Lakonia Disaster Survivors and Death Toll Details
Survivors from the Greek Line Lakonia totaled 86 with 91 dead or missing as the ship burned off Madeira. Ninety nine Lakonia passengers and crew arrived in Lisbon aboard the Funchal, with Greek Line officials promising refunds and compensation for losses. Captain Zarbis and first officer Valmas praised calm handling and credited crew for orderly abandonment after a barbershop fire spread rapidly.
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Mathias
Greek Line
Madeira
Lakon
Canary Islands
Lakonia Victim Had Death Premonition Before Sailing
A 60 year old Syracuse widow Mary Aylward who died in the Lakonia disaster had a death premonition before leaving Southampton. Her sister Mrs. Francis O'Hara quoted a December 18 letter in which Aylward warned she might live only a day or two and gave last wishes. Aylward was among nine percent of passengers known to perish when the Greek Line cruise ship caught fire on a Sunday night in the Atlantic.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Lakonia
Southampton
England
Francis O'Hara
Mary Aylward
London
O’hara
Mrs. Aylward
Mrs. O'Hara
Greek Line
Atlantic
Pleshette and Donahue Obtain License to Wed
Los Angeles AP report says actress Suzanne Pleshette and TV star Troy Donahue secured a marriage license on Friday. They plan a 7:30 p.m. January 4 ceremony before Superior Judge R. Brand in Santa Monica. Pleshette, 26, and Donahue, 32, met during the film Rome Adventure. Neither has married before and no honeymoon is planned due to acting commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Suganne Pleshette
Troy Donahue
R. Brand
Santa Monica
Pleshette
Donahue
Rome
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Public Notice Rates
Subscription rates and publication notice text appear with postal and circulation details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. The snippet lists carrier and mail rates, zones, and contact information, indicating standard newspaper pricing and audit bureau affiliation.
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and area presses
Obituaries from multiple local areas list Mrs Hila Stover Cook 68 of Williamsburg died Christmas Day after a two year illness. Survivors include two daughters two sons and extended family with funeral in Princeton. Warren G Hypes Jr 21 formerly of Bluefield died in Richmond with services in Ashland and burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Ira Lee Baxter 48 of Princeton funeral at Mount Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Diana Lynn Morris infant daughter of Bluefield residents dies. service in Bluewell. Samuel Tilman Boardwine 80 of Saltville with services in Henderson Funeral Chapel. Hubert J Ross 43 near Shawnee Lake dies in Beckley Veterans Hospital. arrangements pending.
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Hila Stover Cook
Williamsburg
Raleigh County
Thomas H
Nannie E. Stover
Eastern State Hospital
Frances Bailey
Ree Garrett
Lee Hall
J. E. Cook
Glen Cook
Detroit
Mich
Willa Mae Bardin
Huntington
Lashes
Fuwitat Telibanooe i
Mi. Sober
Diana Lynn Morris
Jerry R. Morris
Route 3
Bluefield
Dana Lee Morris
Howard Morris
Ge. Lewis
Joseph
Craven
Bluewell
John Mendez
Woodlawn
Samuel Tilman Boardwine
Saltville
Filbert
Roanoke
Mont Boardwine
James Boardwine
Isiah
Alec Boardwine
Glade Spring
Ann Terry
Carrie McCray
Abingdon
John Dye
Henderson Funeral Chapel
Tony Spinella
Sinking Grove Cemetery
Hubert J. Ross
Shawnee Lake
Rock
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Memorial
Princeton
Saunders B. Moon Obituary in Alexandria VA
Saunders B Moon 49 of Alexandria Virginia died Wednesday in an Alexandria hospital He was born in Wilcoe a son of S B Moon and Martha Free Moon He attended Bluefield State College and George Washington University was a member of Omega Psi Phi and the Masonic Lodge a World War II veteran he held the rank of first lieutenant He was brother to Rev James Moon of Bluefield and nephew to Mrs Jessie Perkins of Bluefield Survived by his wife Marcel three sons and one daughter three sisters Olga Hall Maybeury Jessie Thomas and Frances Moon Gary Services held Sunday at 1 pm in Bethlehem Baptist Church he was a member The Green Funeral Home Alexandria handled arrangements
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Warren G
Jerry) Hypes, Jr
Ashland
Bluefield
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Caffee Memoii Christian Church
Tony
Monte Vista Park
A. D. Hager
Dewey Hager
Donnie Day
Frank Williamson
Roy Lee Hager
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Saunders B. Moon
Alexandria
Wilcoe
S. B. Moon
Martha Free Moon
Bluefield State College
George Washington University
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Masonic Lodge
Moon
James Moon
Jessie Perkins
Marcel Moon
Olga Hall
Maybeury
Jessie Thomas
Frances Moon
Gary
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Green Funeral Home
Franklin St
Death of A. G. Carter Reported Near Glenwood Park
A. G. Carter 76, retired Norfolk and Western employee, was found dead Friday around 5 p m on the road near his Glenwood Park home in Bluefield. State police ruled natural causes a heart attack. Survived by four sons Gene Princeton Kenneth Wheelersburg Robert Longview and Harry Spokane a sister Mrs R D Wilson two brothers Walter Springville and Chester Avon Park his wife Lillie Puckett Carter preceded him in death in 1949. Body at Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield awaiting disposition.
