Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee (2024)

January 17, 1973

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Bristol Herald Courieri

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Bristol, Tennessee

Issue Date:

Wednesday, January 17, 1973

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2

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2 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Wed Jan 17 1973 Bristol Area Deaths Richard Sprinkle BEN HUR Va Richard Sprinkle 82 died Tuesday in a local hospital after a short illness Surviving are five sons James Sprinkle Hampton Va George Sprinkle Dayton Ohio Clarence Sprinkle and Sprinkle both of Miamis burg Ohio Bud Sprinkle Vir ginia Beach Va one daughter Mrs Stella Kelly St Charles Va two brothers Green Sprinkle Woodway Va and William Sprinkle Galax Va 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Sturgill uneral Home Pen nington Gap Va is in charge of arrangements Mrs Nettie VanHuss DAMASCUS Va Mrs Nettie Parker VanHuss 77 of Route 1 died Monday night en route to a Kingsport Tenn hospital Surviving are her husband Thomas VanHuss three daughters Mrs June Tolliver Kingsport Mrs Katherine An derson Roanoke Va and Mrs Gladys McCrady Albemarle NC two sons Kermit Van Huss Damascus and Carl Van Huss Kingsport one half sister Mrs RC Taylor Damascus 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren Mullins uneral Home Da mascus is in charge of ar rangements Ted Jones RICHMOND Va Ted Jones 60 died Monday in a local hospital Surviving are his wife Mrs Margaret Knox Jones one bro ther and one sister uneral and burial services will be conducted in Richmond Mrs Daisy Mathis Carter MEADOW VIEW Va Mrs Daisy Mathis Carter 94 died Tuesday morning at the home of a daughter Surviving are two daughters Mrs Naomi Lindsey and Miss Saraphine Carter both of Meadowview two sons Hugh Carter Meadowview and Joe Carter Glade Spring Va and several grandchildren Henderson uneral Chapel Abingdon is in charge of arrangements Tammy Whitaker JONESBORO Tenn Tammy Lorene Whitaker two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Whitaker died Tues day morning in the University of Tennessee Hospital Knoxville after a long illness Other survivors include two brothers Edward Whitaker and Whitaker Jr both of the home the paternal grand parents Mr and Mrs John Whi taker Jonesboro the maternal grandparents the Rev and Mrs Bascom Martin Bristol Tennessee the maternal great grandmother Mrs Anna Martin Bristol the maternal great grandfather Mar tin Knoxville Dillow Taylor uneral Home is in charge of arrangements Ray Atkins MEADOWVIEW Va Ray Atkins 78 died Tuesday in an Abingdon hospital after a long illness He was a member of the Mt Carmel Christian Church and was operator of the Meadowview Shoe Shop Surviving are his wife Mrs Ada Irene Atkins three daugh ters Mrs Bernard Hanco*ck Glade Spring Mrs red Ed mondson Saltville Va and Mrs Alfred Moore Bristol Ten nessee two sons Tony Atkins Meadowview and Cecil Atkins Abingdon two sisters Mrs Oakie addis Marion and Mrs Goldie Gibson Bristol Virginia three brothers Hugh Atkins and Shuler Atkins both of Atkins Martin Luther Harr BLOUNTVILLE Tenn Martin Luther Harr 93 of Route 4 died at 1:30 pm Monday at his home after a long illness He was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and was a re tired timberman a carpenter and a farmer Surviving are his wife Mrs Bessie Harr three daughters Mrs Dewey (Ethel) Smith Mrs Oscar (Annie) McMurray and Mrs Daniel (Violet) Adams all of Blountville three sons (Tommy) Harr Malcum Lester Harr and Jasper Harr all of Blountville 13 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Blountville uneral Home is in charge of arrangements Mrs Mary Jones NORTON Va Mrs Mary Jones 82 died Monday morning in a local hospital after a long illness Surviving are three daughters Mrs Edna Thompson Coos Bay Ore Mrs Mae Hopson Johnson City Tenn and Mrs Ruth Watkins Imboden Va three sons Wayne Jones Lee Jones and Holly Jones all of Norton one sister Mrs Grace Salyers Norton one brother Pat Snod grass Norton 31 grandchildren and several great grand children Hagy uneral Home is in charge of arrangements David I Kingsolver HOLLYWOOD Ha David I Kingsolver 64 Hollywood died Monday at a local hospital He is survived by his wife Mrs Dorothy Kingsolver Holly wood one son John King solver Hollywood two daugh ters Mrs William Abbott Jack sonville la and Mrs Jeri Jenny Marietta Ga one bro ther Harry Kingsolver Bris tol and five grandchildren Penciera Memorial Home Hollywood is in charge of ar rangements Roney 0 Skeens CLINCHIELD Va Roney 0 Skeens 60 died Monday night in a Lebanon Va hospital Surviving are his wife Mrs Rachel Cantrell Skeens three