Deaths and Funerals Pamela Kay Scott
Graveside services for Pamela Kay Scott infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant View Cemetery Fayetteville Rt. 1 with Rev. Enos Griffith presiding. She died at birth Friday in a Bellville Illinois hospital. Surviving are twin sister Cynthia Lee grandparents Sanford S. Scott Fayetteville Route 1 and James W. Terree Oak Hill great grand parents Ida Scott Fayetteville Leona Waddell Chapel Henry Terreo Oak Hill. Body arriving at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Tuesday after 3 p.m. for visiting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Kay Scott
Pleasant View Cemetery
Fayetteville
Rt. 1
Enos Griffith
Pamela Kay
Charles Scott
East St. Louis
Bellville
Cynthia Lee
Sanford S. Scott
James W. Terree
Oak Hill
Ida Scott
Leona Waddell
Oapel
Henry Terreo
Funeral services for Frank A. Pugh in Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Frank Arthur Pugh 71 of Eccles died Saturday at 12:15 a.m. after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with burial in Calfee Cemetery Mount Ta r. The body will be moved from Calfee Funeral Home to his residence at 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Pugh
Peters Rites Held for Samuel Robert Peters in Glen Morgan
Funeral services for Samuel Robert Peters 74 Glen Morgan were set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Henry Smith officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. Peters dies Saturday night at home of daughter Mrs Lewis Weid Jr after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and farmer born January 2 1888 in Floyd County Virginia. Survived by wife Ethel Runyons Peters died in 1952 four sons Woodrow Robert Billy Sonny two daughters Virginia Clark and 13 grandchildren. Also a long list of siblings. Funeral plans for Edward Smith 71 Harper Heights included services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shiloh Baptist Church with multiple pastors. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Smith born March 12 1890 in Cashershill was WWI veteran and member of Shiloh Baptist. survivors include wife five sons three daughters and nine grandchildren. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to church at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Robert Peters
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry
Henry Smith
Sunset Memorial Park
Peters
Lewis
Margaret) Weid Jr
Floyd County
Jordan Peters
Mary Pate. Peters
Ethel Runyons Peters
Weid
Woodrow
Robert
Cleveland
Ohio
Billy
Sonny
Chicago
Ill
Carl
Virginia) Clark
East Beckley
John
James Peters
Beckley
George
Charlie
Floyd, Va
Jeff
Richmond, Va
Julia Peters
Josie Radford
Edward Smith
Harper Heights
Shiloh Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
W. M. Freeman
W. M. Jones
Greenwood Memorial Park
Smith
Cashershill
Shiloh
Clarence
Bluefield
Willie
Whitby
Elizabeth Ferguson
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites for Charles W. Hall in Beckley
Charles W. Hall 61 of 311 Beaver Ave. will receive funeral rites at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Grady Morgan and Rev. J. B. F. Yoak officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Hall died Sunday morning in Pine Lodge Nursing Home after a long illness. Born Pipestem Oct. 27, 1900, he was a safety inspector for Slab Fork Coal Co. prior to retiring May 1, 1956. Survived by Brooke Carter Hall widow. three daughters Pauline Justice of Bluefield Ruth M. Hall of Charleston and Ernestine Lilly Jr. of Orlando. two sons Edward D. Hall of Glen Morgan and R. Douglas Hall of Bluefield. five sisters, four brothers and four grandchildren. Masonic rites at graveside by Beckley Lodge. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Hall
Beaver Ave
Keyser-Bryant
Grady Morgan
J. B. F. Yoak
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Hall
Pine Lodge
Pipestem
W. M
Melinda Barton Hall
Slab’ Fork Coal Co
Advent Christian Church
Beckley
Sterling
Ernestine) Lilly Jr
Orlando
Fla
Edward D. Hall
Glen Morgan
R. Douglas Hall
Bluefield
Beckley Lodge
L. L. Fleshman
H. R. Moore
R. M. Simms
Ee E. H. Banker
A. A. Ross
Final rites set for Gilford D Malcolm in Princeton church
Gilford Dudley Malcolm 76 of Princeton dies after long illness in a Princeton hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev. William Trowbridge and Rev. L D Yost officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He was a Kee Street Methodist member, Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters, former mine worker at Tams, and a United Mine Workers Local 7086 member. Born July 4 1885 in Clifftop to William M and Mary Williams Malcolm. Survived by two daughters Mrs C D Compton of Princeton and Mrs N T Dowell of Tucson, two stepdaughters, two stepsons, a sister, 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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Gilford Dudley Malcolm
Kee Street Methodist Church
Princeton
William Trowbridge
L. D. Yost
Oakwood Cemery
Malcolm
Kee Street
Tams
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
Clifftop
William M
Mary Williams Malcolm
Mable McFarland Gilmore Malcolm
C. D. Compton
N. T. Dowell
Tucson, Ariz
