State Board to Study Building Projects Across WV Colleges
The State Board of Education meets June 13-14 in Charleston to review new building plans. Highlights include a $400,000 Bluefield State College student union dining hall, a $1.25 million Marshall women’s dormitory with $600,000 from the capital fund and $650,000 in revenue bonds, a $400,000 Wes Virginia Tech student union project, and revenue bond provisions for Glenville State College. Also on the agenda are textbook adoptions for elementary geography history civics and audits of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and the Institute Vocational Rehabilitation Center.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Marshall University
Bluefield State College
Marshall
Wes Virginia Tech
Glenville State College
Ancil Bailey
Legislative Auditor's Office
West Virginia Schools For the
Romney
Institute
Miners at Cannelton Coal Cite Unauthorized Strike
About 400 miners at the Cannelton Coal Co near Montgomery WV failed to report to work on Friday in an unauthorized strike over contract differences. Paul Morton, company president, said he expects a return to work on Monday. A United Mine Workers official declined to comment.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Cannelton Coal Co
Here
Paul Morton
Morton
United Mine Workers
Merchandising Shows Scheduled In Bluefield This Weekend
Bluefield will host two merchandising events this weekend. The Merchants and Buyers Show runs Sunday through Tuesday at the West Virginian Hotel with exhibits moved to the upstairs mezzanine. Concurrently Bluefield Fashion Exhibitions stage at the Bluefield Auditorium.
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Bluefield
West Virginian
Bluefield Auditorium
Dr Ronald S Wallace to Preach at Graham Church
Dr Ronald S Wallace, minister of Lothian Road Parish Edinburgh, will deliver the 11 am sermon tomorrow at Graham Presbyterian Church in Bluefield Virginia. He has spent three months visiting professors at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur Georgia and has published several sermon volumes including The Gospel Miracles and Many Things in Parables.
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Ronald S. Wallace
Lothian Road
Church of Scotland
Edinburgh
Scotland
Graham Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Wallace
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Obituaries for Hill and Barnett in Virginia
Funeral services for Harry L. Hill of Richwood are set Saturday at 3:00 p.m. EST at White-Coleman Funeral Chapel with burial at Mountain View Memorial Cemetery. Hugh M. Barnett of Richlands will be buried at Greenhills Memory Gardens after a 2:00 p.m. service at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev. James C. Hollenhead.
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Barnett
Hugh M
Richlands
Hurst-Scott
James C. Hollenhead
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Adopts Historic Local Masthead
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces publication details and pricing for carrier editions, noting its establishment by a local printing company in Bluefield West Virginia. It highlights Associated Press membership and distribution terms for daily and Sunday issues.
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Ph Prin! Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Perry
Virginia
Reccalias Manves
Katzvive
Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and surrounding areas
Funeral services are set for Ernest Kelly Lurber 67 of Bluefield at Dudley Memorial Mortuary with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Also listed are Rev James Scales 72 of Anawalt, Mrs Emma Jane Stone at Bluefield Mount Zion Church, Mrs Frances Cook Hart 72 of Coulwood, and Johns Snider 65 of Eggleston with details on survivors, churches, and burial sites.
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Emma Jane Stone
Rock St
Bluefield
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Alexander ‘Gregory
Mozelle Scruggs
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Bassett
Stone
Pastor's Aid Society
Dabney Club
the Baptist Church
Obituary notices from Mercer and surrounding counties
Death notices for Mrs. Bessie Thornton Miller of Kellysville Mercer County and Nathan E. Davis of North Fork recount survivors and funeral details. Also includes funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hester L Levenia Yates of Roanoke and Abbs Valley with surrounding family members and burial plans.
Mrs Camelia Mullins Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Camelia Vance Mullins 80 died with a lingering illness at her daughter Clema McCoy’s home Route 2 Coeburn Virginia. Surviving are her daughter and a granddaughter. The body returns to the residence Saturday at 5 p.m. Services Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev. Maston Rose officiates. Burial in the family cemetery. Miller Funeral Home Clintwood Virginia in charge.
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Sallie Dye
Richard Dye
Abbs Valley
Ben McCormick
Pocahontas
Jerry McCroskey
Virginia Brown
Marion
Floyd Dye
Cleveland
Ohio
Walter Dye
Robert Ray
Mullens
Lank Ray
Maben
Minnie Houck
Oden Lockhart
Barnett Cemetery
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Camelia Vance Mullins
Clema McCoy
Route 2
Coeburn
Maston Rose
Miller Funeral Home
Clintwood
Obituary of Joe Ashley of Davy and family notices
Joe Ashley 67 of Davy died Thursday night in Welch Hospital. A retired coal miner born in Johnson County Tennessee, he leaves widow Mary Catherine Roberts Ashley, four daughters Mrs John Stillwell Mrs James Dillon Mrs Polly Mason Mrs Hershel Key, a son Joe Ashley Jr., a brother Stacy Ashley and a sister Mrs De Bolden. Funeral conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in Free Will Baptist Church Big Jenny. burial in Big Jenny Cemetery. Body received Saturday at 4 p.m. from O J Douglas Mortuary Welch.
