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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1964

Page

2

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.

BSC

Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area

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.

Duff C. Slagle Bluestone Bluefield Sanitarium Will Slagle Abingdon Dora Slagle Bluefield Aubrey Cartwright Cleveland Ohio Frank Slagle Clifton Slagle Damascus Webb Slagle Strongsville Jim Moretz Harold Smith Mountain City Tenn Pocahontas Baptist Church C. B. Algood Grandview Memory Gardens John Testerman Wiley Lawson Johnny Harless Bill Hayton Alton Twigg George Mays Ralph Webb Pocahontas Union Funeral Home

Mrs. Julius Ester Nisbet Dies at 71 in Ashland

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.

W. W. Booth Detroit Mich Oakwood Doshia Taylor Booth Robert Booth Austin Tex Luther Booth Rockville James Booth Norfolk Ike Taylor Carl Frank Taylor Lillian White Venice Poff Wytheville Marie Barrett Honaker Naomi Clayborne Mount Vernon Lucy Church Henry Booth Princeton Oakwood Presbyterian Church Paul Gess Greenhills Cemetery Claypool Hill Grundy Julius Ester Nisbet Ashland Kimball Charles Lou Emma Surface Huffman Crumpler Methodist Church James Nisbet William Ray Francis Manual Nisbet Wallace Nisbet Northfork Mike Kish Fairport Harbor James Webb Rising Sun

Mrs Jennie Hicks Gross 92 dies at Bluefield Sanitarium

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.

Taylor Cleveland Stafford Glenwood Park Bluefield St. Lukes Hospital Stafford State Road Commission Maitland Mechanicsburg Ralph M Mollie Crawford Stafford Bluefield Lodge No. 8 A. F A. M Scottish Rite Beni Kedem Shrine Temple Charleston Alma Rector Stafford Anna Wiley Amarillo Texas Cecil Smith Jack Goodman Buffalo N.Y T. C. Stafford Jr Tazewell Ralph M. Stafford Spencer Edward E. Stafford Cleveland Ohio M. S. Stafford Princeton Perry Bruce Conowingo Seaver Mortuary Della M. Dillon Baltimore Monroe County Giles Ann L. Smith Robert Dillon Myrtle Stull Lucille Hunter Betty Levern Grace Ritchie Fannie Keatly Bozoo Mollie Weatherford Oak Hill Anna May Cento Hallendale Fla Morris Smith French Smith Miami Jennie Hicks Gross Sweet Springs Bluefield Sanitarium Tennessee Sanders Matilda W. Hicks Emmett S. Gross H. §. Gross Elkhorn E. S. Gross Princeton Road A. C. Gross Williamson Mayme Bushee Blanche Sutherland Alice Robb Cowen Billie Kelley Phoenix Aris Mary Tabb Bedford Oregon Dan M. Ellis Avon Park

Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield ad notice

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.

Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bland Street Bluefield W. V Associated Press Virginia Audit Bureau of Circulation , Inc Toten Kats Telephone

Memorial Obituaries From Bluefield Area

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.

Montcalm Church of Christ Floyd Collins Sandlick Junction Rock Bluefield Sanitarium Roy L. Akers Leonard Wolfe Collins Cemetery Frank Turner Jim Ed Donald Roy Curtis Eddie Helmandollar Collins Montcalm Church United Mine Workers Parkersburg Carl Elliott Ella Hill Welch Ed Collins Narrows Cravens Funeral Chapel Bluewell Daisy Stinson Daisy Mae Stinson Ravenswood Princeton Raven George Sophia Stinson Methodist Church Stinson Paul Osborne Cary Broyles Bluefield Memorial T. D. Dickenson Roselawn Earl L. Bowes Wytheville Norfolk and Western Railway Brotherhood of Railway L. A Pearlie M. Bowes Clarence Bowes Barnett Funeral Home Dilmer Edwards Tazewell Wise County Guy Rosa Semones Edwards Bishop, Va Etta Mae Edwards Mary Goad Pulaski Pisgah Methodist Church W. E. Mustard Grandview Memory Gardens Sallie Fourtner James Fourtner Florence Ala Fourtners Mud Fork Rosa Lee Phyllis Carol Levi Sluss McKinley Sluss Burkes Garden Herbert Sluss Pocahontas Calvin Sluss Alexandria Clyde Sluss Norman Anderson Mud Fork Christian Church Charles Sublette Brother Levi Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Betty Phinazee Carter St Huntington United Holy Church Church Street J. H. Easley Eugene Aaron Oak Grove Cemetery Norfolk Phinazee Otis Phinazee Edward Phinazee Robert L. Banks The Missionary Society Watt Lee George Williams Mark Saunders Hubert Carter Hubert Dillard Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Elige Ellis Vance Prince George County Petersburg Ohio Rubber Company Red Ash Virlia M. Vance Noah Boyd Kenneth Starnes Portsmouth Ellis Vance Raymond Vance Fort Lee J. T. Morriss and Sons Funeral Home Southlawn Memorial Park

Princeton man John Pickens dies in Beckley hospital

John Pickens of Princeton died Thursday morning in a Beckley hospital. The body is in Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield awaiting funeral arrangements.

