Logan Marine Recruiter Assigned To Depart Tuesday
Marine Sgt. Frederick Maynard, a Maine Corps veteran of eight years with two Korea tours, will leave Tuesday for a two year assignment as non commissioned officer in charge of the Logan recruiting station. He is a graduate of Parris Island Recruiters School and has served at Beckley Camp Pendleton Portsmouth and Quantico. Maynard and his wife are former Logan residents. A singing convention at Glen View Regular Baptist Church will feature The Priest Trio Beckley and others at 7 9pm Saturday.
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Sgt
Maynard
Korea
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Portsmouth
Quantico
Priest
Beckley
Glen View Regular Baptist Church
R. H. Todd
Bays Buick Inc
Prince and Neville Streets
J. T. Jarrell Jr
R. Keith Lipcomb
Bair Brothers
Grady Whitlock
I. Wilbur Bays
R. D. Watts Insurance Co
Harry Patterson
Patterson
Valley Drive
West Virginia University College of Commerce
Virginia Canterbury
A. K. Canterbury
Pattersons
Davis remanded on non-support charge in Raleigh County
Joseph Davis of North Fork was remanded to Raleigh County Jail today in lieu of a $500 per formance bond after being found guilty before Magistrate Cotton White on a non-support charge. Davis was jailed at 2:00 p.m. Thursday by a deputy sheriff. Charles Keller of Fitzpatrick was released from jail Wednesday after serving a sentence on an assault and battery charge.
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Joseph Davis
North Fork
Raleigh
Cotton White
Davis
Charles Keller
Fitzpatrick
Hatcher Rites Lef At Beaver
Funeral services for Rosa Lee Hatcher 71 Ghent will be held at Little Vine Church Beaver at 2 p.m. Saturday conducted by Elders Kenna Lilly and Jessie I Bowling. Burial in Mount View Cemetery. Nephews serve as pallbearers. Died 11:10 a.m. Thursday at son George Hatcher Cr ab Orchard after short illness. Born April 12 1887 Raleigh County daughter of James A and Cora Meadows. Survived by husband Jacob L Hatcher four sons George Crab Orchard Howard Wilson Portsmouth VA James Radford VA three daughters Lena Richardson Maple Meadow Bertha Meadows Rhodell Viola Gordon Norfolk VA three brothers Caudle Mabscott John Sophia Henry Tams three sisters Martha Lilly Rhodell Ona Boyd Vansant Pearl Meadows Rhodell 91 grandchildren four great grandchildren Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until services.
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Rosa Lee Hatcher
Ghent
Little Vine
Beaver
Kenna Lilly
Jessie I. Bowling
Mount View
James A
Cora Hylton Meadows
Mount View Primitive Baptist Church
Jacob L. Hatcher
George Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Howard
Wilson Hatcher
Portsmouth
James Hatcher
Radford Va
Lena Richardson
Maple Meadow
Bertha Meadows
Rhodell
Viola Gordon
Norfolk
Caudle Meadows
Mabscott
John Meadows
Sophia
Henry Meadows
Tams
Martha Lilly
Ona Boyd
Vansant
Pearl Meadows
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral services planned for Mrs Demina Harless
Funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. today at Central Baptist Church for Mrs Demina Harless a Beckley pioneer and Stratton High School teacher of two years She was daughter of Mrs Mary Marshall and the late Leroy Marshall and died of a heart attack in her classroom Tuesday morning.
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Demina Harless
Beckley
Central Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Harless
Mary Marshall
Leroy Marshall
Stratton High School
Fama's Shoe Store adds self service department opens today
Fama's Shoe Store at 327 Neville St expands to 25 000 pairs with a new self service area. Nick Shucet and Tony Fama say the department displays shoes by size and price on a large wall rack with bins tables and a sales staff for assistance. The new department marks the store as the largest in West Virginia by inventory and space.
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West Virginia
Nick Shucet
Fama’s
Neville St
Schucer
Fama’'s
Tony Fama
Fire Kills Evergreens at Ghent Green Cemetery Blaze
A fire Thursday destroyed several hundred evergreen trees when a steam weed fire started at Ghent. The blaze swept across multiple acres, reaching Green Cemetery and threatening a barn owned by Ed Ingale.
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Ghent
Green Cemetery
Ed Ingale
Bennett Funeral To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Victoria Bennett 83 of Abraham will be at 10 a m Saturday in the Peace Chapel of Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Burial is in the family cemetery at Abraham. She died Thursday at her residence after a long illness. Born May 4 1875 in Summers County she was a daughter of John Vance and Mary Cales Bennett. Her husband William precedes her in death in 1950. She was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons William J. Bennett Ce cil Bennett and Woodrow Bennett, one daughter Irene Kincaid, and 23 grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home until the services.
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Mary Victoria Bennett
Abraham
Peace
Rose and Quesenberry
New Salem Baptist Church At Abraham
William J. Bennett
Beaver
Cecil Bennett
Burlington
N. C
Woodrow Bennett
East Beckley
Irene Kincaid
Gregory Rites Sunday At New Hope Baptist Church
Gregory 65 of 112 Earl St East Beckley will lie in state until the service at 1 30 p m Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church conducted by Rev Henry Douds Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park Mrs Gregory died Wednesday evening after a long illness Survivors include James H Gregory two daughters Mrs Sarah Wiley Miss Bernice Gregory a son Berton Gregory a brother Thomas Lewis and seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren The body will lie in state at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlour until one hour before services
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Mary Gregory
Earl St
East Beckley
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry Dudois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Berton Gregory
Covington
Thomas Lewis
Philadelphia
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites set for Matthew Senior at Welcome Baptist
Final rites for Matthew Senior, 65, of 309 Saunders Ave, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park, with Rev. Archie Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. Senior died at home Wednesday at 4 p.m. after an extended illness. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services.
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Matthew Senior
Saunders Ave
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Senior
Ritchie and Johnson
Old Friends in a Knotted Greeting at the Bar
In Kenosha Wise Dick Bar den enters a restaurant and spots a man he hasn’t seen for years. He waves and calls out Hello Jim. The other man replies and corrects him naming Carl. Dick clarifies his name, and the third man introduces Louis.
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Kenosha
Dick Barden
Jim
Barden
Carl
Louis
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