W. E. Marple Dies at 78 in Burnsville
Burnsville obit for W. E. Marple 78 banker merchant and farmer after long illness born April 18 1876 in Green Hill Braxton County Spanish American War veteran vice president director of Home National Bank Sutton active in AF&AM Lodge Sutton Chapter and Commandery survived by wife Zela Brown Marple two sons five daughters 14 grandchildren and nine great grands with funeral at First Methodist Church Burnsville conducted by Rev Noble Crew assisted by Rev M R Hockenberry and Rev Hayward Rowle burial in Marple Cemetery Heaters
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Burnsville
W. E. Marple
First Methodist Church
Noble Crew
M. R. Hockenberry
Hayward Rowle
Marple
Heaters
Green Hill
Braxton County
Home National Bank of
Sutton
Af&am Lodge No. 21
Zela Brown Marple
W. H. Carple
Pennsylvania
J. S. Marple
Burns
Mrs Vermillion Dies at 75 in Tennessee Hospital
Mrs India Cook Vermillion, 75, longtime Welch schoolteacher, died today in a Kingsport Tennessee hospital where she had been hospitalized since March. Wife of Dr Elbert Vermillion, she taught about 40 years ago in Welch and later lived in Athens after moving from Morgantown. Surviving: husband, son Dr J M Vermillion of Kingsport, two daughters Janice Vermillion and Mrs B C Hutchinson, two grandchildren. Service Friday at her Athens home. burial Resthaven Memorial Princeton.
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Welch
India Cook Vermillion
Kingsport
Tenn
Vermillion
Elbert Vermillion
Athans
J. 3
Athens
Resthaven Memorial
Princeton
Greyhound Driver Dies Aboard Bus
Olson I Warren age 40 died aboard a Greyhound bus near Covington Virginia about 12 15 p m yesterday death attributed to a heart attack Warren left Lexington earlier in the day and became ill on North Mountain en route to Clifton Forge passengers said He stopped the bus and was met in Clifton Forge by another driver who took over He had driven the Lynchburg to Charleston route for about ten years Warren was born in Spencer educated at Spencer High School moved to Charleston in 1939 worked as a ticket agent then driver in 1942 served in the Army 1942 1945 with the Third Armored Division and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge discharged as a first lieutenant He was a Mason Shriner member of Central Methodist Church Parents Ottie and Marjorie Trent Warren and sister Blah Craddock and brother Stokley L Warren are in Spencer The body is at the Barlow Bond sail mortuary.
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Olson I. Warren
Veasey Bt
Greyhound
Pils
Covington
Warren
Lexington
North Mountain
Clifton Forge
Mr. Warren
Lynchburg
Charleston
Ond
Spencer
Spencer High School
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Army
Third Armored Div
Masonic Lodge No. 153
Af&am
Beni Kedem
Central Methodist Church
Ou Gh
Marjorie Trent Warren
Ottie Warren
Blah Craddock
Stokley L. Warren
West Virginia Department of Fublic Safety
Barlow-Bond Sail Mortuary
Five Injured in Spectacular Three Car Collision North of Charleston
A night crash on U S 119 eight miles north of Charleston injured five people and wrecked two cars. Four teens in one car clipped a rear fender, swerved and head on into an approaching vehicle near Big Chimney at about 6 p.m. The injured were taken to General Hospital by Albert Myers and Son ambulances. Emma Jarvis 18 Young's Bottom Elkview in serious condition with leg and jaw fractures pelvis injury and neck cut. William Prince Jarvis 19 Young's Bottom in satisfactory condition despite cuts and possible neck fracture. William Darrell Hively 17 Gabe Creek Roane County driver of the teen car in satisfactory condition with minor facial cuts. Allen Wayne Smart 17 Young's Bottom in satisfactory condition with possible leg fracture.
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U. S. Ht. 119
Charleston
Big Chimney
Charleston General Hospital
Albert Myers
Ambu Ilances
Emma Jarvis
Young's Bottom
Elkview
William Prince Jarvis
Young
William Darrell Hively
Gabe Creek
Roane County
Allen Wayne Smart
Allsie Elizabeth
Lizzie
Crowe
Cabin Creek
Washington
Westh
Meee Hospital
West Virgina
Asheville
Otter
Sarah Crowe
RFD
Ly Cloucy
Jacksonville
Angel
Ira Rickets
Coca-hoon
Anta
Memphia
Moundaville
Billie Cola Co
Miami
Davis
Soddy
Tenn
Tom
Aea A
New York & Os
Chattanooga
Chiladelphias
Gelonmond
Bildren
St.Louis
Olahilaran
Branciaeo
Eri Weabhington
Warm, humid air to blanket eastern U S on Thursday
Government forecasts show warm and humid air covering most of the eastern nation Thursday with cooler onshore winds along the Northeast coast limiting temperature rises. Scattered thundershowers are expected mainly in the afternoon and evening hour windows.
