Funeral services for Charles T. Jenkins in Yukon
Charles T. Jenkins, 21, formerly of Caretta and recently of Detroit, will be laid to rest after funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church of God in Christ in Yukon. Burial follows in Rotenburg Cemetery in Keystone. He died in a Michigan automobile accident Monday. Surviving are his parents James C. Jenkins and Georgia Lee Tipton Jenkins and wife Carolyn Cook Jenkins, four brothers Ernest Jenkins in Korea, R. T. Jenkins of Embreeville, Clarence and Ray Jenkins of Caretta, six sisters Gloria Lee Nelson, Betty Briggs, Ruby Kirkpatrick, Mary Cox, Mildred Senter, and Nancy Jenkins. The 0 J. Douglas Funeral Home of Welch handles arrangements.
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Charles T. Jenkins
Caretta
Detroit
Church of God In Christ
Yukon
Rotenburg
Keystone
Jenkins
Michigan
James C. Jenkins
Georgia Lee Tipton Jenkins
Carolyn Cook Jenkins
Ernest Jenkins
U. S. Army
Korea
R. T. Jenkins
Embreeville
Tenn
Clarence
Ray Jenkins
Gloria Lee Nelson
Jonesboro
Bety Briggs
Ruby Kirkpatrick
Keedysville
Mary Cox
Arlington, Va
Milderd Senter
Washington, D. C
Nancy Jenkins
Hurley Miner Dies In Coal Mine Accident
Herman Stacy 27 of Hurley Virginia killed at Baker and Smith Coal Co mine in Hurley after being on the job two days he was operating a continuous miner when caught in a state fall. Survivors include wife Peggy Sue Stacy mother and father Lonnie and family. Funeral set Sunday 2 p.m. at home with Rev. A J Jarvis. burial Wolford Cemetery in Wolford Virginia. Body moved from Grundy Funeral Home to residence Friday.
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Herman Stacy
Hurley
Baker and Smith Coal Co
Peggy Sue Stacy
Lonnie Stacy
Herman Ellis Stacy
Pamela Sue
Crystal Joy Stacy
Bircie Wyse
Hansonville
Wadie Woods
Grundy
America Charles
Quincy, Millard
Ervin Stacy
Burton Stacy
Mann
A. J. Jarvis
Gary
Wolford Cemetery
Wiford
Grundy Funeral Home
Failure of Brakes Causes Auto Crash in Bluefield
Police said a 1957 model car driven by 84 year old George W. Bowles failed brakes on a steep Bland Street grade and crashed at the Bland and High Streets intersection about 8:40 P.M. Friday. The car struck the Leggett building, crossed Bland Street and hit a parked 1955 model car owned by Eva Cecil Ramsey. Officer Mack Tolley investigated.
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Bland and
High Streets
Bluefield
George W. Bowles
High St
Leggetts
Bland Street
Eva Cecil Ramsey
Mack Tolley
Ministers and wives meet of Flat Top Baptist Association
The ministers and ministers wives of the Flat Top Baptist Association will gather Monday at 11 am in the Memorial Building at Kimball with Rev. McKinley Raymore presiding.
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Flat Top Baptist Association
Kimball
McKinley Raymore
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 prints news via Associated Press. Weekly carrier 50 cents and yearly mail rates available. Bluefield West Virginia edition handled by Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Street.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Memeau Savecties the Rats Representative — Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals Reach From Falls Mills to Matoaka
Sampson Tillie Mathena 79 of Falls Mills Va died after a long illness at home. He was a retired Bosse vain miner and former N W rails worker. Funeral at Graham Bluefield with Rev. Ted Cook officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Frank Bodenheimer 6 a retired coal miner of Matoaka died of a heart attack at Bluefield Sanitarium. He was a UMWA member and a member of Hill Top Missionary Baptist Church. Burial at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton. Nina Grace Hooker 75 of Raysal died in Welch hospital after a long illness. She was Ray sal Freewill Baptist and wife of Ballard P Hooker. Burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Funeral home calls advised.
