Education Board Continues Quarrel Over School Buses
Mercer County Education Board debates bus use for non school activities and approves minutes by a 3 to 2 vote. Nestor and Walthall oppose. Griffith Richardson and McClaugherty support. Also discussed bond election, insurance rates, band funds, and a Christmas week off for central office staff. board to join state school boards association.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Mercer County Board of Education
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Owen Griffith
Jack McClaugherty
Nester
McClaugherty
Griffith
Richardson
Nestor
Walthall
Grifith
Harold Woods
Flat Top
Spanishburg
C. D. Tucker
Lane Murphy
Princeton
C. J. Bailes
Princeton Band Boosters Club
Princeton High School
Elementary Principals Association
School Board Central Office
West Virginia Association of School Boards
Bluefield
Obituary notices from Princeton and surrounding areas
Death notices for Mrs. Josie Simmons of 210 High Street Princeton and Mrs. Mary Harris Wood of Nemours in Mercer County list survivors and funeral details. Other notices include Delayed word on Daniel Atkins of Keystone, Elbert Mills of Crab Orchard, and Mrs. Virginia Adams of Bluefield with pending arrangements.
Mendez Open House Scheduled Sunday
Rev and Mrs John Mendez and family invite church members and friends to an open house at the Bluewell Methodist Church parsonage Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The Women's Society provided new drapes and the downstairs rooms have been recently painted.
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John Mendez
Bluewell Methodist Church
Women's Society
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Snippet
A morning edition note from the Daily Printing Co lists Bluefield West Virginia details and Associated Press content. The page mentions subscribers, auditing, and an advertising representative with a contact number.
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Bland Street
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Death of Cedar Bluff resident Dillard W. Patton at 65
Dillard W. Patton 65, retired Cedar Bluff town employee, died Wednesday night at his Route 2 North Tazewell home. He leaves wife Edna Davis Patton, three sons Dillard S. Patton Walter Patton Carl Patton, four daughters Edith Kinder Mary Remines Sandra McFarland Maggie Rose, 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild, a brother Carl Patton, two sisters Annie Byrd and Georgia Lowe. Dutted Saturday at 2 p.m. Main Street Methodist Church Tazewell with Rev. William Carter officiating. Burial Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call at Greever Funeral Home Friday 4–10 p.m. and the body will be in church Saturday at 1 p.m.
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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
Rock Ellis
Leonard Harden
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
New Central Church
Dillard W. Patton
Cedar Bluff
North Tazewell
Edna Davis Patton
Walter Patton
N. Tazewell
Dillard S. Patton
Lynchburg
Carl Patton
Piqua
Ohio
Edith Kinder
Bluefield
Mary Remines
Tazewell
Sandra McFarland
Wytheville
Arch Hare Funeral Set in Bailey Chapel
The funeral for Arch B. Hare 61 owner of Brunswick Billiard Parlor Bluefield will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton with burial in Roselawn Memory Gardens. He died Wednesday evening at Bluefield Sanitarium after a week of heart illness. Born in Narrows Virginia he was the son of the late Mont and Willie Cooper Hare. Surviving are his wife Mrs Mac Kidd Hare two sons Carl and Jack of Bluefield a daughter Mrs Dorothy Timlin of Norfolk seven sisters Mrs Fred Boothe of Salisbury and Mrs Harry Kennedy of Pulaski. Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Friday.
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Ora E. Harris
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Hill Top Nursing Home
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 Springs
M. H. Bowyer
Lewisburg
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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Norwalk
Calif
Clifford Faw
Harry Montgomery
R. H. Grim
E. V. Danieley
L. T. Davis
James E. Bailey
Walter Sowers
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Arch B. Hare
Brunswick Billiard Parlor
Hare
Princeton Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Narrows
Mont
Willie Cooper Hare
Mac Kidd Hare
Carl
Jack Hare
Dorothy Templin
Norfolk
Fred Boothe
Salisbury
N. C
Harry Kennedy
Pulaski
Funeral services for Mrs Yates in Sinkford and Richardson
Funeral services are planned at Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Chapel for Mrs Yates with burial in Oak Grove. A native of Appomattox Virginia she had lived in Bluefield for 50 years. The only known relative is her grandson Alphonso Johnson of Columbus Ohio. She will be laid to rest at home after 5 p.m. Friday.
