Directors OK Use Of Counting Boards At 3 Precincts
Bluefield City Board approved counting boards at Whitethorn School Memorial School and the YW YMCA for the July 5 election to speed vote tallying. A rezoning bid on Cumberland Road failed for lack of a second and other topics included street work park improvements and park motorbike policy.
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Bluefield
Allan Connolly
Whitethorn School
Memorial School
Ywymca
College Avenue
Connolly
Stadium Drive
Homer Brown
Brown
Dora Hendrick
Hendrick
Cumberland Road
Holiday Inn
Wendy’s
Edwin Elliott
Joe Walker
Angelo Monaco
Bluefield Planning Commission
Richardson Motors
Wendy's
Walker
Elliott
Fred Burton
Asphalt Industries
Burton
Grassy Branch
State Department of Highways
Highway Department
Mercer County Health Department
City Park
National Coil
Bluefield Avenue
Charles Lambert
East River Avenue
Pearl Street
Lamberts
Bill Looney
Looney
David Chumley
Chumley
John Feuchtenberger
Funeral services for Coy Hargett in Harman Va
Funeral services for 72 year old Coy Hargett of Harman Va will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Harman Old Regular Baptist Church with Elders John Lane Frank Newsome and Paul McClanahan officiating. Burial follows at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Va. Hargett died Tuesday from injuries after a Monday auto wreck reportedly caused by a stroke. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife Pauline a step daughter seven step sons two brothers a sister and three grandchildren. Friends may call at Haysi Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today.
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Harman
Harman Old Regular Baptist Church
John Lane
Frank Newsome
Paul McClanahan
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Big Rock
Hargett
Grundy Hospital
Pauline Hargett
Linda Calhoun
Elizabethton
Tenn
Teddy Presnell
Baltimore
Jerry Clevinger
San Francisco
Calif
Delbert Clevinger
Keither Clevinger
Hensley Clevinger
Corbett Clevinger
Denver Clevinger
Russell Hargett
Cambridge
Ohio
John Hargett
Cleveland
Sue Byron
Moorehead
Haysi
Rebecca Hight Williams
Bluefield
Ollie Price
Glenwood Park Methodist Home
Mable Dunman
Pearl Creed
Bluewell
Arthur K. Williams
Pahokee
Fla
Mercer Funeral Home
Paul Lantis
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Lodge No. 94
Northfork
William L. Ward
Mohegan
Welch Hospital
Inez
Anderson and
Nancy Henkle Ward
Millie Ward
Gladys Short
Charles Garfield Compton
Montcalm
Mercer County
Fleming
Angeline Perkins Compton
Duffy Compton
James
Douglas Compton
UMWA
Crane Creek
Margaret
Gracie Compton
Donald Compton
Kyle
Paul Hall
George Williams
Perkins
Browning-Lambert Mountain
John Kade
Robert Neal
Edward Perkins
Curtis King
Alvin Hedrick
Bruce Wolfe
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Information Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication note lists establishment year 1893 address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and AP affiliation plus subscription rates and advertising representation. No news story content is provided in this fragment.
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Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Face News
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield and nearby towns
Edward Lane Caldwell 64 of Bluefield Virginia dies after long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial in Harvey Cemetery. pallbearers include Bluefield VFW Post 9696. William James Williams 71 of Bluefield dies after long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens following services by Mercer Funeral Home. Bessie Estep 65 of Stuart Virginia formerly of Roderfield dies in Stuart after long illness. Funeral 1 p.m. Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Inegar Funeral Home in Roderfield. James Marion Webb 77 of Yukon dies after long illness. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at the Douglas Chapel War with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Charles Garfield Compton 76 of Montcalm dies at home. Funeral at Bluewell Chapel with burial at Perkins Cemetery. Mary Mildred Robertson Johnston 48 of Pearisburg dies in Roanoke hospital. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Providence United Methodist Church with burial in Johnston family cemetery in Wilburn Valley. Lena M. Myers 83 of Tazewell dies in Richlands hospital. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Main Street United Methodist Church Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Oakhurst Avenue
Bluefield
Holston
James Jacob
Mary Jane Johnson Williams
Veterans’ Administration Central Office
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Luther H. Clark Masonic Lodge
Northfork
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mary Mildred Robertson Johnston
Pearisburg
Roanoke
Lee Johnston
Ronald M. Robertson
Elaine Farewell
Hettie Sadler
Pearlsburg
Pearl Lane
Parkersburg
Lula Elmore
Pulaski
Death of Mrs Pansy Marie Damron in Steelesburg Virginia
Mrs. Pansy Marie Damron 65 of Steelesburg Va died Tuesday morning in a Tazewell Va hospital after a long illness. She was born in Tazewell to Henry and Sarah Shortridge and is survived by her husband William Damron a daughter Ruth Ann Bales Jr five sisters three brothers and one granddaughter. Services set for the Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel with Revs Grat Horton and A R Short officiating and burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. The funeral home will be open after 11 am today.