sons Raymond Skeens Hope well Va Oscar Skeens and David Skeens both of Cleveland Va nine daughters Mrs James Grizzle Castlewood Va Mrs Roger Collins Bulls Gap Tenn Mrs Eddie Hall Jr Dis trict Heights Md Miss Marie Skeens Mrs Jerry Harris and Miss Pearl Skeens all of Marion Va Miss Bonnie Skeens Miss ern Skeens and Miss Gay Skeens all of Cleveland Va three sisters Mrs Cynthia Grizzle Cleveland Va Mrs Nora Cantrell Artrip Va and Mrs Mae Powers Castlewood and 12 grandchildren Lebanon uneral Home is in charge of arrangements Mrs Mattie McDavid GATE CITY Va Mrs Mattie Elizabeth McDavid 86 of Route 4 died at her home late Monday after a short illness Surviving are four daughters Mrs Edna Curtis Mrs Anna Lee Helms Mrs Jeanelle Moore and Miss Janie McDavid all of Gate City one son Edwin Mc David Gate City three sisters Mrs Eva McDavid Mrs Lillie Harris and Mrs Allie Mae Bruce all of Gate City seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Gate City uneral Home is in charge of arrangements Carl Bookhamer CLINTWOOD Va Carl (Jack) Bookhamer Sr 74 died Tuesday morning in a Wise Va hospital after a long illness Surviving are his wife Mrs Maxie Bookhamer one son Carl (Jack) Bookhamer Jr Greeneville Tenn one sister Mrs Bonnie Melton Mrs Bonnie Kilgore Melton 57 of 104 Sunnybrook Drive Bristol Tennessee died Tuesday night in Bristol Memorial Hospital Surviving are one daughter Mrs Herbert (Imogene) Riley Bristol one son Billy Edward (Eddie) Childress Worth Texas one stepdaughter Mrs Clyde' (Evelyn) Wagner Blountville one sister Mrs Ruth Bristol two brothers George Kilgore Bristol and Paul Kilgore Detroit Mich four grandchildren and two step grandchildren Weaver uneral Home is in charge of arrangements uneral Notices ATKINS uneral services for Ray Atkins will be conducted at 2 pm riday in the Henderson uneral Chapel with the Rev Roy Allen officiating Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery Marion Va The family will be at the home of Mrs Bernard Hanco*ck Glade Spring The family will receive friends at Hen derson uneral Chapel from 7 9 pm Thursday BOOKHAMER uneral services for Carl (Jack) Bookhamer will be con ducted at 2 pm Thursday in the Clint wood Baptist Church with the Rev Henry Garris and the Rev Harvey officiating Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Route 1 Clintwood The body will be taken to the residence at 2 Wednesday and will be taken to the church one hour before services Pall bearers will be Ronald Stanevich Pat Simoson Jimmy Speer Darrell Phil lips Estil Stanley Darrell Powers Bu ford Barrett Dr Donald King and Bon sall Sykes Miller uneral Home is in charge of arrangements CARTER uneral services tor Mrs Daisy Mathis Carter will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday in Henderson uneral Chapel with the Rev Malachi Brown the Rev A McReynolds and the Rev Leon Wisdom officiating Burial will be in the Meadowview Cemetery Casketbearers will be George Carter William Carter Carter Wilfred Carter Warren Lindsey William Lindsey Honorary pallbearers will be Stuart Yeatts Pres ton Giesler Lee Snavely rank Lee rank Logan and Bob Lowe The family will receive friends from 7 9 pm Wednesday at Henderson uneral Chapel CHAPMAN uneral services for Mrs Monnie Mary Belle Chapman will be con ducted at 2:20 pm Wednesday in Warren uneral Home chapel with the Rev James A Boatright and the Rev JW Bowen officiating Burial will be in Holston View Cemetery Warren uneral Home is in charge of arrange ments HARR uneral services for Martin Luther Harr will be conducted at 2 pm Wednesday in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev Jerry Weeks the Rev Sam Gammon the Rev Haskel McClain and the Rev Roy Pendergrass officiating Burial will be in the Em manuel Cemetery The body will remain at the funeral home and will be taken to the church one hour before services Nephews will serve as pallbearers Blountville uneral Home is in charge of arrangements JONES uneral services for Mrs MaryS Jones willbeconductedat2pm Wednesday in the Hagy uneral Home chapel with the Rev Jim Ramey offi ciating Burial will be in Laurel Grove Cemetery Hagy uneral Home is in charge of arrangements KINGSOLVER uneral services for David I Kingsolver will be conducted at 1 pm Thursday at the Penciera Me morial Home in Hollywood la Burial will be in Holly wood Memorial Gardens McDAVID uneral services for Mrs Mattie Elizabeth McDavid will be con ducted at 2 pm Wednesday in the Gate City uneral Home chapel with the Rev JW Gott and the Rev Charles Kil bourne officiating Burial will be in Hols ton View Cemetery Gate City uneral Home is in charge of arrangements PITTMAN Graveside services for William Pittman will be conducted 11 a Wednesday in the Mountain View cemetery with the Rev