Deaths and Funerals in Fairfax and Richmond
Graveside rites for infant Timothy Earl Phillips of Fairfax formerly of Beckley will be held at 2 30 Tuesday in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with Rev Everett Shafer presiding. The infant died Sunday night in Georgetown University Hospital Washington D C He is survived by parents Thom as E and Peggy McDaniel Phillips a brother James Howard paternal grandparents I Howard Phillips Beckley and Mrs James McDaniel Fireco and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James McDaniel Fireco The body arrives at Webb and Neal Funeral Home at 5 p m today for viewing until the service. Final rites for Ernest Leland Hedrick of Richmond were conducted Saturday He was born at Barn son of the late Clowney S and Sarah E Hedrick He is survived by his wife Mamie and three children Verland Sparland and Mary Bess two brothers O Cecil Hedrick Richmond and Thurman D Hedrick Columbus Ohio Two brothers preceded him Grover Cleveland Hedrick and Congressman Earland H Hedrick of the University of Denver Surviving besides parents are wife Mrs Joan McDonald McClung two sons Mark and Steven at home and sister Mrs Bill Hawks Wichita Kan The body is at Aurora Chase Mortuary Denver
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Earl Phillips
Thomas E
Peggy McDaniel Phillips
Fairfax
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Everett Shafer
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D. C
James Howard
I. Howard Phillips
Beckley
James McDaniel
Fireco
Ernest Leland Hedrick
Richmond
Barn
Hedrick
Clowney S
Sarah E. Hedrick
Mamie
Verland and Sparland
Mary Bess
O. Cecil Hedrick
Thurman D. Hedrick
Columbus
Ohio
Grover Cleveland Hedrick
Earland H. Hedrick
University of Denver
Joan McDonald McClung
Mark
Steven
Bill Hawks
Wichita
Kan
Aurora Chase Mortuary
Denver
Allen St Clair St Clair dies after long illness at 60
Allen St Clair, 60, of 108 S Oakwood Ave, Beckley, died at home at 9 45 am after a long illness. He owned Beckley Store Repair Service, later worked with his sons in Beckley 16 MM Pictures and Equipment Co. Born May 28 1900 in Christiansburg Va, son of the late John and Sally Walters St Clair. Survived by wife Nannie Wilson, two sons Robert and Samuel both of Beckley, brother Sam Christiansburg, Va, sister Mrs Hampton Reynolds Roanoke Va and grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 pm Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Revs Howard Dickinson and L L McDaniel. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body at funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Isaac St. Clair
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley
16 MM Pictures and Equipment Co
Oakwood Ave
Christiansburg
John
Sally Walters St. Clair
Beckley Church of
Funeral set for Mrs Nola Campbell Morrison of Lansing
Complete funeral plans are announced for Mrs. Nola Campbell Morrison of Lansing who died this morning at her daughter’s home in Fayetteville. Surviving are two sons James H. Campbell of Detroit and Clifford R. Campbell of South Charleston, a daughter Mrs H A Kincaid of Oak Hill, four stepsons and two stepdaughters, plus other relatives. The body rests at Dodd Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Aurelia Pennington Dickenson, 47, of Fayetteville Route 2, died of a heart attack at about 11 pm. Final rites are set for 2 pm Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill, with burial at Epperly Cemetery, Fayetteville Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nola Campbell Morrison
Lansing
Katie Selvey
Fayetteville
Harold Morrison
Oak Hill
Ida Priester
Lookout
Mable Bailey
Brownsville
Tex
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Aurelia Pennington Dickenson
Route 2
Tyree
Death of Lynchburg bookbinder C. W. Warthen
Dr and Mrs James W Wither spoon of 307 Beaver Ave Lynchburg Va are in town this week due to the death of her brother C W Warthen president of the C W Warthen Co Bookbinders and Printers Survivors include his wife and three daughters besides his sister and Mrs Witherspoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Witherspoon
Beaver Ave
Lynchburg
C. W. Warthen
Warthen
C. W. Warthen Co
William B McClung Funeral Rites Held in Denver Church
Funeral services for William B. McClung, 29, son of Mr and Mrs B W McClung of Eccles, were held at 9 a m Wednesday in St Theresa Catholic Church Denver Colo McClung died at 11 45 p m Saturday at the Veterans Hospital Denver He was a graduate of Trap Hill High School and attended Greenbrier Military School Lewisburg He later graduated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. McClung
B. W. McClung
Eccles
St. Theresa Catholic Church
Denver
Colo
McClung
Veterans Hospital
Trap Hill High School
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
Will Your Grandchildren Forget God
The message urges support for RADIO FREE EUROPE to combat Communism and defend religious faith. It emphasizes RFE’s reach to 79 million people behind the Iron Curtain and portrays the broadcast as a defender of freedom, urging donations of drimes, quarters, and dollars to keep it on air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gure
Radio Free Europe
RFE
Free World
Russia
