Home and Sport Show Slated May 10 13
Beckley Jaycees sponsor Home and Sport Show at Raleigh County Armory May 10 to 13 with commitments from Armory Manager Tom Minter and interest from exhibitors statewide. The group plans mailings to area merchants and discusses Salvation Army food lift and upcoming Jaycee events including regional, area, and state meetings in Clarksburg Lewisburg Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
A. K. Minter
Minter
Tom Minter
Jaycees
Salvation Army
Clarksburg
Fire Victim Unidentified in Charleston Home Blaze
An unidentified woman died in an early morning fire that destroyed the South Hills home of Harry Simmons, a 51 year old man jailed since Nov. 20 on a murder charge connected to a fatal beating last month. Neighbors say Simmons’ wife is missing and they doubt the victim is Mrs. Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County Grand Jury
South Hills
Harry Simmons
Simmons
Kanawha County
Grand
Coal City Boy 11 Given Date In Court
An 11 year old Coal City boy was released from Raleigh County Jail on orders of Juvenile Court Judge Harry L McCreery with instruction to return on the next juvenile day. He was surprised by the shop owner while breaking and entering a local shop and was placed in the custody of his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Talks Ahead of Kennedy Meeting Set for Major Review
The talks before Kennedy and Illan focused on disarmament and Berlin while the Western stance toward Russia remained in view. The conference also promised discussion of Congo Goa and West New Guinea with a businesslike agenda and few formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Illan
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Congo
Goa
West New Guinea
Floods Force Theater Closure and Widespread Displacement
Floods from a swollen creek forced a local theater to shut down as water rose through the building. Dozens of empty homes marked Flowood while residents evacuated to relatives or Red Cross shelters in Hinds and Rankin counties. Factories remained busy laying sandbags and preparing for potential boiler shutdowns at Knox Glass Co. Volunteers, including college students on holiday, joined efforts to hold the rising river at bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hinds
Rankin
Knox Glass Co
Seal Sale Tops $7,000 Today
The 1961 Christmas Seal Campaign in Raleigh County topped seven thousand dollars with $7,138.18 raised by today, including $126.65 in morning mail. Mrs. C. C. Lewis, executive director of the County Tuberculosis and Health Association, noted the total trails from last year’s $7,206.70 at this point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Morning Mail
C. C. Lewis
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
New Budget Form Explained for West Virginia Counties
A revised budget form, aligning with the federal accounting system, will take effect in the 1962-63 fiscal year for county boards of education in West Virginia. Six counties Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer, Summers and Greenbrier attended a meeting of county school superintendents and financial secretaries at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Raleigh
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Greenbrier
Charleston Parents Regain Sons Here
Two Charleston youths aged 14 and 15 were released from Raleigh County Jail at 11 p m Wednesday into their parents custody after running away Tuesday morning. Beckley City Police found them on Harper Road and brought them to headquarters where they were served hamburgers and soft drinks. City Police notified the Charleston department of the boys whereabouts, and they later escaped again through a back window after a brief stay, prompting another police pickup and county confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Raleigh County
Beckeley
Harper Road
Pemberton Man Executed Bond in Hazardous Driving Case
Ronnie E. Wilson, 20, of Pemberton, was released from Raleigh County Jail at 8:20 p.m. after posting a $16.50 bond to the City of Beckley on a hazardous driving charge. Arrested on Neville Street at 7:30 p.m., he was jailed by City Police. A Fayetteville man, James E. Persinger, was jailed Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. on interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. An 18-year-old soldier escaped from a Ft. Knox stockade work detail Monday and stole a car, driving it to his home, per U.S. Deputy Marshal. James Dowell of Pax was released at 12:15 a.m. today after serving a drunk driving sentence and lacking a state license. Andrew Radford of Rhodell, charged with assault and battery, was released at 8 p.m. Wednesday after paying fines before Magistrate J. K. Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie E. Wilson
Pemberton
Raleigh County
Beckley
Neville Street
Fayetteville
James E. Persinger
Ft. Knox
Stockade
U. S
James Dowell
Pax
Andrew Radford
Rhodell
J. K. Cole
Lumber Firm Seeks Judgment Over $349 in 1960 Lumber Sale