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A. G. Carter
Norfolk and Western
Glenwood Park
Bluefield
Carter
Gene Carter
Princeton
Kenneth Carter
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Robert Carter
Longview Tex
Harry Carter
Spokane
Wash
R. D. Wilson
Walter Carter
Springville
Obituary: Burton Musick of Bland and Bluefield
Burton Lee Musick aged 61 died Friday at his sister Edith Richardson's home in Bland Virginia. Survived by wife Daisy Lambert Musick three brothers Will Swain Belcher and James and a half sister Frances Dykes and half brother Glen Ball. Services Sunday at 1 pm at Weaver Creek Church Russell County Virginia with burial in the family cemetery. Friends may call at Newberry Funeral Home Bland after 11 am Saturday. The body will be placed in the church at noon.
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Ira Lee Baxter
High St
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
T. M. Stevens
A. M. Henry
Oak Grove Cemetery
Norfolk and Western
Edward and
Polly Givens Baxter
Glen Lyn
James Bennett
Joe Clark
Mesdames Zola Hairston
Virginia Ferguson
Milly Burks
Edie Marshall
Aretha Smith
Elizabeth Johnson
Lugo
Burton Lee Musick
Edith Richardson
Bland
Daisy Lambert Musick
Bluefield
Will Musick
Swain Musick Belcher
Breaks
James Musick
Cleveland
Frances Dykes
Glen Ball
Bastian
Weaver Creek Church
Russell County
Newberry Funeral Home
Funeral notices and burial details for several local residents
Funeral services and burials are planned for William L. Gatewood in Welch, Carl St. Clair Ferguson in Glenwood Park Bluefield, Joseph Billings in Hiawatha, and William M. Rise in Saltville. Services will be held at local churches with clergy officiating. burial sites include Oak Richard, Walnut Grove and Grose Cemeteries.
Rare Fish Identified By Rhodes Scientist
Rhodes University scientist J L B Smith identified a rare white blotched velvet black fish in the Indian Ocean from a color photograph. The specimen died after being placed in an aquarium and was eaten by crabs.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Rhodes University
J.L.B. Smith
Indian Ocean
Kiwanians Lead Canvass For Green Valley Glenwood Water Plan
Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis members launch a house to house canvass to back a proposed one million dollar water system. The effort seeks a Farmers Home Administration loan and 500 hook ups at 15 dollars plus minimum monthly fees. New officers will be installed December 31 at the Health Center.
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Green Valley
Jim Bailey
Bailey
Green Valley-Glenwood
Wagner
Art Houldsworth
Bob Robert
Princeton Old Guard Plans For Upcoming Projects
George B. Halstead outlined forthcoming organization projects at the Princeton Old Guard meeting held in the fellowship hall of Princeton First Methodist Church. Sick committee chair noted J. T. Harris and Jack Hawkins hospitalized. Several members listed as convalescent at home. Birthday list included J. W. Clark and H. C. Hadden. The session closed with piano accompaniment.
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Princeton Old Guard
George B. Halstead
Fellowship Hall
Princeton First Methodist Church
J. T. Harris
Jack Hawkins
A. O. Mosire
C. P. Hylton
A. P. Spangler
L. C. Caldwell
Lewis Johnson
H Hall
J. E. Stafford
J. W. Perdue
J. W. Goodall
J. T. Young
E. G. Kimble
C. V. Pennington
James A. Binford
J. W. Clark
H. C. Hadden
Wood alcohol poisoning kills 24 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia medical examiner reports at least 24 deaths from wood alcohol poisoning over four days. Police describe victims as derelicts on skid row. two to three more are hospitalized. Rooms and hotels show liquor bottles with pink liquid, identified as methanol in 50 to 75 percent concentration.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Spelman
Skid Row
Spelman
Colder Weather Expected Across West Virginia
The Weather Bureau predicts temperatures about 10 degrees below normal with highs near 47 in the south and 43 in the north and lows around 27 and 21. Colder weather continues through midweek with mostly cloudy skies and light snow flurries bringing little precipitation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Tremors Leave Damage in Abancay Peru
In Abancay, an Andes town 420 miles southeast of Lima, eight tremors Thursday destroyed several old buildings and damaged others. No casualties were reported.