Willard Tallman officiating The body arrived in Bristol Tuesday morning and was taken to the Weaver uneral Home SKEENS uneral services for Roney 0 Skeens will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday in the Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev Bob Guinn officiating Burial will be in the family cemetery Route 1 Castlewood The body will be taken to the residence Wednesday morn ing Lebanon uneral Home is in charge of arrangements SPRINKLE uneral services for Ri chard Sprinkle will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday in the Sturgill uneral Home chapel Burial will be in Lee Me morial Park The body will remain at the Sturgill uneral Home where the family will receive friends from 5 9 pm Wed nesday uneral services for William Henry Sullins will be conducted at 2:30 pm Wednesday in the Henderson uneral chapel with the Rev Paul Doering and the Rev Con Henley officiating Burial will be in the Knoll Kreg Memorial Park Pallbearers will be Doug Mitchell Henry Sullins Erby Sullins Eugene Mitchell Ritsy Odum and John Wilson VANHUSS uneral services for Mrs Nettie Parker VanHuss will be con ducted at 2 pm Wednesday in Mullins uneral Home chapel with Mr Charles Counts officiating Burial will bein the Zion Cemetery Route 1 Pallbearers will be John VanHuss Kermit VanHuss Kenneth Tolliver Douglas VanHuss Tommy Anderson and Mike Smith Mullins uneral Home Damascus is in charge of arrangements WHITAKER uneral services for Tammy Lorene Whitaker will be con ducted at 2 pm Thursday in the Oak Hill Baptist Church with the Rev Norman Vaughn and the Rev Orville Dolan offi ciating Burial will be in Oak Hill Ceme tery The body will remain at the Dillow Taylor uneral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 9 pm Wednesday The body will be taken to the church one hour before services Va and Corbett Atkins Da mascus Va and 12 grand children Henderson uneral Chapel is in charge of arrangements Mrs I ma Jean Stalder Lauderdale la and two grandsons Miller uneral Home is in charge of arrangements ptiti tsowki Services for All aiths We can arrange dignified services individually suited to each beliefs mums by invitation NATIONAL SELECTED MORTICIANS Two Escapees Still At Large WHITE GATE Va Two men convicted of first degree murder were still at large last night following their escape from the Bland Correctional Unit at about 11 am Tuesday The Virginia State Police said Gerald Bishop 40 and Paul McArthur Baker 29 were on a work detail when they fled in a state owned pick up truck The truck was found late Tuesday on the grounds of the correctional institution but the two men have still not been located Bishop was serving 40 years for first degree murder fol lowing a killing in Lee County and Baker was serving a life sentence following a first degree murder conviction in Allegheny County Va Abingdon Group Upset Over Concept Council Opposes State Report Crime Continued from page 1 ear of crime has become so widespread that a large number of Americans adopt a "hard attitude on ways to deal with crime When persons in the current survey were asked whether they think the courts in their area deal too harshly with criminals or not harshly enough three in four (74 per cent) say not harshly enough A majority of blacks interviewed (64 per cent) share this view The proportion of citizens who hold the view that the courts do not deal harshly enough with criminals has climbed 26 points since a 1965 survey Despite the US Supreme Court's ruling of last year which in effect struck down the death penalty public support for capital punishment is currently at the highest point in nearly two decades In a survey conducted in December a majority of 57 per cent of adults 18 and older said they favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder This percentage represents an increase in support since March 1972 when 50 per cent favored the death penalty Here are the results based on the views of residents of cities of 500000 or more in population WORST PROBLEM ACING CITY? (Views of residents of cities of 500000 and over) Crime 21 Transportation Traffic Drugs io Juvenile Delinquency 6 High taxes 6 Community services 5 Pollution: air water 4 Poor housing slums 4 Education and related needs 4 Sanitation 3 Racial problems 3 Unemployment 3 Other problems 23 No opinion 14 TVLlf XVpl MINNEAPOLIS Jk If" I 1 1 Jnewyork foO? lOw SAN ANCISCOjjjMDENVE LOS ANGELES I I 1 XXtA V' 1 I I VLNT I rltGtND' 1 XJ X) HOW I Weather otocast Warm Weather Should Continue The National Weather Service at Tri City Airport predicts con tinued warm weather today and Thursday with increasing cloudi ness Thursday The high today will be in the Sunset today will be at 5:49 pm Sunrise Thursday will be at 