Princeton Chamber Considers County Wide Organization
Princeton Chamber of Commerce votes to form a county chapter. a woman committee led by Ira Southern and Andy Clark will approach the Icefield Chamber. Dick Kennedy notes feasibility but urges research. Institute report outlines program action policy manuals bylaws finances and major issues. Membership stands at 218 with 46 new members since campaign start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnette Lilly
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Caer
FEI Toro
Ira Southern
Andy Clark
Tom Lilly
Jim Mo
Woody Bondurant
Dick Kennedy
Kennedy
University of Georgia
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
University
Princeton Chamber
Fortune Magazine
Chamber
Warren Elliott
Charleston
Supreme Court Rules Against Confining Nonthreatening Mental Patients Without Treatment
The Supreme Court unanimously held that non dangerous state mental patients not requiring confinement for treatment cannot be kept in institutions without care. The ruling did not decide whether they can be held without treatment if not dangerous, or if dangerous patients must receive treatment when confined. The decision arises from Kenneth Donaldson's suit alleging 15 years involuntary confinement without treatment at Florida State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Aesman
Mental Health Project
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Bruce Ennis
Ennis
Kenneth Donaldson
Florida State Hospital
Chattahoochee
Donaldson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Reader Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established in 1693 seeks subscribers with yearly rates statewide $46.60 and home delivery at $3.90 per month. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and ABR, with advertising representation by Mathews Shannon Cullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deliy Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews
Shannon & Cullen
Obituaries Live Here Hubert L Rogers and Others
Hubert Landrumers Rogers 73 of Bluefield died after a long illness in a local hospital. Survived by wife Pearl, daughter Patty Roland and sister Ada Palmer. Graveside service Saturday at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va with calling hours Friday at Hawkins Funeral Home. Charles Ernest Morris Sr. 66 of Ashland died in Bethesda Md after a fall illness. Survived by wife Eleanor Fitzhugh Morris, son Charles Morris II, daughter Barbara Campbell, six grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Bennett-Fanning Funeral Chapel Northfork with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Samuel C Thurmer 80 of Bluefield died in a Bluefield hospital. Former barber, member of Church of God Bluefield. Survived by widow Ida Bowling Thurmer, two sons Paul and Sam, five sisters, one brother, six grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Rogers
Hubert Landrumers
Lyndale Ave
Bluefield
Sal
George W
Amanda Haynes R
Norfolk & Western Railway
Street United Methodist Church
Pearl Denton Rogers
Gene
Patty) Roland
Ada Palmer
Maple Hill Cemetery
Charles Thompson
Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles Ernest Morris Sr
Ashland
Bethesda
Piedmont
Harris and
Juanitane Morris
Princeton
Eleanor Fitzhugh Morris
Charles Morris II
Roanoke
M. S
Barbara) Campbell
Rockville
Hubert E. Morris
Rt. 1
Harold
Helen) Hess
St. Augustine
Fla
Violet) Yates
Largo
Bennett- Fanning Funeral
Northfork
Allen Ridenour
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Benny Capparelli
Tony Verono
Roy Dean
Bob Dean
Paul Luizzo
Ernest Dean
Fitzhugh Brinchfield
Charles Borrer
Thurmer
Samuel C. Thurmer
Bramwell Road
Knox County
Tenn
Mose
Susie Ford Thurmer
Matz
Church of God
South Street
Ida Bowling Thurmer
Paul Thurmer
Sam Thurmer
Selma
Lucy Thurmer
Donna Fine
Lenore City
Gertie Queener
London
Maggie Newman
Knoxville
Wilbert Thurmer
Elch
Nina June Belcher
Wofford Hartwell
Hartwell
Hiawatha
John Hartwell
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Chapel
James Hebb
Lonnie Hollingsworth
James Wynes
Aan
Local resident Mitchem dies after short illness
