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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
3
After 16 months of terror the Secret Army Command announces end of fighting in Oran as Europeans flee or adhere to a French Algeria. Calm returns in Algiers while a referendum on independence looms with expected overwhelming yes turnout.
Deeds recorded in the Mercer County Clerk office include multiple property transfers such as Millard 8 to State Road Commission and Wallace Tinder to Tinder heirs with prices from 4 000 to 23 000 dollars. A marriage license for Robert Roosevlt Wimmer and Mary Allen Vance was filed in Princeton. The will of Marvin H. Lucas was probated with Betty Louise Lucas Powell executrix and appraisers Jack McClaugherty Al Modena and P. T. Lilly Jr. named.
The YM YWCA Youth Center drive in Bluefield hits $450,200 of $500,000 with $49,800 still needed. Campaign leaders plan continued solicitation and have set offices at the Y building, 703 College Ave.
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous production at about 9.51 million net tons for the week ended June 23, up from 8.95 million tons a year ago. The week ending June 14 produced 8.81 million tons.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details price plans and publication affiliation. It outlines carrier, Sunday, and weekly rates with West Virginia zones, and credits Associated Press dispatches.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lot tie Mae Bailey 62 wife of Louey Damon Bailey Falls Mills Va will be Saturday at 2 pm in Falls Mills Christian Church Rev Dewey Parr and Rev W R Grimm Jr officiating burial in Grand view Memory Gardens Bluefield Road Pallbearers listed Women of the church will carry flowers Mrs Bailey died Wednesday evening at Bluefield Sanitarium Born Ennis daughter of Harden and Ellie May Lucas Surviving husband two sons L D Bailey Jr and Edmond P Bailey Bluefield two daughters Margie E Lamastus Baileysville and Shirley Sturgas Portsmouth two brothers Clarence Lucas Baltimore and James Lucas Kentucky two sisters Zenith Burton Lynch Ky Elizabeth Brenig Middleton Wise Remains at Wagner Funeral Home Bluefield Va until funeral hour Idena Thompson 16 daughter of Deputy Sheriff Ann Thompson Lashmeet died Thursday evening at the hospital Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Cook's Chapel Lashmeet Rev Leslie Duncan Elder I W Kilby burial in church cemetery Bailey Funeral Home Princeton in charge Mrs Clyde Runyon Belfry Ky died Thursday in Williamson Memorial Hospital Daughter of Mrs Orison Smith Canada Ky and the late Mr Smith husband and her mother are a son Robert Runyon student at VPI Blacksburg four sisters Kelsey Taylor Canada Ky C J Carlton Grundy Va Walter Graig New York and E D Jordan Honolulu two brothers Cecil and Harold Smith Canada Ky Funeral and burial in Belfry Mrs Maggie Trail Currie 82 died Thursday Barboursville Hospital Surviving daughter Benton C Pickle Marion Va son James Edwin Trail Boston Mass Funeral Sunday 2 pm Barnett's Funeral Chapel Marion Rev Glen Boye burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Groseclose Va
Albert Hill Jr 36 of Richlands Va died after a lingering illness in a Richlands hospital. He was a Hobbs Coal Co employee and First Methodist Church member. Surviving wife Katie Lewis Hill and other relatives are listed. Funeral Saturday at Hurst Scott with burial in Greenhill Cemetery. John Lewis Ubil 83 of St Paul Va died after a short illness in Clinchfield Hospital Dante Va. Retired Clinchfield Coal Co purchasing agent and longtime St Marks Episcopal Church treasurer. Funeral Saturday at St Marks with burial in Monta Vista Park Cemetery Bluefield. Pallbearers include vestry members and Lions Club colleagues.
Clarence White Thomas 67 of Marion Va died Thursday morning in a Marion hospital. Survived by wife Mary Farmer Thomas three sons Lewis Thomas Bluefield W F Thomas Roanoke Odell Thomas Abingdon four daughters A P Steele Clintwood Richard Edwards Blountville Ruth Thomas at home 22 grandchildren two brothers William Thomas Glade Spring Ben Thomas Meadowview. Barnett's Funeral Chapel Marion Va will conduct with Elder Carl Sturgill Rev E M Collier Rev W L Odum officiating. Burial knollcreek Cemetery Abingdon.
