Missing planes spark search across Virginia West Virginia
A Bellanca with two Ohio men vanished Monday night near Charleston and ten planes joined the CAP chase over Clay Calhoun and Braxton counties. A separate Bonanza missing since April 29 prompted a $1,000 reward from Trego Stone Corp of Roanoke.
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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 crash on US 19 in Marion County killed Janice Rosinski 24 of Hutchinson and injured four other women headed for the Westinghouse plant in Fairmont. Lavaughn Edwards 27 of Enterprise drove the car carrying the victims. Edwards Genevieve Shaver 34 of Hutchinson and Alta Mae Freeman 24 of Clarksburg were in serious condition. Deanna Acord 20 was in satisfactory condition. The four women had been injured in a February crash en route to work.
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Fairmont
Marion County
Janice Rosinski
Hutchinson
Deanna Acord
Toll State Police Report Fatalities On West Virginia Highways
State Police at Charleston reported today that highway deaths in West Virginia this year year to date total 146, compared with 163 for the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Daily Telegraph Masthead and Rates
Established 1893 Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia publishes news dispatches local news and subscription rates By Carrier and By Mail details included Rates to other zones available upon request.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ats
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Lannie Green Shires 70 formerly of Gap Mills died Thursday in a Pearisburg hospital. Survivors include his wife Eula Kountz Shires a son five daughters and nine grandchildren. Funeral Saturday Carmel Presbyterian Gap Mills with burial in Carmel Dome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lannie Green Shires
Gap Mills
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Monroe County
Arnold Mitchell
Rich Creek
Elizabeth Arthur
Charleston
Guy Biggs
Riverside
Cailif
Christopher Shires
Martinsville
Doss Shaver
Keenan
Carmel Presbytrian Church
A. B. Shiflet
Billee S. Mick
Carmel Dome
Grady Nichols
Junior Porterfield
Sonny Looney
Junior Shumaker
Marion Shiflet
Herbert Mann
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
Funeral rites for Rev James N Graham held in Norton
Funeral services conducted Saturday at the Norton Methodist Church for Rev James N Graham a Holston Conference veteran of the Methodist Church who died Thursday in Norton Hospital. Burial followed at Ramsey Cemetery in Norton. Surviving are his wife Flora Elizabeth Graham three daughters five sons nineteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Estes Funeral Home of Coeburn arranged the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Graham
Coeburn
Norton
Norton Methodist Church
Ramsey
Holston
Bluefield
C. L. Vanhoy
Uplands
Calif
Guy Bolling
Hobart C. Graham
Paul G. Graham
Bristol
Marvin C. Graham
John N. Graham
Wise, Va
Claude Graham
Pittsburgh
Estes Funeral Home
Marrs Rites Set for Brewsterdale Native
Charles Alex Marrs 55 of Brewsterdale died Wednesday in Welch hospital. Survived by wife Daisy Dye Marrs, daughter Lola Hicks, sons Charles A. Marrs Jr Braxton and Johnny Marrs, six brothers, one sister. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Brewsterdale Church with burial in Brewsterdale Cemetery. Body to move from O J Douglas Mortuary Welch to residence today at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Obituaries for Bella Penziner and Jessie Glasco
Mrs Bella Penziner 72 widow of Jacob Penziner died at a daughter’s home in Jersey City. Survived by two sons and another daughter Mrs Rosalind Polinsky. Guterman’s Funeral Home Jersey City in charge. Mrs Jessie Glasco wife of Robert Glasco died in Akron Ohio. Funeral Sunday in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Church
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 a miner and United Mine Workers member. He is survived by his mother Mrs Amanda Callaway Fralin and the late Alphonso Fralin two brothers and three sisters. Flower bearers and pallbearers are named. viewing after 5 p.m. today and body to be placed in the church an hour before the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Sally Powers Neel
Springville
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
Charles Sublette
Grandview Memory Gardens
Jess Pucklett
Peery Faulkner
Martin and
Arlie Carter
Sherman Branch
William Tickle Sr
Hayden Shrader
Everett Patton
Tazewell County
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 Redies
Steve Rucker
Otis Hardin
Limp Harris
Albert Wakefield
Alfred Belcher
William Lewis
Lugo
Funeral Rites Planned for Zebbedde Ryle of Thorpe
Zebbedde Ryle 57 a Thorpe resident and retired miner died Wednesday in a Welch hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev F L Redd and Rev N H Staples officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery follows. Ryle left a wife Ruby E and twelve children including Evelyn Delores Mae Bernice Denice and Bernard Zebbedde Donald. stepchildren Eloise Anderson Louise Joyce Betty Jean McLeod and Raymond F Everson. fourteen grandchildren and a brother Richard Ryle. Pallbearers will be Masonic Lodge members. Eastern Star flower bearers. Friends may call at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home Keystone after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Could Become Resort Site
The U S Forest Service will clear an abandoned federal prison camp in Mill Point Pocahontas County and offer the 150 acre tract to resort developers within about a month. Development ideas include winter sports facilities horseback riding trails and other attractions near Cranberry Glades Hills Creek Falls and Monongahela National Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 premier of Centennial Showboat Rhododendron on June 15 will offer a three hour program featuring villainy heroism and music. The evening centers on the tearjerker East Lynne staged by college and university music and drama students. Salem College students perform John Brown's Body as a choral drama. Matinees and evening shows planned.