Etta Bennington Mitchem, four daughters and two sons, including Mitchem of the home, mourn the death of a Bramwell resident born in Gary. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bramwell Wesleyan Church with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers listed. calls at Cravens Shires Funeral Home and at the church prior to the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Later
Vicle Mitchem
Bramwell
Brushfork
Oheary
East River Gulf Station
Bluefield
Bramwell Wesleyan Church
UMWA
Beckley
Etta Bennington Mitchem
Raymond
Hazel) Clark
Honaker
Jessie
Sylvia) Anderson
Violet) Goins
Robert
Shirley) Rose
West S. C
Mitchem
Elwood Mitchem
Bertha McKenzie
Evelyn Stevenson
Rt. 5
Debbie Hughes
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Carl Mitchem
Robert Kennedy
C. R. Johnson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Marvin
Bus) Vaught
Chester Dunford
Bill
Clarence H Williams Dies In Grundy After Short Illness
Clarence Henry Williams 64 of Grundy Virginia died Thursday morning in a Grundy hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Russell County to Estil Kelly and Ida Ellen Marshall Williams. Survived by daughter Dorothy Leeds of Welch and sons Jesse Ray Williams of Rt 2 Grundy and Richard Williams of Glendora, a brother Charlie Williams, and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Williams
Clarence Henry Williams
Grundy
Estil Kelly
Ida Ellen Marshall Williams
Russell County
Edna Williams
Dorothy Leeds
Welch
Jesse Ray Williams
Rt. 2
Richard Williams
Rundy
Williams
Glendora
Charlie Willisons A
Jaeger
Virginia Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements incomplete at Linkford and Richardson
Princeton Seat meee allowing a long ss. Funera arrangements are incomplete at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Meee
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bluefield
Hartwell Rites Held for Rt. 1 Matoaka Native
Dolly Hartwell Hartwell of Lashmeet and Kenneth Hartwell of slint Mich lead a list of survivors for Charles E Hartwell born in McDowell and a retired miner. The funeral is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton with ministers officiating at Memorial Gardens.
Clayton W Lovell Dies After Short Illness
Clayton Wiley Lovell 62 of Maple Acres died in a Charlottesville hospital after a short illness. He was born in Villa Grove Illinois and was chief inspector for National Electric Coil in Bluefield. He served on the First Presbyterian Church board of deacons. Survived by wife Hazel Lovell three sons Franklin W Clayton E and Ronnie S and six grandchildren. Funeral at Mercera Bluefield with Rev H L Rogers Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Virginia. Memorials to the Heart Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton W. Lovell
Clayton Wiley Lovell
Maple Acres
Charlottesville
Villa Grove
Ill
Franklin and
Mary Elizabeth King Lovell
National Electric Coil
Bluefield
First Presbyterian Church
Hazel Lucille Sands Lovell
Franklin W
Clayton E. Lovell
Hampton, Va
Ronnie S. Lovell
Newport News
Mercera Eo Bluefield
Rouquie
Rev. H. L. Rogers
Maple Hill Cemetery
The
Heart Association
James H. Highberger 70 Marion Miner Dies After Illness
James H. Highberger 70 of Marion died after a long illness. He was born to Henry Bell and Victoria Thompson taser and was a retired miner for Semet Solvay Company at Seat had veka maamera ee Methodist church. Surviving are Grace Harris two daughters Mrs. Bill Phyllis Butlerer of Mastic New York and Mrs. Nick Jimmy Jean Baddona Ruth Badger both of Cleveland. Services Saturday at Welch at last Congortuary with Rev. W Davis, interment Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Highberger
Marion Boapital
Henry Bell
Victoria Thompson
Poe
Semet Solvay Company
Seat
Veka Maamera Ee Methodist Church
Grace Harris
Bill Phyllis
Butlerer
Mastic
N. Y
Nick
Jimmy Jean) Baddona
Ruth Badger
Cleveland
Welch
Rev
W Davis
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Mrs Essie Brooks Dies in Columbus After Short Illness
Essie Ada Brooks of Columbus Ohio formerly of Allen Street Bluefield died Thursday after a brief illness in a Columbus hospital. She was the widow of John Brooks. Body is at Lugos Funeral Service Bluefield pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Ada Brooks
