Obituary Notices Boldly Mark Many West Virginia Deaths
Multiple obituaries from Braxton, Kanawha, Raleigh and surrounding counties note James Sutton James Boggess Viola Logan Brown James Clanton Wilbur Collins William Kessel Evans Harrison Grounds Rose Bostic Hall Clem Harding Ernest Harvey Letha Hughes Marion Eskew Marie Isenhart and others detailing ages dates places and survivors from Sutton Lookout Union Strange Creek Winding Gulf Richwood Webster Springs and nearby communities. Service times burial sites and calling hours are listed for each.
Strong Miller Talk Closes Convention at VFW
The union's convention ended with strong remarks from Arnold Miller calling for solidarity and a possible six month strike, while delegations rejected an expanded grievance process. Miller urged backing international officers and retirees while outlining contract priorities such as six hour days, sick pay, and cost of living adjustments.
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Miller
Water Plant Delivers Elk River Water to Nitro Area
The West Virginia Water Co began Friday to pump Elk River water to Nitro area customers from a new 31 million dollar treatment plant in Charleston’s Triangle District. Initial 15 million gallons daily, rising to 30 million in 2 3 weeks for customers from Chesapeake to Poca. About 52 400 customers to benefit with higher bills likely. The company plans a rate request to the Public Service Commission. The fifth urgent project faced eight years of controversy over location and cost. Facilities on Slack Street will close when full operation begins. loss noted by opponents.
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The
West Virginia Water Co
Charleston
Triangle District
Elk River
Nitro
John Murrphy
Chesapeake
Poca
United States
Public Service Commission
Triangle
Slack Street
Nitro and
Belle
Murphy
Union Leaders Split Over Strike Authority And Nixon Resolution
A factional dispute in the union granted the international body final strike authority except in dangerous conditions when miners wish to halt operations. A resolution asking President Nixon to resign was rejected as improper union business. The union set up a political action arm funded in its first year by small weekly assessments on active and retired members.
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UMW
The
International
Nixon
Your Own Column Write Gazette Woman's Department plea
A historical notice invites women to submit letters and essays on world news. Contributors receive ten dollars per published piece, with at least one column weekly, addressed to Write Your Own Column at the Gazette Woman's Department, 1001 Virginia St.
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the Gazette Woman’s Department
Virginia St
Harris Page 58 Dies After Short Illness at Public Health Service Hospital
Grandille Page NORFOLK VA Grandille Harris Page 58 of Scottsville Virginia died Wednesday at the U S Public Health Service Hospital following a brief illness. A former Charleston West Virginia resident.
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Grandille Page
Aspiring Trapeze Artist Killed By Cannon Ball
A 16 year old boy in Aguascalientes Mexico named Oscar Osorio Garza died when he touched a cable that triggered a cannon used for a human cannon ball act. He was rehearsing for his debut the day of the accident according to police.
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Aguascalientes
Mexico
Oscar Osorio’Garza
Moray
Survey Started For Coal River Basin Study
A two year U S Geological Survey study in cooperation with West Virginia and the State Department of Natural Resources aims to better understand Coal River Basin water resources. Data will cover streamflow sediment loads chemical loads channel losses land runoff characteristics.
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U.S. Geological Survey
State Department of Natural Resources
West Virgiia” Geological ‘and Economic Survey
Joe Savage Dies at 76 City Columnist and Newsman
Joe Whitney Savage, a Charleston native and columnist whose Mirror of Your Mind appeared in more than 100 newspapers, died Friday in Nyack Hospital at age 76. He served as associate editor of King Features and authored pieces for major magazines and radio. He was born October 29, 1897 in Charleston, WV, served as a pursuit pilot in World War I, studied at West Virginia University, and held varied roles in journalism, science philanthropy, and military training. He left a legacy as a charter Kanawha Players member, Rotary president, and tribute to his family including wife Janet, three sons Lon, Lee, and John, and siblings. Cremation will follow with a memorial service in Charleston after the new year.
