Missing planes prompt scattered rescues and rewards
A search for a single-engine Bellanca carrying Ernest Pelizzari and Edward Beltrama continues after their plane vanished Monday night north of Charleston. Ten planes join a Civil Air Patrol effort spanning Clay, Calhoun and Braxton counties as a $1,000 reward for another missing Bonanza in Virginia or West Virginia is offered by Trego Stone Corp.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Bellanca
Ernest Pelizzari
Sebring
Edward Beltrama
Alliance
Roanoke
Charleston
Pelizzari
Kanawha
Clay
Calhoun
Braxton
Civil Air Patrol
Trego Stone Corp
James Carter
Franklin
R. L. Tullon
Emporia
H. B. Brown
Skippers
Marion
Ind
Logan Woman Killed In Fairmont Collision
A head-on collision on U S 19 in Marion County killed Janice Rosinski 24 Hutchinson and injured four other young women en route to Westinghouse Fairmont. Lavaughn Edwards 27 Enterprise drove the car carrying the women. Edwards Genevieve Shaver 34 Hutchinson and the other driver Alta Mae Freeman 24 Clarksburg were in serious condition. Deanna Acord 20 was in satisfactory condition. The four women in Edwards car were also hurt in a February crash while traveling to work.
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Fairmont
U.S. 19
Marion County
Janice Rosinski
Hutchinson
Deanna Acord
Toll State Police Report Crashes Rise in West Virginia
State Police at Charleston reported that 146 people have been killed on West Virginia highways year to date this year, compared with 163 year to date last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Daily Telegraph Bluefield News Brief
Established 1893 Bluefield West Virginia morning paper details its address and AP affiliation. It lists subscription rates for carrier and mail zones and notes Circulation Audit Bureau membership and advertising contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
The
Law Agency, Inc. Belaphons
Deaths and funerals in region claim multiple lives
Lannie Green Shires 70 of Gap Mills and Peterstown area dies in Pearisburg Virginia hospital. Memorial services at Carmel Presbyterian Gap Mills with burial at Carmel Cemetery. Charles R. Boothe of North Tazewell dies in Richlands hospital. services at Assembly of God Church with Maplewood Cemetery burial. May Sally Powers Neel 81 of Springville Bluefield area funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel. Andrew Jack Hairston 71 of Ashland funeral at Mount Carmel Baptist Church with Oak Grove Cemetery burial. Continuous list notes survivors, pallbearers, and funeral home details.
Funeral services for Rev James N Graham of Coeburn Virginia
Funeral services for Rev James N Graham 9 Coeburn Va who died Thursday at Norton Va hospital will be held Saturday at 2 p m in Norton Methodist Church. Burial will be in Ramsey Cemetery at Norton. A retired Holston Conference Methodist minister with over 50 years service he was born in Tazewell County. His wife Flora Elizabeth Graham died 15 years ago. Surviving are three daughters Mrs C E Willis Bluefield Va Mrs C L Vanhoy Up lands Calif and Mrs Guy Bolling Norton five sons Hobart C Graham Coeburn Paul G Graham Bristol Va Marvin C Graham Norton John N Graham Wise Va and Claude Graham Pittsburgh Pa 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Estes Funeral Home Coeburn in charge.
