Bids Accepted For Northside Improvements Project
Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority will study bids from Corte Construction Norwood Construction and Elwin Aliff for Northside site improvements. Plans include playground basketball tennis courts street paving and lighting funded in part by a HUD grant of 530000. The authority also discussed sign violations on the Bluefield Avenue Renewal area and approved Goodyear building work and a new municipal complex. A Shoney's Big Boy site was approved for sale at 45000 with construction slated within 60 days of deed delivery.
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Corte
Elwin E. Aliff Construction Co
Aliff
Mercer
Roanoke
Bedford
Bath
Carroll Streets
U. S. Ment of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Mercer Street
Bath Street
Airport Road
Galis Corporation
Northside
Dan Ashlin
Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority
Bluefield Avenue
Roland Lanzi
Thriftway Market
Bluefield Ave
Southern Automotive Supply Co
Lanzi
Southern Automotive
Ashlin
Fred Burton
Authority
Burton
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Russell Street
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Supply Co
W. W
Bud” Tinder Jr
Bluefield
Strikers End Walkout at GM in Norwood Ohio
Production resumed at GM Assembly Division in Norwood on a limited basis as workers started returning from a two day sympathy strike. A company spokesman said enough people were available to run the line but numbers on the second shift were not provided.
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Norwood
Ohio
General Motors Assembly
Local Obituaries Honor Several Wellsburg Area Residents
Funeral services are listed for Mrs. Mattie Van Dyke Mitchell 79 in Welch at Antioch Church Keene Mountain with burial in Knob Cemetery. Mrs. Waliee Stevens Bowling 67 Bluefield at Memorial Baptist Elgood. Mrs. Mary W Dillon 86 Bluefield Hawkins Funeral Home. Jack K Johnston 53 Richmond Va formerly Bluefield with Monte Vista Park Cemetery rites. Sandra Jean Sanders 14 Abbs Valley at Boissevain Baptist Church. services led by multiple pastors and arranged by Mercer or Shumate-Newman Funeral Homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Mattie van Dyke
Welch
Antioch Church
Keene Mountain
Ancil Childers
Grant Horton
Knob
Keen Mountain
Stella Cloud
Huntington
Douglas Mortuary
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Vansant areas
Howard Quincy Quesenberry 63 of Route 1 Bluefield died after a long illness in a Bluefield hospital. He was a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 8784 member. Survived by spouse Gracie Semones Quesenberry and 4 sons, 5 daughters, 22 grandchildren, and several relatives. Funeral at Cravens-Shires Bluewell 3 p.m. Saturday with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Lila Smith 70 of Route 1 Vansant died in an Abingdon nursing home after a long illness. She was married to the late Hubert Smith. Survived by 3 daughters, 1 son, 2 sisters, 1 brother, 22 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, 2 step great grandchildren. Funeral at Stone Coal Primitive Baptist Church Stacy Va. with graveside at Smith Branch Cemetery Stacy. Body released from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy to church an hour before service.
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Howard Quincy Quesenberry
Route 1
Bluefield
McDowell
Bran
Lula Mae Good Quesenberry
UMWA
Beeson
Rt. 1
Lord Jesus Church
Lashmeet
Gracie Semones
Douglas Shinault
Elizabeth Quesenberry
Blacksburg
Millard Linkous
Shelby Quesenberry
Rasco Quesenberry
William Quesenberry
Ernest Quesenberry
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
William McCormick
Clint Hill
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Lila Smith
Vansant
Abingdon
Buchana County
Henry Stacy
Arenda Charles Stacy
Hubert Smith
Lonzo Davis
Ray Vandyke
Russell Justus
Grundy
Estil Smith
Madison Heights
Mich
Julia Justus
Mary Mutter
Greeley Stacy
Rt. 3
Stone Coal Primitive Baptist Church
Stacy
Leland Street
F. O. Sanders
Otis Fields
Tolby Fuller
Smith Branch
Virginia Funeral Home
Arrington Foltz Die in Bluefield After Illness
Hazel M Arrington 72 of 121 Summers St Bluefield died after a long illness. Born in Coopers she was daughter of Charles C Nicewander and Mary Montgomery. Widow of Vernon A Arrington she retired as a Coopers mistress and had lived in Bluefield 14 years and Portsmouth Ohio 15 years. She was a member of First Christian Church Bluefield and Circle No Five. Survivors include brother Guy Nicewander Portsmouth sister Mrs Harless Cook Bramwell two nieces and one nephew. Services Saturday 1130 AM Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield Rev Paul A Lantis officiating entombment Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell Pallbearers W C Stephens F L Bruce Everett Boyd Lee Morrisette Stanley Martin Charles W Cookes J C Fudge. Calling 5 to 9 PM today. Donations to American Cancer Society.
