Close Congressional races in Bluefield area raise doubts
In the May 7 1978 Bluefield Daily Telegraph a tight race looms for Congress as incumbent Nick Joe Rahall II of Beckley faces former Congressman Ken Hechler of Huntington. Mercer County may tilt toward Rahall though margins are uncertain. Baylor leads in the 10th Senatorial District. House of Delegates shows 21 candidates with incumbents favored but Anello's recent gubernatorial appointment adds uncertainty. County races feature Democrat Scott challenging Coburn for County Commissioner and Shrewsbury vs Sanders for assessor. Bragg gains police support but Hare still backed by major Democrats. multiple candidates vie for state executive committee and county committees across several districts.
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Nick Joe Rahall II
Beckley
Ken Hechler
Huntington
Mercer County
Richard P. Baylor
Jack L
Buzz
Hellems
Baylor
House of Delegates
Tony Whitlow
Clarence Christian Jr
Marion Shifler
Union
Donald Anello
Whitlow-Annello
Oakvale
Princeton
Ira “Ike” Southern
Richard Kephart
Europe
Kephart
Randolph Jennings
Bluefield
Jack E. Holt
Hinton
James Haun
Herbert Fink
Jerry K. Caldwell
Danny R
Paul Rotenberry
Steve Weichelt
Robert Bobbitt
Charles H. Bower
L. G
John’’ Underwood
James H. Stratus
Ed Cabbell
Raymond Rose
John I
Jack” Scott
Joe Coburn
Scott
Coburn
Winifrey (Wimpy
Shrewsbury
John S. Sanders
Roger Hughes
Hughes
Sanders
Ray Bragg
Donald Hare
Bragg
Hare
James E. Beasley
Thomas P. Fitzsimmons
Robert E. Holroyd
Odell Huffman
Rudolph
Fanning and Wells Crowned Queens at Princeton Event
Debbie Fanning named Miss Princeton 1978 and Tracie Wells wins PJHS Fire Fund Queen at Princeton High School auditorium. Kiwanis Club sponsors pageant to raise funds for the Princeton Junior High Fire Fund, created after a December 15, 1977 blaze damaged band and athletic equipment. Runners up include Rhonda Belcher and Susan Smith among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debbie Fanning
Princeton
Tracie Wells
Pjhs Fire Fund
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Princeton Junior High School
Miss Wells
Randi Raines
Jeanne Arnold
Donita Arnold
Dan Taylor
Arnold Palmer
Miss Fanning
Rhonda Belcher
Susan Smith
Venzetta Wilborn
Cindi Smithers
Giles County youth dies after two-vehicle crash near Ripplemead
Richard Anthony Meredith seventeen? 16-year-old Giles High School student died at Montgomery County Community Hospital after a late Friday collision on State Route 636 two miles east of Pearisburg near the Old Ripplemead Bridge. Vehicle details remain unclear. Meredith was a passenger in George Jenelle’s car. Funeral services set for Monday at 4 p.m. in Pearisburg and burial at Birchlawn. Meredith family listed. The article also notes Ludolph van Ceulen famed for computing pi to 35 decimals engraved on his tombstone.
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Giles County
Ripplemead
Richard Anthony Meredith
Monroe St
Pearisburg
Montgomery County
Blacksburg
Wytheville
Pearsburg
Ripplemead Bridge
George Everett Jenelle
Pearlsburg
Jenelle
Meredith
Giles High School
Betty Martin Meredith
Teddy T. Meredith
Pembroke
David A. Meredith
Dumas
Texas
Stephen Meredith
Winston- Salem
N. C
Carolyn M. Williams
West Alice
Wis
Patsy Colley
Alesa Meredith
Clyde H. Martin
Homer R. Meredith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Ross E. Martin
Paul Craft
Birchlawn
Rahall Wins House Seat After Hechler Challenge
Former Marshall University professor Hechler challenged Rahall for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1976 and then a write-in campaign for Congress. Rahall, a Beckley businessman, defeated Hechler by over 30,000 votes across Mercer McDowell Cabell Wayne Mingo and Logan counties, with losses in Wyoming and Raleigh. Rahall’s fundraising totaled 339382 including 236000 of his own money.
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Marshall University
Hechler
Rockefeller
Rahall
Beckley
Mercer
McDowell
Cabell
Wayne
Mingo
Logan
Wyoming
Raleigh
Secretary of State
Deaths and Funerals in Keen Mountain and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices for Lola Marie Logan Colley of Keen Mountain 68, Robert L. Belcher 86 of Sugar Grove, Nellie Stockton Hamer of Northfork, Stanley E. Roop Jr. of Glen Morgan, Clarence D. McIntosh of Princeton, John Marvin Potts of Princeton, Charles Wood of Athens, Robert P. Byrd Jr. of Bluefield, Bernard C. Culver of Bluefield and other local residents. Details include ages, family survivors, burial and service arrangements, churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes in Buchanan, Mercer, and surrounding counties.
Hurley educator Dewey Justus dies at 78 in Roanoke
Dewey Arlington Justus aged 78 of Blueridge Virginia died on arrival at a Roanoke hospital after a suspected heart attack. A retired educator and Hurley principal, he founded Hurley High School and the D A Justus Elementary School bears his name. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church and Sandy Valley Lodge No 17 A F and A M. He is survived by Edith Webb Justus, a step son T J Ross, a step daughter Nancy Ross Duynstee, a foster daughter Polly Stacy, and a brother Parker Justus. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Grundy Funeral Home.