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Lannie Green Shires
Gap Mills
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Monroe County
Arnold Mitchell
Rich Creek
Elizabeth Arthur
Charleston
Guy Biggs
Riverside
Calif
Christopher Shires
Martinsville
Doss Shaver
Keenan
Carmel Presbytrian Church
A. B. Shiflet
Billee S. Mick
Carmel Cemetery
Grady Nichols
Junior Porterfield
Sonny Looney
Junior Shumaker
Mariion Shiflet
Herbert Mann
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
Charles R. Boothe
North Tazewell
Richlands
Georgia L. Boothe
Elen McMillan
Princeton
Lucille Parker
Winston-Salem
N. C
Annie Johnson
Jack Corbin
Mount Gilead
Ohio
Gladys Sterling
San Francisco
Assembly of God Church
H. H. Peake
Lee Hill
Maplewood Cemetery
Brown Harman Jr
W. C. Johnson
Sam Yost
Paul Bales
R. G. Hagg
Paul Wilburn
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
James N. Graham
Coeburn
Norton
Norton Methodist Church
Ramsey
Holston
The
Methodist Church
Tazewell County
Flora Elizabeth Graham
C. E. Willis
Bluefield
C. L. Vanhoy
Uplands
Guy Bolling
Hobart C. Graham
Paul G. Graham
Bristol
Marvin C. Graham
John N. Graham
Wise
Claude Graham
Pittsburgh
Estes Funeral Home
Marrs Rites Set for Brewsterdale Man
Charles Alex Marrs 55 of Brewsterdale died Wednesday in a Welch hospital. Born there he was a son of the late Alex and Sarah Nunley Marrs. Survived by wife Daisy Dye Marrs. daughter Lola Marie Hicks of Wilmington Del.. three sons Charles A. Marrs Jr. of Fairfax Va. Braxton and Johnny Marrs of Wilmington. six brothers Daniel Berry Bill Braxton of Horsepen Va. Oscar and Reece Marrs of Big Creek. one sister Emarine Ball of Horsepen. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Brewsterdale Church of Jesus Christ. Rev. Bert Harman and Rev. Carl Lambert officiating. burial Brewsterdale Cemetery. Body moved from C. J. Douglas Mortuary Welch to residence at 3 p.m. today.
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Charles Alex Marrs
Brewsterdale
Welch Hospital
Alex
Sarah Nunley Marrs
Daisy Dye Marrs
Lola Marie Hicks
Wilmington
Del
Charles A. Marrs Jr
Fairfax
Braxton
Johnny Marrs
Daniel, Berry
Bill
Braxton Marrs
Horsepen
Oscar
Reece Marrs
Big Creek
Emarine Ball
Brewsterdale Church
Obituary Notices for Bella Penziner and Jessie Glasco
Mrs. Bella Penziner 72 mother of Mrs. Samuel Laufer of Princeton and Mrs. Rosalind Polinsky of Jersey City dies at a daughter’s home in Jersey City. Widow of Jacob Penziner she is survived by two sons and other relatives. Guterman's Funeral Home Jersey City handles arrangements. Mr. Laufer and wife attend rites. Mrs. Jessie Glasco wife of Robert Glasco, former Bluefield residents, dies in Akron Ohio. Funeral and burial are set for Sunday in Akron.
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Bella Penziner
Samuel Laufer
Walnut St
Princeton
Rosalind Polinsky
Jersey City
N. Y
Jessie Glasco
Robert Glasco
Bluefield
Akron
Ohio
Funeral services set for Al Fralin at Morning Star Baptist
Funeral services for Al Fralin 51 of Jenkin Jones will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church with Rev H E Price Rev S H Hairston Rev N H Staples and others officiating. Burial follows at Rest Lawn Memorial Estates. Fralin died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. He was a miner and United Mine Workers member. Surviving relatives include his mother Mrs Amanda Callaway Fralin and a host of siblings and in laws. Flower bearers and pallbearers are named. friends may call at Lugo’s Funeral Service today.
