Princeton By-Pass Hearing Divides Opinion At Mercer Courthouse
A public hearing at the Mercer County Courthouse drew about 225 residents who offered 18 statements or resolutions to SDH officials on the proposed Appalachian Development Highway Corridor Q by-pass near Princeton. Support from city and chamber groups was noted, while objectors cited loss of property and residences as major concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Honaker
Princeton
Mercer County
State Highway Department
Crumpecker Hill
Oakvale Road
N & W Railway
North American Rockwell
Ingleside Road
Bluefield-Princeton
Joseph S. Jones
SDH
Jones
State Department of Highways
William S. Ritchie
Federal Highway Administration
Commissioner's Office
John Russell
SDH Design Division
Garland Hill
Howard Harvey
Ruby Harvey
Myron Meadows
Lena Holme
Ira Southern
City of
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Samuel Laufer
Mercer County Planning Commission
David Burton
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Fred Buxton
Princeton Lions Club
Joe Hutchinson
Princeton Retail Trade Committee
James Thompson
Harold Tormchin
Princeton Area Development Corporation Board of
James E. Carter
Bill Hessel
Carter
Department of Highways
Lions Club Sets Dutch Treat Meeting For Large Crowd
City officials prepare for a large turnout at the Lions Club meeting with special arrangements in place. A dutch treat meal will be served at $1.50 per plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Daily Telegraph Publishing Notice and Rates
Publication details for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co including address Bluetieia West Virginia and 1893 established date. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail in West Virginia with monthly motor route price. Advertising representation and circulation bureau membership noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluetieia
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Area Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Mercer County
Obituary notices outline funeral services for Mary C Reed 606 South Powell Street Bluefield and George Reed of Rockridge, plus multiple related deaths in Mercer County. Services, burial details, survivors, and calling hours are listed with church and cemetery locations across Bluefield Princeton and area towns.
Infant dies in Lynchburg Training School
Zuzonia Lester eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Lester of Green Cove Springs Florida died Tuesday at the Lynchburg Training School Virginia. Death attributed to natural causes. Survivors include maternal grandparents William Coleman of Maxie Virginia and paternal grandparents Julius Lester of Green Cove Springs Florida. Funeral notices list Rev Delbert Justus Rev Claude Conn and Rev Cloyd Bailey at Pine Grove Cemetery Guesses Fork Virginia. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Virginia is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuzonia Lester
Robert Lee Lester
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Hurley
Lynchburg
William Coleman
Maxie, Va
Julius Lester
Dave Gibson
Guesses Fork
Delbert Justus
Claude Conn
Cloyd Bailey
Pine Grove
Gibson
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Mrs Paul Miller 71 Dead on Arrival in Virginia
Mrs Paul Janie Miller 71 of Boissevain Virginia died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital Thursday. Her body is at Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home in Pocahontas pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Janie) Miller
Boissevain
Bluefield
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pocahontas
George W Shepherd 74 dies after long illness in Bluefield
George Washington Shepherd 74 of 316 Princeton Avenue Bluefield died Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Born in Tazewell County Virginia he was a former carpenter for the Norfolk and Western Railway retiring in 1962. Survived by sisters Mrs. Howard Gregory Craigsville Virginia Mrs A J Dunford Apopka Florida and Mrs Belle Hughes Cincinnati Ohio. Graveside rites 11 a m Saturday Monte Vista Park Cemetery Old Bluefield Princeton Road. Body at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield calling 5 to 9 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Shepherd
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Henry and
Rhoda Johnson Shepherd
Norfolk and Western Railway
Howard Gregory
Craigsville
A. J. Dunford
Apopka
Fla
Belle Hughes
Cincinnati
Funeral services set for Nancy Green Conley in Princeton
Nancy Green Conley 96 of Princeton dies at home after a long illness. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Burns-Wornal Chapel with Rev. Ambrose Stump officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by two sons Lawrence and John Conley. four daughters Mary Anderson Evelyn Thomason Hazel Sage and Blanch Smith. 17 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren. Pallbearers include James John Thomason Frank Paul Herman Sage and Harry Richards. Granddaughters to be flowerbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reed
