Bond Executed To Handle Conway Estate In Beckley
A $200000 bond is posted by H E McMillion and Lula Carlisle Conway to administer the estate of Henry Ambrose Conway who died July 15. The will directs the Beckley hardware business and real estate to be settled, with specific bequests to family members and a church fund funded by a Government Series E bond. Co executors named K Goetz Brewing Co is noted as co executor and executrix.
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H. E. McMillion
Lula Carlisle Conway
Henry Ambrose Conway
MecMillion
Conway
Meadows Court
Beckley
Mabscott
Henry Conway
Raleigh County
Mary V
Eleanor J
Margaret Conway
Ex Sheriff J P Price of Roane County Dies at 92
SPENCER AP funeral services planned for J P Price longtime Roane County sheriff from 1912 to 1916. The 92 year old businessman died in Spencer yesterday.
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Spencer (Ap
J. P. Price
Roane County
Price
Spencer Yes
Funeral Services for Lizzie Hall Ford at Shields Memorial
Funeral services for Lizzie Hall Ford 79 of Brier Creek were held at Shields Memorial Church with Elder S F Addair in charge. Burial followed at Shields Memorial Cemetery. Ford born April 25 1881 at Davy, survived by husband Gordon son Lewis sister Angie Wells six great grandchildren and three grandchildren. A second service was planned Thursday at 9:30 a m at the Catholic Church with burial in Chicago Illinois.
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Lizzie Hall Ford
Brier Creek
Shields Memorial Church
S. F. Addair
Jolo
Shields Memorial Cemetery
Davy
Henry
Hanna Lester Hall
Gordon
Lewis
Angie Wells
Funeral services for Boyd Ferrell boy dies in Philadelphia
Boyd Ferrell two year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Ferrell of Philadelphia formerly Carlisle died Tuesday in Philadelphia from a condition since birth. Body will arrive at Trent Funeral Home Thursday morning.
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Boyd Ferrell
Walter Ferrell
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Birt
Trent Funeral Home
Probst Brother-in-Law Casey R. Probst Dies in Chicago
Casey R. Probst of Chicago Ill died Monday morning in a Chicago hospital after a six year kidney illness. He is survived by his wife June Lawton Probst a daughter Kathy and a son Eddie both at home his parents Mr and Mrs C R Probst Twin Lakes Wis and two sisters.
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Mike Bolen
Mount Hope
Casey R. Probst
Chicago
Ill
Probst
June Lawton Probst
Kathy
Eddie
C. R. Probst
Twin Lakes
Wis
Cyclist 15 Hurt After Being Hit By Car
A 15 year old Eccles boy remains in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle Tuesday night. Isaac Newton Alderman, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Alderman, was hit by Basil L Holman 63 Eccles. He suffered chest injuries and possible kidney contusions. State Police said Holman was not charged.
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Eccles
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Isaac Newton Alderman
Alfred Alderman
Basil L. Holman
Holman
Six Violations Reported By Conservation Officer
District Forest Protection Officer Raymond Eye reports six violations dated July, tried in August with all violators convicted. Five arrested in Summers County by Officer Charles Bare, tried before Magistrate J. E. Holt in Hinton. Individuals fined for motorboat offenses and littering, including Joe Simborski and Paul A. Leg each fined $25, Wannie Cline $25, Henry Woodrum $100, Harold E. Proctor for missing safety gear, and William E. Tuck fined $10 for fishing with improper license.
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Raymond Eye
Bye
Summers County
Charles Bare
J. E. Holt
Hinton
Joe Simborski
Holden
Paul A. Leg
Richwood
Wannie Cline
Clearfork
Leg
Henry Woodrum
Harold E. Proctor
Quick
William E. Tuck
Meadow Bridge
Raleigh County
L. W. Berkel
Michigan
Cotton White
Trusty Walks Away From Jail
A Raleigh County Jail trusty serving 60 days for drunk driving escaped custody Tuesday afternoon while on duty. Charles DeHart, 21, of 1614 Valley Drive, faces multiple charges including drunk driving and unlawful taking of a vehicle with fines and costs totaling 95 dollars plus 10 dollars for the license charge. Larry Bradley of Eccles is jailed on a felonious assault charge after an accusation of striking Lee Smith with a shotgun. Two youths were returned from Marietta Ohio for vagrancy. Frank Goad of Beckley was freed after a peace warrant was withdrawn, while Clarence Hardman of Harper Heights had a peace warrant withdrawn and was jailed by State Police on Saturday.
