Illness Claims Snidow a Princeton Pioneer Dies at 89
T. Snidow, longtime Princeton hotelier and major Mercer County landowner, died after a long illness at a Princeton hospital at age 89. He owned the Virginian Hotel from 1909 and once ran Lake Shawnee, with farming and livestock interests. Survived by four sons, a daughter, a brother, a nephew, 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at George W. Seaver Chapel with burial in Oakwood Park Cemetery.
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Conley T. Snidow
Princeton
Snidow
Mercer County
Lake Shawnee
Princeton Rotary Club
Pembroke
William B
Mollie Williams
Mollie Williams Snndow
Maybelle Chestnut Snidow
Conley T. Snidow Jr
Spartanburg
S. C
Stanley R. Snidow
Washington, D. C
James E. Snidow
Robert L. Snidow
William
Jeanette) Green
Charlotte
N. C
B. C. Snidow
Flynn Snidow
Priceton
George W. Seaver Chapel
John Mendez
Dan Agee
Oakwood Park
Rail Accident Claims Ex City Man James N. Carter
Ex Bluefield resident James N. Carter 60 of Roanoke Va was killed near Circleville Ohio when struck by a Norfolk and Western locomotive while investigating a derailment. He is survived by his widow Lorna Halsey Carter a son and two daughters and siblings. Funeral 11 a.m. Cave Springs United Methodist Church Beckley burial 3 p.m. Sunset Memorial Park Roanoke. Lotz Roanoke Chapel in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Circleville
Ohio
James N. Carter
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Carter
Lorna Halsey Carter
James N. Carter Jr
Joy C. Parrish
Rocky Mount
Julie L. Carter
Billy J. Carter
Portsmouth
Amos Manning
Franklin
Cave Springs United Methodist Church
Cave Springs
Robinson McAden
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Lotz Roanoke Chapel
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates Notice
Public notice lists subscription and home delivery rates for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph with pricing by mail and for in state West Virginia zones. Includes address, publication affiliation and advertising representation contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Disco Fever Rules as Bee Gees Lead Grammys Charity
Hollywood AP reports the 21st Grammy awards honoring disco era icons. Bee Gees win producer of the year, pop vocal performance, and best arrangement for voices with further nominations from Saturday Night Fever. Donna Summer named top female rhythm and blues performer for Last Dance. A Taste of Honey earns best new artist as Boogie Oogie Oogie climbs charts. Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings win best vocal group performance for Mamas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys. Nelson also takes best country male for Georgia on My Mind. Dolly Parton wins best female country performance for Here You Come Again. Nixon loses, Orson Welles wins best soundtrack for Citizen Kane. Earth Wind & Fire claims best rhythm and blues recording All n All and Got To Get You Into My Life earns Maurice White an arranging award. Al Jarreau wins vocal performance, Chick Corea instrumental, Steve Martin comedy for A Wild and Crazy Guy. Martin jokes with the Victrola trophy tag.
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Hollywood
Bees Gees
The
Bee Gees
Donna Summer
Darkhorse
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Nelson
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Georgia
Dolly Parton
Richard Nixon
David Frost
Orson Welles
Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire
al Jarreau
Chick Corea
Steve Martin
Martin
WV Senators Face Food Tax Debate Amid Bond Plan
Senators clash over a proposed removal of the food tax while debating a housing fund boost. Rockefeller signs a bill lifting the West Virginia Housing Development Fund bonding capacity to 500 million dollars and outlines plans to sell 80 million in bonds for 2,000 mortgages and 60 million later for 1,700 housing units. Senate delays action on a wine sale amendment until Monday.
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Tankovich
Rockefeller
Brotherton
Fanning
House
Senate
West Virginia Housing Development Fund
Trucks Involved In Gary Crash In Welch WV
The West Virginia State Police detachment in Welch investigates a 4:30 p.m. crash on Gary No. 14 Mountain involving a pickup and a coal truck. No injuries were reported. Trooper Frank Wood leads the inquiry as details remain unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Welch
Gary No. 14 Mountain
Frank Wood
Blaze Damages Princeton Firm at Sterling Grocery Warehouse
Princeton firefighters rushed to a Sterling Grocery Wholesale blaze on South Second Street. They received the alarm at 6:44 p.m. and had it under control by 7:08 p.m. No additional details were released late Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Sterling Grocery
South Second Street
Carter Returns From Mexico Amid Iran Watch and Toast Jab
Carter flew from Mexico to Washington on Friday after visiting the country. His absence from the capital prompted him to ask Vice President Mondale to cut short a skiing vacation to keep Iran developments under review at the White House. Lopez Portillo, in a blunt toast, warned against surprise moves and deceit tied to a canceled natural gas deal.