Rockridge
Welch
Bradshaw
Harve
Lucinda Collins Reed
Susie Adair
Mollie Mullins
Paynesville
Macie Stinson
War
Pearlie Collins
Mary Payne
Avondale
Johnny
Harvey
Robert Reed
Wytheville
Lindsey
Roger Reed
Lindsey Reed
Richlands
Jolo
John D. Payne
Emory Kennedy
Horn Cemetery
Beartown
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Virgie Hager Harman
John M. Harman II
James Jimmy Harman
Ralph Harman
Littlesburg
Loyd
Billie) Wimmer
Dorsey Evelyn) Bailey
Airport Road
Bluefield
Charles Mattie Thomason
Herman
Mary Ruth) Belcher
Princeton
Marvin Harman
Wayne, Mich
Ed Harman
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Macie Kahle
Nina Crockett
Garnet Kahle
Virgie Radford
Nancy Green Conley
Highland Avenue
Ambrose Stump
Oakwood Cemetery
Greensboro
N. C
Josh
Liza Green
First Christian Church
Lawrence Conley
John Conley
Frank
Mary) Anderson
Roy
Evelyn) Thomason
Leonard
Hazel) Sage
Ray (Blanch) Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
James
John Thomason
Paul
Herman Sage
Harry Richards
Funeral notices for Annie Lee Stewart Harold Rodeheaver and Pearl Taylor
Funeral services are set for Annie Lee Stewart 61 of Thorpe at Trinity Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Harold O Rodeheaver 65 of Bluefield will be buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery after services at Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield. Pearl Taylor 70 of Bluefield will be laid to rest at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Memorial Gardens burial and pallbearers named by East End Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodeheaver
Harold O
Bland Road
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Frank G. Schwall Jr
Monte Vista Park
Princeton
Dean Owen
College Avenue Baptist Church
Ernest B. Francisco 72 Arlington native dies after long illness
Ernest Boyd Francisco of Arlington Virginia formerly of Bluefield died Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a former Bluefield city fireman and Grace United Methodist Church member. Survived by one sister Gladys Donaghue of Bluefield. Services at 1 30 p m Saturday Monte Vista Park Cemetery officiated by Dr C H Patterson. Call 10 a m to noon Saturday.
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Ernest B. Francisco
Ernest Boyd Francisco
Arlington
Bluefield
Floyd Arthur
Christina Peters Francisco
Grace United Methodist Church
Vince
Gladys) Donaghue
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
C. H. Patterson
Hawkins Funeral Home
Death Notice of Harry W. Ratcliff of Florida
Harry W. Ratcliff of Fernandina Beach Florida formerly of Bluefield died Tuesday in a Jacksonville hospital. Survived by son Lt. Robert N. Ratcliff Norfolk Virginia daughter Mrs A W Hoback Bluefield two sisters Mrs C H White Pocahontas and Mrs Fred Tibbs Bluefield eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bluefield with Rev T F Herndon officiating. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Virginia. Funeral home hours today 4 to 9 p.m.
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James H. Brown
Wolfe
Bluefield
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Maybeury
United Mine Workers Union of America
Welch
Emmanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church
Freeman
Virginia
Douglas Brown
Eva Kirby Brown
S. H. Brown
Roanoke
Elsie Brown
Marzzie Pannell
Virgie Divers
O. J. Gentry
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Walter Lewis
Tyrone Mitchell
Leroy Moore
Carl Davis
Doc O’neil
Edward Mitchell
Lillian Harrell
Ola Mills
Edith Stores
Estella Graves
Cassie O'Niel
Marion Hawthorne
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Clarence Allen
Matthew Smith
Marvin
Pansy Mae) Rickman
Kegley
Carlton Belcher
Trenton
Ohio
Robert H. Belcher
Princeton
Matthew I. Smith Jr
John B. Bivens
Kegley United Methodist Church
A. D. Sparks
Ray Sorrels
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Bill Keaton
Orland Bell
Don Okes
Elwood Blankenship
J. W. Mills
Homer Wade
Walter Fielder
Harold Repass
WSCS
Harry W. Ratcliff
Fernandina Beach
Fla
Jacksonville
Robert N. Ratcliff
Norfolk
A. W. Hoback
C. H. White
Fred Tibbs
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Harold M. Copley Dies After Short Illness at Welch Hospital
Harold M. Copley of Jaeger died Thursday shortly after admission to a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in Jaeger.
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Harold M. Copley
Jaeger
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Graveside rites for Harvey E. Mitchell in Princeton
Graveside rites for Harvey E. Mitchell 54 of Parkersburg will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakwood Park Cemetery Princeton with Rev. Kenneth Hilling officiating. Mercer Veterans Council will conduct military rites. He drowned on the Ohio River near Parkersburg. a World War II veteran. Survivors include Lessie Southard Mitchell of Princeton and son Harry E. Mitchell Jr. of Jackson. brother Will Mitchell of Huntington.
