Garden Club Plans July Arrangement Workshop
The Oak Hill Garden Club held its July 48 meeting at the Bittinger home with an arrangement workshop. Members discussed the upcoming garden flower show on Sept 12 and 13 at Collins High gym. New officers were installed: Sydnor president, Guffey VP, Fisk recording secretary, Brown corresponding secretary, Anderson treasurer, Hamilton historian, Kelly librarian, Level parliamentary referee.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Garden Club
W. P. Bittinger
Bittinger
Collins High Gymnasium
J. E. Lewis
Collins
R. E. Kelly
City Park
City Hall
Beckley Newspapers
Western Union of
Fice
John Frisk
Forrest Smith
Kelly
H. L. van Camp
Pittsburgh
Garden Center
J. W.jones
A. L. Sydnor
F. A. Guffey
J. E. Fisk
J. I. Brown
C. P. Anderson
E. 8. Hamilton
W. H. Level
Delores Stover Weds Philip S Brandon in Clover Church
Miss Delores Mae Stover of Marfork wed Philip Smith Brandon of Clover at 4 30 p m May 16 in Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church Clover The Rev David Herr Coblentz officiated The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Edward Stover shared vows with the son of Mr and Mrs Neal Glenn Brandon Ushers were relatives and friends The couple will reside at 110 Willow Springs Dr Greenville after a Florida trip The bride a Marsh Fork High School and Bowling Green College of Commerce graduate worked at Reynolds Metals Co in Richmond Va The groom Clover High School and Bowling Green College of Commerce graduate works at S D Leidesdorf in Greenville
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Marfork
Delores Mae Stover
Philip Smith Brandon
Greenville and
Clover
S. C
Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church
David Herr Coblentz
Ralph Edward Stover
Neal Glenn Brandon
8. C
Leroy Pendleton
Billy Poore
Carroll Faye Stover
Paul Campbell Brandon
Greenville
Larry Ratchford
Union Section
N. C
Benny Hurley Jr
Bethel Community
Florida
Willow Springs Dr
Brandon
Marsh Fork High School
Bowling Green College of Commerce
Bowling Green
Reynolds Metals Co
Richmond
Clover High School
S. D. Leidesdorf
Miss Toler Feted At Birthday Party
KOPPERSTON RNS Miss Betty Toler was honored at a birthday party held at the Poe Educational Building on Friday hosted by her mother Mrs Edna Toler and Mrs Paul Green Attendees included Brenda and Gwen Myers Donna Cobb Ronnie Mayhew Joan Thomas Sandra Wooten Barbara Mathis Patty Duty Annalee Workman Smokey Johnson Douglas Bailey Buddy Hager Ballard Blackburn Troy and Charles Stewart Cyril Halsey Lloyd Hurley Johnny Gibson Linda Sauls Judy Lusk Lloyd Cook Brenda McClung Loraine Morgan Vendie and Lola Cook.
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Lloyd Cook
Brenda McClung
Loraine Morgan
Vendie
Lola Cook
Honored With Picnic Pineville
RIS Honored at a family picnic Sunday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Lilly Bradley was Mrs. Belle Hughes Hinton Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. James Clark and family Mr. and Mrs. James Cottle and family Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cottle Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cottle and family all of Welch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Angell Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Angell and family and Gable Lilly all of Hinton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weaver and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Angell all of Gallipolis Ohio John R. Ellison and sons J R Ellison and Joey Ellison all of Beckley Mr. and Mrs. John H. Martin and family of Pineville Miss Burke Weaver of Bridgeton NJ Dr. and Mrs. Van Lilly and family of Huntington and Gene Lilly of Beckley
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Pineville
Ris
Carlos Lilly
Bradley
Belle Hughes
Hinton
James Clark
James Cottle
Harold Cottle
Orville Cottle
Welch
Kenneth Angell
Aubrey Angell
Gable Lilly
Paul Weaver
Grover Angell
Gallipolis
Ohio
John R. Ellison and Sons
J. R. Ellison
Joey Ellison
Beckley
John H. Martin
Miss Burke
Bridgeton
N. J
van Lilly
Huntington
Gene Lilly
Baptist Convention Opens at Kilsyth Church Today
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church hosts the 14th annual State Freewill Baptist Convention through Saturday. Becketley Beckley conferences include 16 conferences and 135 churches across the state. Attendees include representatives from the National Association in Nashville and the Freewill Baptist Bibile College. Missionaries to Cuba Rev Thomas Willey and his wife are expected.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Freewill Baptist Convention
Beckley Conference
Beckley
Brotherhood
Coal River
Elk River
Fayette
Guyan Valley
Lincoln County
Kanawha
Logan
McDowell County
Mingo No. 1
Tug
Foreign Missions
Carl Vallance
Home Missions
Arnold Baker
Christian Education Board
Sam Clay
Freewill Baptist League Board
Billy Samms
Woman’s Auxiliary Board
Waverly Dempsey
Ada. Raines
W. C. Combs
Artie Vititoe
Nolan Helestine
R. H. Doan
Moss Cradock
D. D. Yewy
Mrs. Comer Marks 97th Birthday in Princeton
Mrs. Rebecca Ann Comer observed her 97th birthday on Wednesday. Born in Flat Top Virginia in 1862, she is the widow of John Crockett Comer and mother of nine. She lives with her son Samuel E. Comer in Princeton alongside other relatives including William Pickens, Armenta Pickens, and Othelia Bruce.
