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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1981

Page

4

DEATHS and FUNERALS in Daily Telegraph May 12 198

Mrs. Emanuel Belcher 88 of Kimball dies after short illness in Welch hospital. Survivors include four sons and three daughters. services at Elkhorn Baptist Church Belcher Mountain with burial at Belcher Mountain Cemetery. Memorials to Cancer Society. Also listed are Mrs. Walter Chaffin 75 of Wilmore and Helen Fahl 67 of Sarasota plus Henry Reese 64 of Peterstown among others with funeral details. Thunderstorms sweep Virginia causing floods and power outages. Richmond receives 2.99 inches rainfall at Byrd Airport.

Emanuel Belcher Emanuel Sarah Ann) Belcher Kimball Welch Hospital Ivan Belcher Glen Fork Cecil Belcher Walter Belcher Paris Belcher Welch Alice Belcher Archie Gladys) Lane Sylvia Blevins Marion Walter Wyatt Cincinnati Ohio Virgil Wyatt Della McKinney Elkhorn Baptist Chreh Belcher Mountain H.A. Lane Harold Burks Cancer Society Douglas Funnal Walter Chaffin Walter Lake) Chaffin Wilmore Saeger Chicago Ill N.T Rebecca Perdieu Trent Franky (Lavern) Edwards Rebecca Chaffins Clyde Chaffin Raymond Chaffin Detroit, Mich Round Lake Hiram Chaffin McHenry Grace Coleman Jaeger Willie Perdue Norman Perdue Fanning Funeral Home Henry H. Reese Peterstown Princeton Broyles Funeral Home Rev W.F Bill) Sampson Broyles Cemetery Virginia Richmond David George National Weather Service Byrd International Airport Honaker Russell County Here William Lee Combs Rt. 1 Wytheville Lebanon Tazewell County Combs Honaker High School Hart Brothers, Inc Finney Baptist Church Beverly Maxfield Combs Leslie Combs Jessica Combs Arnold McIntyre Finney Kathy Hicks Helen Crabtree Michael McIntyre Pete Yates Sam Combs Jr Stanley McIntyre Honaker Funeral Home H.G. Musick Jr Larry Burton

Union Mission Founder Dies

Mrs. W. George MacTarnaghan of Bluefield died at Glenwood Park Methodist Home after a long illness. A Marshall University 1911 alumna, she helped found the Bluefield Union Mission in 1936 and the Golden Age Club. Survived by two sons, three daughters, 11 grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren, she was active in PTA and Bluefield Woman's Club. Burial at Monte Vista Cemetery near Ceres. Memorials to Bluefield Union Mission.

W. George Alva Ritz) MacTarnaghan Bluefield Glenwood Park Wayne James M Kathryn McCarthy Ritz Marshall University Mercer County Parent-Teachers Association Arthur R. Kingdon Frederic T. Kingdon Mullens C.R Kathryn) Frampton Charleston Watson F Helen) Mays W.D Ann) Shields Virginia Beach Mercer Funeral Home C.H. Patterson Monte Vista Ceres Watson F. Mays Jr James F. Kingdon Thomas F. Davis Arnold Saltzman Major D. Shields Jr Harold R. Frampton David Strader Allen Stone Bluefield Union Mission Bluefield Ave

Two Hour Free Parking Ends as Town Votes to Auction Meters

Graham council moves to make downtown free parking permanent after a six month trial. Violations stem from employees moving cars to dodge the two hour limit, prompting a letter to five businesses asking cooperation. Mead cites an eight thousand dollar annual revenue loss and notes violators tracked by the parking attendant. Mayor Barnett touts the measure amid Police Week plans and a bicycle safety clinic at Graham High School.

Business and Professional Association Mercer Mall Mead Kenneth Barnett Graham High School

Football Monster Rises in Spring Season Echo

The piece recalls a spring tradition as a new season football monster emerges from the primeval ooze, signaling a quirky, nostalgic nod to seasonal sports folklore and local legend.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Generic Masthead

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents its standard masthead and publication details, listing publication by the Daily Printing Co at 412 Bland Street and noting Associated Press affiliation. The text reflects archival newspaper formatting rather than a specific article.

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Paris stock market falls as Mitterrand's victory unsettles France

Paris and the franc dipped sharply as Francois Mitterrand won the presidency and France began preparing for a National Assembly vote later in June. Jacques Chirac urged center-right unity as Premier Raymond Barre warned of a worsening domestic and international situation.

Paris France Francois Mitterrand Mitterrand Valery Giscard d’Estaing Jacques Chirac Giscard d’Estaing Raymond Barre

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