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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1955
Page
12
Irene Agee eight and Mary six vanished after school on November 1 1954 near Devil's Fork. Deputies state the girls were last seen leaving Feria Elementary School in ordinary clothing. State Police Beckley and Princeton detachments joined local searchers as overnight snow hampered efforts.
The article hints at a headline that conveyed a dramatic story yet failed to reveal the full scope of a disappearance destined to become a national sensation.
Nov 1 Raleigh County coroner performed autopsies on Mary Agee and Tress Agee whose bodies were found in a wooded area near Cutter Fitter Home. Cause of death listed as exposure with no evidence of foul play. Relatives await further funeral arrangements.
After 31 years of operation W C Griffith turns over Beckley Hotel to First Beckley Corp effective Jan 1. The 102 room property at Main and Kanawha will be remodeled, adding a banquet room for 350 to 400 guests. Joe L Smith leads the corporation which continues Griffiths family ties and long service by staff, with remodeling to include lobby overhauls and room refurnishing while maintaining operations. Clarence Cook remains manager as the firm plans phased improvements.
A meeting of the volunteer firemen of the Lester Fire Commission will focus on electing officers for the new year. The session is set for 7 p.m. at Lester Town Hall, as stated by Mayor Glen P. Daniel.
Daniel Edward Lilly 81 retired Crow carpenter died at 12 50 am at his home after a three year illness He was born August 9 1873 in Summers County son of Lewis and Drilli Lilly He was a member of Freewill Baptist Church Crow He is survived by wife Mattie Lilly a son Jennings Bud three daughters Hazel Saunders Gretna Va Treva Bennett Skelton Geneva Adkins Crow three stepsons Elliott Bennett Eccles Mason Bennett Beaver Opal Bennett Crow a stepdaughter Amy Corder Crow 25 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday in the Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Royce French and Rev C E Pauley officiating. The body will be removed from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home to the residence at 4 30 pm Thursday.
A Beckley Alcoholics Anonymous group opens its year with a local speaker at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Building on S Kanawha Street. Reports include plans for the annual banquet set for Sunday at 1 30 p.m. in El Chico. The meeting welcomes anyone with an alcoholic problem to attend.
The Maple Meadow Country Life Program will hold its regular monthly meeting on January 7 at 7 30 pm in the Maple Meadow Elementary School. Chairman R L Dillon announced guest speaker Lawrence Miller from the U S Soil Conservation Service Beckley will discuss development of livestock watering sources.
James L. Wood 68 retired carpenter and miner died at home after a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church in Beaver with Elders J. I. Bowling J. R. Foley and Eli Lilly officiating. Burial to follow. Body released from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home to the home at 2 p.m. today. Pallbearers: Jack Mason Lloyd Kermit Wood Oliver Basham Homer Harvey.
Henry Lee Johnson of Ohio was captured in Middleport and is in Raleigh County custody on a breaking and entering charge for the Price Hill company store. He skipped bond prior to a Raleigh County Criminal Court appearance.
An advertisement claims Bell-ans tablets neutralize stomach acid three times faster than leading digestive tablets in one minute. It markets Bell-ans as the fastest known relief with a price of 20 cents.
Brief services were held at 10 a.m. today in Sunset Memorial Park for the newborn son of Mr and Mrs Rommy Foster of Sprague who died at birth shortly before midnight in a local hospital. Surviving family includes the parents a brother Johnny and the paternal grandfather Carlous Foster of Sprague.
Rhodell town recorder Leon Saunders says the Tuesday session was routine with no matters of importance discussed during the regular meeting.
Irene Agee eight and sister Mary six will be laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery after a closed casket funeral at Missionary Baptist Church in Odd. The girls died of exposure after wandering from school near Egeria on November 1. Bodies found by hunters near midnight Monday. sheriff ruled no foul play. Coroner cited death by exposure. officials noted animals damaged the remains but state the girls were in the woods since the previous day.
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