7:49 am The temperature at 9 pm Tuesday was 32 The humidity at 9 pm Tuesday was 82 per cent The barometer at 9 pm Tuesday was steady at 3937 Winds today will be from the southwest at 4 12 miles per hour The record high for this date was 71 In 1943 The record low for this date was a minus 4 in 1959 The high a year ago was 39 and the low was 9 upper and the low in the upper The temperature is Nation Temperatures Yesterday High Low BRISTOL 50 30 Atlanta 57 27 Boston 4J 31 Buffalo 37 29 Charleston SC S3 41 Chicago 51 35 Columbus 43 32 Denver 03 35 Des Moines 50 35 expected to reach the 60 degree mark Thursday and overnight lows should range in the upper Winds today will be from the southwest at 4 12 miles per hour with periods of calm 117 RERIGERATORS AIR CONDITIONERS WASHERS DRYERS RANGES REEZERS BUILT IN APPLIANCES PLENTY REE PARKING BESIDE STORE! 837 839 State Street Bristol Va Phone 466 2838 PRICES HAVE BEEN "Cut To The Southwest Virginia East tr JANUARY gfl CLEARANCE ON RIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES vout hit here At EAST TENN APPLIANCE CO 3 "WHERE SERVICE IS ASSURED" By JOHN DOTY Staff Writer ABINGDON Va Abingdon Town Council voted un animously in opposition to the report issued by the Ad Hoc Committee to review the Vir ginia Area Development Act in a special called meeting at 5 pm Tuesday Council adopted the following resolution: the report of the Ad Hoc Committee to review the Virginia Area Development Act was submitted to the Governor under date of December 21 1972 and the report was pre pared on the basis of a limited time of two months of studv and only one public hearing and the recom mendations of the report and the proposed changes represent a complete departure from the existing Virginia Area De velopment Act and the granting of implementation powers to Plan ning District Commissions is ill conceived unwarranted and to tally unacceptable therefore be it resolved by the Council of the Town of Abingdon that they are opposed to any changes in Section 151 1401 1415 of the Code of Vir ginia in the 1973 Session of the General Assembly and it further resolved: That an indepth study including re gional public hearings in all Planning Districts be under Med School Discussed Lack Of Nixon unds No Worry Stock Guide Now Available NAME I ADDRESS ZIP STATE CITY tration had started writing the President signed the bill into budget law I was a special guest at October when the the White House and the fact Please mail me copies of the Bristol Newspapers' 1972 STOCK GUIDE for $100 each for which I enclose check or money order I understand that I will receive delivery as soon as published about mid January 1973 that he signed it leaves no doubt that he is for the medical said Quillen hurdle is and always has been getting the state to go Congress convened I have found almost every state in the union is requesting a medical school and the delay if any (in appropriating funds) could give us time to overcome the Nashville hurdle and hold Johnson commitment for one of the schools" Quillen said the President could ask for a supplemental appropriation to fund the schools or Congress could do it itself such a request is not in the budget it is not a death blow or a setback in the estab lishment of a state medical school in Johnson the Kingsport lawmaker said bottleneck is still in Nashville The state continues to fight tooth and toenail against an Upper East Tennessee medical Quillen has been a prime sup porter of the establishment of a medical school at East Tennessee State University in connection with the Mountain Home veterans hospital However Gov Winfield Dunn citing studies showing that a medical school is not needed in the area and would not relieve a physician short age has insisted that the state work first on upgrading the Un iversity of Tennessee Medical Units at Memphis and estab lishing clinical training centers for new physicians in areas where there is a doctor short age WASHINGTON (AP) The problem of establishing a new state medical school is not the lack of funds in President Nix budget but in Nashville Rep James Quillen Tenn said Tuesday Responding to a report that Nixon had not included funding for eight medical schools to be set up with federal aid in con nection with Veteran Adminis tration hospitals Quillen noted that the bill was passed by Con gress well after the adminis A year end stock guide compiled by Standard and Poors Corp: is now available through Bristol Newspapers The Stock Guide includes high and low closing prices for the past year and also features a special section including all leading mutual funds The guide furnishes information on over 4750 stocks and is designed to give its readers a meaningful picture of stocks they may