TV Troupers Lions Entertain At Bluefield School Party
WHIS television and radio staff joined Cumberland Heights Lions Club to host a Christmas party for about 65 students at Wade School Bluefield. Gordon Jennings Cecil Surratt Don Whitt Buddy Pennington and Ronnie Cochran provided music. Ray Snoop Brooks served as master of ceremonies Santa distributed gifts and fruit bags from the Lions Club.
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WHIS
Cumberland Heights Lions Club
Mercer County Exceptional School
Wade School
Bluefield
Don Whitt
Whis-Tv
Gordon Jennings
Cecil
Whis Television
Cecil Surratt
Buddy Pennington
Ronnie Cochran
Ray
Snoop) Brooks
Santa Claus
Lions Club
Gautt of Cardinals May Decide to Quit
Prentice Gautt, the No. 2 rusher for the St. Louis Cardinals, says he has discussed quitting with some coaches but nothing definite exists. He plans surgery on his injured arm after returning to St. Louis on January 2. He works as a fitness counselor in Oklahoma City during the off season.
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Gautt
Cardinals
Oklahoma City
Okla
Prentice Gautt
St. Louis Football Cardinals
Uesday
Gaut
National Football League
St. Louis
Real Estate Prices Rise in Belgium Near SHAPE Move
The transfer of SHAPE from France to Casteau, Belgium, has driven regional real estate prices up about 75 percent, according to L Echo de la Bosse in Brussels.
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Belgium
Brussels
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers In Europe
SHAPE
France
Casteau
L’echo de la Bosse
Virginia Assistant Resigns Grid Post
Virginia assistant football coach Bob Marich resigns after two years on Coach George Blackburn's staff. A 1954 Cincinnati graduate and former standout guard, Marich had served as defensive coordinator and previously coached at Nyack High School and Tulane before returning to Virginia.
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Charlottesville
Bob Marich
University of Virginia
George Blackburn
Marich
University of Cincinnati
Blackburn
Cavaliers
Virginia
Dick Voris
Nyack
N.Y
Tulane University
Bill Elias
Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates and Contact Details
Advertisement from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield West Virginia outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail, zones, and mentions Associated Press affiliation, audit bureau membership, and Katz Agency advertising representative.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulais
The
Katz Agency, Inc
Marine officer Killed in Vietnam Action
A Virginia born Marine officer was killed in action in Vietnam the Defense Department announced. First Lt. James H. Murphy husband of Susan M. Murphy of Norfolk was 28. The Norfolk address listed is 8108 Jerrylee Drive.
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Washington
Virginia
Vietnam
James H. Murphy
Susan M. Murphy
Jerrylee Drive
Norfolk
Princeton Man Dies In Auto
Lois Lee Delp a 45 year old Princeton resident was found dead in an automobile on Princeton Avenue Bluefield. City police say death due to natural causes likely a heart attack no autopsy performed. Delp a distribution clerk for Virginia Foods Co in Bluefield was a past president of the Princeton Lions Club. Survived by mother and several relatives including two daughters and two sons. Funeral set for Friday at 2 p.m. at George W Seaver Chapel with burial in Resthaven Park Cemetery.
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Lois Lee Delp
Trent St
Princeton
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Delp
Virginia Foods Co
Princeton Lions Club
Janie Irvin Delp
Arthur M. Delp
Dauthers
Patricia
Catherine Delp
Dicky
Danny Delp
Irdelphia Orender
Tampa
Fla
William Delp
James E. Delp
George W. Seaver
Earl King
Resthaven Park
Peanuts Helped Skunk Exit Wichita Store
In Wichita Kansas Fred Fowler used a candy machine and a bag of peanuts to lure a skunk from his shop. The creature followed the peanut trail to the door and was last seen waddling away down the street.
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Wichita, Kan
Fred Fowler
Fowler
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at First Christian Church
The Sunday School department opens at 10:30 a.m. Christmas morning with worship at 11. A candlelight Christmas Eve service is planned for Saturday at 8 p.m. Rev. Glenn S. Weaver is the pastor.
