Varney Named Mingo Sheriff
Williamson UPS Varney was named by the Mingo County Court to replace Sheriff Howard Chambers. The court had appointed Varney previously but the action was invalidated by the West Virginia Supreme Court. Chambers faced removal after the high court ruled he could not serve due to serving as deputy to his late father.
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Williamson
UPS
Thomas Varney
Mingo County Court
Howard Chambers
Varney
West Virginia Supreme Court
Chambers
High Court
Supreme Court
Thurman Chambers
Young Demos Seek VP Vacancy in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Young Democrats Club will accept Vice President Bill West's resignation tonight and name either Jim Green or Bill O'Neal to the post. Chairman Mrs. J D Brakefield says Green and O'Neal are the only candidates and the group meets at 6 30 p m in the assessor's courthouse offices, with a regular meeting at 7 30 p m in the Criminal Courtroom.
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Raleigh County
Young Democrats Club
Bill West
Jim Green
Bill O'Neal
J. D. Brakefield
Green
O'Neal
Jurors Excused Until Monday By Judge Knapp
Raleigh County Circuit Court jurors were excused until 9 a.m. Monday by Judge Norman Knapp. A trial begun this morning in a suit by Lacy Hardin of Coal City settled before verdict. Defendants, Danny Joe Lusk Edith Lusk and Ken eth Lee Kelley C C Kelley faced an accident on Soak Creek May 15 1960. Settlement terms not disclosed. Dearman vs Winding Gulf Coals was dismissed as compromised. A motion to continue Reitz II vs Thurman's Garage et al was granted.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Lacy Hardin
Coal City
Danny Joe Lusk
Edith Lusk
Beckley
Keneth Lee Kelley
C. C. Kelley
Sophia
Soak Creek
Hardin
Grandma Moses Portrait of Fame and Fortune in 1939
The artist Grandma Moses earned up to $10,000 a picture as fame grew in 1939, yet she remained grounded as a farm woman. She painted over 1,200 oil works, including an unfinished piece titled Beautiful World, and drew memory into simple rural scenes. Moses had five children, 12 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren, with famed works like The Checkered House All Is Still and The Old Oaken Bucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Moses
St. Etienne
New York
Now You Know Collapsed Ford Theater Aftermath
United Press International reports the Ford Theater, famed as the site of President Lincoln's assassination, collapsed on June 9, 1893, killing 22 people and shocking the nation.
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United Press International
Ford Theater
Lincoln
Gorrell Funeral to be Held in Raleigh Church
Funeral services for John Gorrell 68 of Raleigh will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev H E Davis and Rev Elmer Day officiating Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park Gorrell died in a local hospital Tuesday twenty two days after his wife Lena died November twentieth He was a retired coal miner born April 9 1893 in Greensville NC He was a member of St John's Baptist Church and United Mine Workers Local 5821 Layland Survivors include two daughters Naomi Mae Spencer Detroit Michigan Laurestine Hairston New York City one grandchild and three great grandchildren The body will be moved from the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before the service
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John Gorrell
Raleigh
St. John’s Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Gorrell
Lena Gorrell
Beckley
Greensville
N.C
United Mine Workers of America
Layland
Naoma Mae Spencer
Detroit
Mich
Laurestine Hairston
New York City
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Bailey Mills
Elm St
Calloway Heights
Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church
Beaver
Charlie Cox
J. S. Bowling
Kenny Lilly
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Mills
Barkers Ridge
Henry
Mary Shrewsbury Mills
Raleigh County
New River Co
Primitive Baptist Church
Almeda Mills
Preston Mills
Basin
Orvil Cox
Mrs CorDelia Campbell Martin Funeral Services
Mrs Delia Campbell Martin of Harper Road dies after heart attack at a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p m Friday at The Methodist Temple with Rev J B F Yoak and Dr J W Witherspoon officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial. Survived by two brothers Hubert M Helmintoller of Concord NC and Luther B of Fort Lauderdale FL. Keyser Bryant Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers named include William R Sigmund Robert P McLean Walter White Clarence Carte Lee Summers M A Johnson Oakley Dunn Beverly Hume.
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Cordelia ‘Delia’ Campbell Martin
Harper Road
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral notices from Raleigh County honor several locals
Obituary items report Bailey Mills 77 of Calloway Heights dying after a long illness. Services at Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church Beaver with burial in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Also listed are Albert Amick 63 Oak Hill with services at Pleasant Hill Methodist Run a, Tyree Funeral Home arranging, and Retta Hall 77 Ansted with final rites at Boomer Methodist Church.
