Deaths and Funerals Final rites for Carl William O Neal
Final rites are set for Carl William O Neal 33 of Prince to be conducted at 2 30 p m Tuesday at his home with Rev Earnest Barley officiating Burial will be in Stamford Cemetery O Neal died Saturday evening in Huntington after a long illness He was a watchman for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Prince and a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way He was born March 28 1908 at Newland son of the late Jack and Minnie Goodman O Neal Surviving are his wife Blanche Skaggs O Neal three sons James Dan Harold William three daughters Betty Gillian Janice Barbara four brothers Herman O Neal Salem Va four sisters Mrs George Ruff Mount Hope Mrs Hershel Davis Route 1 Mount Hope Mrs Raymond Taylor Rupert and Mrs David Kirby Johnstown Ohio and three grandchildren The body was taken from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to his home at 2 p m today following a heart attack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl William O'Neal
Prince
Earnest Barley
Stamford
O'Neal
Huntington
Bluff
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Newland
Jack
Minnie Goodman O'Neal
Blanche Skaggs O'Neal
James
Dan
Harold William O'Neal
Betty Gillian
Janice O'Neal
Barbara O'Neal
Herman O'Neal
Salem
George Ruff
Mount Hope
Hershel Davis
Route 1
Raymond Taylor
Rupert
David Kirby
Johnstown
Ohio
Tyree
Final rites for William Lee Williams held in Athens
William Lee Williams aged 68 of Wilmington Delaware and formerly Athens will be honored with funeral services at 2 p m Tuesday at the Athens Methodist Church with Rev Charles Roth and Rev Bill Brown officiating Burial will follow in Athens Cemetery Williams a longtime dairy farmer and Mason was a member of Cord Lodge 48 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Royal Arch Masons No 26 Bluefield Commandery Bluefield Knights Templar and Beni Kedem Shrine He was born December 28 1877 in Athens son of the late Allen and Mary Jane Bolin Williams His wife Sally Thomas preceded him in death A brother John Williams Beckley survives arrangements are handled by Seaver Mortuary Princeton (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee Williams
Wilmington
Del
Athens
Bluefield Commandery
Bluefield Knights Templar
Beni Kedem_ Shrine
Charleston
Allen
Mary Jane Bolin Williams
Sally Thomas
John Williams
Beckley
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Mrs Donnie Lambert dies at 65 in Beckley hospital
Funeral services for Mrs Donnie Jane Lambert 65 of Clifftop were held in East Rainelle at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Cash Brooks in charge. Burial followed at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Jane Lambert
Beckley
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Cash Brooks
Wallace Memorial
Clintonville
Funeral arrangements for Victor Toney in Beckley
Victor Toney 41 of Madeira Beach Fla formerly of Beckley is believed dead after his body was found in the Gulf of Mexico about 60 miles from St. Petersburg. A spokesman said the body will be shipped from Florida to Beckley for autopsy and completion of investigation. He was born February 20 1920 in Prosperity the son of Inez Short Toney and the late Dorsey L Toney. He worked in Beckley before moving to Florida and later crewed on the fishing boat Playboy which remains missing. Surviving are his mother two sisters Mary Toney and Doris Yancey and a brother Earl. The body will be returned to Melton Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Toney
Madeira Beach
Fla
Beckley
Gulf of Mexico
St. Petersburg
Florida
Prosperity
Inez Short Toney
Mankin Ave
Dorsey L. Toney
Woodrow Wilson High School
Toney
Playboy
Mary Toney
Hugh
Doris) Yancey
Earl, Beaver
Melton Mortuary
Ida Williamson final rites held in Reedsville NC
Final rites for Mrs. Ida Williamson of Reedsville North Carolina were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today. She was the aunt of Dr. Robert J. Howard of 259 South Heber Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Williamson
Reedsville
N. C
Robert J. Howard
S. Heber St
Dorman Miss Willie Mae Dorman dies in Virginia hospital
Miss Willie Mae Dorman age 74 of Lewisburg died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 10 55 a m The body is at Loving Funeral Home Covington Virginia pending completion of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mae Dorman
Washington St
Lewisburg
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Loving Funeral Home
Covington
Mrs Isabel Lester Funeral Service Planned
