Clowser Delays West Virginia Mental Health Center Start
James R. Clowser reports a foundation sub-surface finding could delay the Princeton regional mental health center. The $732000 project serves Mercer McDowell and Wyoming counties, with bids anticipated in July and groundbreaking possible by late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Honaker
James R. Clowser
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
Crowser
National Institute For Mental Health
Charleston
Irving Bowman
New
Princeton City Hall
State Department of Mental Health
State Highway Department
del. C. E. (Tate) Lohr
House of Delegates
Mercer County
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Appalachian Regional Commission
Deaths and Funerals
Mike Lucas 70 of Freeman dies after long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Survived by son Norman, daughters Carlotta Ramsey and Julia Hall, stepdaughter Phyliss Cline, siblings and many relatives. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday Nazarene Church Bluefield. burial Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers named.
John Bull name origin tied to Arbuthnot satire pamphlets
The term John Bull reflecting a symbolic Englishman traces to pamphlets bearing the name. John Arbuthnot, court physician to Queen Anne and scientist, published satires in 1712 ridiculing Whig war policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
John Arbuthnot
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Ad Rates and Contact
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription rates by carrier and mail, with West Virginia zones and motor route pricing. Advertising contact Mathews Shannon & Cullentow. office at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield WV 24701.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullentow
Roosevelt Moore dies after short illness in Richlands hospital
Roosevelt Moore 65 of Dry Fork Rt. 1 Bandy Va died Wednesday after a short illness in a Richlands hospital. He retired in 1962 after 29 years with Pocahontas Fuel Co at Amonate and was a Dry Fork Apostolic Church trustee and deacon. Survived by widow Bessie Newberry Moore daughter Agnes Harte two sisters and two brothers. Funeral at Dry Fork Apostolic Church Saturday at 1 pm with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call after 4 pm today at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Moore
Dry Fork
Rt. 1
Bandy
Richlands
Dickenson County
Enoch Sherman
Sarah Jane Ball Moore
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Amonate
Dry Fork Apostolic Church of Jesus
Columbus
Ohio
Hobart Moore
Charlottesville
Dry Fork Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ
Lee McGlothlin
Hugh Goodman
Greenhills
Funeral set for Martin L Lester Richlands coal miner
Martin L Lester 88 of 17 South Farmer St Richlands Va dies after a long illness in a Richlands hospital. Born in Russell County he was a son of the late William and Charity Lester and a former miner and timberman. Survived by four daughters Charity Brown Mary Griffith Osie Blankenship and Amanda Woolridge, a brother Crockett Lester, 24 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Funeral at 11 am Saturday at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Grandsons pallbearers. Friends may call at the residence of daughter Charity Brown after 1 pm today. Memorial services at home today at 6:30 pm by Rev Hampton and Rev Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Brown
Swords Creek
Richlands
John N
Mary Stilman Brown
Swords Creek Mining Company
Methodist Church
Mary F. Brown
Ollie Boyd
Lebanon
Hattie Griffith
Audrey Ward
Goldie Compton
Sally Breedlove
Elbert
Edward
James
Charlie Mack Brown
Francis Mayhew
Saeger
George Brown
Honaker Funeral Chapel
Honaker
Harley Dye
Ancil Childress
Martin L. Lester
South Farmer St
Russell County
William
Charity Holloway Lester
Maggie Taylor Lester
Charity Brown
Mary Griffith
Osie Blankenship
Doran
Amanda Woolridge
Washington, D. C
Crockett Lester
Hurst-Scott
H. D. Hampton
Stanley Morris
Greenhills
Whitmell Man Biddy Dixon Dies After Illness
Biddy Dixon 60 of Whitmell Va died Wednesday in a Danville hospital after a long illness. He was a brother of W M Dixon of 213 Reese St Bluefield. Funeral service will be held in Danville Saturday with burial there. Family home Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home 351 Holbrook St Danville Va listed for contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy Dixon
Whitmell
Danville
W. M. Dixon
Reese St
Bluefield
Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home
Holbrook St
Berkie Lindsay 76 of Matoaka Dies After Heart Attack
Berkie Lindsay 76 of Matoaka died Thursday at a Bluefield hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born November 6 1897 in Maine she was the daughter of Isaac and Alma Roach. Survived by two daughters Lois Howard and Francis Johnson two sons Kenneth Lindsay and Isaac Lindsay twelve grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren three sisters. Funeral at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton at 2 p.m. Saturday with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Funeral home visitation today from 3 p.m. to 9 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkie Lindsay