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Stuart
Roderfield
Kentucky
John and
Laucinda Estep
Ellis Estep
John Estep
Lorton
Ellis Estep, Jr
Patrick Springs
Bill Estep
Alexandria
Ida Smith Stacy
Roy Estep
Hurley
Jess Estep
Louisa
Willie Estep
Memphis
Lena M. Myers
Tazewell Ave
Tazewell
Richlands
James
Callie Wilson Thompson
Tazewell County
Main Street
Fannie) Vance
Dayton
Ohio
James W. Myers
Baltimore
Pansy Marie Damron
Steelesburg
Henry
Sarah Burress Shortridge
William Damron
Balford
Ruth Ann) Bales Jr
English
Thelma) Joyce
Bob
Ann) Blevins
Earl
June) Knuckles
Kyle
Mae) O’bryne
Fredricksburg
Grace Rimmer
Cedar Bluff
I. C
Turk) Shortridge
Robert Shortridge
Flint
Mich
Raymond Shortridge
Norfolk
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Grat Horton
A. R. Short
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Martinsville Woman Bessie Meadows Dies After Illness
Mrs Bessie Clark Meadows 76 of Martinsville Virginia died Monday evening in a Martinsville nursing home after a long illness. Born in Franklin County she lived in Princeton until 1950 then returned to Martinsville. Survivors include a daughter Marty Burgess Moses Lake Washington two sons Curtis Ray Meadows Collinsville and Charles H Meadows Appomattox two brothers Homer and James L Clark Martinsville and a sister Mrs W S Cobbler Martinsville. Services held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at McCave Memorial Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Burial Park Martinsville. McKee Funeral Home Martinsville in charge. Family reachable at 329 Hilltop Drive Collinsville.
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Martinsville
Famerly
Princeton
Franklin County
McCave Memorial Baptist Church
Marty Burgess
Moses Lake
Wash
Curtis Ray Meadows
Collinsville
Charles H. Meadows
Appomatox
Homer
James L. Clark
W. S. Cobbler
McCave Baptist Church
Roselawn
McKee Funeral Home
Hilltop Drive
John Hagy dies in Charleston after long illness
John Hagy of Panther died Tuesday in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Fanning Funeral Home in Inegar.
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John Hagy
John Hagg
Panther
Charleston
Fanning Funeral Home
Inegar
Obituary of Julia Berentes former Gary resident
Julia Berentes 60 of Los Angeles died Saturday at home after a long life that began in Gary on January 2 1917. A World War II Women’s Army Corps veteran she worked as a seamstress and lived in LA for 25 years. Survivors include two sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews. Funeral held Friday in Welch with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named. donations requested to charity or Thorpe United Methodist Church.
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Los Angeles
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Caretta
Louis
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Steve
Andy Berentes
Women's Army Corp
L. A
Margaret Billings
Thorpe
Edward
Elizabeth) Hazelrigg
Welch
Joe Berentes
Louie Takach
Legionare
Fanning Funeral Home
John Lafferty
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton
Earl J. Musick dies at 69 in Elkhart Indiana
Earl J. Musick 69 of Elkhart Ind died June 18 at his home He was born December 11 1907 in Cleveland Va Survivors include three sons Lindy Claude and Gary seven grandchildren four brothers and four sisters Services were held Monday at 2 p m at Stan Lawson Funeral Home Elkhart with Rev William C Lawson officiating Burial was at Prairy Street Cemetery He retired from the N and W Railway after 35 years
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Elkhart
Ind
Cleveland
Lindy Musick
Claude Musick
Justice, Il
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Church Hill
Tenn
Arnold Musick
Bramwell
John Edward Musick
George Musick
Freeman
Dylvia McCloud
Richlands
Goldie White
Honaker
Hazel Smith
Yards
Ada Townsend
Banner Elk
N. C
Stan Lawson
William CO. Lawson
Prairy Street
N & W Railway
Princeton Council Approves 1.535 Million Bond Refinancing
The Princeton City Council approved a 1.535 million dollar bond issue to refinance the sewerage treatment plant project. The move aims to save about 480 thousand dollars over 37 years by locking in lower interest rates, with a 75 thousand dollar initial sinking fund payment and possible postponement of monthly debt retirement payments.
