Deaths and Funerals Roundup
Graveside rites set for M M Hall 62 of Town Creek near Pax after a Saturday accident. Final rites for Mrs Mary McComas 62 of Tralee at North Welch Church with burial in North Welch Cemetery. Nellie Rae Harris 47 of Lashmeet to Weyanoke Church of God burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Minnie Frances Burnside Payne 85 of Scarbro dies after stroke with funeral at Church of God Massy and burial in Payne Cemetery. Pete Voies 79 of Piney Ave dies. final rites at Webb and Neal Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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M. M
Mack) Hall
Town Creek
Pax
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton
Hall
Tyree
Mount Hope
Two West Virginia Obituaries And Rites Held
Herbert B Campbell 70 of 6 Earhart St died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born January 30 1893 in Rockbridge County Virginia he was a retired coal miner. Survivors include wife Annie Humphrey Campbell a son George L of Roanoke and two daughters Bethel Kelly Oma Moran all of Beckley plus two sisters and several grandchildren. Final rites for Mrs Mary Jane McClung 83 of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park following extended illness native of Nicholas County long time Kanawha County resident and Starcher Baptist Church member. Survivors include son W E Shaffer of Oak Hill two daughters R J Fitzgerald of Red Star Tessie McClung at home 20 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Services for Mrs McClung will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Starcher Baptist Church with burial later at church awaiting funeral home transport.
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Mary McComas
Tralee
North Welch Church
Jim Bower
North Welch Cemetery
McComas
Mullens Hospital
John
Judy Lane Adkins
Amos Lane
Mart Lane
Minnie McComas
Luther of
Mullens
Auldie McComas
Harrison Lane
Kimball
Sam Foglesong
Maldens
Nellie Rae Harris
Lashmeet
Weyanoke Church of God
Ralph Arnold
Ben Woodring
Resthaven Memorial Park
Harris
Paul Shaw
Sophia
Giotto
Heber
Susan
Reed Payne
Pacy Lewis
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rosie Evans
Pearl Stover
Scarbro
Route 1
Gordon
Charlie
Roy
Lacy
Benny
Tom
Ft. Gay
Wade H. Payne
Columbus
Maggie ‘Aliff
Church of God At
Massy
Earl King
Princeton
Payne
Tyree
Oak Hill
Pete Voies
Piney Ave
Webb and
Herbert Basil Campbell
Earhart St
Rockbridge County
Riley
Dick Marian Campbell
Annie Humphrey Campbell
George L
Roanoke
Bethel Kelly
Oma Moran
Beckley
Annie Webb l
Bassie Humphrey
Danils
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mary Jane McClung
Charleston
Calvary Baptist Church
Cecil Perry
Harold Huffman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hil
McClung
Nicholas County
Kanawha County
Starcher Baptist Church
W. E. Shaffer
R. J. Fitzgerald
Red Star
Tessie McClung
Donald E. Taylor
Cunningham Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Gilliam set at 2 pm
Mrs. Madge Gilliam 57 of King George will have funeral services at 2 pm in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope. Burial will be in the Caffee Cemetery at Mt. Tabor. She died Sunday evening in a Richmond hospital after a heart attack. The body lies at the funeral home for visiting after 6 pm today.
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Es Gilliam
King George
Waleetan
Tyree
Mount Hope
Mt. Tabor
Gilliam
Richmond
Bell-ans promise for stomach gas relief ad
An advertisement touts Bell-ans tablets to relieve stomach gas caused by excess stomach acid. It claims no harmful drugs and urges readers to take one tablet with hot water at bedtime and read until sleep. A 35 cent price and a request for a free sample by mail to Bell-ans Orangeburg NY are listed.
