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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1957
Page
12
Chicago Board of Trade eight year logs show grain futures mostly unchanged with weak demand as operators take a long holiday weekend. Wheat oats soybeans and corn prices listed with various July September and December contracts and related cash markets across Baltimore and New York reports.
Treasury reports show total public debt near the statutory limit with detailed tallies. Major line items include gold holdings and large outstanding balances.
Marriage applications include Lee Pritt 18 of 1046 Orchard Bt and Delphia Dixon 15 of 1421 Chandler Dr. Vinson Holley Davis 21 of Advant and Marketts Farms 21 of RFD 5 Charleston Ronald Williamson 32 and Anita Hu 18 of St Albans Robert Pauley 21 of Dunbar and Jacqueline Dailey 19 of South Charleston.
New York May 31 oils and steels led a market advance as industrials rose and utilities stagnated. The Dow Jones 60 stock average climbed about 60 cents, with volume around 2.05 million shares and 58 new 1957 highs to 33 lows.
Civilians lined State Road 401 watched a guided missile believed to be the Jupiter fire at 1 15 p.m. from Cape Canaveral. Observers described a treetop hover, a 30 second flight, and a two minute roar. Reporter Karl Hunziker observed from Cocoa Beach. The Atlas launch was later described as potentially postponed to next week.
The British Atomic Task Force conducted the second and mightiest hydrogen bomb test of Britain’s series in the Central Pacific today. The blast occurred high in the air near Malden Atoll, about a mile south of Christmas Island, and was believed to deliver about five million tons of TNT in power.
Kids in a West Side alley found a plastic box wedged above a trash bin. They brought it to a jewelry store where staff discovered diamond engagement rings and wedding bands. Police traced the items to a $1 500 robbery at the West Side Loan Co. The burglary occurred about a month earlier after a display window was smashed.
Borg-Warner Corp announces its 10 million dollar chemical plant near Parkersburg has begun operations. The Marbon Chemical Division will produce cycolac resin used in more than 100 products including bowling pins golf club heads watch cases and valve seats in oxygen masks.
Miss Columbia Robinson of Shinnston died in a Clarksburg hospital at age 100 after a recent operation. Born July 14, 1856, near Shinnston, she leaves only nieces and nephews as survivors.
Funeral services are set for William Ronald Casdorph age 17 of Lock Seven who drowned while swimming in Coal River at Lower Falls. The service at 10 a.m. at Lock Seven Baptist Church will be officiated by Rev. Virgil Chepman and two others, burial in Cunningham Memorial Park. Casdorph worked for McComas Plumbing Co and his body was moved from Bartlett Mortuary in St. Albans to his home.
A vacation church school for children ages four to 14 will run at Shepherd Methodist Church from Monday through June 14. Classes last two hours starting at 9 30 a m daily at the church located at Frame Street and Hendrix Avenue. Orville Eastwood of Spring Hill reported a jab to Uabitties at WH a sta tanets at al 120.56.
The Kanawha Valley Central Labor Union offered to form three committees to aid in property assessment for Kanawha County. They urged cooperation with the board of education, the assessor, and the county court to ensure accurate reappraisal and access to state school aid. County Assessor Slack insisted on increasing valuations to meet state aid formulas, aiming to raise property valuation by 1959 and add 135 million dollars by 1969, while noting he needed time to study the union proposal.
Angus Porter of Charleston will be installed as president of the West Virginia Chapter of Telephone Pioneers of America at the annual outing in Jackson's Mill. Officers include Mrs Alma Martin Clifford W Thrall and Mary Mawyer Ralph F Norwood with John T Morgan as principal speaker.
Obituaries note Vickie Lyne Hadweck of Carbondale Fayette County died after a five eoth illness. Survivors include a brother Ricky Alan and multiple half siblings. Services planned at Cook Cedar Grove. Also MARLEE Albert Seigel-dr. of Bancroft Putnam County died at Veterans Hospital after a two year illness. Survived by wife Latha three sons and four sisters. Burial at Poc’s. MARLEE details and service plans for Painter and Roach obituaries noted with local mortuary arrangements and survivor lists.
Funeral notices list several burials and services across Beier Logan and Richwood counties. Names include Malle Curry, Henry L Meadows, Henry Jacobs Rowe, Core Marpee, and Willem, with services at local Baptist, Family Eathery, and Holy Samay Cemeteries and Spring Hill Cemetery. Services are conducted by pastors from listed churches and at Preston Mortuary with burial at respective cemeteries.
Miss Helen V. McMeans 99 of 116 3rd Ave West died at Mountain State Hospital after illness. Vallandingham will conduct the service tomorrow at Wills Memorial Chapel with burial at Memorial Park. A Kanawha County resident, she formerly worked for the Selective Service system and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Cunningham Kreant
J Con Bolden former Charleston resident and Ft Lauderdale businessman died yesterday in a Ft Lauderdale hospital. He led Tri State Manufacturing and Engineering Co and held multiple fraternal memberships. He served in World War I and played in Twilight League baseball. Survived by his wife, a brother, a niece and two nephews. Body to be sent to Barlow-Bongall mortuary.
Mary K. Hoskins of St. Albans and Robert Adkins of Stewart Street, St. Albans, say they have no plans for a June wedding. The notice highlights two individuals choosing single life amid the month’s bridal buzz.
Sylvester D. Michael 68 of Mat St St Albans and Dan Cohen Shoe Store manager in Charleston for 25 years died yesterday at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a heart attack last week. Born in Adnan Michigan he leaves Mable a stepdaughter Mrs William Lee Ferrell of Jacksonville Fla a sister Mrs Arthur Cook of Cleveland Ohio and a brother Bernard of Marietta Ohio. Service 3 p.m. tomorrow Snodgrass Mortuary chapel Rev Fleetwood Chapman. Burial Cunningham Memorial Park. The body is at Snodgrass Mortuary.
A fragmented clipping recalls Horatio Alger themes from Brown University referencing the silver anniversary class of 1832. It notes a single man achieving wealth by marrying a girl with a million dollars and is framed as a moral anecdote about fortune and self-made success.
In Athens on May 31 General Stephen Serafis a leftist Parliament leader and World War II guerrilla hero died from injuries after being struck by an American military truck His English born wife Mary was injured near the airport Officials announced immediate precautions under a 1958 accord Omnimabassador George Allen offered condolences and the Greek government blamed the driver as a wartime combatant recalled for the Nazi resistance era credits In the same period ELAS leaders and the December 1944 uprising were referenced in statements about the accident.
Fair State police adopt a reduced schedule to improve efficiency and morale. Supt. Hazen cites private industry norms and promises better service. Turnpike troopers report to the Turnpike Commission for timetable changes. larger cities run five-day weeks. A separate item notes a prank filing about a marriage notice in The Gazette.
Dr. Leepile of Harmtington says the dead rest in Heaven as Rotary members listen. Dr. Tyler, Trinity Episcopal Church rector for 37 years, explains Heaven as a joyful home for the faithful and notes Memorial Day's expanded meaning honoring family dead and Civil War veterans. He returned from retirement to aid church work and writes a weekly column Thoughts.
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