Wills seeks party renomination for Beaver JP post
T H Herb Wills a 12 year Beaver justice of the peace filed as a Democratic candidate to succeed himself in the May 10 primary. A veteran WWII Navy radio operator and former coal miner and cobbler he is a Beaver native and Shady Spring HS graduate married to Evelyn Fritz.
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T. H
Herb” Wills
Beaver
Raleigh County
Wills
U. S. Naval Training School
University of Wisconsin
Lincoln
Shady Spring
Thomas J. and
Lottie Wills
Evelyn Fritz
Funeral services for Beckley natives set for Saturday
Death notices announce funeral services for Harry Penn formerly of Beckley to be held at 1 p m Saturday at Young Street Baptist Church Charleston with Rev R A Banks. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Ann Penn died after a brief illness. Trent and Smith Funeral Home Charleston in charge. Final rites for George Robert Miller 27 formerly of Beckley to be at 2 p m Saturday at St Matthews AME Church East Beckley with Rev R A Lewis. Miller died in an auto crash in Cleveland Jan 31. Survivors include his mother Mrs Jobbie Miller Beckley two brothers Charles and John H and two sisters Mrs Hamblin and Mrs Betty Johnson Cleveland. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to his mother's home today at 5 p m.
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Harry Penn
Washington, D. C
Beckley
Young Street Baptist Church
Charleston
R. A. Banks
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ann
Trent and Smith Funeral Home
George Robert Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Betty Johnson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites for Carl Guinn set at Union Valley Baptist Church
The funeral for four year old Carl Guinn will be held Sunday at Union Valley Baptist Church with Rev A A Young officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Park. The child died at home after an incident involving his mother and stepfather from Whitby. The body will be at the residence from 5 p.m. Saturday until the service.
Lee McCormick Funeral Services Held for Local Resident
Funeral services for Lee McCormick 61 of 707 S Oakwood Ave will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel Rev Allen H Herr officiating Burial will follow in Calfee Cemetery McCormick died in a local hospital at 1 a m Thursday after an extended illness Born in McDowell County August 18 1898 he was a son of the late William and Nannie Norris White A semi retired engineer for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates he worked at Glen White and Helen His illness led to semi retirement He was a member of the Moose Lodge Survivors include two sisters Mrs Mary Meyers Crab Orchard and Mrs Florence Chase Youngstown Ohio and a stepbrother John White The body will remain at the funeral home until the services</_tag>
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Dott
Orville Hurst
Ina Thomason Hurst
Venka
Lowery Air Force Base
Colp
Glen E. Thomason
Navy
Keywest
Fla
Clayton Lilly
Lashmeet
Lee McCormick
S. Oakwood Ave
Calfee Funeral Home
Allen H. Herr
Calfee
McCormick
McDowell County
William and
Nannie Norris White
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Glen White
Helen
Moose Lodge
Mary Meyers
Crab Orchard
Florence Chase
Youngstown
Ohio
John White
Final rites for Joseph C Farley conducted Saturday
Funeral services for Joseph C Farley will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev W G Nichols presiding. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Beckley Aerie 2377.
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Joseph C. Farley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
W. G. Nichols
Sunset Memorial Park
Order of Eagles
Beckley Aerie
Lee Owen Skaggs Funeral Held In Hico
Lee Owen Skaggs of Ansted died at 8 p m Wednesday after a long illness aged 77 He was a retired coal miner and Jehovahs Witnesss member Services were at 2 p m today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses Hico with burial in Steele Cemetery Ramont He is survived by three sons J C Cubby Ansted Russell B Fayetteville and Kenneth D Victor four daughters Mrs Barbara Pinke Ansted Mrs Edna Cataldi wark Del Mrs Charlotte ey Ansted and Mrs Elma Redmond Fairmont plus 18 grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Owen Skaggs
Ansted
Kingdom Hall
J. C. (Cubby
Russell B
Fayetteville
Kenneth D
Victor
Barbara Pinke
Edna Cataldi Wark
Del
Charlotte Ey
Elma Redmond
Fairmont
Funeral services for John E Panes in Raleigh
Funeral services for John E Panes 73 of Raleigh will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at St Johns Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev W M Freeman and Rev H E Davis officiating Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery He died Wednesday at home after a long illness The body will be removed from Parlor to the church one hour before services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Panes
Raleigh
St. Johns Baptist Church
W. M. Freeman
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Eanes
Ritchie and Johnson
Elbert H Woods Dies in Veterans Hospital
Elbert H Woods aged 72 of 1333 Washington Street E Charleston died this morning shortly after admission to the Veterans Administration Hospital. Trent Funeral Home will handle arrangements.
