeton
C. J. Bailes
Ed Woobine
Kenneth Moore
Ruth Bush
Esther McAfee
Emmett Williams
Paul Thompson
10Th District
Rebekah Lodge
Police Seek Suspect In Bland County Hitchhike Theft
Bland County authorities urged Bluefield and nearby police to search for a motorist who allegedly robbed a hitchhiker of 21 dollars near Hollybrook. The suspect, driving a black 1957 Chevrolet with a full facial scar and a damaged seat cover, fled toward Highway 100 past Poplar Hill with a West Virginia license tag.
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Bluefield
Bland County
Pearlsburg
Hollybrook
Poplar Hill
West Virginia
Reported Jet Plane Explosion Is False
In Belle Glade Florida AP reports a bogus crash claim circulated about a real Os ie Jane Dee crash in the Everglades between Lake Okeechobee and West Palm Beach. Homestead AFB and the Air Force Rescue Station in Orlando denied any crash and said all planes were accounted for.
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Belle Glade
Fila
Jane Dee
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
West Palm Beach
Homestead Air Force Base
Air Force Rescue Station
Orlando
Weather drift in Virginia and West Virginia with snow likely
The Associated Press reports considerable cloudiness and continued cold in Virginia through Friday and Saturday with snow in the mountains on Saturday. Highs Friday reach 40s in the southeast and 34 to 40 in the west and north. West Virginia remains cloudy with snow likely Friday night and chilly throughout.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Steel Head Sees Research Key to Coal's Future
Leslie B. Worthington of U S Steel Corp says research holds the key to coal's future at the Coal Mining Institute of America meeting. He expresses optimism for both coal and steel as they emerge from adversity and note a path toward steady progress ahead.
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Steel Head
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Leslie B. Worthington
Coal Mining Institute of America
Worthington
Waubaael Cote
U S Warns Cubans of Assistance Hall
The United States warned Cuban refugees they must accept resettlement in the 50 states by March 31 1964 or lose monthly aid of up to 100 per family The program director said resettlement would not be mandatory and aid did not cover all refugees
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Miami
Fla
United States
John F. Thomas
Washington
Underground Nulear Test Fired at Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a low yield nuclear device was detonated underground at the Nevada test site. A low yield test has an explosive force up to 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Virginia Side Program Sets Holiday Tree Event
The Virginia Side Community Christmas Tree program will be held Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the municipal building auditorium. Sponsored with Bluefield and the Junior Woman's club, it aims to raise 2500 dollars to help about 500 needy children. Santa will visit, and speeches will be given by town officials and civic leaders. Donations accepted at the door or by phone during the show.
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Bluefield
Junior Woman's Club
Z. D. Christian
Mary Lou Roach
Don Slader
Dana Henderson
Delano Compton
Jo Davis
Joe Gillespie
Dorothy Tabor
Viola Clark
Clark Singers
Graham High School
Sandra Francis
Virginia Avenue Methodist Trio
Wayne Hartley
Johnny Ruble
Peggy Whitenack
Natalie Hrovath
Graham Hi Sextet
Foley Sisters
Death of R E Williams in Indianapolis ruled self-inflicted
Richard E Williams a former resident of Cucumber and Bartley McDowell County was shot dead at his Indianapolis home on Monday December 9 authorities say the death is self inflicted He leaves a wife son daughter and several siblings with funeral plans announced for Kings Chapel Church Castlewood VA and Austin Cemetery.
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Richard E. Williams
Cucumber and Bartley
McDowell County
Indianapolis
Ind
Bluefield
Roland Williams
Bertie Riffe Williams
Richard Eugene Williams
Kathy Ann Williams
Paul Williams
Bartley
Roy Williams
Welch
Martha Williams
Bill Phillips
Nash Riffe
Ethel Poore
Oma Addair
Jolo
Fanning Funeral Home
Marthe Williams
Kings Chapel Church
Castlewood
Andy Baker
Austin Cemetery
Mission Collecting For Yale Baskets
The Bluefield Union Mission Christmas Basket Fund is under way under Rev Monroe Dodson. About 150 to 200 families will receive baskets verified with welfare agencies and churches. The project mails over 3,500 letters this week to Bluefield residents seeking contributions, continuing since 1932.
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Bluefield
Union Mission Christmas Basket Fund
Monroe Dodson
Superineden
Dodson
Oily Rags Blamed In Fire At American Block Plant
Fire at the American Block plant in lower Princeton Thursday is blamed on oily rags. Investigators say the blaze caused material damage and displaced workers while firefighters contained the flames.
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Lower
Princeton
Decision Next Week On Cops In Bluefield Reinstatement Appeals
The Bluefield Civil Service Commission will announce whether Roby Brown and Ted Land, two ex police officers fired earlier this year, are reinstated. The panel met at the city clerk’s office to decide, with the ruling to be sent to Land and Brown, their counsel, and city officials.
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Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission
Roby Brown
Ted Land
Bluefield
David Bell
Land and Brown
Randolph G. Whittle
Phil Lilly
Brown
Land
Mercer County
Whittle
Civil Service Commission
Bluefield Furniture
Charley Fox
Fox and Land
Jacqueline Kennedy Plans Year of Mourning Activities
Mrs. John F. Kennedy will observe a full year of mourning for her husband, the late president, and have no public engagements during this period per her press secretary. The announcement comes from Washington.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
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