Tazewell Supervisors Approve $9.7 Million Budget Figure
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved a 9,741,810.82 dollar budget for the new fiscal year, matching the figure proposed at a May 27 hearing. District tax rates rise to 4.80 in Eastern and Western districts, Central remains at 4.60, with ongoing school funding and new positions approved. The panel also discussed a landfill site, naming procedures for a school board successor, senior volunteer program, and a planned public session for June 29. A bid for an Richlands athletic field house was tabled after a low bid of 99,670.
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Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Graham
Tazewell
Richlands
Pocahontas High
Charles Thomason
Lester Jones
George Walker
Virginia Rt. 649
Tazewell County Health Department
W. L. Sexton
Ben Susman
Tazewell County Development Corporation
Sam Ward Bishop
Thompson Valley
Jeffersonville
Cumberland Plateau
Willard Hawkins
Big Walker Mountain
Early U S Army ink pen spur in world war era
Britannica notes that the Army Quartermaster General urged development of a ball point pen during World War II. The design required leak resistance at high altitudes, quick drying ink unaffected by climate, and a long lasting ink supply, shaping the instrument’s wartime use.
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U.S
Army Quartermaster General
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Snapshot
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes general local news and Associated Press dispatches. The paper operates from 412 Blane Street Bluefield West Virginia with standard subscription and motor route rates and advertising representation by Mathews Shannon Cullen.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blane Street
Bluefieid
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audi! Bureau of Circulation Advertising
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Taiepn
Funeral services set for William E Warden and Samantha Warden
Funeral services for William Edward Warden 83 and his wife Samantha Jane Christian Warden 91 are planned today at 1 p.m. at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Chapel Richlands officiated by Rev. Harry Hight and Rev. Paul D Quirk. Burial for Mrs Warden in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands and for Mr Warden in Green Hills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Surviving daughters are Stella Patrick Mazie Silcott Gladys Joyce and Mary Rowley. sons George Christian and W E Christian. sister Tamzy Bandy and brother Baylor Ward plus 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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William Edward Warden
Richlands
Samantha Jane Christian Warden
Keen Mountain
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Harry Hight
Paul D. Quirk
Warden
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Peterstown Man 74 Dies After Long Illness
Ashley Clemons of Peterstown died at home Thursday after a long illness. The body was taken to Broyles Funeral Chapel in Peterstown for services and burial.
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Ashley Clemons
Peterstown
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Rutherford 63 Dies After Long Illness in Welch Hospital
Robert L. Rutherford of Warriormines 63 died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in La Follette Tennessee he was a son of the late Sheridan and Ervie Disney Rutherford. He was a member of UMWA Local 6026. Survivors include his widow Verna Frances Whittaker Rutherford three sons Roland Rutherford Baltimore MD Allen Rutherford Arlington VA Marvin Rutherford White Lake MI three daughters Mrs Louis Reece Tazewell VA Mrs Phyllis Breedlove with the U S Air Force in Germany and Bonnie Adkins Arlington four brothers Troy Jim Rutherford Bethel OH Walter Rutherford Yukon and Charles Rutherford Cleveland OH three sisters Mrs Lennis Hampton Richmond VA Mrs Opal Ray Yukon and Louverna Vencill Berwind 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. services were conducted Saturday at 1 p m at the Church of God in War with Rev W G Byers officiating. Burial will follow Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell VA. The body will be taken from Douglas Funeral Home in War to the church for calling today 8 to 9 p m.
