Officials Study Coal Industry Needs At BSC Workshop
About 60 federal and state officials and coal industry representatives met at Bluefield State College to discuss coal industry problems and needed programs. The workshop covered education in vocational training, mine safety, rehabilitation, and recruitment, with calls for better industry coordination and expanded training at schools and centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katrina Mason
Bluefield State College
Frank G. Tsutras
James Kee
Tsutras
Westpeaoe
UMWA
James Leeber
Beckley
Wayne Grames
Division of
Bureau of Mines
Grames
Tom Waddington
Southern Virginias Coal Association
Kee
Ralph Bird
Don Pitts
James McGoye
Co-Operative Tr Division of Education and Training
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pitts
McGaye
Mercer County GOP Christmas Meeting In Princeton Tonight
The Mercer County Republican Club hosts its annual Christmas gathering at Memorial Building in Princeton at 7 30 p.m. Local party members will also conduct a business meeting during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Republican Club
Memorial Building
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Details Publication Costs
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents its establishment details and contact information including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and carrier and mail rates. It notes AP affiliation and audit bureau membership as part of standard publishing profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau
Syannen & En Telephone
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Nearby States
Obituaries list Myrtle Farley Hall and Witten Taylor Harry of Bluefield and Richlands, along with Henry Bell Cosby Bell and Starling Barnett. Surviving relatives include multiple children and grandchildren. services and burials are planned in Richlands Maplewood Hawkins and Resthaven facilities with local clergy officiating.
Ed Hewitt 90 Princeton Miner Dies After Long Illness
Ed Hewitt 90 of Princeton died at home December 9 after a long illness. He was born in Campbell County Virginia a son of Walker and Malinda Hewitt. A retired miner he belonged to the UMWA and the United Holiness Church of Princeton. Surviving are his widow Bertha Hewitt two sons two daughters 13 grandchildren a brother. Funeral at Shilo Baptist Church Princeton Saturday with several ministers officiating burial in Restlawn Memorial Gardens Littlesburg. Seaver Mortuary hours 4 to 9 p m today body to church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starling Barnett Starling Barnett
Doran
Richlands
Belfast
Barnett Breedlove
Paintlick
Midway Methodist Church
Minnie Jackson Barnett
Robert
Geraldine) Grant
Geraldine
ED Hewitt
Princeton
Campbell County
Walker
Malinda Lemmons Hewitt
U.M.W.A
United Holiness Church of
Dott
Bertha Berger Hewitt
Matthew E. Hewitt
Roger Hewitt
U. S. Marine Corps
South Pacific
Marion Lee
Hartford
T. N. Stevens
Paul Slaughter
Harry O’neil
Joseph Clark
Fred Smith
John Forney
James Forney
James Strain
Heroines of
Jericho
Ladies
The
Survival Society
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Seaver Mortuary
Pennington Rites Set At Bluewell Baptist Church
Lonnie M. Pennington 73 of Rt. 4 Bluefield died in a Bluefield hospital after a six month illness. A former coal miner, he belonged to UMWA Local 5997 Welch and Bluewell Baptist Church. Survived by a wife Louise, three children and multiple relatives. Service Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bluewell Baptist Church. entombment in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call Cravens-Shires Funeral Home tonight 5 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie M. Pennington
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Ashe County
N. C
A. B. Pennington
Cellie Haggie Pennington
U.M.W.A
Welch
Mrs Rose Foote Dies in Naples After Illness
Rose Summers Foote 78 of Bluefield Virginia died Tuesday in Naples Italy after a short illness. She was widow of Rev Phillip C Foote. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Foote
Rose Summers Foote
Bluefield
Naples
Italy
Phillip C. Foote
Lester B. Robinson 81 Athens and Cowan dies in Athens
Lester B. Robinson 81 of Athens and Cowan died Thursday in Athens after a long career as a coal company store manager in southern West Virginia. He was a former Webster County Board of Education president a Cowan Lions Club leader and a Mason. Survived by three sons Keith Dewey and Donald a daughter Anna Billey a brother Elmer and two half sisters. He was incomplete at Adams Funeral Home in Cowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester B. Robinson
Athens
Cowan
Iron Mountain
Mich
West Virginia
Webster County Board of Education
Cowan Lions Club
Keith
Laurel
Del
Dewey
Charleston
Donald
Anna Billey
Newark
Elmer Robinson
Victoria
Tex
Edna Armstrong
Beckley
Ethel Haulterman
Gap Mills
Adams Funeral Home
Clarence E Flint 57 Narrows Dies in Louise Virginia