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Sampson Tillie Mathena
Falls Mills
Tip Top
Stephen and
Martha Tabor Mathena
Bossevain
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bossevain Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Bluefield Old Guard
Edna Dawson Mathena
Roy Mathena
Abbs Valley
Elia Barrett
Yards
Grat Snell
Frank Belk
Roanoke
Graham Funeral Home
Bluefield
Ted Cook
Woodlawn
Frank Bodenheimer
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Bluefield Sanitarium
Houston
Texas
Charles Bodenheimer
Tralee
Hill Top Missionary Baptist Church
Lula G. Bodenheimer
Ray and
Kenneth Bodenheimer
Hickory
N. C
Garnold Bodenheimer
San Bernardino
Calif
Ernest Fokien
Edward Paris
Benny Clay
Chicago
Til
Raymond Reed
Covel
Grece Brooks
Loyal Newton
Howard Denton
Jerry McIver
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Ivan Meadows
Paul Jenkins
Roselawn
Nina Grace Hooker
Raysal
Welch Hospital
McDowell County
William and
Bookie Hunt Cyphers
Raysal Freewill Baptist Church
Ballard P. Hooker
Death of Davy Resident Jack Mullins
Jack Mullins age 58 of Davy died Thursday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. A retired miner and 55-year Davy resident, he was survived by his wife Uncle Hale Mullins three sons Vincent Benny Jack Mullins of Davy and Betty Giaimo and Robert Mullins of Davy two sisters Nora Barber and Billy Jacobs two brothers Everett and Hiram Mullins nine grandchildren. The funeral was held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Davy Church of God with Rev. Bill Crane and Rev Homer Shaw. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton body moved from Fanning Funeral Home Welch to the home today at 4:30 p.m.
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Jack Mullins
Davy
Welch Hospital
Jack
Oma Mullins
Hale Mullins
Vincent Mullins
Benny Mullins
Welch
Betty Giaimo
Leonardo, N. J
Robert Mullins
Obituary notices for Light Lopez and Cox in Oak Hill Tucson Welch
Eugene Electa Light 8 of Fayetteville died in Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. He was a retired miner and Freewill Baptist member. survived by three sons, nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a brother. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill pending family arrival. Betty Crowell Lopez 40 formerly of Bluefield died suddenly in Tucson on June 1 1966. Survived by husband and three sisters and two sons. Ducted Monday June 6 in Tucson. Guy Cox Colewood died June 4 after a long illness. Funeral arrangements by C J Douglas Funeral.
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Eugene Electa Light
Salem Road
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Freewill Baptist Church
Nettie Light
Henry
Elect A. Light
Wilbur S. Light
Huntington Park
Calif
Truman Light
Weirton
Albert Light
Bel Air
Nelson Light
Harely
Thomas Funeral Home
Betty Crowell Lopez
Tucson
Arizona
Bluefield
Pauline Crowell
Chester C. Crowell
Dennis E. Parham
Richard D. Parham
Evelyn Myles
Madeline Albano
Buffalo
N.Y
Dorthy Smith
Tonawanda
Guy Cox
Colewood
Welch
C. J. Douglas
Funeral services set for Billy Shrader in Princeton
Funeral services for Billy Shrader 43 of Wichita Falls Texas and formerly Princeton will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton with Rev. Paul Hall officiating and burial at Resthaven Memorial Estates Born in Princeton he was the son of the late Will and Lizzie Shrader a World War II veteran and husband of Angie Shrader He died Tuesday at 5 a.m. in Wichita Falls from natural causes He leaves three sisters Mrs Lucy Gorden of Rural Retreat Virginia and Mrs Mary Robbins and Mrs Lena Johnston of Princeton and two brothers Cecil Shrader Princeton and Robert Shrader Wilmington Delaware.
