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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1977
Page
2
The federal revenue sharing program since the 1970s has helped towns fund capital projects and keep local taxes down. Officials in Keystone Narrows Grundy Welch note benefits but cite budgeting gaps and stricter future rules, with funds sometimes cut or redirected and wage-scale rules increasing project costs.
A West Virginia association report released in April credits extensive strip mining for reducing flood waters in southern West Virginia after severe flooding. It notes silting ponds and diversion ditches as standard anti flood measures and cites a Forest Service study showing lower runoff in mined watersheds due to underground storage from bedrock breakage and ponds. The report also cites forest fires as a factor in flooding.
Two Bluefield men Joe Panagopoulos, 21, of 126 Ramsey Street, and Garland Hoops, 28, of Bluefield, were arrested after a sledgehammer break-in attempt at Mustard Equipment Co. 700 Hardy Street. They were jailed in the city lockup with $1000 bonds after a preliminary hearing.
In a small community Haitians mix Christian and Voodoo beliefs during a Saturday night ceremony. Reverent leaders open with prayer and invoke deities believed to guard crops health love and wealth in daily life.
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James Gus Asbury 66 of Tazewell died at home after a long illness. Survived by his wife Beatrice and seven sons and four daughters. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Thompson Valley Church of God. Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Easing at Peery & St. Clair funeral home. Elmer Hughie Coleman Sr. died in Spotsylvania formerly of Bluefield aged? services Tuesday June 21 at Travelers Rest Baptist Church. Mrs Lucy B Pettrey 70 Princeton died after long illness. survived by two sons, one daughter, three brothers and eight grandchildren. Services today 2 p.m. at Pettrey Church of Christ. Burial Elgood Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Directory arranging.
Mary Peak Mullins aged 94 of North Tazewell Virginia died Saturday in a Wytheville nursing home after a brief illness. She was a charter member of the Tazewell First Assembly of God Church. Survived by a daughter C W Lockhart two sons James L and John H Mullins Jr a brother Rev Henry H Peak 18 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren eight great great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Peery and St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev Max Linkous and Rev Ralph Kidd Maplewood Cemetery pallbearers are grandsons. Funeral home visit today after 5 p.m.
Mrs Pearl Buchanan Debord age 86 of Rich Valley widow of George Wiley Debord died Friday night in a Marion Virginia hospital. Survived by three daughters Louise Caldwell Opal Ross Mariam Williams and Woodrow W Debord one sister Stura Adkins three brothers James Buchanan Wiley Buchanan Woodrow Buchanan eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services set for Monday 2 30 p m at Ridgedale United Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery Body at Seaver Brown Funeral Home Marion with viewing today from 7 to 9 p m
William Coleman Edwards former Pocahontas Fuel payroll manager at McComas died at his home on June 8 after a brief illness. Born in Union Hall Virginia he was the son of Allen Edwards and Alberta Hancock Edwards. Survived by wife Glaydes and two daughters June Reid and Eloise Irwin with three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Masonic services were conducted June 10 at Sunnyside Mission Chapel with Rev. Clarence Miller officiating.
Hobart G Harris of Bluefield Virginia died Friday after a long illness at home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Sinkford Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield. Charles Grindstaff age 49 of Norwalk Connecticut, formerly of Tazewell Virginia, died on arrival at a Tazewell hospital after an apparent heart attack. funeral home details incomplete at Peery St Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell.
The Princeton-Marcer County Chamber of Commerce announces a Tuesday membership drive and Thursday reception for new members. Chairwoman Mrs Jerri Hutchins says teams will breakfast at 8 a.m. at Tow N Country Restaurant, visit prospects from 9 a.m., report back at noon, with a 12:30 p.m. board meeting. A Thursday reception at the Dinner Bell from 3 30 to 7 p.m. invites members and spouses.
Funeral services for James Ralph Booth Jr. 46 of Bluefield will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Owens and Ralph Woodie officiating. Burial follows at Grandview Memory Gardens. Booth died in a two-vehicle crash near Welch. his brother Jacob Booth is in ICU and Janice Wright is in satisfactory condition. He was a long time Norfolk and Western Railway machine operator and a private pilot. He leaves a wife Nora June Pruett Booth and seven siblings among seven sisters and four brothers plus eight other relatives. Pallbearers are named. Funeral home hours today are 5 to 9 p.m.
The Disabled American Veterans of Bluefield Chapter 33 and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 33 will hold a joint meeting upstairs at the Eagles Club on Sunday at 3 p.m. The event invites all members to attend and discuss chapter matters.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike spans 470 miles of roadway with a maximum toll set at 7.10 dollars.
Charles Denver Brown also known as Bill Brown 55 of Hall's Ridge Princeton died Friday after a stroke. Funeral services set for 11 a m Monday at George W Seaver Chapel with two ministers officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. He was Rockwell International Corp Princeton director of programming for 30 years. Survived by Betty Jane Wagoner Brown two daughters Janean ler of Madison Ohio Susan Watts Princeton two sons Jeffry Gary Brown Princeton one brother Bee Brown Calvas Calif. Pallbearers listed. Body remains at funeral home with hours for viewing today.
Hubert Moye 55 of Cornbread Ridge Princeton died in an automobile crash on Brick Yard Road near Lilly Grove. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. in Burns Wornal Chapel with interment at Moye Maxey Cemetery Princeton. He is survived by his widow Margaret Moye and children, plus siblings and grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. today.
The three primary causes were British seizing American ships bound for France and impressing naturalized sailors, plus raids by British allied Indians on the western frontier. A June 16 decision to block French trade might have averted war, but news reached Washington after Congress declared war on June 18.
George Snead said former Stevens Clinic doctors remain on staff during the transition. The hospital employs 18 full time physicians. Dr Cook stated no major changes to staff or facilities are planned, noting the changeover has run smoothly. Stevens Clinic, built in 1930, is one of Welch’s three medical facilities.
Miller preserves a 10,000 vote margin as Patterson fends off a potential challenge. Miller notes his opponent may pursue action through the Labor Department or the courts. Regardless, he must campaign hard before December to win support for upcoming contract talks. A former union staffer says tough negotiations were inevitable, with last week not easing the path.
In Puno Peru at an altitude of 12506 feet households boil eggs for three minutes but extend cooking to six minutes due to thin air. Locally the oxygen deficit is noted as limiting engine horsepower by about thirty percent at Lake Titicaca.
Chicago ad offers a non operating model of the smallest Beltone aid free to respondents. The unit weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at the ear level. No cost or obligation, with thousands already mailed. Write Dept. 1841 Beltone Electronics Chicago 60646.
Gilmore Schiller who paid 112000 for Gilmore life rights says he has conducted 116 interviews for a book to be finished in about two years. He describes a two character play about the interrogator and prisoner and a potential movie after the book. Norman Mailer says Gilmore will have a prominent chapter in his forthcoming book on violence in America. Bozony reports strong demand for a Let's Do It T shirt, with about 1000 sold at 595 each, including orders from Sweden and England.
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