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Emiliano Zapata
Carter
Mexico
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Vail
Colo
Iran
White House
Albert Eisele
Mondale
Evacuation Plan For Tehran Passengers Under Bazargan Direction
Mehdi Bazargan ordered safe passage for evacuees to Tehran Mehrabad and guards for 1000 daily. U S to deploy five helicopters and six C 130s from Incirlik, with two more transports on standby in Athens. Evacuation to start Saturday using two Pan American jets, each about 400 capacity. Morocco Embassy intrusion by Khomeini guerrillas netted no injuries or SAVAK agents found.
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Mehdi Bazargan
Khomeini
Tehran
Mehrabad
Turkey
United States
Incirlik
U.S
Athens
Greece
Washington
Pan American World Airways
State Department
Hodding Carter
el Ghali Benhima
SAVAK
Benhima
Deaths and Funerals in Welch and Nearby Areas
George W. Day 63 of Welch dies after a short illness in a Welch hospital. Also listed are Albert Hagood 64 of Detroit former Welch resident, Lilburn Dewey Dye 74 of Swords Creek, Mary C. White 60 of Princeton, Willie R. Hambrick 66 of Bluefield, James H. Colvard 89 of Rock, and Mrs Jesse L Tabor 76 of Bluefield. Services set at Trinity Temple in Welch and local funeral homes with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens and Greenhills Memory Gardens. survivors include spouses, children, grandchildren, and multiple siblings and relatives.
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George W. Day
Welch
M. M. Day Sr
Charlotte Jane Milam Day
UMW
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Trinity Temple
Edith Louise Freeman Day
George David Day
Daughers
Randolph
Charlotte) Richardson
Gary
Robert
Janice) Greene
Douglas
Tammy) Bales
Charles
Gerri) McDonald
Green Castle
Ind
Sam Day
Princeton
Jim Day
Orlis Day
Red Sulphur Springs
Sidney
Vista) Grubb
Roderfield
Bill
Dorothy) Evans
Mulberry
Fla
Cleveland Harrison
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Jack D. Stallworth Sr
Barney Rowe Jr
Ronnie Coe
Vance Stroupe
George Horn
Danny Belcher
Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity
Detroit Arsenal
Mildred Hagood
Emma Hagood
Chicago
Ill
C. W. Morris Funeral Home
Detroit
Bassett
Hairston Funeral Home
Martinsville
L. Dewey Dye
Lilburn Dewey Dye
Swords Creek
Richlands
Charles and
Dora Miller
Page and
Jewell Ridge
Free Will Baptist Church
Tavie E. Dye
Herbert
Gay) Batton
Cicero, Ill
Branson
Barbara) Whited
Cedar Bluff
Mike
Peggy) Rasnake
Honaker
L. D. Dye
Mansfield
Ohio
Jerry Dye
Ethel Brown
Emma Dye
Jettie Dye
Elizabeth Brown
Exie Hale
Lona Stiltner
Walter Dye
Floyd Dye
Honaker Funeral Home
Russell Miller
Peerman Lester
Truel Brown
Kyle Brown
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mary C. White
Oakvale Road
United Methodist Church
George Allen
Berga M. Johnson Kade
Harry E. White
Conley (Girley) White
Burns Wornal
John Mendez
Bluefield
N. E. White Jr
Randolph White
Walter Wright
Larry Elswick
Robert White
Howard Winfrey
Willie R. Hambrick
Cumberland Road
Thurman
Alice Scarberry Hambrick
National Electric Coil Co
June D. Duncan Hambrick
James Proffitt
Pete Shrader
Littleton
Colo
Marshall Bailey
Arnold Shrader
Fred Carter
Charleston
S. C
J. T. Hambrick
Carlyle Hambrick
Athens
Harold Hambrick
Littlesburg