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al Fralin
Jenkin Jones
Morning Star Baptist Church
H. E. Price
S. H. Hairston
N. H. Staples
Rest Lawn Memorial Estates
Fralin
Welch Hospital
United Mine Workers
Amanda Callaway Fralin
Jenkinjones
Alphonso Fralin
Helen Silas
Nellie Slater
New York City
H. Younger
Wilmington
Del
Charles Fralin
James Fralin
Philadelphia
Bessie Rucker
Ethel Jefferson
Virginia Divens
Ella Belcher
Lacy Brooks
Virginia James
Arlene Simmons
Sadie Redics
Steve Rucker
Otis Hardin
Limp Harris
Albert Wakefield
Alfred Belcher
William Lewis
Lugo
Funeral Rites Held for Zebbedde Ryle of Thorpe
Zebbedde Ryle 57 died Wednesday in a Welch hospital. Funeral services conducted at Trinity Baptist Church by Rev. F L Redd and Rev N H Staples with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Ryle longtime Thorpe resident and retired miner, member of United Mine Workers and Euclid Lodge F AM Masons. Survived by wife Ruby E Ryle four daughters seven other relatives and a son. Pallbearers are Masonic Lodge members. flowers by Eastern Star. Friends may call at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today with church services at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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Zebbedde Ryle
Thorpe
Welch Hospital
Trinity Baptist Church
F. L. Redd
N. H. Staples
Oak Grove Cemetery
United Mine Workers
Euclid Lodge
F&am Masons
Gary
Fort Rucker
Ala
Richard Ryle
New York
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Linkford- Richardson
Keystone
Pocahontas Camp eyed as resort site near Mill Point
The U S Forest Service plans to clear an abandoned federal prison camp in Mill Point Pocahontas County for concession sale to resort developers within a month. The 150 acre tract could host winter sports facilities horseback trails and other attractions near Cranberry Glades Hills Creek Falls and fishing and hunting areas.
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Washington
U.S. Forest Service
Pocahontas County
Mill Point
Cranberry Glades
Forest Service
Richwood
Marlinton
Mono
Showboat Audience To See 3 Hour Show
Charleston AP reports the centennial Showboat Rhododendron premiere on June 15 offers a three hour program featuring a revival of East Lynne by college and university music and drama students. Salem College students perform John Brown's Body in a choral drama with matinee and evening showings.
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Charleston
Centennial Commission
East Lynne
Salem College
John Brown
Stephen Vincent Benet
Eleven Charged With Running Stop Sign
Eleven people are charged with running a stop sign at the Oakhurst Street and Bland Road intersection over three days, per Bluefield Police. Patrolman Paul Oliver arrested eight-three on Tuesday and five on Wednesday, with Patrolman M B Bailey charging three more on Thursday.
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Oakhurst Street
Bland Road
Bluefield
Paul Oliver
M. B. Bailey
Divorces Filed In Mercer Court by Judge Wagner
Divorces were filed in Mercer Circuit Court as Alice Hope Alvis v Forrest Ronnie Alvis and Hazel Marie Duer v Phillip Morgan Duer. Sylvia Yeager v Earl Yeager was dismissed after reconciliation. Still v N&W Railway settled and dismissed. Batttle v Woodrum Roofing default judgment for $2512.03. Shrewsbury case order revokes Mary Shrewsbury judgment for improvident service but stays for Lance Shrewsbury. Law graduates David Burton and David Mayer Katz admitted to practice. Delores White v James White initiated.
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Mercer Circuit
F. Morton Wagner
Alice Hope Alvis
Forrest Ronnie Alvis
Hazel Marie Duer
Phillip Morgan Duer
Sylvia Yeager
Earl Yeager
Carl Still
N&w Railway Co
U. S. Supreme Court
State of West Virginia
G. Thomas Battle
Woodrum Roofing Co., Inc
Bluefield Sanitarium, Inc
Lance Earl Shrewsbury
Mary
L. E.) Shrewsbury
David Burton
Princeton
David Mayer Katz
Bluefield
West Virginia College of Law
Jerome Katz
Walter G. Burton
Delores Ann White
James A. White
Deeds and Courthouse Activity Reported in Mercer County
Deeds recorded include A R Nash and Rena Nash transferring 151 acres on Little Island Creek to R E Martin Sr for 6000 dollars. Icie Smith sells 42 acres on Wide Mouth Creek to Walter Goad. Frank P Stevens and Lorette Stevens sell Lot 4 Block 4 Cumberland Heights to Robert E Neal for 8000 dollars. Additional transfers involve Harold Porterfield trustee to Thomas T Archie for Lot 5 Section 5 Plan A Bluefield at 3100 dollars. Harold C Farley to E A Bolton for 41 acres 50 fractions on Blue Stone River for 14.99. Sigmon family transfers include Duel Betty Carndeth Nellie to John Stikes for two lots at Matoaka for 150 dollars. Marriage license filed Bennett Easley Charleston and Virginia Bowling Princeton. Lizzie Hare of Princeton probate. Ripley F Williams named trustee in Walter A Bishop will.