Clarence E Flint 57 of Narrows died Thursday morning in Louise Virginia. He was a World War II veteran and member of Intermont Lodge 269 Narrows and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by Myrtle Hoback Flint widow a Charlotte stepson Lester Burns Bowen and Narrows stepdaughter Mrs Ralph Givens and his Lincolnton Georgia parents two Lincolnton sisters Mrs Mary Bufford and Mrs Rudolph Inman. Funeral held Saturday at 11 a m at Rifes Funeral Chapel Narrows officiated by Rev S M Luttrell with graveside rites by Intermont No 269 and American Legion Post 68. Body remains at Rifes Funeral Home Narrows friends may call today 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Erskine Flint
Narrows
Louise
Lincolnton
Intermont Lodge No. 269
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Myrtle Hoback Flint
Lester Burns Bowen
Charlotte, N. C
Ralph Givens
Clarence W. Flint
Mary Bufford
Rudolph Inman
Jacksonville
Fla
Intermonte No
American Legion Post No
Riffe’s
Funeral services for Mrs Phoeba Smith in Christiansburg
Funeral services for 57 year old Mrs Phoeba Smith of Christiansburg Va will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory with Rev Leonard Repass and Rev J D Clark officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road. She died in Radford Va Wednesday morning. Surviving are four sisters and one brother. Friends may call Memorial Funeral Directory today 3 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Farley Hall
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Garden Creek
William H
Ella Taylor Perry
Falls Mills
Kirk Davis
Kenneth Serber
Paul Brewster
Fred Wyatt
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Sallie Melinda Floyd
Tazewell
Pulaski
Henry Bell
Cosby Cecil Bell
Anderson Floyd
Wilburn Memorial Methodist Church
Cosby Harrison
Winston-Salem
N. C
Walker Floyd
Detroit
Mich
Wilburn Memorial United Methodist Church
William Johnson
George O. Harr
Maplewood Cemetery
William Harris
Joe Miller
Irvin Nixson
Curtis Gore
June Cecil
Herbert Moore
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Phoeba Smith
Christiansburg
Burns- Wornal Chapel
Leonard Repass
J. D. Clark
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Smith
Radford
Cora Belcher
Trenton
Ohio
Nora Lane
Peterstown
Juda Thompson
Premier
Sarah Chambers
Dewey Rotenberry
Christians, Va
Asbury Hayne de Yampert Dies in New York City
Asbury Hayne de Yampert of New York City died Thursday in a New York City hospital. He was a partner with White and Case. Ruth Postlewaite de Yampert, born in Bluefield, survived by one brother John Webb de Yampert of Birmingham, Alabama and two sisters Alma Humphreys of Tulsa and Frances McCondichie of Jacksonville Beach. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Grace Church in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Hayne de Yampert
New York City
White and Case
Ruth Postlewaite de Yampert
Bluefield
John Webb de Yampert
Birmingham
Ala
Alma Humphreys
Tulsa
Okla
Frances McCondichie
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Mrs Nannie Crawley Dies at 72 in Bluefield Home
Mrs. Nannie Crawley aged 72 of Reese Street Bluefield died Thursday at her home after illness. She was the mother in law of H N Harding Bluefield police patrolman and was to be buried at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Crawley
Reese Street
Bluefield
H. N. Harding
Lugo
Funerals for Tempe Joyner Osborne and Carl Lee Stinson Sr
Tempe Joyner Osborne 98 of Bluefield Virginia dies and funeral held today at 11 a.m. at St Marys Episcopal Church with Rev. Victor Zimmerman. Pallbearers listed. Carl Lee Stinson Sr 75 of Princeton dies and funeral today at 2 p.m. at Stinson United Methodist Church with Rev. Maurice Miller and Rev. Roby Belcher. Pallbearers named. WSCS members will carry flowers. arrangements by Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinson
Carl Lee
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Stinson United Methodist Church
Maurice Miller
Roby Belcher
Resthaven Memorial Park
Michael Ramsey
Timothy
David
Jimmy
James R
Lavater Stinson
WSCS
Health Council Receives Grant for Family Planning Program
The Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council received a 149,522 grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare announced by U S Senator Jennings Randolph. Funds will support a family planning program across nine counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern West Virginia
Australia Produces 200000 Tons Aluminum Annually
Australia reports an annual aluminum production of 200000 tons. The figure reflects the country’s output scale in the metals sector and highlights its role in global supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
McDowell Teen Killed In Tennessee
A McDowell County teen Robert Wayne Roberts age 15 was killed when struck by a hit run driver near Chattanooga Tennessee police arrested a suspect. He was hitchhiking from Florida to West Virginia with his brother Steven 18 and friend Michael Myers 18. He survived by parents Lawrence and Mrs Roberts and six siblings. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Fanning Funeral Home Iaeger with Mullins Cemetery Paynesville details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Wayne Roberts
