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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1969
Page
1
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements list William Seelinger and others in Edmond Ansted Oak Hill and Welch areas. Details include burial sites Restlawn Memorial Gardens Morgan Cemetery Resthaven Park and High Lawn Memorial Park, with churches, lodge memberships and survivor lists across several towns.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Rev R L Nance of Princeton long illness at home born 1908 in Greenville S C pastored AME churches in Charleston Bluefield Elkins Beckley and St Matthew AME in Beckley Beulah two brothers Rev J W Nance Hartford Conn Rev Andrew Nance Baltimore Md sister Mrs Jessie Rogers Jersey City N J body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements Jersey Jackson 85 Winona retired miner United Baptist Church Winona born Ashland Va son Harry Washington DC daughter Mrs Mary Deshato Baltimore Md body taken to United Baptist Church Winona 1 pm today then to Virginia 6 pm Mrs Mary Lawshee 68 Dock St funeral Saturday 1 pm Central Street Baptist Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park body remains at Parlor 7-9 pm Friday Ezekiel Coles Sam Foglesong Chapel charges incomplete Clintonville End-of-the-Trail Cemetery Beckley death noted at Clintonville hospital body to Ritchie Neely Funeral Home Mullens and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley pending arrangements
Mrs Emma Jane Thompson 82 of Scarbro will be buried in Hilltop Cemetery after services at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill. She died Wednesday in Hilltop nursing home after a long Scarbro Methodist Church residence born December 21 1886 in Scarbro daughter of Willis and Jeney Canterbury. Survivors include three sons Alfred Elyria Ohio Oris Scarbro Homer Dunbar four daughters Marie Ford Flora Lewis Hilda Darby Mildred McClain two sisters Cordellia Lively Betty Tyree a brother Henry Lively 21 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren Puierak home after 2 pm Friday.
John A Atwood retired Norfolk and Western Railway shop worker died at 1 45 am in a local hospital after a long illness. Survivors include son Dale Edward Washington DC four daughters Muriel Gilbert Fayetteville GA Margaret Stephens Hampville GA Drema Beltz Columbus OH Benny Stratton Roselle NJ three brothers Robert Corrine Claude Beckley Harvey Stover PA one half brother Jesse Mullens Narrows VA three sisters Allie Rinehart Corrine Kathleen Lines Corrine Eunice Bell Roanoke VA one half sister Roxie Hale Narrows VA. Docketed at 2 pm Saturday at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church with Revs Calhoun Basham officiating. Burial Sunset. Pallbearers J W Wood Earl Wiseman Mates Sanger Charlie McKenzie J F Jarrett Rev Frat Facello. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 1 pm Friday.
President Nixon proposes scrapping political patronage in the Post Office, replacing appointments with open exams for top three scorers in postal jobs. Postmaster General Blount says the plan takes effect immediately. Johnson era nominations are being pulled. Senators Muskie and Hansen offer mixed views while Yarborough notes political balance concerns.
Charleston report that the House Finance Committee adjourned without voting on a bill to reorganize higher education administration after a heated debate. The bill, supported by Speaker Ivor Boiarsky, faced strong opposition from many of the 25 finance panel members.
Gov Arch A Moore Jr announced plans to name a new state workmen's compensation commissioner by week’s end following Senate concerns over thousands of monthly checks undelivered due to the missing signer. Former commissioner Cle tus Hanley resigned January 17, leaving an unpaid strain on injured workers. State Auditor Denzil Gainer resisted releasing funds without a valid signature, while others note the benefits are a vital income source for many claimants.
President Nixon said U S policy separates military and diplomatic issues to pursue progress in Paris talks on four fronts including UN mediation by Gunnar V Jarring and four power discussions at the United Nations He backed new Alliance for Progress initiatives and stressed careful troop withdrawal based on commanders’ recommendations and training progress in South Vietnam and the Paris negotiations He denied progress on arms control with the Russians and referenced plans for a gradual withdrawal of American and North Vietnamese troops from South Vietnam
Arab women in occupied areas stage demonstrations while leaders discuss talks on a possible Middle East settlement. The scene in Nablus and other cities shows clashes as security curfews tighten. An ally of the Palestinian women urged the United Nations to end massacres.
The Raleigh County Criminal Court began the trial of William Frederick Jones of Columbus Ohio for the Aug 5 1968 breaking and entering of Beckley Theater. Jones and William A Hudson of Hernshaw were arrested by Beckley Patrolman John Miller behind the theater.
The third weekly session of the talks featured Viet Cong envoy Tran Buu Khiem demanding the ouster of the U S backed Thieu regime and rejecting discussions on a mutual troop withdrawal or DMZ restoration. U S negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge said Washington would present ideas today, stressing future talks over blame for the start of the conflict.
Washington United Press International reports two West Virginians were named among Vietnam casualties by the Defense Department. Army Lt. Kenneth H. Shelleman of Huntington and Army Spec. 4 Bell Crigger Jr. of Williamson were identified as casualties in the official release.
A Mullens man, 2 year old, was booked in Raleigh County Jail on moonshine possession dog law violation drunken driving and property destruction and a female was ordered to appear in Beckley Municipal Court. In Beckley a 67 year old man faced two hit and run counts. Mt Hope men were jailed after an Oasis Tavern fight in Prosperity. A 18 year old was arrested for packages of meat theft at Kroger. A 31 year old Piney View man jailed on a showliftine charge and a 16 year old girl charged with trespass.
Magistrate Lorena Wallace said Clif ford is accused of taking items valued at $ from Kroger and other stores. Arraignments before S Army and Orville K Shelton led to several jailings including a two day sentence for absence without leave and a $20 fine. Albert Elmore and William Hylton faced felonious assault charges and were remanded to Raleigh County Jail after hearings.
Mrs Georgia Lambert, 55, of Corinne, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Survivors include four sisters Anna Sorrell of Williamson, Katherine Maultsby and Mary Repass of Takoma Park, Maryland, and Virginia Marshall of Wheaton, Maryland. The body is at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens.
Gov Arch A Moore Jr spoke for nearly an hour at a joint House Senate finance hearing outlining a revised revenue plan. He said the exemption removal would not hit raw materials and urged support while opponents from business and labor pressed for broader tax reform and warned of higher costs for West Virginia manufacturers.
Bills would cost about 2.4 million for bills oil 850000 limestone 497000 timber 407960. Dels Thomas Potter R Ka nawha and Fred Stamp R Ohio sponsored the measure to call a constitutional convention to deal with limited revision. It would cover provisions recommended for amendment by the West Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision. The bill requires three separate elections with the first offering ratification if the convention question is favorable.
Mrs Francis Barvier of Dundee Michigan considers Enos and Enough as names for her newborn twin boys. The mother has a long line of twins and children, reflecting a record of unusual family growth and humor amid a busy household.
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