Obituary notices from Blount to East Bank
A string of death notices from West Virginia towns reports names ages and burial plans. Marie Arnhurster 48 of Blount dies after long illness with services at Grace Freewill Baptist Church and burial in Garten Cemetery. Laura M. Carr 41 of Gassaway dies after short illness, burial James Cemetery. Alena Anna Davis 78 of Camden-on-Gauley dies after short illness, service Sunday at home with Rev. Okey Wayne. Olga Eriksen Hill 66 of Charleston passes after long illness, no survivors noted. Peggy Lou Hodges 18 of Charleston area dies after short illness, service Sunday at Big Chimney Baptist Church. Clifford Rex Egg Mirthless note. service 11 a.m. Vaughan Baptist Church, burial Vaughan Cemetery. Nick Yorton 76 of Keith found dead in Coal River, service 2 p.m. Pine Grove Baptist Church. John Finley Sallinger 50 of St. Albans dies after long illness, service Sunday at Bartlett mortuary chapel. George Washington Townsend 83 of Dry Branch dies after long illness, service pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnburster
Marie Garten
Grace Freewill Baptist Church
Blount
K. J. Parsons
Garten Cemetery
Belle
Nathan Holstine
Arnhurster
Blou
Carr
Laura M
Gassaway
Gassaway Hospital
Charity Baptist Church
Robert
Troy J
Charles
Angela
Willie
Bessie Utt
Detroit
Vadis Carr
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mary Wyatt
Batisburg
D. C
Earn Powell
Washington
Bartlett Mortuary
Roy Hardway
James Cemetery
Jay McClung
Summersville
Daniel Short
Camden-on-Gawey
Emma Hammons
Camdenon-Gauley
Okey Wayne
Russell Cemetery
Camden-on-Gauley
White and Coleman Mortuary
Richwood
Yorton
Nick
Pine, Grove Baptist
Raven Clift
Wyoming County
Pine Grove
Norton
Keith
Coal River
Pryor
East Bank
Irene Thomas
Townsend
George Washington
Dry Branch
Wet Branch Holiness Church
Harry
Chelyan
Walter
Ernest
Charleston
Ruth
Henn
Englewood
Colo
Mabel McCallister
Roanoke
Erthlea Town, Sond
Wet Branch
Thurmond
Charlestow
Lockwood
Man Drowns Helping Girl in Cross River Tragedy
Clarksburg reports Ralph Westfall aged 8 from Mount Clare drowned Friday while attempting to ferry Donna Sue Perine across the West Fork River near Camp Good Turn. Deputy Carl McIntyre notes Westfall and Perine were with Webster Springs friends when the girl panicked and he drowned. Dan Simpson rescued Donna Sue. Westfall’s body was recovered in 12 feet of water about an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Ralph Westfall
Aittle
West Fork
Carl McIntyre
Westfall
Mount Clare
Here
Perines
Webster Springs
Donna Sue Perine
Camp Good Turn
Charleston High Class of 37 Sets First Reunion
The 1937 Charleston High School class plans its first reunion on June 13 at Municipal Auditorium Charleston with a mixer from 6 to 7 pm a dinner and dance at Hill Ridge church etc attendance 3 25 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Charleston High School
Municipal
Deins
Corm Bellett
Hager
Ips
Aero
Catheais
Cain
Joe Nrch
Ulm
Mings
Roy Withrow
Golinburg
Silas
Willem Letirigge
Sip
Red
Abe Canter
Paradise
Ridge
Acien
Sidney
Ite “Methodist Church
Cass
Poet Marks
Ted Shreves
Jack Pyles
Eam
Paul Kaufman
Leo Moses
Weeks
Losia Eiizabeth
George Fulks
Nathan
Oak Hill
Naz
Oak Hire Row
Edwin Hale
Goodman
Leland Ong
Highlawn Memorial Park
al . Wu
Train wreck at En Ingenheiro Goulart Station leaves many feared dead
Reported at least 43 dead and 60 injured after two commuter trains collided at En Ingenheiro Goulart Station in Sao Paulo Brazil. Unofficial accounts claim a failed electric signal system and ongoing investigations by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Enigenheiro Goulart
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Faisal II
Kassem
Iow
Money States
Dewey Puffenberger Obituary and Xavier Graduate
Franklin service announced for Dewey Puffenberger 135 Fort Seybert who died Thursday at home burial at Franklin. Body at Brown mortuary Franklin then church service Sunday 1 30 p m at Bethlehem Church of the Brethren. Puffenberger was a marketing specialist for the State Agriculture Department. Xavier graduate James H McBrayer Jr of Charleston WV graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Bethlehem Church of the Brethren
Dewey Puffenberger
Fort Seybert
Brown Mortuary
Puffenberger
State Agriculture Department
Xavier
Cincinnati
James H. McBrayer Jr
Charleston
W. Va
Xavier University
Ky Cop Kills Mine Sniper in Eastern Kentucky
