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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
2
Final rites for James S. Sanders aged 60 of Mount Hope will take place Tuesday at 31 a.m. at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Melvin Dolen officiating. Burial follows in Hilltop Cemetery. Body remains at the funeral home for visitation after 4 p.m. today.
Mrs Marie Carter 45 formerly of East Beckley will be funeralized at 3 30 p m Tuesday at Central Street Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams in charge Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park She died in Philadelphia after a short illness Her husband Preston Carter survives and the body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until service time
Mrs Dila Wriston 71 of Scarbro Route 1 died at home of a daughter Mrs Kyle Wagner Fairborn Ohio at 1130 pm Sunday after a heart attack Body returning to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Ernest M Secrist 49 of Pensacola formerly Winona died Thursday in Pensacola Survivors include wife five daughters mother sister and three brothers Funeral services by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle Sam Gotti 75 Corinne died at 1 am in Mullens hospital after long illness Retired coal miner had lived with Julio Marzio Corinne No known survivors body at Sam Fogle song Funeral Home Mullens pending arrangements.
Mrs Almer Graley 77 of Long Branch dies at home Sunday morning. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Long Branch Methodist Church with Rev Robert Doan officiating. Burial in Sutphin Cemetery Willis Branch. Survived by daughter Mrs Ivory Hamilton of Miami and two stepdaughters Mrs Gertie Maynor Long Branch and Mrs Minnie Lucas Beckley. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope after 4 p m Tuesday.
Mrs Theresa Nenni 80 of Kilsyth died Saturday after extended illness in a Beckley hospital. Requiem mass at St Anthony's Kilsyth Tuesday at 10 am celebrant Rev Leo Werner. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors include four daughters 35 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren. Bodies at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with Rosary tonight at 8. Pallbearers: Kandra ch Mike Ziemenick Lewis Angius Jr Frank Angius Sam Angius John Metro.
Thomas H. Wenning 59 drama critic for Newsweek and president of the New York Drama Critics Circle died Saturday night of lung cancer. Dr John G Bowman 85 who began the Cathedral of Learning and later retired as Pitt chancellor died Sunday in Bedford Pennsylvania.
Cape Town physician Dr. Goolan Gool, 56, a politically minded doctor who helped launch liberal movements opposing South Africa's government, died on Sunday.
London reports the death of George Maynard a 90 year old marble champion known as the worlds marble championship claimant He passed away in his Copthorne Kent home after a lengthy career as a marbles expert who challenged players of all ages.
Henry H. Bond aged 81, longtime assistant secretary of the Treasury under Calvin Coolidge, died Saturday in a nursing home. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday in Waltham, Massachusetts, with burial details not listed. bond served in the Coolidge administration and is remembered for his public service.
William Stiles Bennett, 92, longtime congressman and parliamentarian at the 1912 Republican National Convention, died Saturday after a lengthy illness in Central Valley, New York.
Mrs Mary Brown aged 42 of Min den died in Oak Hill hospital at 1130 p m Sunday after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
Pittsburgh Pops Orchestra and the American Wind Symphony will tour the Mountain State during its 100th birthday. An Army Civil War eight phase diorama with narration will highlight Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and Chancellorsville. Tour dates span June to September across Charleston Beckley Bluefield Logan Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling Fairmont Clarksburg Martinsburg Parkersburg and Ohio venues.
Heisman winner Terry Baker of Oregon State was selected as the Los Angeles Rams' first choice at the NFL draft. Baker, a star two sport athlete who throws left handed, led the nation in total offense and ranked second in single season and career rushing yardage with 4 980 yards over three years with the Beavers.
No other mammal in the world has a larger harem than the fur seal, who averages 40 to 60 mates.
Funeral services for Charles H. Whitt 54 of Northeast Maryland were held at 2 p m today at his brother John Whitt s home in Herndon with Rev W D Rinehart in charge Burial followed in Bud Whitt family plot He leaves Dora Bell Whitt two daughters Ruth Burks Virgie Walker two stepsons John Lester Warren Lester two brothers Avon Roosevelt and two sisters Rosie Mills Effie Green The family employed McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens for arrangements.
Connie Lee Mathews three month old daughter of Major and Lula Short Mathews Stotesbury died Sunday morning of pneumonia at home. Survivors include paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Matthews of Stotesbury and Mr and Mrs Estil Short of New Richmond. Body to the home at 4 p m today from McDougal Robertson and Fogleman Funeral Home Mullens.
Funeral services for Mrs Manervia Adeline Quesenberry 80 of Beechwood will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McDougal's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev William R Nelson officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluefield. She died Sunday morning in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survived by four sons, five daughters, a sister, 40 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Mrs Daisy Pearl Stover of Long Branch died Saturday morning at her home after a heart attack. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Wesley Advent Church Mossy with Rev Nathan Butler officiating. Burial follows in Rinehart Cemetery Mossy. She leaves 28 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. The body lies in church chapel after 4 p.m. today for visitation. Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope has charge.
A three man West Virginia Air National Guard crew escaped serious injury when their SA116 amphibian crash landed about 20 miles east of Denver during a training flight. Maj. Fleetwood Guthrie of Dunbar said engine trouble caused the landing. investigation by the Tactical Air Command will release details. The crew included Maj. Marlin Higgins of Hurricane, pilot Lt. James W. Piercy of Charleston, and S Sgt. Claude M. Conner of Nitro.
