Bluefield approves 7500 for storefront designs downtown
Bluefield Board of Directors allocates 7500 dollars to a Chamber of Commerce project to hire General Design Inc of Illinois for new storefront designs in downtown Bluefield. The firm will survey merchants by June 22 and create storefront plans as part of downtown revitalization efforts.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Chamber
W. K. Bentley
General Design, Inc
Randel O. Bond
Bentley
Angelo Monaco
Edwin Elliott
Allen Connolly
Monaco
Fred Burton
Burton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Publishing Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and home delivery rates, with West Virginia pricing and regional rate information. It notes association with the Associated Press for news dispatches and credits local news to the paper.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Chevelon Advertising Representative
London
Teller Is Charged With Embezzling
Dorothy Smith Reed a McDowell County bank teller faced a three count federal indictment charging embezzling more than $13 000 from the McDowell County National Bank in Welch She allegedly falsified records to show the funds went to loans and faces up to 5000 fine and five years in prison or both if convicted
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Charleston
W.va
McDowell County
McDowell County National Bank
Welch
Dorothy Smith Reed
Jurors Report Today in Mercer County Court
Jurors in the Mercer County Circuit Court under Judge Howard M. Jarrett report at 9 30 a.m. The case Otto Bowles versus Molly Harden is set for today with Harold Eagle of Hinton for the plaintiff and James Satterfield of Princeton for the defendant.
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Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Otto Bowles
Molly Harden
Harold Eagle
Hinton
James Satterfield
Princeton
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Melvin Dee Sweeney 42 of Caretta dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Survivors include wife Phyllis Delp Sweeney and children in Chicago and Caretta. Funeral Friday at Calvary Baptist Church War with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Other notices list Arlene Majors in Maybeury, Maude Pannell in Princeton, Jesse Rose in Rock, Zola Fox in Princeton, Christina Barley in Welch, Daisy Matney in Bluefield, Kay Malone in Monroe, John Hearld in Bluefield, and John Youther Sr. in Bluefield.
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Melvin Dee Sweeney
Caretta
Welch Hospital
Forrest City
Ark
Melvin
Agnes Mae Reedy Sweeney
American Legion Post 43
Calvary Baptist Church
Phyllis Delp Sweeney
Mary Elizabeth Sweeney
Susan Sweeney
Chicago
Ill
Amy Jo Sweeney
David Sweeney
Mark Sweeney
Jeannie Slaven
Indianapolis
Ind
James Sweeney
Beatrice Moss
Margaret Lamb
Alice Thurman
Shirley Lamb
Jerry Reedy
Florida
War
Lance Yost
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefeild-Tazewell Road
Douglas Mortuary
Obituary notices for Brown and Munsey residents
Mary Frances Brown 86 of Swords Creek Va died after illness in Richlands hospital. Survived by five daughters four sons and numerous grandchildren. Funeral held at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Robert Howard Munsey 52 of Lebanon Va died after apparent heart attack at work. Survived by wife two sons two daughters and siblings. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Lebanon Funeral Home.
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Mary Frances Brown
Swords Creek
Richlands
Russell County
Potter
Sally Compton Whited
Methodist Church
J. M. Brown
Charles
Ollie) Boyd
Lebanon
Leonard
Hattie) Griffith
Audrey Ward
Adrian
Sally Irene) Breedlove
Goldie Compton
Honaker
Dick Brown
Elbert Brown
Charlie Mack Brown
Jim Brown
Claude
Artie) Rickman
Rufus Whited
Bandy
Honaker Funeral Home
Truel Brown
Kyle Brown
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Robert Howard Munsey
N & W Railway
Lebanon Furniture Company
U. S. Air Force
Shelby Roman Munsey
Robert Howard Munsey Jr
Timothy Joseph Munsey
Kingsport
Tenn
Obituary for Harve Good of Breaks Virginia
Harve Good 90 of Breaks Va died in Grundy hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a retired miner son of Riley and Mary Good husband of Orva McCown Good. Survived by four daughters, one sister, 10 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren. Service 11 a m Breaks Church of Christ officiated by Roy Robinson. Burial in Davis Cemetery near Haysi Va. Remains move from Grundy Funeral Home to church at 10 a m with call times. Active pallbearers are grandsons and great grandsons. Grundy Funeral Home in charge.