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Elbert H. Woods
Washington Street
Charleston
Veterans Administration Hospital
Trent Funeral Home
Gaylord V. Hurst Rites Planned at Rich Creek Church
Funeral services for Gaylord V. Hurst Lasheneet will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Rich Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Thomas officiating. The arrangements call for burial in the parish cemetery and include pallbearers from the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord V. Hurst
Lasheneet
Rich Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Thomas
Final rites for Cheryl Bowling in Coal City
Two year old Cheryl Bowling daughter of Bernard H and Virginia Todd Bowling of Coal City will be buried in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after rites at 2 20 p m Saturday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel J S Bowling to officiate She died Thursday night at Sacred Heart Hospital Richwood from pneumonia Survived by parents a brother Ronald and four grandparents all of Coal City Funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Bowling
Bernard H
Virginia Todd
Coal City
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
J. S. Bowling
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Ronald
J. W. Todd
B. W. Bowling
William James Taylor Funeral Services in Quinnimont
William James Taylor 79 of Prince dies after long illness in Veterans Administration Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Quinnimont Baptist Church with Rev. Leon Sims in charge. Burial in Quinnimont Cemetery. Survivors include a niece who made his home with him and nephew Melvin Taylor of Washington D C. Trent Funeral Home in charge, body to be at church one hour before service.
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William James Taylor
Prince
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Leon Sims
Harlem Heights
Quinnimont Cemetery
Taylor
Veterans Administration Hospital
Melvin Taylor
Washington, D. C
Trent Funeral Home
Pre Natal Clinic To Be Wednesday
A prenatal clinic will be held at the Raleigh County Health Department on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. Dr. A. D. Belton will be the physician and will see only those with appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
A. D. Belton
Wave Sweeps 10 From Destroyer
A Coast Guard cutter took aboard two injured sailors and landed them at Little Creek Virginia. They were transported by ambulance to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Navy said sea trials were routine to assess if further action was needed before mothballing. No cause given for the mishap and Atlantic Fleet HQ had no information on the accident or weather. Three destroyers from Newport and ships from Norfolk continued an all night search aided by flare planes from Elizabeth City Coast Guard and Oceana NAS.
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Coast Guard
Little Creek
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Navy
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Newport
Borie
Soley
Norfolk
Elizabeth City
N. C
Oceana Naval Air Station
Food Handler's Conference Set in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Food Service Personnel Conference will meet at the Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Plant 700 South Oakwood Ave from Tuesday Feb 23 to Friday Feb 26. Attendance at one session is required unless personnel have attended at least two conferences. All food service personnel must obtain a permit. Sessions run 10 am and 3 pm daily with emphasis on morning sessions and fewer attendees Wednesday afternoon.
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Raleigh County Food Service
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
Oakwood Ave
Health Department
Food Service
W. B. Hume
Dr Barbara Moore completes 1000 mile walkathon
Dr Barbara Moore, a vegetarian physician, finished a 1000 mile march down Britain from John O Groats to Land's End in 21 days. A crowd of about 10000 greeted her, and she intends a coast to coast solo trek across the United States funded by herself, not by sponsors.
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Land’s End
England
Barbara Moore
Britain
United States
John O’groats
Scotland
Moore
Three Men and Juvenile Held For Store Burglary
Three men and a juvenile were booked at the Raleigh County Jail at 9 25 p m Thursday charged with breaking and entering. E T Browning and Trench Kirk of Dorothy, Jackie Bonds of Whitesville, and the juvenile face entering the Dorothy Company Store charges. Arresting officers were a Raleigh County deputy sheriff and Whitesville state police.