Beckley joins national Every Light a Prayer for Peace program as Mayor Cecil L. Miller lights downtown decorations at 7 p.m. from the master control. Mrs. Noel Ennis reviews the observance, with choral music, a prayer, and MC Alan Stone guiding the program. Funds raised total about 2,121.75 with 700 more pledged. plans for Valley Drive lights may be dropped if funding shortfalls persist.
Mercer County Criminal Court in Bluefield opened the burglary trial of Patrolman Roby Brown, 40, charged in the November 1948 Bluefield Furniture Co. burglary. He is the first of four Bluefield police officers facing trials this term, with Ted Land, Eugene Kirk, and Charles Cregger slated for December hearings. Police seek ex-convict Marvin Brooks, a key witness who vanished during the October term. a possible Brooks sighting in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, was being checked.
Washington FCC Chairman Newton M Minow urges further improvements in TV programming especially for youth. New York perfume maker Edouard Cournand warns against counterfeit perfumes from unverified sellers warning buyers not to purchase bargains offered by taxi drivers or door to door salesmen to avoid watered perfume.
Thant says the UN may not achieve a complete remedy for the Cuban crisis and must accept a less than perfect solution for the moment. He notes some may desire fuller resolution, but the imperfect world limits the options available now.
IRS Director Mortimer S Caplin offers cautious optimism about proposed changes in business and travel tax deductions. He notes that some items may have overreached and promises forthcoming corrections to align rules with practical realities.
Two city drivers will appear in City Police Court on traffic violations. Jackson Lee Wikle, 19, Beckley, was cited at 6:40 p.m. for running a red light and speeding and will appear December 6. Donald Akers, 24, Beckley, was cited at 1:15 p.m. for failure to have vehicle under control and ordered to Police Court December 18.
In Glen Ridge New Jersey a drawing for an automobile by the Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Institute produced a surprise winner. Charles McCarthy the president of the board of trustees learned he had won and promptly offered to sell the car and donate the proceeds to the institute.
Sunderland England William Hendry a laborer was fined 36.40 dollars on Wednesday for tapping the electricity supply from a vacant house next door He said he did it so he could watch television in his all gas apartment.
FBI captured veteran robber John Kinchloe de Jarnette in a Hollywood apartment with his girlfriend Doris Nelson. Three loaded guns and a briefcase of cash were found. He had robbed three banks in 42 days, netting about $100000. He faced charges for the Louisville Ky and Cincinnati bank heists in 1962.
Wayne County UPI report says production and maintenance workers ended a two month strike after approving a two year contract with Novamont Corp Neal plant. The pact, first since union OCW International was recognized last summer, raises wages reclassifications and 4 to 6 cent increases over six months. Workers to reportTuesday with full production by week end.
The six month old Katherine Denise Wehrle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Wehrle of Sissonville, smothered Sunday after becoming tangled in bed clothing. Kanawha County Coroner Goff P Lilly ruled the death accidental. Fifteen arrested in Huntington liquor raids on 16 establishments described as among the citys largest.
Martinsburg reports O Winfield Lloyd Marlowe chosen as new chair of the Berkeley County Democratic Executive Committee succeeding the late J Nelson Hicks who had led the group for 39 years Hicks resigned due to illness months before his death Lloyd had served as vice chairman for two decades continuing the party leadership transition
Home Minister Jal Bahadur Shastri said India will not negotiate unless Chinese forces withdraw to positions of September 8. He cautioned it could take days to clarify withdrawal. U S Ambassador Galbraith traveled to Tezpur to inspect Indian forces and assess NEFA defenses for Washington.
Walter Bates 81 quit his Santa job after gifting two presents for one, saying he kept Christmas spirit alive for children. A store spokesman noted his kind personality while keeping firm policy. This oddity follows other light UPI briefs from New York Miami London and Kings Lynn.
Irwin Bazelon tops a wild tale as his symphony Testimonial to a Big City debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra. Bazelon plans to conduct without a baton due to fear of it impaling a piccolo player, hoping for national acclaim or at least Saratoga horses running.
A faulty flue caused a fire at 206 Smoot Street at 6 10 a m. The Beckley Fire Department extinguished the small blaze quickly. Damages were estimated at 25 dollars.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools kept Ole Miss under close observation for political interference in James Meredith’s attempt to register. While not stripping accreditation, the association suspended sentence and warned that ongoing unrest could trigger renewed scrutiny. Mississippi state institutions were also reviewed. the group urged normal discipline to prevent further violence.
In magistrates courts, several defendants were fined for traffic offenses. Demp Pittman and Warren Croch each paid $50 plus costs for reckless driving. Speeders paid fines up to $30. Douglas Matis faced $10 for school zone speeding. Others paid $5 to $10 for mufflers, registration, and unrelated charges. A peace-keeping order involved Ronald Dawson with a six month stay.
Paris workers began tearing down the Grand Guignol Theater in Pigalle after it closed. The 220 seat venue fed horror shows since 1885 and earned the term grand guignol worldwide. A staffer blamed the move on television drawing audiences elsewhere.
Tito risks deepening tensions with Beijing over his revisionist brand of communism as China attacks Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia's fraught history with Russia includes Stalin’s break in 1948, Khrushchev’s 1955 Belgrade visit, a 1956 Moscow trip, later strains, and a thaw sparked by Brezhnev’s Yugoslav tour two months ago.
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