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William M. Justice
Ashland
Bluefield
Patterson County
McDowell County
Pocahontas Fuel Corp
UMWA
Jenkin Jones
Church of God
Izarah Hawks Justice
Josephine Hall
Anawalt
Hubert Walk
Walter Walk
Georgia
Hugh Walk
California
Hershel Mitchem
Ellen McGrady
Indianapolis
Ind
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Bluewell
C. J. Peyton
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield Tazewell Road
Oakley Davidson
Eddie Barker
Robert Moore
Buddy Hall
Marvin Riggs
Marshall Barker
Hattie McGlothlin
Hattie Hale McGlothlin
Cliffield
Richlands
Drill
Everett Lonzo
Ida Compton Hale
Primitive Baptist Church
Patton McGlothlin
Ralph McGlothlin
Ruth Meadows
Cedar Bluff
Ruby Maxwell
Roanoke
Mildred McDaniels
Clarksburg
Faye Cochran
Pauline Harrison
Dublin
Margaret Cochran
Raymond McGlothlin
Grace Keene
Honaker
Lettie Jones
Avondale
Lucille Mullins
Jolo
Roy Hale
War
Rufus Hale
English
Thornton
Elmer Hale
Bradshaw
Sam Hale
Rutland
Ohio
Arvill Hale
Ervin Hale
Oakwood
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Wetzel Owens
Green Hills
Robert L. Rutherford
Warriormines
Welch Hospital
la Follette
Tenn
Sheridan
Ervie Disney Rutherford
Verna Frances Whittaker Rutherford
Roland Rutherford
Baltimore
Allen Rutherford
Arlington
Marvin Rutherford
White Lake
Mich
Louis Reece
Tazewell
Phyllis Breedlove
U. S. Air Force
Germany
Bonnie Adkins
Troy
Jim Rutherford
Bethel
Walter Rutherford
Yukon
Charles Rutherford
Cleveland
Lennis Hampton
Richmond
Opal Ray
Louverna Vencill
Berwind
Church of God In War
Rev
W. G. Byers
Maplewood Cemetery
Douglas Funeral Home
Samuel Barton longtime Buchanan County sheriff dies at 69
Samuel Barton 69 of Bee Virginia died after a long illness in a Richlands hospital. He served as Buchanan County sheriff and was a town policeman in Grundy and Haysi. Survived by wife Martha Barton two daughters two sons four brothers and one sister and ten grandchildren. Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at Duty View Church Bee with Elders Teddy Ball Johnny Blackburg and Franklin Viers officiating. Burial in Duty Cemetery Bee. Body to be moved from Haysi Funeral Home to his home at 10 a.m. today.
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Samuel Barton
Bee
Richlands
Buchanan County
Grundy
Haysi
Dry Fork
Gilford Barton
Garrett Barton
Glenn Barton
Dublin
Pete Barton
Bluefield
Jessee Barton
Emmett Barton
Asa Barton
Council
Hubert Barton
Popular Hill
Lizzie Rasnake
Davenport
Duty View
Teddy Ball
Johnny Blackburg
Franklin Viers
Duty
Haysi Funeral Home
Funeral services for Susie Hess of Berwind
Susie Hess 64 died on arrival at Welch hospital Tuesday. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at Berwind Pentecostal Holiness Church officiated by Rev. Mrs. Arthur Pruett. Burial in Hartwell Cemetery. Born Washington County Virginia she was daughter of James and Isabelle Hilton. Survivors include three daughters Ruth Vaughn Ruby Gilbert Dorothy Dixon, five sons George Franklin John James Jerry Hess, one sister Annie Gray, 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Visitation today at 2 p.m.
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Susie Hess
Berwind
Welch Hospital
George
Franklin
John
James
Jerry Hess
Annie Gray
Caretta
Douglas Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral details for Dillon Orlick Kester Gatherum
Dewey William Dillon 72 of Bluefield dies. services at Church of Christ Princeton with burial Oakwood Park Cemetery. Anna Ellen Orlick 66 of Maybeury dies. funeral Bluewell Chapel with burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Virgie Lusk Kester 76 of Lashmeet dies. services Spanishburg United Methodist Church with burial Bowling Cemetery. Dr Robert S Gatherum Jr 56 of Bluefield dies. services Bland Street Methodist Church. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Orlick
Anna Ellen
Maybeury
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
John J. Savage Omi
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Quesenberry
Robert Little
Troy Orlick
Rodney Riggs
Charlie Smith
William Godfrey
Howard Rose
Gatherum
Robert S. Jr
Bluefield
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista Park
James Nelson
N. S. Bovenizer
Goodman Jones
Robert Shumate
Roy Hill
Paul Udy
Mercer Funeral Home
Mrs Myrtle Shumate dies at 77 in Pageton
Myrtle Minnie Shumate 77 of Pageton died at home Wednesday night after a Sawyers Shumate. She leaves a daughter Helen Bailey, a stepdaughter Edna Cochran, a brother Ralph Hushour, two sisters Worley Frye and Stella Hushour, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shumate-Newman Funeral Home Pocahontas with Rev. Johnson Wilson. Funeral home to be open after 6 p.m. today.
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Myrtle Shumate
Myrtle Minnie Shumate
Pageton
Sawyers Shumate
Helen Bailey
Edna Cochran
Eden, N. C
Ralph Hushour
Lutherville
Worley Frye
Stella Hushour
Baltimore
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Johnson Wilson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Albert E Stevenson Dies in Bluefield After Heart Attack
Albert E Stevenson of Worth died Thursday morning in Bluefield after an apparent heart attack. His remains were incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Albert E. Stevenson
Worth
Bluefield
Bennett - Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Body Of Local Woman Found At Residence
The decomposed nude body of Kelsey Harmon, about 35, was found Thursday afternoon in her Powell Street home Bluefield. Police report no signs of foul play and an autopsy is ordered to determine cause of death. The body was discovered by contractor Joe Culbertson beside the house. a strong odor had persisted for days. Harmon lived alone. no theft or struggle noted. Pathologist Dr. David O. Bell to perform the autopsy.