Mrs Isabel Lester, 51, of Bud, will have final rites at 1 p m Tuesday at her home with Rev John Rinehart of Mullens presiding. Burial follows at Hickory Ridge Cemetery, Cajah Ridge. She died at 6 a m Sunday at home from an apparent cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Lester
Bud
John Rinehart
Mullens
Hickory Ridge
Micajah Ridge
Lester
Death Notices and Obituaries Spark Local Figures
Jeffrey D Terry seven week old son of Walter and Virginia Short Terry died at 10 p m Saturday. Survived by sister Mary Elizabeth half brother Walter Short and half sister Betty Jo Short all at home. Body at Sam Fogleman Funeral Home Mullens. John R Killgore Sr 59 publisher of Rosebud News died of apparent heart attack in New York while attending a meeting of the National Association of Postmasters. Jerome V Jefferds 70 middleweight boxer known as Bayonne Globe Trotter funeral today died of heart attack. He boxed as Jeff Smith and traveled the world promoting boxing including France Australia and Africa. Fred Marcellus Sickler 82 pioneer Alaskan first to photograph the Northern Lights funeral services pending today Vista California. Carey Wilson 73 pioneer movie director funeral services today Hollywood died Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Dewayne Terry
Walter
Virginia Short Terry
Mary Elizabeth
Walter Short
Betty Jo Short
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
New York
UPI
John R. Killgore Sr
The
Rosebud
Tex
National Association of Postmasters
Mount Holly
N. J
UPID
Jerome V. Jefferds
Bayonne Globe Trotter
Jeff Smith
Jefferds
France
Australia
Africa
Seneca Scout Leaders Plan Exposition Meeting
Seneca District scout leaders and committeemen are urged to attend a district meeting at 7 p m today in the Beckley Newspapers Corp library. Robert L Amick district chairman says final plans will be made for the Scout Exposition February 24 at the Beckley Recreation Building with Doyle Minter and Bernard Green in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Robert L. Amick
Beckley
Doyle Minter
Bernard Green
Traffic Deaths Hit by Railway Freight Train Near Williamson
A 30 year old man Bobby Overman of Wheelersburg Ohio was fatally injured when his car collided with a Norfolk and Western Railway freight train at a crossing near Williamson. Two other persons were injured in the two car crash near Ansted Fayette County on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk & Western Railway
Williamson
Bobby Overman
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Ansted
Fayette County
Cuba Faces U S Clash Over Marxist-Leninist Cuba
Officials of Castro regime dubbed Washington imperialist and colonialist while Afro- Asian nations back their bloc’s stance. The Afro-Asian majority in the UN showed interest but viewed the dispute as Cuba versus United States. An American source notes Africans and Asians were reluctant to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Communist Bloc
Washington
Cuba
United States
Robert W Hess Reported In Very Poor Condition At Raleigh General
Robert W Hess 73 of 203 Clyde Street is listed in very poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital after an asthma attack Sunday afternoon. Beckley Rescue Squad responded to a 3:15 p.m. call and transported him to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Hess
Clyde St
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Science shrinks piles without surgery new remedy
A new healing substance named Bio-Dyne, discovered by a world famous research institute, is claimed to shrink piles without surgery and relieve itching and pain. Marketed as Preparation H, available as suppository or ointment with a money back guarantee through druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
Suspected souped-up car linked to Calif. bombings
Police seek the driver of a dark sedan with chrome exhausts for questioning after bombs exploded outside two ministers in the San Fernando Valley. The Rev. John G. Simmons and Rev. Brooks Walker spoke at a meeting on radical right threats. Guards were posted for all speakers and threats targeted actor Robert Ryan and others. FBI and police note the bombs were identical and planted, not thrown, suggesting political motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
John G. Simmons
Marsha Hunt
KPFK
North Hollywood
FBI
United Nations Association
Ed Walker
William H. Parker
Four Escape Prison Camp