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Lookout
Viola Logan Brown
Fayette County
Pinecrest
Beckley
Mount Olive United Methodist Church
Della Legg
Ravenswood
Ruth Hollingsworth
Mildred Holcomb
Jess
Buena Vista
Willis
Eugene
John
Charleston
Gladda Legg
Clifty
John Christ
Wallace-Wallace
Ansted
Wesley Pennington
Wilbur Collins
Wilbur French Collins
Montrose Dr
South Charleston
Charleston General’ Hospital
Union Carbide
The
Baptist Temple
Vivian
Richmond
Lewis
Caroline Miller
St. Albans
C. Raymond Collins
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Evans
William Kessel
Davis
Jackson General Hospital
Ripley
Department of Highways
Deloris Sayre Davis
Carol Davis
Karen Barker
Parkersburg
Connie Gandee
William Davis, Jr
Opal Winter
New Jersey
Casto Funeral Home
Daniel Sears
Creston Cemetery
Mason County
Richwood
Ernest Twyman Harvey
Sacred Heart Hospital
Quinwood
Harvey
Appomattox County
Rock’s Baptist Church
Pamplin
UMW
Pauline
Sharon Lewis
Lelia
John Johnson
Hugheston
Charleston General Hospital
Kentucky
Valley Camp Coal Co
Loical
UMWA
Rose
Dreama Louise Bench
Violet Perry
Alma Cottrell
Los Angeles
Calif
James McCann
Pittsburgh
Michael McCann
Elkhart
Ind
Charles McCann
Logan
Garlan McCann
Russell Lee McCann
Linden
N.J
Cook Funeral Home
Cedar Grove
Charles Herald
Ward Cemetery
Ward
Robert Liptrap
Marlinton
Robert Lee ‘Liptrap
Elkins
Church of God
Almeda I. ‘Liptrap
Allen
Virginia| Carter
Hopewell
Betty Tony
Cleveland
Ohio
Dan. J
Eva England
Ernest Martufi
Hinton
Ernest P
Pete” Martufi
Summers County Hospital
Hinton Daily News
Martufi
VFW
Anna Lou
Simpson Martufi
J. R. Martufi
Air Force
Omaha
Neb
Susie Martufi
Margaret Kelly
Ruth Bass
Ronald Meadows
John Smith
Greenbrier
Donnie Nanna
Alvon
Donnie Oscar Nanna
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier Manor
Fairlea
Little Creek
Little Creek Presbyterian Church
Nanna
Shanklin Funeral Home
White Sulphur Springs
LeRoy Crane
E. N. Clower
Presbyterian
Nyack
Air Corps
France
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Gazette
West Virginia Medical Society
Hondo
Army Air Base
San Marcos Army Air Base
I Texas
Foundation
King Features
New Yorker
Colliers
Field and Stream
Edward R. Murrow
Kanawha Players
Robert Kelly
Lon
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lee
New York
Jew, Jersey
Fred C
William L
D. Jackson Savage
Elizabeth Estill
Police clear exit lane at Henderson Truck Stop protest
State police ordered about 10 trucks to remove from the exit lane of the Henderson Truck Stop on U.S. 35 in Mason County Friday night. About 25 rigs and their drivers stayed at the truck stop to continue the protest, but allowed nonparticipants to access the facility with no incidents reported.
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Henderson
U.S. 35
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Christmas Cantata at Ravenswood Methodist Church
A Christmas cantata titled A City of the King will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at the North United Methodist Church in Ravenswood. Directed by Irvin Hoyt with Barbara Shannon as accompanist. Soloists include Mary Jo Moore Jackie Manning Ray Ritchie Jim Shannon and Jo Connors.
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Ravenswood
North United Methodist Church
City of the King
Irvin Hoyt
Barbara ‘Shannon
Mary Jo Moore
Jackie Manning
Ray Ritchie
Jim Shannon
Jo Connors
Hampshire Man Dies In Auto Accident
Roger William Hanes age 31 of Springfield Hampshire County was killed in a traffic accident on West Virginia Route 28 in Mineral County Thursday night according to state police.
