Leatherwood Lane road fate hinges on state ruling
City and private owners seek WV state status for a 540 foot Leatherwood Lane stretch plagued by disrepair. Officials dispute whether the road is in the state system, noting past state paving and police patrols while residents urge repair and paving.
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Leatherwood Lane
Russell Quinn
Princeton
State Highway Department
Charleston
West Virginia
Charley Cauthen
Acme Market
Leatherwood
Quinn
Bluefield
State of
Morris Ensminger
Patrick C. Graney
J. Alfred Haws
Cecil Henderwood
West Virginia tourist centers receive state funded contracts
The West Virginia Commerce Department awarded two tourist information centers 3000 in private contracts last year. Bluefield and Princeton centers promoted arts and crafts and provided sales information with monthly 500 payments June to November. Bluefield trained craftsmen. Princeton center opened to fulfill state goals.
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Charleston
State Commerce Department
West Virginia
Bluefield
Princeton
Robert Bowers
Bowers
East River Mountain
Skylands, Inc
Princeton Center
Commerce Department
State Center
Commerce
Koder Collison
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph data lists establishment in 1893, address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, daily morning publication by Daily Telegraph Printing Co, Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates by carrier and mail in WV zones.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated
West Virginia
Four New Members Inducted Into Bluewell Lions Club
Four new members Albert Bendguerra Nick Hornick M O Ayers and Clarence L Hust were inducted at the Bluewell Lions Club regular meeting Tuesday night. The group meets twice monthly at Club La Saluta in Bluewell and voted to start a membership drive in the near future said President Robert Mann.
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Bluewell Lions Club
Club la Saluta
Bluewell
Albert Bendguerra
Nick Hornick
M. O. Ayers
Clarence L. Hust
Robert Mann
Road Bills Advance Amid Tax and Fee Adjustments
The House Roads Committee killed a measure to raise bus driver age to 21. A self insurance plan shifts fire loss costs to a fund capped at 1 million dollars. The road revenue package raises tag fees to 15 dollars, adds 20 dollar fees for heavy cars, boosts permits and offense charges, and increases heavy truck taxes. It seeks 17.5 million annually plus 10.7 million from emergency measures tied to 1964 tag sales with votes uncertain. Architects projected possible approval.
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Del
John W. Hagen
Roanoke County
House
Senate
Division of Motor Vehicles
Sen. Ames
Weather outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The forecast calls for clouds and wind east of the mountains with highs in the 40s in Virginia and light snow flurries in the mountains. In West Virginia expect cloudy, cold with light snow or snow flurries and highs in the 30s on Wednesday and Thursday with continued cold, mostly cloudy skies.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Missionary Ira M Moore to Speak at Bluefield Church
Mrs Ira M Moore a Congo missionary will be guest speaker at the world mission service on Thursday Feb 20 at First Presbyterian Bluefield following a 6 pm Family Night supper She teaches French at King College Bristol Tenn and has a long history with Furman Columbia Bible College and Congo educational workers she and her husband plans to join him in Congo next summer
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Ira M. Moore
Congo
World Mission Service
First Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Moore
King College
Bristol
Tenn
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
Columbia Bible College
United States
Jury questions death penalty in Ruby case
The transcript shows jurors weighing death penalty as Stone notes he would vote for it if warranted. The defense cites temporary insanity and the state must prove guilt. Wade asserts Ruby is presumed sane. Objections block questions about Kennedy and Oswald’s impact on Dallas civic image and jury prejudice.
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Stone
Wade
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Dallas
Belli
Kennedy
Oswald
Airmen Held In Slayings In Virginia Street Fight
Two airmen from the Washington Air Defense Sector stationed at Ft. Lee were arrested in Petersburg after a street fight left two men dead. C. Edward McKnight faced two murder counts while Freddie Elliott Johnakin was charged with felonious assault. Both men signed statements admitting guilt after long questioning.