State Police say a trooper shot and killed a sniper identified as Bobby Jenkins Jr. amid coal truck shootings near Montgomery Creek in Vicco Kentucky during a mine strike. The incidents mark the third death since the strike began March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazard
Montgomery Creek
Kentucky
Bobby Jenkins Jr
Vicoo
Kodak Coal Co
Stamper Collins
United Mine Workers
Jenkins
Gary
Ind
Vicco
Putnam Man Dies From Cerebral Hemorrhage During Ride
A 66 year old Red House resident Benjamin Franklin King died Friday from a cerebral hemorrhage while riding in a car with three Ohio Apex Co. of ILD employees near W Va 34 and U S 85. King was a WWI veteran and retired farmer. Survived by wife Alma two sons Donald and Kenneth a daughter Jewel Williams his mother Mrs Anna King five sisters and four brothers. Funeral Sunday at Barnett Chapel Paradise by Rev Davis burial at church cemetery Gatens mortuary handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Wallace and Wallace Mortuary
Lewisburg
Red House
Putnam County
W. Va
Ohio Apex Co
Ild
G. H. Robertson
Benjamin Franklin King
King
U.S. 85
Alma
Donald
Kenneth
Jewel Williams
Hometown
Anna King
Liberty
Dora Jeffries
Thelma Fisher
Jokal Green
Della Guthrie
Nitro
Stella Larabee
Tyler Mountain
Sherman
Homer
Liverpool
Arnold
Stanton
Service Sunday for Joseph Kenneth Markham in St Albans
Joseph Kenneth Markham 35 of Cheshire Ohio killed Thursday in a crash near Ripley. Service at 4 p m Sunday in Bartlett mortuary chapel St Albans with burial in Cunningham Memorial Park. Markham Navy veteran World War II electrician for Kaiser Aluminum at Ripley. Survived by wife Pauline son Joe four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett Mortuary
St. Albans
Joseph
Kenneth Markham
Cheshire
Ohio
Ripley
Reuel Miller
Cunningham Memorial Park
Markham
Kaiser Aluminium Co
Charleston Electricians Union
St. Albans Lodge
Pauline Markham
Joe
Daisy Markham
Charles
James
Robert
St, Albans
Ralph
Paden City
Opal Freeman
Charleston
Ruth Wheeler
Miami
Fla
Lucille ‘Keeling
St. al
Bans
110 Kids 2 Dogs 2 Rooms Not Crowded in California Court
Mrs Backman 18 pleads innocent to endangering 10 children by housing them with two dogs in a two room apartment. Her Navy husband Edward 21 lived there when ashore. Children placed in Welfare Department home. Trial set for June 12. Dogs in city pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Back Rharstead Backman
Friiman
Edward
Gunston Hall
Welfare Department
Missing Oran Hunter Sought by State Police Across States
Ex Kanawha County officer reports Oran William Hunter a 40 year old former atomic plant worker missing since May last seen in a Charleston restaurant after arriving at his sister’s Reed home in Ohio. He drove a 1959 green two tone Oldsmobile with Ohio plate 1898 JX. Contact state police or sister Mrs Charles J Neitzey with any whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Kanawha County
Charleston
Portsmouth
Nathan Reger
Oran William Hunter
Reed
Capt
Reger
Hunter
Ohio
Wauy
Charles J. Neitzey
Three Dog Poisonings Spark Police Investigation
James Ireland, 14th ward councilman, said police are investigating the deaths of 12 dogs in three days. The incidents occurred in the 2800 block of Chesterfield Ave. A resident reported a cyanide pellet found in a dog’s stomach, suggesting poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ireland
Chesterfield Ave
Ireland
Walker seeks venue change for extortion hearing
Prosecuting Attorney Charles A. Walker obtained a change of venue for the extortion case against him and Alex Dandy. The hearing moved from Justice of the Peace Joe Gles to J P L M Gates court. transcript transfer to Gates' court is set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Walker
Alex Dandy
Walker
Court of Justice of the Peace
L. M. Gates
Justice of the Peace
Joe Gles
Gates
Graduates from Anderson College include Charleston area trio
Three seniors from the Charleston West Virginia area will receive degrees at Anderson College on June 15. The graduates are Jack Burford Eleanor Carte and James McMains. A West Virginia corporate withdrawal notice and a probate claim notice are also printed with details and deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson, Ind
Charleston, W. Va
Anderson College
Jack Burford
Eleanor Carte
James McMains
Public notices and auctions in Kanawha County 1959