A suit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office seeks $349.60 from Ronald Wood of Prosperity for lumber bought in 1960 from M. E. Crisp Lumber Co. of Welch. Plaintiff is represented by Samuel Solins of Mullens. The debt was due November 1, 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Crisp Lumber Co
Welch
Raleigh County
Samuel Solins
Mullens
Ronald Wood
Prosperity Road
Paynent
Moss Hart Camelot Toronto Tryout Hospitalized Then Attends Broadway
Moss Hart, the Camelot creator, was hospitalized for weeks during the Toronto tryout but recovered to attend the Broadway opening. Bennett Cerf of Random House recalled Hart reading him a new comedy, predicting it would be Hart’s best work. Hart’s early hit You Cant Take It With You, with George S Kaufman, won a Pulitzer and led to The Man Who Came To Dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Bennett Cerf
Random House Publishers
New York
Hart
Cerf
George S. Kaufman
Dr Alvin Bowles Satisfactory at Raleigh General Hospital
Dr Alvin G Bowles of 1401 Harper Road is reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital where he has been receiving treatment since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin G. Bowles
Harper Rd
Raleigh General Hospital
Final rites for Col. Stuart Beckley in Arlington
Final rites for Col. Stuart Alfred Beckley of Arlington Va will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Myer Chapel Church Arlington with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Arlington and is survived by his wife Meta Spockman Beckley two children and four grandchildren. Also listed are relatives including Mrs Teelie Ralston Mrs Marie Jordan and William Robert Campbell II. A separate obituary notes funeral at 1 p.m. Sunday for Frank Ellis Atkins 65 of Beckley with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Atkins born July 8 1896 was a World War I veteran and longtime Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee. He leaves three sons four daughters a brother and five grandchildren. His body lies at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Alfred Beckley
Arlington
Alfred Beckley
Beckley
Myer Chapel
Arlington National Cemetery
Col. Beckley
M. M
Teelie) Ralston
Marie Jordan
William Robert Campbell II
Betty Beckley Campbell
Neville Street
Meta Spockman Beckley
Capt
Stuart Allen Beckley
Phyllis Beckley Geiger
Frank Ellis Atkins
Myers Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
D. W. Schiffbauer
Sunset Memorial Park
Atkins
Waynesboro
Barbara Ann Phillips Atkins
George Thomas Atkins
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Mary Ann Lynn Atkins
Franklin
Beaver
Kyle
Marlin
U. S. Navy
Cecil Pannell Funeral Services Held in Gauley Bridge
Funeral services for Cecil Shir ley Pannell 61 a lifelong Fayette County resident will be held at 2 p m Friday in the Combs Funeral Home Chapel Gauley Bridge with the Rev P E Vandercoy in charge Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died at 145 am Wednesday in Richmond McGuire Veterans Hospital after a long illness Survivors include wife Mary daughter Marie Treadway foster daughter Betty Boles two brothers Clarence and Earl a grandchild and three great grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home Pallbearers will be American Legion members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Shirley Pannell
Gauley Bridge
Oak Hill
Combs
Virginia Parrish Parnell
Union Carbide Metals Corp
Alloy
The
American Legion
ANL
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Smith
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Smith 67 of Summerlee died Wednesday night after a long illness. Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church Summerlee with Rev T D Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in Bays Cemetery near Summerlee. She was a Bethel Baptist Church member. Survived by her mother Mrs Laura Goodman Rainey Summerlee and two sisters Mrs Bill Smith Minden and Mrs Margaret Smith Oak Hill. Friends may call Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 7 p.m. today. Body to church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Summerlee
Bethel Baptist Church
T. D. Cochran
Daniels
Bays Cemetery
Beards Fork Miner Hiskle Gambill Dies at 52
Hiskle Rogan Gambill of Beards Fork died at his home at 9 a m after a long illness. A disabled coal miner, he belonged to United Mine Workers Local 4475 and was a World War II veteran. Survived by his wife Sallie Gambill, a son William III, three daughters Doris Jo Ann and Priscilla Gambill, his father William P Gambill of Hialeah Florida, four brothers Arthur Walter Charles Eugene and three sisters Audra Ayers Paul South and Willie Windstead. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiskle Rogan Gambill
Beards Fork
United Mine Workers of America
Priscilla Lucy Gambill
William P. Gambill
Hialeah
Fla
Arthur
Wilmington
Walter
Norfolk
Charles
Columbus
Ohio
Eugene
Audra Ayers
Orlando
Paul South
Willie Winstead
Virgie
Tyree
Oak Hill
William M Mitchell Final Rites for Mitchell
