Obituary notices from The Gazette
Obituaries list Thelley C Adkins 56 of East Liverpool Ohio dying at home after a short illness. Service at 11 a.m. at Koontz Funeral Home Hamlin. Surviving spouse Virginia Ruth Frasher Adkins and multiple relatives. Also listed are William Howard Baumgardner 78 of Sissonville and many family survivors with funeral details. Other notices include Joseph P Buchanan 74 of St. Albans and Dan Michael Jack 16 Marlinton with service details.
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Adkins
Thelley C
Koontz Funeral
Hamlin
Lincoln Memorial Park
East Liverpool
Ohio
Hager
East
Liverpool
Crucible Steel Co
Midland
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Afl-Cio
Virginia Ruth Frasher
Ethel Lynn
Brenda Lean
Danie
Warren Adkins
Audra. Adkins
Griffithsville
Arthur Tudor
Collie Honacker
Fiona Shelton
West Hamlin
Richard McKinney
Thornville
Dead End Kid Gorcey Dies at 52 on Birthday
Actor Leo Gorcey known as the Dead End Kid died on his 52nd birthday after a long illness at Merritt Hospital. The New York born star led the Dead End Kids in films with Bogart and later the Bowery Boys era at Monogram. He appeared in Spit and other landmark productions, leaving a legacy as gang leader in a string of gritty urban dramas.
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Gorcey
Wruelley Vani
Aed Gorcey
Merritt Hospital
Rel Jona
Red Plath
Amuly
Aemmner
Minnie Irene
New York City
Spencer
Gordon Memorial Hospital
New York
Manhat
Catherine
Kitty
Hughes
Chester A
McMurray, Pa
John J
Josephine Walker
Sion
Samuel Geld
Queens
Long Island
N. Y
Humphrey Brothers
George J. Rampp
Bogart
Bridgeport
Melvin Rampp
Cleveland
Ohio
Vandale Funeral Home
Dead End Kids
Monogram Studio
Bowery Boys
Car Owner Wins Parking Lot Suit
A Kanawha County Circuit Court jury awarded 594.38 to Minnie Logan of Columbus Ohio in a parking lot dispute against Fortis Merry and Beckley. The suit claimed the owner of a Beckley area lot caused a collision and charged improper parking practices at a former East Park site. The case is noted alongside obituaries and other notices from Beckley and nearby towns.
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Kanawha County
Logan
Minnie
Everett Stamper
Baptist
East Park
Fortis Merry
Beckley
Greenwood Me
Kennedy L. Blake
Morian Park
Merry Logan
Columbus
Ohio
Becklat
Washington and
Greenbrierley
Blake
Campbells Playe
Creek
Ritchie Johnson Funer
Roy Blake
Funeral notices listing multiple families and services
Obituary notice listing numerous individuals with service times and burial details. Names include Amelia Brooks, Margaret Callison, Ruth Daniels, French Dyer, Mary Gunnoe, Mycile Harper, Ada Higgins, Josiah Lilly, W Clarence Parson, Jerry Sigders, Roy Isnaith, Costica Tudor, and Pic Workman. Cemeteries include Ward, Glasgow, Dyer, Alum Creek, Spring Hill, High Lawn, Mason, Neace, Logan, Wallace, Reamer, Glenwood, Verdonville, and others. Funeral homes named include Cook, Curry, James, Wallace-Wallace, Wilson, and Smith. Locations span Cedar Grove, Glasgow, Dyer, Alum Creek, Point Pleasant, Logan, and Ronceverte. Service times range in the afternoon and morning across multiple churches and memorial parks.
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Higgins
Ada Margaret
Point Pleasant
Crow-Hassell
Paint Pleasant
Luton
Mason County
Lilly
Josiah _R. “doe
Washington St. E
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Neace
Samuel Thurmont
Narysville
Ohi
Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home
Ronceverte
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Rite Slated For Victims Of Collision
The 60 year old Arbovale man Leon Wenger died from injuries after a two car head on crash on West Virginia 20 north of Arbovale. A funeral service is scheduled for 2 pm Thursday at Arbovale United Methodist Church with burial in Arbovale Cemetery. Wenger worked for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and was a member of the United Methodist Church Eastern Star and Mason. He is survived by his widow Maudie D and several daughters and relatives. The body is at Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale after 6 pm today.
