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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
2
Mullens plans a June 24 mock election to decide whether to insert the dot over the i in Mullens name as part of Centennial celebrations. City Commissioners approved the vote amid other actions including street and sanitation measures and inviting former officials to a Centennial parade.
Armed Services Chair Carl Vinson pledged full consideration for West Virginia on future bases after objections to current allocations. The bill would authorize 494 million for Air Force construction, 205 million for Navy, 201 million for Army, plus 693 million for military family housing, 13 percent below the administration request. Vinson said the reductions do not jeopardize national security.
Mullens stores will stay open Friday nights and some will keep late Saturday hours. Woodrow Cook of the Mullens Chamber of Commerce says most shops will run until 8 p.m. on Fridays and a few until 8 p.m. on Saturdays.
George A. King, 20, Beckley, ordered to appear in City Police Court Monday night for displaying improper registration plates after a citation at 8:55 p m Wednesday. James T. Godbey, 18, Mount Hope, ordered to appear in City Police Court Monday night for speeding after arrest by City Police at 3:25 a m.
Beckley and Raleigh County merchants announced Centennial Bargain Days would be the largest sales event of its kind in Beckley as three day activities began this morning. Co chairmen T E Simmons and Joe Bissett reported broad merchant participation and strong financing while the Mercantile Division planned blue ribbons for parade entries and a luncheon for the Centennial queen and court.
Funeral services are pending for Cecil C. Hughes 49 of Sophia after a month long illness. He owned a garage, belonged to Auto Wrecking Assn and Beckley Moose Lodge. Also noted are final rites for Helen Schneidner Pryor 74 of Princeton, died after six months illness, with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park and a daughter Asher Phillips.
Memorial services were set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Ansted for Captain James Louis Tillett 47 formerly of Lansing who died May 27 in Kaiser Slaughterden Germany while serving with the Army. Burial in Hendricks Cemetery Turkey Creek near Ansted with military rites from Fort Hayes Ohio. Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to handle arrangements. Graveside honors by Army personnel.
Funeral services for Miss Josie Neely 65 of Piney View were set for 2 pm Friday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Carl Johnson officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Wednesday night in a local nursing home after a long illness. Born January 17 1898 in Fayette County she was the daughter of the late Charles and Rachel Harrah Neely. Surviving are three sisters Mrs C K Hughes Lanark Mrs B E Snyder Beckley and Mrs Clyde Markham Charleston. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
Mrs Mintie Lyons died this morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a four week illness. She lived with her sister Mrs James Merton in Harvey. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements for Mrs Irene M Bailey are also listed with service set for Saturday at 11 am in the First Christian Church.
J J Blankenship 67 of Mullens will have funeral services at 1 30 p m Friday at First Presbyterian Church Mullens with Rev P K Morrison officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. He died at 830 a m Wednesday in a Mullens hospital after a heart attack. Body to be moved from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home to the church one hour before the service.
Benjamin Rush Goff 85 of 111 Bible Ave died at 6 30 am Wednesday after a long illness. Final rites at Regular Baptist Church on Johnstown Road with Reverends Johnny Atkinson Everett Shafer. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Home arrival 4 pm today and church an hour before services. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
Integration efforts desegregated facilities on Wednesday and Negro patrons ate in multiple venues without incident. Savannah police arrested eight Negro teens for trespassing after refusing to leave a private restaurant, released on $100 bonds each. Birmingham saw about 400 Negroes seek voter registration this week. few whites registered. Winston-Salem reports a biracial committee pledging immediate open doors to all races in most hotels and restaurants, with theater desegregation negotiations ongoing. In Culpeper County 15 Negro students were assigned to white schools. transfers for 97 others in Prince George County were to be considered later this month.
Crowds continue to fill the church as police note an unprecedented turnout for a pope lying in state. Cardians plan a secret conclave starting June 19, with balloting to begin June 20 and an expected four days to decide. Pope John’s coffin will stay in place for months before removal to St John Lateran. Tomb for the pontiff’s resting place is not yet ready.