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Maude P. Pannell
Straley Avenue
Princeton
The
Baptist Church
McDowell County
Anstead
Eldridge
Annie Beasley Parrish
John L. Pannell
Robert
Kenneth Pannell
Lena Dillon
Lucille Alvis
Wanda Pannell
Edith Tyree
Glen Rogers
Fred Tickle
Coalwood
L ‘A.m
George W. Seaver Chapel
George Kelly
Stan Callahan
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Jerry Sproles
Ray Danavant
Bobby Nelson
Charles Nelson
Billy Tickle
Bob Tickle
Jesse Henry Rose
Rock
Bluefield
Welch
Ed Lee Roland
UMWA
Pauline Pennington Rose
Kermit
Shirley) Lucado
Wayne
Glenda) O'Dell
Laurel
David
Delia Darlene) Graves
Charleston
S.C
Jessee Eugene Rose
Lambert Roland
Kenneth Roland
Edgar Roland
Thorpe
Lettie Neal
Ruth Anderson
Hagerstown
Agnes Wimmer
Cleveland
Ohio
Marie Roland
Winnon Lake
Ind
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Roy Lacy
Howard Ward
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
Booker Fowler
Kyle Gordan
Ferrell Gordon
Preston Gordan
Jimmie Gillespie
Herbert Gillespie
Kermit Lucado
Montcalm
Daisy Hogan Matney
Clark Street
Long
High Point
N. C
John Hogan
Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church
Elaine
Bronx
N.Y
Mabel Beard
Annie Williams
Richmond
Nellie Edwards
Baltimore
Bill Matney
Detroit
Mich
Mars Hogan
N.C
Sinkford-Richardson Funeral
Richard Rouquie
Restlawn
Lewisburg
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral
Kay B. Malone
Monroe
Ralph W
Lotus Turner Brown
Lee Park Baptist Church
Homer Lee Malone
Sherry
Cindy
Patty Malone
Jeffery Malone
Joyce B. Reed
Lynchburg
Gerald Brown
Wayne Brown
Enid
Okla
Charles Brown
Orange
Thurman Johnson
Lakeland Memorial Park
McEwen Funeral Home
John Henry Hearld
Tyler Street
Mercer County
Pearl E. Hearld
J. T. Mays
Raymond McGee
Norma Jean Blankenship
Donnie
Carol) Bennett
District Heights
Maxie E. Herald
Mercer Funeral Home
Fay Snider
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Henry Davis
Danny Thomas
Jack Hoops
Jim Hatcher
J.W. Hatcher
Hylin Hatcher
John D. Youther Sr
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Salem
Veterans Hospital
Foreman
Ark
Gladys Compton Youther
Peacee
Judy Meador
Roanoke
John Youther Jr
Ronnie Bailey
Springfield
Bobby
Curtis Compton
Falls Church
Billie Jean Ward
Linda Carol Cain
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Homer Roller
Grandview Memory Gardens
Harve Good
Breaks
Grundy
Riley
Mary Good
Orva McCown Good
June Church
Wanda Basham
Ozark
Ala
Fern West
Olar
S. C
Irene Suden
Satellite Beach
Fla
Lily Justice
Justiceville
Breaks Church of Christ
Roy Robinson
Davis Cemetery
Haysi
Grundy Funeral
Grundy Funeral Home
Luther Wiley Dies at 62 in Gary Natural Causes
Luther Wiley 62 of Gary died at a Welch hospital from natural causes. Arrangements are in progress at Page Funeral Home in Welch.
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Luther Wiley
Gary
Welch Hospital
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Funeral notices from Flat Top to Bluefield Va and Bramwell
Obituary notices list Frailty Frona Lilly 82 Flat Top and Flora Georgia Taylor 62 Bluefield with services at Bailey and Cravens Shires funeral homes. Evans Omar 79 Bluefield Va and Lillie Beatrice Yost 77 Port Clinton Ohio formerly Bramwell also scheduled. Several other names and pallbearers noted with call times and burial at Maple Hills Maple Hill Woodlawn etc.
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Rt. 3
Bluefield
Yost
Lillie Beatrice
Port Clinton
Ohio
Bramwell
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
I. E. Morris
Maple Hill Cemetery
Daily Telegraph
Herbert Shaffer
Alec Williams
Ellis Williams
Clyde Lambert
Cly Lambert
Roberts Seizes Mayoral Win After Write-In Campaign
In a surprising turn, Perry Roberts defeats primary winner James Stafford by four votes, with 31 challenged ballots potentially altering the result. Turnout reached 202 voters, Roberts noting he remains in the saddle. Roberts had 86 votes to 82 for Stafford, who won the primary by 17.
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Jaeger
Perry Roberts
James Stafford
Stafford
Roberts
Princeton elects four councilmen in poor turnout
In Princeton, four ward seats on the city council were decided with 807 voters casting ballots. Incumbent Lewis I. Skeens won Ward IV unopposed. Gilbert E. Bailey took Ward I. John P. Matthews won Ward II. and incumbent John B. Conley won Ward III. New terms start July 1.
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Princeton
Lewis I. Skeens
Gilbert E
Gene) Bailey
John P. Matthews
John B. Conley
Bailey
Raymond L. Rose
Homer O. Skeens
Skeens
Richard Kephart
George Lanton
Matthews
Graham
Skeen
Pennzoil
East Drive
Columbia Gas
Three Princeton residents injured in Route 460 crash
Three Princeton residents Richard McKinney 24 John L. Overbay 27 and Jeanette Day 17 were injured in a two vehicle crash five miles east of Princeton on Route 460 near Glyn Lyn. A 5 year old passenger in the other vehicle was uninjured.
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Princeton
Glyn Lyn
Richard McKinney
John L. Overbay
Jeanette
McKinney
Paul Whitlow
Princeton Community Hospital
Whitlow
Jamie Lee Meadows
McKinney Auto
Brown: Utility destroyed by crash not storm
Bluefield resident Harvey H. Brown said a utility building he owns was not damaged by the Monday storm. He said a van crash last Saturday caused the destruction and the Bluefield police department is investigating the incident.
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Bluefield
Harvey H. Brown
Daily Telegraph
Brown
Jefferson Quote on Happiness and Work
A concise quotation emphasizes that true happiness comes not from wealth or splendor but from tranquility and meaningful work, attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Sutton Avenue
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