Mrs Minnie Brammer Dies at 64 in Home
Mrs Minnie Lee Brammer aged 64 of 403 Virginia Street died unexpectedly at her home shortly before noon today. The body is at Melton Mortuary awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lee Brammer
Virginia St
Melton Mortuary
Wets Confident on Marshall Bill in Senate
Gov. W. W. Barron’s revenue plan lingers as three bills seek $3.5 million in new taxes. The measures would raise taxes, keep the existing insurance premium axe, and lift the automobile privilege tax from 2 to 3 percent. The three tax bills await final action in the Legislature while the liquor and racing tax issues move through the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
W. W. Barron
Barron
Eighteen Apply for Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Eighteen persons filed applications for work at Beckley employment security office Friday. The applicants include two nurses three maids one stenographer one electronics technician one combination welder three truck drivers one tree trimmer one carpenter helper one mine foreman two coal loaders and one finish carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley of Employment Security Friay
Car Victim Improving In West Virginia Hospital
Eight year old Jimmy Dale Paugh of Ravencliff is listed as improving at Wyoming General Hospital after a Thursday evening accident in which he was struck by a car while walking to the store. He underwent surgery and was initially listed in serious condition. The boy is the son of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Paugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Jimmy Dale Paugh
Ravencliff
Wyoming General Hospital
Midway Lunch Manager Charged In Police Raid
Elias Aziz Azar, manager of Midway Lunch on Neville Street, faces Beckley Police Court charges for operating a gaming device and violating beer regulations after a raid at 10:10 p m Saturday. Also arrested were Oretta Rollyson 45 for shoplifting at The Kroger Co store on Valley Drive and a 14 year old Beckley youth cited for shoplifting with a juvenile court hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Aziz Azar
Midway Lunch
Neville Street
Beckley
Azar
Oretta Rollyson
Kroger Co
Valley Drive
Krogers
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Drivers Sought After Wreck Near Midway
Beckley state police seek the driver of a car that forced another vehicle off the highway near Midway Sunday afternoon, causing a wreck and injuries to five occupants. Six people are named in the report, with damages estimated at $500. George Kincaid of Midway is listed on the second vehicle but not as the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Midway
Kelly E. Brammer Jr
Ross Stanley
Nick Tipton
Junior Brooks
Danny Walton
George Kincaid
Iar
Robinson Keeps Postmaster's Job in Tams
Representative John M. Slack Jr. announced Victor J. Robinson will continue as acting postmaster at Tams. Slack said he received broad community support for Robinson and recommended retention. Confirmation by the Senate is anticipated after prior discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor J. Robinson
Tams
John M. Slack Jr
Sixth
Slack
Post Office Department
Robinson
Senate
Mother Obtains Warrant Aiding Missing Son Recovery
Mrs. Willadene Stewart of Matheny, advised by Charleston State Police, filed a juvenile warrant in Pineville Magistrate's office for her 17 year old son Hylton who has been missing since Thursday. The warrant aims to mobilize search nationwide and facilitate capture if needed. A folded note found at the father’s Matheny home indicated Hylton planned to leave and did not want to be found.
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Pineville
RNS
Charleston
Willadene Stewart
Matheny
Hylton
Stewart
Pike Driver Hurt In WV Turnpike Crash
Arnold Schlasburg of Charleston was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital at 10 30 a m Sunday after a car wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 20. He sustained cuts bruises and a side injury when his car struck a slippery spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Schlasburg
Charleston
Raleigh General Hospital
West Virginia Turnpike
Spring Forest Fire Season Begins March 1
The spring forest fire danger season runs March 1 through May 31. District forester Carl Lucas announced upgrades to 18 state fire towers and the leasing of a new tower near Coalwood by the Olga Coal Co. Burning is restricted to 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. due to lower winds and higher moisture in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lucas
District Forester
Coalwood
McDowell County
The
Conservation Commission
Olga Coal
Lucas
Toothless murder case details emerge in scant clues
Police recovered fingerprints from more than 40 beer cans in the suspect’s room and identified a man labeled a troublemaker by bar acquaintances. Detectives found Googie, a pretty blonde girl, dead in a rooming house flat after tenants complained of a foul odor. The medical examiner said she had been molested before being killed the day she disappeared. Her body lay on an iron poster bed, partly covered by a sheet and quilt, with underwear and a purple snowsuit ripped off. She wore a green dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Googie