Four inmates escaped from Camp Fairchance at Moundsville Penitentiary’s honor farm. Charles E Rickwell 31 from Hardy County and Donald Chambers 28 Edward Smalley 29 from Marion County plus Mickey Vanater 31 a life sentence habitual criminal from Kanawha County were reported missing. Upshur County police hunted Willis E Wyatt 26 of Cleveland and Billy Gene Cobb 27 of Cowen who fled Buckhannon jail and were to be transferred to Moundsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
UPI
Camp Fairchance
Moundsville Penitentiary
Charles E. Rickwell
Hardy County
Donald Chambers
Edward Smalley
Marion County
Mickey Vanater
Kanawha
Upshur County
Willis E. Wyatt
Cleveland
Webster County
Billy Gene Cobb
Cowen
Buckhannon
Wyatt
Cobb
Stotesbury Brothers Pay Fines For Release
Robert and Everett Mathews, brothers from Stotesbury, were released from Raleigh County Jail after paying $23 fines on drunk enness and assault charges. Marion Ferguson of Beckley posted a $500 bond and waived to the grand jury on felonious assault charges after a bottle blow during a Sprague fight. Carlos Jackson of Piney View was jailed by Beckley State Police at 7:35 p.m. on charges of drunkenness and destroying property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Everett Mathews
Stotesbury
Raleigh
Marion Ferguson
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Ferguson
Sprague
Rodriguez
Carlos Jackson
Piney View
Beckley State Police
Pinecrest Bill Faces Medical Society Opposition in Legislature
Legislation for two state lung hospitals met strong opposition from the Raleigh County Medical Society and the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association. An amended bill now restricts admissions to other lung diseases only, preserving current names while limiting who may enter Pinecrest State Hospital and Hopemont State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Raleigh County Medical Society
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lewis
Pinecrest
Hopemont
Budget Bill Higher Bill Aged Aid Excluded By Senate
West Virginia Senate moves a $142.9 million budget for 1962-63, $1.64 million above the House allotment, but cuts Medical Assistance for the Aged. The measure reallocates funds among higher education, welfare, and health programs, with education boosts and notable increases for WVU and Marshall. The MAA remains removed from Senate numbers, with conferees to resolve the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Duhtlian Warlo
House-Senate
Senate
BPW
MAA
Welfare Department
House
West Virginia University
Marshall University
Business & Industrial Relations
State Road Commission
State Road Commission $6.3 Million (6.3); Economic Recovery Program
Department of Commerce
Thieves Steal $139 From TV Stamp Store
Beckley City Police investigate a weekend burglary at the Top Value Redemption Store. The thief forced entry by cutting a hole in a back garage door and released the latch to gain access, taking $139 in cash. Manager Henry Stamp Jr. found the desk opened when opening the shop today. police expect a full inventory check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Henry Stamp Jr
Stump
Dutch troop flights threaten supply lines in New Guinea
Dutch government sources feared ongoing publicity about troop flights would strain Holland’s limited supply routes, risking shortages for troops in New Guinea. The Dutch are replaced on an annual rotation basis to maintain forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
New Guinea
Frondizi Dictates Soft Cuba Policy Amid Military Watch
Argentine military leaders plan a meeting to discuss President Frondizi’s weekend speech defending a soft stance on Cuba. They expect no action if he honors a secret deal to break ties with Cuba promptly. Recall of Ambassador Amoeda anticipated after arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
UPI
Arturo Frondizi
Cuba
Frondizi
Havana
Julio C. Amoeda
Castro
New World
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Parana
Argentina
Uncle Sam
State Filings for State Senate District Seats
State filings over the weekend include Stanton H. Cady of Morgan Town Republican for 1st District. Charles L. Ihlenfeld of Wheeling and Kenneth W. Metz of Charles Town are Democrats seeking 14th and 16th District seats respectively. Sen Glenn Taylor of D-Mingo seeks re-election to the 6th District. Additional filings show A C Mazza of Clarksburg Democrat for 13th District, John J Cox of Milton Democrat for 5th District, Nye King of Huntington Democrat for 5th District, K Brent Johnson of Martinsburg Republican for 16th District, R E Bell of Manila Boone County Democrat for 7th District, and Earl C Stewart of Hurricane Democrat for 4th District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Nye King
Huntington