John Pickens Princeton Beckley Lugo Bluefield

Death of Mrs Hattie Patterson in Bluefield

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.

Hattie Patterson North Mercer St Bluefield Lugo

Allen Brown Carter funeral in Richlands Virginia

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 Hosts Rosa Butler Circle at College Ave Home

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.

Joe Lilly Mary Pettrey Rosa Butler First Methodist Church Ted Malecown Betty Miller Lilly Pettrey

West Virginia colleges endorse $7.7 million in new buildings

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.

Charleston West Virginia State Board of Education State Board Bluefield State College L. B. Allen Marshall University Marshall Stewart Smith Smith West Virginia Tech Leonard C. Nelson Nelson

Concord Receives 350000 Gift Amid Foundation Ties

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.

Marsh Alexander Foundation Concord College Ethel Witherspoon Alexander New York City F. E. Repetto Salem Mass Alexander Irving Trust Co Joseph P. Hartnett

Car Bus Crash Near Huntington Kills Three

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.

Huntington Ohio Valley Bus Co U.S. 60 Herman Sowards Culloden Lonnie Hatfield Milton Charles Brumfield Harts Lincoln County Barboursville State Hospital Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Homer W. Lewis Sowards Wesley Merritt

Southeast Asia policy stays firm against neutralization

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.

Cambodia Laos South Viet Nam Saigon United States Southeast Asia Johnson

VEPCO presses coal-haul rate cut or face new plants

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.

Richmond, Va Virginia Electric & Power Co VEPCO A. H. McDowell Jr Erwin Will Mt. Storm W.va Parr S.C

Life Saving Classes Begin In Bluefield

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.

The American Red Cross Bluefield East River Sallie Brevick Red Cross Pete Harmon Sam Crockett

Also Mentioned on This Page

D. C. Slagle Mrs Mae M. Smith Baptist Mae Ruth Meade Smith Summers St St. Luke’s Hospital C. V. Duff A. C. Meadows Mechanicsburg Cemetery Bland Correctional Farm Castlewood Bobby Hylton Jimmy Munsey Buzz Richardson Bland Don Ayers Robert Owens Massachussetts Mercer Funeral Home Eler Vanblaricom Elmer VanBlaricom Kegley Princeton Hospital Mystic Iowa Nora Paxton van Blaricom Dott Bessie Shaeffer van Blaricom Julian Thomas Velma Hart Chesapeake Ruby Cray Donald M. VanBlaricom William M. VanBlaricom U. S. Air Force Limestone Mary Shultz Galesburg George Hall Belle Hall Ingleside Road Memorial Hospital George Shotto Woodlawn Margaret Flippen Keystone Louie Hanzel Carl Cornett Bill Shotto Chicago Ill Steve Shotto Rose Shotto Julius Nisbet E. 8. Gross Bluefield Daily Telegraph Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands Gibson Sword Garnet Yates Marshall Davidson Eli Jones Henry Kiser T. R. Barrett D. P. Ernest E. W. Knight John Lawson Charlie Perkins E. E. Crockett J. H. Crockett John Hunt John Quesenberry Mrs. Sallie Fourtner Elige E. Vance Mrs. Lilly Butler Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boise Boston Cincinnati Denver Fairbanks Fort Wrth Helena Honolulu Indianapolis Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Milwaukee St P New Orleans New York Okla. City Omaha Philadelphia Pittsburgh Ore Richmond St. Louis San Diego San Fran Tampa Washington Winnipeg U.$. Weather Bureau Great Lakes Region Mississippi Valley Gulf Coast Plains Great Basin Northern Rockies Concord Tiens Foundation Concordian Oakey Logan Alexander William Randolph Alexander Mathew Mann Greenbrier Concord State Normal School Ethel Witherspoon Versailles Pocahontas Fuel Company Pocahontas Steamship Company American Enka Corporation New England New York Ship Building Corporation Isaac T. Mann Victory Itmann Standard Oil Co California Pocahontas Fuel Big Powers Goodyear Service Syear North Street W. Va
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