Advisory Panel Pushes Bluefield Junk Car Cleanup Effort
The Bluefield Citizens Advisory Committee commends city efforts to remove junked cars from Northside and Cherry Streets and urges continued cleanup. The panel also backs Red Cross Blood Bank participation, plans for 1976 bicentennial events, and reports on the Hill Street Extension housing project nearing HUD final inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Terry
Bluefield
City of
Cherry Streets
City Hall
Cherry Street
Bluefiel
John Holpe
Richard Rouquie
Iity
Bernard Farmer
American Red Cross Blood Bank
Rouquie
Dan Ashlin
Housing Authority
Hill Street
Ashlin
Ted Boggess
Princeton
Boggess
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
East Cumberland Road
Ernie Froye
Feuchtenberger Hospitalized After Stroke at Home
L. D. Feuchtenberger Sr. 78, a Betsy Ross Bakeries official in Bluefield, was reported in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a Wednesday stroke at his home. He serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the baking firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Feuchtenberger Sr
Betsy Ross Bakeries
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Feuchtenberger
Rest home suspends Christmas treats after laced punch
In Parkersburg West Virginia two volunteers brought homemade punch and cookies to a rest home on Christmas day. The manager confiscated the items noting the punch was heavily laced with alcohol and the cookies were unsafe for residents. Police were alerted and investigations began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W.va
Daily Telegraph Printing Co Morning Paper Ad Rates
The notice lists the Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia established 1693 and AP member. It states subscription rates by carrier and mail in West Virginia 37.20 per year with motor route 3.10 per calendar month and cites advertising reps Mathews Swannon Cullen and phone number 3276171.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulerion
Mathews, Swannon & Cullen Telephone
Area Deaths And Funerals
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with services set across Falls Mills Pocahontas Bluefield and nearby towns. Notable names include Samuel Lewis Mitchem Irene Griggs Mitchem, Fred E Counts, Faye Deyerle, Emmett W Wilson, Carrie Byers, Brenda Baldwin, Lawrence S Penn, Raymond Banks, and families. Rituals include funeral home viewings and graveside rites across Pocahontas Welch Princeton Bluefield.
Burgess Reed Rites Set for Panther Miner
Burgess Reed 39 of Panther died Thursday at home after a short illness. Born in Panther he was a disabled miner and Old Regular Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Fannie Lester Reed three sons three daughters one sister three brothers and one grandchild. Service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Little Dove Church Guesses Fork with multiple pastors. Burial in Riffe Cemetery Ball Creek Guesses Fork. Body to be moved from Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger to residence at 10 a.m. today.
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Emmett W. Wilson
Emmett William Wilson
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Richlands
James M
Matilda Willis Wilson
American Black Co
Lindside Christian Church
Elsie Wilson
Elose Hill
Vinton
Shirley Ann Robertson
Earl Wilson
Lindside
Clarence Wilson
Beckley
Sarah McCallum
Catherine Brown
Helen Quesenberry
Obie Chambers
Ann Devasher
Juanita Ward
Roanoke
Ruth McDonald
Rich Creek
Alice Rasler
Burgess Reed
Panther
Mike
Polly Reed
Old Regular Baptist Church
Fannie Lester Reed
Larry Reed
Teddy Reed
Ronald Reed
Stella Reed
Teresa Reed
Della Riffe
Martha Smith
Elvie Reed
Burl Estep
Julius Estep
Ararat
Little Dove Church
Guesses Fork
Delbert Justice
Hershel Hurley
Johnny Cline
Claude Conn
Riffe
Ball Creek
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Mrs. Ocie M. Bailey obituary notes Bluefield life
Mrs. Ocie M. Bailey of Rt. 5 Bluefield died Thursday morning in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Born in Bluefield she was daughter of Thomas Snow and Willie Oyler Stinson. Survived by husband J Ed Bailey a daughter Agatha Worley Jr of Vienna a son Gene Edward Bailey five grandchildren three great grandchildren and siblings Alton Stinson Joe Stinson and Mrs Karl Belcher. Service at 3 30 p m Saturday in Bluefield with Rev Bill Price at Monte Vista Park Cemetery on the old Bluefield Princeton Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocie M. Bailey
Rt. 5
Bluefield
Ceres
Thomas Snow
Willie Oyler Stinson
Greenview
Gene Edward Bailey
Parkersburg
Alton Stinson
Orlando
Fla
Joe Stinson
Karl Belcher
Ingleside
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Bill Price
Monte Vista Park
Princeton
Violet S. Pruett Rites Held In Bluefield Area
Funeral services for Violet S. Pruett 84 of Bluefield were conducted today at 2 p.m. at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Va with Rev. John Hunt officiating. Burial followed at Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield. She was a retired miner. Survivors include daughter Cecila Brookman of Elliston Va two sisters Kitty Linkous of Centerbury Ohio Ida Mae Hall of North Tazewell Va five grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Samuel L. Mitchem
Samuel Lewis Mitchem
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Ted R. Cook
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Pageton