Three Men Charged and Fines in Local Violations
Disposition of cases by Raymond Eye’s office covers trash dumping near a stream in Fayette County with John L. Smith 59 of Landisburg arraigned in Welch Ansted and fined. Arlis Morton 22 of Grand View in Raleigh County trapped without a license, convicted and fined $10 in Beaver Magistrate Court. Clarence Bailey 38 of Panther faced two charges for raccoon hunting out of season and hunting without a license. grand jury returned no true bill and charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eye
John L. Smith
Landisburg
Fayette County
A. L. Payne
Welch
Ansted
Arlis Morton
Grandview
Raleigh
L. W. Berkel
J. E. Mays
Clarence Bailey
Panther
Pete Beavers
Fireco Driver Faces Hearing On 2 Counts
Wilson Shuck, 29, of Fireco, is scheduled for a 10 a.m. Tuesday hearing before Magistrate W. A. Burke to answer charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after a wreck Sunday near Coal City. Arrested by State Police at 9:51 p.m., he was released from Raleigh County Jail at 8:30 a.m. Investigating officers said his car collided with a second vehicle driven by Thomas F. Ricketts, 22, of Princewick, causing about 150 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Shuck
Fireco
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
Shuck
Coal City
Thomas F. Ricketts
Princewick
Three Miners Injured in Separate Accidents
Three area miners are treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital for injuries in unrelated incidents. Herbert Dixon, 51, Hatcher, admitted at 10:30 p.m. Friday for a left hand injury at an Eastern Gas and Fuel Coal mine. Robert Quesenbury, 30, Lanark, hurt his right index finger at a Winding Gulf Coal mine Sunday. Arthur Nills, 30, Coolridge, injured his right hand at Republic Steel Corp. John Hunt mine in Jonben 7:30 p.m. Friday. All are listed in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Herbert Dixon
Hatcher
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Robert Quesenbury
Lanark
Gulf Coals
Arthur Nills
Coolridge
Republic Steel Corp
Hunter Mine
Jonben
Driver Charged With Driving Wrong Way On One Way Street
Lloyd C. Stone, 60, of Woodlawn Avenue, cited by City Police at 10 30 p m Sunday for driving the wrong way on a one way street on Woodlawn Avenue. Wiley Byrd of Lillybrook booked at Raleigh County Jail at 3 p m Sunday on a bad check warrant for passing a bad check at Allen s Grocery Mabscott. He was arrested by a deputy sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Stone
Woodlawn Avenue
Wiley Byrd
Lillybrook
Raleigh County
Allen's
Mabscott
Mrs. Eisenhower’s demanding sewing routines tested staff resolve
Mamie Parks recalls the strain of Mrs. Eisenhower’s sewing needs for the White House and Gettysburg farm. She describes initial friction over who the house belonged to, but notes the First Lady’s gay grace despite asthma, heart condition, and inner ear impairment. Backstairs sympathies grew as she aimed to outdo Dolley Madison in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Eisenhower
Dolley Madison
Waters Rise Damages Hit Oak Hill Area Schools
High weekend winds reached 60 mph causing widespread property damage across the state. Rosedale Elementary near Oak Hill lost its roof and wall and windows with about 32000 dollars in damage not insured. About 200 pupils attended class at other area schools today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Beck
New Rosedale
X-15 Aims for first true manned space flight test
Edwards Air Force Base reports North American’s X-15 aircraft nearing a manned spaceflight milestone. Civilian test pilot Scott Crossfield explains the mission differs from Mercury, with the pilot essential for spaceflight. The craft has set speed and altitude records in prep for a 50 mile high flight this summer and potential 100 mile peak or orbit later under NASA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Wilks Edwards
Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
North American Aviation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Crossfield
Scotty
Congo Crisis Sparks clashes and UN power debate
Soldiers assaulted civilians near the capital as Congolese troops arrested captives. Tunisian patrols relinquished arms after threats, while 12 rifles were not recovered. Reports link the incident to a Security Council move granting the U N command more power in Congo. 500 Lumumbist troops marched toward Leopoldville with Luabourg and Port Francqui seized in Kasai, aiming to outflank Mobutu. Gen Sean McKeown works to prevent clashes with Lundulu’s forces as UN forces seek restraint amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Council
U.N
Congo
Leopoldville
Kasai
Kikwit
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Lu‘luabourg
Port Francqui
Joseph Mobutu
Equatorial Province
Mobutu
Oriental Province
Gemena
Lisala
Sean McKeown
United Nations
Victor Lundulu
Oriental
Lunula
Lundula
Canada
John Diefenbaker
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Khushchev
Hammarskjold
Wind Cawal
U.N. Action
Lumumba
Byrd Seeks Funds for Armory Construction Costs