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Charleston
Centennial Commission
East Lynne
Salem College
John Brown
Stephen Vincent Benet
Eleven Charged With Running Stop Sign
Eleven persons have been charged with running the stop sign at the intersection of Oakhurst Street and Bland Road over the past three days. Bluefield Police files show Patrolman Paul Oliver nabbed eight of the drivers Tuesday and five Wednesday, while Patrolman M B Bailey charged three more Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakhurst Street
Bland Road
Bluefield
Divorces Filed In Mercer Circuit Court in Court
In Mercer Circuit Court Judge F Morton Wagner entered divorce degrees in two cases, Alice Hope Alvis versus Forrest Ronnie Alvis and Hazel Marie Duer versus Phillip Morgan Duer. A separated couple Sylvia Yeager versus Earl Yeager was reconciled and dismissed. Other actions included settled damage suit Carl Still versus N W Railway Co. and default judgment for state tax against Woodrum Roofing Co. Inc. and an improvidently taken service order in Shrewsbury case. New lawyers admitted to practice include David Burton and David Mayer Katz. A divorce action Delores Ann White versus James A White was instituted.
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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 Court Actions Reported in Mercer County Clerk Files
Deeds recorded include A. R. Nash and Rena Nash to R. E. Martin Sr. for 151 acres on Little Island Creek in Ply mouth District at 6000 dollars, Icie Smith to Walter Goad for 42 acres on Wide mouth Creek in Rock District, Frank P. and Lorette Stevens to Robert E. Neal for Lot 4 Block 4 Cumberland Heights extension, Beaver Pond at 8000 dollars, Harold F. Porterfield trustee to Thomas T. Archie for eastern lot 5 section 5 Plan A Bluefield at 3100 dollars, Harold C. Farley to E. A. Bol ton for 41 acres 50 fractions on Blue Stone River Rock District at 14.99 dollars, Duel Sigmon et al to Pauline and Bob Pruett for two lots at Matoaka at 150 dollars. Marriage license application filed Bennett John Easley Charleston and Virginia T. Bowling Princeton. Will of Lizzie Hare Princeton probated. Ripley F. Williams named as trustee in will of Walter A. Bishop.
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Mercer County
A. R. Nash
Rena Nash
R. E. Martin Sr
Little Island Creek
Plymouth District
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
Carideth Sigmon
Nellie Sigmon
Pauline
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 Regional Committee Coordination
Washington AP John L. Sweeney, staff director of the Senate subcommittee on labor since February 1961, was named to coordinate staff work of the presidents Appalachian Regional Committee. The 18 agency panel, created by President Kennedy on April 9, aims to develop a regional economic plan due next January, with representation from Appalachian states and key federal agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Sweeney
Senate
Subcommittee On Labor
Kennedy
Appalachian States
Bethany Mayor Slavin to Join West Virginia Center
Bethany mayor and Bethany College economics chair Dr. Richard Slavin will become a research economist at the new West Virginia Center for Appalachian Studies and Development in Morgantown. He takes sabbatical now and plans to return to Bethany College September 1, 1964.