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Vir A.m
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Chapel
Oak Grove
Appomattox
Yates
Bluefield
Alphonso Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
William Turner Sparks Dies After Long Illness in Grundy
William Turner Sparks 49 of Patterson Virginia died in Grundy Virginia hospital Wednesday evening after a long illness. Survived by wife Stella Sparks three sons Clifford Sparks Ransom Sparks and Larry Sparks all of Patterson. three daughters Marie Keen Bed ford Ohio Phyllis Sparks and Deanie Sparks of Patterson. five sisters Betty Bandy Suzie Bandy Della Hooper Eunice King Kizzie Justice. his parents Elijah Sparks of Blackey and Mrs Sparks of Patterson. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at the residence with Jess Matney officiating. Burial in Matney Cemetery Patterson. Body returned to residence from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
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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
Funeral Rites Planned for Lloyd D. Vincent 51
Funeral services set for Lloyd Donald Vincent at 2 30 p m in Pocahontas Virginia conducted by Rev John Mendez with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Pallbearers listed include George Palco Mason Sexton Roy Kelly William Foster Ernest Chitmar David Foster Tom Vincent Mason Kelly Survivors include his mother Mrs Richard Vincent four sisters and five brothers including Richard Vincent of Freeman Joe Vincent of Fitchburg Mass Fred Vincent of Baltimore Calvin Vincent of Salem and Roland Vincent in Hawaii
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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
Funerals in Bluefield Bland and nearby towns listed
Funeral services and officiants for Terrance E Lynch Daniel Crockett Pauley Shirley Beasley Arthur James Hess and Fannie Myers Hankins planned across Bluefield Bland North Tazewell and Richlands with burial at Walnut Grove Temple Hill Grandview Memory Gardens Greenhills and family cemeteries. Pallbearers named for several services. Arrangements by Hawkins and Hurst Scott Funeral Homes.
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Hess
Arthur James
Swords Creek
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Harley Dye
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Johnson to affirm U N strong support in UN speech
United Nations sources say President Johnson will deliver a about twenty minute address to the General Assembly on Tuesday. The speech will be a strong reaffirmation of support for the United Nations.
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Housing official sees move toward desegregation in housing
Robert C. Weaver, administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, says federal policy will spread Negro families from segregated ghettos into the general community. He notes about 600 000 housing units exist or are under construction and 800 urban renewal projects must be open to all races. He asserts 1963 may be a record year for home building. White House has not indicated any change in Kennedy's 1962 nondiscrimination order.
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Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
John F. Kennedy
Weaver
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
VFW Members Visit Beckley and Princeton Clinics
VFW Post 2703 and Princeton VFW Auxiliary entertained 181 patients at Beckley VA facility and 33 at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Dr O J Bailes and others joined Commander Emmett Williams and Paul Thompson in distributing gifts from local merchants and Rebekah Lodge. Coffee cake and candy were served as gifts included Bibles shaving gear and personal items for patients.
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Beckley
Pinecrest Sanitarium
VFW
Princeton
O. J. Bailes
Paul Thompson
Rebekah Lodge
Police Seek Suspect After Bland County Robbery
Police across Bluefield and nearby areas were asked to watch for a motorist who allegedly robbed a hitchhiker of 21 dollars in Bland County. The suspect fled toward Highway 100 from Hollybrook in a black 1957 Chevrolet with a torn seat cover and a West Virginia license tag. The robber reportedly had a facial scar and acted near dark on Wilderness Trail.