Weather Notes and Obituary Fragments from Ronda and West Virginia
Weather summary from regional stations reports scattered thundershowers and warm highs with partly cloudy conditions. Obituary notes Mrs. Ailsie Crowe of Ronda dies at 78 after extended illness, survived by husband, children, and grandchildren. funeral service scheduled at Assembly of God Church in Ronda.
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Ailsie Crowe
Ronda
Grafton Executive Named Oil Gas Association Secretary
A. Hale Wat King of Grafton was named secretary of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, succeeding Hardin R. Harmer. Wat King, WVU and WVU Law School graduate, has held roles from clerk of the State Senate to Democratic chairman, FBI agent, and junior executive with the National Board of Fire Underwriters in New York. The appointment takes effect July 1, announced by association president E. H. Tolleson. Harmer resigned to devote full time to law practice in Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
A. Hale Watking
Hardin R. Harmer
West Virginia Oil and Natura Gas Assn
Watkins
Grafton
Senate
E. H. Tolleson
Barmer
Clarkaburg
West Virginia University
WVU Law School
Marion County
FBI
National Board of Fire Underwriters
New York City
Midwest Heat Wave Persists Across Nation
The Midwest heat wave entered its sixth day with no early break as a large eastern high pressure kept cooler air from spreading. Northwestern and northeastern states saw cool conditions while Stampede Pass and Mullen Pass recorded snow and frigid readings. Light showers and thunderstorms peppered the country, with the heaviest storms in the Midwest.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Great Plains
United States
Lakeview
Ore
Stampede Pass
Wash
Mullen Pass
Mont
Southwest
Frederick F Kapp 81 Nitro resident dies after long illness
Frederick F Kapp 81 of Nitra died yesterday at home after a long illness He was a retired miner and carpenter a lifelong Putnam County resident He is survived by three sons Floyd B George E and William G two sisters four half-brothers eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren The funeral was in Rock Branch Church of God officiated by Rev Basil Walker Burial will be in Ortin Heights Cemetery with Gatens mortuary of Poca directing
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Frederick F. Kapp
Nitra
Putnam County
Floyd B
Columbus, C
George E
Beaver Falls
Willam G
Nitro
Nettie Crumbley
Pt. Pleasant
Emma Bennett
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Anna Riffee
Rain and Floods Sweep Across Regions
Rain moved southeast over Union and Kentucky as floods surged. At Coonskin Park yesterday the downpour neared flash flood levels while the Weather Bureau noted lighter readings upstream along the Elk River indicating the storm’s center hovered near Charleston. Kanawha River carried debris and branches from upriver rains.
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Union
Kentucky
Coonskin Park
Weather Bureau
Elk River
Charleston
Kanawha
Obituary notices from The Gazette page
Obituaries list several deaths with ages and locations including ARH Thomas David 68 of Orges Boone County who died after a long illness at Charleston General Hospital. Survived by wife Rhoda Buzzard Carr and many children siblings and grandchildren. Service at Orgas Presbyterian Church with burial at Comfort Cemetery. Burial entrusted to Armstrong mortuary Whitesville. Other notices: Jens on Cherley Belt 42 of Montgomery. Morris Maxime infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Morris Carbondale. Oneile Mrs Dera 38 of Dunbar. O'Neill Mrs Burgiving and extended Lathey family relations. Service times given and funeral homes named.
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Thomas David
Orges
Boone County
Charleston General Hospital
Anchor Coal Co
Highcoal
Rhoda Buzzard Carr
Joe Blaylock
Orgas
Dave Burgess
Blue Pen
Nant
Donald Kidd
Pineville
Alma
St. Allians
Joe
Glasgow
Don
Jacksonville
Fla
Ethel Mc
Coy
Chesapeake
Maude Beck
Ner
Olpha Hornsby
Ohio
Aggie Jarrell
Beckley
Amy Ferrall
John
Seth
Sylvester
Orgas Presbyterian Church
Comfort
Armstrong Mortuary
Whitesville
Worris
Maxime
George Morris
Carbondale
Fayette County
Anderson Hall
Diamond Cereber
Mary
Lilie
Cereda
Lillian
Katiid & Brother
George
Washington and Coleman Mortuary
Montgomery
Electrocution Victim's Rite Slated Friday
Landisburg Fayette County widower Freddie V Hanshaw 37 electrocuted Tuesday while on a power line in Wheeling. Service 2 p m Friday at White Oak Methodist Church Landisburg officiated by Rev L M Legg. Burial End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville Greenbrier County. Body from Nickell Mortuary East Rainelle to parental home 4 p m Thursday. Surviving wife Eleanor a son Shirrell daughter Carol parents John W and Mrs. Hanshaw two sisters Mrs Edith Smith Landisburg and Mrs Macil Knight Hilton Village two brothers Clifford Landisburg and Robert Danese.
