Schools To Get Machines After Board Bids
Mercer County Board of Education voted 30 to ask for bids on coal supply for 1965 66 64 new typewriters and insurance policies covering the entire system. New typewriters go to Matoaka Oakvale and Montcalm with a $5 service fee per system and 30 semester exemptions. Lease on West Virginia National Guard Armory renewed for one year at 7500 dollars. armory shared with Bluefield Board of Directors and Mercer County Court at Brush Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Robert Waltahll
J. S. Bobbitt
Jack Nestor
Citizen’s Coal Co
Bluefield
City Coal
Princeton
Royal Typewriter Co
Allegheny
Princeton Allegheny Insurance Agency
West Virginia National Guard
Bluefield Board of Directors
Mercer County Court
Education Board
Brushark
Strike ties up military cargo vessels in New York
Five military cargo ships tied up as a broader strike by AFL CIO marine unions halted both above and below deck crews. One Attleboro Victory was later cleared to sail with 5100 tons of cargo to Greece and Turkey. The dispute centers on arbitration, pensions, and ship crew size, with 71 companies and 374 American-flag ships unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Prudential Steamship Co
Attleboro Victory
Afl-Cio Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
MEBA
Greece
Turkey
Jesse M. Calhoon
Prudential Line
Gulf
Afl-Cio Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Fisher Julian P funeral set in Bluefield and Orlando
Julian P Fisher of Orlando Florida formerly of Bluefield will be held Saturday at 10 30 am at Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Rev Mus tard and Rev Link ous officiating Burial follows at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield VA Pallbearers are Joe Harrison Jeff Harrison John R Fisher Jerry Casey Joe Roy Ray and Douglas White Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 pm Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pachey
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Chapel
George Barnes
Pocahontas Cemetery
Alex
Bertha Pachey
Edith McKinney
Bluefield Sanitarium
Andy Kulchar
War
Edith Delucas
Ramona
Calif
Bert Torok
Ronkonkoma
N. Y
Alex Pachey
Toledo
Ohio
Jess East
Stanley Rangeo
James Harold
Charlie Scott
Richard Patrick
Eddie Abshire
Swanson Neice
Local Daily Telegraph Turndown: Subscriptions and Carriers
Fragmentary notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines subscription rates and carrier details. It references daily and Sunday costs and mentions a local news paper for Bland Street readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street
Blvefeld
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices for Lula Gregory of Maybeury and Katie Jane Williamson of Cedar Bluff detail funeral times and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Beavers Cemetery and other local sites. The list covers Frank Pachey R W Peery George W Gillie J F Webb Edgar Payne and others with survivors, service details, and funeral homes.
Obituary notices for Hayden, St. John, Pearson and Nelson
Ada French Hayden of Saltville Virginia dies after long illness at Saltville hospital. Survived by siblings Mary Leftridge Bluefield Mat tie Robinette Princeton and other relatives including grandchildren and extended family. Services held Quarry Methodist Church Saltville with ministers officiating and burial in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Henry St John Bluefield dies in Bluefield Sanitarium. remains to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home for arrangements. Laura Pearson infant daughter of Pageton dies at Grace Hospital Welch. Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield to handle arrangements. Edith Nelson of Bluefield dies at home. funeral plans incomplete at Graham Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada French Hayden
Saltville
Mary Leftridge
Bluefield
Mattie Robinette
Princeton
William Marie
Columbia
Lee Ferguson
Ypsilanti
Mich
Carl French
Camp Creek
Clarence French
Vansant
Harvey French
Kegley
Quarry Methodist Church
C. C. Olinger
Millard Taylor
John Hanks
Mount Pleasant
Henderson Funeral Home
Henry St. John
Baldwin St
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Laura Pearson
Clarence Pearson
Pageton
Grace Hospital
Welch
Lugo
Edith Nelson
Virginia Ave
Graham Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Mrs. Sarah S. Graham
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Susan Graham of Dott will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel of Princeton with Rev. Phillip Graham and Rev. Lonnie McKinnie officiating. Burial follows in Shrewsbury Cemetery at Dott. She was the widow of John Ed Graham and a Dott Missionary Baptist Church member. She died Thursday morning. Angeline Graham of Dott and two sons Cecil Graham of Spanisburg and Lewis Graham of Oakvale survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Jane Williamson
Cedar Bluff
Emory Williamson
McDowell County
Mose Beavers
Baptist Church
James H. Williamson
George Altizer
Renix
Harvey Bud
Joseph Williamson
Delbert Williamson
Richlands
Betty Sparks
Amanda White
Nannie Russell
Brooks Gross
Victor Christian
Billy Beavers
Keither Blevens
Beavers Cemetery
Clyde Elkins
Delmas Sparkman
Ruel Sparks
Walter Russell
Jack Mustard
