BSC Will Purchase Land For Off Campus Dormitory
D C Slagle reports that BSC plans to buy land for an off campus dormitory. The decision follows consideration of student housing needs and campus development.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1964
Page
2
D C Slagle reports that BSC plans to buy land for an off campus dormitory. The decision follows consideration of student housing needs and campus development.
A series of obituaries notes Duff C. Slagle 58 of Blue Stone died in Bluefield Sanitarium after a brief illness. Survivors include wife Edna and children J D Slagle Jackie Slagle and others. services at Pocahontas Baptist Church with burial in Grandview Memory Gardens. Also listed are Floyd Collins 80, Mae M Smith 84, W W Booth 82, Elmer VanBlaricom 76, Della Dillon 80, Daisy Stinson 75, George Shotto 84, Belle Hall and George Bowes with funeral plans and survivors briefed.
Funeral plans set for Crumpler Methodist Church as widow of James Nisbet. She was born in Kimball daughter of Charles Huffman and Lou Emma Surface Huffman. Survived by five sons and three daughters, 18 grandchildren, two sisters and other relatives. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery after services led by Rev. Andy Roe.
Mrs. Jennie Hicks Gross 92 of Sweet Springs died at Bluefield Sanitarium on Thursday. A Tennessee native, she was the widow of Emmett S. Gross and mother of H. Gross Elkhorn E. S. Gross Bluefield Princeton Road A. C. Gross Williamson and four daughters Mayme Bushee Princeton Blanche Sutherland Charleston Alice Robb Cowen Billie Kelley Phoenix Ariz. She leaves two sisters Mary Tabb Bedford Oregon Dan M. Ellis Avon Park Fla. and 23 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton is in charge. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Public notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. of Bluefield West Virginia details subscription rates by carrier and mail, zones, and audience information for daily and Sunday editions. The notice lists wireless contact and circulation bureau affiliation.
Dilmer Edwards age 64 of Taze well Virginia died after a heart attack Wednesday night. Retired miner and United Mine Workers local 6025 member. Services were held at Pisgah Methodist Church and burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield with Hurst Scott Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers named. honorary pallbearers listed. Also noted are death notices for Mrs. Sallie Fourtner and Mrs. Betty Phinazee with funeral details, survivors, and arrangements. Elige Ellis Vance of Prince George County Virginia died in Petersburg hospital. Services at J T Morriss Sons Funeral Home Petersburg with burial in Southlawn Memorial Park.
John Pickens of Princeton died Thursday morning in a Beckley hospital. The body is in Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield awaiting funeral arrangements.
Mrs Hattie Patterson of 204 North Mercer Street Bluefield died Thursday afternoon in Bluefield Sanitarium. The body remains at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield pending completion of arrangements.
Allen Brown Carter of Richlands Virginia died recently. The funeral was held Saturday at 2 36 pm at First Methodist Church Richlands with Rev S O Frye and Rev Don Cassidy officiating. Burial followed in Hawkins Cemetery. Farmer Funeral Home of Richlands handled arrangements.
Mrs Lilly and Mrs Mary Pettrey hosted the Rosa Butler Circle of the First Methodist Church at College Avenue. Mrs W E Boothe opened with a devotional on Jesus Prayer Life from the Upper Room daily guide. Committees for the new year were appointed and treasurer Mrs Clyde Otey collected pledges. Mrs Ted Malecown led the Bible lesson and installation service, closing with prayer. Fourteen members attended and received refreshments prepared by Mrs Lilly and Mrs Pettrey assisted by Mrs Betty Miller.
The State Board of Education approves nearly 7.7 million in preliminary projects at four West Virginia colleges. Marshall unveils a 3.8 million plan featuring a music building with 450-seat concert hall and a 7 story classroom block. Bluefield State plans a 1500000 dollar campus dormitory site purchase for married students. West Virginia Tech outlines a 3.5 million package including a health and physical education complex and an engineering building with a future 1 million dormitory.
Concord College benefits from a $350 000 infusion tied to the Alexander Foundation. Trustees cited favorable impressions from a foundation visit and noted a special $15 000 emergency gift last month to cover salaries and operating needs.
Three men died and Homer W. Lewis was critically hurt after a collision involving an Ohio Valley Bus Co. bus and two cars on U.S. 60 near Huntington. Victims were Herman Sowards 53 Culloden Lonnie Hatfield Harts Lincoln County and Charles Brumfield Harts. The bus had released about 40 patients from Barboursville State Hospital moments earlier.
The piece notes French pressure in Indochina proposing Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam be neutralized, echoing Saigon posters. It contrasts French hopes for U.S. failure with President Johnson's policy to stand fast in Southeast Asia with whatever it takes.
Virginia Electric and Power Co. warns railroads to reduce coal freight charges from about 14 dollars a ton to 1.40 to 1.60, or VEPCO may build only atomic or coal-field plants. VEPCO plans 1969 plant and notes Mt Storm WV project underway with a nuclear program in Parr SC.
American Red Cross sponsors junior and senior life saving classes starting Monday June 15 at East River Swimming Pool City Park Bluefield. Junior class led by Sallie Brevick meets 9 30 a m for two weeks for ages 12 to 15 or sixth grade completion after passing Red Cross swimmer course. Senior class led by Pete Harmon and Sam Crockett begins 6 p m for two weeks for those 16 or older or having completed tenth grade with swimmer or life saving certificates.
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