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Bluefield
Bland County
Pearlsburg
Hollybrook
Poplar Hill
West Virginia
False alarm ends jet crash search near Belle Glade
A Belle Glade police report of a jet plane crash in the Everglades prompted a large search by land and air between Lake Okeechobee and West Palm Beach. Homestead AFB and the Orlando Rescue Station denied any crash and said all aircraft were accounted for.
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Florida Highway Patrol
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Air Force Rescue Station
Orlando
Weather forecast for Virginia and West Virginia
The forecast shows considerable cloudiness and continued cold through Friday and Saturday with snow in the mountains Saturday. Virginia highs range from 40 to 46 in the southeast and 34 to 40 in the west and north portions, while West Virginia remains cloudy with highs around 32 and snow likely Friday night.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Steel Head Holds Research As Key To Coals Future
Pittsburgh AP report notes U S Steel Corp president Leslie B Worthington at the Coal Mining Institute of America urging research and safety as coal and steel industries recover. He says research holds coal’s future and predicts steady growth with safer mines and safer industrial environment.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
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Worthington
U S Warns Cubans of Help Hall Reminder To Resettle
The United States warned Cuban refugees in Florida that the $2.5 million monthly aid program may end for those with physical or health disabilities if they refuse to move to another state by March 31, 1964. Resettlement is not mandatory, per Cuba refugee program director John F. Thomas.
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John F. Thomas
Washington
Low Yield Nuke Test Fires Underground at Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a underground explosion at the Nevada test site on Thursday. The test produced a low yield equivalent to up to 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Virginia-Side Christmas Tree Program Set Sunday
The Virginia-Side Community Christmas Tree event will be held in the municipal building auditorium Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. It is a joint effort with the Town of Bluefield and the Junior Woman's Club. The goal is 2500 dollars to provide gifts for about 500 needy children.
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Junior Woman's Club
Z. D. Christian
Mary Lou Roach
Don Slader
Dan Henderson
Delano Compton
Jo Davis
Death by Own Action Claimed in Williams Case
Richard E. Williams of McDowell County was found shot to death by a pistol wound at his Lis home on Monday December 9 authorities classify the death as death by own action. He is survived by a wife two children and multiple relatives with funeral plans set for Kings Chapel Church Castlewood Virginia and Austin Cemetery burial pending at Smiths Funeral Home.
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Daniel Austin Atkins
Keystone
Bluefield
Clearwater
Fla
Sylvian Abbey Memorial Park
Pinella County
Fila
Methodist Church
First National Bank
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Richard E. Williams
Cucumber and Bartley
McDowell County
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Kathy Ann Williams
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Bartley
Roy Williams
Welch
Martha Williams
Bill Phillips
Nash Riffe
Ethel Poore
Oma Addair
Jolo
Fanning Funeral Home
Marthe Williams
Kings Chapel
Castlewood
Andy Baker
Austin Cemetery
Mission Collecting For Yale Baskets
The Bluefield Union Mission Christmas Basket Fund is under way under Rev Monroe Dodson. The 150 to 200 needy families will receive baskets with staple foods. Recipients are checked with welfare agencies and churches to avoid duplication.
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Union Mission
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Thay
Dodson
Oily Rags Blamed In Fire At Block Plant
A small fire at the American Block plant in lower Princeton was blamed on oily rags piled near equipment being cleaned. Fire department crews arrived to find the blaze out.
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Fire Department
Decision next week on cops reinstatement appeals
Bluefield police officers Roby Brown and Ted Land, both fired this year, await a Civil Service Commission ruling next week on their appeals for reinstatement and back pay. The commission has heard parallel proceedings, with Land and Brown denying involvement in past burglaries and disputing the state’s charges.
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Ted Land
Bluefield
David Bell
Land and Brown
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Phil Lilly
Brown
Land
Mercer County
Whittle
Police Civil Service Commission
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Jacqueline Kennedy to observe year of mourning
Mrs. John F. Kennedy will observe a full year of mourning for her husband with no public engagements. Pamela Turnure said the plan addresses reports of her being asked to participate in the 1944 campaign. She will spend Christmas in Palm Beach, Florida with the Kennedy family.
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