Columbus
Ohio
Allen St
Bluefield
John Brooks
Lugo
Mrs Lucy Lester Rites Set In Roderfield Church
Mrs Lucy Maxie Lester 59 of Charleston died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born Long Pole, she was daughter of Judd and Cline Lockhart and widow of Wayne Lester. Survivors include three daughters Faye Lane Theresa Martin Deborah Lester two sons Ray Lester and Roy Lester two sisters Mae Lester Pauline Trent Funeral services set Saturday at 2 in Jenith Rept Saeger or Belcher with Rev Harold Borgan and Rev Cecil Belcher officiating. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield. Funeral home hours 5 to 9 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Maxie Lester
Charleston
Welchlaeger
Long Pole
Judd
Cline Lockhart
Wayne Lester
Sammy
Faye) Lane
Welch
Larry
Teresa) Martin
Deborah Lester
Ray Lester
Chesapeake
Dorsie
Mae) Lester
Roderfield
Fred
Pauline) Trent
Saeger
Jenith
Inaeger
Belcher
Harold Borgan
Cecil Belcher
Saeger Memorial
Mrs. Lillian Carpenter of Anawalt Dies on Arrival
Mrs. Lillian Carpenter of Anawalt died on arrival at Welchtal on Thursday. Death was attributed to natural causes and the family planned services at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Carpenter
Anawalt
Lugo
Bluefield
Funeral for Mrs. Lovie Elizabeth Carter
Mrs. Lovie Elizabeth Carter 71 of Greenwood Ind formerly of Bluefield dies. Funeral today at 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield Rev Walton W Jessee officiates. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers Earnest Ratliff Grant Hayes Erbin Daniely Harry Moore Tim Ratliff Harry Dillon. Eastern Star Chapter 66 Bluefield flowerbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Lovie Elizabeth
Greenwood
Ind
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Walton W. Jessee
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Earnest Ratliff
Grant Hayes
Erbin Daniely
Harry Moore
Tim Ratliff
Harry Dillon
Order of Eastern Star
Virginia Man Killed in Tractor Trailer Crash
A 35-year-old Buchanan County resident Gilbert Leonard of Conaway Virginia was killed when his vehicle collided with a gravel truck driven by Bill Kennedy of Pike County Kentucky at about 10 30 a m Thursday Authorities reported Kennedy was injured in the crash and Leonard’s body was removed from the wreckage by Pike County Emergency and Rescue Squad Kennedy was taken to a Pike County hospital Funeral arrangements for Leonard were incomplete at Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
Gilbert Leonard
Conaway
Bill Kennedy
Pike County
Kennedy
Leonard
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Victim Satisfactory After Beating and Robbery
A 41 year old woman, Mrs. Juanita Zachwieja, was beaten and sexually assaulted in her home Tuesday night around 11 45. She was listed in satisfactory condition at Bluefield Sanitarium and later placed in intensive care. Police said $100 was taken and the house was ransacked. investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Juanita Zachwieja
McDowell County
George S. Maynard
Mason To Hear Haskins Speak at St John’s Day Service
Rev. Joseph F. Haskins of the United Methodist Church will address the St. John’s Day service of the Royal Craft Grand Lodge at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The program starts at 2:30 p.m. All participants meet 30 minutes before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Haskins
John Stewart United Bethodist Church
St. John’s Day
Royal Craft Grand Lodge of Free and Ancient Masons
F and Aaym
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Shakin
Baltimore Annual Conference
Howard University
Prominent Area Banker Dies At 79
Fred Vermillion Cooper long time Athens resident and Bank of Athens president died after a long illness. He led Bank of Athens since 1918 and was a Concord College alumnus and benefactor. He held numerous Masonic and Eastern orders and leaves a widow Virginia and three children. Funeral at Athens United Methodist Church with graveside rites conducted by Concord Masonic Lodge. Donations to the Athens United Methodist organ fund requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vermillion Cooper
