Deaths And Funerals Dolly Butler 44 Princewick dies of heart attack
Dolly Josephine Butler 44 of Princewick died in a local hospital at 4 10 am today from an apparent heart attack. Born June 8 1920 in Raleigh County she was the daughter of Fannie Lilly Farley Sullivan and the late Jack Bolen. Survived by husband Charlie four brothers Hodge Bolen Princewick Bruce Bolen Josephine Sammy Bolen Beso ca Eugene Bolen Pickshin two sisters Mrs. Alice Lilly and Mrs. Edna McKinney Coal City and half sister Mrs. Bessie Jennings Odd. Funeral services will be at 1 pm Sunday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley. Burial in Bowers Cemetery Coal City. Friends may call after 1 pm Saturday at the funeral home.
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Dolly Josephine Butler
Princewick
Raleigh County
Fannie Lilly Farley
Sullivan
Jack Bolen
Charlie
Hodge Bolen
Bruce Bolen
Josephine
Sammy Bolen
Besoca
Eugene Bolen
Pickshin
Alice Lilly
Edna McKinney
Coal City
Bessie Jennings
Odd
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Bowers Cemetery
Final rites for Adolphus Fitzgerald held at Hilltop Church
Adolphus Fitzgerald 88 of East Main Street Oak Hill died Thursday after a two month illness. Funeral at 3 p m Saturday at Hilltop Methodist Church with Reverends C D Walker and Paul Hawkins officiating. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Survived by wife Garnette Alice Lego Adkins Fitzgerald four sons Rupert Carlyle William James four daughters several sons daughters siblings thirty grandchildren six great grandchildren and many others. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 4 p m today. (RNS)
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Adolphus Fitzgerald
East Main St
Oak Hill
Hilltop Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Paul Hawkins
Hilltop Cemetery
Fitzgerald
East Oak Hill
Virginia
Hill Top
M. Set. Edward
Air Force
Port O'Connor
Texas
Robert
Huntington
Kenneth Adkins
Troy
Ohio
Ada Lucas
Tyree Funeral Home
Fisher Services for Rude Osborne Fisher
Rude Osborne Fisher 79 of Beckwith will have a 2 p m Saturday service in the Emma Chapel Liberty with Rev Ralph Bonnette in charge. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Fisher died Wednesday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born in Putnam County he was the son of the late Christ and Dollie Bailey Fisher. Survivors include his wife Ella R Fisher a son Rude Fisher Jr of Akron Ohio three daughters Genesevaoe Dayton Aldred Haynes Stow and James Perkins Ak ron a sister Emma King Dunbar and three grandchildren. The body remains at Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville where friends may call after 4 p m today and will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral.
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Rude Osborne Fisher
Beckwith
Emma Chapel
Liberty
Ralph Bonnette
Church
Fisher
Ce Omery
Putnam County
Christ
Dollie Bailey Fisher
Methodist Church
Ella R. Fisher
Rude
Fisher Jr
Akron
Ohio
Genes
Garten
United Mine Workers of America
Daisy
William
New York
Clarence
Marion Jackson
Clara Mae Poore
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elizabeth Wright
Route 1
Fayetteville
Lena
Claudia
Gail
James
Lena Allen
Greenwood Memorial Park
Johnson
Leverns
Summers County
Raleigh County
Mary Johnson
Beckley
Emmett Johnson
Anna Lewis
Cora Johnson
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Oscar Harrison Lucas
Ansted
Thomas Funeral Home
Paul Morris
McVey
Victor
Lucas
Ripley
Carter County
Pete
Mary McGown Lucas
Perry Lucas
Prosperity
UMWA
RNS
John Wesley Falin
Central Ave
Melton
Wesley Grose
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Clinchport