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Princeton
RNS
Rebecca Ann Comer
Flat Top
Rebecca Ann Holdren
Samuel E. Comer
Prince
Comer
John Crockett Comer
Deepwater
William
Armenta Pickens
Othelia Bruce
Nelsonville
Ohio
Family Evans join UW as five of six kin enroll
Family project brings five of six Evans children from Boulder to the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Robert 27 sophomore in engineering, William 25 engineering freshman, Evelyn 23 senior elementary education, John 21 senior agriculture, and Floyd 18 freshman in engineering.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Oscar D. Evans
Boulder
University
Robert
William
Evelyn
John
Floyd
India hosts world’s fourth largest railway system
India operates a vast rail network ranked as the world’s fourth largest by length and reach, spanning extensive routes across states and major cities, underpinning freight and passenger transport nationwide.
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India
F Stover Services Held
Funeral services for Sharman F. Stover were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the B C Hooper s Mortuary Chapel, Montgomery. Burial was to be in Montgomery Memorial Park, London. Stover, 48, Gallagher, died at a Montgomery hospital Tuesday from a heart attack. Survivors include his father Amos T. Stover of Gallagher, a sister Farnie Stover of Gallagher, and four children: Charles Gene of Welch, Douglas Preston and Loretta Stover of the Panama Canal Zone, and Delores Kearns of Dayton, Ohio.
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Montgomery
Sharman F. Stover
B. C. Hoopers
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Stover
Gallagher
Montgomery Hospital
Amos T. Stover
Farnie Stover
Charles Gene
Welch
Douglas Preston
Loretta Stover
Panama Canal Zone
Delores Kearns
Dayton
Ohio
Church Circle Names Officers
FAYETTEVILLE RNS Se lected at a Tuesday night meeting were new officers of Circle No. 2 of the Methodist Church. Hostess at the meeting was C. E. Chapman. New chair ate officers are Mrs. Kenneth Tygrett secretary treasurer, Mrs. Kate Spicer, Mrs. Irene Cavendish, Mrs. E. W. Amick, and Mrs. J. G. Page. Attending included Mrs. Spicer Wiseman Amick McQueen Wilson Lauder Williams Neubert Cavendish Page Ernie Wilson. The devotional was by Mrs. Williams and Chapman explained the Women s Society of Christian Service emblem.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Circle No. 2
Methodist Church
C. E. Chapman
Kenneth Tygrett
Kate Spicer
Irene Cavendish
E. W. Amick
J. G. Page
Joe Stone
John Lauder
Ermen Wilson
Gilert Milton
Dan H. Perdue
Phil Williams
Milton
Wilson
Williams
Nell Gladwell
A. L. Huddleston
M.s. Harry Marshall
C. L. Wiseman
Cavendish
Max Neubert
Ways and Means
Spicer
Wiseman
Amick
J. H. McQueen
A. B. Wilson
Lauder
Neubert
Page
Ernie Wilson
Chapman
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Society Plans New Project at Scarbro Church
Members of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament at St Peter and Pauls Catholic Church Scarbro plan selling shampoo as the next project. No July meeting is set. In August members and husbands are invited to Mrs Julia Wardens Glen Jean home for a lawn party. Father Eugene Klug received a card for his 20th ordination anniversary. He read articles on church authority and Latin in Mass. Refreshments were served by several members.
