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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
2
Carl Farrington 16 from McComas Mercer County lay injured from a late Tuesday crash on Kee Street Princeton. His cousin Earl Farrington 19 was jailed for drunk driving after the wreck and given 40 days in jail plus $50 fine.
A waistless torso found along Route 16 near Pineville on December 7 remains unidentified as investigators search alongside the missing soldier Sergeant James Haynes of Saulsville. Haynes, last seen departing Baltimore for Saulsville to visit relatives, could not be linked to the torso, as authorities pursue clues in West Virginia and nearby counties.
A Park Central High School teenager charged with felonious assault in a December 11 stabbing in Bluefield will have a preliminary hearing before Squire Lewis Perdue in Bluefield on December 20. The 17 year old allegedly stabbed a schoolmate near the kidney during a fight after school, the magistrate said. The wounded boy is recovering.
Fragmentary notice lists Bluefield Daily Telegraph branding and Associated Press partnership. Mentions newspaper rates and delivery terms, with unclear references to carriers, circulation, and an ad agency. Includes broken phrases about audits and contact numbers.
John Frederick Carbaugh 38 of Tazewell Virginia died in Richlands hospital from a heart condition. Survived by wife Ann Morrow Carbaugh and son John. funeral Friday at Tazewell Presbyterian Church with burial at Grandview Cemetery. Also named are Mrs Nona Loretta Dotson and many relatives. plus multiple other obituaries and services across Grundy, Bluefield, Hurley, and Glade Spring with funeral details and home arrangements.
Mrs. Minnie Mabe 62 of Berwind McDowell County died Tuesday after an extended illness in a Welch hospital. Survivors include husband Colonel Mabe two children Chester Mabney and Clarence V. Marie five brothers and six siblings. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Assembly of God Berwind with Rev Willard Porter officiating burial Hartwell Cemetery. Body will be moved from Douglas Mortuary Welch to residence today at 4 p.m. Pallbearers named Don Wise James Barton Lynnie McCormick Don Bledsoe. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Mrs Julie Anderson 77 of Cedar Bluff Virginia died Wednesday in a Richlands hospital. A native of McDowell County she was daughter of late James W Barnette and Margaret Mounce Barnette. Survivors include son J M Anderson of South Charleston sister Ellie Barnette Cedar Bluff brother George Barnette Rifle Colorado. Funeral rites Friday at 2 p m in Farmer Funeral Chapel with Rev Burton Harman and Rev Carl Lambert officiating. Burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Virginia.
Mrs. Mattie Peoples, 92, died Tuesday at her home in White Gate Virginia. Funeral services set for Friday at 3 p.m. in A West and Sons Funeral Chapel White Gate with burial to follow in Peoples Cemetery.
Arthur Walton Mitchell of 1826 Virginia Ave Bluefield Virginia died Friday at 2 30 p m and burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Pallbearers listed. John Theodore Effler of 902 Front St Princeton died Thursday at 2 30 p m and burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens with pallbearers named Roy Saunders Gail Clark Richard Mabry Cecil Lively Thomas Stepp Bob Cerruto Frank Dobbins.
The weather forecast calls for a windy and cold spell in Virginia with mostly sunny skies and highs around 28 degrees east of the mountains. Snow flurries are likely in the mountains with teens for Thursday night and Friday. In West Virginia expect considerable cloudiness with snow flurries, windy and very cold with teens and a high of 16 to 24 in the extreme northeast Thursday. Partly cloudy and somewhat colder with a few snow flurries Thursday night and Friday.
ABA President Illiam F. Kelly announced eleven West Virginia bankers named to ABA roles for 1963 64. The group includes leaders from Kanawha Valley Bank Morgantown Farmers and Merchants Bank Parkersburg Commercial Banking and Trust Co First Clark National Bank Wood County Bank and others serving on committees such as Trust Personal, Federal Legislation, State Legislation, and Savings Bonds.
Mercer County Tuberculosis and Health Association designates Friday as Do-It-Day to respond to the Christmas seal letter. Rev. Corley Lineberger leads the campaign, noting seals fund health education x ray clinics tuberculin testing patient services and the pulmonary chair at West Virginia University Medical School. He urges the public to set aside minutes to respond and help those aided by the seals.
A Monday evening Christmas program at the Bluefield Community Center featured mistress of ceremonies Mrs. Claire De Cousins Woods. Participants included Miss Jewel Wilson Rev. N J Dickerson Maxine and Alice Dennis Mrs A L Younger Hancock Elementary School principal spoke on A Message In The Star noting the star foretold the birth of the Savior and offered hope. Others included Mrs Rosa Redmond and Mrs Ann T Hubbard who read The Legend of the Christmas Tree. Vesper services pause through holidays with next on January 6 1964.
Six students at Bluefield College Bluefield Virginia earned Dean's List for a twelve week period by maintaining a 3.0 or better average. Honorees include Judith Beemer Linwood Gilman Nancy Kessler Sharon Richardson Gwen Ruzak and Ronnie Weeks. Honor Roll recipients with 2.5 or better include Martha Cundiff Drew Edwards Donald LaRue Dottie Lynn James McMillion James Micheal Al Milam Dan Pochick and Gale Whitley.
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