Collie Webb Funeral Services Set in Dothan
Collie Webb 72 of Dothan dies Tuesday in a Clarksburg hospital after a long illness. A retired timberman and World War I veteran born February 22, 1889, in Dothan, he is survived by sister Mrs. Alice McAllister of Okanogan Washington. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Dothan Community Church with burial in Bragg Cemetery. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. transported to church an hour before services.
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Collie Webb
Dothan
C. H. Painter
Bragg
Webb
Clarksburg
Alice McAllister
Okanogan
Wash
Final rites for Roosevelt E Rogers held in Oak Hill
Roosevelt E Rogers 61 of Oak Hill died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev John S Winters in charge. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Martha son Jackson Lee Rogers Oak Hill daughter Mrs James Mathews nine brothers and three sisters. Friends may call after 2 p m today at the funeral home.
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Roosevelt E. Rogers
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
John S. Winters
High Lawn Memorial Park
Rogers
Church of God
Martha
Jackson Lee Rogers
James Mathews
Lamont
Chesapeake
Roncevert
Bloomingrose
Bernard
Mount Hope
Fred
Miami
Fla
Warren
San Leandro
Calif
Harold
Dayton
Ohio
Edward
Doylestown
Clarence
John Rogers
Akron
Pearl Warden
Sarah Mahoney
Glenna Roman
Infant Girl Matthews Found Dead At Home
Bobbie Jean Matthews, month old daughter of Robert and Eddie Jean Treadway Matthews, Stotesbury, was found dead in her bed at 6 am. The infant appeared to have suffocated with no marks on the body, a funeral home spokesman said. A doctor will determine the cause. Born November 14 in Stotesbury, she is survived by parents, two brothers Robert Lee and Richard, a sister Rose Ann, paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matthews, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Treadway. The body lies at Williams Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Bobbie Jean Matthews
Robert
Eddie Jean Treadway Matthews
Stotesbury
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Robert Lee
Richard
Rose Ann
Robert Matthews
Roy Treadway
Oak Hill
Final rites for Howard Miller 64 East Park
Howard Miller 64 of Eighth Street East Park will have funeral services at Welcome Baptist Church East Park at 1 p m Saturday with Rev Archie Johnson officiating. He died Tuesday at 3 30 p m en route to a local hospital after a short illness. Born May 1 1897 in Mayberry he was a member of Welcome Baptist Church and United Mine Workers Local 5771 Stotesbury. Survived by sister Mrs Alice Watkins Northfork. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor handling arrangements.
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Howard Miller
Eighth Street
East Park
Welcome Baptist Church
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Miller
Mayberry
United Mine Workers of America
Stotesbury
Alice Watkins
Northfork
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites for Nick Uzelac held in Oceana
Nick Uzelac 78 of Glen Rogers died Tuesday at his home after a heart condition. Funeral services were set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Evans Funeral Home Chapel in Oceana with Rev. William Lusk officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Prosperity. He was born December 14, 1883 in Hungary.
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Nick Uzelac
Glen Rogers
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
William Lusk
Final rites for Ernest W. Amick in Fayetteville
Ernest William Amick 78 of Fayetteville died Wednesday at the Board of Maintenance Education Building. Final rites set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville Methodist Church with Rev. Charles S. Thompson in charge. Burial in Huse Memorial Park with Masonic services. Born April 1, 1883 in Nicholas County. He was a member of the local community.
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Ernest William Amick
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Charles S. Thompson
Huse Memorial Park
Amick
Board of Maintenance Education
Nicholas County
Montgomery Man Benjamin Roberts Dies at 68
Benjamin H. Roberts, 68, of Montgomery, died at 4:25 p m Tuesday after a monthlong illness at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body lies at Hooper Funeral Home in Montgomery.
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Benjamin H. Roberts
Montgomery
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hooper Funeral Home
Walter G Eanes Funeral Service in Sophia
Walter Gol en Eanes 57 of Sophia dies after long illness at his home. Funeral at Sophia Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Webb and others in charge. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial. Body to be moved from Williams Funeral Home to his residence at 3 p m. Pallbearers named.
