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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1973
Page
4
A Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce meeting will feature a program on the movement of coal by rail from Buchanan County to the eastern seacoast. L F Price yardmaster for Norfolk and Western Railway Company will speak and show films and pictures at the Dixie Cafeteria Grundy Thursday at 7 p.m.
John C. McElroy of Grundy Virginia earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis Tennessee. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H C McElroy and a 1961 Grundy High School graduate. His wife Phyllis Johnson is also from Grundy. They have two children Jeane Rene nine and John Willian three.
Birds nesting on insulators of a high voltage line disrupted service in a northside Knoxville area. An electric company spokesman attributed the outage to the birds nest building on the equipment, triggering the blackout during springtime activity.
Baldwin Store on Slate Creek in Buchanan County burned last weekend after a robbery tied to four Georgia murder suspects. Firefighters could not save the building. no one was inside. Baldwins were away in Chicago. sale to Perry and Mrs. Matney had just occurred days earlier.
A House Judiciary subcommittee under Chairman Don Edwards investigates the Justice Department’s handling of the Kent State shooting in 1970. The inquiry aims to review major decisions by former Attorney General John Mitchell as part of a broader DOJ scrutiny.
A roundup of visits and events includes Mr. and Mrs. R. L Sutherland vacationing in Hot Springs Ark. Guests of Mrs. V. C. Smith include Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Woolwine Miss Mamie Woolwine and Mrs. Blanche McCall of Bluefield and Mrs. Bill Kirkland and son Tommy of Camp Hill Pa. Virginia bankers meet in Hot Springs with numerous local couples.
Obra R. Simpson a Garden High School journalism teacher and language head retires after 36 years in Buchanan County. Her life story spans Alabama Indian Cajuns teaching to Virginia school leadership with a This is Your Life program, highlighting her work in student activities journalism and community roles.
Southwest Virginia Community College proposes a July to August Summer term at the Buchanan County Vocational Center on Slate Creek offering programs in Business Administration Pre-teaching Accounting Liberal Arts Police Science Mining Technology Pre-Engineering Drafting and Design Secretarial Science and Clerk Typist. Day and evening classes aim to earn up to six college credits. Preregistration and counselor sessions are scheduled June 20 to 23 with specific 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 pm windows.
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