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Richmond
A. L. Sheffield
D. W. Taylor
Petersburg
McKnight
Johnakin
Ft. Lee
Robert Howard Jr
William Gray Massenburg
Air Force
Howard
Massenburg
Librarian Finds Five Dollar Bill in Old Book
The Bluefield Public Library reopens Monday after a three week shutdown for updates. A large five dollar bill dating from 1914 was found as a bookmark in a 1925 1930 record book by Mrs Charles McGuver. City official advised adding the find to library funds while keeper plans to keep the bill as a souvenir.
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Bluefield Public Library
Charles McGuver
Randolph G. Whittle
Old Guard to Hear Rev. Ted Cook Address
The Bluefield Old Guard will hear Rev. Ted Cook pastor of Bois sevain Baptist church speak at 10 15 a m today in Trinity Methodist Men's Bible classroom The program organized by S T Mathena includes special music by Rev and Mrs Harrold D Russell pastors of Bois sevain Va Methodist Church
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Bluefield Old Guard
Ted Cook
Boissevain, Va
S. T. Mathena
Trinity Methodist Church
Harrold D. Russel
Virginia House Sets Hearing on Daylight Saving Time Bills
The House General Laws Committee will hold a public hearing on Thursday February 20 at 2 30 p m on six DST bills. Some propose exempting parts of Southwest Virginia from Virginia's daylight saving time period.
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Richmond
House General Laws Committee
Virginia
Retaining Wall Plans Uncertain Amid Highway Talk
City Manager Randolph Whittle said plans for a $22 000 retaining wall program on East Princeton Avenue are uncertain while the state plans a four lane highway from Bluefield to Princeton. The six to nine phase capital program relies on a state confirmation and federal grant funds.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Princeton Avenue
Randolph G. Whittle
Lee Street
Monroe Street
West Virginia
Burl Sawyers
Federal Street
Courthouse Square
Whittle
Monaco Proposes Lead Role in Bluefield Culture Drive
Bluefield city director Angelo Monaco offered to head a cultural promotion program. At the Board of Directors meeting he noted a Daily Telegraph editorial urging improved libraries cultural centers and art museums and invited locals to join a committee, contact him at 1008 Highland Ave.
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Whittle
Randolph Whittle
Leatherwood Lane
City Board of Directors
State Road Commission
Angelo Monaco
Quinn
Road Commission
Princeton
Bluefield
Monaco
Daily Telegraph
Highland Ave
Anti Rabies Serum Given Ten In Mercer County
Ten residents of Rock District Mercer County are on anti rabies treatment after exposure to a rabid cat. This is the county’s first reported rabies carrier in years. Officials urge caution with pets and prompt reporting of unusual animal behavior. If bitten contact the Health Department. animals tied up for ten days and heads sent to Charleston for analysis if the animal dies.
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Rock
Mercer County
Mercer County Health Department
Health Department
Charleston
Illness Of Witness Delays Welch Trial
The McDowell County Criminal Court postponed the murder trial of Mrs. Cora Newsome of Raysal after a material witness fell ill. The hearing was moved to the April term with trial dates set for April 21, 1964. Newsome was accused in the August fatal shooting of her husband Estil Newsome beside a family car on Bradshaw Mountain.
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McDowell County
Cora Newsome
Raysal
Estil Newsome
R. J. Murensky
Newsome
Bradshaw Mountain
Deaths and Funerals介绍 Downey and Roles
Rev Olen Edward Downey 26 of Union died in Veterans Hospital. Survived by wife Marlene, daughter Connie, sisters Eva Ross and James Morton, brother Charles Downey, and others. Funeral Thursday at 11 a.m. St Johns Methodist Salt Sulphur Springs with Clifton Forge services at 3 p.m. Burial at Clifton Forge church cemetery. Body moved from Broyles Funeral Home to father in law’s home. Gertrude Irene Roles 62 of Greenville died Tuesday in Clifton Forge hospital. Survived by husband Opie, sons Elva Alva Bob, daughters Virginia Vir ginia Hedrick Downer, 25 grandchildren, five brothers, one sister. Services Thursday 2 p.m. Mount Hedding Methodist Church. Burial in church cemetery. Body to remain at home until one hour before services.
