Truant Officer Addison Goff Found Dead At Home
Kanawha county truant officer Addison T. Goff aged 58 was found dead in bed at his Randolph Street home. Dr. C F Sayre said he died of a heart attack after months of heart ailment. Surviving include wife Margaret and daughter Mrs Robert Taylor Charleston plus siblings and a brother. Funeral services will be at 10 a m tomorrow at Mrs Cromwell’s home with two reverends officiating. Burial at McClannahan cemetery Martin s Branch. Noble Long mortuary in charge.
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Addison T. Goff
Kanawha
Randolph Street
C. F. Sayre
Goff
County Board of Education
Margaret Goff
Robert Taylor
Charleston
Sally Derrick
Amanda Bailey
C. B. Cromwell
J. L. Goff
McClannahan Cemetery
Martin's
Noble Long Mortuary
Sheriff Slack
Ira D. Davis
Mont Cavender
Harry Adams
D. Earl Brawley
T. R. Holmes
Lewis Lanham
Lawrence Bean
Robert G. Kelly
A. C. Humphrey
Noam Snyder
Elmer Bailey
Claude
J. C
Burl
George
Roy C. Goff
Bishop Sheil to fly to Vatican on Atlantic Clipper
Chicago prelate Bernard J. Sheil will become the first Catholic bishop to fly overseas as he travels to the Vatican next month. He will discuss the Catholic Youth Organization and study low cost housing and youth activities during visits to European cities, coinciding with 300 American church delegates attending a world youth meeting in Amsterdam.
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Chicago
INS
Bernard J. Sheil
Vatican
Sheil
Pius XII
Catholic Youth Organization
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Obituary notices for Ray H. Jones and Florence Slack Dearien
Ray H. Jones aged 28 dies from a tree accident while cutting timber at Sizemore. Services 2 p m today at Sycamore Baptist Church with burial in family cemetery. Survives include father John H. Jones and siblings. Florence Slack Dearien, 45, wife of Grover Dearien, dies after long illness in Charleston hospital. Services 2:30 p m today at Malden Methodist Church with Spring Hill cemetery burial.
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Ray H. Jones
Sycamore Baptist Church
Sizemore
William Cavender
Hardman and Hardman
Clay
John H. Jones
William B. Stone
Elmer Legg
Virgil Jones
Tazewell
Basil H. Jones
Fola
Florence Slack Dearien
Malden Methodist Church
Grover Dearien
Reed
Charleston
J. E. Wayland
Earl Hissom
Spring Hill Cemetery
J. B. Rensford
Reed Hatfield
Rome Childers
R. L. Marshall
H. O
Charles Hoffman rites set at Elmore Advent Church
Rev Hobson Fisher will officiate a 2 p m funeral service for Charles Ernest Hoffman 52 of Pennsylvania Avenue who died Thursday night in a local hospital. Burial is in Hope Cemetery. Survived by wife Cora Hoffman a daughter Marie and three sons Eugene Junior Ira Ray. four sisters and four brothers. Active and honorary pallbearers listed.
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Charles Ernest Hoffman
Hobson D. Fisher
Elmore Advent Church
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hope Cemetery
Cora Hoffman
Marie Hoffman
Eugene
Ira Ray Hoffman
Cora Stowers
St. Albans
Neva Bodkin
Dunbar
Bertha Dunlap
Point Pleasant
Everett Hoffman
Gallipolis
Bill
Harry
Carney Hoffman
Jonas Hoffman
Ambrosia
B. E. Harkins
C. B. Mottice
Keith Birthisel
Howard Welcher
James Ballard
Harry Cooper
C. O. Bartlett
Cecil Legg
R. S
Death of Venia Pauley at Smith Creek
Venia Pauley aged 34 died yesterday morning at his home near Smith Creek after a long illness. Funeral services and burial are set for 3 p.m. today at the Tudor Cemetery near the home with Rev. William Hall officiating. Snodgrass Mortuary of South Charleston will handle arrangements. Surviving are three children.
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Pauley
Smith Creek
Tudor
William Hall
Snodgrass
South Charleston
Beulah Brown Dies at 27 in Institute
Miss Beulah B. Brown of Institute dies Thursday in a Charleston hospital. Funeral at 2 p m today at Samaritan Baptist Church Institute with Rev H A Green officiating. Burial in Spring Hill cemetery. Body at church two hours before services. Active bearers: Edward Bird Lloyd Brown Horace Coleman Schaeffer Dabney Wendell Jordan London Mitchell Robert Lawrence Reuben Siggers.