Tommy Harmon
Jimmy Altizer
Mint Williamson
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Sarah Susan Graham
Dott
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Phillip Graham
Lonnie McKinnie
Shrewsbury
Graham
John Ed Graham
Dott Missionary
Cecil Graham
Spanisburg
Lewis Graham
Oakvale
Samuel Kountz 60 Dies After Short Illness at Home
Samuel B Kountz age 60 of Salt Sulphur Springs died Thursday at 10 am at his home after a brief illness. He was born in Lillydale son of the late Robert Lee and Josephine McNeer Kountz and a retired painter. Survived by two sisters Eula Shires Peterstown and Nora Williams Salt Sulphur Springs and four brothers Kyle Beaver Robert Baltimore Edgar and Fred Kountz Salt Sulphur Springs. The body was taken to Broyles Funeral Home Union for burial at Old Glade Presbyterian Church cemetery. Senah Lester 81 of Glade Springs died Thursday after a long illness at a Hanover hospital. She is survived by sister Grace Mallonee Johnson City and brothers Alfred Dave Ernest and Frank Lester of Glade Springs. Burial at church cemetery pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Peery
North Tazewell
M. L
Sarah Catherine Peery
Clara Clayman Peers
Luther C. Peery
Wilmington
Del
Robert L. Peery
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Paul Lowery
Richlands
Fred Courtney
Greensboro
Edgar Payne
Jolo
Welch Hospital
Walter Payne
Lex
Nancy Mullins Bailey
Jewell Valley
Isom Bailey
Shelby Jean Brewster
Gay Nell Allen
Anson Bailey
Whitewood
Pearl Romans
Velma Davidson
Cleveland
Walter Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Jobo
John D. Payne
White Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Samuel B. Kountz
Salt Sulphur Springs
Lillydale
Robert Lee
Josephine McNeer Kountz
Eula Shires
Peterstown
Nora Williams
Kyle Kountz
Beaver
Robert Kountz
Baltimore
Edgar
Fred Kount
Senah Lester
Glade Springs
Abingdon
Grace Mallonee
Johnson City
Tenn
Alfred
Dave
Ernest
Frank Lester
Old Glade Presbyterian Church
Ceme
Mrs Warlick 83. longtime Bluefield resident dies in Narrows
Margaret Emmons Warlick 83 wife of W C Warlick retired Bluefield furniture dealer died Thursday at Riverview Nursing Home Narrows Va after months in failing health. Born Atmore Alabama she lived 48 years in Bluefield and taught in Alabama before moving to Albuquerque in 1905. She married in 1906 and moved to Bluefield in 1917. Funeral at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with burial Monte Vista Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Emmons Warlick
W. C. Warlick
Bluefield
Riverview
Narrows
Atmore
Ala
John David
Martha Henderson Emmons
Alabama Conference Female College of
Montgomery
Huntington College
Alabama
Albuquerque
N. M
Milan Woman Helen Myers Dies at Home of Son
Mrs Helen Virginia Myers of Milan New Mexico formerly of Elbert in McDowell County died Wednesday at a son's home in Milan The body will be taken to Seaver Mortuary in Princeton where funeral arrangements will be announced later
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Virginia Myers
Milan
N. M
Elbert
McDowell County
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
U N Faces Frustrations and Growth Through Years of Service
A survey notes the United Nations ages from 20 to later years, with praise for 1963 as a good year after Congo turmoil and Hammarskjold’s death. It highlights growth in membership, veto dynamics, and the UN’s expanded councils and specialized agencies amid Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
United Nations
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. N
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
U Thant
Hammarskjold
Africa
China
East Germany
North
South Korea
South
General Assembly
Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
United States
Britain
France
Pineville Wanted Man Arrested Here
Bluefield police arrested 29 year old Franklin A. Cox alias L C Wilson at the Matz Hotel on a Pineville post office breaking and entering felony warrant. He was advised of rights by Squire Robert Jones and jailed. to be transferred to Pineville. Officers Mack Tolley and Eddie Morrick assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bob
Raleigh
Pineville
Franklin A. Cox
L. C. Wilson
Matz
Squire Robert Jones
Cox
Mack Tolley
Eddie Morrick
Tito Plans Talks on Viet Nam in Moscow Visit
Yugoslav sources say President Tito will meet Khrushchev successors in Moscow to discuss Viet Nam and the Moscow Peking dispute during his first trip after leaving Belgrade Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Peking
Viet Nam
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Moscow- Peking
Nikita Khrushchev
Thu Tito
Belgrade
Princeton Man Hurt In Wreck
A Princeton man, Grady Higginbotham, 58, was hospitalized in Bluefield after a four fifty five p m three car collision on the Bluefield Princeton Road. His son Robert Higginbotham, 17, was treated and released at Princeton Memorial Hospital. John Henry Marra of Bluefield pulled into traffic causing the crash and was charged with pulling out into oncoming traffic. Damages were estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. Trooper Dan Shade investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield
Green Tree Crossroads
Grady Higginbotham
Robert Higginbotham