Marshall Christian Final Rites Held in Mount Tabor Church
Funeral services for Marshall Christian, 90, of 108 Maryland Ave., were conducted at Mount Tabor Christian Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. Albert Ostrander presiding. Burial followed in Mount Tabor Cemetery. Christian died Saturday at 12:30 p.m. after a long illness. A Raleigh County native who lived in Beckley, he worked for the State Road Commission before retiring years ago. Survivors include three sons Cecil E. of Mount Tabor, Othal and Preston of Beckley. four daughters Ocie Smoot of Indianapolis, Zella Alexander of Charleston, Miss Lona Christian of Beckley. 17 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. One son Rupert preceded him in death on December 7, 1930. Melton Mortuary handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Christian
Maryland Ave
Mount Tabor Christian Church
Albert Ostrander
Mount Tabor
Christian
Raleigh County
Beckley
State Road Commission
Cecil E
Mt. Tabor
Othal
Preston
Ocie Smoot
Indianapolis
Ind
Zella Alexander
Douglas Arleston
Lona Christian
Rupert
Melton
Final Rites for Herbert H. Ellison at Camp Creek Church
Herbert H. Ellison 81 of Camp Creek will be laid to rest at 2 p m Tuesday at Missionary Baptist Church Dunns with Reverends Lilly and Shrewsberry officiating. Burial follows at Robert Ellison Cemetery. Ellison died Saturday night in a local hospital after a lifetime in Camp Creek. He was born April 28 1880, son of Robert and Minerva Ellison, taught school and farmed, and was twice married to Sadie Clark Ellison and Lurinda Farley Ellison. Surviving are three daughters Ida Lilly Marie Moye and Ocie Clark, three sons Carlile Jack and Okie, 31 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. two sons Robert and Herbert predeceased him. Body to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence today at 10 a m and to church one hour before services. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Ellison
Camp Creek
Missionary Baptist Church
Dunns
Wilmer Lilly
Virgil Shrewsberry
Robert Ellison
Ellison
Robert and
Minerva Lilly Ellison
Missionary Baptist Church of
Sadie Clark Ellison
Lurinda Farley Ellison
Ida Lilly
Marie Moye
Ocie Clark
Beckley
Carlile Ellison
Jack
Okie
Robert
Herbert
Caffee
John Ellison
Russell Lilly
Kenneth Ellison
Donald Ellison
Caryle Moye
Danny Ellison
Funeral arrangements for eight year old Rhea Cook
Rhea Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Oakey Woods of Resoco, died at Beckley Hospital after a long illness. Arrangements are complete. the body lies at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea Cook
James Oakey Woods
Resoco
Beckley Hospital
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Tralee Girl, 12 Hit By Car Near Home
Mullens A 12 year old Tralee girl Sandra Hamby is listed in good condition at Wyoming General Hospital after a Friday injury when struck by a car near her home. She suffered head injuries but is not believed to be seriously hurt. Witnesses said Sandra ran toward a school bus stop with a companion and darted across the highway in front of the automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Tralee
Wyoming General Hospital
Sandra Hamby
Clarence Hamby
Sandra
Miner Injured in Fall at Orgen Band Coal Mine
Otsego resident Granville McKinney aged 28 is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a Friday fall at the Orgen Band Coal Company mine caused pelvic injuries. He was admitted at 10 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville McKinney
Otsego
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Orgen Band
Forgery Trial Of Jerry Rice Opens Today
Jerry Rice 21 of Mac Arthur goes on trial in Raleigh County Criminal Court on a not guilty plea to a $20 forgery indictment. Prosecutors say he and accomplices cashed checks at several local businesses in about three hours. Witness Juanita Young 17 testified of alleged extortion and the group including Judy Hicks 17 and others. Jurors named are James C. Parker Robert C. Stewart Bertha Ward Alma Thomas H E Doss Danny Warren Howard Farmer James W Bachus C W Rawley Mrs. Robert P McLean R C Henderson Virgil French and Mrs Frances Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Texas Rice
MacArthur
Raleigh County
Juanita Young
Luchini
Joseph Luchini
Rice
A. J. Sparacino
Miss Young
Anthony J. Sparacino
Jett’s
Shady Spring
T. D. Cochran's
Radford’s Market
Park Drug
Judy Hicks
Jennie Donnell
James Wesley Hilton Jr
Roy Redden
Roger Reed
James C. Parker
Robert C. Stewart
Bertha Ward
Alma Thomas
H. E. Doss
Danny Warren
Howard Farmer
James W. Bachus
C. W. Rawley
Robert P. McLean
R. C. Henderson
Virgil French
Frances Williams
Lawmakers Clash Over Propaganda Ban in Postal Bill
House Post Office Committee proposes Cunningham amendment to bar mail containing Communist political propaganda as the administration bill seeks higher revenues. Another measure would keep the propaganda ban out. Medical Care: administration allies plan a test vote in the Senate to advance Kennedy’s plan, possibly bypassing House obstacles. Education: Powell says US faces critical shortage of semi professional engineers, hindering a moon mission within 10 years.