Athens
Bank of Athens
Harry Cooper
Renu
Athens United Methodist Church
Concord College
Concord Athletic
Concord Golden
Concord Lodge
AF & AM
Concord Royal Arch Masons
Bluefield Commandry
Beni Kedem Temple
Charleston
Elen Freaks Cooper
Elijah Free
Irene Elizabeth Vermilion Cooper
Virginia Pearl Preston
Charles
Irene) Rowan
Dalton
Guy
Frances) Scyphers
Oscar
Myrtle) Boggess
Oakvale
Woodrow
Virginia) Bonds
Beckley
Steven Dorsey
Ross Evans
Athens Cemetery
Concord Masonic Lodge No. 48
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Hospital Expansion Adds 51000 Square Feet At PCH
The project adds 51000 square feet at the PCH campus with back and front additions. The rear wing will house laboratories a morgue libraries two more operating rooms and a surgical lounge. The front two story section will feature a new lobby snack bar and service offices plus eighteen special care beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
Sheppard Sa
Laos refugees urged back to homeland amid pledge of safety
The Meo ethnic group who served in a CIA mercenary force fled Laos after the Communists seized power. U.S. authorities promise safe return if they come home. Separately, the United States resumed hard liquor sales on December 5, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Meo
Pathet Lao
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Mercer County Board Approves Special Funding And Salaries
The Mercer County Board of Education approved funding for the county special education program matching of NDEA funds and a cooperative Vocational Rehabilitation agreement expanding services in secondary schools. Administrative salaries were set for multiple district officials, totaling significant yearly amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnette Lilly
NDEA
Mercer County Board of Education
DEA
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Park School
Howard Harvey
Ian Judith P
Joymen
Bluefield
Kathy S. Smith
Princeton
Ceres
Charles Oxley
Mercer County Vocational-Technical Center
Mercer County Cooperative Extension Service
Bermuda and U S halt international money order service
Bermuda and the United States suspend international money order exchanges effective immediately on orders issued after July 1 1975. Prior orders remain cashable in either country through the month of issue. The move follows rising use of local banking and parallels actions with Britain Canada and other West Indies partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda Postal Administration
Bermuda
United States
Aehevo
Postal Service
Great Britain
Canada
West Islands
Police Probe Stabbing of Man Near Mercer County Courthouse
Pierce D. Bratton, 22, of Bluefield New Jersey was stabbed multiple times and left in the street near Princeton Avenue and Scott Street. He was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Princeton Community Hospital. Mercer County Prosecutor David Knight leads the inquiry with Detective Edison Belcher reporting two suspects with warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busfield
Mercer County
Pierce D. Bratton
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Bratton
Princeton Community Hospital
T. Princeton
Edison Belcher
Belcher
Princeton Avenue
Scott Street
Jimmy Clyburn
Princeton Defens
David Knight
Bluefield Man Pleads Guilty to Indecent Exposure
A Bluefield Virginia man named Jerry Anderson, 20, pleaded guilty to indecent exposure before Magistrate S. E. Anderson Wednesday. He was arrested Tuesday on Bland Road after allegedly exposing himself to four girls aged 15 to 17. He received 10 days in Mercer County Jail and a $50 fine. Arresting officers were Patrolmen D L Brown and J A Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
S. E. Anderson
Jerry ~. Anderson
Bland Road
Anderson
Mercer County
D. L. Brown
J. A. Dennis
Missionary Day at Bluefield Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church on Wilson Street Bluefield observes Missionary Day with 11 a.m. worship. Rev H L Robinson of Consolidated Church of Elbert and First Ba Church of McDowell will guest speak. Mrs Ste Stamps presides as Rev John Hooper hosts. The Arthur Family of Huntington performs at 7 30 p m at Bastian Virginia Church of God of Prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Baptist Church
