Obituary notices from The Charleston Gazette June 19 1958
Obituaries list numerous local residents including Herbert N Arthur 74 heart attack Oak Hill. burial at Arthur Cemetery Beckwith. Mrs Claria Bearfield Leevale Raleigh County. Thomas A W Bird Hurricane retired farmer. Austin Brown Summersville long career in banking and public service. Henry French Call Oak Hill heart attack. Okey Bruce Carney South Charleston 68. Mrs Lian Carroll Charleston 63. Chevyln Crane infant Parkersburg hospital. Ezra Miles Griffithsville Lincoln County. Mareetta Olen Mitchell Fayetteville auto accident investigator for Department of Public Assistance. many survivors and service details listed.
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Arthur
Herbert N
Thomas Mortuary
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnally
Beckwith
Lilly
Earl R. Hall
Theodore
Ravenna
Ohio
Clarence
Beckwith; Hyo
Cora Bayes
Mabel Myles
Chesapeake
Bearfield
Claria
Leevale
Raleigh County
Lee
Bobby
Chester
Ruth
Leonard
George Adkins
Rock Creek
Lizae Miller
Brushton
Otto Vande Linde
Cecil Miller
Cleveland
Mitchell
Mareetta Olen
Jimraie
Fayetteville
Department of Public Assistance
Fayette County
Mary Jane
Carrie Ann Settle Morris
Kincaid
Jan
Joe
Jay
Joe Mortis
Lewis
Dallas
Tex
Harry
Page
Olen Caldwell
Okey Blake
Holden
Wilson Mont’ Toe
Xenia
Sheldon Mitchell
Twea
Suis. Aiken
John
Plymouth
Mich
Robert
Emma Sheiler
Weather Beckley Airman Killed in Fracas service
A Beckley area airman killed after an argument at an England base party will be honored in a service at Simpson Chandler mortuary chapel with Rev. James Hall officiating. Burial follows at Spring HOW Cemetery. The deceased, 41, of Sissonville Road, was a Pony Express Freight Lines driver and World War II veteran. He survived by wife Thelma and many relatives.
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Carney
Okey Bruce
South Charleston
Fred B
Kanawha County
Elma Carney
James M. Hall
Silver Spring
Degnan Mortuary Chapel
Harold Runyan
Alma
Tyler County
NAVY
John
Simpson- Chandler Mortuary
James Hall
Spring How
Sissonville Road
McMillan Hospital
Pony Express
International Brotherhood
Teamsters
Thelma
Angelo Navy
Charleston
Peggy
Frances Hall
Joan Lowe
Aiken
Charles Hall
Florida
Rosie
Helen Navy
Mary Daws
Elkton
Fred
Mike
Louis
Joe
Jimmie
Huntington
Tony
Keystone
Sasons
Ray George
Ekkraige
Eleanor Henley
Craig Cemetery
Powellton
Parsons
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Elkridge
Irene
Sybil Stout
Lorena Lucas
Carol Bounds
Sharon Ann
Barbara Joan
Judy K. Parsons
Gary Wayne
Juanita Canterbury
Helen Nutler
Richwood
Ruth Snyder
Cleveland
Ohio
Baron of
Clendenin
Willard
Firrview
Elmer
Hubbard
Robert
B. C. Hooper, Mortuary
Alexandria
England Air Force Base
John R. Abram
834Th Air Group
Beckley
W.va
James Johrson
Abram
Appraisal Unit to Meet Thursday and Weather Across Regions
The notice references an appraisal unit meeting set for Thursday in Charleston with a mixed forecast including sun and warm temperatures. Regional summaries indicate mostly sunny to warm conditions across West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and parts of Pennsylvania with scattered showers possible late in the day.
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Charleston
Thurssey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dershowers
Ohio
Kentucky
Qennesser
Virginia
Great Lakes
Rockies
Vancouver Bridge Disaster Toll Rises as Search Continues
Rescue teams comb the tangled wreckage of the unfinished Burrard Inlet bridge in Vancouver seeking remaining bodies after two 140-foot sections collapsed. Fourteen workers were recovered dead or missing, with over twenty injured and two more bodies seen in the water. Officials launched an inquiry into the collapse as investigators assess the site amid scattered hospital treatment for injuries.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Burrard Inlet
Funerals Today in Lincoln County and Nearby Areas
Multiple funeral services are listed for Harland Dean Deins 12 Pratt Johnathan Joyd 47 Emma Vans 184 Fred Albert Sher 57 Ida Mae Jumphries 70 Shastis Jarvis M G Wapper Thomas Earl H Su 45 Carrie M Sarrett 35 and Sarah Ann Westfall 77. Services at local churches and mortuary chapels with burials at various cemeteries in Alkol Rocksdale Gussaway Annath Sarrett Cave In Jackson County and surrounding counties.
