Mercer County Taxpayers Form Watchdog Group At Zoning Meeting
More than 100 residents attended the gathering at Glenwood Park in Mercer County where a new county wide Mercer County Taxpayers Association was organized. Officers were elected and 3 delegates from each of five districts appointed to attend Planning Commission meetings and report back. The group aims to monitor zoning and pursue county wide projects while keeping meetings open to the public.
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Mercer County
Glenwood Park
Mercer County Taxpayers Association
Mercer County Planning Commission
Robert Fulcher
Rt. 3
Bluefield
J. H. (Buck) Sarver
Athens Road
Alice Six
Princeton
Martin Murphy
Athens Star Route
Planning Commission
Beaver Pond
Ernest Cotten
Robert Neal
Bluewell
Harry Crotty
Green Valley
East River
Boone Burke
W. E. Cahill
Oakvale Road
Bill Whitlow
Kellysville
Rock
A. N. Reed
Ballard Bennett
Rt. 1
Claude Blizzard
Coaldale
Plymouth
H. T. Hunnicutt
Athens Star
M. D. Kirk Jr
Lerona
Basil Roberts
Athens
Fulcher
Hensley Addresses Bramwell Kiwanis Club Dinner
Col. Robert W. Hensley of Bluefield spoke at Bramwell Kiwanis Club’s Monday dinner in the Presbyterian Church education building. The retired Air Force member and current attorney discussed servicemen loyalty in World War I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts. Sixteen North Fork Kiwanis members attended, led by vice president George Evans Jr.
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Robert W. Hensley
Bluefield
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Church
Hensley
U. S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Northfork Kiwanis Club
George Evans Jr
Obituaries for McDarmont Snapp and Walker in Bluefield and Lashmeet
Obituaries list funeral arrangements for Alex McDarmont of Olustee Florida formerly English with service today at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield and burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. William G Snapp of Bluefield with service today at Mercer Funeral Chapel and burial at Hurricane Cemetery. Charlie L Walker of Lashmeet with service Wednesday at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton and burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named for each service.
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McDarmont
Alex
Olustee
Fla
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Bluefield
Woodlawn
Harry Evans
Pat Alderman
Homer Barnett
B. S. Childress
Roby Lyle
James Webb
Snapp
William G
Gardner St
Hurricane Cemetery
Airport Road
R. D. Croy
R. P. Sisson
Larry Belcher
Willie Cole
Frank Neal
Charles Rowe
Walker
Charlie L
Lashmeet
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Roselawn
Earl Basham
Lowell Dillon
James Justice
Amos West
Troy Bailey
Burless McKinney
John Jones
Mack Shrewsbury
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Preview
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces standard publication details and staff credits. The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, zone pricing, Associated Press membership, and representation by the Kab Agency, Inc.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Audit Bureau
Kab Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County and Nearby
Kenneth D. Copeland 37 of Princeton died in Bluefield Sanitarium after a five year illness. Survived by wife Opal Ruth and five sons. services at Dry Pond Church by Rev. Wikes and Rev. Belcher, burial Orchard Cemetery. Multiple siblings and relatives listed. Horace B. Gilchrist 67 Pickaway merchant died in Ronceverte hospital after a short illness. Survived by wife Margaret and two sisters and two brothers. service at Broyles Funeral Home Union with burial New Lebanon Cemetery. Additional obituaries note Emma Frances Cox 68 of Hampton Roads. McKinnley Massey 68 of Coeburn. Dianna Gail Sargent 12 of Castlewood. Rev. William H. Lester 88 of Bramwell with service details and survivors listed.