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Billy Shrader
Wichita Falls
Tex
Princeton
Burns - Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Paul Hall
Resthaven Memorial Estates
Will
Lizzie Robinette Shrader
Angielene Lvona Shrader
Lucy Gorden
Rural Retreat
Mary Robbins
Lena Johnston
Cecil Shrader
Robert Shrader
Wilmington
Del
Funeral rites for Mrs Henderson in Bluefield
Funeral services for Mrs. Billie Jean Henderson of New Hope Road Princeton are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Linkford and Richardson Chapel Bluefield with Rev. Elsie Harris officiating. Burial in New Road family cemetery follows. She died Wednesday in a Princeton hospital. Surviving are husband Hunter Henderson stepsister Ruth Martin of Amonate Va and stepbrother Albert Woods of Bluefield. The funeral home will receive guests after 5 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers are Cecil Dickerson David Adams Jimmie Morris Lawrence Adams C R Sanders and Lawrence Stevens. Women’s Gospel Union members will carry flowers.
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Billie Jean Henderson
New Hope Road
Princeton
Linkford
Obituary: John B. Underwood Dies in Huntington Nursing Home
John B. Underwood 35 of Ingleside Mercer County died Friday in a Huntington nursing home. Survived by sister Mrs. Leonard Richards of Princeton. Funeral held Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev. Raymond Boothe officiating burial in Brown Cemetery near Hardy. Funeral home after 4 p.m. today.
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John B. Underwood
Ingleside
Mercer County
Huntington
Henry and
Maude Underwood
Leonard Richards
Princeton
Johnston Funeral Home
Oakvale
Raymond Boothe
Brown Cemetery
Hardy
Patterson man dies after long illness at home
Orvil Short aged 79 of Patterson Virginia died at his home at 1 p.m. Friday after a long illness. Grundy Funeral Home is handling the funeral arrangements, which remain incomplete.
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Orvil Short
Patterson
Grundy Funeral Home
Johnston Rites Held for Pearisburg Resident
Jesse E. Johnston 66 of Pearisburg Va died Thursday night in a Pearisburg hospital. He is survived by his wife Mable Johnston daughter Mrs Sam Bells of Pearisburg a son Preston Johnston of Radford two sisters Mrs Minnie Dennis and Mrs Lula Johnson. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Providence Methodist Church by Rev Luther Lawson with burial in Birchlawn Burial Park. Givens Funeral Home arranged the service then transported from the church one hour prior.
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Jesse E. Johnston
Pearisburg
Mable McGinley Johnston
Sam Bells
Preston Johnston
Radford
Minnie Dennis
Popular Hill
Lula Johnson
Narrows
Providence Methodist Church
Luther Lawson
Birchlawn
Givens Funeral Home
Pearlsburg
Obituary: Mary Lucille Shannon of Bluefield dies at home
Mary Lucille Shannon 59 of 18 Fourth St Bluefield died Friday about 9 a m at her home from natural causes. She was born in Burlington Kentucky and is preceded by siblings Nicholas Fagan Shan non. She is survived by brothers Robert Shannon Bluefield and Nick Shannon Weston. Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield to handle arrangements. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Mary Lucille Shannon
Fourth St
Bluefield
Burlington, Ky
She
Nicholas and
Alice Fagan Shannon
Robert Shannon
Nick Shannon
Weston
Hawkins Funeral Home
Local Coal Operator Carl Brown Dies at 49
Carl M. Brown of New Hope Road Princeton died Friday in Bluefield Sanitarium from a heart attack suffered Thursday. He was operator of B and B Coal Co in McDowell County. Body to Seaver Mortuary Princeton with calling after 2 p.m. Sunday. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Carl M. Brown
New Hope Road
Princeton
Bluefield
Brown
B and B Coal Co
McDowell County
Seaver Mortuary
Funeral service for Carrie Roark Shoemaker at Greenview Methodist
Carrie Roark Shoemaker 69 of Rt 1 Bluefield dies. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Greenview Methodist Church Green Valley with Rev Joseph R Kidd. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers include John Shoemaker Jr Raymond Shoemaker James Yates Vestal Yates Charles Jewell Jr and Fred Fritz. Flowers carried by Women’s Society of Christian Service and granddaughters. Body to Church from Mercer Funeral Home one hour before service.