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First Christian Church
Glenn S. Weaver
Bluefield Authority seeks quicker replies from Philadelphia PHA
Bluefield Public Housing Authority voiced dissatisfaction at delays by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in responding to local inquiries on a turnkey housing project. At the December meeting, Acting Chairman Carl Dawson noted a month-long wait for go ahead and discussed organizing a permanent leadership team.
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Bluefield
Public Housing Authority
PHA
Philadelphia
Bluefield Authority
George McCulloch
McCulloch
Philadephia
Carl Dawson
Robert Coulling
Robert West
Coulling
James J. Porterfield
L. C. Johnson
Clarence Tiffany
Dawson
al Modena
URA
Daily Telegraph
Fire dept appoints two lieutenants as chief undergoes surgery
Lieutenant William Forlines and Lieutenant Bill Lewis are named as new lieutenants. Turner, who passed a fireman's Civil Service exam over a year ago, was appointed by Kerby on Wednesday. Chief Damron, hospitalized in Durham for leg surgery, developed a heart condition but is reported to be improving.
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William Forlines
Bill Lewis
Turner
Kerby
Damron
Durham
N. C
The Winner A Professional Old Grad Brags
A former graduate boasts about alumni bravado noting a hypothetical tie and outdrinking rival alumni in a boastful recount of campus rivalry.
Governors Press Johnson On White House Relations At LBJ Ranch
Nine Democratic governors met with President Johnson at the LBJ ranch in Texas for about four and a half hours to air differences over federal policy. Harold E. Hughes said the session was open and frank with no apologies offered or expected, and Johnson pledged renewed effort to improve communication with state capitals.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lbj Ranch
White House
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Hughes
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Hearnes
Washington
Deaths and Funerals List Several Community Figures
Ella Brown 75 of Apple Grove near Jaeger dies after long illness at home. Survivors include husband Henry and five daughters plus a son and many grandchildren. Funeral at Church of God Saeger with burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery. Willie Cecil 77 of Ashland dies after long illness. service at Holiness Church Montcalm with burial in Whood Lawn Cemetery. John Ballard 74 of New York dies after long illness. buried in Red Sulphur Springs Cemetery with Monroe American Legion honors. Mike Ofsa 66 of Keystone found dead. funeral at Bennett North Fork with Monte Vista Cemetery burial. Mollie Lester 77 Cedar Bluff dies after two months. service Cedar Bluff Methodist Church burial Greenhills Memory Gardens. Sterling Johnson 45 Narrows dies from highway accident. service Narrows First Christian Church with burial Fairview Cemetery. Grace McCloud Hurt 60 Honaker dies after short illness. burial Jessee Cemetery. Talmadge Martin 78 Princeton dies in hospital. resthaven Cemetery burial.
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Apple Grove
Jaeger
Lafayette
Tenn
Pete and
Ranchel Davis Perkins
Henry Brown
Hazel Simmons
Shortt, Va
Ethel Bocook
Catlettsburg
Claude Stowers
Bonnie Bowles
Martinsville
Anna Lee Reynolds
Gary
Carl Reynolds
Paul Bocock
Hubert Simmons
Junior England
Bobby Lee
Eugene Davis
Willie Lee Cecil
Ashland
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tazewell County
Church of God In
Wind Mill Gap
Charles B. Cecil
Myrtle Ball
Dina Key
Lois Gilbert
Edna Cecil
Mouth
Wilson, Va
Elizabeth Overton
Rock
Mary Cope
Crumpler
John P. Ballard
New York
N. Y
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York City
Red Sulphur Springs
James Wilson Ballard
Rebecca Biggs Ballard
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite Masons
Centerville Presbyterian Church
Greenville
Beulah Parker Ballard
Edna Pitzer
Bertha Lane
Lindside
Mary Dillon
Hilltop
Ada Broyles
Beckley
Broyles
Union
Jack Fleck
Monroe American Legion Post
John Hawks
Noel Parker
Emory
Kenneth Canterbury
Robert Mann
John P. Ford Sr
Oral Mann
Bill Miller
Mike Ofsa
Keystone
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Samuel Cooper
B’nai Jacob
Charleston
