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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1981
Page
3
Obituary notices list Mrs. William Canter and others, detailing ages, addresses, and surviving family. Multiple services scheduled across Bluefield Bluewell Princeton and surrounding towns with burial plans, church affiliations, and pallbearers named.
An 18 year old Giles County woman, Sherri Lynn Carter of Pembroke, died instantly in a one vehicle crash on State Route 730 near EGGLESTON. The Plymouth sedan, driven by Richard Dale Rose, left the road, hit a bank and overturned at 4 15 p m. Trooper Larry Falls led the investigation. Carter, a Giles High School graduate, worked at Federal Mogul in Blacksburg. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p m at Williams Jamison Funeral Home in Pembroke with burial in Birch Lawn Cemetery.
The readable text provides postal and rate details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, including establishment in 1893, address on Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, and Home delivery rate of 4.90 per month. It notes Associated Press membership and post office box contact.
A 25-year-old Tazewell County man, Earnest Edward Musick of Raven, Va., died in a single vehicle crash on U.S. Route 460 near Oakwood Tuesday night. Musick, a Carter Machinery heavy equipment mechanic, was a passenger in a 1977 GMC driven by James William Riley of Swords Creek. the truck overturned after leaving the road at about 7:30 p.m. Musick died at Clinch Valley Clinic in Richlands at 8:23 p.m. Survivors include his wife Deborah Gilbert Musick, two sons, his parents Cecil and Frances Salyers Musick, and siblings. Funeral arrangements are with Tazewell County Funeral Home in Cedar Bluff.
A 44 year old man, Henry Lee Shillings, a former Route 3 Bluefield resident, died Wednesday in a Charles Town hospital from an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. His body was incomplete at Smith Strider Funeral Home in Charles Town.
Smith, with 20 years in the field, praised Mercer County for strong support and a top 10 percent regional park. Governor’s office official Miles Dean said rapid progress is possible, while Rockefeller was joined by bankers Flat Top National Bank and First National Bank Bluefield. Attendees included county officials and West Virginia economic development leaders.
Organizations or church groups wishing to assist the family should reach Ronnie or Rita Hager at Route 3 Box 407 Bluefield Virginia 24605 for coordination and support opportunities.
Six Bluewell clubs form Bluewell Community Improvement to raise funds for Christmas lights. Events include a hot dog bake sale and crafts sale, with plans for a turkey dinner on Oct 10 and a bike-a-thon on Oct 17 and a snow tire drawing on Oct 26. Participating groups include the Bluewell Fire Department Lions and Lions Auxiliary Home Demonstration Club Woman's Club and Montcalm Bluewell Junior Woman's Club. The effort has raised 1200 of a 4000 goal. contact numbers listed.
City officials and investors debated moving a nightclub project outside Bluefield limits. Some fears of biased handling and pressure to identify involved parties emerged, while Ben Paine denied coercion and claimed no pressure. Romano favored a new building and hinted multiple locations are under consideration.
Pocahontas Virginia mayor John Sabo resigns after 5 terms citing family and work duties. Eddie Harman, a town council member, named mayor on Sept 14 to serve until June 30, 1982. Sabo, 52, had been a coal buyer. council will fill his seat on Oct 12.
The House approved a bill by 354 to 56 setting jail terms up to ten years and fines up to 50 000 for revealing the identities of U S undercover agents overseas. Supporters say it protects agents and families while critics fear First Amendment limits.
Officials say Clinard James Jr. of Powell Creek Kentucky died in a roof collapse at Big Ridge Coal Mine near Brushy Pike County. He had been trapped for hours beneath rock and coal after the ceiling gave way early Wednesday. Operator Clifford Coleman escaped unharmed. James had worked at the mine about four years.
The Union Rotary Club seeks funds to fence and footpath the 20 foot statue of a Confederate youth, redevelop its base, and build a surrounding trail around the 1901 monument honoring Monroe County’s Civil War volunteers. The lone figure has stood in a cow pasture beside Main Street, outside town limits, for 125 years.
The State Highway and Transportation Commission approved 21 highway contracts totaling 3.6 million dollars for Southwest Virginia projects. Four contracts fund 12 more bridges as part of a two year 7 million program to replace or improve coal haul roads. Haymes Brothers Inc. of Chatham won multiple awards for dollars 158,422 72,087 and other small bridge replacements in Tazewell Buchanan and Dickenson counties.
Haig left 20 minutes after Gromyko and spoke only through Fischer. The two leaders, initially amiable, met alone for two hours and 50 minutes and then with advisers for one hour and 15 minutes.
The body of Betty Faye Eversole, 43, of Route 1 Wytheville, was found Wednesday afternoon in a county wooded area about three miles from town. Investigators call the death an apparent suicide after a missing person report since Saturday. A .25 caliber pistol was found near the body and the car was located nearby. Autopsy to follow in Roanoke. foul play not suspected but not ruled out. Lt. Lephew leads the inquiry.
Princeton hires Jay Sanders as housing rehabilitation specialist in the Community Development Department. Sanders, 27, a Bluefield native and Bluefield High School and Concord College graduate, assumed duties Tuesday, replacing Dana Dodrill. He previously taught at Windy Mountain Learning Center in Bluefield.
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