Edna E. Cox Falin
Eccles
H. C. Falin
Falin
Eccles Mines
Itmann
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Virginia Falin
Sidney Falin
Blanche) Buchannon
John W
Chloie) Thomas
Newark
Del
Brenda Falin
Palmer Falin
Cincinnati
Richard
Carrie) Fleming
Eugene
Bascom
Gertrude Fleming
Melton Mortuary
Poore Funeral Rites Held At Mount Zion Church
Clinton Lee Poore 58 of Garten died Wednesday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services at 2 p m Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with burial in Rotan Cemetery Fayetteville. Surviving: Daisy and six daughters, two sons, two brothers, three sisters. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home after 4 p m Saturday. Also notices for Mrs Vivian Barker McCoy 58 Oak Hill who died en route to Oak Hill hospital. Burial plans incomplete. Survivors include husband, son, daughter, brothers, sister, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Clinton Lee Poore
Garten
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Vivian Barker McCoy
Oak Hill
Boone County
Shannon
Virginia Price Barker
Charles C. McCoy
David Bowles
New Bern
N. C
Virginia Richardson
Denny
Ottawa
Garnie Barker
Obituary notices from Beckley area residents dated weekend
Multiple obituaries list J T Mann 87 of Piney View died after three months illness. Survived by widow Bernie, son Lotus of Louisiana, daughters Irene Tompkins Vernon TX and Vera Woods Maude Oak, plus siblings in Alabama. Funeral arrangements at Clay Cemetery Eccles. Also notes Johnson of Summers/Raleigh counties, Oscar Harrison Lucas of Ansted, John Wesley Falin of Beckley, with burial plans and survivors including spouses, children, and siblings.
George Norton Dies After Short Illness At Home
George Norton 66 of 204 Hunter Street died early today at his home after a brief illness. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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George Norton
Hunter St
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
George W. Ross Dies at 65 of Apparent Heart Attack
George W. Ross 65 of 104 Canada Street died Thursday at 12 30 p m from an apparent heart attack. Born January 17 1900 in Henry County Virginia he was a retired miner and a member of UMWA Local 5952. Survived by wife Nannie and children Matthew Ross James Ross Margaret Wilkes Mozell Walker Lea Esther Hairston two brothers and 22 grandchildren. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
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George W. Ross
Canada
Henry County
Quincy
Sis Ross
UMWA
Nannie Ross
New York City
Matthew Ross
New York
James Ross
Beckley
Margaret Wilkes
Mozell Walker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lea Esther Hairston
Helen
Thomas Ross
Glen White
Marshall Ross
Long Island
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Richard G. Johnson at noon
Funeral services for Richard G. Johnson, 58, of East Beckley, will be held at noon at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home with Elder Leroy Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at a local cemetery, with arrangements by the funeral home.
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Richard G. Johnson
East Beckley
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Leroy ‘Stewart
James Rogers Funeral Rites Held for 75 Year Old Man
Funeral services for James Rogers 75 of 203 H Street were conducted at Central Baptist Church Sunday with Rev. Edward Abram and others officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include eight daughters, four sons, two sisters, two brothers, and 16 grandchildren. friends may call at Gan Funeral Home after Saturday noon.
