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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1962
Page
27
Wade H. Ballard, 38, a Peterstown attorney, was chosen chairman of the Fifth Congressional District GOP campaign. State leader Howard Corcoran urged broad organization to overcome a Democrat registration edge and target legislative gains.
Former Bluefielder Parker Pen vice president nominee C Edward Boggs, a Bluefield native, dies in a wreck. Boggs rose from domestic salesman in 1940 to director of international sales before his present role. He studied at Wade Junior High Beaver and Bluefield College and earned executive education from Harvard. He resided in Janesville Wisconsin with wife Jacqueline.
Mercer County teens await court action on theft charges. John Johnson 18 of Princeton held on $1000 bond after allegedly breaking into El Rancho near Bluefield on March 15 1962 with eight dollars and merchandise taken. A 16 year old from Crystal faces juvenile action for stealing copper wire and cable from a Pocahontas Fuel Co mine at McComas valued at 1600. Troopers Langley and Williams filed the charges.
A Princeton man Billy Joe Keffer 501 Straley Ave faces a charge of failure to have his vehicle under control after a two car head on collision on Princeton Avenue Saturday afternoon. Patricia Ann Anderson 19 of 502 Bee St Princeton drove another car and Miss Anderson was turning left on Ingleside Road. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated at 800 dollars.
A. Hale Watkins of Charleston elected president of the WVU Alumni Association at the 8th annual meeting in Morgantown. Dennis L. McElroy named first vice president with Thomas S. Smith Jr. as second vice president. Watkins, class of 1932, is secretary and counsel of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association.
Members of the Retail Trade Division of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday June 5 at 10 a.m. in the City Board Room Municipal Building Bluefield Chairman C B Carlan Jr said the meeting is the final of the fiscal year and will discuss a slate of new officers.
Nine people died in West Virginia highway crashes between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Saturday raising the yearly toll to 15. A car left U S 219 near Frankford killing Charles F. Spinks Nancy Simmons Loudermilk and Daniel Beard Boone. two other passengers were hospitalized. A second crash on W Va 58 near Clarksburg killed Harry St Williams Marie Anne Morris Martha Frasneur and left Kyle Orr hospitalized. Herbert Harrison died when his car hit a tree in Ritter Park Huntington. Two fatalities Friday night led to negligent homicide charges against Betty Lou Exline and Jerry Jude. Lewis Runyan was killed in another crash near Kermit.
Father James Ryan of Sacred Heart Powhatan spoke on Perseverance at a vesper service in the Keystone School gymnasium. The Keystone Glee Club directed by Ruth Lawrence sang The National Hymn and Faith of Our Fathers and led the congregation in All Hail Immanuel. Mrs C B Moore Maybeury sang The Voice In The Old Village Choir with piano by Ruth Lawrence.
Tulane University student Steve Rosenthal of Bluefield has been selected for a ten week University of Michigan language and study tour of the Soviet Union with a $300 scholarship. The itinerary includes training at Ann Arbor, a voyage to Greece, and several weeks in Kiev Moscow and Leningrad under National Defense Education Act auspices.
L. T. Prigmore Jr. of Chattanooga was elected lay leader of the Holston Conference at the 139th annual session in Bristol. District leaders named include Ernest Yeatts in Abingdon and Sam Neeley Jr. in Big Stone Gap, with multiple associates across Wytheville Tazewell and surrounding towns.
The Clean up Paint up Fix up Campaign in Keystone has new deadline June 20 announced by Major Budnick. The change pushes from May 31 as improvements in business and residential areas progress. The clean-up committee is chaired by W A Christie with W L Woolwine as co chair and Fred L Robertson as coordinator.
The Great West Virginia Council Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas wrapped up its annual convention at the West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield naming committeemen and selecting the next convention site. Great Sachem J Adkins of Huntington led the Friday elections and weekend adjournments, with gifts presented to outgoing officers and plans announced for a national convention in Louisville September 23 to 26 and a 1963 West Virginia convention in Elkins June 20-21.
Mercer County actions filed by P F Wallace against L L Kakerday for 1500 damages and Jewel Tea Co against Charles W Tibbs for 938.08 and Mrs C G Tibbs for 250. Hubert Graham and others sue Frances Marie Wills for 39000 total damages from a Raleigh County collision near Rhodell on January 13 1962.
Roseann McCoy of Pikeville Virginia Wilkerson and fellow students compete in Pikeville College student-government contest. Judy McCoy became secretary while Troy Ison was elected president Daniel Branson as vice president Merle Phillips as treasurer all for one year.
C W Connor is chairman of the Bluefield Biennial Coal Show which is rescheduled from September 1962 to May 1963 at the request of West Virginia Governor W W Barron to coincide with the state centennial. New general chairman is C W Connor Jr of Gary. The event will be part of Centennial plans with Governor's office urging Bluefield parade and related observances.
In this look at West Virginia politics, Elizabeth Kee's influence emerges as a key factor in Mercer County prosecutor Bill Bivens losing a U.S. attorney appointment. The piece notes rumored moves to base a new Southern District assistant in Bluefield, possibly favoring Dan Wells, and recalls local ties to Bluefield’s civic figures, including Col. Maurice L. Martin and city officials. It also highlights community items from the Bluefield pool opening to Kiwanis speaker Kermit Hunter and local aviation anecdotes.
West Virginia observes Shut-In Day by a proclamation from Governor Barron at the urging of Mrs. Harry F. Boone of Logan. Boone conceived the idea while secretary for a Logan Methodist group to honor the sick and forgotten, and she is a former McDowell County teacher who grew up in the county and taught there before moving to Logan County.
Members of the Catholic Youth Organization of St. Elizabeth's Parish Pocahontas Virginia will meet in the church basement tonight at 7 30 for a business session with important items to be aired, chairman Glen Moore said.
Beckley publisher Charles Hodel urged West Virginia rename to Lincoln to end Virginia confusion. He proposed June 20 1963 as the anniversary, noting Lincoln as the state’s father and citing precedent with Washington. The centennial commission plans a year of observances.
Fred Gilbert of Bluefield was reelected president and Sam Laufer of Princeton named first vice-president of the board of directors for Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Bluefield. The business meeting at the Jewish Temple on Albemarle St also elected Abe Tomchin as second vice president, Jesse Michelson as treasurer, Milton Gottlieb as secretary, with Jack Blank Nathan Elon Sam Slifkin Nathan Platnick Calvin Dietz Virginia Milchin and Millicent Rosenthal as directors.
Four Bluefield residents share views on national debt under Kennedy. Larry Lester and Harry Smith oppose debt reduction citing funds for defense and space. Robert Wolfe sees modest hope with presidential leadership and congressional cooperation. Jim Sluss argues continued loans abroad to prevent communist influence and supports space spending.
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