Stewart Calhoun dies after heart attack in Chicago
Stewart A. Calhoun 68 of Keystone died in Michael Reese Hospital Chicago after a heart attack while attending his sister Ola Hammond’s funeral. Funeral services set for Wednesday 11 a.m. at Mount Chapel Baptist Church Keystone with burial at Neva Maple Cemetery Tazewell. He was longtime Welch Keystone lawyer and public servant. Survivors include wife Celestial and children Harold Allen and Carole. multiple relatives.
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Stewart A. Calhoun
Keystone
Mount Chapel Baptist Church
J. A. Palmer
J. B. Howard
William Turner
Maplene Cemetery
Tazewell
Calhoun
Welch-Keystone
Chicago
Ola Hammond
Michael Reese
Welch
Keyston
Bluefield State Teachers College
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Democratic Party
Elks Lodge
McDowell County
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Celestial Calhoun
Harold W. Calhoun
Allen D. Calhoun
New York
N. Y
Celestial Owens
Wheeling
Carole Harris
Charleston
A. L. Calhoun
Bluefield
Thelma Perkins
Burnice Calhoun
Alfred Calhoun
Detroit
Mich
Mount Chapel
Leonard Bolt
J. P. Wade
C. E. Johnson
Dante Castrodale
A. J. Billani
J. M. Belcher
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Wilson L. Alsup in Boissevain
Funeral services for 82 year old Wilson L. Alsup of Boissevain Va will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Boissevain Baptist Church with Rev. Ted Cook and Rev. Roy Mathena officiating Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road Alsup a retired miner and United Mine Workers Local 9354 member died Monday in Bluefield Sanitarium Survivors include two daughters Mrs James Moore Abbs Valley Va and Mrs Maude Arrington Fairfield Calif two sons Wilson J Alsup Baltimore Md and Floyd E Alsup Columbus Ohio one half sister Mrs Jim Hammons Pennington Gap Va two great grandchildren Funeral home Graham Bluefield Va to residence Wednesday at 3 p.m. and church one hour prior Pallbearers named with church choir
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Nora Jones
Clark St. Bluefield
Refuge Church of Christ
Mercer Street
G. M. Boone
Detroit
Mich
Charles M. Grant
Columbus
Ohio
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Pulaski
Maitland
Bluefield
Lovara Walker
Zeela Burdett
Thorneda Blair
Helen Jessup
Philadelphia
Edgar Jones
Logan
Nathaniel V. Jones
Buffalo
N. Y
John Henry Jones
Lucy McKinney
Steubenville
William
Lela Florence Rowan
Gap Mills
Watson Nursing Home
White Sulphur Springs
Craig County
James R
Eliza Price McPherson
Gap Mills Methodist
Billee Scott Mick
A. B. Shifler
Carmel
Broyles
Union
Stanley
Stafford Patton
Arnott Doss
Marshall Neel
Roscoe Echols
John Ruddill
Methodist
Presbyterian
Fannie Blanche Colston
Richlands
Smyth County
Jack and
Eliza Burgess Cruey
The
Baptist Church
James Colston
Jean Moore
Saltville
Pearl Reed
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Chapel
Grat Horton
Joe Shelton
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Wilson L. Alsup
Boissevain
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted Cook
Roy Mathena
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Alsup
United Mine Workers of America
Gary
Pennington Gap
Bluefield Sanitarium
James Moore
Abbs Valley
Maude Arrington
Fairfield
Calif
Wilson J. Alsup
Baltimore
Graham Funeral Home
Walter Harman
George Hodock
Wayne Mahaffey
Harmon Cook
John Sanders
John Dillon
Okley Johnston
Lawrence French
Elizabeth Boykin Dies in Bluefield Nursing Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Boykin aged 41 of McComas died Sunday night at the Bluefield Sanitarium. The body was sent to Lugo's Funeral Service for funeral arrangements which are incomplete.
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Elizabeth Boykin
McComas
Bluefield
Lugo
Local Resident Jesse Wyatt Dies in Plymouth Michigan
Jesse Richardson Wyatt formerly of Bluefield died early Monday in Plymouth Michigan. Funeral arrangements will be made at Mercer Funeral Home of Bluefield.
