Election Roundup in Matoaka Crowns New Mayor and Officials
Robert Barlow won the mayoral race with 47 votes to Jimmy Sangid’s two as incumbent Charles Blankenship did not seek re election for health reasons. Ralph S Bird defeated Tracy Lusk 46 to 2 for recorder. Council seats went to Joe W Allen Frank Caruso Jr Samuel M Davis Douglas Hawkes and Trevis Hurst with two vacancies filled by Allen and Hurst.
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Matoaka
Robert Barlow
Barlow
Jimmy Sangid
Charles E. Blankenship
Ralph S. Bird
Tracy Lusk
Recorder
Joe W. Allen
Frank Caruso, Jr
Samuel M. Davis
Douglas Hawkes
Trevis Hurst
Marilyn Williams
Douglas Bowling
Elmer Sparks
James Hodges
Allen
Hurst
Ball and Whittaker Win Seats on Athens Council
Athens election results show Ball and Whittaker winning council seats while John Baumgras ran unopposed for mayor with 106 votes including several write ins. Mayor write ins totaled Nancy Belcher one vote Perry Hill two Wilbur Higgenbotham one Bruce Ambrose one and Larry Butterworth eight. Ball received 104 council votes Whittaker 48 Wanda Gunn 43 Helen Ambrose 36 Joyce Hight 19 and Jerry Peck one.
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Athens
Homer Ball
Raymond Whittaker
John Baumgras
Nancy Belcher
Perry Hill
Wilbur Johnson
Gertrude Higgenbotham
Bruce Ambrose
Larry Butterworth
Ball
Whittaker
Wanda Gunn
Helen Ambrose
Joyce Hight
Jerry Peck
Canvass Reorders Bramwell Council Seats After 26 Challenged Votes
Bramwell officials announced revised results from the June 8 election after tallying 26 challenged ballots. Incumbent Glen Scott fell from fourth to sixth, while Doris Shoemaker rose to fourth. Mayor Don Murphy was re elected and Ken Beard won the recorder post, both unopposed.
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Bramwell
J.W. Barringer
Glen Scott
Doris Shoemaker
Scott
Sherman
Ken Beard
McDowell County Voters Choose Local Officials
Voters in McDowell County selected mayors and council members in several towns with unopposed incumbents and write-in contenders. Mary M Hale won the mayoralty in Davy. Harry Keys unopposed for recorder. six council seats filled in Bradshaw and Anawalt saw multiple candidates, including write-ins. In Bradshaw William Burl Laxton led mayoral votes, while write-ins and on-ballot candidates contested recorder and council seats. Anawalt elected Helen Mae Davis as mayor with 61 write-ins. Evelyn Whisman unopposed for recorder and five council members chosen with several margins.
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Charles D. Meade
Rex A. Green
Stanley Jackson
Doug Adams
Billy Ray Worthington
Arthur Green
Osborne Harper Jr
Bradshaw
William Burl Laxton
Dale Collins
Hassel Rowe
Shelia Muncy
Brenda Richardson
Recorder's Post
Recorder
Susie Sheperd
Angeline Smith
Allen Boothe
Ballard Esaw Chafin
Danny Dotson
William Harvey Mullins
James Hubert Wimmer
Noah Blankenship
Johnny Blankenship
Raymond Smith
Billy Johnson
Freddie Payne Jr
Anawalt
Albert
Helen Mae) Davis
Davis
William Wooldridge
Evelyn Whisman
Preston Heffinger
Albert Davis
Max Shoun
John €. Dillon
Bill Wooldridge
Ernest Donchatz
DEATHS AND FUNERALS JAMES DUNN
James Oscar Dunn 62 of Kegley died Monday at home after a long illness. WWII Army veteran, retired coal miner, VFW and Holiness Church member. Survived by wife Lora, four sons, one daughter, two sisters, six half-sisters, one half-brother, eight grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Call today 5–9 p.m.
