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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1960

Page

5

FourYearOld Girl Drowns In Meadow River Near Nalten

Summersville reports Judy Kay King age four drowned after wandering from her home and falling into Meadow River near Nalten Fayette County. Her body arrived at Summersville Clinic after neighbors pulled her from the water and attempted resuscitation. Survived by three brothers Jimmie Lee Lonnie Ray and Teddie Warren King a sister Helen Marie Hamrick and grandmother Ella Beane. Service set for Tuesday at 1 am at the home conducted by Rev. Wesley Pennington with burial in Russell Cemetery near Craigsville. Waters Funeral Home to transport body today at 11 am.

Summersville Gir Meadow River Nalten Fayette County Judy Kay King Bernice Plummer Jimmie Lee Lonnie Ray Plummer Teddie Warren King Helen Marie Hamrick Nallen Ella Beane Gad Wesley Pennington Russell Cemetery Craigsville Waters

Obituary notices from Sharon to Bomans

Obituary notices list Emma Jane Basham 93 of Sharon with service at Miami Assembly of God Church burial in Sharon Cemetery. James Thomas Bostick 62 Beckley died of a heart attack with service at Melton Funeral Home and burial at Green Hill Cemetery. King B W 88 Bomans Clay County died at daughter’s home after a long illness. Mary Stanley Iewis 56 formerly of Charleston died at Fairmont after welfare work. Frank Judson Moore 76 Beckley physician died at Beckley Hospital with private service planned. Mamie Dolan 32 Lewisburg died of cancer with body at Jack K Wallace Funeral Home Alderson. Lucretia R Dunlap 75 Wilfie Braxton Co died at Gassaway Hospital with service in Upper Sleith Church. Leona Caroline Fitzwater 84 Gad Rodney County died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery. Petesburg Alaska fire kills Edward Sheek family members. Andrew Guthrie 67 Hurricane retired factory worker died at Thomas Memorial. Addie Jones 50 Ripley died in St Francis Charleston. B W King 88 Bomans perished in fire at Clarendon?

Basham Emma Jane Sharon Miami East Bank Nettie Larter South Webster Ohio W. H. Stewart Whipple Pryor Bostick James Thomas Beckley Ida Allen Charleston C. N. Hail St. Albans Melton Fueral Lester Tenney Green Hill Union Iewis Mary Stanley Fairmont Heart Assn Cancer Assn West Virginia Counseling Service Ford Funeral Home Dolan Mamie Lewisburg Melvin Joyce Roger Melvin Jr Ricky James Loudermilk Vago Gladys Loudermilk California Beatrice Seldomridge Forest Loudermilk Fostoria Jack K. Wallace Alderson Dunlap Lucretia R Wilfie Braxton County Gassaway Hospital Upper Sleith Methodist Church Johnnie Alfred Sugar Creek E. G.j Fay el Paso Tex Ray Cleveland Bruce Grace Rollyson Viola Devany Akron J. Mellie Butcher Clay Bartlett Funeral Home Gassaway Fitzwater Leona Carodine Gad Rodney County Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery Fowlers Knob Baptist Church Mt. Nebo Mildred Hicks Hilltop Maggie Garfen Huntington Mary Dahmer Elizabeth Starks Fannie Calhoun Burle Giden Coty Hicks John Hicks Jim Hicks Gilgal Methodist Church Riker Bennett A. F. Gregory Huffman Cemetery Petersburg Alaska White Funeral Home Summersville Guthrie Andrew Andy RFD Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston Standard of Co Masonic Lodge No. 170 Af&am James Donald Crittenden William Marie Don Svnder Hurricane Ernie Elkview Ida Stockton Myrna Meadows Reed St.’ Albans Rev. C. S. Caldwell Cunningham Memorial Park Emma Chapel Putnam County H. FL Lucas Church Cemetery Parsons Funeral Home Ripley Rice Hayes Lee Clarksburg Hope Natural Gas Co Boone County Orpha Price Clearwater Fla Emil Punta Gorda William Barnes George Hampton Frederick Price Rita Sanders Madison Fornie Kennedy Clearwater, Fla Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home

Funeral Notices and Obituary Fragments

Notices list several funeral arrangements and memorials including Oscar Lee Garrett of Montgomery at 2:30 p.m. at C. Hooper Funeral Home with burial at Montgomery Memorial Park. Mary Saunders of Fayetteville to be buried at the family cemetery there. Hayes Lee Rice of Clarksburg and Eliza Ann Worley of Raith County are noted with funeral services and burials. Additional details mention Ernest Emmett Smith of Poen s, Harley P Kilvester, and Virginia L Reese with varying services and cemeteries.