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Deins
Harland
Alxol
Lincoln County
Sycamore Baptist Church
Dennis Gunlap
Burton Cemetery
Alkol
Sher
Fred Albert
Winona
Fayette County
Winona Methodist Church
Akass
A. Legg
T. &. Painter
Jeanetté
Jumphries
Ida Mae
Ansted
Church of the Redeemer
Donald Duncan
Jarvis
Shastis Gay
Tague
Braxton County
Bartlet Mortary Chapel
Gussaway
W. R. Mace
Sular Creek
Wapper
Thomas
North Rand
Preston Mortuary
William Ricks
Buriat
Spring Hill
Earl H. Su-45
Lovell Dr
Bartlett Mortuary Chapel
Joe 8
Overmeyer
Sunset Memorial Park
Westfall
Sarah Ann
Big Tyler Rd
Long and Fisher Mortuary Chapel
George Parsons
Cave i Caste
Jackson County
Legion post faces suit over wrestling brawl injuries
Grant admits striking McCallister during a melee at a wrestling event. McCallister says he was provoked. The Legion post is named a defendant for alleged spectator protection failure. Two officers and about a dozen ushers were on duty when an explosion occurred amid the incident.
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Grant
Legion Post
McCallister
Legion
NBC Fires Director Over Communist Ties Probe
In New York on Tuesday the director of the quiz show Thy Twenty One refused to answer a House committee about past Communist associations and was fired. Charles M. Dubin said he would invoke the Fifth Amendment if asked, and NBC barred him from its facilities with producers Barry and Epright agreeing to drop him.
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New York
Congressional
Charles 5. Dubin
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
NBC
Dubin
Barry and
Epright
Grocer Apprehends Paroled Forger in City
A Florida parolee identified as 20 year old Charles Clinton Griffith confessed to forging a 2040 check drawn on Paul Griffiths South Charleston National Bank account. Store manager Donald Tate flagged the check at Kreger Co. on 28th Street and Mae Corkle Avenue SE and Griffith was later captured three blocks away by Patrolman Roy Clark.
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Florida
Alum Creek
Charles Clinton Griffith
William Hammack
Clyde Miller
Griffith
Kreger Co
28Th St
MaeCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Paul
Donald Tate
Evans Announces Nine Personnel Changes in Charleston
Evans Super Markets reveals nine personnel changes in the Charleston area. Omer Devol moves from the MacCorkle Ave. market to Evans offices in Gallipolis as assistant produce buyer. James Loftus becomes market manager, Jack Williams becomes assistant grocery manager, Fallie Pauley succeeds James Circle as meat manager, with Circle transferred elsewhere.
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Charleston
Stanley L. Evans
Evans Super Markets
Omer Devol
MacCorkle Ave
Evans General
Gallipolis
Ohio
Devol
James Loftus
Jack Williams
Fallie Pauley
James Circle
Nine Osteopaths Licensed to Practice Medicine and Surgery
The State Board of Osteopathy approved nine applicants for licensure to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery. Kenneth Martin is named manager of Evans Market at 808 Virginia St. W with Ward and William Moore as assistant managers and Woodrow Lucas Jr. supervising the produce department. Evans stated all promotions were internal.
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State Board of Osteopathy
Kenneth Martin
Evans Market
Virginia St. W
the Ward
William Moore
Woodrow Lucas Jr
Evans
Panel Okays State Laws Conflict Bill
The Rules Committee voted to send the bill to the House behind closed doors with key supporters including Smith Colmer Brown Allens Thornberry Trimble and opponents Madden Delaney Scott O Neill Bolling Caller Keating citing risk of broad conflicts between state and federal laws. The measure seeks preemption unless an express provision or direct conflict exists.
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Congress
Smith
Rules Committee
House
William Colmer
Miss
Clarence J. l Brown
Ohio
Leo E. Allens
Homer Thornberry
James W. Trimble
Ray Madden
Ind
James J. Delaney
D-Ny
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Richard Bolling
Emanuel Caller
D- Iny
Kenneth B. Keating
Cahber
Judiciary
Jong
Bridge Collapse Injures Welch Residents Near Tug River
A foot bridge at Link ous Park in Welch gave way during a baseball game, dropping about 25 people into Tug River. Mrs Tullio Ramella 43 suffered multiple fractures and shock while Helen Lassak 39 was listed in fair condition with chest leg and arm injuries. Five victims were taken to Grace Hospital and released after minor treatment. The area will see a new bridge after a June 3 special levy approved for construction.