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Mercer County
A. R. Nash
Rena ‘Nash
R. E. Martin Sr
Little Island Creek
Plymouth
Icie Smith
Walter Goad
Widemouth Creek
Rock District
Frank P
Lorette Stevens
Robert E. Neal
Cumberland Heights
Beaver Pond
Harold F. Porterfield
Thomas T. Archie
Bluefield
Harold C. Farley
E. A. Bolton
Bluestone River
Duel Sigmon
Betty Sigmon
Carndeth Sigmon
Nellie Sigmon
Pauline S
Bob Pruett
John Stikes
Matoaka
Bennett John Easley
Charleston
Virginia T. Bowling
Princeton
Lizzie Hare
Ripley F. Williams
First National Bank of Bluefield
Walter A. Bishop
Sweeney Named To Appalachian Group
Washington AP John L Sweeney staff director of the Senate subcommittee on labor since 1961 was named to coordinate staff work of the presidents Appalachian Regional Committee. The 18 agency panel was created by Kennedy on April 9 to devise a regional economic plan due next January. It includes Appalachian state representatives and key federal agencies.
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Washington
John L. Sweeney
Senate
Subcommittee On Labor
Kennedy
Appalachian States
Bethany Mayor Takes Research Economist Post
Bethany mayor Dr. Richard Slavin will become a research economist at the new West Virginia Center for Appalachian Studies and Development in Morgantown on Monday. He will sabbatically leave Bethany College, returning Sept 1, 1964. The center operates on the West Virginia University campus.
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Bethany
W. Va
Richard Slavin
Bethany College Economics
New
West Virginia Center For Appalachian Studies and Development
Morgantown
Slavin
West Virginia University
Holiday Cut Cuts Freight Car Loadings
Memorial Day holiday reduced weekly freight carloadings to 546 021 for the week ended June 1, a drop of 50 398 cars or 8.4 percent from the prior week. The figure is 18 736 cars or 3.5 percent above the 1962 week and 16 316 cars or 3.1 percent above the 1961 week, per the Association of American Railroads.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Ex Princeton Youth Drowns in Delaware Pond
Joseph Peck McNutt IV, 14, son of Joseph P. and Patty McNutt of Newark Delaware and Princeton origin, drowned after an apparent fall on a rock ledge near his home. Survived by sister Mary Ellen and grandmother Mrs J K Hinty. Funeral set in Newark with committal in Resthaven. Seaver Mortuary in Princeton open for calling after 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Joseph Peck McNutt, IV
Joseph P. and
Patty Lovell McNutt
Newark
Del
Princeton
Autos Collide At Local Intersection
An estimated 500 damage- two car collision occurred at Cherry Street and Highland Avenue Thursday about 8 30 p m. George W Bowles 707 High St Bluefield traveled south on Cherry Street while Robert Luther Brooks Route 2 Bluefield Va traveled west. No charges filed per Bluefield Police Department files.
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Cherry Street
Highland Avenue
George W. Bowles
High St
Bluefield
Robert Luther Brooks
Proposed Interstate 64 Route Endorsed by Commerce
W Broughton Johnston prepared a resolution stating the Princeton Chamber of Commerce endorses the present proposed location of Interstate Route 64. The route would extend from Beckley through Hinton to White Sulphur Springs. Copies will be sent to the State Road Commission and the Bureau of Public Roads.