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Shopmaker
Carrie Roark
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Greenview Methodist Church
Green Valley
Joseph R. Kidd
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
John Shoemaker Jr
Raymond Shoemaker
James Yates
Vestal Yates
Charles Jewell Jr
Fred Fritz
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Mercer Funeral Home
Gemini 10 Launch Planned After July 18 Doubleheader
Gemini 9 workmen repair the Gemini 9 rocket awaiting the July 18 launch of Gemini 10. John W. Young and Michael Collins will pilot a Titan 2 booster from Pad 19 to rendezvous with an Atlas-Agena in orbit 220 miles up. Young is a Navy commander and Collins an Air Force major.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Young
Collins
U. S
Navy
Air Force
Gemini 9 closes target docking with precise maneuvers
The Gemini 9 crew led by Stafford and Cernan completed a series of automatic and visual guided maneuvers to dock near the Augmented Target Docking Adapter at 170 miles orbit. The flight advances toward a planned 24 hour space walk as Cernan nears rocketry milestones and a connection to the Surveyor moon probe signals.
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Stafford
Cernan
ATDA
Edward H. White II
U.S
Space
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic Ocean
Postman Jailed For Discarding Mail in Norfolk
A Norfolk postman William C. was jailed after discarding class mail into a storm drain. A temporary Christmas postal employee faced lighter sentencing, but District Judge Walter E. Hoffman said he would not allow regular postmen to decide what they deliver.
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Norfolk
William C
Walter E. Hoffman
Delver
Concord Grads Honored Today at Alumni Events
Concord College marks a day of reunions with campus tours at 1:30 p.m. and a coffee for Classes of 1916 and 1941 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Alumni Banquet at 6:30 p.m. features Alumnus of the Year and Golden Alumni Awards with remarks by Robert D. Bailey and Senator Jennings Randolph.
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Concord College
College Center
Mercer-Tazewell
Robert D. Bailey
Jenningings Randolph
Antenna Seeks FCC Waiver to Carry 4 Distant Stations
C S TV of Chester West Virginia asks the FCC to waive rules so subscribers in Charleston Huntington area can receive four distant stations WHIS Bluefield WDTV Weston WBOY Clarksburg and W TAP Parkersburg The companies request cites the market as the nation’s largest and notes the stations do not normally reach the area FCC action date not indicated
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Washington
West Virginia
Federal Communications Commission
Firiday
Charleston-Huntington
C &S Tv, Inc
Chester
W. Va
FCC
WHIS
Bluefield
WDTV
Weston
WBOY
Clarksburg
WTAP
Parkersburg
CATV
Officers Elected By Bluefield Sales Executives
C Goodman Jones of Bluefield was named 1966 67 president of the Bluefield Sales Executive Club. The April meeting at Bluefield Country Club elected officers led by Jones who succeeds Charles R Scott. George R Evans Jr is first vice president H N Collins second vice president H Edward Steele secretary and Karl B Thomas treasurer. Cauthen Bovener and George Hendricks were named two year board members. Installation set for July 29.
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C. Goodman Jones
Bluefield
Bluefield Country Club
Jones
Charles R. Scott
George R. Evans Jr
H. N. Collins
H. Edward Steele
Karl B. Thomas
Charles Cauthen
N. S. Bovenizer
George Hendricks
Hercules Workers Remain On Strike
About 900 workers at the Hercules Inc fibre and film plant in Convington Virginia stayed on strike. A bargaining session between Hercules and the United Paper Workers and Paper Makers is scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Convington, Va
Hercules Inc. Fibre and Film
United Paper Workers and Paper Markers
Stafford’s Space Talk on Separated Shroud
Stafford describes the link up collar moving as Cernen notes the jaws of the device closing. Mission Control doubts the shroud separation while Stafford replies with resignation.