Matoaka
Bluefield
Kenneth Lindsay
Spanishburg
Isaac Lindsay
Utica
Mich
Florence Crawford
Proctorsville
N. Y
W. R. Baumgardner
Lake Louise
Lula Shankey
Gatewood
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Betty L. Martin 76 Keystone Woman Dies in Welch Hospital
Betty L. Martin 76 of Keystone died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in Virginia she was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Wickline. Survived by husband Frank Martin two sisters Mrs J O Poppins of Keystone and Mrs Myrtle Edwards of Veba Ind. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday Assembly of God Church Vivian with Rev John McPeak and Rev Charlotte Hicks officiating. Burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers Bill Crump Bill Simpson Bill Muncy Bill Smith Charlie Lambert Ruben Graham. Friends may call Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork today 6 9 p m and at the church one hour before funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Elizabeth Petty
Frederick Court
Princeton
Glenwood Park
Paducah, Ky
Gary
Graves County
W. P
Sara Eubank Puryear
Jess H. Petty
Ann Louise Smith
Uniontown
Betty L. Martin
Keystone
Welch Hospital
Virginia
John Wickline
Frank Martin
J. O. Poppins
Myrtle Edwards
Veba
Ind
Assembly of God
Vivian
John McPeak
Charlotte Hicks
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Bluewell
Bill Crump
Bill Simpson
Bill Muncy
Bill Smith
Charlie Lambert
Ruben Graham
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Miss Rose Pine Dead After Sudden Coronary
Miss Rose Pine of 1118 Mercer Street Princeton died Wednesday night at her sister’s Baltimore home from a massive coronary. Born in Beckley she was daughter of L. A. Pine and Mary Bridges Pine. Survivors include four sisters in Princeton and one brother in Baldwin Maryland. Funeral conducted Saturday at 2 30 p m Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call today 5 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Pine
Mercer Street
Princeton
Billie O’rourk
Baltimore
Beckley
L. A
Mary Bridges Pine
Rebecca Shumate
Mary Jack Pine
Gypsie Lee Pine
James A. Pine
Baldwin
Memorial Funeral Directory
Oakwood
Death of Clara King Griffith of Statesville
Clara King Griffith 73 of Statesville N C formerly of Jaeger died Wednesday afternoon in Statesville Her husband John Griffith of Statesville a daughter Mattie Gillispie of Chicago Ill three sons Earl King Robert King of Kaeger and Ernest Griffith at home one sister Mary Davis Radford Va one brother Ward Wolfe Bland Va 10 grandchildren and several great attended the funeral in Statesville with graveside rites at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery Bland Saturday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara King Griffith
Statesville
N. C
Jaeger
John Griffith
Mattie Gillispie
Chicago
Ill
Earl King
Robert King
Kaeger
Ernest Griffith
Mary Davis
Radford
Ward Wolfe
Bland
Shiloh Methodist Church
Funeral services for Louis Hooper in Bluefield
Funeral services set for Louis Hooper 81 of 304 Park Street Bluefield formerly Anawalt to be held at Lugo's Funeral Service Chapel at 1 30 p m Saturday with Rev J E Gibson officiating Burial will be in Bryant Cemetery Wolfe He died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Born in Macon Mississippi Son of the late Gull and Nancy Smith Hooper Lived in Anawalt over 50 years with the Martins of Park Street the past four years No survivors Pallbearers and flower bearers will be selected by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hooper
Park St
Bluefield
Anawalt
Lugo
J. E. Gibson
Bryant
Wolfe
Beckley
Macon
Miss
Gull
Nancy Smith Hooper
Annwalt
Garland H. Linkous dies in Florida at 62
Garland H. Linkous, 62, of Port Orange Florida and former Bluefield resident, died Thursday in a Florida hospital after a long illness. He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs H J Linkous. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cardwell Funeral Home Port Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland H. Linkous
Port Orange
Fla
Bluefield
Florida
Linkous
H. J. Linkous
Cardwell Funeral Home
Funerals Held For Adams Harman Rudolph And Others
Obsequies announced for Harman Rudolph Adams 48 of Princeton with service at First Church of God on Mahood Avenue. Also funeral today for Amos A Blanchard 83 in Princeton with Roselawn Gardens reverend officiating and for Andrea Dishman Pennington 68 in Bluefield Virginia with Grandview Memory Gardens minister. Cather Freeman Miles 70 of Powhatan to be laid to rest at First Baptist Keystone with burial at Bluewell Cemetery.
Death of Roy R Hawkins Bluefield man
Roy Randolph Hawkins aged 43 of Bluemont Drive Bluefield died Thursday in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital. He was communications supervisor for Appalachian Power Co in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Randolph Hawkins
Bluemont Drive
Bluefield
Charlottesville, Va
Appalachian Power Co
Hawkins Funeral Home
Welch man Ralph Wicker dies at Welch hospital
Ralph Wicker of Welch died Thursday in a Welch hospital while under care. Page Funeral Home in Welch is handling arrangements.