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James Rogers
H St
Central Baptist Church
Edward Abram
G. A. Carter
Eugene Wiley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Grace Booker
Philadelphia
Ruth Stovall
Beckley
Carollyne ‘Lucy Winn
Washington, D. C
Hattie Elder
Italy
Alice Parnell
Betty J. Rogers
Charlotte S. Rogers
Pauline B. Rogers
Windell
Cleveland, O
Albert
Great Lakes
Ill
Larry
Germany
David
Fort Campbell
Pearl S. Gay
Apex
N. C
Axxie Swatz
Newport News
Lindsey
Hubert
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Ida Walton Dies After Heart Attack at Hilltop
Mrs Ida Walton 72 of Hilltop formerly Mount Hope died on arrival at a local hospital at 4 30 p m Thursday cause an apparent heart attack She was a member of First Baptist Church Mount Hope born in Connie County Va December 12 daughter of the late Mackey Albert She had three sons Walter Walton Lel and Robert and Hubert of Mount Hope five daughters Mrs Mackey Quick Mrs Alice Sickler Mrs Eunice and another Mrs Joanne Chappelle Huntington and Mrs Eddy Patterson Hilltop Four brothers Walker and Charles Albert both of Lynchburg Va Junious Albert Charlottesville Va Three sisters Mrs Nancy Arnett Mrs Otalia Coles and Mrs Sarah Pryor Charlottesville Va 14 grandchildren Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
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Ida Bell Walton
Hilltop
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church of
Connie County
Aa Mackey Albert
ae _ am Walton
Leland Robert and
Huert Ny
Mackey Quick
Alice Sickler
Eunice A
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joanne Chappelle
Huntington
Eddy Patterson
Walker Albert
Charles Albert
Lynchburg
Junious Albert
Charlottesville
Nancy Arnett
Otalia Coles
Sarah Pryor
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Young West Virginia Democrats Plan August Beckley Convention
Joe Rodriguez state director and convention chairman of the Young Democratic Club of West Virginia presided at a Charleston gathering to start organizing the state Young Democratic convention slated for Beckley in August. The meeting outlined initial plans and committee assignments for the event.
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Joe Rodriguez
Young Democratic Club of
West Virginia
Charleston
Young Democratic Convention
Beckley
Father Charged With Murder in Fire Deaths
In Ferndale Michigan a father Harry M Belcher 32 was charged with first degree murder for the deaths of his wife Katherine 35 and six children in a Jan 25 house fire. He remained in jail without bail after a mute arraignment as investigators called the fire non accidental. Victims included Dawn 9 Melody 8 Matthew 6 aged 5 Jeffrey 3 and Daniel 2. A neighbor rescued Belcher from a downstairs room amid flames.
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Ferndale
Mich
UPI
Harry M. Belcher
Earl Nash
Oakland County
Pontiac
Belcher
Detroit
Katherine Belcher
Dennis Lukasik
Lukasik
S. Jerome Bronson
Belchr
Dawn
Melody
Matthew
Eaeet
Jeffrey
Daniel
SSAC Revises Policies For Co curricular Activities
The SSAC plans revisions to rules governing high school athletics musical events literary and forensic activities and other matters. A citizen's committee study and a key recommendation drive the review with a report due before July 1. The probe followed criticism over prohibiting the Weirton High Band from attending the New York World's Fair because of a rule, a trip funded by NBC was barred for missing a regional festival.
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Smith
SSAC
Weirton
National Broadcasting Company
Bills Seek Restrictions on Trading Stamps and Sunday Hunting
A clipped report outlines bills by Dels. Varney and Simpkins of D Mingo to limit selling stamps as tax to merchandise cost and to permit Sunday hunting with unloaded firearms. Sens. Smith of Cabell and McKown of Wayne push raising the state road commissioner salary from 14000 to 22500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dels
T. S. Varney
Robert L. Simpkins
Dmingo
Llyle Smith
D-Cabell
C. H. McKown
Dwayne
Legion Chaplain Dies in Tarpon Springs
Rev. Lindsay Burt, 74, chaplain of the West Virginia American Legion, died Thursday in a hospital at Tarpon Springs. A former Methodist minister, he had retired from the pulpit and helped organize the Legion Post at Littleton.
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Tarpon’ Springs
Fila
UPI
Lindsay Burt
West Virginia Department of the American Legion
Wetzel County
American Legion
Littleton
De Gaulle's UN Reform Proposal Widens Rift With U S France
Stewart Hensley reports from Washington that Charles de Gaulle's plan to let Red China participate in UN reform widens the U S French policy split. He also calls for a gold standard and removal of dollar and pound as international exchange bases, prompting Johnson to caution on UN effectiveness and U S France disagreements.
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de Gaulle
Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
United Nations
France
United States
Southeast Asia
Paris
U.S
Asia
Johnson
NATO
U.N
U.S. Treasury Department
De Gaulle Plan Aimed At Geneva Talks Rejected
The United States finds De Gaulle's proposal for a five power Geneva conference including Red China unacceptable. It would grant Red China U N A seats now held by Nationalist China and seeks to repeal the 1950 General Assembly crisis procedure when the Security Council is paralyzed by a veto.