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Kenneth D. Copeland
Rt. 3
Princeton
Red Sulphur Springs
Bluefield Sanitarium
Oscar
Maronia Copeland
Mercer County
Regular Baptist Church
Opal Ruth Copeland
Daniel
Kenneth
Jeff
Herbert
Jerry Copeland
Helen
Ellen
Karen Copeland
Herbert Copeland
Junior Copeland
North Carolina
Calvin Copeland
Ballard
Robert Copeland
Flint, Mich
Glenna Suttle
Loretta Thomas
Pearl Price
Newport News
Anna Mae Long
California
Dry Pond
Guy Wikes
Cecil Belcher
Orchard
Broyles
Peterstown
Horace B. Gilchrist
Pickaway
Monroe County
Ronceverte
Thomas L
Essie Gilchrist
High Lawn Presbyterian Church
Huntington
Margaret B. Gilchrist
Lena Overholt
Ruth Bell
Nassawadox
Paul Gilchrist
Marion Gilchrist
Union
Nellie Steveson
Broyles Funeral Home
A. B. Shifler
Billee S. Mick
New Lebanon
Jim Beckett
Julian Shrader
Grover Pomphrey
William and
W. R. Burdett
John Woodson
Obituary: James C. Bradley 84 of St. Paul Virginia
James C Bradley 84 of St Paul Virginia died Tuesday at his daughter's home in Coeburn He was husband of Lou Bradley He leaves three daughters Mrs John Sloan Mrs W H Salyer and Mrs Clarence Mitchell four sons Clarence Tee Alfred Willie one sister Mrs Sarah Hale and siblings Fielding Walter Tom Brad ley and Henry Carl Bradley Funeral services were held Thursday at 11 am at Huff Cook Funeral Home Chapel St Paul conducted by Rev Walter Mabe Burial followed in Temple Hill Cemetery Castlewood Virginia
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McKinnley Massey
Coeburn
Wise
Ruby Massey
Etta Carr
Wilma Cloud
Huron
Ohio
Katherine Clark
Rockfort
Ill
Marie Amburgey
Corene Massey
Geraldine Ring
Ruth Robinette
Roy Massey
St. Paul
Troy and
Durst Massey
Dingus Memorial Chapel
Castlewood
Walter Glovier
J. T. Hartsock
Temple Hill
Huff Cook
Dianna Gail Sargent
A. E. Sargent
Kingsport
Tenn
Debra Lynn Sargent
A. E. Sargent Jr
L. H Salyer
Gate City
Gracie Sargent
Wells Chapel
Olaf Porter
Moses Salyer
Temple Hill Cemetery
Huff Cook Funeral Home
James Christopher Bradley
Vaughn Grizzle
Lou Bradley
John Sloan
W. H. Salyer
Clarence Mitchell
Clarence Bradley
Tee Bradley
Bryan
Alfred Bradley
Culpepper
Willie Bradley
Sarah Hale
Norfolk
Fielding
Walter
Tom Bradley
Henry
Carl Bradley
Bristol
Huff-Cook Funeral Home
Walter Mabe
Funeral services for Sarah Belle Beavers in Bluefield
Funeral services for Sarah Belle Beavers 89 of Springville Virginia will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with Rev Charlie Sublett officiating burial will follow in Harman Cemetery Tip Top Virginia She died Monday at 11 a m at the home of foster son Ernest Harless She was a native of McDowell County daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Bevers Pallbearers named Saunders Carter Ike Carter Herb Bowman Sam Thompson Grat Snell Fred Jessee Simon Fox and Richard Lambert
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Sarah Belle Beavers
Springville
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
Charlie Sublett
Harman Cemetery
Tip Top
McDowell County
Robert Beavers
Ernest Harless
Janice Melvin
Charles Cregger
Jacksonville, Fla
Saunders Carter
Ike Carter
Herb Bowman
Sam Thompson
Grat Snell
Fred Jessee
Simon Fox
Richard Lambert
Mrs Minnie Snyder 76 Dies in Orlando Hospital
Mrs Minnie Alice Snyder of St. Paul Virginia died Sunday in an Orlando Florida hospital. Survivors include two daughters Electra Snyder and Lenora Willis of Orlando and five sons Lester Snyder Elgin LaVere Snyder Tazewell Lynus Snyder Bainbridge Leroy Snyder Virginia Beach and Norman Snyder of Orlando. Burial will be at the family cemetery after services at St. Paul Assembly of God Church. Body at Huff Cook Funeral Home St Paul.
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Minnie Alice Snyder
St. Paul
Orlando, Fla
Electra Snyder
Lenora Willis
Orlando
Lester Snyder
Elgin
Ill
LaVere Snyder
Tazewell
Lynus Snyder
Bainbridge
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Roberts dies in Princeton hospital
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleothus Roberts of Rt. 2 Bluefield died Tuesday afternoon at a Princeton hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Hawkins Funeral Home is in charge.
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Cleothus Roberts
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Princeton
Hawkins Funeral Home
Clinton man Daniel Blankenship dies after illness
Daniel Jack Blankenship 22 of Clinton Maryland died at home Monday after a long illness. He was husband of Bernadine T. Blankenship and father of Michael and Daniel Jack Blankenship Jr. Survived by his parents Jack and Lucille W. Blankenship and two sisters Dora and Jeanette. Services were held Friday at Fort Lincoln Chapel Hyattsville with burial at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Gasha's Funeral Home in charge.
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Clinton, Md
Princeton
Clinton
Bernadine T. Blankenship
Michael
Daniel Jack Blankenship Jr
Dora
Jeanette Blankenship
Fort Lincoln Chapel
Hyattsville
Fort Lincoln
R. Hubert Fitzpatrick
Gasha
Bailey Rites Planned For Two West Virginia Residents
Arnold Henry Bailey 75 of Roderfield died Monday in a Welch hospital. He was a retired miner and United Mine Workers Local 5997 member. Survived by wife Toney Jacobs Bailey, daughter Madge Lester, sons Emory and Okey Jr. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Bailey Cemetery near Panther. Douglas Mortuary in Welch handles arrangements. Also Mrs F Page Thornhill 97 died Tuesday in Brevard North Carolina. services pending Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield.