Final rites for William Moore Mitchell 63 of Bradshaw and formerly East Rainelle will be held at 11 a m Friday at Nickell Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle. Burial follows at Martin Cemetery Craig. Mitchell a World War I veteran and retired coal miner died Tuesday at home. He was born Alderson March 22 1897, son of G T and Maggie Smith Mitchell. Survivors include brothers Ernest McRoss Ray Grandview Everett East Rainelle and sisters Edna Hoke Logan Ohio Lola Puckett Rainelle. Body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moore Michell
Bradshaw
East Rainelle
Nickell
E. C. Wheeler
Martin
Craig
Mitchell
Alderson
G. T
Maggie Smith Mitchell
Daisy
Ernest
McRoss
Ray
Grandview
Everett Mitchell
Edna Hoke
Logan
Ohio
Lola Puckett
Rainelle
Funeral arrangements completed for Harvey Dillon
Harvey Dillon 65 of Whitesville died at home Wednesday from a heart attack. A retired miner, he was the son of the late Wright and Dillon. Survived by wife Pearl and six brothers, a sister, three sons Sgt Roger in Morocco, Eugene in Montgomery, and Roland at home, four daughters Ludiena Janice Eva Noble and Lula Bell Eayle, all of various locations. Body at Valley Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Dillon
Whitesville
Wright
Dillon
Pearl Dillon
Luther
Earl
Otie
Clyde
Carl
Colcord
Orville Dillon
Blue Pennant
Icie Hatfield
Detroit
Mich
Sgt
Roger
Morocco
North Africa
Eugene
Montgomery
Roland Paca
Ludiena
Janice
Eva Mae Noble
Lakewood
N. J
Lula Bell Eayle
Valley Funeral Home
RNS
Burdette Funeral Service Set for Mrs Pinie Ethel Burdette
Funeral services for 73 year old Mrs Pinie Ethel Burdette of South Charleston and formerly of Fayetteville will be held at 2 p m Friday in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev Lloyd Parkinson and Rev J A Crosier officiating Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Mrs Burdette died Wednesday at an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness She was born April 14 1888 in Fayette County a daughter of the late Rev J W and Winnie Legg She was a member of the First Baptist Church in South Charleston and the Sun Brier Leigh Auxiliary in Hinton Survived by a son Orval L Burdette South Charleston a daughter Mrs Paul Tosh Fort Lauderdale Fla five brothers and four sisters among others and four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinie Ethel Burdette
South Charleston
Fayetteville
Dodd - Payne Funeral Home
Lloyd Parkinson
J. A. Crosier
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
J. W
Winnie Burnside Legg
First Baptist Church
Sun-Brier-Leigh
Hinton
Orval L. Burdette
South, Charleston
Paul Tosh
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
L. B
Sanford, Fla
Z. H
G. C
Columbus
Ohio
Everett and
Raybourne Legg
Zella ‘Campbell
Eva Campbell
Linnie Legg
Eulah Tuggle
Pallbearers Named for Mrs Frances Christopher Funeral
The pallbearers for the funeral service of Mrs Frances Christopher, Prosperity, are Steve Suptic, Walter Walney, Earnest Walney, Elmer Walney, Rudolph Walney and Wallace Kincaid. A Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at St Francis de Sales Des Church at 16 a.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Christopher
Prosperity
Steve Suptic
Walter Walney
Earnest Walney
Elmer Walney
Rudolph Walney
Wallace Kincaid
St. Francis de Sales Des Church
Identified Hitchhiker Was Soldier on Christmas Leave
Authorities identified the young hitchhiker killed in a Madisonville traffic accident as Jerry Wayne Burk of Kingsport Tennessee, a soldier en route home for Christmas. He and 29 year old Robert Hallman of Marietta Georgia died when Hallman’s car slid on rain slick U.S. 4 and plunged over a 75 foot embankment into flames. Burk lacked ID so the sheriff appealed to media to help name him to avoid burial in an unmarked grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Tenn
Here
FBI
Jerry Wayne Burk
Kingsport
Burk
Robert Hallman
Marietta
Hallman
U.S. 4
Burke
Howard Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Little Girl Sues Santa Over Reindeer Bite Claim
Four year old Diane Petrillo of Mamaroneck sues Santa's Workshop Inc. of North Pole N Y for damages over six thousand dollars in Westchester County Supreme Court alleging a reindeer bite to her neck and chest during a June 27 1961 visit. Attorney is Jerome N Wanshel of Larchmont N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Santa Claus
Diane Petrillo
Diane
Santa’s Workshop Inc
North Pole
Jerome N. Wanshel
Larchmont
Westchester County Supreme Court
Planner Begins Outlining Beckley Comprehensive Plan
W LaBastille of Michael Baker Inc starts Beckley’s comprehensive plan, a 12 to 18 month effort. He gathers data on sewer and water, area economy, tax base, Board of Education, and other basics. Concrete proposals to zoning, subdivision rules, and parking solutions expected in about a year. The resident planner will relocate from Washington DC, timing around school holidays and Christmas travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. LaBastille
Michael Baker Inc
Beckley
Board of Education
LaBastille
Planning and Zoning Commission
Washington, D. C
Washington
Congo leaders clash then agree on Katanga deal
