Funeral arrangements announced for Iris Ellison West
Mrs Iris Ellison West aged 47 died of a heart attack while driving on Neville Street about 10 am today. Born December 16 1915 she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Gertrude Ellison. Survivors include her husband Wilber W West two daughters and two sisters and two brothers. Body at Melton Mortuary pending ar rangements.
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Iris Ellison West
Neville Street
West
Jarrell St
Joseph and
Gertrude Stence Ellison
First Baptist Church
Wilber W. West
Martha Jane West
Charles Arnott
Beckley
Ella Fischer
Zila Straughan
Orlando, Fla
Orin Cooper
Orlando
Fla
Omar Cooper
U. S. Army
Melton Mortuar
Arran
Blizzard and Brooks Rites Pend In Fayetteville And Bolt
Funeral services are planned for Walter Ray Blizzard 69 Edmond at 2 p.m. Thursday in Fayetteville with burial in Edmond’s Odd Fellows Cemetery. Blizzard, a World War I veteran and retired mine foreman, leaves a wife Hes ter a son Bernard Blizzard and a daughter Mrs Earl dene Skaggs. Masons will pallbear and conduct graveside rites. Separately Wirt Brooks 58 Bolt died at home after a heart attack. Brooks is survived by wife Vada and six children, with services pending at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Walter Ray Blizzard
Edmond
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Guy Vaughn
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Blizzard
Beckley Hospital
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Longdale Lodge
Auburns Chapman Arranged at Long and Fisher Funeral Home
Auburns Chapman died and the body is at Long and Fisher Funeral Home in Charleston awaiting completion of arrangements. Local hospital staff reported the time of event as 5 30 p.m. and asked for family contact.
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Long and Fisher Funeral Home
Charleston
Man Killed in Colcord Area. Wife Charged with Murder
Bobby Lee Pettry, 24, of Sycamore Creek near Colcord, died at Charleston hospital at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday from a .22 caliber rifle wound. His wife, Brenda Joyce Pettry, is jailed on a murder charge. Survived by wife and three children, parents Paul and, Colcord. brother Jackie in Rochester, N Y, and half brother Carl Edward. Body at Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville.
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Bobby Lee Pettry
Sycamore Creek
Colcord
Charleston
Pettry
Brenda Joyce Pettry
Timothy
Bobby Lee Jr
Pamela Sue
Paul Pettry
Jackie
Rochester
N. Y
Carl Edward
the Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Wilson Brothers Double Funeral Services Scheduled
Velabus Wilson of Philadelphia aged 42 and D. D. Wilson of Beckley died from chain of injuries and a heart attack after related incidents. Funeral services set for Friday in Washington DC with Paul Wilson and siblings surviving in Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Washington areas.
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Washington, D. C
Velabus Wilson
Phila
Washington
Paul
Butch
Constance
Philadelphia
Irene Fears
Washington Hospital
Mae Akers
Minnie Allen
Rage
Thomas
New River
Joe Frank Mylinski Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Joe Frank Mylinski 72 Fireco will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Fireco Methodist Church with Rev. Everett R Shafer officiating Burial will follow in American Legion Cemetery Beckley He was born in Poland October 10 1899 a retired coal miner and member of United Mine Workers Local 6161 Fireco Fireco Methodist Church American Legion Post 32 Beckley He was a World War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Frank Mylinski
Fireco
Fireco Methodist Church
Everett R. Shafer
American Legion
Beckley
Mylinski
Poland
United Mine Workers of America
American Legion Post
Nixon for Peace Director Mc Govern Leads in Idaho Primary
Nixon for Peace Director George Mc Govern, unopposed on the Democratic ticket, leads in Idaho. Vernon K. Smith, an attorney advocating legalized gambling, trails with a heavy margin in the Idaho Democratic gubernatorial primary. In Connecticut, John Alsop was chosen by Republicans after eight roll calls at the state convention. Montana nominees: Arnold Olsen and James Battin unopposed on the Democratic side. Wayne Montgomery won the GOP nomination to face Olsen. Leo Graybill won the Democratic nomination to run against Battin in November.