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Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Funeral services set for George Raymond Lesher
Funeral arrangements are complete for George Raymond Lesher 56 of Lookout who died Monday at 12 30 p m at his home from a heart attack Surviving daughter Mrs Josephine Parker of Oak is listed The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle RNS
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George Raymond
Lesher
Lookout
Josephine Parker
Oak
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Final rites for Richard H. McClure
Richard Henry McClure 62 of Chicago formerly of Eccles will have funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Pool officiating. Burial follows at Mount Tabor Cemetery Davis addition. He died Sunday at Cook County Hospital. Body at Melton Mortuary after 5 p m today for viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Henry McClure
Chicago
Eccles
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Ralph Pool
Davis
Mount Tabor
Cook County Hospital
Melton Mortuary
Highway Bandits Elude Police in Four Counties
Two highway bandits robbed a beer truck driver of 1163 near Fayett eville. The driver Charles Gunter was forced from the vehicle after a gunpoint robbery and locked in the back. Roadblocks were set in Raleigh Nicholas Fayette and Kanawha counties as a four county search continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Polce
Charles Gun‘ter
Garten
Gunter
Theother
Raleigh
Kanawha
Nicholas
Fayette
Barron Signs Three Revenue Bills in Charleston
Gov. W. W. Barron signed three of five revenue measures, extending the 3 percent consumer sales tax for another year, and enacting a companion use tax and permanent 3 percent insurance premium tax. He had already made permanent the 6 cent per pack cigarette tax. horse racing tax extension remains pending. The signed bills yield about $16 million in revenue. racing tax could bring about $1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Community Faces Standing Room On Crowded Bus
A crowded bus prompts concerns over standing space and passenger comfort as residents debate transit capacity and schedule efficiency. Community members urge officials to assess routes and add vehicles to ease overcrowding and improve reliability.
Sheets To Head Membership Drive In Beckley Chamber
J C Penney general manager H C Sheets will head the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce annual membership drive announced by President W C McMahon. The drive aims to enroll about 350 prospects during a five week period starting March 4 to set a clear budget and fund ongoing chamber programs.
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H. C. Sheets
J. C. Penney Co
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
W. C. McMahon
Chamber
McMahan
Sheets
J. S
Sid” Larrick
E. D. Armstrong
Robert F. Hamilton
iSix
Hospi
Beatification Moves Forward for Mother Seton
Vatican plenary vote favors beatification of Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton for two miracles linked to her intercession. If confirmed, she would become the first American born saint while Bishop John Neumann’s beatification also advances.
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Vatican City
UPID
John XXII
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
United States
Congregation of Rites
Mother Seton
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
Msgr
John Nepomucen Neumann
Philadelphia
Neumann
Leghorn
Italy
New York
Sisters of Charity
America
Emmitsburg
Altoona
Greensburg
Seton Hill College For
Powell Faces Cool Jury In Bid For $700,000
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faces a cool jury of peers as he seeks 697000 to run the Education and Labor Committee for 1963-64. The measure, likely to be cut by at least 200000, comes as other chairmen like Wright Patman and Francis Walter face budget trims. Powell returns from Puerto Rico and plans a news conference to address charges of favoritism in administration affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
New York
House Committee
House Administration
Powell
Wright Pa D-Tex
House Banking and Currency Committee
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Puerto Rico
John J. Williams
R-Del
New Yorker
Patman
Walter
House
Brent Spence
D-Ky
Capitol Hill
Congress
Optimism From UMW Leader on Southern West Virginia Strike
UMW District 17 president Raymond Q Lewis said he is very optimistic a strike over welfare fund royalties in southern West Virginia can be settled quickly. He noted a Saturday meeting at Saeger failed to produce an agreement, but Monday talks moved negotiations toward a settlement with renewed hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
United Mine ‘Workers Union
West Virginia
UMW
District 17
Raymond Q. Lewis
Saeger
Lewis
Child Dies Of Burns In Parkersburg Incident
Di ana Poling five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles J Poling of South Parkersburg was fatally burned Monday when she fell into a fireplace and her clothes caught fire. Attendants said she suffered burns on six percent of her body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
Diana Poling
Charles J. Poling
South Parkersburg
Betancourt Arrives in Washington for JFK Talks
President Kennedy to host Venezuelan leader Romulo Betancourt for two days of talks in Washington. Betancourt travels with Angier Biddle Duke and Viviana Munoz Marin and will be welcomed at Andrews Air Force Base before a White House reception and a parade to Blair House.