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James Scales
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
First Baptist Church
H. E. Price
F. D. Thornton
J. C. Ealey
Restlawn Memorial Estates
McDowell
Scales
Mudfork
O'Toole Baptist
Flat Top Baptist Association
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Robert Black Post
Gary
Madison
N. C
Joe
Jane Kellem Scales
Stella Scales
John
Clarence
Columbus
Ohio
Lilly Green
Mae Edwards
Dorotha
Myrtle Scales
Frances Jordan
Cleveland
Lugo
Bessie Thornton Miller
Arthur Miller
Kellysville
Mercer County
Bluefield
Raymond
Edward
Marion Miller
Peterstown
Mary Comer
Hazel Thompson
Donnie Bailey
Eva Crawford
Wikes
Violet Raines
Will Thornton
Glen Lyn
Chester Thornton
Roy Thornton
Princeton
Kellysville Church
Nathan E. Davis
Northfork
Finney
McDowell County
Myrtle Harpe Davis
Donald E. Honaker
Wayne
Bessie Caldwell
Maplewood
Mary Davis
Northfork Methodist Church
Eldon Cuppett
Woodlawn
C. B. Bower
Don Kirby
Harry Fornica
Roy Reece
Ish Britton
Fred Dotson
Bennett Funeral Home
Maude Belle Kovacs
John Kovacs
Davy
Jackson
Freewill Baptist Church
Big Jenny
Amos Belcher
Joe Ashley
Johnson County
Tenn
Mary Catherine Roberts Ashley
John Stillwell
Coalwood
James Dillon
Itmann
Polly Mason
Hershel Key
Joe Ashley Jr
Stacy Ashley
North Welch
de Bolden
Wilmington
Lawrence Miller
Bill Deel
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Beer sales must follow Eastern Standard Time in Mercer County
State Police Sgt Walter Pike said Mercer County beer retailers should operate on Eastern Standard Time and not Daylight Saving Time. He cited West Virginia rules setting hours from 7 am to midnight on weekdays and 1 pm to midnight on Sundays, urging shops to set clocks back to EST to avoid violations.
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Mercer County
Walter Pike
Princeton
Pike
West Virginia
G. E. Davis Jr
Charleston
Catholic Boy Scout Retreat Reactivation Planned
Sacred Heart Boy Scout Troop 69 is being reactivated with plans discussed at E. M. Carrigan’s Cumberland Road home. Attendees included Robert Bruch Joe Cassidy Michael Morrison Jr and Jack Lewis Scout Executive of the Appalachian Council. The Catholic Boy Scout Retreat will be held June 29 30 and July 1 at Raleigh County 4 H Camp Beckley with registration through June 20 open to all Catholic Scouts.
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Sacred Heart Boy Scout
E. M. Carrigan
Cumberland Road
Catholic Scouting
Diocese of Wheeling
Robert Bruch
Joe Cassidy
Michael Morrison Jr
Jack Lewis
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Raleigh County
Beckley
West Virginia
Virginia
Carrigan
Parties Set Dates for State Supreme Court Nomination
GOP and Democratic leaders meet in Charleston to select convention dates and draw ground rules for nominating a judge to fill the late Leslie E. Given seat. Conventions to be held in August with Democrats likely to back Judge Fred Caplan of Clarksburg for the interim term ending December 31, 1968.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Leslie E. Given
Fred Caplan
Clarksburg
Barron
Income Tax in West Virginia to surpass estimates
West Virginia's personal income tax is projected to bring in more revenue than expected for the first 18 months. Director Clifford G. Lantz reported $21.34 million in gross receipts through June 30 versus a $18.75 million net receipts estimate. Refunds total about $1.6 to $1.8 million, with 325,000 of 373,750 examined returns accepted and 48,250 set for detailed audits. About 100,000 refunds have already been issued totaling around $900,000.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Clifford G. Lantz
Income Tax Division
Lantz
Railway Building Damaged By Fire In Princeton
Firefighters say a Norfolk and Western Railway building on Industrial Lane in Princeton suffered extensive damage at 1 30 p m yesterday. The leased premises housed Pruitt Upholstery Co with five workers refining furniture. Fumes from lacquer and thinner reportedly ignited from an undetermined source, damaging furniture and burning the roof which will need replacement.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Princeton
Pruitt Upholstery Co
Weather Outlook Temperatures Through midweek
Temperatures through Wednesday average near normal with lows around 53 to 58 and highs near 79 to 84. Warmer Sunday or Monday followed by a cooler Tuesday. Showers Sunday or Monday total about one inch.
