Obituary notices from The Charleston Gazette June 22, 1959
Several obituaries are listed including James M. Barker 81 of Spurlocksville who died at home with surviving relatives in Huntington and Kenova. Gay Campbell 67 of South Charleston, a World War I veteran, with multiple survivors and two church burials. Bertha Lark of Leon and Mrs Clark of Campbells Creek also die. Duffy James Thomas 36 of Montgomery Heights drowns in Kanawha River. E P M Pfost 82 of Ripley a retired banker and lodge member. Burial and service details given for each.
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Roy Withrow
Campbell
Kenna Dr
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Thomas Memorial Hospital
Stati
Monterey
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Westvaco
Darlington Methodist Church
John Brawley Post
American Legion
Stella Campbell
L. W. Fitzgerald
Waynesboro
Keith
Roanoke
Flem
Huntington
Ruth Hagey
Ipriock
Calif
E. H. “Taylor
Cleveland
Ohio
Guy Routh Charleston
Alexander
Akron
Dren
Snod‘grass Mortuary
Marlinton’ Presbyterian Church
A. A“Angle
Mrs View Cemetery
Marlnton
Bertha
Leon Methodist Church
Mason County
Robert Hurley
Leon
Clark
C. J. Clark
Campbells Creek
Phil Thomas
Thomas Clark
Diamond
Raynes Mortuary
Buffalo
Duffy
James Thomas
Tunic
Montgomery Heights
Kanawha River
Deepwater
Campbell Memorial Baptist Church
Longacre
Cecil Tucker
John Kenderick
Dunn Cemetery
Montgomery
E. C. Hooper
Pfost
Park
Vail Mortuary Chapel
Ripley
Robert Fuqua
Homer Hicks
Jeff M. Pfost
Wee Mit. Shahin Af
Sansom
Larry
Gene
Charles Sansom
Foster
Boone County
Sandra Faye
Denver Hill
Foster Cemetery
Hunter
Hunter Moritary
Madison
Navy weighs protecting recon planes after attack
Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke said the investigation of last Tuesday's attack on a Navy reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Japan could yield recommendations not yet current. He refused to state if escort protection for reconnaissance flights in contested areas will be ordered, but stressed the need to examine future methods.
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Washington
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Wiliam B. Franke
Franke
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
Investigation to Probe Retired Officers in Defense Roles
Franke cites uniform rules on improper activities for retired officers. Hebert will head a month long inquiry into the involvement of retired officers with defense contractors as he notes the Navy bans selling for life.
Fayette News Speech Hearing Clinic Opens for Children
The Fay ette County Society for Crippled Children started an eight week speech and hearing clinic in Oak Hill and Montgomery led by Miss Rita Gentile of New York. Enrollment for Gauley Bridge Montgomery area begins Tuesday at the Jr Woman's Club in Montgomery. No training fee.
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Ruby Winebroone
Gauley Bridge
Fayjette County Society For Crippled Children
Oaks Hill
Montgomery
Rita Gentile
New York
M. H. Marfin
Jr. Woman's Club
Train Derailment Slows C and O Traffic Near Montgomery
Seven cars of an eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio coal train derailed near Montgomery causing about seven hours of traffic disruption. C&O spokesman said the cause would be learned after investigation. the train carried coal from Russell, Kentucky to Newport News, Virginia for export.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Montgomery
C&o
Russe
Newport News
Victim of Truck Accident Dies in Williamson Hospital
Hodge 37 of Kermit dies from injuries after truck plunged over embankment near Crum. Survived by widow and two children, his parents, a sister, and Wesley Hodge of Cleveland. Also notes Kanawha County court schedule and bids for state contracts.
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Huntington
Arthur
Hodge
Kermit
Williamson
Crum
Wayne County
Orther
Wesley Hodge
Cleveland
Elvis Draws Big Picture In Austrian Communist Paper
In Vienna Elvis Presley is singled out by Volkstimme on a full page with the headline teen-ager the biggest business. The paper mocks disc jockeys and juke boxes as a byword of sentimentality while portraying Presley as a global pop figure.
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Vienna
Austria
Elvis
Presley
Communist Party
Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference
Geneva
Volkstimme
Fairmont
Josephitrade
Arcuri
Germany
Charleston
Lauther
U. S. Senate
Bus Train Crash Toll and Casualties Reported
Police in Laauffen Germany reported 37 dead and 30 injured from a bus train collision near a south German town. Sixty seven aboard, many refugees behind the Iron Curtain. crossing guardsman detained for half lowered barriers.
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Lauffen
Germany
State Man Dies In Texas Crash
W. Va airman Reed Warner 24 of Cherry Grove died when his car left an east Dallas embankment Sunday. Warner was stationed at Perrin Air Force Base.
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Dallas
Tex
Maser Reed Warner
Cherry Grove
W. Va
Here
Warner
Perrin Air Force Base
Scout dies after fall into rock crevasse on Mt Pilchuck
Everett report says 15 year old Seattle Scout Henry Bryan fell during a backward slide into a rock studded crevasse on Mt Pilchuck in Washington. The boy died eight hours later at a Pors pital after suffering a severe head injury during surgery.
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Everett
Wash
Oregon
Mt. Hood
David
Seattle
Draper
Vancouver
Henry Bryan
Pacific Northwest
Mt. Pilchuck
Here
Marlinton Legion Leader Frank E. Johnson Dies
Frank E. Johnson, 69, former state vice commander of the American Legion, died in Marlinton hospital Sunday after a heart attack. He was Marlinton councilman, draft board member, past commander of the Marlinton Legion post, and past district seven commander of the Legion.
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Marlinton
Frank E
Johnson
American Legion
Martinton
Draft ‘Board
Marlinton Legion
iLegion
Scouts rescued after crevasse fall on Mt Pilchuck
Harry Swanson assistant ranger for the Monte Cristo district says Bryan and Seattle Boy Scout Troop 148 were playing on rocks in an ice field on Mt Pilchuck’s eastern slope. Bryan slipped from a ledge into a one foot crevasse and was pulled out by other scouts before Everett Mountain Rescue Council and a doctor arrived.
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Harry Swanson
Monte Cristo
Young Bryan
Seattle
Mt. Pilchuck
Swanson
Bryan
Everett Mountain Rescue Council
Wood Man Killed In 3 Car Crash
Homer Roberts aged 19 of Vienna West Virginia died in a three car collision on rain slick Ohio 77 four miles south of Zanesville Ohio. William Owens 23 Parkersburg West Virginia and Stella Marty 44 Rittman Ohio sustained serious injuries.
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Ohio
Homer Roberts
Vienna
MW. Va
Ohio 77
Here
State Highway Patrol
Roberts
William ‘Owens
Parkersburg
W. Va
Stella Marty
Rittman
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