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Stevens
Tug River
Tullio Ramella
Hélen Lassak
Link-?ous Park
Summers St
Grace Hospital
Six Osteopaths Licensed On Original Examinations
Dr Frank Scharmach of Saginaw Mich Dr Joseph Uccino of Greenville Pa Dr Harold M Ward of Sharon Pa Dr Harald Sturgeon of Bunting ton Dr R Dale McCormick of Martinsburg and Dr R P Shr after Mullens were licensed on original examinations Three were licensed by reciprocity Dr William R Durham of Bluefield Dr Gerald Mills of Weirton and Dr Michael G I Spanos of St Albans Two Marietta Ohio osteopaths Dr Alton B Caldwell and Dr William Rankin Jr were licensed after one year internships State examinations had been taken a year earlier Dr Earl K Lyons of Elkins president of the board announced the next semi annual examination would be held at White Sulphur Springs in October
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Saginaw
Mich
Joseph Uccino
Greenville
Harold M. Ward
Sharon
Harald Sturgeon
Buntington
R. Dale McCormick
Martinsburg
R. P. Sharp
Mullens
William R. Durham
Bluefield
Gerald Mills
Weirton
Michael G. iSpanos
St. Albans
Marietta
Ohio
Alton B. Caldwell
William Rankin Jr
Earl K. Lyons
Elkins
White Sulphur Springs
GOP Chiefs Split Over Adams Controversy
West Virginia’s Clarkburg report notes Eisenhower’s push for a clean government faces division over Adams. Rhode Island and New Hampshire supporters defend Adams while New England and Arkansas officials back him. Texas Chairman Hutcheson cites discretion concerns and regional unease.
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Eisenhower
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North Caro
Una
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Rhode Island
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Illinois
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Gregory D. Shorey Jr
South Carolina
Accountants List Speakers At Convention
Ray Jennison of Washington DC will address the 13th annual convention of the West Virginia Public Accountants Assoc at a luncheon in the Kanawha Hotel. Sessions run 9 am Friday through Saturday morning with a reception for out of town guests. A wives shopping tour includes lunch at El Rancho Motel and a Bleake Glass works tour in Milton. Other speakers include Judge Chauncey Browning, Paul Jefferson, Edgar Adkins, Harry Bias, Mayor Copenhaver, Dean Harry Straley, John C. Calhoun, and Bruce Ho.
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Washington, D. C
National Society of Public Accountants
West Virginia Pubblic Accountants Asso
Kanawha
NSPA
el Rancho
Bleake Glass Works
Milton
Chauncey Browning
Supreme Court
Paul Jefferson
Charleston
Ordnance Plant Blast At Iowa Site Kills Two
Two workers were killed and three injured in a shell loading line explosion at the Iowa Ordnance Plant near Burlington. Lt. Rodney Lewis said the cause was not yet determined and the blast occurred at 4 10 p m during shift changes, leaving exact number of people in the building unknown.
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Towa
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Rodney Lewis
Tierney Co Buys Huntington Radio Station WPLE
Tierney Co owner of WCHS and WCHS TV announces purchase of Huntington station WPLE for more than 100000 dollars. FCC approval pending. WPLH to be run by current management. Huntington Broadcasting Co subsidiary of Cy Bahakel controls Roanoke network. Station operates 5000 watts on 1470 kilocycles and has been on air since 1946 with Mutual affiliation.
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WCHS
Wchs-Tv
Huntington
Hawthorne D. Battle
WPLE
Federal Communications Commission
WPLH
Huntington Broadcasting Co
Cy N. Bahakel
Roanoke
Mutual Broadcasting System
Hewitt Submits Low Armory Bid in Fairmont Project
Rep. Cleveland Bailey reports Army Corps of Engineers in Huntington WV notified a low bid of 125243 dollars has been submitted for a reserve armory at Fairmont by R W Hewitt Co of South Charleston WV.
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M. Bailey
D-Wva
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R. WN. Hewitt Co
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State Guard officers observe live fire at Camp Breckinridge
Maj. Gen. Halley G. Maddox and Maj. Gen. Ralph W. Ewicker visited West Virginia National Guard units at Camp Breckinridge on Wednesday. They watched the 468th Armored Field Artillery Battalion fire eight inch self propelled howitzers from Huntington and Williamson and saw a night problem. The Guard's 2nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion conducted a tactical bivouac. Charleston Medical Company performed casualty evacuation and care drills.
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Car Crash on Kanawha Blvd Injures Charleston Man
A driver in an out of control car struck a light standard on Kanawha Blvd near the 1500 block late Wednesday. The 40 year old Charles Ross of 509 Elizabeth St South Charleston was admitted to Charleston General Hospital in an unconscious condition with undetermined injuries. Police say he was driving west when the car jumped the curb and hit the light, blocking one westbound lane until removal.
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Kanawha Blvd
Charleston General Hospital
Charles Ross
Elizabeth St
South Charleston
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