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Washington
UPD
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Latin America
Kennedy
Betancourt
State Department
Angier Biddle Duke
Viviana Munoz Marin
Puero Rico
Luis Munoz Mavin
San Juan
Munoz
Andrews Afb
Andrews
White House
Blair House
Betancourts
France Produces Record Auto Output in January
The French automobile industry built a record number of vehicles in January with 163 200 units produced. Of this total 138 421 were cars as reported by official figures released Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPS Auto Output Paris
UPI
Five Face Trial For Gambling In Federal Case
In Pittsburgh, five defendants go to trial on gambling charges following pleas of guilty by 12 co-defendants in a Garibaldi Building raid case. The four still on trial face tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the government. Others changing pleas include Victor Carlucci, Sam Mannarino’s son-in-law, and Joseph Castro among a larger group awaiting pre sentence review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Garibaldi
New Kensington
William Sams
Thomas Ciancutti
Hans Phillips
Andrew Mantini
Treasury
Michael Giovano
Victor Carlucci
Sam Mannarinno
Carlucci
Lewisburg
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Joseph Castro
Joseph Chiappetta
Leveo Fontana
Sam Mike
Frank Mullen
Alfred Ranallo
Anthony Salati
Edward Sams
Leon Sussman
Joseph Arabia
Edward Dumbauld
Arizona
Castro
Norwalk
Calif
Court Forces Greene To Postpone Plans
UPI from Atlanta reports the U S appeals court halted Dewey Roosevelt Greene Jr s bid to become Mississippi s second Negro student at Ole Miss three federal judges ruled there is no emergency basis for immediate admission he may appeal later if needed in Oxford Mississippi and James Meredith s path is noted meanwhile in London the health minister said 82 of 349 thalidomide related deformity births in England and Wales have died.
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Atlanta
UPI
US. Ath Circuit Court of Appeals
Dewey Roosevelt Greene Jr
University of Mississippi
Greene
Ole Miss
James H. Mereidith
Oxford
Miss
London
Enoch Powell
England
Wales
Curtain Callers Plan Small Fry Theater With Young Cast
John H. McCulloch announces Curtain Callers will present a children’s theater program using young actors this year. Productions may be read from plays to be read for performance in the Playhouse basement with initial show on a Saturday afternoon. Glennon’s award for My Friend the Fox inspires the venture as plans take shape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regul
John H. McCulloch
Glennon
Academy of Dramatic
the Fox
Voice recorders urged after Florida crash
UPI reports experts say cockpit voice recorders could help solve increasingly puzzling crashes. Northwest Orient Boeing 720B wreckage in the Everglades prompts discussion of mandatory voice recorders, cost estimates, and potential misdirection from pilots last messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Serling
UPI Aviation
Washington
UPI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Florida Everglades
Inpur
Northwest Orient
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Il
Fort Wyoming County indictments list 40 cases
Forty indictments returned by Wyoming County Circuit Court grand jury for the March term include a murder of Teddy Belcher by Beecher Lusk on Basin Road last Nov 14. Other charges feature 24 grand larcenies 8 breakings and enterings 1 felonious wounding 1 malicious wounding 1 false pretense 1 attempted rape and 3 misdemeanors with trial set for May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNL
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Beecher Lusk
Teddy Belcher
Basin Road
Execution Date Set For Youth In Cobb Case
A Georgia state court fixed March 1 as the execution date for Negro Cobb Jr. now 17, convicted at 15 of killing his white landlord Coleman Dumas with a shotgun after a fishing hole dispute. The sentence drew international mercy pleas including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPS
Preston ‘Cobb Jr
Cobb
Coleman Dumas
Eleanor Roosevelt
George N. Carpenter
Japier County
Carl Sanders
Lifer 101 Receives Postponed Centennial Honor
Henry "Little Henry" Johnson, a 101 year old West Virginia Penitentiary lifer, will be honored later by the Centennial Commission after missing the initial 43 centenarians ceremony due to eligibility timing. Born January 15, 1862 near Front Royal Virginia, Johnson was sentenced from Jefferson County in 1921 for murder. Capt. William C. Wallace calls him “an old timer” and a “character.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Henry
Little
Johnson
Centennial Commission
Marshall County
William C. Wallace
Moundsville
Front Royal
Jefferson County
Default Judgment Against Bucklands in Raleigh County Court
A default judgment of 592.50 was awarded against Lena and Bill Buckland of Stamford in Raleigh County Circuit Court by Judge Norman Knapp. Universal Corp. filed suit to recover payment for materials sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Bill
Billy
Buckland
Stamford
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Universal Corp
Frostbite Sufferer From Beckley Walks Home in Cold
Thedford Rice, 43, of Crab Orchard, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley VA hospital after frostbite to both feet. He was admitted Thursday following exposure while walking home in bitter cold Wednesday evening. He previously suffered frostbite during military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford Rice
Crab Orchard
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Mrs James Siden Treated After Fracture From Car Accident
Mrs Orpha Siden of Mount Tabor was treated at Beckley Hospital early today for a fracture to her right foot suffered in a car accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Orpha) Siden
Mount Tabor
Beckley Hospital
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Mrs. Madge Gilliam
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