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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1963
Page
1
In Charleston AP dispatch, lawmakers debate Gov Barron 1954 session call as Republican leaders fault it for 24 emergency items while Democrats back the plan for a 30 day session opening Jan 8 1954. Leaders discuss constitutional limits and potential budget focus amid tax and salary proposals.
The excerpt shows a 1893 Bluefield Telegraph publication header with address 412 Bland St Bluefield West Virginia and Associated Press affiliation, noting local news rights and subscription contact details.
Obituary notices list James A. Blevins 78 of Beeson died Saturday in Princeton Memorial Hospital with funeral Monday at Spanishburg Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include wife Viola and 7 sons, 12 daughters, 74 grandchildren. Other obituaries include Otis Pyne 79, Pearl Pyne, Howard Conner, Mrs. Millie Street 83, Hobart J. Ross 43, and Frank B. Collins Jr. as well as a funeral directory listing regional services in Princeton.
William Beavers 78 lifelong Bandy resident died Friday at his sister Ida Baldwin’s home in Bristol Virginia Funeral rites are set for Monday at Henderson Funeral Chapel Abingdon Virginia interactions and details follow local obituary customs
Benjamin Lafferty 77 of Worth McDowell County died Saturday at a son's home Leroy Lafferty Welch after a long illness. He was a native of Herndon, son of John and Sarah M. Lafferty, and a timber contractor. Survived by Veny Loretta Angle Lafferty six daughters Sarah Fuller Crumpler Flossie Hatcher Princeton Lorraine Buchanan Bluefield Goldie Asbury Cedar Bluff Va Betty Burks Baileysville Phyllis Rose Worth five sons John H. Lafferty Ashland Avery T. Lafferty Crumpler Roger H. Lafferty Crumpler Travis H. Lafferty Toledo Leroy Lafferty Welch one sister Mae Belcher Covel one brother Charles Lafferty Crumpler 34 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Little Vine Church of God Carswell with Rev E H Mullins Rev I F Mullins officiating burial Bailey Cemetery Beartown Body to be taken from Bennett Funeral Home North Fork to Leroy Lafferty residence 2 p.m. Pallbearers Clyde Asbury James Hatcher Jack Burks Edward Rose Arthur Fuller Raymond Crott.
Clarence C Compton a native of Bluefield and retired miner died Saturday at his home in Phelps Kentucky He was 60 and survived by his wife Myrtle Scott five children and fifteen grandchildren He also leaves seven brothers and three sisters The body is at Phelps Funeral Home pending arrangements
Mrs. Lady Horton Murphy of Tazewell Virginia died Saturday at her niece’s home. She had no immediate survivors. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church where she was a member. Rev. Clarence W. Tiff and others will officiate. Body is at Peery St Clair Funeral Home, Tazewell.
Charlie Godfrey 78 of Hanover died Friday in a Welch hospital. He was nephew of Mrs Varna Christian of Proctorville Ohio, formerly of McDowell County. Body to Hanover cousin Lois Godfrey home. funeral Sunday 11 a.m. at Godfrey Cemetery with Rev Roscoe Morgan and Rev Don Ellis officiating. Fanning Funeral Home of Saeger in charge.
Charles T. Kincanon 63 of Pearisburg died Saturday in Giles Memorial Hospital. Grace P. Kincanon, two brothers J B Kincanon of San Francisco and James N Kincanon of Roanoke, and three sisters survive. Funeral plans incomplete. Burkie Brown Shutt 73 of Sand Lick died Saturday night in Bluefield Sanitarium. She was born in Bluefield to C I and Georgia Peck Brown and belonged to Rock Methodist Church. Surviving are brothers Austin Shaffin and Finley Brown of Princeton. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton awaiting funeral arrangements.
Howard Brewster 57 of Route 1 North Tazewell Va died Saturday in a Richlands Va hospital. He was a retired miner. The body will remain at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell pending completion of arrangements.