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de Gaulle
U.N
United States
Red China
U.N. Assembly and Security Council
China
General Assembly
Security Council
Bundy in Saigon Holds Talks With Khanh on Vietnam
White House aide McGeorge Bundy met Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh on a fact finding mission to South Vietnam amid tensions over the political crisis. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor described the talks as warm and cordial after Khanh earlier snubbed Bundy.
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Khanh
Bundy
Johnson
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Taylor
Saigon
Legislature Debates Bills On Cruelty To Children Penalties
Lawmakers move three bills to the floor including harsher penalties for cruelty to children. Eleven bills advance in the Senate and 16 in the House, with actions to outlaw strip mining set retirement at 70 for state workers and to reform funeral director licensing and officiary duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Dynamite Laden Barge Explodes Killing Five Men
A large dynamite laden barge at an electrical plant construction site in Crystal River Florida exploded injuring a sixth man. Five workers aboard the barge and two nearby were killed or injured after about 1000 pounds of dynamite detonated. Windows were blown out as far as a half mile away and the blast could be heard for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal River
Fla
Man found in snow on Mabscott Hill identified
A man found lying in the snow on Mabscott Hill Monday night is James E. Smith, not John Smith as earlier reported. Both men reside on Spring Street in Beckley.
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Mabscott Hill
James E. Smith
John Smith
Spring Street
Beckley
Vertical Takeoff Plane Gets Test
VPS Dallas reports the XC-142A hybrid aircraft performed its first public flight at the Dallas Naval Air Station. The tilt wing craft, built by Ling Temco Vought, demonstrated vertical takeoff and hovering like a helicopter then transitioned to forward flight at 430 mph. Five units are for military testing with potential civilian uses cited by LTV officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
VPS
Dallas Naval Air Station
Ling‘Temco-Vought
LTV
John Konrad
Konrad
Murder Trial Continues In Second Day Of Court
Lemuel Richard son faces murder charges in the Lee Smith case as Dr. M M Ralston testifies on chest injuries and lung damage. Witness Trooper Monk describes the scene at Eccles with Richardson and Maloney found ill and Smith under a pile of rags. Prospective jurors were delayed due to capital punishment views. Basil Smith recalls seeing Richardson assault Lee Smith on a railroad track and the visit of Jim Brash prior to the incident.
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Lemuel Richardson
Lee Smith
Eccles
M. M. Ralston
Richardson
Tom Maloney
Skelton
Joney
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Ralston
Smith
T. C. Monk
Department of Public Safety
Monk
R. A. Perry
Basil Smith
Maloney
Jim Brash
Smith Brothers
Violence Near Railway Track Ends In Assault
Four men were present as Richardson drank but no trouble occurred. Richardson and Maloney went to Byrd Milan’s apartment behind the Smith unit, then seen near a roadside area. Smith described Maloney striking Lee on the railroad track, knocking him from the rail, Brash fleeing under railroad cars, and Richardson stomping his brother as Maloney lunged at Smith.
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Richardson
Maloney
Byrd Milan
Smith
Lee
Brash
Morally Compatible Birth Pill Reported in Boston
UPI reports Dr. Harold M. Groden of Walpole Massachusetts, a Catholic father of 15, developed an inexpensive pill to regulate fertility by a 10 day monthly hormone regimen. He says the method is compatible with Catholic morals and would cost about 1.75 dollars per month after extensive testing.
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Boston
UPI
Harold M. Groden
Walpole
Mass
Warming Trend Heads Eastward
A warming trend ends Arctic siege in the Midwest as warmer air crosses the Midlands toward the Atlantic. The northern plains report their warmest temperatures in over a week with Minnesota above zero for the first time in eight days. The Northeast sees the cold retreat, while the West Coast endures storms and winds with central California rains triggering gale warnings. Honolulu swells suffer flash floods after torrential rain, a child feared drowned. Heavy rains hit south Texas Thursday.