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George McGovern
Idaho
Vernon K. Smith
Robert Smylie
Connecticut
John Alsop
GOP
Montana
Arnold H.olsen
James F. Battin
Wayne Montgomery
Olsen
Leo C. Graybill
Battin
NHS Elects Officers at Woodrow Wilson High School
Newly elected National Honor Society officers for 1962 63 term are Gene Curtis president Judy Bolash vice president Victoria Shumate secretary Mark Scarborough Jane Raines Katy Jo Vargo Mary Pat Nuckols and Hamil Kessel. They will serve on the executive committee.
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National Honor Society
Woodrow Wilson High School
Gene Curtis
Judy Bolash
Victoria Shumate
Mark Scarborough
Jane Raines
Katy Jo Vargo
Mary Pat Nuckols
Hamil Kessel
Woodrow Wilson Juniors elect officers for 1962-63 term
Elected officers of the junior class are Ruann Ernst president Linda McGuire vice president Judy Combs secretary and Betty Lafferty treasurer for the 1962 63 school term.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ruann Ernst
Linda McGuire
Judy Combs
Betty Lafferty
Wyoming Court To Buy Dozer For State Use
The Wyoming County Court approved the low bid of 19750 for a bulldozer and will lease it to the State Department of Natural Resources for Twin Falls State Park. President Thomas H. Smith made the motion, Commissioner Joe Hansbarger seconded, while Commissioner Charles Bower objected. The court accepted resignations of Paul Viers county accounts and D D Moran county historian Mullens, appointing A Ritz Kingdon and Mrs Mary K Bowman Pineville respectively. Howard Cook to check minor jail purchases per county clean up and health recommendations.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
State Department of Natural Resources
Twin Falls State Park
Thomas H. Smith
Joe Hansbarger
Charles Bower
Paul Viers
A. Ritz Kingdon
D. D. Moran
Mullens
Mary K. Bowman
Howard Cook
R. C. Hatfield
Robert Pack
Unemployment Aid for Charleston Workers. Plant Sale Hinted
The Department of Health Education and Welfare with General Services Administration funds will preserve 145 Charleston area jobs. Senator Jennings Randolph notes officials may soon break through on the Morgantown Ordnance Works sale. Kanawha Valley contractors and union carpenters reach a new contract ending last weekend’s strike. J Moore Jr 22 of Kingston Ohio pleads guilty to armed robbery related to a $1,200 Huntington Western Union holdup with sentencing set for June 15. The West Virginia Public Service Commission will attend a June 27 Washington hearing on Federal Power Commission refunds ordered to Tennessee Gas Transmission Co totaling $26 million.
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Bar
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Charleston
General Services Administration
Morgantown
Jennings Randolph
D-W
Washington
Kanawha Valley
J. Moore, Jr
Kingston
Ohio
Western Union
Huntington
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Meeting Postponed In Mullens City Commission
Mullens city officials postponed their Tuesday night meeting after the mayor and one commissioner could not attend. Mayor Woodrow Cook, visiting his sister, Wyoming County Circuit Clerk Helen Taliferro, had major surgery in Roanoke, Virginia. Commissioner Leland Harless remained a patient at Wyoming General Hospital with a condition described as good.
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Mullens
RNS
Woodrow Cook
Helen Taliaferro
Wyoming County
Roanoke
Leland Harless
Wyoming General Hospital
Rescue Squad Responded to Two Beckley Incidents
Two Beckley calls were logged this morning. Iris Ellison West, 47, collapsed at the wheel on Neville Street near the National Bank and died on arrival at a hospital. Doris Wynes, 25, fractured her hip at 211 Grant Street and is listed as satisfactory at Beckley Hospital.
