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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1957
Page
30
DMV officials report long lines at the statehouse as they issue 380000 private car plates and 525000 plates of all types to meet the renewal deadline. Miners received vacation pay aiding attendance. weather stayed mild for the day.
Civil service hearing set for Tuesday night to probe accusations by firemen that Mayor Copenhaver hired an incompetent individual. Proceedings include a petition seeking dismissal and questioning a candidate who allegedly claimed never having been discharged from civil service. Hubert H. Buckner named in the hearing.
A former Charleston man died Friday in an Akron hospital after being hit by a truck. Elvin Leslie Rutledge, 37, a Kanawha County native and former Cedar Grove resident, worked for Merchants Dispatch and was a Methodist Church member in Glasgow. He is survived by his wife, three sons, two daughters, five brothers, three sisters, and 11 grandchildren. The body was to be transported to Cunningham mortuary.
Funeral services set for Mrs Magdaline M Roth of 685 Pacific St at 2 p.m. Monday at Mt Calvary Baptist Church conducted by Reverends Creamans and Graley. Burial in Tyler Mountain Memorial Gardens follows. Mrs Roth died Friday in a Charleston hospital from pregnancy complications. body awaits transfer from Cunningham mortuary to her residence at 2 p.m. today.
Chairman Gaujot Bias announced that two fellow commissioners will stay as the King reorganizes the Liquor Commission. Governor Underwood said Bias would fill the post with Col. Benjamin W. Venable becoming deputy commissioner and Douglas L. Freutel to become field investigator. Three other top officers will be reappointed including Guy E. Williams as finance director James H. Hall as general field supervisor and Carl Ross as warehouse superintendent. The commission has been operating in a dry run during the transition.
Funeral services for W. H. McFadden Sr. 58 St Albans councilman who died Friday aboard a Capital Airlines flight from New York will be held at 4 p m Monday at Highlawn Presbyterian Church St Albans with Rev D R Weiglein in charge Burial will be at Cunningham Memorial where Masonic Lodge 168 of South Charleston will conduct graveside rites McFadden an employee at Carbide for 37 years was stricken by a heart attack en route to Charleston Oxygen was given but he became unconscious He was elected to a second term as councilman and would have taken office tomorrow He was active in Masonic work a World War I veteran and Carbide plant office manager at Institute The body is at Bartlett mortuary St Albans.
Mrs Icy Wall Rite scheduled today for Mrs Icy Steele Wall of 4911 Pennsylvania Ave. The service at 2 pm at Snodgrass Mortuary South Charleston conducted by Revs Elwood Fleming and H Dorsey. Burial in Sunset Memorial. Wall died Friday of a heart attack at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Survivors include stepson Janet Robinson of Charleston and six grandchildren. Body remains at Snodgrass Mortuary.
The House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee called for overhaul of the law guiding military procurement. It urged mandatory public disclosure of all offers in negotiated buys, not just final selections, and criticized extensive use of negotiations under emergency proclamations. The panel cited Navy missile destroyer purchases and questioned presidential authority to revoke the emergency basis.
An 86 year old woman, Mrs Lidia Smith of Dixie, Nicholas County, suffered a broken hip when two cars collided head on three miles north of Gauley Bridge. Edith Miller, 35, of Smithers, fractured spine and in satisfactory condition. A third woman, Flora Alley, 33, released after X rays.
Funeral services held today for James Baldwin of Lewisburg at 2 pm at Mi Tab or Baptist church with burial in Lewisburg Cemetery. Dryna Mays of Ripley dies 60 and mourned at Goshen Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Sam Messer of Collinsdale Fayette County laid to rest at Colinsdale Community Church and Green Caustic Cemetery. Dera Moss of Sissonville 70 to be buried at Crank Cemetery near Sissonville. Nim Robinson of Boomer Montgomery County dies with service at B C Hooper Mortuary and burial in Montgomery Memorial Park. Ernet Stangler of Whitesville dies 62 with funeral at First Baptist Whitesville and burial at Beckley Memorial Park.
Obituaries list Martha Wrances Bailey of Pt. Pleasant with long service at Heights EUB Church and many relatives across Ohio and West Virginia. Betty Jane Bennett infant, Lavine Booth of Spencer, Charles F. Botkin, Cart A. Burford, Rebecca Jane Greathouse, Robert Edward Henley, Autrey Miller, Esren Lee Shamblin infant, Grier Smith, Mahale Jane Yance, Page William White, Albert Williams. Burial details and mortuary notices follow for each case.
Herbert Carey a 42 year old disabled Cabin Creek resident was killed Friday when struck by a C&O train near Miami. A memorial service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Wellston Church of the Nazarene with Rev. W. A. Lakin officiating. Burial at Hamden Cemetery. Pryor mortuary aiding arrangements.
Local ad from Memorials and Monuments Co at 510 Virginia St promotes cemetery monuments and perpetual care services with payment options and contact details.
Classified notices list openings in Charleston and Richmond Virginia for accounting and sales support. Rawleighs home business offers part time money in Charleston area. Engineering draftsman and piping draftsman positions require experience and qualifications. Huntington and Southern West Virginia postings solicit resumes and work samples.
A compact note on the role of insurance adjustors highlighting the ability to handle people, collect and report evidence, and interpret findings. It frames the profession as requiring strong interpersonal skills and analytic reporting.
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