Board weighs using old city dump for sewage sludge disposal
The Sanitary Board discussed interim sludge disposal at the old city dump near Green Valley while awaiting reclamation plans for the Ada treatment plant. Health department officials suggested using the dump to prevent leachate issues, with equipment needs and potential city cooperation noted. The board also reported the Ada project phase one nearing completion and study plans to gauge sewage line infiltration before financing decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldelty
Sanitary Board
Alent Board
Owen
Tor Ae Garbage City
Ty Health Department
Green V
Ada
Schott
A. Hoey
Health Department
Kials
Heath Department
Procopio
Jackson
Bly
Virginia Water Control Board
Liestone
Bluefield
Meee Control 1
Gunfire Damages Parked Vehicles in City Lot
Five vehicles at the Ramey Chrysler and Plymouth Company lot on Stadium Drive and Cherry Street were damaged by bullets from a large caliber weapon. Police reported the vandalism occurred around 9 40 a m Tuesday with no damage estimate available. Patrolman H M Harding led the initial investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefeid
Chrysler
Plymouth Company
Stadium Drive
Cherry Street Accord
Sep Yssatee
H. M. Harding
Cluefield Daily Telegraph masthead and rates
The Cluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication details and subscription rates. It notes Associated Press membership, delivery charges, and advertising representation with Mathews Shennen & Cullen as advertising reps.
Deaths and Funerals in McComas and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note Harold J Browning retired coal miner and UMWA member who died after a long illness. Surviving include widow Myrtle, two sons, two daughters, seven sisters, and three grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Cravens Shires Bluewell. entombment in Woodlawn Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Browning
McComas
John II
U. S. Army
Pocahontas Fuel Co
UMWA
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Myrtle Dawson Browning
Johnny Browning
Tim Browning
Mike Shumaker
Bluewell
Angela
Joan
Nellie Neufell
Waltham
Mass
Virginia Sizemore
Euless
Tex
Margaret Huffman
Athens Starite
Princeton
Mary
New Richmond
Gladys Harless
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Ben Connelley
Bablin
N. Y
Macie Matusovich
Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel
Patrick Wheeler
Woodlawn
James Rogers
Lee Davis
J. B. Reed
Richard Gillespie
Joe Jones
Johnny Tooley
Hubert Iymon
Joe Roberts
Farrell Garrison Woman Dies. Bluefield Secretary
A Bluefield area woman born in Kimball to James T and Ruby E Farrell Garrison, a retired secretary for Service Storage and City Plumbing, Trinity United Methodist Church member. Survived by daughter Gail Barton of Alexandria and son J C Turley Jr of Bramwell, 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Preceded in death by a daughter Jacquelyn Maple. Park Cemetery in Bluefield. Funeral home today from 4 until.
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Jesse J. Hurley
Jolo
Welch
Baileysville
Wan & Aon
Lake Osergs
Ibby
Cline Hurley
McDowell County Board of Education
Ira
Audra) Mullins
Irma
Hopkine
Newark
Del
W. B. Hurley
Blake
Dicy) Wall Huntington
Bill
Sadie) Blankenship
Columbus
Ohio
Clarence
Hazel) Godfrey
Akron
Three Forks Church
Lone Oak
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Jaeger
Kimball
James T
Ruby E. Farrell Garrison
City Plumbing
Bluefield
Trinity United Methodist Church
Larry K
Gail) Barton
Alexandria
J C. Turley Jr
Bramwell
Gran
Jacquelyn
Maple Park Cemetery
Maximum Unemployment Benefit Rises in West Virginia
West Virginia raises the maximum weekly unemployment benefit from 107 to 122 dollars effective July 1, as computed from two thirds of the state's average wage. The change applies to claims filed on or after July 1 and reflects higher wages in the calendar year.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Department
Samuel Perry White dies in Athens at 51
Samuel Perry White 51 of Athens died Wednesday. He was born in Athens to the late Andy H. White and Fannie Seal White. Funeral held Friday at 2 p.m. at Burns-Wornal Chapel with Rev. Lafayette Perry officiating. Interment in White Cemetery on Pisgah Road, Princeton. Body at Princeton Memorial Funeral Directory with visiting 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
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Samuel Perry White
Athens
Andy H. White
Fannie Seal White
Eya Tracy
We Aes Onteene
White
Pisgah Road
Princeton
Princeton Memorial
Funeral Notices for Knox and Shelton
Randolph C. Knox 62 of Christiansburg Va formerly Bluefield will have funeral services today at 11 a.m. at ater Funeral Co Bluefield with Rev Kee Stewart and Rev Sebert Borrer officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorials on Bluefield Princeton Road. Christine M Shelton 63 of Herndon Va dies small hours funeral at George Chapel Princeton with Rev Orville Belcher officiating. Burial Resthaven Park Cemetery Princeton. Pallbearers listed for both services.