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H. A. Green
Samaritan Baptist Church
Institute
Beulah B. Brown
Charleston
Spring Hill Cemetery
Edward Bird
Lloyd Brown
Horace Coleman
Schaeffer Dabney
Wendell Jordan
London Mitchell
Robert Lawrence
Reuben Siggers
Rites set for Mrs. Victoria Keller in Roxianna Kollow
Mrs. Victoria Keller 75 of Roxianna Kollow died from injuries sustained Friday when struck by a car. Rites are 2:30 p m today at McKinnon chapel Tyler Mountain road with Rev Edward Agsten and Rev James F Frame officiating. Burial follows in Preston cemetery Cun ningham mortuary in charge
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Victoria Keller
Roxianna Kollow
McKinnon Chapel
Tyler Mountain Road
Edward Agsten
James F. Frame
Preston Cemetery
Cunningham Mortuary
Obituary: Benjamin Higginbotham 67 Lived Sissonville Area
Benjamin Higginbotham died after a long illness yesterday at his daughter Elva Robinson’s home in Sissonville. Survived by four daughters Hattie Crank Ora Whittington Edith Phillips Lillian Fields and two sons George Higginbotham Noah Higginbotham. Services at Fisher Chapel today at 1 p m with Rev Corbit Fisher officiating. burial in Mynor Slater cemetery.
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Benjamin Orville Higginbotham
Elva Robinson
Sissonville
Hattie Crank
Ora Whittington
Guthrie
Edith Phillips
Lillian Fields
Charleston
George Higginbotham
Liberty
Noah Higginbotham
Plymouth
Fisher Chapel
Corbit Fisher
Mynor-Slater
Mrs Ada Smith Dies. Rites Pending at Campbell Mortuary
The body of Mrs Ada Smith who died yesterday at her home 1204 Piedmont road is at Campbell mortuary. Surviving are two sons William Anderson Smith of Charleston and Charles Henry Smith of New York City and three daughters Mrs Mattie P Woods Mrs Catherine Parris and Mrs Ollila V Laundman all of Charleston.
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Ada Smith
Piedmont Road
Campbell Mortuary
William Anderson Smith
Charleston
Charles Henry Smith
New York City
Mattie P. Woods
Catherine Parris
Ollila V. Laundman
Mrs Louise Fisher 66 Dies at Home Near Kenna
Mrs Louise Catherine Fisher died yesterday at her home near Kenna. Survived by husband John Fisher and brother King Gaines of near Kenna. Services at 11 a m tomorrow at the residence with Rev Wess Garrison officiating. Burial in Fisher cemetery with Johnson and Fisher mortuary at Sissonville in charge.
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Louise Catherine Fisher
Kenna
John Fisher
King Gaines
Wess Garrison
Fisher Cemetery
Johnson and Fisher Mortuary
Sissonville
Cancer Institute Cornerstone Laid
The cornerstone of the National Cancer Institute was laid in Bethesda Maryland with Sen. Homer T Bone noting every U S senator sponsored the establishing bill The British minister of health official Arthur MacNalty cited cancer control efforts and free radi um treatments The National Cancer Institute will be run by the Public Health Service under Surgeon General Thomas Parran The toll from cancer is about 140 000 yearly and early diagnosis is stressed to help the poor access care
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Washington
INS
Congress
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Homer T. Bone
U. S. Senate
House of Congress
Arthur S. MacNalty
Ministry of Health
Cornerstone
Sen. Bone
Republic
Public Health Service
Thomas Parran
German Goes 230 Miles in Glider
Capt. Peter Riedel connected with the German embassy in Washington landed his German made transport glider six miles from Hereford after leaving Albuquerque at 11 a m. six and a half hours earlier. The 230 mile flight is believed to be the second longest unbroken glider flight. Riedel praised the southwest as ideal for gliding and plans a flight to Wichita Falls Texas next.
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Hereford
Tex
INS
Peter Riedel
Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Riedel
U. S
Winslow
Ariz
Magdalena
Rocky Mountains
Wichita Falls
Almanac advised by Chamberlain
Cardiff June 24. Prime Minister Chamberlain urged listeners to check Old Moore's almanac for fall Europe forecasts. He quoted the almanac predicting September tensions in Berlin followed by calm, October focus on foreign affairs, and prospects for peace advances.
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Cardiff
Wales
Chamberlain
Europe
Old Moore
England
Rome
Berlin
Actress Joan Manners Freed on Habeas Corpus Writ
Actress Joan Manners, jailed for contempt after picketing her husband John Langan’s studio, was released today on a writ of habeas corpus. She served a five day sentence for parading with a placard claiming he took their baby. Italy plans 2.5 million dollars for threshing machines to push southern farmers away from animal threshing.
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Los Angeles
Joan Manners
John Langan
Birth Announcements for Frances Carrol and Phyllis Lavaughn
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Summers of 1408 West Washington announce the birth of a daughter Frances Carrol born June 22 at Mountain State hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Adkins of Oak Hill Heights announce the birth of a daughter Phyllis Lavaughn born June 16.
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Arthur F. Summers
West
Washington Street
Frances Carrol
Mountain State Hospital
Alfred Adkins
Oak Hill Heights
Phyllis Lavaughn
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