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Jesse Richardson Wyatt
Bluefield
Plymouth
Mich
Mercer
Mary Irene Crawford Shunski
Salem Drive
Las Vegas
Nev
J. F. Crawford
Stadium Drive
Newspaper masthead and advertising notice
The passage shows an old newspaper masthead for Daily Siet of Bluefsld W with 1893 established date and pricing, crediting news dispatches to the paper and carrier delivery, plus mail rates and circulation bureau mention. It lists advertising representation by The Mats Agency, Inc. and member status.
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Siet
Bluefsld
West Virginia
Rai
Member
Audit Bureau
Mats Agency, Inc
Funeral services for Ronald L Warrix in Red Jacket
Funeral services for Ronald Lee Warrix 21 of Red Jacket Mingo County are set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at his father-in-law Charles Smith home in Roderfield with Rev. Deward Frazier officiating. Burial will be in Roberts Cemetery Panther. Warrix died Sunday in a single car crash on Route 49 near Sprigg and a railroad track. He was born in Red Jacket son of Willie and Dora Bailey Warrix. Survived by wife Linda Carol Smith Warrix four sisters Glenna Barney Detroit Michigan Patsy Barney Columbus Ohio Linda Kay Warrix Peggy Ann Warrix home. Wife listed as Linda Carol Smith Warrix. Welch to the residence of his father-in-law at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Red Jacket
Mingo County
Charles Smith
Roderfield
Deward Frazier
Roberts Cemetery
Panther
Warrix
Route 49
Sprigg
Willie
Dora Bailey Warrix
Linda Carol Smith Warrix
Glenna Barney
Detroit, Mich
Patsy Barney
Columbus
Ohio
Linda Kay
Peggy Ann Warrix
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Mrs. Mary E. Robertson Rues Bluefield Widow Dies
Mary E. Robertson 76 of 113 Ramsey Street Bluefield died Monday in Bluefield Sanitarium. She was widow of Joseph E. Robertson who died in 1962 and a Grace Methodist Church member. Survived by five daughters Eva Hall Elizabeth Presley Estelle Addison Blanche Blevins Virginia L. James two sons Jack Robertson and Joseph G. Robertson 29 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Body to Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with visitation after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Further arrangements incomplete.
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Ramsey St
Bluefield
Joseph E. Robertson
Grace Methodist Church
Eva Hall
Elizabeth Presley
Gary
Estelle Addison
Laurel, Md
Blanche Blevins
Virginia L. James
Jack Robertson
Laurel
Joseph G. Robertson
U.S. Navy
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Hawkins Funeral Home
Funeral for Samuel T. Lambert Held in Bland Virginia
Samuel Thomas Lambert 82 of Bland Virginia died Sunday afternoon in Weston hospital. He was the brother of Bill Lambert Princeton and Ada Brown Bland with brothers Walker Lambert Wytheville Bige Lambert Albany Ohio and Edward Lambert Berwind. Ducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Newberry Funeral Home Bland with Rev. Dale Johnson officiating. Burial follows in Red Oak Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Tuesday.
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Samuel Thomas Lambert
Bland
Weston
Bill Lambert
Princeton
Ada Brown
Walker Lambert
Wytheville
Bige Lambert
Albany
Ohio
Edward Lambert
Berwind
Newberry Funeral Home
Dale Johnson
Red Oak
Obituary notices for Lee John Willie Jr Armstrong Clarence Frazier Taylor
John Willie Lee Jr 77 of 340 North St Bluefield dies. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Joseph Kidd with burial at Grand View Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Clarence Frazier Armstrong 32 Richlands Virginia dies. funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands burial Greenhill Memorial Gardens Claypool Hill. Pallbearers named. Mrs Veda Mae Taylor 64 McComas dies. funeral today 2 p.m. Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church burial Roselawn Cemetery. Daughter of Rufus A Lusk and Nora Bell Lusk.
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C. B. Sykes
J. B. Brown
John Kinser
Taylor
Veda Mae
McComas
Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church
Roselawn
Rufus A. Lusk
Sandlick Road
Nora Bell Lusk
Council To Buy Site For Park In Bluefield Virginia
Bluefield Virginia town council votes to buy a 100 foot triangle parcel at Schenley and Tazewell for 300 dollars for a future park or picnic grounds. The Oct 25 proposal cited park use and addresses pending water and sewer delinquent accounts and other town issues.
