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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
10
A long obituary listing many figures from Brownsville to Birch River, Stump Town, and Charleston recalls Roy Bryan death in Brownsville and multiple memorials for Campbell, Carpenter, Goldsmith, Fields, Martin, Pader, Roberts, Tucker, Wren, and Yeager. Surviving spouses, children, and relatives are named. services held or announced across Dodd Hurt, McGhee, Bartlett Bardette, Preston, and other funeral homes.
The trial of David M. Coleman, 21, of Dunbar, on three manslaughter counts, is postponed to the September term of Intermediate Court. Coleman, identified as the driver in a fatal Sept 5 1967 crash on al 1eo and Reynolds streets, faces charges while two other victims, Francis Trive, 20, Robert Harvey, 20, and Jennings Falkiner, 18, are dead. Surviving were Gary Mooney, 19, and Coleman, until Mooney died May 29 in a later Fourth Avenue wreck. Coleman remains in Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment, his injuries connected to a prior Vietnam wound, with the delay extending the case as his condition is considered.
A six month old child died Monday in Preston County when a car collided with a semitrailer near Newburg. Stanley Dale Rider of Junior, Barbour County, died on arrival at Grafton City Hospital. The infant rode in a car driven by Katherine Spencer of Junior, believed to have been in the truck’s path at the junction of West Virginia 82 and U.S. 50.
Pat Shaffer a Kanawha County Intermediate Court probation officer since 1965 will leave to take a post at the Fenn Youtly Center Ashland Ky July 1 Renwood Stout chief probation officer said the department is accepting applications for a person to fill Shaffer s position.
Washington defense department announced Monday that Marine James B. Richmond of Fairmont West Virginia has been killed in action in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James D Richmond.
Beckley public accountant Noah Rupert Coleman 68 died Monday in a local hospital. A charter Civitan and former West Virginia Public Accountants Society president, he helped found the Beckley Civitan Club and served as its leader. Surviving are Ruth Williams Coleman, a daughter, and several siblings. Burial is in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitors begin at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay proposed draftees choose between military service and two years in urban work. He envisioned a national urban youth corps using tens of thousands in cities to serve as teacher aides recreation workers and cleanup crews in ghetto areas. In New York City existing Urban Corps programs could absorb draftees, with about 3 000 college students and 40 000 youths already engaged in related urban projects.
Naval Reserve Officer Program interviews run June 24 to 27 at the Naval Reserve Training Center in South Charleston. Eligible are high school graduates planning college and college freshmen and sophomores under ROC 3. Selection relies on aptitude and medical tests. Selected students attend weekly reserve meetings with pay equal to one day’s pay for an E-1 officer.
A new farmer cooperative market for selling produce to poor families is set to open July 1 in Kanawha Boone and Putnam counties. The venture, run by Russellinam and Boone counties, will be overseen by a board of directors with Navy assigned Ensigns as part of post graduation service. The project has $10,000 raised and aims to reduce prices, with weekly meetings and an eight week cycle to start amid possible bitterness from local businesses.
A produce market owned by Donald Boggess at Patrick Street and Seventh Avenue faces a threat from a new co op promising lower prices. Local traders fear loss of customers as competition intensifies. Rassese expresses concern about the impact on nearby retailers.
A charleston road marking strip of hot rolled plastic installed in the 1960s near the Union Building has created hazards for westbound drivers as the new channelization plan collides with the old white line. Traffic engineer Larry Riggs reports cones used to curb drivers are missing and crews may grind the line. Old No 4 engine dispute centers Roanoke vs Princeton council over relocating a historic locomotive to the Transportation Museum.
Funeral arrangements listed for Mrs Mary E Adams in Fayette County with services at Wallace Wallace Funeral Home and Shawver Cemetery. Curtis A Boggs will be laid to rest at Wooly Cemetery with services at Elk Vein Wooly Cemetery. Additional obituaries indicate Alvin in Spring and Ebenezer Baptist Church services by Harden Harden Funeral.
Two Clintonville brothers Karroll and Wayne Haynes died after a bank caved at an abandoned strip mine near Anjean in Greenbrier County. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Russell Haynes and several siblings, the youths were from Clintonville and were connected to Frankford High School and a local student. The bodies rest at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home.
Donald L Ray a 42 year old Pocahontas County native died of a gunshot wound in the chest. The service will be 10 30 am Wednesday at Smith Funeral Home Marlinton. Surviving are a widow a son and a daughter. Burial will be in Boyer Cemetery. Funeral home located in Marlinton will handle arrangements.
Beverly Hills leader Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. died of a heart attack in Belgium while on a European vacation with his wife Caroline Leonetti and son How ard Jr. 18. He was a noted philanthropist and heads Home Savings and Loan. City hall issued permits for three construction items including two new homes on Parkwood Road and an amusement exhibit for a live burial stunt at 411 Summers St. Monk Brothers Builders secured two home permits valued at 29 500 each and a 10 000 expansion for a Kentucky Fried Chicken site at Mac Corkle Ave and Thayer St.
Report notes about a dozen state troopers and sheriff's deputies will begin trial in Elkins for allegedly aiding the slaying of James Hobo Jones. The body was found in a wooded area near Charleston after a February shooting at a nightclub.
The State Supreme Court granted an appeal in a wrongful death case involving Adair Robert Kennedy, whose death on April 16, 1966, while two conservation officers faced no conviction, and upheld Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.'s challenge to a $7,000 award to Kennedy’s widow. In a separate matter, Agnes Lambert's bid for a new trial on damages in her husband Robert Lee Lambert’s 1964 collision suit against Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. was denied. the Lampert couple’s children had been awarded $12,000 in circuit court, later overturned for a new trial on all issues.
Secretary of State granted charters to multiple firms including CAMPGROUND INC Ash Grove with $50,000 authorized stock and $30,000 started, CAULEY CLEANERS INC Gauley Bridge with $10,000 stock, MARTHA CO passers cereal company with $109,000 stock, MAPLE TEAR GANE INC Alderson with $80,000 stock, OAKS SPORTMENS CLUB Oak Flat with $1,000 stock, FIRST CO INC Parkersburg with $10,500 stock, DAVIS CONSTRUCTION CO Charleston with $75,000 stock, and STATE DISTRIBUTING CO with listed capital, among others, all detailing incorporators and initial capitalization.
The resignation of Hugh N. Mills, SRC business manager, was announced by Commissioner M. R. Hamill. John Anderson, 64, a retired Union Carbide employee, will replace Mills effective July 1. Mills is returning to private business after serving under Gov. Barron and as former state insurance commissioner. Anderson, a Glasgow, Scotland native, arrived in 1923 and spent over 40 years with Union Carbide before retiring in 1964.
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