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Hazel M. Arrington
Summers St
Bluefield
Coopers
Charles C
Mary Montgomery Nicewander
Vernon A. Arrington
Portsmouth
Ohio
First Christian Church
Circle No. Five
Guy Nicewander
Harless
Sarah) Cook
Bramwell
Hawkins Funeral Home
Paul A. Lantis
Woodlawn
Bluewell
W. C. Stephens
F. L. Bruce
Everett Boyd
Lee Morrisette
Stanley Martin
Charles W. Cookes
J. C. Fudge
American Cancer Society
Reverend Lindon Combs 65 dies in route to hospital
Rev. Lindon Clair Combs of Cleveland Virginia dies Wednesday after a heart attack while en route to a Lebanon hospital. He was a retired farmer and Valley View Freewill Baptist Church member. Funeral at Owens Funeral Chapel Honaker at 2 p.m. Saturday with burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon. Friends may visit at home after 10 p.m. today and at the funeral home one hour before services.
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Lindon Clair Combs
Cleveland
Lebanon
Russell
County
Walter and
Belle Bay Combs
Valley View Freewill Baptist Church
Honaker
Mary Baugh Combs
Kathleen Overcash
Ethel Cox
Mildred Rasnake
Bastian
Cora Buckles
Colley Combs
Scottsville
Clifford
Herbert Combs
Howard Combs
Carter Combs
Abingdon
Owens Funeral Chapel
Howard Bostic
Harley Dye
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Mary Josephine Brookman
Funeral services for Mary Josephine Brookman age 60 of Princeton will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Pettrey Church of Christ with Rev. Glen Tabor and Rev. Orville Harvey officiating. Burial follows in Elgood Cemetery. She was born at Elgood daughter of the late Bert and Flora Steele White and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband Joe Brookman two sons Corey Brookman Flint Michigan and Bill Brookman Chicago Illinois three daughters Flora Clemons Flint Helen Donoley Maryland and Betty Akers Princeton three brothers Vernie White Billy White and Grover White and 15 grandchildren. Pallbearers are Willie Mann Garfield Hazelwood John Hazelwood Ronnie Lambert Jeffrey Lambert and David Lambert. Friends and neighbors will carry flowers. from Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton to the church one hour prior to the service.
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Mary Josephine Brookman
Athens Star
Princeton
Pettrey Church of Christ
Glen Tabor
Orville Harvey
Elgood
Bert
Flora Steele White
Church of Christ
Joe Brookman
Corey Brookman
Flint
Mich
Bill Brookman
Chicago
Ill
Flora Clemons
Helen Donoley
Maryland
Betty Akers
Vernie White
Billy White
Grover White
Athens
Willie Mann
Garfield Hazelwood
John Hazelwood
Ronnie Lambert
Jeffrey Lambert
David Lambert
Price Huffman 64 Anawalt Coal Miner WWII Veteran Dies
Price Eldridge Huffman 64 of Anawalt died Thursday en route to Welch hospital after a heart attack. Born in Wythe County he was a retired Pocahontas Fuel miner and UMWA Local member, Church of God Konklintown, WWII veteran. Survived by wife Mary, daughter Judith, sisters and a brother. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Konklintown Church. burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Cravens-Shires Bluewell in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Eldridge Huffman
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
Wythe County
Thomas
Sarah Huffman
Pocahontas Fuel Corporation
UMWA
Jenkin Jones
Church of God
Konklintown
U. S. Army
Montcalm Woman Lorain Cofer Pennington Dies after Illness
Lorain Cofer Pennington 75 of Montcalm and formerly of Pocahontas Virginia died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Cofer Pennington
Montcalm
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Celia Cantrell 73 Dies After Illness in Virginia
Celia Cantrell 73 of Pilgrim's Knob Va died Thursday night in a Richlands Va hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Buchanan County Funeral Home in Keen Mountain Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Cantrell
Pilgrim's Knob
Richlands
Buchanan County
Keen Mountain
Brooklyn Man Lindsey Poteat Jr. Dies at 23
Lindsey Poteat Jr. 23 of Brooklyn New York died Monday in a Brooklyn hospital from natural causes. Born in Brooklyn he was the son of Lindsey and Dorothy Stokes Poteat and grandson of Mr. and Mrs Walter Farmer of Bluefield. Funeral conducted at 11 a m Saturday at St Pauls Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Warren W Reed in a Brooklyn cemetery. Family address 16 Hampton Place Brooklyn.
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Lindsey Poteat JR
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lindsey
Dorothy Stokes Poteat
Bluefield
Walter Farmer
St. Paul's Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Warren W. Reed
Hampton Place
Mrs Rosie Hamm Dead on Arrival in Virginia
Mrs Rosie Bell White Hamm, 14, of Abbs Valley Virginia, was dead on arrival at a Bluefield hospital Thursday. The body was incompletely handled at Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Hamm
Rosie Bell White Hamm
Abbs Valley
Bluefield Hospital
Tom Haney Vance Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Tom H. Vance 53 of North Tazewell Va died Thursday in Cedar Bluff Va after an apparent heart attack at work. He was incomplete at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom H. Vance
Tom Haney Vance
North Tazewell
Cedar Bluff
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Norman E Short dies of apparent heart attack in Smyrna
Norman Edward Short 27 of Lebanon Virginia died Thursday at a brother's home in Smyrna Del after an apparent heart attack. Born in Ohio he was the son of Perry Short and the late Bessie Mae Lester Short. Survived by a stepmother four sisters and three brothers. Remaining details incomplete at Hoan Honaker Funeral Home.