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House Post Office Committee
Cunningham
Justice Department
Committee
House
Administration
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Adam C. Powell
D-N.y
Education Committee
Now You Know By United Press International
The first secretary of agriculture was Norman J. Colman of Missouri, appointed by President Grover Cleveland in 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Norman J. Colman
Missouri
Grover Cleveland
Gag Probe To Get Off Mark Tuesday
The Senate armed services subcommittee begins hearings Tuesday to examine how much military officers should speak in public. The probe will also cover Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker and the Pentagon’s censorship of officers. Retired Adm. Arleigh Burke will be the first witness, amid debates over muzzling and civilian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rapoport
Washington
UPI
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Department
Pentagon
Walker
Congressional
Edwin A. Walker
24Th Infantry Division
Germany
Thurmond
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Communist Party
Moscow
Stennis
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Kennedy Plans Four Key Aims For Economic Policy
Administration officials doubt passage this year for controversial tax and public works proposals. Kennedy outlines four goals: full employment and prosperity without inflation, 4 percent unemployment target for working population, 4.42 percent growth within capability range, and expand equality of opportunity for the poor elderly nonwhites migratory workers and the handicapped while boosting exports to fund commitments abroad without depleting gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
U.S
OAS Split Over Castro Sanctions Debate
Members of the Organization of American States clash over action toward Cuba. Brazil and Mexico oppose sanctions while Colombia and several Central American and Caribbean nations back measures. The dispute centers on how to regulate relations with Castro and democratic Latin American countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
OAS
Brazil
Mexico
Latin America
Cuba
Colombia
Central American
Caribbean
Groundhog Month Maps Forecast Weather Pattern
Groundhog Month Maps present the U S Weather Bureau forecasts covering January 15 to February 15, detailing expected temperatures and precipitation. The maps illustrate projected conditions for various regions, aiding readers in planning activities during winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
House committee of the whole to review welfare budget
The House of Delegates will convene Tuesday at 2 30 p m to examine the 13 5 million operating budget for the State Department of Welfare in a committee of the whole. Senate and House finance committees will study budget details and discuss three revenue measures including extensions to sales taxes and the racing tax to fund programs such as Medicare for the aged and the Emergency Employment Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
State Department of Welfare
House
George H. Seibert
Ohio
W. T. Brotherton Jr
Kanawha
Senate
State Road Commission
General School Fund
Bill Would Abolish Bluefield State College
In Charleston UPI reports delegates Dell J Paul England and Charles Lloyd proposed a bill to abolish Bluefield State College and turn its facilities into a vocational rehabilitation center. The measure requires two thirds in each chamber as per Gov Barron’s call. The plan would keep State Board of Education jurisdiction while transferring site control to Director F Ray Power’s division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
F. Ray Power
Bluefield
L. B. Allen
Bond Executed Today for Hickman in Robbery Case
Ronald Lee Hickman of Sprague was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9:40 a.m. after posting 3500 bond before Magistrate W A Burke. He is among five area men jailed last week by State Police on unarmed robbery charges on Valley Drive and to appear before the Raleigh County Grand Jury. Dominic Trombolia Eccles was freed at 10:45 a.m. after bond on beer to minors charges. Edward Luddreth of Crab Orchard was released on bond at 8:30 a.m. Sunday on carrying a concealed gun and drunkenness charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Lee Hickman
Sprague
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Valley Drive
Raleigh County
Dominic Trombolia Eccles
Edward Luddreth
Crab-Orchard
Cleanest State is Barron Goal in Centennial Year
Gov. W. W. Barron pledges West Virginia as the cleanest state by the 1963 Centennial. He urges renewed 1962 cleanup efforts as the program earns praise as one of the state’s greatest developments. The report credits cleanup for attracting 46 new industries last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Mountain State
Barron
Lanark Store Hit By Thieves
Beckley state police investigate a Sunday night break-in at Goldie's Place Lanark old company store. Owner Julius Marcum says intruders forced the front door tore a juke box and three pinball machines and stole groceries and coins from machines valued around 800 dollars.
