Bride-To-Be Saved From Grizzly Fight Wins Medal
Vancouver man Biaholm Aspeslet earned the Stanhope Gold Medal after a Oct 1 1971 encounter with a mother grizzly near a British Columbia lodge. He shielded his bride-to-be Beck with a knife, lost an eye and several ear injuries but would face the bear again to save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Upi
Biaholm Aspeslet
Iman
Eee Beck
Aspesier
Aspesiet
Aspeslet
Royal Hemane Society
Carnegie
U. S. Institution For
Barb
Artist Al Witt Dies In Wreck In Kentucky
Cincinnati artist Samuel A. Witt known as Al Witt, 31, died when his auto went off a swollen low water bridge in Pendleton County. Two passengers, his stepson David Rogers 11 and Kenny Jones 15 of Falmouth, also drowned. Kenny Jones’s father Frank Jones survived and was hospitalized. The creek was four feet over the bridge. Richard A. Fluke of Cincinnati noted Witt’s prior Kentucky and West Virginia oil paintings.
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Falmouth
Cincinnati
Samuel A
al? Witt
Pendletown
Witt
David Rogers
Kenny Jones
Frank Jones
Kentucky
Richard A. Fluke
Closson’s
West Virginia
Death notices and funeral arrangements in Beckley area
Death notices list Hetty Jean Yarbro 36 of 20174 First Avenue with funeral and burial in Aspermont Texas, and Hedrick widow of Robert H. Hedrick with graveside rites at Cedar Hill Cemetery Franklin. Also Penn James Blaney 81 of Mt Hope to be buried Greenwood Memorial Park after First Baptist Church funeral. Several other local obituaries follow with funeral details in Beckley area. Public notices and business ads appear in the same column.
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Yarbro Yarbro
Hetty Jean
First Avenue
Aspermont
Texas
Hedrick ‘Hedrick
Robert H
Dry Hill Road
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Franklin
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Penn Penn
James Blaney
Mt. Hope
First Baptist Church
John D. Gray
James Thompson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Trotter Trotter
Ollie
Beckley
Central Baptist Church
R. I. Brown
Mayo Mayo
Marvella
Washingon
D. C
Elmer Day
Ritchie & Johnson. Funeral Parlor, Inc
Richmond
Theodore Elmer
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry
South Kanawha Street
Piuto
Norman P. Lilly
Plumley Mountain
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Sgro Sgroq
Pete Joseph
Tams
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunad Memorial Park
Fred X. Willams
Sophia
W. Va
Sprague
Oak Hill
Shady . Spring
MacArthur
City Avenue
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Miss Beck
Malcolm
al Witt
Wreck
Mountaineer
Mfhp-Arh, Inc
Viveca
Hollywood
Vivebea Lindfers
Jormed Barbra Streisand
Robert Redford J
Oscar Underwood
Beexley
W.va
Poinsettias
Dias Floral Taya Sry
Thornton Hionists
Mercper
FL. T
Prince St—Pheat
Cirtsville
Walker
Robert L. Davis
Pee Yy Newspapers
W. Lively
E. Lowell Foley
Sam G. Foley
Cavat
Call
Gene Crone
People’s Finance Co
Prince ST. PH
Professional Directory
Andy’s Lock Shop
W. Ph
J & F Builders
Wright
Rey Crab Orchard
W. Carpentry Ae
Randy Bowling
Halstead’s
P&m Plumbing & Heating CO
iBeckley
Iwell
Egat
Danone
Paul
Money Back Guarantee
Holt Plumbing and Heating Co
Valley Drive North
Raleigh
J. C. Shumate
Coal City
Joney
the Rock
INEY
Ighest
Ja Campbell Music Co
Eis
Della Sumner
Riley St
Ms. Brockhoff
Would
Woo
L. E. Thompson
Wood Ave
Will Wayne Wheeler
Crab Orchard
Will Elizabeth Simmons
Glen White
Sarah Pack
Beaver
Clinical Referrals, Inc
Charleston
McCreery
Kanawha
Beckley Newspapers Corp
BNC
Prince St. Beckley
W Va
Will Sarah Roles
Mabscott
Clarence Pinson
Eccles
Will
Laddie Sadford
Melon Street
I Beckley
Miss Rogers
Wash. D. C
Jan Campbel Music
Beactician
Harper Road
Hock
Charles’ House
Care
Iee Corp
Bainbridge
Arnold Dodge
Opportunity
Temple Street
Kirk
N. Valley Drive
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Jis
Pennsylvania
A. A. Smalara
Jones and Fine Steel Corp
California
Beckley-Mullens
Beckley, W. A
Roy Smith
Dearing Brothers Prosperity
Silver Moon
E. S. Woodard
Rt 3
Ringgold
Louisiana
U. S. Army
Emerzy Mar
AKC
Boston Texier
Raiso Axc
Yorkie
St Bernard
Boston
Glenna Sarjeez
Wolf Creek
Alc
Radford
Oar W. VA
Scott's Toy Kennels
Ruth Kidd
AXC
Farmer’s Market
Lesale
Tony’s
Pass
WHO
Wye Plantation
Benny Boone
Rt. 1
Boxie Hinton
IFOR
Glastron
J. P. Mercury
Hay For Sale
Lilly’s Drugs
STOCK
Webster Illustrated Dictionaries
Beckley Post-Herald
The
Raleigh Register
Dial
Ted Seers
Pepper Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Carnival
Seth Thomas
Aladdin
Stoel
iWest Virginia Bmionvaineer and Lacy
Emitry
John Henry
Richwood
Buntington
Moose
American Legion
Indiana
Avors
Southern Cross
Wilson
Kanawha St
Phare
ROYAL
Nelson
Frise’ Ae Lawton
Warren Furniture
Honda Plaza
Hoover
Son
S. Kanawha
Kirby
jElectrolux
Eureka
South Kanawha ST
Beckley Glass ( CO
City Ave
Gerts
Blue Lee Rent ‘Electric
G. C. Murphy Co
Ea i
Foster Hardware
South
Kanawha Street
BOLT
Gene Church Crab Orchard
F&m
Calloway
Hts
John W. Eye CO
Valley D. S
Mother & Father
Youth Corps
Wyoming County Court House
Pineville
Air Force
McCormick
United States Air Force
Pangburn
N. Eisenhower
Lilly
Lilly’s
No. Eisenhower
F&m Furniture
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