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Bluefield
Powell Street
Kelsey Harmon
Sgt. Bailey
Joe Culbertson
Gilliam
Harmon
Bailey
Montcalm School Bids Discussed By Mercer County Board
Mercer County Board of Education weigh bids for Montcalm Elementary School with three proposals. Handley Structures bid $799,639 met specs but was highest. others varied on square footage. Financing discussed via lease purchase while staff work with bidder on cost reductions.
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Jack Honaker
Montcalm
Mercer County Board of Education
Handley Structures, Inc
Thomas G. Honaker Jr
W. R. Cooke
West Virginia
George Moore
Elwin Aliff
Moore
Aliff
Cooke
Clinton D. Lilly
Lilly
Howard Harvey
William E. Anderson
Anderson
Harold Tomchin
Honaker
Tomchin
Pioneer Coal Company
Princeton
Citizens Coal of
Bluefield
City Coal of
A. B. Dick Products Company
Bluefield Supply Company
Oakvale High School
West Virginia School Boards Association
Charles T. Brooks
Gene Bailey
Man in Jail Seeks Spiritual Change After Accidental Killing
In a jail interview, Cross recalls a 13 year-old awakening after a hit-and-run that left him shaken. He credits a later conscience for wanting to clear his past and says his release hinges on divine will, while the state attorney notes lack of corroborating testimony prevents conviction.
Logan Dam OKayed Two Days Before Buffalo Creek Flood
Testimony shows a U S Bureau of Mines inspector labeled the Buffalo Mining slag pile dam as stable on February 24, two days before its collapse unleashed a devastating flood that killed 118, left 4,000 homeless, and spurred hearings led by a state inquiry commission. Buffalo Mining officials defended prior actions while acknowledging plans to avoid similar impoundments.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Buffalo Mining Co
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Mario Varrassi
Buffalo Mining
Earl Reedy
Logan County
Varrassi
Bureau of Mines
Buffalo
Daniel Steve Dasovich
Senate Labor
Dasovich
Logan
Otto Matters
Ben Tudor
Buffalo Creek
Wesley Re-Elected Local GOP Chairman
The Mercer County Republican Executive Committee re elected Richard Wesley as chairman and filled several vacancies as it prepares for the 1972 campaign. New officers include associate chairman Mrs. William P Stafford secretary Ray Heldreth and treasurer Allen D Coppinger Jr. List of district committeemen and members with several wards still vacant, meeting set for June 22 at Bluefield Municipal Building inviting candidates.
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Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Richard Wesley
William P. Stafford
Princeton
Athens Road
Ray Heldreth
Allen D. Coppinger Jr
Beaver Pond
Earl Landers
Thelma Campbell
East River
Jack B. Bailey
Ruby Damewood
Rock District
Raymond Disher
Lillian Pierce
Plymouth
Carl H. Carper
Jumping Branch
Marjorie Ellison
Bluefield
Jim Headley
Reaford Murphy
Ward
William O. Farmer
Eva Johnson
K. C. Lovejoy
Evalynn Tickle
Rev. C. W. Tiffany
W. S. Jones
Billy J. White
Charles
Burgoyne
Jane H. Richmond
Manager of Bluefield liquor store charges dismissed
A May 8 obstructing a police officer charge against William Ulch, manager of the Raleigh Street state liquor store, was dismissed after a Thursday hearing before Justice C. J. Harvey in Bluefield. Ulch had warned officers they could not arrest a patron, then was jailed and released on a $500 bond.
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Bluefield
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harvey
William Uleh
Raleigh Street
Ulch
Norris Kantor
Uldh
SA Campaign Exceeds Goal For Highland Avenue Drive
A campaign center on Highland Avenue raised nearly 1000000? wait. The text notes a total near 373? The readable figures show 273000 in major gifts, over 60000 by pace setters, 30505 by special gifts, with the grand total about 100000 more than the minimum goal. Camp Joy improvements delayed until after the season begins June 19.
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Highland Avenue
Bluefield
Tazewell
Luther
Major Gifts
A. A. Modena
Tmanor
Ralph Woodie
Pacesetters
R. W. Wilkinson
Special Gifts
Mercer County Sees Accidents Rise With Vehicle Growth
Officials note a steady rise in accidents as Mercer County vehicle registrations climb. In 1972 about 23,769 vehicles were assessed with total motor vehicles around 42,000, up 10 percent in five years. State police tracked 321 accidents in Jan–May 1972 versus 293 in 1971, while Bluefield reports 153 wrecks in Jan–May 1972, down from 169.
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Mercer County
Mercer
Mercer County Assessor
Princeton
Bluefield
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