Union Ba
Wilson Street
Bluefield
H. L. Robinson
Consolidated Church of
Elbert
First Ba
McDowell
Ste Stamps
John Hooper
Church of God of Prophecy
Arthur
Huntington
Bastian
Donald N. Lewis
Vacation Bible School at Mt Chapel Baptist Church
Mt Chapel Baptist Church hosts a Vacation Bible School from 9 to 12 each day with Jesus Touched Me as the theme. Rev David L Smith is pastor. Independence Bible Church of God hosts a gospel singing at the church from 2 to 7 pm featuring One Way Singers Hamms and Kirby Family with a bake sale in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Chapel Baptist Vacation Bible School
Mt. Chapel Ba
Jesus
Obey
St. High
Awa
David L. Smith
Independence Bible Church OF God
WPE
One Way Singers
Hamms
Mill Creek Baptist to Sponsor Sunday Talent Program
The Senior Missionary Society of Mill Creek Baptist Church in Coopers will sponsor a talent program this Sunday at 11 am. Mrs. Bernice Webster serves as program chairman and Mrs. Emma Heller is society president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Creek Baptist Church
Senior Missionary Society of
Coopers
Bernice Webster
Emma Heller
Peterstown Church Announcement for Evening Prayer
Rev. Robert Princeton visits Peterstown House of Prayer to lead a 7 30 p m service tonight inviting parishioners and neighbors to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Princeton
Peterstown
Matoaka Christian Church Names New Pastor
Matoaka Christian Church of Matoaka has acquired a new pastor Bob Garner will assume the pastorate on June 29. He is a Bethany College graduate and studied at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond Virginia. Garner has served as Assistant Minister at the First Christian Church in Princeton and as Associate Minister at Hanover Avenue Christian Church in Richmond plus Minister of the Third Christian Church in Sanston Virginia. In recent years he worked in the Washington area and most recently in Bluefield in retail credit sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matoaka
Bluefield
Revival at Gospel Tabernacle Church of God
A revival opens Monday at 7 p.m. at Gospel Tabernacle Church of God in Bluefield with guest evangelist Irma Cabiness of Bronx New York. Host pastor is Elder Hattie Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gospel Tabernacle Church OF God
Bluefield
Irma Cabiness
Bronx
N. Y
Hattie Bennett
Reverend Cornwall to Speak at West Main Street Church
Princeton a of God at tamer acera he mieses teas teacher speaks at West Main Street church. Rev. Cornwall will teach combined adult Sunday School at 10 a.m. and lead the 11 a.m. worship service. He has attended conferences and seminars and wrote one book Let Us Praise. Rev. Ronald Hager is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton A OF God
Tamer Acera
Mieses Teas
Ton
West Main Street
Cornwall
Ronald Hager
Mercer County Marriage License Applications Recorded
Marriage license applications filed in Mercer County include Robert Joseph Neal of Bluefield and Linda Lou Carper of Princeton. Also listed are Johnie Darriel Nichols and Donna Gayle Buckland, both of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Velma Chamberlain
Marvin M. Davis
Mary B. Davis
Beaver Pond
Jean Eloise Davis
Wallace J. Thomas
Mary K. Thomas
Oakvale
Maud Sanders
Lonnie Estie Blevins
Kathleen Geneva Blevins
Princeton
Mary Nicholson Fletcher
Burnice Meadows
Nona Meadows
Plymouth
Mercer County Clerk's Office
Robert Joseph Neal
Bluefield
Linda Lou Carper
Johnie Darriel Nichols
Donna Gayle Buckland
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Chamber
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charles E. Morris SR
Mrs. Lucy Maxie Lester
Virginia
Mason
Haskins
Fred V. Cooper
James J. Martin
Harold Okes
James Leslie
Archie Sisk
Junior Osborne
Harold Litton
Frank R. Claytor
Illiam Wyrick
Carson Hicks
Neal Bailey
Halt Money Order Service
New Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield, Virginia
N. S. Bovenizer
Don Knotts
MR . Ae B
Medical Arts —Pharmacy
W.va
Courthouse News
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