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Lima
Peru
Abancay
Hit and Run Driver Sought in Bluefield Incident
Bluefield police search for a hit and run suspect after a vehicle struck Officer Mack Tolley and then hit Sidney W. Hayes, 25, who was being questioned on Princeton Avenue. Hayes received a head wound and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium and later fined $105 for driving under the influence.
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Bluefield
Sidney W. Hayes
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mack Tolley
Haye
Tolley
Hayes
Princeton Avenue
Bowman Street
Princeton
Tolly
Two Theft Reports and Dog Bite Case Bud Bluefield Police
Police records show two minor theft reports an attempted theft and a dog bite on a boy. Vincent Carter twelve was bitten by a dog on Powell Street while en route to visit his grandmother. A nearby owner was told to isolate the dog for ten days.
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Bluefield
Vincent Carter
Clark St
Powell Street
Vito
Stewart Street
Walnut Street
Dense London Fog Eases After Heavy Winter Grips Britain
A thick fog that shrouded Britain began lifting late Friday after a Thursday onset. Visibility dropped to five yards in places causing grounded flights, delayed trains, and cautious travel as icy roads and record fog contributed to 120 traffic deaths since Sunday.
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London
Britain
Lad taps beer keg at party on Oakhurst Avenue
A resident reports a boy tapped a keg on the porch during a party on Oakhurst Avenue and helped himself to beer before running away. Police noted the incident as likely not malicious and attributed the act to youthful revelry rather than theft.
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Oakhurst Avenue
Bluefield
Weekend Weather: Cold Across West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be mostly cloudy and cold with a few snow flurries. Highs: Saturday upper 20s to low 30s. Virginia expect fair to start with increasing clouds and colder highs from the low 40s southeast to around 30 in the extreme north. Sunday remains cloudy and cold with a chance of light snow in the south.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Merman and Borgnine Plan July Marriage
Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine announced plans to marry in July. The pairing, surprising to many, followed a Hollywood party meeting less than a month ago. Merman, 55 next January, has prior marriages ending in divorce, while Borgnine, 46, is divorcing Katy Jurado.
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New York
Ethel Merman
Ernest Borgnine
Hollywood
Miss Merman
Broadway
Borgnine
Katy Jurado
Probers Seek Cause Of Fire In Welch
Investigators led by deputy state fire marshal C L Walker and Fire Chief Eugene Brooks questioned witnesses Friday to find the cause of a Thursday fire that damaged the Trailways Bus Terminal Building and an adjoining furniture store in Welch. An explosion likely started the blaze, possibly in a rear shop, with officials considering rebuilding plans for the terminal and several damaged businesses.
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Welch
Trailways
C. L. Walker
Eugene Brooks
City Hall
Paul Hurley
Motorist Surrenders In Hit and Run Case
Charles Ray Davis twenty three of Bluefield surrendered to Bluefield Police Headquarters Friday at 8 15 a m admitting two counts of hit and run He received a municipal court citation to appear and answer the charges Police say he struck autos owned by Robert Anderson and Mary Holbrook on Bluefield Avenue Thursday night then hit another car owned by H P Saunders on Highland Avenue Davis is charged with failure to stop after the mishaps.
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Charles Ray Davis
Bluefield
Robert Anderson
Mary Holbrook
Bluefield Avenue
H. P. Saunders
Highland Avenue
Davis
Wise County Car Wreck Victims Claim Two Fatalities
Virginia toll for 1963 rises to 971 after two deaths reported Friday. Joseph R. Mitchell Jr., 28, of Upright, died in a crash at the U. S. 360 and Virginia 621 intersection. George D. Mitchell, 23, of Appalachia, killed in a single vehicle crash on U. S. 23 near Appalachia.
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Associated Press
Virginia
King and Queen
Joseph R. Mitchell Jr
Upright
U. S. 360
Wise County
George D. Mitchell
Appalachia
U. S. 23
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Band Street
W. Va
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Pace
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Dale Christian
Lions Club
Donald Mathews
Graham High Band Boosters
Graham Football
Band Boosters Club
Hudson Huffard Jr
Howard Dean
Red Barn
Mrs
Hila Cook
T. Boardwine
Warren Hypes JR
Gatewood
William L
Gary District High School
W. O. Howard
J. E. Davis
Mozelle Scruggs
Oak
Richard Nickerson
W. J. Arerington
Joe Davis
Stanley Ross
Maurice Heath
Curtis Johnson
Ergie Smith
James Wilkinson
Methodist
Schoolmen’s Club
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Page Funeral Home
Billings
Hiawatha
Grose Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Curtis Neal
Everett Jones
Leonard Terry
Roby Hayden
Gip
Bill Dey
Henderson Funeral Home
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