Monte Vista
Bluefield
Princeton
Ofsa
Newport News
Max
Dina Ofsa
Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
Mollie J. Lester
Mollie Jackson Lester
Edgewater Drive
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Russell County
Henry and
Margaret Lowe Jackeson
Cedar Bliff Methodist Church
Gover C. Lester
Virgie Russell
Ocie Burress
Fairborn
Ohio
Marivin Lester
Clara Ball
Sally Jackson
Hazel Rose
Haymarket
Doane Dillion
Burkes Garden
Garnett Jackson
Bradle Jackson
Melvin Jackson
Wardell
Sterling Johnson
South Ave
Narrows
Nareows First Christian Church
Mal Utley
Carroll T. Givens
Fairview Cemetery
Lula J. Johnson
Benjamin T. Johnson
Celanese Fiber Co
Grace McCloud Hurt
Honaker
Henry Hurt
Charles Robert Matterly
Brecksville
Edna Trost
Florida
Mary C. McCloud
Freed McCloud
Bryan McCloud
Ivanhoe
Carl McCloud
Athens
F. B. Gent Memorial
Honaker Funeral Home
L. G. Harrington
Jessee Cemetery
Talmadge Martin
Ritchie St
James and
Arasmah Rorrer Martin
First Christian Church
Albert White
R. L. Stafford
Roanoke
Troy Fain
Edgewood
Ray B
Hubert K. Martin
Memorial Funeral Directory
Dewey Nelson
Resthaven Cemetery
Golf Digest Ranks Casper Top Pro For 1966 Season
Casper Bill, the U S Open champion, led Golf Digest’s 1966 performance ratings with a .791 mark based on money winnings scores and placings. Arnold Palmer scored .725 while Jack Nicklaus posted .826 but did not meet the 18 tournament requirement. Mickey Wright led the ladies with .900 and Kathy Whitworth followed at .861.
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New York
Bill Casper
Golf Digest Magazine
Casper
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Mickey Wright
Kathy Whitworth
Siberia Faces Coldest Snap in Three Decades
Moscow Radio reports Siberia at its coldest in 30 years with temperatures down to 58 below zero F and high winds. Novosibirsk keeps city transport running, food and mail distributed, and theaters open despite the harsh conditions.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
Siberia
Novosibirsk
Funeral notices for Ruby Hazel Duncan and Creed Rasnake
Funeral services are announced for Ruby Hazel Duncan 50 of Gary Friday at 11 am in Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch with two officiants. burial in Rose lawn Cemetery. Creed Rasnake 76 of North Tazewell Va. on Thursday at 2 pm at Calvary Assembly Church Baptist Valley. burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Va. Pallbearers listed.
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Duncan
Ruby * Hazel
Gary
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Ralph Hubble
Orville Harvey
Roselawn
Mrs. Linda Banton Keene Dies in Bluefield at 66
Linda Banton Keene 66 of 335 Third St Bluefield died Wednesday afternoon at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. Born in Vago she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Banton and a Lutheran Church member. Survived by husband Ralph Denes Keene a daughter Mrs. Beryl Holman of Pittsburgh Pa a son Donald W. McDowell of Texas a grandchild and a sister Mrs. Maude Coffey of White Sulphur Springs. Body sent to Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are complete.
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Rosie Addison Newberry
Raven
Richlands
Russell County
Robert
Rosina Dye Griffith
Arthur L. Newberry
Milky Creek
Donald Newberry
Portsmouth
Ivan Newberry
Bluefield
J. W. French
Charlie Clark
Beatrice Cantrell
Grundy
Marie Husbard
Clincho
Bernice Mason
Marion Griffith
Swords Creek
Rachel Peck
Drill
Mullins Funeral Home
Henry Roberts
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Linda Banton Keene
Third St
Vago
Sandy Banton
Lutheran Church
Ralph Denes Keene
Beryl] Holman
Pittsburgh
Donald W. McDowell
Texas
Death Notice of Luther F. Farley in Pearisburg Va
Luther F. Farley aged 88 of Pearisburg Virginia died Tuesday in Pearisburg Hospital. Survived by brother J Frank Farley of Prospect and four nieces and one nephew. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Givens Funeral Chapel Pearisburg with burial in Birchlawn Burial Park.
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Luther F. Farley
Pearisburg
Pearisburg Hospital
J. Frank Farley
Prospect
Givens Funeral Chapel
Birchlawn
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