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Princeton
Harry Moore
Young, Moore and Co
Moore
Harry Price
Sanitary Board
Price
Bruce Fox
Fox
C. L. Helmick
Clarence Hylton
Water Firm Ordered To Issue Refunds Across West Virginia
The Public Service Commission orders West Virginia Water Company to refund 1.78 million for seven months of a 3.6 million annual rate increase and 2.06 million for bonds in 12 areas. Refunds begin within 60 days. typical customer of 5000 gallons monthly gets 23 to 29 dollars.
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Princeton
West Virginia Water Company
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Kanawha Valley
Hinton
Funerals Listed for Tolbert and Underwood in Bluefield and Bluewell
James Homer Tolbert age 64 of 2221 East River Avenue Bluefield dies and funeral at 2 p.m. at Chapel in Bluefield with Dr. Lawrence Sherwood. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. survivors include wife Ruth and children. William Orby Underwood age 69 of Matoaka funeral at 2 p.m. at Cravens-Shires Chapel Bluewell with two ministers. burial Roselawn Memorial Princeton Road. pallbearers named.
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Princeton
Roger
Sandy) Stanley
Alum Creek
Larry E. Tolbert
James H. Tolbert Jr
Richard A. Tolbert
Bluffield
Mercer Funeral Home
Flood displaces Grundy residents attach park to school move
Mrs Potter recalls losing clothes in Hale's Hotel flood while Mrs Virginia Whitt critiques lack of hookups in park housing. The Buchanan County School Board and HUD plan to remove all facilities except water and sewer 15 months after lease signing, approved April 20. Oakwood residents sought injunction to block mobile homes near Garden High School athletic field, claiming private lands offer better sites and would ease overcrowding. Mrs Looney notes a Holiness Church bus serves her, and she mourns a lost family Bible.
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Oakwood Area
Buchanan County
Garden High School
Garden Elementary School
Looney
Holiness Church
Mountain Road Accident Delays Traffic for Hour
East River incident halted all traffic on the steep winding road for about one hour until one lane opened. Bluefield Police used two cars and rescue units with four emergency vehicles on scene. investigators J. L. Walters J. M. Pullano and D. Stevenson worked late Tuesday night.
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Bluefield Police
J. L. Walters
J.M. Pullano
D. Stevenson
Wildcat strike expands across districts and states
Benefit Boone Logan Wyoming Raleigh McDowell Kanawha and Mingo counties are cited as involved. The wildcat appears concentrated in UMW Districts 17 and 19, the union’s largest. Eastern Kentucky reports 1200 miners idle as 12 to 15 mines halt after pickets from southern Ohio and West Virginia appear. District 30 official J B Trout says none of the pickets come from District 30.
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Boone
Logan
Wyoming
Raleigh
McDowell
Kanawha
Mingo
UMW
Kentucky
J. B. Trout
Trout
Ohio
West Virginia
Associated Press
Facelift Plans For Bluefield Downtown Storefronts
A firm outlines storefront redesign as a low cost first step in downtown Bluefield revitalization. Individual owners will handle their own storefront work guided by provided suggestions based on existing revitalization plans. The Bluefield Chamber previously issued a 16 point plan urging downtown's renewal and formed a committee to explore growth options.
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Johnson
Bluefield
PSC Rate Harmonization Expands In West Virginia
The Public Service Commission plans raise base rates in Matoaka to match Princeton levels and lift Princeton rates to Bluefield levels. An order from December 17, 1976, also equalizes long distance costs for in state calls and cuts rates for evening and night periods. Discounts now apply 35 percent 5 pm to 11 pm and 60 percent from 11 pm to 8 am and weekends.
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Matoaka
Princeton
Bluefield
Graham
PSC
Charleston
W. Va
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