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United Press International
Midwest
Midlands
Atlantic States
Plains
Minnesota
Appalachians
West Coast
California
Point Arena
Calif
Tatoosh
Wash
Honolulu
South Texas
Record WV game wardens arrest 560 in December
Charleston reports West Virginia game wardens logged 560 December arrests, the most in department history, surpassing 523 from 1963. Officers racked 100,000 miles, 1,500 walks, and contacted 43,000 people as fines topped thousands for light, license, and unloaded gun violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Natural Resources Department
Col. J. Allen Woodburn
Vicanaes
Impoper
Inc
Five Car Collision Kills Man in Parkersburg
Gay Moore, 54, of Parkersburg died Thursday in a five car crash on a bridge. Paul Florence, 47, of Mineral Wells, a Wood County Commissioner, was critically injured as an out of control car struck four other vehicles before hitting Moore’s small car.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Gay Moore
Paul Florence
Mineral Wells
Wood County
Moore
Senate OKS Year-Round Coon Dog Training Bill
Nashville UPI: The state Senate unanimously passed Sen Gene Stewart's bill authorizing year round training of coon dogs in Madison County. Sen Ray Baird voiced reservations asking why coon dogs in Stewart's county should receive preferential treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Animism Belief Described as All Things Having Spirit
A brief note explains animism as the belief that every object and phenomenon possesses a spirit. This view attributes consciousness to natural and inanimate elements being part of a connected spiritual world.
Y Continues Racial Policy At Bluefield YM-YWCA
Bluefield YM-YWCA board keeps segregation policies intact amid planned civil rights march on February 13. Civil rights workers from Virginia Tennessee North Carolina West Virginia and Kentucky plan to join the protest. A future review of policies is anticipated as demonstrations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
UPI
Bluefield Ym-Ywca
Ed S
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
Kentucky
United Press International
C. Anderson Davis
Negro Youth Leader Seeks Lift of YMCA Picketing Injunction
Princeton following Mercer County Circuit Court hearing request by John Nettles NAACP youth leader from Bluefield State College to lift December ordered restrictions on picketing at the segregated YMCA in Bluefield. Nettles urged a Feb. 15 hearing as he plans a Feb. 13 state wide March on Bluefield to protest segregation. judge did not act immediately amid talks with YMCA leaders. The injunction barred entry to YMCA property and limited picket numbers after a December demonstration in which three demonstrators were arrested and a window broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
API
Mercer County Circuit Court
Ym-Ywca
Bluefield
John Nettles
Bluefield State College
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Morton Wagner
Nettles
YMCA
Zenith Heir Topsy Thursday Death Sequel Report
Zenith Heir Topsy Thursday announced concurrence with detectives listing McDonald’s death as self inflicted. Green asked pathologist Dr Louis Hirsch to review whether another method could explain the youth’s demise. Justice of the Peace Toby La Vetter convened a coroner jury to view the body and inspect the youth’s surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Green
Brucker
Louis Hirsch
Justice of the Peace
Toby la Vetter
Integration 173 Negroes Protest Courthouse March
A group of 173 Negroes gathered Thursday to protest voter registration procedures and vowed action at a mass meeting.
Republicans boycott Johnson plan hearings in push for changes
Three Republican members led by Rep. Charles E. Goodell walked out of a subcommittee session while Democrats pressed ahead with the Johnson education aid bill. Goodell said there was insufficient time for proper consideration and vowed to return Monday to argue before the full committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Berlin Wall To Be Opened For Easter Visit Periods
West Berliners may visit East Berlin relatives from April 12 to 25 and May 31 to June 13. Each eligible person can visit once per period, with passes valid 7 a.m. to midnight. About 800000 West Berliners are eligible for the two Easter and Pentecost windows.
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J. T. Mann
Zeclectus
Toby Mann
Piney View
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Ala
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Bernie Mann
Lotus
Louisiana
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