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Shelton
Christine M
Herndon
George Es Chapel
Princeton
Orville Belcher
Resthaven Park
Willis Glover
Tami Raymond White
Archie Allace White
Roger Kuhlke
Legion Meeting Tonight at University Clubroom
The Riley West Post 9 American Legion holds its regular monthly meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in the University Clubroom at West Virginia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley-West Post 9
American Legion
University Clubroom
West Virginia
LPN Meet Set Friday
The Licensed Practical Nurses Association will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the in service classroom of the Bluefield Sanitarium. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Licensed
Practical Nurses Association
Bluefield Sanitarium
Arno Press to Publish Who's Who in Opera
New York AP reports Arno Press will publish Who's Who in Opera, a reference work claiming to list all major roles sung by a performer and all major companies in which the artist has appeared for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arno Press
Tazewell Man Named Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Evan A. Sweetser is named assistant superintendent for instruction in Tazewell County Virginia schools. He succeeds retiring Virginia W. Garwood and brings a background in education from the University of Vermont Michigan State University Virginia Tech and Clinch Valley College with roles in science teaching education leadership and curriculum development.
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Evan A. Sweetser
Tazewell County
Sweetser
Virginia W. Garwood
University of Vermont
Michigan State Evc
Pennsylvania State University
Iowa State Teachers College
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Rutgers State University
University of Colorado
New York
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University
VPISU
Virginia Education Association
Association
Virginia Academy of Science
Clinch Valley College
University of Virginia
Vacation Bible School and church notices
A Vacation Bible School will run June 16 to 20 at The First Pentecostal Holiness Church Princeton from 7 to 9 p.m. directed by Mrs. Margaret Rogers. Also, Rev. A.G. of Gary speaks at Mount Zion Baptist Bluefield at 11 a.m. Sunday with prayer at 6 p.m. Greenview United Methodist Men meet Friday at 6:30 p.m. with covered dish dinner and program.
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Pentecostal Holiness
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Highland Ave
Second St
Princeton
Margaret Rogers
Bluefield
Mount Zion Baptist
A.G. of
Gary
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bedford Street
Greenview United Methodist
Gospel Tabernacle Church Adds Guest Speaker Tonight
Rev. Clayton Jones will headline at 7 30 PM at Gospel Tabernacle Church on Roanoke Street. Host pastor is Mrs E See Oe Hattie Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Clayton Jones
Roanoke St
Esee Oe
Hattie Bennett
Mill Creek Baptist Church Father's Day Program Guest Speaker
Mill Creek Baptist Church hosts a Sunday 11 a.m. Father’s Day program with Sherman Graves Bramwell vice mayor as guest speaker. Clarence Atkins William Broadway Neal Gilbert Hundley and Ben Jenkins are listed, with Albert Davis and James Carter in charge. Hilltop Community Church revival starts Monday June 16 at 7 30 p.m. with Rev Joe Larue as speaker through June 22 and nightly special music.