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Dorothy
Raleigh County
E. T. Browning
Trench Kirk
Jackie Bonds
Whitesville
Dorothy Company
Thompson released from Raleigh County Jail on peace warrant charge
Woodrow Thompson of Colcord was released from the Raleigh County Jail at 1 p.m. Thursday after serving time on a peace warrant charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Thompson
Colcord
Raleigh
Doctor's Murder Trial Near Crisis in Finch Case
Los Angeles AP reports Dr. R Bernard Finch faces a life crisis in a murder trial over his wife Barbara Jean Finch shot outside their home last July 18. He claims she drew the gun herself and accuses a planned divorce plot. prosecutors allege he plotted the killing with his secretary Carole Tregoff and accomplice Jack Cody.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
Carole Tregoff
Carole
Jack Cody
Finch
Mrs. Finch
Barbara
Grant B. Cooper
Death toll in 1958 accidents and fire losses drop
The 1958 accident toll totaled 91,500, with deaths from one or two incidents. The traffic death count fell 900 from 1957 and ranged nearly 2,000 below 1956, while motor travel rose by five percent. Eight air carrier accidents killed 198 passengers and 28 crew. In first eight months of 1959 rail deaths reached 1,346 versus 1,437 in 1958. Fire losses preliminarily estimated at $1.047 billion, down 1 percent from 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Autoists Beat Rob Wayfarer in Robbery On Route 1
William Weaver 57 was beaten and robbed by two young men after a staged ride offer. They forced him into a car, tied his hands, gagged him, and stole five ten dollar bills from his wallet before leaving him by a gravel road. He was later found by passersby and taken to a hospital.
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Parkersburg
William Weaver
Weaver
Injured Workers Treated At Beckley Hospital
Two patients treated Thursday at Beckley Hospital were James P. McGraw of Winding Gulf with an injured right knee from work for Winding Gulf Coal Co and Michael S. Minter, son of Colie Minter Hull Sr., with a neck injury from a basketball game.
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James P. McGraw
Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Michael S. Minter
Colie Minter, Hull Sr
Tunnel Under English Channel Feasibility Report
Paris AP reports that engineers will say next week the Channel tunnel project is technically feasible. If construction begins this fall, trains could run through a double-line passage within five years.
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Paris
English Channel
House Debates Longer Benefits and School Aid Bill
The Senate passed a measure to bolster county funding for school support by requiring a 50 percent assessment level and enabling counties to transfer levy power to the school board if needed. The Senate also defeated a bill stripping the State Medical Licensing Board of discretion to grant permits to foreign medical graduates, keeping current board authority intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
State
West Virginia
Or Board
Bus Board
Raleigh nurse Mrs St Clair in satisfactory condition
Mrs Viola St Clair of 219 Dorcas Avenue Raleigh County health nurse is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital where she was admitted on Thursday for treatment.
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Viola St Clair
Dorcas Ave
Raleigh County
Raleigh General Hospital
Examinations Set For Census Workers
Examinations for crew leaders and field reviewers for the sixth Congressional District will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday February 10 at the Beckley office Charleston District supervisor Claude R Underwood will oversee the exams Sayre Raleigh County will have 82 enumerators for the April 1 population count with leaders to be chosen after Civil Service tests and interviews
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Beckleyst
Siphone Sayre
Republican
Claude R. Underwood
Charleston
Sayre
Raleigh County
Bazzarre Enters Race For House Of Delegates
T E Bazzarre of 210 Parkwood Drive filed as a Democratic candidate for the Raleigh County House of Delegates. The former Skelton postmaster and store manager paid a $10 filing fee. He is a salesman and field representative who outlines plans to improve streams, schools, roads, natural resources, taxes, mining unemployment, and tourism, and to serve general welfare without special interests. He is a Baptist, Mason, Shriner, and Elk, born May 15, 1896 in Dolly Ann Virginia, with seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Bazzarre
Parkwood Drive
House of Delegates
Skelton
New River Co
Raleigh County
Bazzarre
Raleigh
The
Shrine and the Elks
T. M
Hettie Mae Lee Bazarre
Dolly Ann
Washington Institute
Chicago
Low Moor
Aa Bazzarre
Minnie H. Black
Justice of the Peace
Dan Dahill Seeks State Senate Seat In 7th District
Charleston AP reports Dan Dahill files for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate in the 7th District. The filing list includes Walter C. Stonestreet of Fairmont in the 14th, L. M. LaFollette of White Sulphur Springs for Congress, and multiple candidates for statewide party posts and conventions across Republican and Democratic lines.