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Alvin Young
James Colvard
James H. Colvard
Rt. 1
Rock
Elmer H. Colvard
Clarence Colvard
Norfolk
Made Angelo
Cleo Tarlton
Moshier
Tenn
Bailey Funeral Home
Greenville
Jesse L.tabor
Jesse L
Martha) Tabor
Union St
Hawkins Funeral Home
Hugh Caudill
Nannie M
Granny) Caudill
Rt. 3
Falls Mills
Tazewell County
Alexandra and
Mary White Sawyers
Hugh Lawrence Caudill
Methodist Church
Harvey Smith
Marvin Stevenson
George H. Caudill
Richmond
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Allen Thompson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Dennis Cole
Charles Gearhart
Don Harris
Sam Crockett
Emory Neal
Jim McQuail
Vennia Dot) Stowers Woody
Rocky Gap
Charles Preston Woodie
Phyllis Looney
Bobby Woodie
Olden Woodie
Raymond Woodie
Sherman Woodie
Watha F. Woodie
Mary Stowers
Reba Stowers
Ruby Woodie
Henry
Horton Henry Smith
Sleepy) Horton
McDowell County
Lee Roberts
Avondale
Sarah Runion Horton
Lucille Nester Horton
Herman Smith
Smitty) Horton
Laurel
Del
Sheliah Lynn Crawford
Leonard
Sue) Christian
Berwind
William Raleigh Roberts
Mary Lou Sauza
Sacramento
Calif
Dora Rose
Long Island
N. Y
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Deward Frazier
Obituary Notices From War Bluefield Princeton Area
Fragments report multiple funeral services today including McGlothlin Mazie K. Belcher Lewis E. Davidson William C. Shrewsbury Philip Henderson infant Keith Henderson and others. Services listed with churches chapels ministers and burial sites across War Bluefield Princeton Hartwell Kimball and Bland areas.
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Brushfork National Guard
Ed Slagle
Army
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Slagle
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Edy St St Marie
Cir Houston
Edy Tulsa
Edy Indiapolis
Mujahedeen
People's Fedayeen
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Blaze
Carters
Copters
Mrs
Mary White
McGlothlin
G. W
Mazie K
Alex Hagerman
Hartwell
Belcher
Lewis E
Bluewell
Kimball
Elkhorn Old Regular Baptist Church
Belchers Mountain
Hershey Lane
Robert Lane
Morgan Belcher
Cravens Shires
Davidson
William C
Montrose Street
R. W. Skidmore
Maple Hill
Florence E. Maxfield Davidson
Shrewsbury
Philip
Dott
Bailey Funeral Chapel
L. P. Duncan
Springton
Edsel Belcher
Keith Laxton
Freeman Clark
Wessie Shrewsbury
James Huffman
Offeral Shrewsbury
Robert Severt
Emma G. Severt
Mich
Upper Room
George Telitha Hambrick Griffith
Robert Lee Severt
Wyandotte
Pete
Thomas
Clifford
Cleveland
Resthaven Memorial Park
Charles Woody
Clyde Caviness
Clyde S
Ethel) Caviness
Walton Avenue
Union Hall
William Penn
Virginia Newbill Bernard
Trinity United Methodist Church
Loyal Daughters Bible Class
Blue Grass Garden Club
Bluefield Woman's Club
Delphian Club
OES
Clyde Stanley Caviness
W. C
Virginia) Houchins
Mercer Funeral Home
Lawrence Sherwood
Monte Vista Park
Earl Kendrick
Carson Hicks
Don Farley
W. O. Bivens Jr
George Cartwright
Douglas Lucas
Thomas Honaker
Harold Moye
Mercer County Heart Association
Glenwood Park Methodist Home
Arnold S. Kidd
Arnold Sidney Kidd
Bastian
Macie Blessing
Newberry Funeral Chapel
Bland
Kenner Kitts
Leroy Beckner
Levitt
Warlick
Douglas Leasing Corp
H & B Schulte
Mercer St
Mobibiues
N.S. Bovenizer
Bland ST
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