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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1978

Page

2

Doctors Use Of Old Municipal Building Approved In Bluefield

Bluefield Board of Directors approved using the old municipal building for doctors offices via the Bluefield Municipal Buildings Commission. The space includes the old library on the first floor and offices north of the old board room on the second floor. A committee led by Mrs Paine will study further first floor uses, while a proposed auction ordinance was also discussed. A helicopter landing site study for the Princeton Avenue parking building will hold a public meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the new city hall.

Bluefield Municipal Buildings Commission Bluefield Community Hospital Bluefield Board of Directors New City Hall Ben Paine Paul Oliver Sr Old City Hall Old City Board Room Don Keesling Commission Keesling Paine Bluefield Summit Players, Inc John Feuchtenberger Bluefield Eddie Lambert Feuchtenberger Greater Bluefield Jason McGuire Princeton Avenue City Hall McGuire Fred Burton Princeton State Department of Highways Easley Bridge Bluefield State College Cherry Street Highland Avenue

Carter Seeks 12.9 Billion for Education Reform

President Carter asked Congress for a record 12.9 billion dollars in federal education funding, aiming to boost reading writing and arithmetic. The plan includes 34 billion for compensatory education across districts and aims to reshape the Elementary and Secondary Education Act while moving toward a separate Department of Education.

Washington Carter Congress Lyndon Johnson Sumter Department of Education

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Driver Charged After Wreck on Heatherwood Road

Patrolman Cody Reed charged Dorothy N. Jackson after a two car collision on Heatherwood Road Bluefield. Jackson suffered about 1500 dollars in damages to her 1977 car while Harry L. Ratliff Jr. incurred about 150 dollars in damage to his 1974 car owned by Elliott Inc. The crash caused an estimated 2200 dollars in total damages.

Heatherwood Road Bluefield Cody Reed Dorothy N. Jackson Hill Ave Harry L. Ratliff Jr Rogers St

Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Maryland

Multiple obituaries list Mrs Henry Combs of Aberdeen longtime resident of Council area, Leck Smith of Raven and Eliza Ellen Rowe of Jolo among the deceased. Details include survivors, funeral times, burial sites, and funeral home arrangements across Virginia West Virginia and Maryland.

Funeral services for Mrs. William Franklin scheduled

Funeral services for Helen Grace Franklin 51 of Bluefield Virginia are set today at 2 p.m. at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev. Ted Cook officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road. The obituary notes a correction naming Georgia Crabtree Jarrett of Royersford Pennsylvania as the deceased’s mother. pallbearers listed are Elmer Franklin McArthur Franklin Junior Dickens Dennis Elswick William Tabor and Granville Martin.

Franklin William Helen Grace Bluefield Greever Tazewell Ted Cook Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Georgia Crabtree Jarrett Royersford Daily Telegraph Elmer Franklin McArthur Franklin Junior Dickens Dennis Elswick William Tabor Granville Martin

Obituary: Frank James Clark of Bluefield passes away

Frank James Clark 77 of Rt 3 Bluefield died Tuesday evening in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. The body is at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell pending completion of arrangements.

Emma L. Edmonds Pocahontas Va Bluefield Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Frank James Clark Rt. 3 Cravens- Shires Bluewell

McNabb Dies In Utah At 74

Jesse Lester McNabb 74 of Fruit Heights Utah formerly of Bluefield died at his home of natural causes. Born Nov 12 1904 in Unecka North Carolina he worked as a machinist for N and W Railway later became a State Farm agent retiring 1977. Survived by wife Virginia Oliver a daughter Mary Lou Warden seven grandchildren one brother five sisters and other relatives. Funeral Friday 11 am at First Christian Church Bluefield Rev Paul Lantis officiating burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be brothers in law and church members. Friends may call Mercer Funeral Home Thursday from 7. Donations to American Cancer Society requested.

Leck Smith Rt. 1 Raven Richlands Tazewell County James and Mattie Alice Shelton Smith UMWA Jewell Valley Martha Agnes van Dyke Smith Peggy Smith Judith Rodaso Lovada Calif Diane Griffith Margaret Shelton Roanoke Clyde Edward Smith U. S. Army Korea Roger Smith Ronnie Smith Mable Pruitt Manassas Rosa Smith Orlando Fla William Joseph Smith Cecil Smith Lester Barker Otis Fields Smith Red Oak Ridge Tazewell County Funeral Home Cedar Bluff Clarence Watson Lilly Athens Beckley Blue Jay Morris and Rosetta Kincaid Lilly Mercer County Church of Christ At Lerona Maria Ransom Lilly Clarence Lilly Jr Glen Morgan Douglas Lilly Speedway Stephen Lilly Cumberland Sue Parsons St. Albans Fred Lilly Grandview Vennie Bowling Oak Hill Beulah Anderson Alexandria Texie Plumley Alderson Bessie Martin Daniels Edna Richmond Beaver Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Rev L. A. Garten Sunset Memorial Park Luther E. Sizemore Powelltown Fayette County Montgomery Wyoming County The Baptist Church Union Power Company Gay Gill New Richmond Mary Lopez Corinne Virginia Slavey Mabscott Linda Beverly Edna Beverly Georgie Shrewsbury Stephenson Ennis Haynes Ohio Catherine Bishop Wyco Oliver Sizemore Bud William Sizemore Avin Sizemore Gap Mills Boyce Sizemore Princeton Foglesong-Longanacre Mullens Jesse Lester McNabb Fruit Heights Utah Bluefield Unecka N. C Jesse L Urah Berrang McNabb Etwah Tenn Corbin N & W Railway Virginia Oliver State Farm Insurance First Christian Church Masonic Lodge No. 85 Cumberland Heights Lions Club Mary Lou Warden Ernest H. McNabb Boulder Colo Mercer Funeral Home American Cancer Society

Correction Names Fred and Jack's Body Shop on Oakvale Rd

A misidentification in Tuesday editions listed an auto body shop as the victim after four wreckers were stolen and a fire occurred. The correct shop is Fred and Jack's Body Shop, located on Oakvale Road.

Oakvale Rd Fred Jack

District 28 Officials Explain Pact in Virginia Meeting

At Castlewood Virginia about 400 District 28 UMW delegates examined a tentative coal contract. Members criticized how talks were handled in Washington and questioned pension and health benefit changes amid broad opposition to sending the agreement to the 15 000 Virginia members.

Castlewood Virginia United Mine Workers UMW District 28 UMW District 28 Ray Marshall Albert Jones Buchanan County Marshall Arvil Sykes Washington

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