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Beckley
Neville St
Beckley National Bank
Iris Ellison West
Jarrell St
Grant St
Doris Wynes
Beckley Hospital
Five Persons Injured In Unrelated Mishaps
Five area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital on Monday for injuries from unrelated accidents. Donald Thomas, 2, of 217 Sixth St., cut the middle finger of his right hand on a lawn mower. Joseph Cook Jr., 17, of Fairdale, cut his left index finger on an axe. Edward Lyons, of Cranberry, sustained burns on both hands when a drill plug blew at Glen Bennett Coal Co. mine. Willie Edward Brown, 11, of Shady Spring, hurt his left hand in an accident. Charles Eugene Smith, 8, of Fireco, cut his right hand on a razor blade while playing.
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Donald Thomas
Bob Thomas
Sixth St
Joseph Cook Jr
Fairdale
Edward Lyons
Glen Bennett
Mystery Corsage Baffles Nancy At National Spelling Bee
Nancy Walker, in Washington for the National Spelling Bee at the Mayflower Hotel, enjoys a Capitol tour with friend Peggy Kessinger while a corsage from a secret admirer remains unexplained. She relaxes amid telegrams from family and peers, wanders the Mall, visits memorials, and braces for the morning competition with the word notch.
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Washington
Nancy Walker
Mrs
Lawrence Walker
Springdale
Keith
Baltimore
Meadow Bridge High School
Raleigh Register
The
Register
West Virginia
Capitol
Becky Richardson
Ironton
Ohio
Huntington 'S
Herald-Dispatch
Register City
Peggy Kessinger
Huntington
Doris C. Miller
Nancy
Peggy
Arlington National Cemetery
Accused Rapist Executes Bond
Clinton Nyle Pennington of Mabscott was released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a $5,000 bond. He had waived to the grand jury in a prior hearing for the rape of a 20-year-old Bradley woman.
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Clinton Nyle Pennington
Mabscott
Bradley
Raleigh
Pennington
Russell Moore
Aevf
Terry
Robert Andrews
Beckley State Police
Iven I. Browning
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Bendix Sues Price Fixers Over Conspiracy Claims
Bendix Corp of Detroit files in U S District Court in Philadelphia against four firms alleged to be principal U S producers of composite resistors. Suit accuses a 1955 to 1961 price and sale terms conspiracy unearthed after a January 1961 government anti trust case in Ohio.
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Philadelphia
UPI
U. S
Bendix Corp
Detroit
Alphia
Bendix
Ohio
Chesapeake and Potomac to Spend Near Million in WV
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. plans about 1 million dollars in West Virginia improvements next year. The largest item, 584,100 dollars, funds a new dial office at Buckhannon. Additional central office facilities will cost 120,600 dollars in Charleston, with smaller upgrades at Huntington, Clarksburg, Pt. Pleasant and Summersville.
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Charleston
UPI
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Board of
Buckhannon
Huntington
Clarksburg
Pt. Pleasant
Summersville
Allied strength listed for D-Day invasion
United Press International reports total Allied strength available for the D-Day invasion as 2,876,439, including 17 British divisions with three Canadian, 20 U.S. divisions, plus French and Polish forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
U.S
Strawberry Festival and Pie Bake-Off Open With 27 Entries
The Beckley Area Rural Development Council Strawberry Festival and Custard Pie Bake-Off opened at 10 a.m. at El Chico Restaurant and Appalachian Power Company auditorium. There are three divisions in the strawberry contest with 27 entries and 216 quarts of top grade fruit. Judges include Dr. W. H. Conkle of West Virginia University extension. Custard pies drew six entries judged by Mrs. Mary Nellcome of American Gas and Andessa Wright of Stoco High School. Prizes will be awarded this afternoon at El Chico.
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Beckley Area
W. H. Conkle
Extension
Amare
West Virginia
Uni
Mary Nellcome
Amere Gas ‘Pany
Andessa Wright
Stoco High School
el Chico
New Education Ideas Advocated By Barron
West Virginia Governor W W Barron urged a sound and massive free public education program to engage the public and lawmakers. He called for liberal leadership to replace conservatism and to raise dropouts, aiming for an economy that provides necessities and luxuries. He urged candid evaluation, progress standards, and new leadership across education and economy.