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Charleston
Del
State Senate
Cahill
McConne
Walter C. Stonestreet
Fairmont
L. M. LaFollette
Robert M. Bean
Huntington
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
Howard R. Lurie
Weirton
Richard W. Barnes
Wellsburg
Rex Keith Bumgardner
Clarksburg
John G. Cody
W. Hill
Williamson
Patricia S. McCormick
Logan
Alma Hess Ferguson
Harrisville
Rose L.tinsley
Gauley Bridge
Fred Justice
Wayne
William F. Staats
Mullens
Florence Cline
Palestine
G. L
Jerry) Chafin
Delbarton
Andy C. Louise Myers
Oscar Nelson Jr
Lewisburg
176 Flu Like Cases Tallied In Raleigh
The weekly health report for the week ending January 30 shows Raleigh County with 176 influenza like disease cases and 15 chickenpox, one measles case, three mumps, one streptococcal infection and one gonorrhea. The state total was 18,157 with Kanawha at 2,100 and Preston at three. Wyoming County led influenza like cases in the county list with 160 and reported one tuberculosis case two infectious hepatitis cases and one syphilis case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Department of Health Disease Control
Raleigh County
Kanawha County
Preston County
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Magazine Praises West Virginia While Byrd Slams Post
The January issue of Industrial Development Magazine extols West Virginia for its industrial potential, citing proximity to markets, power, labor, and transport links. Senator Byrd defends the state against Post criticisms, condemning a derogatory quote about migrants and noting alleged reporting errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Saturday Evening Post
Industrial Development Magazine
Don Crislip
the Post
Carl L. Sullivan
Kaiser Aluminum Plant
Ravenswood
National Magazine
Jouett Davenport Jr
Warsaw Pact backs Khrushchev on arms cuts call
The Warsaw Pact nations pledged no firm cuts but noted a 2.6 million force reduction since 1955. Khrushchev said the communique marks a turning point, and leaders emphasized personal diplomacy and hopes Eisenhower will visit the Soviet Union next summer to improve East West relations and peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Soviet Union
NATO
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Ussr
United States
Six Candidates File Certificates for Local Offices
Three Democratic hopefuls for constable filed certificates with the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk this morning. Harry T. Milam seeks Trap Hill District, John Pate targets Shady Spring District, and William Ezra Short aims for Clear Fork District. Additional filings include Roy L. Childs for Justice of the Peace in Shady Spring and Jean Lucas for Republican Executive Committee in Town District. Harold W. Blake filed for the Board of Education.
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Raleigh
Trap Hill
Harry T. Milam
John Pate
Beaver
Shady Spring
William Ezra Short
Dorothy
Clear Fork
Roy L. Childs
Glen Morgan
Jean Lucas
Crescent Road
Shortening The News Contd: War Fears and Local Incidents
Rep Byron Johnson warned of plans to kill, during a House debate on chemical and biological warfare. Vandals damaged two famous McNay paintings in San Antonio, estimated at 7500 dollars. Singer Tommy Sands signed for a draft call in Houston, with a late summer call anticipated. State briefs report a hoax bomb at Lincoln Junior High in Charleston, a Wheeling area bid for ABC authority, a Cabell County grand jury indicting two ex policemen, and a Pittsburgh federal grand jury convicting six men of conspiring to fly stolen firearms to Cuban rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron L. Johnson
Dole
McNay Art Institute
San Antonio
Tex
Charles Deas
Raoul Dufy
Tommy Sands
Selective Service
Los Angeles
Houston
Lincoln Junior High School
Charleston
Wheeling-Steubenville
Congress
American Broadcasting Co
CBS
NBC
Cabell County
Charles B. Miller
Lewis Moreland
Pittsburgh
Morgantown
Smoke fills Rainbow Grill no fire found in Beckley
Firefighters answered a noon call to The Rainbow Grill on Neville Street as smoke filled the establishment owner Fayze Corey turned in the alarm. Origin unclear but believed from the heating system. Firemen remained on scene until smoke cleared and returned to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Rainbow Grill
Neville Street
Fayze Corey
West Virginia Legislature Deliberates as Session Near End
The 30 day West Virginia session nears its close with five working days left the House approving a measure to empower an interim committee to study undertakers. Delegate Cruikshank notes loosened advertising restrictions. The governor has not requested a severance tax to fund his program, and a Saturday session is planned amid efforts to push the budget, while citizens await action.
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West Virginia
Cruikshank
D-Clay
Nhe
Pappy
New “Crime Commission
Ohio County
Panhandle
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T. H. “Herb” Wills
Carl Guinn
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A. A. Young
Greenwood Park
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Will Smith
Whitby
John E. Eanes
AD Lips
Larry Hurd
Dr. Moore
B&e
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Rob Wayfarer
Beckley Hospital
Joseph M. Handlan
Wood
Wilson Anderson
Kanawha
Walter A. Holden
Harrison
Hans McCourt
Webster
Glen Taylor
Mingo
Raymond Vassar
Lewis
Ralph J. Bean
D-Hardy
Dan Dahill
Wiliam A. Beckett
Richard P. Baylor
Hinton
Dayton R. Stemple
Philippi
State Supreme Court
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Post
Mountain State
Warsaw Pact
Krushchev
Harold W. Blake
Cabell Heights
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