State Police logged two unrelated traffic accidents Wednesday afternoon. In the first, John Wickline 42 of Peterstown passed Thomas 61 of Valley Drive on West Virginia Route 16 when Thomas swerved into Wickline’s car, causing about $400 in damages and awaiting Magistrate W. A. Burke on failure to yield. A second crash at 2:30 p.m. involved Henry Smith 55 of Lanark and Gladys Carpenter 36 of Oakwood Drive, totaling about $500 in damages. neither driver was charged.
Beckley Rotary Club will honor valedictorians and salutatorians from 1963 Raleigh County high schools at a 6 p m dinner in the Beckley Hotel. George M Parker announces TRUMAN L SAYRE will address the group on achieving success and mit efforts. A film titled The Challenge of Change will follow, with invitations sent to a long list of graduates from Beckley and neighboring high schools.
John O. Nary of Mabscott was remanded to Raleigh County Jail at 11 a.m. today by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez in lieu of a $50 fine and costs on a drunk driving charge. His license was revoked for six months and he must serve 24 hours in jail.
CAP officials report Gardner landed at Dulles International Airport near Washington D C and grounded the search until Eastern Air Rescue in Georgia was notified. A $1,000 reward from Trego Stone Corp Roanoke Va targets another missing plane since April 29 1963 from Marion Indiana to Franklin Va. The Bonanza No 3816-B is white and yellow with a pilot and two passengers. The firm believes the craft lies in the Allegheny mountains of West Virginia or Virginia along a route past Ravenswood Spencer and Marlinton toward Warm Springs Goshen Benna Vista Franklin Va.
Beckley mayor-elect John W. Smith announced a policy making conference within two weeks to consider applicants for five appointive municipal posts. The posts include police judge city attorney recorder police chief and street commissioner. Names were not disclosed to respect current positions. The new officials take office July 1 and seek timely filling of posts after council members return from vacation.
The town council accepted the canvass of votes cast in Lester's Tuesday election. Official returns show Mayor Charles E. Cook 61 Angeline Morehead 59 and six councilmen aged 60: Harry Thomas Robert Gray Charles Ray Snuffer Daniel Knight Haven Blankenship. No vote changes, no challenges, no write-ins. Mayor and city recorder reaffirmed oaths. The Progressives held no convention for the election.
Gene Cozart of Harper Heights was jailed at 9 p.m. on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after arrest by constables. A 17 year old Eccles girl was jailed at 2:20 p.m. on a juvenile warrant. William Lewis of Eccles was moved to Kanawha County at 4 p.m. on a non support warrant. Charley Winston of Artie was taken to Beckley Hospital for examination after a 2:30 p.m. disturbance charge. George R. Wall of Helen was released to Military Police for absence without leave. A 17 year old Beckley boy was moved from jail to Pruntytown on petit larceny charges.
President Kennedy outlined a plan where U S air frame and engine makers would enter an early design competition to choose the safest and most practical supersonic airliner. Development costs around 1 billion dollars would be shared by private and federal funds, with a 1966 Concorde prototype deadline cited. If the competition shows impracticality the project could be postponed or scrapped.
President Kennedy announced a government backed billion dollar supersonic jet program to fly at 1600 mph with costs shared by public and private sectors. He said he would visit Italy later this month, with Pope John XXIII funeral plans prompting potential cancellation. Vice President Johnson leads U.S. delegation to Vatican City. In El Paso he drew a 20,000 strong crowd with a nonpartisan closing speech.
The Southern Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors met this morning in McDowell County area offices. Members from Mercer Fayette Summers Wyoming Raleigh and McDowell discussed current work programs ditching machine schedule for tile drainage and ponds built or to be built under SCS technical assistance.
Commodities will be distributed Thursday and Friday at the Eccless Union Hall from 9 a.m. until p.m.
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