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West Liberty
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Liberty State College
Barron
West Virginia
West
WVU Receives 140 300 Grant for Land Use Study
West Virginia University has been awarded 140 300 by the U S Bureau of Public Roads and the State Road Commission for a 30 month study of land use and planning controls in West Virginia. The research will identify trouble spots and draft local planning legislation to address planning problems.
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Morgantown
UPI
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Road Commission
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Miller
West Virginia
Four Beckley Pastors Attend West Virginia Methodist Conference
Four Beckley pastors will attend a five day West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church running today through Sunday. Attending are Rev. J. B. F. Yoak and Rev. Richard Carpenter of Methodist Temple, Rev. Elmer S. Wilson of First Methodist, and Rev. B. L. Moss of St. Mary's Methodist, plus lay delegate R. L. Davis. Bishop Fred G. Holloway of Charleston will preside. ministerial appointments will be read Sunday and at least one district superintendent change is expected.
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Beckley Methodist
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Sun
J. B. F. Yoak
Richard Carpenter
Methodist Temple
Elmer S. Wilson
First Methodist Church
B. L. Moss
St. Mary's
David Wayne
Pittsburgh
Board of Missions
Two Men Charged In Nighttime Richmond Accident
Police say Lambert and Burrell were involved in an attempted drag race near the Coffee Shop tonight around 10:30 p.m. Burrell died after crashing into a steel beam. Lambert fled, then returned after investigators showed he had been driving the other car.
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Lambert
Richmond
Herndon
Burrell
Kennedy McCormack race opens in Massachusetts
Massachusetts faces a tight Democratic Senate contest as Ted Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack Jr. campaign in Springfield. Fifteen thousand seek 1,500 seats at the convention as party machines duel, while Kennedy defends a family dynasty image. Kennedy and McCormack, both Irish Catholic lawyers, vow strong runs toward the fall primary and national attention.
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Harry Ferguson
Mass
Ted Kennedy
U.S
Edward J. McCormack Jr
John McCormack
House of Representatives
Ed and
Ted
Springfield Municipal Auditorium
Massachusetts
Springfield
Kennedy
McCormack
Boston Globe
Washington
Masselin Review Honors in Ste. Mere Eglise Parade
D Day ceremony features Masselin before town hall with an honor guard. Masselin raises the American flag gifted by Washington University professor Tom Murphy and displays the original flag of the 505th Airborne Regiment. Gavin calls Ste. Mere Eglise a symbol of European liberation and notes intimate ties with locals.
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Jean Masselin
Masselin
Tom Murphy
Washington University
505Th Airborne Regiment
Ste. Mere Eglise
France
Gavin
States
Valley Drive Status Update Recaps Appraisal Discrepancies
The Valley Drive page one continuation notes future plans and unconfirmed reports of a state purchase at 11 500 for a property appraised at 3 100 with asking price 6 500. It also cites a separate case where two appraisal firms submitted identical reports.
Pompidou Office Reveals Document Ahead of Assembly Vote
The premier's office released a document just before a National Assembly vote on a motion of confidence, which the government won easily. The disclosure occurred moments before the debate, signaling government strategy in the Algeria related matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Pompidou
National Assembly
Beckley Man Injured In One Car Accident
James Coleman of 103 Clyde Street was listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a 1958 car struck a utility pole near Bogg's Tackle Shop at Raleigh Hill around 1 30 a m. Driver Jack Ambrosiani of 216 Wright Road was charged with failure to keep his auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coleman
Clyde St
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Coleman
Bogg
Raleigh Hill
Jack Ambrosiani
Wright Road
Restroom equipment stolen at playground report
Beckley police investigate the theft of three commodes at a local playground. City officials say the items were taken overnight and a suspect named Bob Harding is being questioned as officers recover one unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Bob Harding
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