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Raleigh
Charles Richard DeHart
Valley Drive
Beckley
DeHart
Larry Bradley
Eccles
Lee Smith
Cotton White
Bradley
Marietta
Ohio
Frank Goad
Clarence Hardman
Harper Heights
W. A. Burke
Hardman
Young Democrats Name Delegates To State Convention
Raleigh County delegates to the West Virginia Young Democratic Club Convention in Huntington have been named. The county will be represented by 56 persons with 28 delegates and 28 alternates. The convention runs Thursday through Saturday at the Frederick Hotel. Delegates include Louis Adamos and 29 others. alternates listed separately. The delegation will vote as a unit and is currently uncommitted in state officer races.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Young Democratic Club
Huntington
Cotton White
White
Frederick Hotel
Louis Adamos
Charles Moody
Basil Sweeney
Don Hodson
J Kleiman
Wayne Gwinn
Tony Bava
Harold Hanks
Roy Bowden
Dorothy Keatley
Edgar Jarrell
Pauline Severino
Billy West
Mary Belcher
Charles Honaker
Chink ‘Farrish
Blaine Tanner
Mildred Fleming
Bob Harvit
Sandra Toney
Melvin Jamison
Joe Rodriguez
Jim Green
John Marsh
Dennis Saunders
Evelyn Stacy
Jackie Withrow
Lafe Chafin
Lada Lewis
Young Democratic Clubs
William Beckett
Hulett C. Smith
Democratic State Executive Committee
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
W. W. Barron
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Eisenhower Discusses Debates and Campaign Issues
President Eisenhower announced he had signed a bill allowing Kennedy and Nixon to debate on television without networks granting time to minor candidates. He praised networks offering free time as a public service and warned that foreign policy will influence the campaign, with domestic issues like the farm problem and fiscal responsibility being key Republican themes, while defending Ezra Taft Benson against farm policy criticisms.
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Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Nixon
Billy Graham
Fisenhower
White House
Congress
Chicago
United States
Beckley council hears Legion offer on Wildwood plot
City Council heard Smith from the American Legion discuss the veteran group’s offer to deed the soldiers and sailors plot adjoining Wildwood to the city amid questions of maintenance. Others urged street improvements behind the cemetery to boost appearance.
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Smith
American Legion
Beckley
Scott
Wildwood
Hal
Legion
Lemon
Bright
Fires threaten Chadron area as drought fuels blazes
In Nebraska rangers monitored Sowbelly Canyon west of Chadron as flames erupted briefly before containment. Across the region firefighters battled three major fires in the Black Hills and 15 smaller fires in timberlands west of Hot Springs, S.C., burning about 2,500 acres in total.
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Nebraska
Sowbelly Canyon
Pine Ridge
Chadron
Black Hills
Hot Springs
S.C
Rotary Club Golf Tourney Set Friday
The Beckley Rotary Club will hold its annual golf tournament Friday at the Black Knight event. About 35 players have entered and Bud Walters, last year's winner, defends his title as the event opens at noon. Afterward the club will meet in a buffet dinner.
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Rotary Club
Beckley Rotary Club
Bud Walters
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Chicago, Ill
Princeton
Moran Ave
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Rome
Kroehler Sectional
Brown
Kroehlers
Reg
Trusty
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Young Democrats
Robert Scott
Buck Vandall
Marion Hosea
Peewee Carpenter
Ben Shrewsberry
Margaret Alderman
Nancy Holt
Nancy
Kentucky
Old Charter Distributing Co
Louisville
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