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Dewey Arlington Justus
Blueridge
Hurley
Roanoke
Presbyterian Church
Clark Memorial Presbyterian Church
King College
University of Virginia
Sandy Valley Lodge
D. A. Justus
Edith Webb Justus
T. J. Ross
Nancy Ross Duynstee
Polly Stacy
Parker Justus
Grundy Funeral Home
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
W Va
Associated Press
Ais
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landau Associates
Walter Burton
Elizabeth Linkous
Margaret Lilly Lewis
Clara Lee Sibold
Michael Gibson
Sandra Kay Eades
William J. Akers
Mary K. Richards
Leland Carter
Joe E. Walker
Lucille W. Thornhill
John P. Anderson
G. H. Crumpecker
Emilie Holroyd
Kitty Ratliff
Jimmy Mills
Joyce Pickett Havens
Maxine Hornick
Clifton Neal
Annette Battalino
Ruth Mattox
Crockett Gray
D. Taft Johnson Sr
Paul Myles
J. Spencer Thompson
Lucille Howell
Ola Huff
Homer L. Brown
Elsie M. Loyd
Marshall S. Harris
Kelly R. Jenkins
Vera Caro Neal
Joe Shoda
Doris Laws
Charles E. Hoge
Walter I. Ferguson
Elizabeth C. Linkous
Richard Wayland
Norris Kantor
Ila S. Clark
Giles
Ludolph van Ceulen
Big Flea
Bluefield, VA
Montcal
Montcalm
Carl Horton
Vernon Fields
Mercer County Humane Society
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Rt. 460
Wade Spees
Joy Service Center
Earl Bradley
Ed Long
A. W. Calder
Joy Machinery Co
Stan Butler
Hilo Prc
Jacks
Ed Milwaukee
Birmingham
Mpls-St. P
Bismarck
Edy
Nashville
New Orleans
Ed Boise
Ed New York
E Boston
Er Norfolk
Brownsville
Okla. City
Buffalo
Oakland
Charlsta SC
el Phoenix
Charlsta WV
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Rm P’tland
el Cincinnati
Ed Salt Lake Detroit
Edy San Diego
Elr Duluth
Ed San Fran
Elr Hartford
Ie, Seattle
Elr
Elr Helena
Rn Spokane Honolulu
Ed St Ste Marie
Ed Houston
Edy Tulsa
Ind
Apolis Washington
Convalescent Transportation
H. Cline Hall, JR
W.va
National Funeral Directors Assoc
Perry Lee Colley
Peery Lee
Lola Marie Logan) Colley
Keen Mountain
Richlands
Knox County
John and
Sarah Meeks Logan
Pentecostal Church
English
Alice Gibson
Barboursville
Ancil Childress
Jack Keen
Buford Smith
Buchanan County
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Robert L. Belcher
Sugar Grove
Soulsville
Harm and
Vina Workman Tolliver
Claude Belcher
Welch
Gladys Whittaker
Pansy Perkins
Rebecca Goode
Athens
Cora Mullins
Mullens
Northfork
Stanley E Roop JR
Stanley E. Roop Jr
Glen Morgan
Beckley Hospital
Wyco
Mullens High School
Stanley E
Henrietta Ralston Roop
David Pollock
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Foglesong-Longanacre Funeral Home
Clarence D. McIntosh
Clarence D
Mack) MclIntosh
Greentree Crossroads
Stewart
Albert P
Elizabeth Branch McIntosh
Carr Memorial United Methodist Church
Lena Hicks McIntosh
Billy McIntosh
Valerie McIntosh
Flora Probst
Glenwood Park
Allen C. Ridenour
Monte Vista Park
J. C. Mallory
Neil Bailey
L. W. Chambers
Walter Fielder
Carroll H. Fry
Harry Hutchinson
Athens Road
John Marvin Potts
Banner Elk
Marvin
Rose Fox Potts
Mary Lou Walker Potts
Jerry Potts
Little Rock
Ark
Wendell Keith Potts
Jim
Marilyn) Hollingshead
Cadot
Gregory
Cheryl Ann) Ellis
Tim
Janet) Ealy
Noel
Christine) Wall
Ronald
Johnnye) Thomore
Homer
Clara) Winters
Marion
George Kelly
Resthaven Memorial Park
Charles Wood
Pipestein
Richard
Alice Farley Wood
Denise Neely Wood
Lucille Litton
Estelle Webb
Lewis Wood
Memorial
Johnny Atkinson
Fred Wood
Robert P. Byrd JR
Randolph Terrace
Robert P
Frances E. Turley Byrd Sr
Ruby Ewald
Zelda Winstead
Jackson
Miss
B. Everett Byrd
Vic
Bernard C. Culver
Bernard C
Bob’ Culver
Rt. 4
Chestertown
N.Y
Percy and
Mary McCarthy Culver
Tracy Hylton Coal Company
UMWA
Harman Baptist Church
Lois Burton Culver
Gary Culver
Danny Culver
Steven Tibbs
Phillip
Betty Jo) Larue
Nicholas
Margaret) Perriello
Nemours
Karen Culver
Perisia Culver
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Bluewell
Lance Yost
T. R. Cook
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Danny Wagner
Warren Surface
Coy McClanahan
Junior Williams
Earl Epperson
Andy Hendrick
Nieto
Joe
Filbert
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Anthony Wotjus
Douglas Mortuary
Fizer
Ernest D
Mamie L
Pine St
Mercer Funeral Home Chapel
Lawrence Sherwood
Maplehill Cemetery
SCCON
Bluefield Monument Company
Virginia
Dewey
Arlington Justus
Beltone
Smakes
Hearing Aid Service
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