Howard G. Harris aged 66 of Route 2 Bluefield died Saturday soon after admission to Bluefield Sanitarium. The body remains at Mercer Memorial. Thelma Brown aged 60 of Richlands Virginia died Saturday in a Richlands hospital. The body remains at Farmer Funeral Home in Richlands awaiting funeral arrangements.
Margaret C. Parks of Weyanoke died Saturday night at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Her body is at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton pending arrangements.
A Glenwood Park Bluefield funeral is set for Monday at 2 p.m. in Dudley Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ralph Rasberry officiating for A Glen (CARTER) of Glenwood Park. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery with pallbearers Douglas Puckett Bill Lineberry Glen Murphy Harold Robinette C M Peery Elijah Whittaker.
Peanut Prune party tidbits mix crunchy peanut butter with crumbled prunes and press into chopped salted nuts. Slice prunes to pit easily with scissors for filling. Makes 24 prune tidbits.
RONAOKE Va AP The Norfolk and Western Railway spent 55 million for capital improvements in 1963 and expects to spend as much or more in 1964 says N W President Herman H Pevier. Major projects include coal pier 1 a 25 million belt conveyor system at Norfolk and a large new merchandise pier at Norfolk plus yard expansions and new hop per car repair shop. Export coal tonnage through Norfolk rose 16 percent to about 24 million tons. Plans call for a new combined freight and passenger station at Lynchburg and expansions to locomotive and maintenance equipment. The road added 15 new 2500 hp diesel locomotives and over 3 3 500 new freight cars including 289 95 ton hopper cars and 267 similar 95 ton cars built in Roanoke shops. Prototypes of 100 ton and 150 ton capacity cars are being tested.
Wilford Scott, rushing his pregnant wife to Martinsville General Hospital in Bassett, Virginia, leaped into Smith River to rescue Mary Frances Jacobs after her car skidded on ice and plunged into the water. Jacobs was pulled from the frigid river and treated. Scott continued to the hospital where his wife gave birth to a daughter.
Berlin reports indicate Walter Ulbricht may retire gradually as Konrad Adenauer’s era ends. A core group including Honecker Stoph Leuschner Norden is tightening control while Erhard pursues cautious thaw with Soviet bloc states through new trade deals.
Public School students in Buchanan County Virginia will return Monday December 30 after a brief Christmas break. They will skip January 1 and come back January 2, with all area schools resuming January 6. Mercer and McDowell Counties and nearby colleges also restart January 6, while Wyoming County West Virginia and Virginia counties Bland Giles Tazewell resume January 2.
The Associated Press reports Sunday will bring some cloudiness with highs in the low 40s in the southeast portion and in the 30s elsewhere. Monday should be partly cloudy with snow flurries in the mountains and slightly colder. In West Virginia expect variable cloudiness, snow flurries mostly in the mountains, with Sunday highs in the upper 20s and Monday colder.
Sen John Sherman Cooper Republican of Kentucky urged President Johnson to provide an independent appraisal of foreign aid. He warned Congress would abolish the program if such an appraisal is not delivered, while praising an interdepartmental committee and calling for outside studies by business leaders and others.
Premier Chou En-Lai met King Hassan II in Rabat on Saturday to press for expanded Moroccan Chinese trade. Sources say the Chinese bid included more finished products and more trucks as trade currently totals about 12 million dollars annually.
President Johnson issued an unpublicized economy edict that trimmed agency budget requests by 731 million dollars, costing more than 10 000 jobs and signaling a tighter 1965 budget. Officials expect a deficit smaller than 9.2 billion but above zero, with some departments cut and others raised. The plan heads to Congress January 21 with many blanks still to fill.
A Tazewell County woman, Mrs. John Byrd Farmer of Horsepen, is improving at Bluefield Sanitarium after a family fire at the John B. Yates Farm that killed her two children, Fred Farmer age seven, Bertha Jean Farmer age four, and her mother-in-law Mrs. Sarah Virginia Farmer, 80. Her husband, John Byrd, was present but not listed among the deceased.
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