U.S. envoy and UN mediator avert break at Kitona as Tshombe and Adoula resume talks. An eight-point accord accepts May 19 1960 law forming a Congo federation with central rule from Leopoldville, unity of the republic, Kasavubu as chief of state, and central authority over all regions. Katanga representation to parliament and gendarmerie under Kasavubu, UN resolutions to be respected. Elisabethville cease-fire holds as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tshombe
Congo
Leopoldville
Republic of the Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo Republic
Katanga
Elisabethville
Kitona
Adoula
Guilion
Bunche
Drullion
Cuba rebels extend Escambray front in central Cuba
In New York Fleites, secretary general of the Escambray Front, says Castro troops kill peasants suspected of siding with the revolt. Menoyo reports the guerrilla band in Las Villas has persisted for a year with the front stretching about ten miles near Sancti Spiritus. Everado Salas named commander for the central region as isolated resistance grows and funds flow from Cuban Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mando Fleites
Escambray Front
New York
Fleites
Castro
Menoyo
Sancti Spiritus
Everado Salas
Las Villas
Fidel Castro
United States
Batista
Havana
Finger Injury Sidelights at Pocahontas Mine
Dayton Lusk of Montcalm was hospitalized at Bluefield Sanitarium after a finger injury in a Pocahontas Fuel Co mine accident at Itmann at about 4 45 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Rns
Dayton Lusk
Montcalm
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas
Truck Crash Near Moundsville Sparks Blue Law Talk
In June 1960 a Pittston pair survived a 530 yard off road crash after their dynamite-laden truck overturned near Moundsville, tearing 50 feet of guard rail. Huntington Baptist ministers urged a Sunday blue law boycott. John J. McDaniel, 33, of near St. Albans, died in a collision with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 60 near St. Albans, West Virginias 358th traffic fatality that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Redding
Frank Barnhart
Pittston
Moundsville
Huntington
John J. McDaniel
St. Albans
U.S. 60
West Virginia
UN Assembly Deplores Hungary Crackdown and Tibet Suppression
The United Nations General Assembly voted 49 to 17 with 32 abstentions to censure the USSR and Hungary over Hungary’s suppression of the 1956 revolt and pressed for Hungary officials to visit in Budapest. Separately, 56 to 11 with 29 abstentions, the body voiced grave concern over China’s forceful handling of Tibet. Indian Defense Minister Menon agreed to stay silent on the Goa incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion
Korea
Cuba
U.S
Ruanda-Urundi
Angola
U.S.S.R
General Assembly
Hungary
Russia
U.N
Thant
Budapest
China
Tibet
Dalai Lama
United States
Washington
V.K. Krishna Menon
Goa
Settlement Reached In Suit For Damages
A compromise settlement of 547.98 dollars for injuries to Jennie Dawn Massey was approved in orders by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp. The five year old was allegedly struck by a car driven by Waymon H. Payne in front of the New River Co. Store in Mount Hope August 2. Suit was filed by Berdie Lee Massey acting for her infant daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Dawn Massey
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Waymon H. Payne
New River Co
Mount Hope
Berdie Lee Massey
Phone Robbery Probed At Skelton Pay Phone Booth
State Police investigate a theft of 20.75 from a Skelton pay phone booth reported by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. The phone was destroyed and parts strewn for about 400 yards along railroad tracks toward Sprague. No arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Sprague
West Virginia Briefs Highlights Elections and Labor Strikes
In Bluefield two men Andy Anderson and Roy Eades were jailed for illegal liquor sales at the Red Barn Supper Club. In Williamstown James Cambridge challenges Mayor Edgar Piatt in the January 2 general election, with Cambridge leading 165 to 161. In Huntington the Standard Ultramarine & Color Co faces a union proposal to end a six week strike, details withheld. In Martinsburg Berkeley County schools report worker shortages hindering roadway approach improvements. only 10 workers could be provided under the public works program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
UPI
Red Barn
Here
Andy Anderson
Bluesfield
Roy Eades
Princeton
Williamstown
Williamson
James Cambridge
Edgar Piatt
Wood County
Cambridge
Piatt
Karl P. Morris
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
J. K. Randolph
First Aid Call in Beckley at Barber Avenue
Beckley Rescue Squad responded to 217 1-2 Barber Ave. at 11 45 a m today. Details were unavailable at presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Barber Ave
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Ing
Lewisburg
Bond
Moss Hart
the Complete Variety Store
Values
Crouse At
Ideal Gifts
Ib. Net
Garloo
Stutz Bearcat
G. C. Murphy CO
West Main Street
Col. S. A. Beckley
Frank E. Atkins
Cecil
Pannell
Mrs
Mary Smith
Hiskle R. Gambill
William M. Mitchell
Pinie E. Burdette
F. Christopher
Santa
Planner
Kasavubu
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
Edmund A. Gullion
Ralph Bunche
Belgium
United Nations
W. Va
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