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Olen Edward Downey
Union
Veterans Hospital
Advent Christian Church
Clifton Forge
Charles Russell
Clara Rickman Downey
Marlene Brown Downey
Connie la Dnne Downey
Eva Ross
James Morton
Iron Gate
William J. Fisher
Charles Downey
Ernest Downey
Glen Wilton
William Downey
St. Johns Methodist Church
Salt Sulphur Springs
Weldon Chambers
Broyles Funeral Home
Gertrude Irene Roles
Greenville
Crossroads
Delonia
Salone Weike Pence
Opie Roles
Elva Roles
Sargentsville
Alva
Bob Roles
Virginia Garvin
Sammy Hedrick
Janice Downer
Covington
Herbert
Mervin
Reo Pence
Luster Pence
Lindside
Merville Pence
Pear Vass
Mount Hedding Methodist Church
David Anderson
Obituary for Edna B. Duncan Teat and Marie Shrewsbury
Edna B. Duncan Teat 56 of Goodwell died at Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning. Survived by husband Wilmer Teat Aberdeen Md daughter Carol Lessor Casa Grande Ariz three sons Leotis Bailey Bainbridge Md Bobby Bailey Bluefield Wilmer G Teat Jr Aberdeen four sisters and three brothers and 12 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Craven Funeral Home Bluewell with burial Woodlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers named. Mrs Marie Lee Shrewsbury 83 of Princeton widow of John W. Shrewsbury died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after five weeks illness. Survived by four sons Cecil Basham Grundy Va Lee Shrewsbury Radford Va Arnold Shrewsbury Bluefield Lonnie Shrewsbury Matoaka four daughters Hazel Clark Princeton Bernard Taylor Green Valley Wade Laxton Lashmeet and Charles Shutt Lashmeet one sister C L Bonner Princeton 32 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. First Methodist Church Princeton burial Mount Olive Cemetery. Friends may call Seaver Mortuary Princeton after 2 p.m. today.
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Edna B. Duncan Teat
Goodwell
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mary Duncan
Wilmer Teat
Aberdeen
Carol Lessor
Casa Grande
Arizona
Leotis Bailey
Bainbridge
Bobby Bailey
Bluefield
Wilmer G. Teat, Jr
Ella Petty
Mullens
Minnie Arrington
Fayetteville
Lora Bailey
Frances Phillips
Cliff Yard
William Duncan
Charles Duncan
Donald Duncan
Craven Funeral Home
Bluewell
Howard Querry
John Mendez
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Raymond
Charlie Bailey
Churches Knuckles
Garis Walder
Andrew Chilco
Durwood Patterson
M.B. Hale
Lashmeet
Joe
Josephine M. White
Cecil Basham
Grundy
Lee Shrewsbury
Radford
Arnold Shrewsbury
Lonnie Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Hazel Clark
Princeton
Bernard Taylor
Green Valley
Wade Laxton
Charles Shutt
C. L. Bonner
First Methodist Church of
Herbert Parks
Mount Olive Cemetery
Seaver Mortuary
Miner Willie Warf 47 dies after long illness in Welch
Willie Warf of Glenwood Park died Tuesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was a miner born in Arista, son of Robert and Pearlie Warf, and survived by his wife Lorraine Worley Warf a son Frankie and a daughter Linda at home, a brother Sidney Warf of Matoaka, and five sisters Bertha Goins in Baltimore, Clarence Brickey in Roanoke, Roy Eanes in White Stone, Burnette Meadows and Mason Withrow of Princeton. Funeral held Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Rev Paul Hall officiating and burial at Monte Vista Memorial.
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Willie Warf
Glenwood Park
Welch
Arista
Robert
Pearlie Foland Warf
Princeton
Lorraine Worley Warf
Frankie Warf
Linda Warf
Sidney Warf
Matoaka
Bertha Goins
Baltimore
Bluefield Man Willie Taylor Dies at Home
Willie Taylor of 213 South Spring Street Bluefield died Tuesday at his residence. The body was sent to Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Willie Taylor
South Spring Street
Bluefield
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Rutledge Widow Mary Lillian Rutledge Dies in Pocahontas
Mary Lillian Rutledge 63 widow of Henderson J. Rutledge of Pocahontas Va died Tuesday. Survived by two sisters Mrs E L Head of Pocahontas and Mrs Carl Slate of Maybeury, three brothers J L Atkinson Gary H E Atkinson Jenkin Jones and Mrs A C Atkinson Floyd, stepmother Mrs Mae Atkinson Floyd, one half brother and two half sisters. Funeral conducted Thursday at 2 30 p m at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with Father Paul Laub, burial Maple Hills Cemetery Bluefield. Rosary tonight at 8 at the funeral home. Pallbearers Silas Farley C M Harry E G Wagner John Drosick Joe Smarlick John Danko.