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Beckley
Goldie’s Place
Lanark
Julius Marcum
Crawford St
Okey Hinks
Marcum
SCS District Meeting Today
The Southern Soil Conservation District holds its annual planning session at Beckley with J. R. Keatley presiding. Attendees include Richards Snuffer, Aubrey Runner, Don Williams, John Eye, William Withrow, Floyd Rothlisberger, Jack Myers, Ward Ashford, Loretta Maynor and Gail Auldridge. Discussions cover proposed activities, costs, and a complete program for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Soil Conservation District
Beckley
The
Soil Conservation Service
J. R. Keatley
Summers County
Keatley
Richard Snuffer
Raleigh
Aubrey Runner
Don E. Williams
U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John Eye
Department of Natural Resources
William Withrow
DNR
Floyd F. Rothlis
Avalanche Toll Stuns Family Amid Snow Slide Tragedy
William Adamich Sr and Barbara survive a deadly avalanche that kills General Shelton’s wife Frances and their three children, Russell 15 Linda 10 and Vickie 7. The Adamichs were found after hours under wreckage with frostbite shock while rescuers worked to reach them. Linda held Vickie’s body as she died in a pocket beneath the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adamich Sr
Barbara
Adamich
Robert Rinker
General Shelton
Shelton
Bataan
Frances
Russell
Linda
Vickie
Rrescuers
ASCS States Two Meets This Week
The U S Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will hold two meetings in the area this week. A Vendors Training School will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Beckley ASCS office conducted by Franklin Lilly. A second session will be in Hinton led by Don Williams on the 1962 feed grain program covering corn barley and grain sorghum. Signup for the program runs Feb 5 through March 30. Raleigh Wyo ming Mercer McDowell Monroe Greenbrier Summers counties are included in the Hinton session with a Charleston session planned for Fayette More Roane Clay and Nicholas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Beckley
Franklin Lilly
Raleigh
Wyoming
Lilly
ASC
Hinton
Don Williams
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
Greenbrier
Summers
Charleston
Fayette
More Roane
Clay
Nicholas
Iran Faces Worst Student Riots Since 1953
Tehran University clashes involve 3000 to 4000 youths, with 400 injured and 300 arrested. The government bans a National Front demonstration after protests over boarding allowances, expulsion of Mossadegh supporters, and new land reform. Premier Amini says elections will follow a new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
UPI
National Front Party
Mohammed Mossadegh
Teachers’ Training College
Mossadegh
Ali Amini
Space Shot Looms as Weather Hamps Cape Landing
Tension rose among newsmen and visitors as multi million dollar preparations for the spaceflight were readied. Clear skies and calm Atlantic seas were sought for Glenn’s landing zones. four-foot waves were considered acceptable, while eight-foot swells late Sunday raised hopes for improvement within 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costary
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
Glenn
Italian protest over Bulgarian jet airspace violation
Italy formally protested to Bulgaria after a Bulgarian Air Force jet entered Italian airspace. Bulgaria claimed bad weather caused the pilot to become disoriented and that the officer, Solakov, fled from communists. Italian agents doubted his story and noted alternatives for landing within southern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Krum Christov
Rome
Yugoslavia
Albania
Italy
Solakov
Deaths of notable figures across regions and fields
Andrew F. Schoeppel former Kansas governor and longtime senator dies at 67 in Bethesda Naval Hospital after cancer treatment. Funeral for Harry Pollard, 72, Keystone Kops veteran, set for Tuesday. Archibald Gardner, 94, nation's oldest federal judge, dies after long illness. Poet John Robinson Jeffers, 75, famed for Dee Judas and Give Your Heart to the Hawks, passes away in Carmel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Kansas
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Schoeppel
Senate
Barton County
Kaw
Huron
S.D
Archibald K. Gardner
Mrs George in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mrs Larry Patricia George of 219 Crawford Street is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after admission Friday for treatment. The report notes her name and address and current health status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Patricia) George
Crawford St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Arnold offers No Defense in disbarment case
Moundsville West Virginia attorney James L Arnold pleaded no defense in disbarment proceedings filed by the State Bar ethics committee. His license faces revocation later today after orders to appear and answer charges that he forged divorce decrees for four clients and fraudulently handled another case. His father Marshall County Circuit Judge Lloyd Arnold was replaced on the bench today by special Judge E R White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
UPI
James L. Arnold
State Bar
Arnold
Marshall County
Lloyd Arnold
E. R. White
Five Arrested For Wire Theft In Fayette County
Five Raleigh and Fayette countians including a woman dressed like a man at the time of the theft are held on $1,000 bond each for grand larceny in copper valued at $500 from Branch Fuel Co Lawton. Keneth Kincaid Norma Atkins Adair Catlett John Catlett and Paul Bragg were apprehended after attempts to steal copper between January 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Raleigh and Fayette
Fayette County
Branch Fuel Co
Lawton
Beckley
Maple Fork
Keneth Kincaid
Norma Jewell Atkins
Adair Catlett
John Catlett
Paul Bragg
Frank Simms
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Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Frank Arthur Pugh
Samuel R. Peters
Miner
Jerry Rice
McCone
Charles van Doren
New York
C. A
Coal Research
Bluefield State College
SCS
Space
Hollywood
Harry
Snub) Pollard
Mack Sennett
Keystone Kops
PTA
President's Council On Youth Fitness
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
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