Byrd proposes 13 of the cost for armory construction and training facilities in several locations. New Martinsville would be 180000, Logan 100000, Morgantown 100000, Martinsburg 200000. A maintenance shop at South Charleston would cost 95000 and Lone at Pt. Pleasant 350000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Logan
Morgantown
Martinsburg
South Charleston
Pt. Pleasant
County To Join Garden Program Set By State
Raleigh County will join the expanded state Emergency Garden Program with a local committee. Distribution of 15,000 kits begins mid March and seedlings go out in April or May, with counties including Hardy Grant Tucker Pendleton Randolph Preston Pocahontas Braxton Gilmer Calhoun Wirt Boone Mason Summers Wayne Monongalia Mary Taylor Barbour Putnam Kanawha Fayette Clay Nicholas Webster Greenbrier Raleigh Mercer Wyoming McDowell Mingo Logan Boone and Lincoln participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Agriculture Commission
John R. Johnson
H. B. Thomas
Fred Lantz
Porter Lewis
Beckley Farmers Maret
Carl Bunch
UMW
A. J. O'Neal
W. C. Reid
Board of Education
Verlin Walker
Lewis
Walter Elkins
Presbyterian Church Organization
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
John Phillips
Raleigh Register
John J. Flanagan
USDA
Thomas
Gus Douglas
Hardy
Grant
Tucker
Pendleton
Randolph
Preston
Pocahontas
Braxton
Gilmer
Calhoun
Wirt
Boone
Mason
Summers
Wayne
Monongalia
Mary Taylor
Barbour
Putnam
Kanawha
Fayette
Clay
Nicholas
Webster
Greenbrier
Raleigh
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Mingo
Logan
Lincoln
Last Week In Review of Space and Politics From UPI
United States made a major space effort from Cape Canaveral with a one ton test capsule and a 7000 mile Atlas launch. Three Mercury astronauts were chosen for the first manned test as Kennedy pushed a 16 point legislative program and education aid. other items include airline strike ends, U.N. Congo actions, Castro election call, and Johnson privacy measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilson Sharpe Washington
UPI
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Missile Range
Mercury
Ham
U.S
Cape Town
South Africa
Canaveral
Navy
Kennedy
Llellewyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Snowed in Hurley area reports killings and floods
Shortened news item notes deaths in a snow and flood affected logging region near Hurley Wisconsin. It also covers U S assistant secretary of state for African affairs G Mennen Williams ending a contentious East Africa tour and moving to Congo turmoil, plus obituaries and other brief items including a French Tunisian summit over Algeria, a cost overrun on missile launchers, Fairmont Machinery plant closure and a Catholic bishop death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Mennen Williams
U. S
East Africa
Congo
Williams
Kenya
Uganda
Zanzibar
Tanganyika
London
James Leonard Hanberry
Veterans’ Administration
Columbia
S. C
Charles de Gaulle
Habib Bourguiba
Rambouillet
France
Rhodell Firemen Fight East Gulf House Fire
Rhodell Fire Department responded to a fire at 11 40 a m in East Gulf at the home of Effie Sizemore. Fire Chief Alex Hugbert estimated damages at 500 dollars and said the blaze began from an overheated flue. The fire confined to one room with a second damaged by water. Sizemore was away at the post office and owns the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
East Gulf
Effie Sizemore
Alex Hugbert
Gas Filled House Triggers Beckley Rescue Call
Beckley Fire Department crew responded to 312 Saunders Ave at 4 25 a m Sunday after a report a house was filled with gas. They found the Druen family outside and unharmed. Repairs were made to fix a gas leak from a floor furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Saunders Ave
Robert D. Druen
Wreck Victim Listed As Much Improved
Mrs. Bobby Dillon of Beckley is listed much improved at Bluefield Sanitarium after several days of treatment for a cerebral contusion from a basical collision on Harper Road. Doctors report she has regained consciousness and responds well to care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Dillon
Beckley
Bluefield Sanitarium
Harper Road
Dillon
Beckley Super Market chief Oliver Brown in fair condition
Ollie Brown, president of Beckley Super Market Inc., at 204 Wickham Ave, is in fair condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at his home Sunday. He was moved this morning from Raleigh General Hospital to Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Brown
Wickham Ave
Beckley Super Market Inc
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Raleigh General Hospital
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Timothy E. Phillips
E. L. Hedrick
St. Clair
Mrs
Nola Morrison
Aurelia Dickenson
W. Warthen
God
New York City
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Minnie Brammer
Pike
Corner
Prince Street
Man IN Space
Byrd
Khrushchev
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pilots Union
Camp de Loges
Paris
U.S. Army
Congress
Fidel ‘Castro
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Hartford
Conn
Indiana
National Labor Relations Board
Auto Workers Union
Hurley
Wis
Fairmont Machinery Co
Fairmont
Wheeling
Thomas J. McDonnell
Huntington
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