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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 Week Cuts Freight Carloads Across Nation
Memorial Day reduced freight carloadings for the week ended June 1 to 548 021 cars, down 50 398 from the prior week or 8 4 percent. The Association of American Railroads said total was 18 736 cars above the 1962 week and 16 316 cars above the 1961 week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Ex Princeton Youth Drowns In Newark Pond
Joseph Peck McNutt IV fourteen year old son of Joseph P. and Patty Lovell McNutt of Newark Delaware and native of Princeton accidentally drowned Wednesday afternoon in a pond near his home. He had been missing for hours as his father searched found him floating possibly after a fall on a rock ledge. Surviving include a sister Mary Ellen and maternal grandmother Mrs J K Hinty. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. in Newark then committal at Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton.
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Joseph Peck McNutt, IV
Joseph P. and
Patty Lovell McNutt
Newark
Del
Princeton
Bluefield
McNutts
Joseph McNutt
Newark Methodist Church
Central
Mary Ellen McNutt
J. K. Hinty
Resthaven Memorial Park
Herbert Parks
Seaver Mortuary
Autos Collide At Local Intersection
An estimated 500 in damage resulted from a two car crash at Cherry Street and Highland Avenue Thursday around 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 were filed per Bluefield Police Department files.
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Cherry Street
Highland Avenue
George W. Bowles
High St
Bluefield
Robert Luther Brooks
Road Endorsed Location of Interstate Route 64
W Brougtton Johnston prepared a resolution noting the Princeton Chamber of Commerce endorses the present location of Interstate Route 64. E W Anderson, chamber executive secretary, said the route will extend from Beckley through Hinton to White Sulphur Springs. Copies go to the State Road Commission and the Bureau of Public Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Brougtton Johnston
Princeton Chamber 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 named assistant librarian in charge of reference services at Concord College A M A from University of Denver and A B from University of Rhode Island with studies at Vassar Harvard and Universite de Paris She joins from Denver Public Library and holds a reserve U S Army Corps commission Effective July 1 at Concord College library programs and services director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 From West Virginia Penitentiary
An exhibition of 235 paintings by West Virginia Penitentiary inmates opens at Bluefield Auditorium on Sunday June 9. Sponsored by the Bluefield Branch of the American Association of University Women the display supports West Virginia Centennial activities.
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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 Receive Civil War Medals in Charleston
Gov Barron distributed medals to 23 descendants of Civil War Union soldiers in Charleston after a century long wait. The event honored heirs from the Charleston area with medals originally intended for West Virginia veterans. The Archives and History Department has struck over 26,000 medals and retains about 6,300 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Barron
W. B. Price
Salem
West Virginia
Department of Archives and History
Bluefielders to Receive Army and Air Force Commissions
Three Bluefield seniors join 125 Virginia Tech cadets to be sworn into the Army and Air Force on June 8 in Miles Stadium Blacksburg Va. Andrew E. Williams earns a Army 2nd Lieutenant commission while James Hill and Freddie L Spradlin receive Air Force commissions. They are among 10 West Virginians 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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Portsmouth
Buckhannon
Sklar
Porttmouth
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Clarksburg
Columbus
Dulles International
CAP
J. R. Gardner II
Elaine
Gardners
Frank Cismadi
Cincinnati
John Philip Sousa
Newport
Wildwood
N. J
Bluefield Sales Executive Club
Bluefield Country Club
Karl Thomas
Paul Kelsey
Charlie Scott
W. R. Cooke
al Land
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Appalachians
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Logan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Lannie G. Shires
Charles R. Boothe
North Tazewell
Richlands
Georgia L. Boothe
Elen McMillan
Lucille Parker
Winston-Salem
N. C
Annie Johnson
Jack Corbin
Mount Gilead
Gladys Sterling
San Francisco
Assembly of God Church
H. H. Peake
Lee Hill
Maplewood Cemetery
Brown Harman Jr
W. O. Johnson
Sam Yost
Paul Bales
R. G. Hagg
Paul Wilburn
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Mrs
May Neel
Andrew J. Hairston
Andrew Jack Hairston
Ashland
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
Hairston
Elizabeth Penn
McDowell
June Slader
Cleveland
Mark H. Hairston
Washington, D. C
Linkford-Richardson Funeral
James Graham
Charles A. Marrs
Pocahontas
Sweeney
Appalachian
Bluefield Book Shop
Commerce St. Bluefield, W. Va
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Taylor’s Drug Store
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
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