Funeral services held for Mrs Hallie Ru ble Blankenship of Bluefield Virginia at Ebenezer Methodist Church with Rev George Arnold and Rev Thomas A Hayes officiating. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery with pallbearers named. Dudley Memorial Mortuary in charge. A second service for Mr Brack Herndon of Richlands occurred at Assembly of God Church with Rev W W Smith and Rev Grat Horton officiating. Burial in Greenhill Cemetery Claypool Hill Virginia. Pallbearers listed.
INWOOD WV AP Robert F Doyle 52 of Charles Town died early Thursday when his car hit a tractor trailer at the U S 11 and West Virginia 51 intersection in Inwood He formerly coached at Fredericksburg and Covington high schools and served as a Jefferson County child welfare director for the West Virginia Department of Public Assistance He is survived by his widow three children and two brothers.
Deadline for Red Cross sponsored swimming classes starting July 2 is Saturday June 30 at noon. Classes welcome eight and nine year old boys and girls and adults. Registrations must be made at the Red Cross office in Bluefield.
Mayo Foundation physician Edward H. Rynearson told a panel at the American Medical Association meeting that doctors should let nature take its course when cancer patients suffer unbearable pain and all treatments fail. He said patients are kept alive by tubes and oxygen, creating a cocoon-like scene, and that some tissue cultures show life can persist far beyond usefulness. He noted his views are personal and that Mayo Clinic colleagues have agreed not to sustain treatment indefinitely in terminal cases.
Rev Quen tin Elliott Hughett resigns after eight years as pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness Church on Straley Avenue Princeton and takes a call to Natural Bridge Station Virginia. He led local ministerial work and oversaw an $18000 parsonage project. a new church building is under construction.
The 1962 YMCA boys camp at Camp Iva on Cove Creek in Tazewell County ends as 72 campers and staff return home. John W. Magann directed the encampment with an adult staff including Jack Byrd George Keatley Rev Paul L Royer and several counselors.
National Armory Board in Washington reviews the bids today for Bluefield’s 600000 plus extended facility Armory and community recreation center. Wipperman Construction Co. of Beckley bids 744783.28 base with multiple alternates. If approved by state and national boards next week, contract award follows.
Dr. Cloyd Armbrister commercial dean at Concord College spoke to the South Bluefield Kiwanis at Pinnacle Restaurant Bluefield stressing promotion of West Virginia. He highlighted natural resources and educational facilities. Mrs. A C Hammer presented pictures of three Girl Scout units sponsored by the club and accepted by Kiwanis President Jim Compion.
The 22nd annual National Association of Ministers' Wives conference is held at Shaw University in Raleigh North Carolina. Attendees from Bluefield and nearby areas include Mrs Sarah Carter Mrs N J Dickerson and daughter Mrs J H Easley Mrs Alberta Evans Mrs Viola Richmond and Mrs Velma Tucker.
Charleston AP reports West Virginia asks HEW to fund one more month of Aid to Dependent Children of the Unemployed. 12,500 families would receive aid. House approved a one year extension, Senate action pending. State covers 30 percent. if denied, $8 million state plan funds public works.
United States Steel will suspend mining in the Gary District for the week of July 15 due to reduced cok ing requirements at its iron and steel plants. The shutdown follows the miners vacation starting June 29 and operations are to resume July 23.
Four uncontested divorce hearings were heard and four decrees entered in Mercer circuit court on Thursday. Decrees granted include Nicholson vs Nicholson Osborne vs Osborne Rutledge vs Rutledge and Thomason vs Thompson. New suits filed include Ramey vs Ramey and Burnopp vs Burnopp. Lawyers, commissioners, and judgments were listed for related matters and monetary awards.
Princeton Chapter No 31 of the Disabled American Veterans will hold its Forget-Me-Not flower sale on Saturday June 30 with headquarters at the Sears Roebuck store 802 Mercer St. Committeemen Richard E. Rice William Thompson and W R Morefield lead the effort with Princeton Boy Scouts assisting. Funds go to the relief program.
London reports Britain has invited Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda of Japan to visit next fall. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan rescinds plans to visit Japan, citing heavy work pressures and deferring the trip indefinitely.
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