Lawrence Roberts
Jaeger
Florida
West Virginia
Steven Roberts
Michael Myers
Saeger
Larry Roberts
Greg Roberts
Kevin Roberts
Patricia Roberts
Velma Johnson
Louise Mullins
Virgie Duty
Fanning Funeral Home
Iaeger
Sanford Coleman
Jennings Gallion
Clyde Roberts
Oliver Roberts
Mullins
Paynesville
Death by Own Action Suspected In Bland Death
A 66 year old Bland Virginia man James H Williams was found dead behind his daughter's home from a personal safety related throat wound. He was ill health and a retired foreman of Hardwood Products. He leaves four daughters and four sons with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Shiloh United Methodist Church with graveside rites by Bland Masonic Lodge and OES members. Newberry Funeral Home is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
James H. Williams
Fred Bradshaw
Bland Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Rocky Gap
Shady Grove
Frank Bradshaw Jr
Pearl Blankenship
Buchannon
Woodson Bradshaw
Bastian
Judy Williams
Pulaski
Paul
David
Jimmy Williams
Preston Williams
Radford
Eva Pruett
New Carrollton
Pauline Helvey
New Marth
E. J. Williams
Blake E. Williams
Shiloh United Methodist Church
L. N. Kegley
Kenneth Jones
Church
Promoter Given Term For Fraud
Wego City shopping center promoter Perry F. Watson in Winfield West Virginia received a 1 to 5 year prison sentence after a December conviction for defrauding a Putnam County resident of 2000 dollars. Judge James Lee Thompson denied a motion to set aside the verdict and allowed a 90 day stay for appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield, W.va
Wego City
Perry F. Watson
Putnam County
Circuit Court
James Lee Thompson
Watson
Virginia Road Commission Backs Gasoline Tax Hike
The State Highway Commission recommended a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax increase to fund a 10 year road improvement plan. The measure is tied to Gov Linwood Holton and is projected to raise about $630 million for 1972 to 1982 plus a $25 vehicle fee generating around $20 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Linwood Holton
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Virginia
Connecticut
North Carolina
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Washington
Missouri
Texas
Nevada
Oklahoma
Commission
Virginia Legislative Advisory Council
Assembly
VALC
House Roads Committee
Lewis A. MacMurran
Newport News
E. E. Willey
Senate
Fugate
Peking prisoner claims never charged with a crime
Mary Ann Harbert of Palo Alto says Chinese authorities detained her and Richard McLaughlin after a yacht voyage near Hong Kong and forced no criminal charge. She describes nine months in a house, being separated from McLaughlin, and pressure to make anti-government statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Harbert
Palo Alto
California
Valley Forge General Hospital
Philadelphia
Calif
China
Richard G. Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Hong Kong
Miss Harbert
McLaughlin
Harbert
Carroll rites set at Princeton chapel
Pamela Carroll and Miss Kathy Carroll of Bethel Road Princeton are listed as survivors along with several siblings. Services are scheduled Saturday at 3 pm in George W Seaver Chapel Princeton with Rev Paul Bond officiating and burial at Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Princeton Road. Pallbearers named. Friends may call tonight 7 to 9 at the mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela
Kathy Carroll
Bethel Road
Princeton
Lando Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Ruth Ball
Bellville
Ray Carroll
Napa
Calif
W. H. Carroll
L. E. Carroll
Robert J. Carroll
Mansfield
Charles T. Carroll
Mount Gilead
S. W. Carroll Jr
Fort Gay
George W. Seaver
Paul Bond
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Bob Bailey
Jake O'Donnell
Tom Rice
Jim McLaughlin
C. O. Stafford Jr
C. F. Conner
Religious buildings spend less on new construction
Expenditure by churches and synagogues for new construction falls to 921 million dollars annually, the Commerce Department reports, the lowest level since 1958 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
U.S. Department of Commerce
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BSC
Oscar Duff
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Witten T. Harry
Witten Taylor Harry
Russell St
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Charles Nunn
Paul Gess
Resthaven Cemetery
Robert Rufus
Rhoda Ann Nash Harry
Appalachian Power Company
Margaret Miller Harry
Lloyd Ray Harry
Kansas City
John C. Harry
Eula Johnston
Mamie Harry
Kitty Ireson
Ora Lee Holliday
Marshall Redmond
Henry Bailey
Lee Abshire
Jim Hubbard
Hubert Warden
Buddy Johnston
Mrs. Sallie M. Floyd
Riffe’s Funeral Chapel
S. M. Luttrell
Carroll T. Givens
Health Council
Organ Service Factory
Technican Baldwin, Hammond’ Ad
Wurlitzer Organs
Lowman Piano CO
Bluefield, W.va
McDowell
Tennessee
E. Cumberland Road
W.va
Virginia Road Commission
Peking
Douglas B. Fugate
Holton
George Wilson
George
Wilson
Electric Serv., Inc
Appalachian Power Co
Eagles Club
Ron Dash
Uniques
Hickmans
East
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