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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1967
Page
2
Numerous obituaries and funeral notices from Charleston area and surrounding counties, listing names such as Walser, Adkins, Carper, Keener, Tagiorgi, Fisher, Floyd, Hunter, Jones, Keapley, Himmuns, Tucker, Umbers, Walker, and more. Entries cite ages, residences, death dates, attending funeral homes, cemeteries, services times, and surviving relatives.
Funeral notices list numerous individuals and families with services scheduled across several churches and cemeteries. Details include names such as Charles Lee, Jean Charleston, Gay Linville, and Syble Shumate, with arrangements at Baptist and Memorial parks, funeral homes, and cemeteries listed like Wallace Funeral Home and Beckley Cemetery. The fragmented text references multiple dates, times, and locations for services and interments across communities.
State Agriculture Commissioner Gus Volpe announced the rabies quarantine in Jackson County would expire Saturday, replacing the original Aug 7 date. Surviving relatives include widow Frances and son Charles Thomas Jr. The decision followed county officials' advice amid a case tied to Libby Owens Ford Glass Co. workers and local unions.
The U S Army Engineers announced that Kenneth M Dunn Co of South Charleston was the apparent lowest bidder for the Neal Run interceptor sewers project in Parkersburg.
The Jose Molina Balles Es. pagnole an Spanish dancers and singers group will open the Community Music Association's 1967 68 concert series with a performance on October 23 at the Municipal Auditorium. The association's president Mrs Nan Kay announced the program.
The Dunn and partner bid 245 781 for the Manassas Park project while engineers say the work totals 145 million over the current budget. Names cited include Mrs Gladys Norvell Mrs Genevieve Roberts and Mrs Mavis Wilkerson of Nitro and pianist Starr at the Pauley Funeral Home Nitro. The bid compares to earlier estimates and covers construction at Belleville Locks and Dam.
Sargent Shriver director of the U S Office of Economic Opportunity and several congressmen will visit Job Corps centers and Community Action Program personnel in Charleston and Huntington on Friday. Gov. Smith announced the event marking anniversaries of the Charleston and Huntington centers. The schedule has the group arriving at 9 40 a m at Kanawha Airport with a morning Charleston visit and a two hour Huntington stop starting at 1 30 p m with stops at community action agencies.
Space Center Houston Texas report says Air Force Major Edward Givens Jr died when his car veered into a ditch near Pearland outside Houston. A second officer suffered serious injuries as investigators describe a fatal midnight crash that ends a short tenure on the space team.
A Monroe County farmer Paul Melvin Deskins of Links Grove died Tuesday when his tractor overturned on his farm. Survived by widow Robbie Edna, a son Steven Paul, a daughter Elsie Sue, eleven stepchildren, and siblings Pearl Taylor Baltimore Caroline Atking Pickaway Barry Wilson Sinks Grove Harve Deskins Sinks Grove Palmer Baltimore Hubert Springfield. Body remains at Broyles Funeral Home.
Charleston's Municipal Court began earlier sessions after City Council approved an ordinance to empower Judge Charnock to set start times. The move, supported by Charnock to aid defendants and lawyers, also enables a proposed night traffic court to handle cases after April's general election.
A Horace Mill Hollow resident charged Cedar Grove poll officials barred his wife and others from voting in the municipal election. Cochran and Charnock discussed turnout, uniform traffic citations, and other voting issues as they prepared for future sessions, while the couple recalled voting history and alleged party‑driven ballot handling in past elections.
Joel Pickens 78 of Nitro died Tuesday at his home after 47 years in the town. He was a native of Anderson District Washington DC and a Citadel graduate. He served on the Bank of Nitro board and belonged to St Marks Episcopal Church. Surviving are his widow Harcel, daughters Mrs Walter James of Minneapolis and Mrs Harry Graves Jr of Nitro, sisters Mrs W H Blandford and Jessie and Julia Pickens of Charlotte. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park. Donations may be made to St Marks Episcopal Church. Friends may call at Cooke Pauley Funeral Home in Nitro after 6 pm today.
An OCR extracted list shows numerous jewelry shops, drug stores, and discount outlets across several towns including Charleston, Beckley, Martins Ferry, Montgomery, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling, and others. The compilation names specific stores such as Berman's Jewelry, Cohen Drug Stores, The Diamond, Lincoln Jewelers, Reichart's, Mollian Morris Jewelers, and more, with stray references to out-of-state locations and partial business names. The text reads like a regional business directory fragment with inconsistent punctuation and several misspellings.
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