Ex Cedar Bluff Couple Die in Belcamp MD Truck Crash
A former Tazewell County couple, Francis Nipper 40 and Julie Ellen Price Nipper 39, died when their pickup collided with a tractor trailer in Belcamp Maryland Thursday. The Nippers, formerly of Cedar Bluff, were en route to work. Francis worked for Pike Construction and Julie for a local restaurant. Surviving family includes five stepchildren and multiple siblings and parents. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands VA.
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Tazewell County
Churchville
Belcamp
Maryland
Francis Nipper
Julie Ellen Price Nipper
Cedar Bluff
John Monk
Tazewell
Nipper
Pike Construction Co
Arnold Nipper
Alonzo Nipper
Indianapolis
Ind
James
Fred Nipper
California
Charlie
Ada Victoria Durham Price
Polly Ellen Kennedy
Sandra Lee Monk
Ada V. Stacy
Pineville
Ida Patricia Kennedy
Charlie Kennedy
Nellie Brewster
Stella Brewster
Clyde Price
Red Ash
Charlie Price
James Price
Baltimore
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Parkersburg Man and Daughter Drowned in Ohio River
A Parkersburg steelworker W. W. Jones about 40 and his daughter Karen Sue 11 drowned in the Ohio River below Vienna after the girl stepped into a deep hole during a swim. Jones tried to save her but both disappeared beneath the water.
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Parkersburg
Ohio
Vienna
W. W. Jones
Karen Sue
Jones
James
Thomas Jovial For Convention
Norman Thomas opened a three day Socialist party convention in Washington. The 77 year old elder statesman joked about the party’s lack of members and its shift from running a president. He criticized the Senate for cutting aid to Communist and Marxist nations and joked about labeling President Kennedy as Marxist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
America
Darlington Hoopes
Thomas
Senate
United States
Kennedy
Motorists Told to Check Expired Vehicle Inspection Stickers
State Police Supt Burchett ordered commanders to enforce inspection sticker rules after records show thousands of expired stickers this year. Officers should enlist local law enforcement help to halt violations, with fines up to 100 dollars for driving without a proper sticker.
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Charleston
West
Thousands Of Pupils Visit State Capitol
In May the state Capitol housed 141 pupil groups totaling 5 792 children visiting the Capitol basement museum. May museum visitors reached 8 807 with 419 tourists from 35 states and five foreign countries.
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Charleston
State
Mary Jenkins
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Scot
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
E. K. Surber
Ernest Kelly Lurber
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Luther Marks
Charles Aldridge
Monte Vista Cemetery
Albert Hanson
Clifford Hawley
Frank Harrell
Charles Sawyers
Bill Webb
Palmer Lester
Clyde Leffel
L. E. Hambrick
Walter Hawkins
Charles Davidson
Jack Hawley
Gulf Oil
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William J
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Euva Smith Surber
Henry Webb Jr
Blair Stout
Portsmouth, Va
E. K. Surber Jr
U.S. Army
Fort Meade
Ellen Roberts
Matewan
Baize Surber
Bethlehem, Pa
J. E. Scales
Emma J. Stone
Millie Burl
Rosa Farley
Georgiana Lewis
The
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Mary Vaden
Hattie Black
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Mrs
Frances Hart
Frances Cook Hart
Coulwood
Frank Hart
Burt Sampson
Fred Owens
Woodrow Barrett
Henry Hamm
Willard Ball Jr
Honaker
Alta Turner
Nannie Johnson
Bristol
Finney Baptist Church
James Short
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Honaker Funeral Home
Johns Snider
Eggleston
Pearisburg
Bear Spring Methodist Church
Carr Jones
Snider
Goldbend
A. West and Son Funeral Home
White Gate
N. E. Davis
Hester L. Yates
Hester Levenia Yates
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Salem
B. E. Underwood
Sherwood Park
Yates
Roanoke
James Yates
Mildred Atkins
R. E. Shaver
B. E. Falls
Harry Perdue
Jennie McNeil
Pilot,Va
E. W. Yates
Morris Yates
Blacksburg
Thomas Yates
Tampa
Fla
Lotz Funeral Home
William J. Owens
William Jesse Owens
Narrows
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Dublin
Owens
Giles Memorial Hospital
Laura Owens
Hampton J. Owens
Pulaski
Marie Willis
Elizabeth Gray
Cincinnati
Mrs. Sallie Dye
Maude B. Kovacs
Camelia Mullins
Commerce Street
Fred Herman
Buffalo
N. Y
Bluefield Sales Executive Club
Bluefield Country Club
Herman
N. S. Bovenizer
Jim Godwin
Louis Pais
Howard Stanton
Weather Outlook
Crown
Roller Floral Co
Dial
Steele, Lopaka
MacKenzie
Channel
Thomas Jovial
State Capitol
Nehi Bottling Co
Bluefield, Va
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