Stuart man dies from pistol wound in personal safety case
Pat Champion, 61, of Stuart Florida husband of Louise Edmunds of Bluefield and Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday in Stuart from a pistol wound authorities called personal safety related. He had been in failing health. Funeral services and burial will be held in Stuart. Johns Funeral Home of Stuart handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Champion
Stuart, Fla
Louise Edmunds
Bluefield
Stuart
Johns Funeral Home
Giles County faces historic flood from Agnes remnants
Residents of Giles County report the worst flood in area history as Sinking Creek and nearby streams rose rapidly after heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes. Three families evacuated from trailers along Sinking Creek while others were cut off by floodwaters. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke
Townsend
Sinking Creek
Craig County
Craig
Giles County
Sheriff’s Department
Giles
New River
IRA Movement Begins Bilateral Suspension of Offenses
The statement says Whitelaw's reply was viewed as acceptance of a bilateral suspension of offensive operations to start at midnight Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw
Nixon aide says no detailed accounting of gifts before law
Maurice Stans, former Commerce Secretary, says he will not provide detailed accounting of $10 million in campaign contributions received before a spring reporting law took effect. He notes Congress could have required earlier disclosure if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nance
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
Congress
JOLLYMORE Mary Catherine obituary notice
Mary Catherine Jollymore, 74, of Rt 2 Princeton. Funeral today at 10 a.m. in George W. Seaver Chapel Princeton with Father John Savage officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Blacklash on Beckley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jollymore
Mary Catherine
Rt. 2
Princeton
George W. Seaver
John Savage
Blacklash
Beckley Road
Mercer Board Approves bids for school paving and roofing
The Mercer Board of Education accepted bids totaling 9852 for blacktop work at six schools and roofing to Snow's Roofing for Thorn School. Low bids came from Spurrier and Lucas paying and W&H Contractors Bluefield. The board also appointed Claude M. Ellis to the Mercer County Board of Health and approved resignations and new hires for the 1972-73 term. Summer programs commence June 12 with 128 teachers and aides, 35 bus drivers, and 26 custodians. The board will meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, next July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurrier
Lucas
Princeton
Bluefield High School
Princeton High School
Wade
Matoaka High School
Whitethorn
Thorn School
Snow
Elizabeth H. King
Food Service
Geraldine R. Gilpen
Central Office
Arnold Lee Farlow
Bluewell
Dewey F. Cox
Sun Valley
John Bisibbio
Central Junior High
Margaret Gatherum
Bramwell High School
H. L. White
Bluefield
Helen Paxton
Helen M. Counts
Clinton Lilly
Mercer County
Lilly
Green Valley
Glenwood
City Workers Press for Across the Board Pay Raises
Princeton officials face wage law issues as department heads receive overtime exemptions. Mayor Skeens says funds are not available for universal raises though a plan to restructure salaries for all city employees is submitted. Union workers ask for a 20 minute break to discuss and await next fiscal year's revenue outlook amid annexation and tax collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Lewis I. Skeens
Ed Freeman
Freeman
Spencer
Skeens
Street and Sanitation Department
Funeral services for Charles E Green in Tazewell
Funeral services for Charles Edward Green age 50 of Tazewell Va will be held Friday at 2 pm at North Tazewell United Methodist Church with Rev Lee Hill and Rev Henry Horton officiating Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery Green a Virginia Tech graduate World War II veteran and former vice president of A Mart Stores Also a member of the church official board and Tazewell Community Hospital board Survived by his wife St Clair Peery Green two daughters Suzanna and Elizabeth a son Charles E Green Jr his mother Mrs J Hansbrough of Culpeper Pallbearers include Dr H R Lutz Gene Andes Jack Cecil and others Honorary pallbearers are employees of A Mart and Acme Stores Funeral home St Clair Peery Green is in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edward Green
Tazewell
North Tazewell United Methodist Church
Lee Hill
Henry Horton
Maplewood Cemetery
Green
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
A-Mart Stores
North Tazewell United Methodist
Jack Cecil
Bob Miller
Thomas D. Gillespie
Earl J. Bowen
C. A. Peery III
Harold Crickmer
Tazewell A-Mart
Acme
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clowser
Mike Lucas
Switchback
John and
Mary Onifer Lucas
UMWA
Norman R. Lucas
Bramwell
Carlotta Ramsey
Madison
Wis
Julia Hall
Ford
Steven Ford
Steven A
Linda Rae Thompson Ford
Raymond Ford
Freil Thompson
Kegley
Bethel Cemetery
Ira Hill
Bailey Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Miss Rose Pine
Brotherhood of Engineers of Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pennington
Andrea Dishman
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Hugh V. Ferguson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Gerald
Buck) Haun
Paul Ed Scott
Tony Bolling
Bob Shaver
Garney Lusk
Billy
Ronnie Dye
Ralph Wicker
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Waters
IRA
Nixon
Three Way Gas & Oil
Cherry St
W.va
Education Board
Mercer Board of Education
W&h Contractors
Ceres
Barbara Snider
Reba Haynes
Eddie B. Jonas
Princeton Junior High
Francis Mulkey
Karen Emery
Central Junior High School
Michael G. Basham
Patricia Nester
Park School
Margaret Neeley
Ramsey
Princeton City Workers
Pianos & Organs
Eee Instrum
Organ Service Factory
Technican
Pharmacy
Bland ST. Bluefield, W.va
National Guard Armory
Brushfork
THE
Servants
Ridge Vartet
Hecks
All Deskins
Southside Pharmacy
New Graham
Cohen
Hickmans Welch Buddy
Bluefield State College
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