Violent Crimes In Big Cities Down From Last Year
FBI report shows reduced crime rates in Washington and most large cities during January to March, with national crime up 4 percent led by a 14 percent rise in thefts in suburbs and rural areas. In Washington total crimes fell from 13 971 to 11 696. murders up slightly, rapes and robberies down. New York also posted an overall rise but fewer rapes and assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Edward H. Levi
White House
New York
Noted Educator Russell Cousins Dies at 85 in Bluefield
Russell John Cousins of 217 West Cumberland Road Bluefield retired chairman of Bluefield State College Engineering Technology Division died Thursday night after a short illness in Bluefield hospital aged 85 He started the engineering technology program at Bluefield State and was a retired general electrification foreman for the Norfolk and Western Railway Born in Belleville Ontario he was a longtime Southern West Virginia educator and held leadership roles with Kiwanis Bluefield Union Mission Southeast WV Society of Professional Engineers and local Red Cross council Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell John Cousins
West Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Bluefield Hospital
Cousins
Bluefield State
Norfolk & Western Railway
Belleville
Ontario
Canada
John P
Fannie Alice Cousins
West Virginia
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Southeast
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Adverts Rates and Circulation
The notice lists subscription and home delivery rates for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and identifies the newspaper as a member of the Associated Press and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. It notes mailing options and pricing details for Virginia readers and directs readers to apply for corner tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Associated Poess
Sleper
Loce
Virginia
Audit Bureauv of Circulation
Mathews, Snannon & CuNer
Deaths and Funerals in Princeton and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices for Mrs. Ruby Effler and several other local residents detail deaths and funeral arrangements across Princeton, Bishop, Jolo, and Grundy. Names include Ruby Effler, Walter Buchanan, John Hagerman, George Lafferty, Enoch White, Clayton McKinney, Annette Barnette, with service times, burial plans, and family survivors listed.
Obituary notices for Hallie P Wright and Robert A Thomas
Mrs Hallie Pauline Wright of Cleveland Ohio died at home of natural causes. Survived by son Fred Wright and daughter Kathryn Wright, siblings and six grandchildren. Services at Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Robert A Thomas of Bluefield died Thursday. a retired railroad worker and Elks member. Service at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with viewing at Mercer Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Pauline Wright
Ansel Road
Cleveland
Ohio
Bluefield
Wythe County
George and
Laura Grubb
John Maynard Wright
Fred Wright
Orlando
Fla
Kathryn Wright
Chicago, Ill
Marco Grubb
Wytheville
Robert A. Thomas
Shenandoah Ave
Charles and
Marie Evans Thomas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Lincoln Bible
First Christian Church
The
Elks Lodge
Melba Spencer Thomas
Robert Thomas
Richmond
Richard Thomas
Sandston
Mary Childress of Ike's Fork Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mary Vinnia Childress aged 62 of Ike's Fork died Wednesday after a long illness. She was born in Tip and was a Hanover Baptist Church member. Survived by husband O L Childress, son Jerry Childress of Charlotte, Everett Patton of Springville, three sisters and a brother. Funeral Saturday at Hanover Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Bluefield Princeton Road. Fanning Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buchanon
Walter Buchanan
Bishop
Bluefield
Tip Top
Samuel
Alice George Buchanan
Pocahontas Fuel Co
UMWA
Bland County
Little Zion Baptist Church
Shirley M. Buchanon
Ralph Buchanon
Leonard Buchanon
Yonkers
N. Y
Frederick
Doris) Adams
Lovett Buchanon
Irene Buchanon
Sandra Buchanon
Cleveland
Ohio
Ed Buchanon
Paul Buchanon
Helen Bradley
Mary Dixon
Ae Top
Howard Dews
Willie Hampton
Paul Winfrey
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Nathaniel Hargrove
Charlie Smith
Nathaniel Wooley
John Hawkins Sr
Frank Bennett
Herbert Lockett
Louis Hamilton
Lucy Haulsey
Rosa Hampton
Marie Smith
Grace Lockett
Cornelia Adams
Mary Francis Wright
Lugo Funeral Home
Mary
Vinnia) Childress
Ike
Everett Patton
Springville
Charles Ruble
Bluewell
Taft Wagner
Pierce Durham
Kevin Morgan
North Spring
Hanover Baptist Church
Casey Salome
Jackie Lester
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield Princeton Road
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Leghens
Funeral services for Mrs Kate Curry of Coalwood