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W. Broughton Johnston
Princeton of Commerce
E. W. Anderson
Chamber
Beckley
Hinton
White Sulphur Springs
State Road Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Assistant Librarian Hired at Concord College
Miss Julia I. L. Dees is appointed assistant librarian in charge of reference services and library science instructor at Concord College. She comes from Denver Public Library and holds degrees from the University of Denver and University of Rhode Island, with studies at Vassar, Harvard, and the Universite de Paris. She serves in the U.S. Women's Army Corps reserves and begins effective July 1.
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Julia I. L. Dees
Concord College
Miss Dees
Newport, R. I
Concord
Denver
Colo
Denver Public Library
University of Denver School of Librarianship
University of Rhode Island
Vassar College
Harvard University
Universite de Paris
American Library Association
Alliance Francaise
English-Speaking Union
United States Women’s Army Corps
Inmates Art Exhibit Showcases West Virginia Penitentiary Paintings
An exhibition of 35 paintings by West Virginia Penitentiary inmates opens at Bluefield Auditorium on Sunday June 9 as part of West Virginia Centennial events. The display runs 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, featuring works chosen from 72 entries with a West Virginia theme.
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West Virginia
Moundsville
Bluefield Auditorium
Bluefield
American Association of University Women
Hinton
Sistersville
Cedar Lakes
Oglebay Park
Grandview State Park
Nitro
South Charleston
Elkins
Spencer
Montgomery
Union Descendants to Receive Civil War Medals in Charleston
Gov Barron distributed medals to 23 descendants of Union soldiers in Charleston after a century wait. The event included Mr and Mrs W B Price of Salem. Over 26 000 medals were struck and about 6300 are held by the Department of Archives and History, which seeks other eligible owners.
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Charleston
Barron
W. B. Price
Saelem
West Virginia
Department of Archives and History
Bluefield Seniors Among Virginia Tech Cadets to Be Sworn In
Three Bluefield seniors will join 125 Virginia Tech Cadets sworn into the Army and Air Force on June 8 in Miles Stadium Blacksburg Virginia. Andrew E Williams will receive an Army commission as a second lieutenant with James Hill and Freddie L Spradlin earning commissions in the Air Force. They are among ten West Virginians to be sworn in.
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Bluefield
Virginia Tech
Army
Air Force
Miles Stadium
Blacksburg
Andrew E. Williams
James Hill
Freddie L. Spradlin
West
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Bill Sklar
Portsmouth
Buckhannon
Sklar
Porttmouth
Detroit
Bud Bennett
Fire Department
Bennett
Clarksburg
Columbus
Dulles International
CAP
J. R. Gardner II
Elaine
Gardners
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Cincinnati
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Wildwood
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Paul Kelsey
Charlie Scott
W. R. Cooke
al Land
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Lannie G. Shires
May Neel
May Sally Powers Neel
Springville
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Charles Sublette
Grandview Memory Gardens
Jess Puckett
Peery Faulkner
Martin and
Arlie Carter
Sherman Branch
William Tickle Sr
Hayden Shrader
Everett Patton
Neel
Thompson Valley Presbyterian Church
Wiliam
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J O. T. Powers
Dan
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Manuel Neel
Belle Powers
Andrew J. Hairston
Andrew Jack Heirston
Ashland
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
Oak Grove
Hairston
Elizabeth Penn
McDowell
June Slader
Cleveland
Mark H. Hairston
Washington, D. C
Sinkford-Richardson Funeral
James Graham
Charles A. Marrs
Mrs
Pocahontas
Sweeney
Appalachian
Bluefield Book
Commerce St. Bluefield, W. Va
McNutts
Joseph McNutt
Newark Methodist Church
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J. K. Hinty
Resthaven Memorial Park
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Seaver Mortuary
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