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Bluefield
Schenley
Tazewell Avenues
Princetonian Treated For Injuries From Airport Road Wreck
A 29 year old Princetonian John P Sommons of 1011 Christ ie Ave received treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium after an early morning two car crash on Airport Road seven miles west of Princeton on Secondary Rt 37. He suffered a scalp laceration and a back injury. A fellow passenger Allen Marcus of Coalwood was injured but not hospitalized. Cars were driven east by Sommons and Charles W Boscoe 18 Welch when they collided. Demands were estimated at 1.25. Trooper W A Johnson investigated.
Man Surrenders To FBI Agents Here
Henry Joseph Dunford 22 a former Cedar Bluff Virginia resident surrendered to FBI agents in Bluefield on a U S Treasury violation charge in Asheville North Carolina He had been living in Hendersonville South Carolina and Asheville area He waived a hearing and was remanded to federal custody for return to Asheville Western District Court
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Cedar Bluff
U. S. Treasury
Asheville
N. C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bluefield
Henry Jospeh Dunford
FBI
Hendersonville
S. C
U. S
John Mc Ghee
Dunford
McGhee
Western District Federal Court
Three Princeton clubs back mental retardation awareness drive
The Woman's Club, the Junior Woman's Club and the Civic League of Princeton back a public awareness campaign aiding 55 000 mentally retarded people in West Virginia. The effort is supported by the Advertising Council, the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, HEW, the National Association for Retarded Children and the Kennedy Foundation.
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West Virginia
Woman's Club
Junior Woman’s Club
Civic League
Princeton
Advertising Council
President's Committee On
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Association For Retarded Children
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
B. H. Barrett
Princeton Woman's Club
Richard Wassum
Princeton Civic League
G. R. Smith Jr
Princeton Junior Woman's Club
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Advertising Council On
CAP To Prepare For Inspection By Air Force Inquiry
The Group Five Headquarters Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at CAP Headquarters at the Mercer County Airport. Commander Ralph Edgington stated the upcoming Inspector General inspection by the U S Air Force will be discussed and full attendance is requested.
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Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Mercer County
Ralph Edgington
I. G
U. S. Air Force
Y Building To Close For Thanksgiving
The YM YWCA will close all day Thursday for Thanksgiving with holiday scheduling. Activities continue Wednesday and Friday with recreational swim 1 to 4 p.m. and family swim 7 to 9 p.m.
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Ym-Ywca
Cong Front To Open Office In Bucharest
The National Liberation Front the political wing of the Viet Cong will open a permanent representation in Bucharest. The Front already maintains representations in Peking Moscow Jakarta and other cities.
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Bucharest
Tokyo
New China News Agency
National Liberation Front
Peking
Moscow
Jakarta
Nationalist China Approves Names Change Measure
Nationalist China's parliament passed a bill allowing people with embarrassing names to change them. Some parents give children terms like thief pig or dog hoping to ward off evil spirits and improve their fortunes.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Three Mercer Countians Charged In Princeton Robbery
Ernest W. Sizemore Clinton Eugene Hall and Barbara D. Moore face possible indictment after a Mercer Hotel robbery on Oct. 31 in Princeton. An out of town truck driver was robbed of about $300. Moore jailed on $1,000 bond. Hall released on $2,000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. Sizemore arrested in Maryland and returned to Princeton with $2,000 bond.
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Mercer
Princeton
Earnest W. Sizemore
Rt. 3
Clinton Eugene Hall
Hale Ave
Barbara D. Moore
Walker Street
Justice of the Peace
John McKinney
Sizemore
Prince George County
McKinney
Wife Questioned In Kanawha Slaying
In Kanawha County a 39 year old man Richard Baldwin was shot dead while riding with his wife Marlene Yvonne Baldwin on Paint Creek Road. State police detained the wife for questioning as investigators determine motive and exact sequence of events.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Richard Baldwin
Handley
Marlene Yvonne Baldwin
Baldwin
Paint Creek
Revival planned at Montcalm Church
Revival services at the Montcalm Church of God begin November 29 and run through December 11 with Rev. Norman Gray as evangelist. A special singing night is planned and the public is invited.
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Montcalm Church of God
Norman Gray
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