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Mary Lillian Rutledge
Henderson J. Rutledge
Pocahontas
E. L. Head
Carl Slate
Maybeury
J. L. Atkinson
Gary
H. E. Atkinson
Jenkin Jones
A. C. Atkinson
Floyd, Va
Mae Atkinson
Floyd
Pocaiontas Union Funeral Home
Paul Laub
Maple Hills Cemetery
Bluefield
Silas Farley
C. M. Harry
E. G. Wagner
John Drosick
Joe Smarlick
John Danko
Two Deaths in Beesville and Princeton Notices
Patricia Diane Koen three year old daughter of James E. and Shirley W. Koen of Beesville Texas died February 14 after a short pneumonia illness. Survivors include two brothers and grandparents. Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Virginia to bury at Maple Hills Cemetery. Alzia Alston eight of Beckley Road Princeton widow of William Alston died Monday after four months illness. Survives include daughter Matilda Harris. Funeral Thursday at Seaver Mortuary Princeton with Rev. J. L. Lawrence officiating. Further arrangements incomplete.
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Patricia Diane Koen
James E
Shirley W. Koen
Beesville
Tex
Jimmy D
Bobby G. Koen
Oliver Keen
Milky, Ala
Creed Woody
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Maple Hills Cemetery
Alzia Alston
Beckley Road
Princeton
William Alston
Matilda Harris
Seaver Mortuary
J. L. Lawrence
Mer cer County Mourns Essie C Mathena Veteran Worker
Essie C Mathena 60 of Engleside died Monday at home after a long life in Mer cer County. A Virginian Railroad worker, he is survived by Ettie Richards Mathena and two sons in the U S Army stationed in California and France, three daughters Ella Mae Smith Audrey and Hilda, a sister Hulda Bowden, and the Oakvale Methodist Church conducted funeral services Friday. Burial follows Oakvale Cemetery after body transfer from Johnston Funeral Home.
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Essie C. Mathena
Engleside
Virginian Railroad
Mercer County
Ettie Richards Mathena
Donald Mathena
U. S. Army
California
Dexter Mathena
France
Ella Mae Smith
Glen Lyn
Audrey
Hilda
Hulda Bowden
Princeton
Oakvale Methodist Church
Paul Hall
Fred Cook
Oakvale
Johnston Funeral Home
Charles P. O’Donnell of Gap Mills Died at 70
Charles Patrick O'Donnell 70 of Gap Mills died Monday in the Veterans hospital Beckley He was a Catholic and a WWII veteran and retired painter He was son of the late Charles and Mary O'Donnell Survived by Mrs Edith Johnson O'Donnell two sisters Mrs Catherine Carcase and Mrs Mary Collins of Staunton Va Requiem mass Thursday 10 am Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Union burial Carmel Cemetery Gap Mills
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Charles Patrick O'Donnell
Gap Mills
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Charles
Mary O'Donnell
Edith Johnson O’donnell
Catherine Carcase
Mary Collins
Staunton
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
Carmel Cemetery
Death of George Braxton En Route Home from Keystone Mine
George Braxton of Keystone died Tuesday evening while returning home from work at a Landgraft mine. His body went to Linkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone for funeral arrangements.
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George Braxton
Keystone
Linkford - Richardson
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Meade in Cedar Bluff
The funeral for Mrs. Maude Meade of Baltimore Maryland is set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Bluff Virginia Methodist Church with Rev. F Max Allison officiating. Burial follows at Jones Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Virginia after noon today. The body will be transported to the church one hour before services.
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