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Hampshire
Keyser
W.va
Roger William Hanes
Springfield
Hampshire County
Mineral County
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James E. Armstrong
Sutton
Clarksburg Veterans Hospital
Braxton County
Hubert
Ann Layfield
Clarksburg
Myrtle Lewis
Houston
High Knob United Methodist Church
J.E. Fairburn
Church
Greene-Maryle Funeral Home
Bobby Boggess
Bobby Bryan Boggess
Rt. 5
Tda Boggess
Bobby
Ray
Woodbridge
Alpha Barker
Fort Myers
Fla
Lillian Fowler
Bedford
Bonnie Baker
Chicago
Veradean Pauley
Herndon Boggess
Viola Brown
James Clanton
Winding Gulf
James W. Clanton
Raleigh County
East Beckley Nursing Home
Clarence Penn
Martinsville
Russell Penn
Spencer, Va
Elvin Kroger
Susie Hilton
Mount Nebo
Virginia
Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home
William Davis
the Gazette
Harrison
Strange Creek
Harrison Grounds
Delphia
Helen Exline
Harrison S
Akron
Leuvina Likens
Concord
Tenn
Mary Manno
Rupert
Eureka United Methodist Church
Carl Houghton
Skidmore Funeral Home
Gassaway
Mrs. Rose Hall
UNION
Rose Bostic Hall
Emmett Memorial Hospital
Clifton Forge
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Ina Grubb
Robert Weikle
Caldwell
Earl Jr
Gaithersburg
Ernest
Robert
Links Grove
James
Charles
Broyles-McGuire
Dewey Brown
Hubert Morgan
Green Hill Cemetery
Friends
Clem Harding
Clem
Earl Harding
Hurley
Tyler
Heights
Pearl
Bob Harding
Cross Lanes
Carol Thomas
Lanham
Jim Harding
Sissonville
Charles Harding
Marie Jones
Alfie Jones
Ida Milam
Elkview
Donna Milam
Cunningham Funeral Home
Rock Branch Church of God Mission
Ralph Workman
Thomas Cemetery
Fisher Ridge
Ernest Harvey
Letha Hughes
Letha QO. Hughes
West Second St
Prudential Insurance Co
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Marion Eskew
Rock Creek
Marion Freer Eskew
Raleigh
Freewill, Baptist Church
Eskew
Ollie Daniel Eskew
Erma
Lawrence
Albert
Letha Miller
Eunice
Kermit Daniel
Saxon
Orai
Pineville
Marie Isenhart
Webster Springs
Marie Thorp Isenhart
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Arthur
Clay
Dig” Isenhart
Jake” Tharp
Esker Tharp
Burton Tharp
Pickens
Iall Brothers
Russell Heater
Manchester
Earl Heater
Dodd-Hart Funeral Home
Calvin McCutcheon
IOQF
Knights of Phythia
Amanda Lilly Beaver
Amanda Bragg Lilly
Beaver
Raleigh General Hospital
Grayson Knapp
Covington
Alderson
Margaret Dunkley
Claribel Bigelow
Rockville
Martin Luther Bragg
Caffee Funeral
Kenna Lilly
Blue Hidge Memorial Gardens
Strong Miller
Pittsburgh (Ap
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Frisunion
P.c
Coal J
International Exec
In Tinn
Forees
Mnian’e
Amelia Mitchell Beckley —Mitchell
Amelia Beckley
East Beckley
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
William Bright
Greenwood Memorial Park
Page
Keystone Shipping Co
Philadelphia
Mary
Bess Page
William K. Matheny
W. Va
French N. Matheny
Joella Milam
Cyclone
Lenora K. Wegmann
Delva C. Campsey
Ken Woody Logan
Ken Woody
Huntington
Guyan Valley
Don Woody
Williamson
James Funeral Home
Murphy Cemetery
Mitchell Heights
Legg
Artie L
John Myers
Graceland Memorial Park
Mr. Legg
Ranger Lane
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Joe Savage
Mason
Marmet
Leonard Johnson Funeral Home Inc
Marmet Cemetery
West Virginia
Market Relocation Office
Leonard Johnson’s
Nile Egate Fm
Coca-Cola
Bordens
Prdleen
Harleston
Printing Company
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