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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1979
Page
3
A string of obituaries from Welch Princeton Bluefield and surrounding towns lists survivors and funeral details for Clifford Tedder Harry Walter Bevins Laura Farley Betsy Houchins Waldo Hall and Matthew Mitchell. Services are noted with dates times and burial sites with local churches and funeral homes mentioned.
Virginian charged in a case involving a pike incident about 20 miles from Charleston. Details are sparse but identify a Virginian as a key figure in the event. Further facts and exact location remain unclear from the fragment.
Homemakers plan a Thursday 10 30 a m meeting at the home of Mrs Mary Collins 218 Barger St Bluefield to organize for 1980 President Mrs Jessie Johnson urges all members to attend. Memorial notices list services for Bluefield residents including Kaylor Nee se Mann Pack Martin and Pack with dates and pallbearers.
After a 3-3 vote the Princeton City Council defeated a proposal to dedicate 2.7 acres of city land to Princeton Community Hospital for a proposed 2 million nursing home. Supporters argued beds for long term care. opponents urged recreation use. The plan involved funding steps, a Buildings Commission, and a YMCA concept. A town fair was proposed to raise funds for a community center.
Local notice outlines subscription prices for mail delivery in different zones. Annual rate listed as 92.80 dollars with home delivery at 4.40 per month. Includes AP affiliation and publication details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield Virginia.
Princeton police continue a probe into a breakin at the East Side Confectionary where a thief or thieves netted an undetermined amount. Detectives seek tips from the public as they review reports and evidence.
A 21 year old Laeger area man and Navy EMS 3 James Booker Riffe was killed in a Thursday automobile accident in Chester Pennsylvania. He was born in Laeger, a 1975 Jaeger High School graduate, and entered the Navy in 1975 aboard the USS El Paso. He was a member of the Church of the Living God in Garland and the adopted son of Rev and Mrs Booker Riffe. He leaves a son James Patton Riffe, biological parents John and Audrey Miller, a brother Jack Miller and four sisters Patricia Wolford Sue Allen Penny and Nancy Miller. Services set for 1 p.m. at the Church of the Living God with interment at Addair Viars Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain. Pallbearers named. Funeral home Fanning in Saeger handling arrangements.
Funeral services are held today at 11 a.m. for Lloyd Bobbie Gunter 21 of Lashmeet who died from a Saturday gunshot wound. Bailey Funeral Home Princeton oversees arrangements with Rev Rae Kinzer officiating. Burial follows at Cheery Rutledge area with Trennis Shrewsbury Robert Wood and Jerry Jenkins named among those assisting.
The report notes Stear, newcomer Vick Davis and former councilman Preston Hef finger on the race as a fifth council seat looms for incumbent Mayor Perry Roberts the sole Republican on the ballot. Stafford’s 1977 win reportedly overturned by a narrow tally and Recorder Ruby Fanning runs unopposed.
AP reports President Monday facing an investigatory commission over a multimillion dollar government scandal cover up related to Vorster era policies. In Charleston, IBEW workers strike across multiple divisions, including Kanawha River plants and regional operations as of May. In Christiansburg a Montgomery County jury recommends death for Buddy Earl Justus for murder during rape of a pregnant woman, with separate life sentence for home invasion and firearm use.
Truckers anchored at Boswell's Truck Stop in Newport Arkansas say they cannot move due to lack of money and fuel as the Independent Truckers Association calls a nationwide shutdown. A convoy led by Robert Somers from Colorado arrived in Washington with police escort to meet lawmakers and DOT and ICC officials, then departed leaving Somers and two others to press talks.
Incumbents Robert Moore and Shirley Lambert run for council alongside Ward I Councilman R L Robinson and Ward III Councilman Jessie Williams. Newcomer Jessie Jones runs against Miller in 1977 with cee See Sene noted. Other unopposed races include Recorder Ernest Flinn Council Richard Crigger Jr Teresa Linkous and Quinto Falgiani Jr Jack Jenkins and Glen Reese. Polls open 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m at four locations Ward I Mercer County Courthouse Ward II Bay United Ward III Men s Interdenominational Fire Substation on Oliver Ave. The election reflects county precinct line and ward boundary splits in a small city area.
Notice states Dr. Richard C. Rogers Jr will withdraw from clinical medicine starting July 1 1979 and permanently discontinue treating all patients. Patients may request transfer of records by contacting him at Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic Building 525 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia to complete transfer forms.
Funeral services for Walter Little III 15 of Bluefield Virginia are set for Wednesday. He is survived by his mother Mary Elizabeth Barskile Little of Newark father Walter Little Jr address unknown grandparents Mr and Mrs Booker Barskile of Newark an aunt Maggie Barskile of Bluefield and several other aunts and uncles Pallbearers will be Coy Ferguson The body will be taken to the church at 4 pm today where a Commission which operates the present community hospital and built the new one will be occupied next week He was expected to be for several days hospitalized a family spokesman said.
A service spokesman told the Daily Telegraph that persons with pending criminal charges cannot join the Army. He commented on a report about an 18-year-old Princeton youth who was allowed to join the Army instead of facing grand larceny charges. William O. Bivens Jr. to join the National Guard, not the Army, and Bivens dismissed the charges pending against the youth.
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