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Mill Creek Baptist Church
Men of
Sherman Graves
Bramwell
Parede Whee Neal
Clarence Atkins
William Broadway
Neal
Gilbert Hundley
Ben Jenkins
Albert Davis
James Carter
Hilltop Community Church
Joe Larue
Pipestemn
Mercer County Courthouse Marriages and Deeds Notice
Mercer County Clerk records show marriage licenses for Bobby Joe Stafford and Sharon Lynn Biffle from James Duane Hodges and Carolyn Sue Caruso, and Wade Keith Caldwell with Rebecca Sue Meadows from Princeton. Deeds list transfers: Leroy and Carolyn Mathena to Arnold and Betty Sheaten for Park Avenue Princeton at $25,000. Bill and Starr Barrett to Kenneth and Hazel Shultz for Cumberland Heights Addition Beaver Pond District at $2,000. John S. Harry Jr and Birdie Harry to Kenneth and Hazel Shultz for Cumberland Heights Addition Beaver Pond District at $1,500. Robert K. Mulleins and Donna Mulleins to Thomas Kersey for Jumping Branch District at $15,000.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
Bobby Joe Stafford
Sharon Lynn Biffle
James Duane Hodges
Carolyn Sue Caruso
Jackie Roy Craft
Mary Gay White
Princeton
Wade Keith Caldwell
Rebecca Sue Meadows
Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Leroy Mathena
Carolyn W. Mathena
Arnold Ten
Betty P. Sheaten
Park Avenue
Bill K. Barrett
Starr Barrett
Kenneth Shultz
Hazel Shultz
Cumberland Heights
Beaver Pond
John S. Harry, Jr
Birdie C. Harry
Robert K. Mulleins
Donna R. Mulleins
Thomas Kersey
Jumping Branch
Hearings Review Policies Affecting Coal Production
In Washington on Tuesday hearings begin a five day series chaired by Senator Jean Randolph. The Public Works Committee and National Fuels and Energy Policy pursue a plan to double coal production and use by 1985, with federal policies guiding aviation distribution and end use. Reichl of Conoco Coal Development urged rapid testing of stack gas scrubbers and various liquefaction paths, warning that sulfur removal and energy losses risk reducing overall coal efficiency by 20 to 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Jean Randolph
Committee On Public Works
Randolph
Congress
Erich Reichl
Conoco Coal Development Company
Continental Oil Company
Reich
Bid Dates Set For Road Work in Mercer and Marshall Counties
West Virginia Department of Highways will open bids July 9 for three projects. Mercer County projects cover traffic signal at U S 52 and W Va 20 at Bluewell and pavement widening with a traffic signal at the Tal Road Stafford Drive intersection. Marshall County project also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of Highways
Mercer County
Marshall County
Highways Department
Mercer
U.S. 52
W. Va. 20
Bluewell
Tal Road
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Northfork Senior Found Guilty in School Assault Case
A Northfork High senior was found guilty of assault and battery in Welch Justice of the Peace court for beating a NHS teacher. The jury deliberated 20 minutes before a guilty verdict. the defendant, John Brant, was his own counsel. He faces sentencing at the next JP term on August 22.
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Northfork
Welch
Justice of the Peace Court
John Brant
David Norman
Justice of the Peace
Clark
Cunningham
Pee
Restraining Order Issued Against UMW Local 6633 Beechfork Crew
U S District Judge Dennis R. Knapp issued a temporary restraining order against members and officers of UMW Local 6633 at Beechfork McDowell County. The order from Charleston requires workers to return to the Pocahontas Fuel Beechfork gang on the next schedule after 145 employees walked off the 12:01 Tuesday shift over a dispute about job posting and assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Dennis R. Knapp
UMW Local
Beechfork
McDowell County
Charleston
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Beechfork Gang
TVA Weighs Bid To Buy Peabody Coal Firm
TVA reviews its conditional offer to buy Peabody Coal from Kennecott Copper Corp. spokesman Larry Calvert says withdrawal is possible but the overall plan remains intact. TVA aims to secure coal reserves, raise bond authority by billions, and complete several plants with a roughly 1.2 billion dollar bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Peabody
Kennecott Copper Corp
Larry Calvert
Washington
Calvert
Three Injured In East Cumberland Road Mishap
Three persons were treated and released from Bluefield Sanitarium after a three vehicle crash on East Cumberland near Rt 290 four-lane. Herbert Braswell 47 of Richlands Virginia his son Craig 9 and Doug 27 were listed with minor injuries. Leigh Frazier 48 of Washington DC drove the westbound car and Le ene 48 of Washington drove the other westbound vehicle. The mishap occurred in a hump on Rt 290 and Braswell was charged with driving left of center. Property damage was set at 4000 dollars.
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Bluefield Sanitarium
East Cumberland
Rt. 290
Herbert Braswell
Richlands
Craig Braswell
Doug
Bluefield
S E. Pennington
Princeton
Braswell
Leigh Frazier
Washington, D
Leene
Washington
PCH Receives Annex Bids From Four Contractors
Princeton Community Hospital announced bids on June 11 for a hospital addition. J. M. Turnery of Salem Virginia submitted the low base bid at 3 343 000 followed by Corte Construction Bluefield 3 354 000 Engineers Constructors Knoxville 3 423 000 and B F Parrot Roanoke 3 865 000. Hospital administrator Bill Sheppard said bids were satisfactory and below the architect Cameron Hunters 3 700 000 estimate.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Oneral
J. M. Turnery
Salem
Corte Construction
Bluefield
Engineers Constructors, Inc
Knoxville
Tenn
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