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Landisburg
Spetial
Freddie V. Hanshaw
Wheeling
White Oak
Mr. Hanshaw
Fayette County
Rev
L. M. Legg
Trail
Clintonville
Greenbrier County
Nickell Mortuary
Eleanor
Shirrell
Carol
John W. Hanshaw
Edith Smith
Macil Knight
Hilton Village
Clifford
Robert
Danese
Fire sweeps through Oklahoma City University campus
A three-alarm fire destroyed three campus buildings at Oklahoma City University, including the Student Union and maintenance structures. More than 20 firefighters faced smoke and heat as flames swept the heart of campus causing extensive damage and costly losses.
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Oklahoma
City
Oklahoma City University
Iquamas
Lure Magete
Brohin Creek
Bate B.salot
Death notice for Roxyzann Elizabeth White
Roxyzann Elizabeth five months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rudolph White, of 9245 Oakridge Drive. Passed at 3 a.m. in Preston mortuary chapel. Funeral rites held at Spring HAL Cemetery with service by Hey Moses Newsome Burie.
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White
Roxyzann
Elizabeth
Rudolph White
Oakridge Dr
Preston Mortuary Chapel
Hey
Moses Newsome
Burie
Spring Hal Cemetery
John L McKims Veteran Officer Dies at 62
John L McKims 62 retired Charleston Police Department veteran died of a heart attack yesterday at home 714 Young Street after illness at 12:30 pm He served 24 years and founded the West Virginia Association of Retired Municipal Police and Firemen Inc He held roles in the Elks Fraternal Order of Police and Masonic Lodge and was a member of St Pauls A M E Church He was born March 17 1892 in Buchanan WV and survived by his wife Mary Jane his mother Ja Anna McKims and sister Irene Jordan The body lay in Harden and Harden mortuary Charleston WV.
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John L. McKims
Atty
W.C. Haythe
West Virginia Assn
Municipal Police and Fireman Inc
National Independent’ Brotherhood of Elks
W. Va
McKirms
Order of Police
Masonic Lodge
St. Paul’s A. M. E. Church
Buchanan
Charleston
Mary Jane McKime
Ja. Anna McKims
Irene Jordan
Two Are Killed In Jet Crackup Near Great Falls
Two Air Force crew members died when an interceptor jet crashed and exploded fifteen miles east of Great Falls Air Force Base. Names withheld pending kin notification. It marked Montana's second fatal crash within 24 hours after crop-duster Frederick C. Ogden of Compton, California, was killed near Ritchie the previous day.
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Great Falls
Mont
INS
Air Force
Great Falls Air Force Base
Montana
Frederick C. Ogden
Compton
Calif
Ritchie
Track records fall as Chrysler opens new proving grounds
Chelsea Michigan June 16 All records for closed course speeds were smashed at Chrysler Corp test track opening. Jack McGrath in the Indy 500 car set a world mark 179.486 mph on the 4.7 mile banked oval breaking Leon Duray’s 1928 148.7 mph record. Top 500 entrants Frey Rutman Bill Vukovich and Jim Bryan exceeded 170 mph. Betty Skelton also broke her own women's closed course mark.
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Midh
Chrysler Corp
Jack McGrath
Leon Duray
Packard Prowding Grounds
Tniskets
Chrysler
Frey Ruttman
Indianapolis
Bill Vukovich
Jim Bryan
Betty Skelton
Governor's Daughter Maud Boreman Cotton Dies at 88
PARKERSBURG June 16 Mrs Maud Boreman Cotton dies at 88 four days before the 91st anniversary of her father Governor Boreman's inauguration marking West Virginia's first chief executive. She was born in 1866 in Wheeling and widow of G Herbert Cotton. Survived by daughter Mary Cotton and sister Mrs Laurane Boreman Hays. Governor Boreman inaugurated June 20 1863.
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Parkersburg
Maud Boreman
Cotton
West Virginia
Arthur I, Boreman
Laurane Boreman Hays
Wheeling
G. Herbert Cotton
Mary Cotton
Hays
Gov. Boreman
U. S.senate
Chrysler proves speed at proving grounds race
The article notes an experimental Dodge speed record average 143.442 mph and a 24 hour stock car world mark by a Chrysler New Yorker averaging 118 mph. It covered 2,836 miles in 24 hours, surpassing the previous 2,157 miles at Indianapolis. Tony Bettenhausen and Chrysler proving ground drivers led the effort, with Dallas C. Higbee among attending newspapermen.
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Tony Bettenhausen
Chrysler Proving Ground
Indianapolis
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Amient Institute of
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Taday
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Dunbar
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Grada Grubb
May Mundy
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Erdia Words
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James Lewin
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Spring Fork Reptial
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Herman Haynes
Cunningham Memorial Park
Cunningham Mortuary
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Eskdale
John McKims
Harden and
Harden Mortuary
John J. McKims
Rst
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Dallas C. Higbee
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Tox Modele
Schoolfield-Harvey Electric Co
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