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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1968
Page
3
Obituaries list multiple local figures from Beckley to Sandstone including Caldwell Mattison Levi-53 of Beckley and Mary Alice Axie Cales of Sandstone. Notices cover survivors, church affiliations, military status, service times, funeral homes, and burial locations across several towns.
Arlington National Cemetery will host the Thursday funeral for Capt Richard Kenna Gaines 65 of Hilton Head Island S C a World War II naval aviator and carrier group commander. He died Saturday after an extended illness in a naval hospital leaving a widow Maud Werter Gaines a son R K Gaines Jr and three daughters Carlisle Sullivan Maud Tarrant and Annalou Wren. His body rests at Hilton Head Funeral Home.
West Virginians must file applications by Saturday for the state civil service exams set for Aug 24. Positions include stenographers secretaries typists and operators I and I. The Civil Service Office in Charleston urges interested applicants to seek details at 112 California Ave.
Public hearings set for Thursday at 9 a m on Rutledge Road land use 1906 Virginia St E and 706 Kanawha Boulevard and a Villa Lounge liquor license case. Also reviewed are a 1206 Virginia Ave E office building plan and a variance for 706 Kanawha Boulevard, with related council rejection of a rezoning request.
Prudential Insurance Co. paid 9.97 million dollars to West Virginia policyholders and beneficiaries in the first six months, compared with 10.006 million in the same period. The report notes retired employees and beneficiaries receiving annuities and related insurance payments.
John Holstein 61, owner of Holstein Chevrolet Agency in Hinton, died Monday during surgery at University Hospital in Charlottesville Virginia. He belonged to First Presbyterian Church Masonic Lodge Shrine Elks and Moose lodges. Survived by widow Merritt Day Holstein son John and daughter Joyce Meador. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton.
Kanawha County residents paid more than 56 000 in taxes at the sheriff treasurer’s office as crowds lined the hall awaiting processing. Officials estimate another 20 000 could be added after mail processing. many sought payment before September 1 to claim a land tax relief on three Second Avenue lots in North Charleston. Also in the news, Gerald Nolan, arrested in Ohio for car fraud, escaped a Parkersburg jail breakout and was returned to Gallipolis for arraignment as court crowds filled the day.
A car ran off Oakwood Road and struck a stone wall shrubbery and an iron post near 268 Oakwood Road. Charleston police report the owner is G L Ballentine and damage is estimated at 200 dollars. Officer Lee saw the incident on the scene.
Kelly Andrew Burns 52 of Fort Spring Greenbrier County was killed when dynamite prepared for detonation at 2 quarry exploded prematurely. Burns a plant foreman for Acme Limestone Co. for about 30 years died at the scene. Surviving are his widow several children and stepchildren. Body at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte.
Readable fragments show multiple funeral items with names and service details. Entries include JATTEN Woodrow in Oklahoma City at Brookline Baptist Church with burial in Oklahoma, and IRIGHAM Mrs. Watkins-Carbonate Fayette with service at Fayette. others mention burial at Sunset Memorial Park, Cass Presbyterian Church Arbovale Cemetery, and local church memorials in communities such as Ripley Hookersville Point Pleasant and Kanawha Ohio.
A Wednesday hearing in the State Capitol Judiciary Committee room will exam proposed auto mobile insurance rate changes. The Insurance Rating Board seeking average annual increases of 2.39 per car for bodily injury and liability coverage, with small decreases for full coverage, comprehensive, and medical payments.
State Commerce Commissioner Angus E. Peyton announced Monday that two men were reappointed trustees of the Mountain State Art and Craft Fair board. K. Carl Little is director of the travel development division and Lucian N. Shrader works for the Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone Co. Donald L. Page will join the board as a new member, overseeing the commerce department's art and craft section.
Gov. James A. Rhodes of Ohio will deliver the keynote address at the state Republican Convention on Aug. 14 starting at 9:00 am at the Civic Center. House minority leader Brereton C. Jones will introduce Rhodes after credentials are certified and officers elected. Arch Moore, the GOP candidate for governor, is slated to speak in the afternoon as the Platform Committee reports and campaign planks are adopted.
A 26 year old McDowell County man faces murder charges after a fatal shooting at a McDowell County night spot. State police report a .32 caliber slug struck Raymond Everett Campbell who died at Welch Hospital. The incident followed a brawl and a separate truck crash that killed a man identified as Leo State Trooper J L Dodson.
PARKERSBURG AP A Natchez Mississippi man John Rabb 45 drowned after falling from a towboat into the Ohio River on Saturday. The towboat crewman was reported dead with authorities continuing the investigation into the accident.
The State Department of Employment Security received federal approval for seven job training programs. An 20 week combination welder course for 18 trainees at Oak Hill. A 30 week clerk typist course for 18 trainees at Hinaston. A six week area welder course for 16 at Clarksburg. A 50 week refrigerator and air conditioning mechanic course for 18 at Parkersburg. A 45 week diesel mechanic course for 18 at Buckhannon. A 22 week combination welder and 50 week production machine operator course for 18 at Williamson. Also 50 persons will be placed in various occupational courses at training facilities.
A coal miner for Merth Co. died early Monday from a slate fall in the Standard on Paint Creek mine. The victim was identified as J. R. Matney, about 35, of Grundy, Va., with Pryor Funeral Home at East Bank handling the identification and Hurst-Scott Funeral Home at Grundy receiving the body.
Police report a noon collision on Patrick Street near Sixth Avenue between Clara Jo Owens 34 and Clifton Gray 48. Damages were estimated at 350 dollars.
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