Reese Mes Virginia L Woodland Dr Charleston G. McKinney Rooson Fayette County Saunders Mary Smma Fayeteville Second Baptist Church Fayetteville O. H. Letts G. J. Wilson Imith Ernest Emmett Poens Att m Gatens Funeral Home Rev Harold Shannon Smith Cemetery Liberty Worley Eliza Anny Raith County Row and Quesanbarry Funeral Home Virgil McNett Kincaid Cemetery Beaver

Cuban Mission Ends Red Economic Talks

The Cuban government economic delegation left Moscow for Warsaw after negotiations on trade economic and cultural relations in Moscow. The mission was led by Antonio Nunez Jimenez director of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform.

Moscow Warsaw Tass Antonio Nunez Jimenez National Institute of Agrarian Reform

Auto Rolls Two Injured In Logan County Crash Near Stirrat

Two Logan County men were seriously injured when their car overturned near Stirrat, nine miles south of here. Ronald Munday, 28, Omar, suffered a fractured left collar bone and chest injuries, and Jimmy Martin, 24, Stirrat, sustained crushed fields and chest injuries. Passenger Jimmy Thuran, 20, Barnabas, was unhurt. Trooper Robert Sturm said mechanical failure caused the rollover, with the car sliding 260 feet on the road.

Logan Logan County Stirrat Here Logan General Hospital Ronald Munday Omar Jimmy Martin Robert Sturm Theagan State Police Detachment

Jewish Appeal Tops $33 Million

The United Jewish Appeal reports midyear 1960 fund raising at 33.15 million dollars. Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman says pace may match last year's 68 million total. He notes no disaster headlines spurred giving yet American Jews support the UJA’s work for refugees and immigrants to Israel.

Washington United Jewish Appeal Herbert A. Friedman Appeal Friedman UJA American Jewry Ois Israel

Matoaka Fire Warden Drowns in New River

Thomas B. Wood a 30 year old fire warden from Matoaka West Virginia drowned after slipping from a rock into the New River near Glen Lyn Giles County Virginia His body was recovered about 6 pm after about three hours of search by three rescue squads His wife and daughter witnessed the accident at the river and called for help from Giles County Christianburg and Pulaski rescue units

Glen Lyn West Virginia New River Giles County Pearisburg Thomas B. Wood Matoaka Mercer County Wood Shelp Christiansburg Pulaski

Newsman Buranelli Dies of Heart Attack

Los Angeles obituary notes 68 year old Newsman Buranelli a writer and coach died of a heart attack in Presi dent Eisenhower's home town Abilene Kan He helped popularize the crossword puzzle and worked with Fielding Yost at Kansas He later advised on radio TV newsreels and cinema projects.

Los Angeles Presi- Pawling Eisenhower Per Buranelli Frank D. Parent America Abilene Kan Fielding Yost Bell Thomas University of Kansas Cinerama Abilene High School Thomas Home

Famed Italian composer Bimboni dies at 77 in New York

Alberto Bimboni an operatic composer and former accompanist to Enrico Caruso and John McCormack died Saturday at St Luke s Hospital in New York. Born in Florence he settled in the U S in 1911 and taught at Juilliard for 26 years while composing and playing piano. He wrote the opera Winona on an American Indian legend at the suggestion of Warren G Harding.

New York Alberto Bimboni Euifico Caruso John M McCormack St. Luke's Hospital Florence Italy United States Warren G. Harding Juilliard School of Music

Strange sights at Tower of London guard duet

In Byward Tower two Grenadier Guards heard guitar music and found a sentry in red uniform singing a duet with the son of another guard. The sentry, unnamed by regulation, was charged with irregular conduct and sentenced to extra duty with reduced privileges.

London Tower of Byward Tower

Ex-Speaker Purged From Political Life in Pakistan

In Karachi a special court convicted Cecil E. Gibbon former deputy Speaker of Parliament and leader of the Pakistan Christian Community for corruption and misuse of official powers. He is purged from political life for six years and ordered to repay government funds he allegedly squandered on personal expenses.

Karachi Pakistan Uas Cecil E. Gibbon Pakistan Christian Com

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