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Harvey E. Mitchell
Parkersburg
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Princeton
Kenneth Hilling
Mercer Veterans Council
Ohio River
Lessie Southard Mitchell
Wallace St
Harry E. Mitchell Jr
Jackson
Ohio
Will Mitchell
Huntington
Rural road funding clash colors Mercer County race
Republican candidate S. E. Anderson and county GOP member Raymond Dishner blasted the highway program for neglecting secondary roads. They cited Route 71 deterioration and 31 Matoaka Montcalm roads needing action, urging officials to visit Rock District and provide relief before elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Honaker
S. E. Anderson
Mercer County
Raymond Dishner
Republican Executive Committee
Rock District
Anderson
Dishner
Rock Road
Arch Alfred Moore, Jr
William Ritchie
Highway Department
Princeton
Lazenby Avenue
Matoaka-Montcalm
Forrest Rumburg
Matoaka
Montcalm
Beeson
Weyanoke
Rock
Piedmont
Bluewell
Brushfork
Lorton Lick
U. S. 52
Pinnacle Rock
West Virginia
West
Bowling Construction partner Clyde Bowling dies at 58
Clyde P. Bowling, partner in Bowling Construction Co. of Bluefield, died at his Bluefield home from an apparent heart attack. He is survived by Ruth Kimbel Bowling, two daughters Patty and Peggy, three sisters, three brothers, and six grandchildren. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde P. Bowling
Bowling Construction Co
Bluefield
Mountain View Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Kimbel Bowling
Jim
Patty) Dent
Peggy) Cisewski
C. M. Mills Sr
Norfolk
Harry Cooper
Holly Hill
Fla
Bertha Sylvester
Daytona Beach
Tyler Bowling
George Bowling
Maurice Bowling
Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel
Richard F. Rouquie
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton
Bob L. Bowling
George A. Bowling
Ronald T. Mills
Jimmy Mills
Jim Cook
Carel H. Thompson
Building Mishap Kills Giles Man
A 24 year old Giles County Virginia man died in a Waynesboro hospital from injuries in a construction accident the day before. Sherman Carl Nelson of Pearisburg was identified as the victim. Survivors include two daughters his father a half sister a half brother his mother and step father all of Pearisburg and the Mountain View Methodist Church reported with Rev E H Saver officiating.
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Giles County
Waynesboro
Sherman Carl Nelson
Pearlsburg
Angela
Tammy Nelson
Pearisburg
Carl Nelson
Michael Nelson
Lillian Perkins
John S. Perkins
Mountain View Methodist Church
Rev
E. H. Saver
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton H. Jackson
J. J. Howard
Early Coleman
Bluefield State College
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
John A. Reed
Joan Alexis Reed
Hampton Institute
Luella Thompson
Bedford
Virginia C. McClow
Richmond
Calif
Nannie Chinn
Dayton
Earlie D. Coleman Jr
Albany
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Foster Turner
Charles Smith
Roger Woods
William A. Holcombe
Thomas Richard
Teddy) White
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Mullens
First Pentecostal Holiness Church of
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Mildred Wingo
Ethel Backus
Ruth Fisher
Basil White
Budd
Emory
Earl
Harold White
Lilly Willis
Salem
Anna Shipwash
Doxie Hayes
Pulaski
Preston Manuel
Max Meadows
George W. Seaver Chapel
Walter Wood Jr
Resthaven Park Cemetery
John M. Harman
John Marion Harman
Smith Chapel
Church of the Brethren
Raymond Booth
Roy McVey
Tazewell, Va
William and
Lurinda Bowman Hannan
Beaver Pond
Myrtle Allen Smith
Tracey St
Ballard
Laura Underwood Bivens
James R. Coleman
James Robert
Bob) Coleman
East Second St
John J
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Bob
Minnie Ellen Vencill Coleman
Lillie Taylor
Pounding Mill
Marie Yates
Satellite Beach
Shirley Harris
John M. Coleman
Walterboro
S. C
James R. Coleman Jr
Flint
Mich
Carrie Clark
Cedar Bluff
Nannie Griffith
Jewell Ridge
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
A. Charles Allen
Kelly McCoy
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Clinton Thompson
Clinton G
Doby) Thompson
Landgraff
U. S. Air Force
Taiwan
Elbert
Nannie Thompson
Wingfield Baptist Church
Northfork High School
Elbert Thompson Jr
Martinsville, Va
Ernest Thompson
Yonkers
N. Y
Betsy Thompson
Terry Thompson
Annetta Thompson
Montvennie Allen
Maceo Thompson
St. Albans
Leona Braxton
Beckley
J. A. Palmer
Oak Grove Cemetery
U. S. Air Force Base
Fayetteville
Kimball Funeral Home
James ED Taylor
Belfast
Russell County
Belfast United Methodist Church
Charles R. Bilks
W. J. Mercer
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Garnett Taylor
Harvey Taylor
Jim Frank Taylor
Paige White
Garnett Cox
Paul Hicks
Oliver Barnette
Clyde Mercer
Mrs
Mary Coleman
Myrtle Allen
Zuzonia
Lester
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