be con sidering for purchase or about stocks you already own The book which retails for $250 is available from Bristol Newspapers for $1 and may be ordered by mailing a request to Bristol Newspapers 320 Morrison Blvd: Bristol Virginia Delivery on the guide will be made as soon as possible after the book is published sometime this month "STOCK GUIDE" BRISTOL NEWSPAPERS 320 Morrison Blvd BRISTOL VIRGINIA 24201 Council Continued from page 1 met privately and apparently reached an agreement on the rate schedule Beyond acting on the rates and instructing City Attorney Dick Rouse to prepare the appro priate ordinance Council called on the Utilities Board to study the matter of rates further and prepare or alter nates under which the rates ap proved last night might be lowered No time limit was set on the study Mayor John Greer in com I menting on the rates proposed in I a motion by Councilman Herb I Peters said the councilmen I not believe this schedule will re quire a subsidy by the via federal revenue sharing funds or other tax related money Present sewer service rates are I Minimum (first 2000 gallons) I $2 next 1800Q gallons 50 cents I per thousand next 30000 gallons 40 cents per thousand next 50vuv gallons au cents per thousand next 300000 gallons 25 cents per thousand next 600000 gallons 20 cents per thou sand and all over a million gallons 18 cents'per thousand In other action at last session at City Hall Council 1 Approved an agreement between James Brewer Post American Legion and Bristol Crisis Center Inc in which the Post will sublet part of its build ing at Oak and Piedmont to the Crisis Center The building is owned by the city and leased to the Legion Post The Crisis Cen ter plans to establish a telephone for use by persons with drug or related problems who need assistance taken to determine the re sponsiveness effectiveness effi ciency and accomplishments of purpose of all Planning District Commissions in the State and that copies of this re solution be forwarded to the local Senator Members of the House of Delegates and Mem bers of appropriate com Council also voted to enclose a cover letter explaining the coun cil and supports the concept and envisioned purpose of regional and mindful of the need and the bene fits that should come of the re gional but added the plan ning districts function should be limited to and "ad authority The letter added that the power of implementation for the districts would be kiss of death for each and every plan ning commission in the and creation of such districts would create a regional govern ment Removed from the In their regular meeting Mon day night the Abingdon Town Council approved the expendi ture of $2500 $3000 to under take the necessary sanitary sewer engineering work in con nection with the West Main Street widening project con ceived by the State Highway De partment Town Manager Brent Rems burg explained sewer facilities would have to be adjusted around the area of the Norfolk Western railroad underpass nd indicated initial work should begin even though the state pro ject is two years distant Council voted to donate $340 to the Penn House Preservation oundation Inc and rezbned two parcels of land on each end of town Property owned by Pet In corporated situated near their present operation was rezoned from (Industrial Limited) to 2 (General Business) The second parcel owned by Upland Development Inc is lo cated near the overhead bridge on the northeast side of town and was rezoned from 3 (Resi dential Multiple amily) to 2 (General Business) 2 Tabled a request for funds for a fulltime registrar of voters pending further study A de cision is expected to be made at the regular meeting in ebruary 3 Adopted a resolution call ing on the General Assembly to give further in depth study to a proposed change in the Area De velopment Act which: would grant powers of taxation to plan ing districts Saltville Commission Posts Stand SALTVILLE Va The previous appointment of five citizens of the Saltville Planning Commission at last regular meeting of the Saltville Town Council was declared legal and valid in a special meeting Monday afternoon Town Clerk Ruth Austin said the minutes taken at the last meeting which showed no one had been appointed were amended Mayor rank Sanders had earlier made an official protest against a story appearing in the Herald Courier which said the council had named Allen Lewis rye Hilda Byrd McCoy Dorothy Sauls Ron Snowden and Sanders McWhorter at that regular meeting Several citizens attended the two hour meeting to ask questions and discuss the role of the recently created planning commission to the town No other action was taken according to Mrs Austin a.

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