Public notices warn creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of John S. Lurkart and Marshall D. Casto with deadlines in December 1959 and June 1959. The document lists public auctions for vehicles and property to satisfy debts and details temp authority applications for transportation services. It includes bids for city equipment and notices of lost items and miscellaneous classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creditors Act
A. O. Scarbro
John T. Keenan
Kanawhe County
West Viegas
James
Lakin
T. Keenan
Kanawha
Wet
John S. Luikart
John S. Lurkart
Charleston National Bank
Charleston
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Raines Meel Sates, Inc
Virginia Street
Dewey Belcher
Cinco
Commercial Credit Corporation
W. Va
H.C. Ragan Motor Carrier
Public Service Commission of
Central Asphalt Paving Co
Commission
Capitol Building
Lambert Danville
Buty
Plymouth Savoy
Rymer & Wingate, Inc
Robert J. Levy
Associates Discount Considoration
H. A. McCollum
Marshall D. Casto
Dutty
Bovtoy
Mace Raente
Tee P
Kerewha
Wast Ieee
Numerous help wanted listings flood Charleston area
A flood of job ads seeks female waitresses cashiers hotel staff and sales workers in Charleston and surrounding areas. Listings describe positions at Shoney's Frisch's and various diners with requirements neat appearance experience and willingness to train or relocate. Some ads promise benefits including hospitalization and paid vacations while others push Eastern Air Lines stewardess opportunities with travel and training details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Welch
Knight Building
Quarfier
Charleston
Barber
Chastnut Street
South Charleston
Holley Hotel
Hoone County
Nellis
Seth
Sharples
Cal Wharton
Charleston Gazette Mail
Gazeta Mall
Phara
Logan
M670
Gazelle
New York
Washington Stree Street
Wee
Putnam
Roane County
Renty
P.O
Kanawha City
Ald Line
Combington Company
Fife Surance
le Bnpolal
Insurance Company
Shields
Hank Chinn
Shoney
Heard Avenue
Habets Grill
7Th Avenue
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
Fraight
Miami Springs Villas
America
Atmosphiere
R. A. Ruppert
Daniel Boone
Miami International Aireport
Miami
Florida
Appy Bull Dog Cafe
Chia Avenue
Nose
Natars
St. al Sans
Ron
Manaust
Evening Insurance Pension Plat
Sala
Pe Ublicy
Pooner
Savarin
Kanawhapun
Davis
Philips
Mecore
Tashier—National 1
Calene
Boomer
West Virginia
ORT Cosmetics
Usi Valua
Tien
Bob “Hess
Metarkle Avenue
Ferrers
Sissonville Road
Eratry
Virginia ‘Street
Side Hill
Garette
Tourlesy
Parents Institute
Ripley
Ravenswood
Beckley
Ayon Hos
Oleona
Turse
Hide
Amana
Kanawha County
East Washington
Fies
W. T. Aldrich
Cnatiener
Fors Dunbar
Han eMenna
M Avenue
South
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Tee Gavetlo
Navy
Orient
Robert McCutcheon
Sharon
Loretta
Dianne
Virgil Legg
Vaughan
Farrell
Chariton
Heights
Alice Conaway
Salem
Vera Myers
Waters Mortuary
Sallinger
John Finley
Jake
Sweet Acres
Pennsylvania
Westvaco
Carnegie
Illinois Steel
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Amy Stewart Sallinger
Highlawn School
Lucretia Sallinger
Whitaker
Howard
Homestead
Bernard
Stewart
Fairless Hills
William Smith
Homestead Park
James Keffer
Baltimore
Bartlett Mortuary Chapel
Raymond Frank
William Turley
Williams
Mre
Barnett Chapel
Chhurch Cemetery
Poca
Wilson Puneral Hom, Inc
Monument CO
Lamey
Wees
Long & Fisher, Funeral Home
California
Oran
Kanawhan
Piketon
Lantae -Grawe
Dandy
Gies
Lucille Brewer
Toscow 8
Soviet Academy of Science
Soviet State and the Law
Hols Engineering *T Research Corporation
West Virginias
Yereby
Julian B. Beaty
James Q.axins
James G. Lakin
Garrison
Fife
Cat
Jesus Christ
Allle
Charlie Harrison
Ward
W.va
Ollyson
John Rollyson
Douglas
James Michat
Mortal Fire
Reece Cred
Frank Burridge
C. Mi. Corbin
C. M. Corbin
Medical Arts
Kanawhs County
West
Vir
Ginia
Capitol
Harry W. Chrichton
West Viralita
Charterton
James 0. Lakin
James Q. Lakin
Laker
James C.lakin
James C. Lakin
City of Charleston
James C. J.lakin
James ©. Lakin
Daily Mail
Gazette
Charleston Gazette
Daily Mailvil
Dave
Vas & Onome
Tne Rh
Frank
Swheney
Sen Sersoni
AG Gere Ee
Breer
Uaa
Bobby Lee Dickerson
Op Dr
Charleston Beauty Academy, Inc
Fife Street
Wehrle Insurance Agency
Knight
Aountain Mission
Fervica
Pratap
National Service Bureau
Mae's
Mae Cox Winkler
Eeliott Travel Bureau
Obey Atlas
Curningham Memorial Park
Taos
Graceland Wien Park
Bar
Sears Monument Co
Virginia St. E
Sunset Memorial Park
Hell
CBO Railway Hospital Association
C&o
Huntington
Mike
Ea Anny
Kane
Caetral_Avenue
Dunbar
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