Emanuel
Margaret Day Mitchem
Pageton Coal Co
UMW
Irene Griggs Mitchem
Oliver Mitchem
Anawalt
James R. Mitchem
Morgan, Pa
Tunis
Howard
Douglas
Roger Mitchem
Rt. 1
Bobby Mitchem
Roy Mitchem
Penn
Carl Billips
Henry Hartley
Johnny Holleman
Fred Carter
Leon Crockett
Leon Bokish
Carrie Byers
Welch
St. Mary’s Pentecostal Holiness Church
Jessie Penn
Willie McGhee
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Saul
Julia Dotson
McDowell County
Virginia
Raymond Byers
Lois Obey
Jenkin Jones
Ida Mae Woods
Columbus
Ohio
Carolyn Ewings
Lillie Williams
Billie Brand
Cleveland
Ruby Cameron
Detroit
Mich
Willie Byers
Frank Byers
Roy Spriggs
Frank Stigger
Pedro Witten
Alex Stigger
Elijah Pinkard
Henry Dickerson
Harvey Brooks
Missionary Society of the Church
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Brenda Baldwin
Brenda Eugenia Sinkford Baldwin
Gary
James Sinkford
Mercer County
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Richardo Antonio Baldwin
Lieguita Maria Baldwin
Dennis Ann Baldwin
Marquinette Ferrell
Richmond
Shellia Hairston
Hartford
C. H. Jackson
H. L. Wade
J. Matthew Coleman
Mozelle Scruggs
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Carl Brown
Herbert Brown Jr
William Steptoe
Loyal Brown
James Brown
Gene Washington
George Higginbortham
Barbara Moore
Barbara Ann Buford
Elizabeth Washington
Wanda Dalton
Brenda Turner
Clause Stewart
Teresa Harrison
Ola Mae Mills
Lugo
Violet S. Pruett
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
John Hunt
Grandview Memo Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewe Road
Cecila Margaret Brookman
Elliston
Kitty Linkous
Centerbury
Ida Mae Hall
North Tazewell
Jesse L East obituary in Pocahontas VA
Jesse Leslie East aged 66 of Abbs Valley Virginia died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Rodriguez Home in Pocahontas Virginia.
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Jesse L. East
Jesse Leslie East
Abbs' Valley
Bluefield
Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Mrs Cynthia Evans 88 Bluefield Resident Dies in Annapolis
Mrs. Cynthia T. Evans 88 of Bluefield died Thursday at a granddaughter's home in Annapolis Maryland. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Cynthia T. Evans
Bluefield
Annapolis
Hawkins Funeral Home
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Arrangements From Bluefield Area
Notices report funeral services today for Lyle Mae Cromer Calvin Elswick Pearl Love Ella Rachel Hamlin Raymond K Hays Edward Lee Dunn Randa Lee Jones Pack and others. Services listed with times locations and pallbearers across Mercer Bluefield Richlands Princeton and Roanoke.
Columbia Gas To Cut Service With No Expected Hardships
West Virginia's Columbia Gas System will curtail deliveries to 15 large industrial customers in the Charleston Huntington area over about 15 days in January and reduce Wheeling area industrial supply by about 18 percent. Hospitals and plants plan to switch to fuel oil, propane, or other fuels as needed, with minimal residential impact anticipated.
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Columbia Gas
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Columbia Gas System
leston-Huntington
Wheeling
Veterans Administration
Huntington
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
Weirton Steel
Weirton
duPont
Belle
Moundsville
Fostoria Glass Co
John Henry statue completed near Greenbrier River tunnel
Hillsdale-Talcott Raritan Club funded the statue with 7500 raised from a kickoff 500 donation by Johnny Cash and 3000 from Jim Beam Distillery. Halstead oversaw pedestal work and believes the legend of John Henry fits the 1872 tunnel’s 100th anniversary context.
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Hillsdale-Talcott Raritan Club
Johnny Cash
Cash
Big Bend Tunnel
Beckley
Jim Beam Distillery
John
Henry
John Henry
Halstead
Big Bend
Greenbrier
Talcott
State Rt. 12
C&o
Soldiers confront looting as Nicaraguan troops sweep city
Witness Steve Buchanan from Fort Hood describes tending a wounded man and a boy with gunshot injuries amid chaos. He recalls airlifting the casualty as looters are targeted. Booth notes Nicaraguan forces under Somoza ordered troops to shoot to kill looters.
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Steve Buchanan
Fort Hood
Sterling
Colo
Booth
Anastasio Somoza
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Mary) Hodge
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Dover
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Rt. 4
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Millard Williams
Bluefield-Princeton Road
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Bobby Sparks
Billy Elswick
Danny Elswick
Angelo Moretto
Kenneth Thompson
Love
Pearl
Big Creek Road
Richlands Presbyterian Church
J. B. Hollenhead
Charles A. Vaughn
Greenhills
A. F. DeBusk
T.E.L
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Osborne
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Marion, Ky
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Ralph Osborne
D. J. Abbatello
Virginia Beach
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Robert
Doris) Blackwell
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James Ratliff
Indianapolis
Ind
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Cooper
U.S
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NEW Graham Pharmacy
Ali Valu
Door Buster
West Bend
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