K. Brent Johnson
Martinsburg
R. E. Bell
Manila
Boone County
Earl C. Stewart
Hurricane
Five-County Dry Rally Set By Local Ministers
Beckley area ministers vote to hold a five-county dry rally at 7 30 p.m. February 22 at St Marys Methodist Church. Counties Nicholas Fayette Wyoming Summers and Raleigh join in opposing liquor by the drink. The action follows Rev C E Walker report to the association and four new ministers are welcomed into the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Nicholas
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Raleigh
C. E. Walker
Walter H. Griswold
New
Airmen Die In C47 Crash Near Greensboro
Seven airmen died when a C47 transport crashed and exploded after takeoff near Greensboro High Point Airport. The crew included Capt. Richard J. Rice and Capt. David L. Murphy among others. the plane was en route from McGuire AFB to Eglin AFB with a prior stop in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
API
Preston Presley
APO 12
N.Y
Knoxville
Tenn
D.J. Hughes
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
Richard J. Rice
Fort Walton Beach
David L. Murphy
Bloomfield
Neb
Thomas D. Carter
Helena
Ark
Bernard P. Terrien
Gillett
Wis
Robert H. Sanford
Greensboro High Point
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Eglin Air Force Base
Philadelphia
Eglin
Shafer pastor and family details from Beckley area
Shafer, pastor of Cook's Chapel Regular Baptist Church Pipestein, born 1927 in Bec ley, Navy vet and aviation electronics mate third class. Betty Corona Atkinson, former Lilly, has three children. Lilly born Flat Top 1896, daughter Edna Taylor, five children, Lilly taught school three years and worked in mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook’s Chapel
Pipestein
Becley
Lincoln
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson
Beckley College
Concord College
United States Navy
Atkinson
Betty Corona
Harry B. Atkinson
Lillian Lilly Atkinson
Lilly
United Mine Workers
Cranberry
Flat Top
W. Londa Lilly
House of Delegates
Edna N. Taylor
Escapee Huffman Recaptured Near Davis Creek
Clark Guy Huffman, 32, an escapee from Barboursville State Hospital prison farm, was captured Sunday by State Trooper R E Jones near his Davis Creek home. Huffman, jailed on a forgery charge, had escaped Saturday and was found driving a stolen prison farm truck with no resistance. He was returned to Kanawha County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Clark Guy Huffman
Barboursville State Hospital
R. E. Jones
Huffman
Davis Creek
Jones
Kanawha
APC Transfers Four To Charleston Staff
Appalachian Power announces that Edward F. Pioch Harry A. Wilton Jr Herbert Miller and Linda K Bryant move from Beckley to Charleston division engineering duties serving Charleston Beckley and Point Pleasant districts. Effective Feb 1 Pioch Wilton Miller and Bryant bring diverse backgrounds from draftsman to engineering roles with WW II service and ties to Beckley and surrounding areas. The four plan to relocate families to Charleston soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Joe P. Gills
Point Pleasant
Edward F. Pioch
Harry A. Wilton Jr
Herbert Miller
Linda K. Bryant
Pioch
Shortening The News: Race and Local Incidents
All-white school denial cited race. West Virginia brief notes Mrs Gladys Zinninger 56 of New Martinsville treated after United Airlines DC8 skid at New York airport. Tax limit likely not on November ballot as bills stall. West Virginia Water Co gains 48223 yearly rate increase affecting about 6000 Bluefield area customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Gladys Zinninger
New Martinsville
United Airlines
New York’s
International
House Judiciary Committee
West Virginia Water Co
Bluefield
Train Attacked By Terrorists Near Algiers
Algiers area attack by Tommy gunners on a government commuter train wounded at least six workers en route to Rocher Noir. The diesel line near Roubia, 18 miles east, had seen prior dynamite attempts but no prior train strike. Noemie Grayman, a 27 year old lawyer, walked into a police station claiming she was freed after kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
API
Rocher Noir
Roubia
Here
Noemie Grayman
Secret Army
Fayetteville Woman Injured In Oak Hill
Mrs. Malvine Adkins about 50 Route 2 Fayetteville was treated and released at Oak Hill Hospital Saturday morning after being struck by a car driven by Jerry James also of Route 2 Fayetteville. No charges have been filed against the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Malvine Adkins
Route 2
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
Adkins