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James Dunn
James Oscar Dunn
Kegley
Crystal
Coy
Ella Carr Dunn
VFW
Holiness Church
Lora L. Farmer Dunn
Eugene
Danny
Roby Dunn
Bobby Dunn
Princeton
Mildred Drake
Don Sanders
Rock
Clara Sanders
Naomi Reed
Phyllis Jennings
June Weis
Linda Jennings
Wanda Hardin
Janice Lander
Montcalm
Lonnie Dan
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Athens Road
Paul Hall
Wayne Sanders
Bob Myers
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Jerry Saunders
Carl Drake
David Harvey
Roger Dunn
Ricky Dunn
B.W. Bowling
B.W
Lenna Belle) Bowling
Coal City
Beckley
Camp Creek
J.O
Louisa Maxey Archer
Primitive Baptist Church
Ervil
Junior) Bowling
Bud Archer
Ira Hodges
Vernon Bowling
Denver
Colo
Lee Bowling
Stanta Rosa
Calif
Eddie R. Bowling
Oak Hill
Eugene Bowling
Valley Station
O'Delia Lewis
Marvin
Mary) Davis
Bluefield
Letha Hubbard
Lala Snuffer
Ora Banes
Berk Artrip
Berk Shelvie Artrip
Honaker
Richmond
Russell County
John W
Emma Jackson Artrip
Manchester Paper Company
Lynda A. Carnes
Brenda C. Artrip
Aberdeen
Sandra E. Ray
Berk Shelvie Artrip, Jr
Denver H. Artrip
Hermie Palmer
Volney
Lloyd Artrip
Bucyrus
Ohio
John Artrip
Orlan de Fie Sie
Honaker Funeral Home
Harless Hess
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Dorsey Bailey
Rt. 2
Bailey
Arthur Bailey
Rt. 4
Box
Lee
Nannie Linkous Bailey
N&w Railway
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Smith's Chapel
Littlesburg
Evelyn Harman Bailey
James L. Bailey
Radford
Eva Preston
Sharon Sage
Roanoke
Margaret Jones
Murphysboro
Tenn
Philip Harman
Norfolk
Marshall Bailey
Rt. 5
Bertie Holt
Bailey Funeral Home
Guy Gardner
Frank Richards
Clarence Dillard
Clarence Lee Dillard
Northfork
Elkridge
Welch Hospital
Martinsville
George Lee
Mary E. Cousin Dillard
McDowell County
Mt. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
Algoma
Landgraff
Clarence D. Dillard
San Diego
Frazier Dillard
New York City
Fimone Hall
Gladine Cox
Dorothy Peterson
Washington, D.C
Virginia Johnson
Danielle Wood
Stilton
J.A. Palmer
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
The
Missionary Society
Friends
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 reports its masthead and contact details including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 subscription rates 58 80 per year home delivery 4 90 per month Postmaster and advertising representatives listed as Landon Associates.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.V
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
W Va
Landon Associates
Death Claims Shott Child in Bluefield
Jeffrey Edward Shott aged two, son of Bluefield attorney John Henry Shott, died Tuesday after illness. Survived by parents, brother James Christopher, grandparents, and great grandparents. Funeral home Mercer, Bluefield. family requests YMCA donations.
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Jeffrey Edward Shott
Bluefield
John Henry Shott
Pearl St
Hugh Ike Shott
John C. and
Bonnie Shott
Larchmont Drive
Edward Sherman Baker Jr
Suzanna Travers Baker
Nokomis
Fla
Jim H. Shott
Oakhurst Avenue
Raymond Bell
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mercer Funeral Home
YMCA
McDowell Man Dies In Crash on Route 52
A Welch area man, Jerry Lively, 32, died when a car went out of control along U S Route 52 and rolled over. The driver, Bernice Newberry, 34, of Saeger, was ejected and hospitalised in intensive care at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
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Welch
Jerry Lively
J.D. Humphrey
Bernice Newberry
Saeger
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Williams shot after FBI confrontation in lobby
Former page one continuation reports FBI spokesman Joseph Valiquette saying the suspect was in the area, spotted in the lobby, and drew a weapon when confronted, leading to his being shot. Police notes claimed information came from personal romances with the felon, including a past escape aided by sending flowers to his ex-wife. A friend blamed his involvement with at least two women.
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Joseph Valiquette
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Williams
Bland County seeks new school superintendent applications
Bland County School Board discussed selecting a successor to Dr Maynard R Joyce with plans to accept applications through June 30 and appoint a candidate by August 1. The board also reviewed the Forest Reserve Fund bookkeeping issues and payroll funding for 1980 81, noting substitute teachers would be paid before June 30 while regular teachers’ pay would be postponed until after July 1.
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Thomas Harding
Bland Va
Bland County
Maynard R. Joyce
Joyce
Virginia
Forest Reserve Fund
Forest Reserve
Keifer Irving
Irving
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Mule) Reese
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Merle) Quesenberry
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Kathy Bolden
Coucil
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Posey Goins
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Lona) Lester
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Mare Burham
Ceres
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Abingdon
Ella Mosley
Pennington Gap
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Pounding Mill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
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Lester
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Walter Lee King
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James P. Butler, Sr
Hill Top
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Clarence F. Goodman
Chicago, Ill
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Chicago
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
William Jackson
William Henry Jackson, Jr
Clifford St
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Ala
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Gertrude L. Jackson
Alice Betters
Brooklyn
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Columbus
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
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Hopewell
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Mountain Valley Memorial Park
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Woodlawn Memorial Park
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Howard Eastep
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James Rose
Robbie Phillips
Nellie Flora
Brad Burnette
Bluefield-Princeton Road
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Old Bramwell
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bailey Cemetery
Airport Road
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Robert Alex Hawkins
North Tazewell
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Sandra Ray Phillips
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Nashville, Tenn
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Los Angeles
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Jefferson ST
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