Funeral services for Mrs Kate Curry 69 of Coalwood will be held at Mount Airy Baptist Church. Burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Death attributed to natural causes. Surviving husband Will Curry daughter Jessie Mae Scott son Wallace D Curry sister Dessie Williams grandchild. Friends may call Page Funeral Home Welch and at church before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Curry
Coalwood
Mount Airy Baptist Church
Ronald Dyer
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Will Curry
Jessie Mae Scott
Wallace D. Curry
Havace
Dessie Williams
Elizabeth
N. J
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Funerals for Hicks Oma Wellman Sammons Spencer Held Today
Funeral notices list Nellie Hicks 81 of Lebanon Va Oma ACORD 54 of Welch-Pineville Road Wayne Wellman 62 of Big Sandy Florence Sammons 79 of Bluefield Sharon Kay Spencer 24 Route 4 Bluefield with services today at local chapels. Burial follows Monte Vista Park Cemetery and Jaeger Memorial Cemetery with multiple pallbearers and clergy. Survivors noted as paternal relatives are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acord
Oma
Welch-Pineville Road
House of Prayer
Big Sandy
Floyd Lester
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning
Wellman
Wayne L
Church of God At
Geral Church
J. L. Riffe
Darrell Smith
James Turpin
Eugene Mounts
Arnold St. John
Raymond Franklin
Henry Wooten
Vincent Walker
Richard Vance
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Sammons
Florence M
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Odum Lockhart
Monte Vista Park
Tommy McDowell
Clyde Welch
George Bruce
Jim Harvey
Ricky Bowen
Michael Gates
Spencer
Sharon Kay Roland
Wallace Smith
Wesley Frost
Earl Beck
Richard Comer
James Comer
George Helmandollar
David Myers
Ronere
Fred Roland
Ex Bluefield Native Dies in Malawi Auto Tragedy
W M Curtis III 35 formerly of Bluefield and Durham North Carolina was killed in an auto wreck in Malawi East Africa. He worked as a controller for Nelle L Teer Construction and lived in Durham for 18 years. Survived by parents Walter M Curtis Jr of Wrightsville Beach widow Virginia Conn Curtis two children Elizabeth Ann and William IV sister Jenene Smith and grandmother Eva Munsey. Funeral incomplete at Clements Funeral Chapel Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Malawi
East Africa
W. M
Pete) Curtis III
Durham
N. C
Curtis
Nelle L. Teer Construction Company
Duke Memorial United Methodist Church
Flon College
University of North Carolina
Walter M. Curtis Jr
Wrightsville Beach
Virginia Conn Curtis
Elizabeth Ann Curtis
William Curtis IV
Jenene Smith
Eva Munsey
Daytona Beach
Fla
Clements Funeral Chapel
Girl Found Seven Miles From Home Runaway Case Continues
A 7 mile chase ends with a girl found rummaging through garbage for food. Police say she ran away after seventh grade, condition described as guarded. Parents released on $2000 bond each and will face felony charges of willful cruelty to a child at arraignment Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Woolhether
Woolhether
Former Area Man Drowns While Fishing in Florida
A former Mercer County resident Allen Ray Brown age 51 of Palatka Florida drowned Wednesday while fishing near his home. His body was recovered Thursday. Born in Princeton he was the son of Florence Brown and the late William P. Brown. Survived by a son Allen Ray Brown Jr. and a daughter Linda Harmon plus six brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements set for Sunday at Bailey Reed Cemetery with Rev Jph Caffee and Reed Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lafferty
Rt. 1
Princeton
Ceres
Pineville
Eliza Lafferty
Jake Lafferty
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Versieton Lafferty
Timothy Lafferty
Gulfport
Miss
Randy Lafferty
Kenneth Whittaker
Blaine Shrewsbury
Robert Thomas
Judy Lafferty
William Taylor
Raymond Nodar
New York
Allen Midette
James Barnum
Jacksonville
Fla
Ernest Lafferty
Billy Lafferty
Chicago
Ill
Samuel Walker
Gladys Maxey
Juanita Farmer
Gaye Simmons
Wilmington
Del
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Leonard Repass
Gunter
Gardner
Clayton McKinney
Basin
Beckley
William Harrison
Ruth Frances McKinney
Shirley McKinney
Richard E. Frost
Kathy Meadows
Athens
Daniel Stephen
Mullins
Kermit McKinney
Cleburn McKinney
Murl McKinney
Bud
Granville McKinney
Mullensville
White Blackburn
Middlesboro
Robert Taylor
Richmond
Daniel McKinney
Matoaka
Basin Freewill Baptist Church
Sherman Sizemore Jr
John H. McKinney
Sam Foglesong
Nease, and Neely
Mercer County
Florida
Allen Ray Brown
Palatka
Spanishburg
Brown
Florence Brown
William P. Brown
Allen Ray Brown Jr
Bluefield
Linda Harmon
Kegley
Manuel Brown
Frank E. Brown
Elton Brown
U. S. Navy
Japan
Darrell Brown
Choice Brown
Greensboro
N. C
Don Brown
Collinsville
Ralph Lusk
Orlando
Marie Piatt
Hamilton
Mont
Jph Caffee
Reed Cemetery
Drought Emergency Declared for Midwest States
President Ford declared a drought emergency for Minnesota South Dakota and Wisconsin to unlock federal funds for relief and hay transport to dairy farmers and cattlemen. Solar energy units at a Florida prison touted to save the state money and aid inmate rehabilitation as heat water at forestry stations. Congressional weld hearings on the trans Alaskan pipeline postponed to Monday due to a synthetic fuels bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Raiford
