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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1971
Page
2
Mrs Eliza Cathern Keene and several others from Wise County are named in obituaries and funeral notices. The notices cover long illnesses, family survivors, and church services across Virginia and nearby states. Funeral details include Bee Branch Regular Baptist Church, Antioch Cemetery, and Raven Assembly of God Church.
Mrs Mabel Wharton Arnold 86 of Wise Virginia died Wednesday in an Abingdon nursing home. She owned the former Colonial Hotel now the Wise Inn for 25 years and was a longtime member of Wise Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Wise Cemetery with calling hours at Sturgill Funeral Home after 6 p.m. today.
Duran B. Myers of Kegley 77 died on arrival at a Princeton hospital after a brief illness. A WWII veteran, he worked for Crozier Coal and belonged to United Methodist Church Kegley and UMWA Local 5997 Welch. Survivors include five sons, two daughters, three sisters and a brother. Funeral service Friday at 2:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church Kegley with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton today 4 to 9 p.m.
Raymond N. Harris died Monday evening at a Chillothe area hospital. He was the son of Rev. R.K. Harris of Powhatan. Funeral arrangements are set as a complete service at Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone with arrangements through Linkford.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph billing shows subscription and route rates for West Virginia including mail and first zones. It lists office address 412 Bland Street Bluefield WV 24701 and notes Associated Press membership and advertising representation details.
Ettie Mash Cox 89 of Belfast Community near Cedar Bluff Virginia died in a Lebanon hospital after a long illness. She was a Russell County native, widow of Emanuel Cox, mother of three daughters and two sons, with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Honaker Funeral Chapel with ministers officiating and burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery.
Funeral services for Ronald Blair Lafon 51 of 526 Princeton Ave Bluefield Va will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Graham Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with Rev B S Pitsinger. Burial in Harry Cemetery Falls Mills Va death reported as natural causes. Lafon retired Navy chief petty officer 26 years. He was born in Forney North Carolina son of the late S A and Ann Sherill Lafon. Survivors include widow Alice Lafon Groton Conn daughter Betty Lou Sousa Nashville Tenn four sisters two brothers and more. funeral home note of viewing today after 4 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. H O Pratt 62 of Rosedale Virginia will be held at 2 pm at her home with ministers L G Herndon Ralph Kidd and Dr Charles Dilks officiating Burial will be in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Virginia Surviving are her husband four sons six daughters and one sister with pallbearers named Lebanon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Mrs Callie Opal Hale 53 of Amonate Va died Tuesday in a Richlands hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Amonate Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Paul Adams of Greenhills Memory Gardens. Survivors include husband Robert Hale daughter Dolores Monk son Robert B Hale half-sisters Margaret Gruey Maxine Eplin half-brothers Wandel Eplin Walter Eplin and three grandchildren. Burial follows at Free Will Baptist Church in Amonate with Hurst Scott Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers: Conley Monk Bill Miller Thomas Vernon Bernard Puckett Moten Lambert Earl Spencer Ralph Monk.
Mrs Martha A Hickman of Keystone died Wednesday morning in a Welch hospital. The notice records her passing and lists the location as Keystone with an incomplete update on the hospital and circumstances.
Funeral service details for Burl Bailey Cledith Shrewsbery Rufus Harmon and Zona Mae Gentry appear with service times in Panther Spanishburg Bluefield Harman and Harman Memorial Baptist Church. Burials set at Lester Bowling Grand view and Elswick Cemeteries with various pallbearers and officiants noted. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Va. listed as arranger.
The U S command reports airborne operations and losses in Vietnam and Cambodia with raids targeting radar and antiaircraft sites. In Thanh Hoa and Ngho An provinces, and a helicopter downed inside Cambodia, while allied forces claim key enemy counts in the Central Highlands. The North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry denounces the raids as war escalation and vows resilience.
The article describes Justice John P. Harlan the second as a conservative figure influenced by Felix Frankfurter and foe to Hugo Black. It notes successors Powell and Rehnquist confirmed to the Supreme Court and to be sworn in in January. Harlan was a prolific writer whose dissents grew as Warren era activism rose and he criticized modern legal ventures. He dissented in the Pentagon Papers publication ruling alongside two others last June.
London rejects Maltese premier Mintoff’s $11 million demand and a forced quick withdrawal. The plan would pull 3,500 military personnel and 7,000 dependents from Malta, risking 5,000 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs and $33.8 million in annual spending by British service families. The move comes amid Mintoff’s push to sever old defense ties and reduce British presence on the island.
West Virginia coal output for 1971 will fall short of 1970 due to a strike. Through November production totals reached 109.5 million tons versus 131.8 million in the prior year. Employment in transportation and utilities declined about 4,000 from September as strike effects expand.
U.S. District Court in Eastern Virginia says counsel must be provided in misdemeanors with penalties over six months in jail or a $500 fine. A Florida Supreme Court case hints such a rule could spread, risking higher costs and a rewritten Virginia criminal code. Virginia limits misdemeanors to $1,000 fine or one year, or both. A proposed bill would create a five member commission including two judges, two experienced attorneys, and one nonlawyer member.
The two leaders stressed close U S German cooperation on Europe and Soviet relations. Nixon pledged no alliance decisions without full consultation and denied any Europe force cuts without East West talks. Brandt values the American military presence for East West negotiations and agreed on coordinated reductions within NATO.
The Wytheville Community College board asks the governor, General Assembly and state board for Community Colleges to consider students economic status before any tuition increase. Current annual tuition is 180 dollars. 510 of 735 regular students come from families under 7500 dollars income. Many veterans enroll. about 70 percent of Virginia community college students work while studying. The board argues any rise would cut access for low income families.
Edgar Henry of the state Water Resources Division describes an area of 14 square miles heavily disturbed by 28 abandoned strip mines covering over 400 acres. Drainage from open mines seeps underground then exits via bore holes to Dents Run, averaging 3 million gallons daily of acid mine drainage.
A correction notes that Jack Litz is not postmaster in Bluefield Virginia. he serves as assistant postmaster while Mrs. C L Shufflebarger is the Virginia Side postmaster.
Dr John Irvin Markell, a prominent Princeton physician and surgeon since 1930, died at his Bluefield Princeton Road home after a heart attack at age 69. He chaired the Mercer County Airport Advisory Committee and helped establish the airport. Survived by wife Marie, two sons, a daughter, a brother, and a grandson, services set for Friday at George W Seaver Chapel. He was active in medical societies, Rotary, Elks, and local clubs, with hospital and business roles in Princeton.
Byerly Turk was the famous Oriental stallion imported into England along with Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian, helping start the Thoroughbred breed.
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