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Higginbotham
John Henry Marra
Peery W. Hill
Athens
Hill
Marra
Flannagan Reservoir Funds Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee advanced over 5 million dollars in water project funding for Virginia. Allocations include John Flannagan Reservoir 2.625 million, Lynnhaven inlet and bay 970 thousand, North Fork of Pound Reservoir 1.058 million, Virginia Beach reimbursement 75 thousand, plus planning for Gathright Reservoir 300 thousand and surveys for Hampton Roads Norfolk Harbor James River and Virginia Beach totaling 125 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia
John W. Flannagan
Lynnhaven Inlet
Bay
North Fork
Pound
Virginia Beach
Gathright
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Harbor
James River
Rev Schwall Speaks at South Bluefield Kiwanis Meeting
Bluefield pastor Rev Frank Schwall addressed the South Bluefield Kiwanis Club at the Pinnacle Restaurant on Thursday evening. The club voted to sponsor a rummage sale at Old Anad Store on Princeton Avenue from June 23 to June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schwall
Bluefield
South Bluefield
Six Hancock County Clubs Raided by FBI
FBI agents armed with search warrants raided six Hancock County clubs near Thursday, seizing pinball machines along The Strip between Chester and Waterford Park, plus a Newell site. No arrests reported. This followed eight operator arrests last weekend in four county communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
W.va
FBI
Hancock County
U.S. 30
Waterford Park
Newell
U.S. Dist. Atty
John H. Kamlowsky
Hilltop
J. W
Newhall
Pope Paul VI Names Viet Nam Congo Fears in Speech
Pope Paul VI voiced fears over Vietnam Santo Domingo and the Congo during a speech to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square. It was the first time in his two year papacy that he named specific conflict scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
The
Congo
St. Peter's Square
Princeton Musician Mrs Marshall Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs Ruby Elizabeth Marshall 59 wife of James M Marshall of 706 Highland Ave Princeton died at Memorial Hospital Princeton after a heart attack June 2 She taught in Princeton public schools five years and privately for 20 years She was born March 18 1906 and was a lifelong Princeton resident Also survived by son Keith Marshall Washington DC daughter Jane Elizabeth Marshall Princeton and brother Cyrus Gadd Princeton Funeral arrangements by Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Elizabeth Marshall
James M
Tony) Marshall
Highland Ave
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Joseph H
Minnie Belle Peters Gadd
Concord College
Marshall University
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
First Christian Church
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Keith Marshall
Washington, D. C
Jane Elizabeth Marshall
Cyrus Gadd
Seaver Mortuary
Davis Released After Bond Suspension in Appeal
Circuit Court Judge F Morton Wagner sustains defense motion and suspends the original bond for 90 days during the appeal period starting June 17. A new $400 security bond replaces the $900 bond, with $75 monthly payments reduced to zero during the appeal. Mrs Mable Poe of Princeton posts the $400 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Katz
Mable Poe
Princeton
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
School Board
U.S. Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Plateau
Plains
Rockies
Lula Gregory
Maybeury
Mabel Jackson
Powatan
Hazel Cockrell
Evaline Gregory
CQ Waymond
Steven Gregory Jr
Baltimore, Md
William and
Cornel Gregory
Kyle
Randolph L. Gregory
Philladelphia
Lonnie Gregory
Bronx
Clifton Prunty
Sidney Wade
James Hall
Wesley Long
Ernest Paylor
John Stanfield
Jesse Holland
Junior Parker
Missionary Societies
Glorius Church of God In Christ
Midway Shiloh Temple
Keystone
Katie Williamson
George Gillie
George W. Gillie
Lackfie
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
J. F. Webb
James Frank Webb
Lorton Lick Road
Montcalm
McComas
McComas-Montcalm
George and
Charity Hill Webb
United Mine Workers of America
Ella Stone Webb
Jerry Pruett
Ruth Bailey
Rock
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Max Thomas
Walter L. Wood
Roselawn
Ernest Kade
Bill Sadler
George Law
Frank Hodge
Calvin Shoemaker
Frank Haynes
Albert Rose
Joe Sargent
Ada Hayden
Infant Pearson
Sarah Graham
Samuel Kountz
North Carolina
College Avenue
Elizabeth Warlick Nabors
New York City
Glenn L. Emmons
William G. Nicol
Long Beach
Robert McAllister
Santa Monica
Nabors
Eisenhower
Hawkins Funeral Home
Warlick
Monte Vista Cemetery
Frank Salt
Ralph Kahle
H. Edward Steele
Marshall Spangler
Fred B. Lowe
J. 8. Dodd
Henry Hager
Darren C. Harman
Mrs. Warlick
Mrs
Helen Myers
U.N
World Health Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization
U. N. Conference On Trade and Development
Dan Shade
Flannagan Reservoir
Rev
Schwall
Associated Press
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Ore
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Hancock
Paul
Mrs. Marshall
Davis
Fathers Day
Gillette
Beautiful
Fathers Day Cards
Whitmans & King
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Mos
Bluewell, W. VA
Pappy
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