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Stafford
Cernen
Mission Control
Cape
Houston
Methodists Propose Panel at Clarksburg Hospital Labor Trouble
The West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church focuses on labor management strife at Union Protestant Hospital in Clarksburg amid a yearlong union organizing effort. It backs a committee plan urging the hospital board to form a panel to settle inequities. The conference also approves a $100000 Methodist student center at Glenville State College and sets its 1967 meeting at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
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Buckhannon
West Virginia
Glenville State College
West Virginia Wesleyan College
World War I Vets Hold 18th West Virginia Convention
Registration opened Friday for the 18th annual West Virginia convention of the Veterans of World War I in Charleston. Sessions run through Sunday with remarks from Rep. John M Slack Jr and Dr. A W Loy, plus state commander Richard L Greene of Charleston.
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Charleston
Saint Mihiel
Marne
Belleau Wood
West Virginia
John M. Slack Jrr
D-W. Va
A. W. Loy
Grandview
Tenn
Richard L. Greene
Victor Poston Se jailed for warehouse theft
Victor M. Poston, 29, of Huntington, part of a four man indictment for a wholesale warehouse theft, was sentenced to 1 to 10 years in prison by Common Pleas Court Judge Ernest Winters after a breaking and entering conviction.
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Huntington (Ap
Victor M. Poston
Huntington
Common Pleas Court
Ernest Winters
Poston
Barbara Moore Succumbs At 85
Barbara Elvira Moore 85 of Links Grove in Tazewell County Va died Friday morning in a Beard Pocahontas County hospital after a long illness. A Abbs Valley native and descendant of Captain James Moore she was a mercantile businesswoman in Pocahontas then moved to Monroe County ten years ago. Survivors include three sisters Mrs R S Deamer of Pickaway Brown Moore and Mrs R C Mustard of Links Grove. Funeral held Sunday at 2 30 pm at Broyles Funeral Home Union with Rev Billee Mick officiating burial in New Lebanon Cemetery near Pickeral home. Pallbearers John Ratliff Bill McNeil Bill Martin Oscar and Clinton Moore and Charles Deamer.
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Barbara Elvira Moore
Links Grove
Tazewell County
Beard
Pocahontas County
Abbs Valley
James Moore
J. C
Sarah Moore
Pocahon
Pickaway
John Ratliff
Bill McNeil
Bill Martin
Oscar
Clinton Moore
Charles Deamer
Miner Dearth Charge Denied
Pikeville Kentucky AP C E Bean president United Mine Workers District 30 says Eastern Kentucky miners shortage is skilled workers like electricians not overall. He criticizes the federal work experience program for unemployed fathers called the happy pappies program as unrelated and says some in the program are unqualified. Cloyd McDowell president of the Harlan County Coal Operators Association cites a manpower shortage blamed on federal give away programs including the happy pappies program. Bean says the program is not
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Pikeville
C. E. Bean
United Mine Workers Union District 30
Kentucky
Bean
Cloyd McDowell
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Jobless Benefits Down in May Charleston AP
Unemployment benefits fell in May with $748,271 paid out, down $198,072 from April and $315,403 below May 1965. First five months show a 23.6 percent drop versus last year. five month average this year is $1,235,526 versus $1,622,120 then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Department of Employment Security
180 Traffic Deaths By The Associated Press
Traffic fatalities reached 180 to date, up from 173 a year earlier, as authorities monitor roadway safety trends and enforcement efforts across regions.
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Graham High School
Roger Pardue
Secre
Tary Clifton Burress
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Pat Stinson
Clark M. Brown
Stinson
Graham Hedrick
Clearfork
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Rein
New England
Florida
Western Lakes Region
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
T. Mathena
Mrs
Nina Hooker
Blanche Shortridge
Vansant
John Addair
Avondale
Elmo
Herman Hooker
English
Herbert Hooker
Willie Hooker
Baltimore
David Deskins
Drewey Blankenship
Tazewell
Estella Rowe
Mich
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Clarence Cyphers
Claude Cyphers
Richmond
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Eugene Light
Betty Lopez
Billie Henderson
J. E. Johnston
Mary Shannon
Carl Brown
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