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Durbin
Leonard
Wenger
Arbovale
Arbovale United Methodist Church
Davis Memorial Hospital
El‘skins
W. Va
Here
Pocahontas County
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Unitied Methodist Church
Arborvale
Eastern Star
Mason
Maudie D
Neoma Shephard
Staunton
Twila Rosengrance
Carma Poole
Sluria
Ala
Nancy Prokin
Villa Park
Linda Zambelia
Baltimore
Carolyn Simmons
Frank
Clay Tallman
Mack
Wallace Wallace
Women’s Clubs Urged To Set Realistic Goals
At the General Federation of Women’s Clubs 78th convention in Cleveland delegates heard mayors urge practical aims. Patricia Q. Sheehan urged identifying human needs in communities. Akron’s Ballard warned of financial peril and possible tax hikes. Cincinnati’s Ruehlmann and San Diego’s Curren stressed citizen involvement and progressive planning. Workshops and resolutions followed as the federation lists 11 million members worldwide.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Aew
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Patricia Q.sheehan
New Brunswick
Akron
John 8.Bellard
Cincinnati
Eugene Ruehlmann
Jank E. Curren
San Diego
Calif
Curren
Ballard
United States
U. S
Heck's Looks for Earnings of $1.80 to $1.90 per share
Fred Haddad, president, says Heck's expected earnings near $1.80 to $1.90 a share by year end based on projected $37 million in sales. He notes diversification moves include acquiring Galperin Massie Co. and plans for a 14th store in Frankfort. The firm, with 900 employees and a $3.5 million payroll, reported $9.3 million in sales for the first four months. Eight directors were elected including Haddad and Cook.
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Heck's
Fred Haddad
Galperin Massie Co
Heck’s
Haddad
Frankfort
Douglas R. Cook
Ray 9. Darnall
Nathan Haddad
C. N. Hetzel
Russell L. Isaac
Princeton Watershed Boosts Boom Potential
The article profiles Princeton Mercer County and the Brush Creek Watershed winning a national award for water and land use. It notes increasing industrial growth, new watershed projects, and improvements in sewage disposal and recreation facilities, with quotes from U S Department of Agriculture official Robert E. Quilliam. Surviving family members are listed. funeral services set for the victim Spec Bragg, a former Oak Hill resident who died in Vietnam.
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SCS
Hill—Service
Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
Joe Eddy Bragg
Oak Hill
Tcial
Spec
Bragg
Robert E. Quilliam
State
Consailles
U. S
IBM
Lexington
America
John M. Bragg
William R
Press Club in Charleston Closes After Members Vote
The Press Club of Charleston officially ceased operations after a Tuesday vote by about 200 members at 914 Kanawha Blvd. EB. Members were offered three options for assets: sell to an interested group, file bankruptcy, or dissolve the club. The club had operated 26 years and closed last month pending the meeting's outcome.
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Press Club of
Charleston
Kanawha Blvd
Ransacking Hits City Doctor Offices and Club Facilities
Detectives report several doctors’ offices were looted as a nonprofit medical group faced shutdown. The 1205 Quarrier St. building and a McFarland Street site previously housed the club, which moved through Quarrier, McFarland, and Kanawha Boulevard locations since 1943, with an offer to take over club facilities pending.
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Quarrier St
Quarrier Street
McFarland Street
Army and Navy Club of
Charleston
Kanawha Boulevard
Local Medical Offices Hit in Theft Across Offices
Detectives report $80 stolen from a desk in Dr. Philip Rubin’s office and several glass syringes and needles taken from other offices. The raid affected offices of Dr. E H Cerdana Dr. Harry Carney Dr. Willard Pushkin Dr. William Stewart and D Raymond Lim.
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Philip Rubin
E. H. Cerdana
Harry Carney
Willard Pushkin
William Stewart
D. Raymond ‘Lim
Dr. Rubin
Church rummage and bake sale at Shiloh Baptist
The Willing Workers Club of Shiloh Baptist Church will host a rummage and bake sale starting at 11 a.m. Saturday at 705 Elk St. The event will run all day as a church project.
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Shiloh Baptist Church
Elk St
Willing Workers Club
Court Reverses Insurance Verdict in Truck Death Case
The State Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling ordering Heart of America Life Insurance Co. to pay $12,000 to Mrs. Helen Laraway. The ruling held the stake-body truck involved in Robert Laraway’s death was not a private passenger automobile under the policy. The accident occurred Sept. 11, 1967, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, as Laraway and his son Everett traveled from Terra Alta to York, Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
State Supreme Court
High Court
Monongalia County
Robert L. Laraway
Terra Alta
Supreme Court
Harlan M. Calhoun
Laraway
Heart of America Life Insurance Co
Adams County
Kanawha Banking Declares 59 Cent Dividend for June 24
The Kanawha Banking and Trust Co. declares a 59 cent per share dividend payable June 24 to stockholders of record June 16. President William N. Lacnrer Jr. announced the payout on 114,281 outstanding shares. The bank projects strong growth and loan demand through May, with optimism for expansion.
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Kanawha Banking and Trust Co
William N. Lacnrer Jr
Tusday
Shearer
Bark Show
Pdok
Sinearer Saii
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