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Walter Golen Eanes
Sophia
Sophia Free Will Baptist
Wade Webb
F. C. Calhoun
J. Elbert Perkins
R. H. Doan
Blue Ridge Memorial
Gar- Eanes
Williams Funeral
Troy Martin
Glen Paisley
Arnold Meadows
Thurman Jamison
0. R.sturgill
Paul Hurley
C. C. Car‘man
Lee Crawford
Final rites for Mrs Mae Harmon held at Coal City Church
Mrs Mae Harmon 62 of Coal Ridge will be buried in Coal City Cemetery after services at 2 p m Saturday at Coal City Community Church led by Rev Glade Sparks. She died Wednesday at 1 45 p m at her son Earl Harmon’s home following a long illness. Born November 11 1899 she was the daughter of Noah and Mary Darnell McCoy. Her husband Brooks Harmon died in 1959. Surviving are son James of Roanoke Va stepson Clyde in Jewel Valley Va two daughters Christine Bennett of MacArthur and Rebecca Tincher of Oak Hill three brothers Henry McCoy Narrows Va Roy McCoy Sullivan and Clarence McCoy Bradshaw one sister Mrs Charlie Davis Brad…
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Mae Ellen Harmon
Coal Ridge
Coal City
Glade Sparks
James Harmon
Roanoke
Clyde Harmon
Jewel Valley
Clyde
Christine) Bennett
MacArthur
Robert
Rebecca) Tincher
Oak Hill
Henry McCoy
Narrows
Roy McCoy
Sullivan
Clarence McCoy
Bradshaw
Charlie Davis
Brad
Federal raid targets organized crime under new racketeering law
Maxwell said the raid marks one of the first salvos under the new anti racketeering statutes to stamp out organized crime and racketeering nationwide. He described the operation as large extending into Ohio and led by the Intelligence division of the Internal Revenue Service with FBI agents and U S marshals, aided by a new Justice Department Organized Crime Section coordinating federal agencies. West Virginia and Ohio gambling interests were linked to the alleged numbers operation.
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Merce
Maxwell
Ohio
Justice Department
Robert Kennedy
U. S
Intelligence
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
West Virginia
Burchett seeks funds to expand troopers and fleet
Burchett announced a $2.7 million budget request for the next fiscal year to hire 35 troopers and 20 civilians. Civilians would handle clerical work to free troopers for patrol and investigations, with a 10 percent pay rise sought for civilians. He urged release of a 3 percent state reserve to buy new cruisers.
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Burchett
Department
Permit Issued for Room Addition at 514 Hunter St
Beckley City Recorder approved a building permit on Wednesday for Lem Hannah to add one room to his home at 514 Hunter Street. The builder listed is Van, with construction following city code and timelines.
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Lem Hannah
Beckley City Recorder
Hunter St
Van
Parole Violator Booked At Jail
James Buckland of Price Hill was confined to the Raleigh County Jail at 12 10 a m on a parole violation charge. Guy Goode of Beckley was arrested by a constable at 9 45 p m Wednesday on a peace warrant. Primus Games 50 of Beckley was cited by City Police at 1 30 p m Wednesday on permitting his dog to run loose. James Q Smith Jr of Stotesbury was released from custody at 1 45 p m Wednesday after executing 500 bond on a capias warrant. Donnie Williams of Beckley released at 12 15 a m today after serving time on a petit larceny charge. Thomas Lynch of Beckley released today at 7 a m after serving a shoplifting sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buckland
Price Hill
Raleigh
Guy Goode
Beckley
James Q. Smith Jr
Stotesbury
Raleigh County
Katanga War Crisis Deepens as UN Planes Land
The UN authorized force if needed to restore order in Katanga as 20 UN planes landed at Elisabethville with 1,800 Ethiopian soldiers and war material. Thant rejected Britain's ceasefire appeal, pledging defense of Katanga’s independence amid ongoing mortar fire that damaged the French consulate and Benedictine headquarters.
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Katanga
U.N
Elisabethville
Thant
Britain
Brussels
Bunche
Ralph Bunche
Leopoldville
Northern
Rhodesia
U. N
Moose To Entertain Children Sunday at Beckley Lodge
Santa Claus will again visit Beckley on Sunday for the annual Christmas party for children of Moose Lodge No.1606 members. Secretary W D Nace says about 1 000 children are expected, with Santa gifts and refreshments. The party starts at 2 p m in the Moose Lodge ballroom, chaired by William Aurednick.
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Santa Claus
Beckley
Moose Lodge
W. D. Nace
Santa
William Aurednick
Beckley Fire Responds to Fumes at Austin Avenue
Beckley firefighters were dispatched to 112 Austin Ave at 3 10 a m on a report of fumes from an overheated motor. Emmett Davis, the resident, reported the issue and responders found the motor overheating with minor damage to the rate area.
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Beckley Fire Department
Austin Ave
Emmett Davis
Construction Co. Completes Project at $600 Cost
A local project finished by a construction company at a reported total expenditure of six hundred dollars. The completion reflects standard progress for the year and confirms budget adherence by the contractor.
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Ney Construction Co
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