Fla
Doyle Conner
Energy and Power
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Man fatally injured by own booby trap in Florida shed
Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island was wounded in the left thigh and hand on Thursday when he tripped a shotgun shell booby trap he had set in his tool shed. This marked the second time he had become a victim of his own devices including a rock salt explosion months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Island
Fla
Donald E. Campbell
Campbell
Presbyterian restructuring begins in Alabama General Assembly
The 116th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S began a small scale reorganization as members approved a plan by broad margins. The action reflects growing dissatisfaction with performance and accountability of the church's agencies and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Reconstruction
Tuscaloosa, Ala
116Th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S
Princeton Hears Progress Report on Area-Wide Chamber
Princeton Chamber of Commerce reports progress on forming an area wide chamber with Princeton and Bluefield reps. A July plan presentation to both memberships is planned. The April drive added 22 new investors. Raines Piano paid dues. nine delinquent members responded. A new director is sought to replace Richard Kennedy who resigns July 2 to lead Marion County C of C. Kennedy attends Chamber Institute in Athens this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield
Ted Boggess
Princeton Group
Raines Piano
Boggess
Chamber
Richard Kennedy
Marion County
C of C
Fairmont
John Anderson
Kennedy
Chamber Institute
Athens
Case details on Willard murder and prosecution in county
Jurors hear testimony linking Vester McCoy and Meadows to the killing of Bruce Willard for money. Prosecutor Camper faced threats as investigators traced payments and a late recording of calls. Judge Marensky presided. McCoy defended by Phillip LaCaria. a third suspect, Mike McCoy, ages 17, awaits trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy
Mrs. Abbott
Meadows
Vester McCoy
Bruce Willard
McCoy
Harry Camper
Willard
Hatfield
Vester
Watson
Camper
Rudolph Marensky
Phillip LaCaria
Mike McCoy
Fire in Roanoke area home leaves burns and smoke damage
Miss Garland called for help after a fire broke out in a Roanoke area home. Mrs Hiner suffered first and second degree burns over 20 percent of her body and was listed in fair condition. Firefighters from Roanoke and nearby communities controlled the blaze. most damage stayed on the second floor. Vatican City is an independent state under a 1929 treaty with Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Garland
Roanoke
Roanoke County
Vatican City
Italy
Flea Market Set In Virginia Side
A one day flea market and sidewalk sale will be held in Bluefield Virginia on Saturday June 26 at 10 am. The event is sponsored by the Bluefield Business and Professional Association with WBDY Radio hosting a remote broadcast. The sale area will close Virginia Avenue between the Chicago House and Bluefield Monument. Call 32627140 for booth space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Business and Professional Association
Wbdy Radio
Virginia Avenue
Chicago House
Bluefield Monument
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Russell Cousins
Ruby Effler
Front St
Oakvale
Viola Williams
Henry FP. Williams
Leggett’s Department Store
John T. Effler
Kee Street Methodist Church
Byron W. Effler
Winston-Salem
David L. Effler
Hampton
Judy Lesley
Percy Williams
Covington
Iris Witt
Pauline Bailey
Jimmy Jones
John Richard Hagerman
Ijamsville
Jolo
Maryland
William and
Clara Hagerman
Ruby Hawkins Hagerman
Ralph
Betty) Watson
Fredericksburg
Ronnie
Brenda) Ackerman
Gaithersburg
Robert Hagerman
Sjamsville
Bill Hagerman
Clemma Dillo
Mary Shelton
Mount Airy Md
Sarah Robinson
Cosby Pigman
Georgia Stevens
C. C. Blevins
Rowe
Enoch White
Norfolk
Herndon
Radford
Mary Lambert
Virginia Beach
Tony Spinella
Resthaven Cemetery
Annette Barnette
Grundy
Pike County
Thomas and
Fannie Anderson
Raymond Barnette
Jackie Powell
Earl Powell
Geraldine Bryant
Detroit
Mich
Josephine Griffith
Abingdon
Grundy Funeral Home
Clarence Greenleaf
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Mrs. Mary ( Vinnia) Childress
Mrs
James Blaine Greear
Troutedale
Irene Scott
Blanche Moore
Lynchburg
Lattie Lee Greear
Konnerock
Juanita Funter
Atlanta
Blair Greear
Arthur Greear
Robert Greear
Sugar Grove
Beecher Greear
Seaver- Brown Funeral Home
Marion
Leonard Arnold
Troutdale Cemetery
Rosilie C, Heisterman
Rosilie C. Heisterman
Hotel Ave
Tazewell
and St. Clair Funeral Home
Eagles Club
Rock Bottom
Bluefielder
Javits
Mideast Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
United Nations
Middle East
National Press Club
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Morgan's
James Morrison
Princeton C of C
Mittee
Morrison
Florist
Cumberland RD
W.va
Chanel
Bland Street
W. VA
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!