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Arnold Henry Bailey
Roderfield
Welch Hospital
Toney Jacobs Bailey
United Mine Workers of America
Madge Lester
Emory Bailey
Okey Junior Bailey
Panther
Okey Bailey
Roland Goble
Martin Cline
Bailey Cemetery
Douglas Mortuary of
Welch
F. Page Thornhill
Bluefield
James Morrow
Brevard
N. C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluewell Lions Club Plans Ladies Night and New Officers
Lion Henry Martin spoke at the Bluewell Lions Club meeting at Club La Saluta in Bluewell. Vice-President Acie Gundish welcomed new member William L. Willis. Members vote to hold a Ladies Night on June 15 at 7 p.m. where new officers for the next year will be installed.
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Lion Henry Martin
Bluewell Lions Club
Club la Saluta
Bluewell
Acie Gundish
William L. Willis
la Saluta
Zoning Discussed by Mercer County Planning Commission
Mercer County Planning Commission chairman Samuel L Laufer outlines the body role to Bluefield Rotary at the West Virginian Hotel. He notes the commission formed to advise the Mercer County Court and to coordinate federal and local efforts, includes zoning in the county plan, and proposes resident meetings to study feasible zoning.
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Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian
Mercer County Planning Commission
Commission
Samuel L. Laufer
Laufer
Mercer County Court
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Planning Commission
Virginia Side Debates High School Change
A Bluefield Virginia citizens group plans to meet with the Tazewell County School Board within ten days to discuss opposition to converting Tazewell County High School into a junior high. Virginia Side attorney Dale Christian said the board was cordial and would meet a small citizen group while a protest petition will be presented, though it is non legal in nature.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Dale Christian
Citizens’ Group
Tazewell
Boy’s Foot Injury From Mower Accident
A 14 year old Bluefield boy Wesley Farmer was to undergo surgery in Bluefield Sanitarium after a lawn mower accident at his grandmother Mary Richardson’s home on Rogers Street. He suffered severe lacerations to two toes of the left foot.
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Bluefield
Wesley Farmer
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mary Richardson
Rogers St
Area voters choose local officials in multiple counties
In area elections several towns reported council and mayor results. Oakvale and Monroe County showed newcomers winning offices while others ran unopposed or faced light opposition. Davy and Taeger featured decisive mayoral outcomes with unopposed incumbents or strong challenger defeats.
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McDowell County
Davy
Plans for All-America City Victory Day in Bluefield
Area leaders outlined steps for Bluefield All-America City celebration centered on Victory Day June 16 at Mitchell Stadium with Vice President Humphrey as featured guest. Local film showing June 12, decorations committee named, and rain plans set for Armory venue.
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Bluefield
Mitchell Stadium
Hubert H. Humphrey
Air Force
Milton Dotson
Dotson
Humphrey
United States
al Modena
Granada Theater
Bluefield Auditorium
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Henry F Warden
Look
J. Hudson Huffard Jr
New National Guard
Brushfork Road
Wyoming Deputy Fatally Stricken After Speeding Chase
Wyoming County deputy sheriff Don Hatfield died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday around 5 30 p m about three miles from his Guyan home after pursuing a speeding automobile He had served as deputy since January 1 and had previous work as a miner His body lay at the Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville with arrangements incomplete
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Wyoming County
Don Hatfield
Guyan
Hatfield
Pineville
Robertson-Foglesong
Clean-Up Week Proclaimed in Bluefield by Mayor Wraden
Bluefield marks Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up Week starting Tuesday under Mayor Henry Wraden. Officials urge residents to beautify property, remove debris, and display civic pride with free debris removal from regular garbage points excluding building scraps. Beautification Committee seeks ideas to continue year-round effort.
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Henry Wraden
Bluefield
Engineer Hired To Oversee Mercer Street Bridge
Bluefield hires Louis L. Grosse of the Bronx to supervise the Mercer Street bridge project at 9300 dollars yearly. Grosse, coming from New York City work with City Engineer Duffy, will start duties immediately as Rodan Construction Co. proceeds with the 169,035.80 dollar contract. Utilities removal is nearly done and tear down of the old bridge will begin soon.
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Bluefield
Bronx
N. Y
Randolph G. Whittle
Louis L. Grosse
Grosse
John Duffy
Duffy
City and Norfolk and Western Railway
Rodan Construction Co
East Bank
The Gondwanaland Continent Submerged Revealing New Zealand
Geologists describe Gondwanaland sinking long ago, leaving behind islands that today compose New Zealand. The historical record notes how continental shifts exposed the archipelago.
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Gondwanaland
New Zealand
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