Jerry James
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Milk Strike Nears One-Day Action Across Fairmont District
Milk workers walk out as of midnight Sunday, Fairmont reporting 12 drivers and three plant employees idle. Local 175 Teamsters president Eugene Carter notes a 208 to 94 vote in favor of the strike. Dairies arrange milk delivery to hospitals and institutions to avert shortages amid about 450 workers in Beckley, Charleston, and Logan. A new contract proposal was rejected by the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Eugene Carter
Charleston
Teamsters Union
Beckley
Logan
Grass fire at Black Knight Golf Course near Koch Street
Beckley fire crews battled a grass fire at the Black Knight Country Club Golf Course around 3 p.m. Sunday. Fire officials said two youths playing with matches started the blaze, which burned about three-fourths of an acre. the youths were not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Koch Street
False BMEWS Warnings Dwindle After Moon Reflections
A Defense Department report to the White House notes numerous false alarms from the BMEWS early warning radar near Greenland during five months. Moon reflections caused early errors, later corrected. Site II at Clear Alaska became operational, Site III at Fylingdales England pending completion, with average 20 minute warning time once full system is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Garwood Washington
UPI
America
Greenland
Defense Department
White House
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Defense
United State
Air Force
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Clear
Alaska
Flyingdales
England
Cool Ridge Man Nabbed Running Kanawha Moonshine Still
Federal agents raided a Kanawha County operation at daybreak Sunday uncovering a 185 gallon moonshine still in one of the area’s largest illicit liquor seizures in years. Eldon Farley of Cool Ridge Raleigh County and Dennis Lee Kirk of Hernshaw were arrested. the farm owner J W Marland leased the land and Farley tended apple orchards on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Eldon Farley
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Charles‘ton
Dennis Lee Kirk
Hernshaw
J. W. Marland
William C. Marland
Marland
Farley
Castro says embargo fuels exporting revolution
Castro claimed the U S embargo deprives his regime of dollars needed to buy food and medicines Kennedy would export to Cuba. He argued the embargo is a fear tactic to stop Latin American revolutions and warned workers and students across the region might imitate Cuba's example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
U.S
Kennedy
Cuba
United States
East German youths ordered to register for draft
East Germany's Defense Ministry ordered all youths aged 19 to 22 born 1940 through 1943 to register for compulsory military service within two months. ADN cited the call-up as part of a conscription law passed late last month with details to follow from military district authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
East Germany
East German
Defense Ministry
ADN
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Carl W. O'Neal
John W. Belcher
Nancy Jane Bishop Belcher
Archie
Willie
Ord
Mason
Harold
Frank
Roger
Mildred
Ray Belcher
Kenosha
Frank Belcher
Dora Whitt
Maryland
Liza Lester
Hanover
Linda
Ethel Lester
Ilene Altis
Unown
Mrs
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Jane Mitchell
Sylvia Street
Otha Robinson
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
William L. Williams
Donnie Lambert
Willie Dorman
Jeffrey D. Terry
Hollywood
Carey Wilson
Ree
Calif
Holmby Hills
Robert Ryan
Leonard Kaufman
Ryan
Bob
John Birch
Kaufman
Rita Moreno
John Raitt
Birch Society
Robert Welch
Stotesbury Brothers
Martha Wise
Marysville Reformatory
Blanchester Home
First Christian Church
Daniel W. Schiffbauer
William Wilson
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Waldo J. Jackson
West Virginia Baptist Convention
T. M. Waldron
Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Beckley-Raleigh County
B. L. Moss
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Elmer S. Wilson
First Methodist Church
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
L. A. Palmer
Raleigh County Temperance League
Shafer
APC
Pennsylvania
Bucknell Uiversity
Anna Ruth
Edward Jr
Karen Elaine
Maxwell Hill
Wilton
Scarbro
Mary Ann
Miller
Vine Street
Delores
Sherri Lynn
Bryant
Beta Sigma Phi and Children Inc
Robert E. Bryant
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
BMEWS
E. Reich
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