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Norman E. Short
Norman Edward Short
Rt. 1
Lebanon
Smyrna
Del
Ohio
Perry Short
Bessie Mae Lester Short
Virgie Short
Irene Little
Townsend
Helen James
Delores
Middleton
Gaylene Short
Perry Short Jr
Fred Avery Short
Oakwood
Marvin Ross Short
Pineville
Miller urges Interior to answer Schlick conflict claims
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller demands a Interior response to charges of conflict of interest involving Donald Schlick deputy director at the Bureau of Mines. Miller cites a Louisville Courier Journal report that Schlick accepted a free football weekend from Virginia Tech, whose mining school has multiple bureau contracts totaling over 250000 in three years.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Department of the Interior
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Donald Schlick
Miller
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Louisville Courier-Journal
Schlie
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
VPI
Bureau
Schlick
Mine Health and Safety
Department of Interior
FMC Corp
Interior Department
West Virginia sells 40 million road bonds in bid win
State officials priced 40 million in highway bonds with a low bid from a syndicate led by Northern Trust and Chase Manhattan. The sale leaves 40 million of the 550 million authorized still to be issued, with 4.9093 percent average net interest over 25 years.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Northern Trust Co
Chicago
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
First National Bank of Chicago
Moore
House
Senate
Scott to Seek Recount in Bramwell Mayor Race
Bramwell Mayor Glen Scott will present a letter requesting a recount of votes from the June 5 mayoral race to Town Recorder Jack L. Lewis at a special Bramwell Town Council meeting. Challenger Gordon Short leads 175 to 174 after 61 of 64 challenged ballots were allowed.
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Bramwell
Glen Scott
Jack L. Lewis
Scott
Gordon Short
Princeton
Randall Veneri
Short
Veneri
Tremor Shakes New England States
Residents in Vermont New York Massachusetts and Maine were shaken by a slight tremor after 9 p m EDT. The Weston Seismological Observatory confirmed several reports but could not verify the quake immediately. No injuries or major damage were reported and impacts were limited to rattled windows and cracked roads in a few spots.
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Boston
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
Weston Seismological Observatory
Weston
Mass
St. Johnsbury
WTWN
U.S. Weather Service
Waltham
Methuen
New Hampshire
Weather Service
Portland
York
Montpelier
WSKY
Newport
Rutland
New York State
Survey Discussion on Price Freeze and Wages
The piece reports demand for a across the board price freeze retroactive to a date and notes wages lagging prices. Michael Taliento of Federal Supermarket warns of a price squeeze from rising costs and weak profits. A Portland shopper hopes lettuce prices do not rise further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Taliento
Federal Supermarket
Portland
Ore
Ralph Phillips
Hunters Cause 30 Percent of Boating Accidents Coast Guard Says
The Coast Guard reports that thirty percent of boating accidents are caused by hunters and fishermen. The statistic highlights safety concerns for those using watercraft in hunting and fishing seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Coast Guard
How's Your Hearing Free Tests at Beltone in Bluefield
Beltone Hearing Aid Service offers free electronic hearing tests on June 9 16 23 and 30 from 10 am to 1 pm at 208 North Street Bluefield West Virginia. John Rowland Beltone Heart Aid Specialist leads the Better Hearing Workshop with demonstrations on ear function and causes of hearing loss. The notice encourages annual testing and invites those with or without aids to learn about latest correction options. Call 325-8314 to schedule another time if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
North Street
Bluefield
W.va
John Rowland
Beltone
Beltone Aid Service
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Davy Telegraph Printing Co
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Bluefiei
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Audit Bureau of Circineten
Mathews
Telegnene
Bowling
Waliee Stevens
Memorial Baptist Church
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Lugo
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Emma Spindler Foltz
Norfolk & Western Railway
Trinity United Methodist Church
United Tration Union
Margie Waters
Paul W
Thelma) Parks
Earl W. Foltz
Norfolk, Va
Blanche Stottlemyer
Hyattsville
Joe F. Foltz
Colonial Heights
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Paul Houston
Frank Schwall
Monte Vista Park
Bland Street
Bluefield, W.va
Mrs. Lindon Clair Combs
Mary J. Brookman
Mary Muncy Huffman
Judith Ann Huffman
Garland Campbell
Marion
Charles Blevins
Gary
Carl Huffman
F. D. Sexton
Thomas Tapley
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Lorain Cofer
Pennington
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
Hoan Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker, Va
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