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Scarbro
RNS
Society of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Julia Warden
Glen Jean
Eugene Klug
Dorothy Duda
Mary Giglia
Rose Blanar
Stella Bondzo
Anne Burmer
Rose Cartelle
Ursula Chesunas
John Kincaid
Glenna Kiszka
Joyce Kiszka
Helen Kopinsky
Helen Krisko
Rose Duda
Erma Menarchik
Margaret McClung
Margaret Orban
Es Rostron
Mary Sredni
Organizational Meet Held By Church Circle
Fayetteville RNS The residence of Mrs F G Janutolo hosted Circle 1 of the Methodist Church for an organizational meeting. Miss Thelma Light will chair with officers including Mrs J W Ayers secretary treasurer and Mrs Claude Bess secretary of missionary education among others.
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Spiritual Life
C. A. Ritz
George Powell
F. J. Morris
F. G. Janutolo
Paige Corley
W. H. Mulligan
D. R. Herndon
A. H. Bowling
Lee Akers
Zorio
Leslie Decker
Lena Wiseman
Alyis Russell
Fletcher Arritt
Marshal Stands Behind Directive on Nursing Home Sprinklers
State Fire Marshal Carl E. Weimer rejects plans to ease the new safety rule requiring automatic sprinklers in nursing homes by July 1. A report shows only seven of this year's licensed homes have the devices, while Rudy W. Cain of the Nursing Home Association of West Virginia argues the cost is too high for older facilities. Weimer notes Cain claimed to represent 32 of 62 homes seeking licenses next year.
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Charleston
Carl E. Weimer
Rudy W. Cain
Parkersburg
Nursing Home Assn
West Virginia
Weimer
Cain
Hypes Named Fayetteville High Principal in Board Move
David L. Hypes was named Fayetteville High School principal at a Fayette County Board of Education meeting. George Matthew Edwards will serve as assistant principal. The board also accepted the resignation of football coach Robert Brinkley and announced several staff changes including new hires and transfers across multiple schools.
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RNS
Fayetteville High School
David L. Hypes
George Matthew Edwards
Hypes
Fayette County
Dan H. Perdue
Edwards
Robert Brinkley
Brinkley
Ethel Toles
Hilltop Elementary
Loretta Durrett
Powellton
Gene D. Oglesby
Pax High School
Gladys Meade
East Oak Hill
Sarah Shaw
Collins Junior High
Zela Martin
Meadow Bridge Elementary
Myrtle Fleshman
Collins High
Jo Ann Spicer
Glen Ferris
Genevieve Perdue
Fayetteville High
Eula Ewing
Adkins School
June Collins
Altamont
Herbert L. Collins
Glen Jean
Edward B. Roberts
Mount Hope High
Wilma Brooks
Minden
Maysel Lee Friend
Montgomery
Zoe Jackson
Page
Rose Kyle Linkenhaker
Adkins
Cavendish
Lewis H. Maynor Jr
Kingston
W. G. Henderson
Florence D. Bragg
Ansted High
Betty Jo Partain
Mary Jane Mitchell
Martha Parrish
Fannie H. Mowrey
Gauley Bridge High
Irene Bailey
Kingston High
Erma Murphy
Meadow Bridge High
June V. Middleton
Montgomery Junior High
Frances Shrewsbury
Montgomery High
June Lancianese
Mount Hope Junior High
Patricia Potter
Alice Burgess
Oak Hill Elementary
Gladys G. Wriston
Pax High
Mrs. M. Tincher Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Suzan Tincher will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Nickell Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Homer C. Piercy and the Rev. Ernest Parks will officiate. Burial follows at End-of-the-Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. Tincher, 74, died at her residence after a nine month illness. She was a member of Little Sewell Baptist Church. Survivors include six sons Joe of Covington Virginia Harry Roy and Curtis, all of Rainelle Leonard and Travis of East Rainelle, two daughters Eva Samples and Faye Osbourne of East Rainelle, a brother Walter Burns of Springdale, and 15 grandchildren.
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Harry
Roy
Curtis
Rainelle
Leonard
Travis
East Rainelle
Eva Samples
Faye Osborne
Walter Burns
Springdale
Bible School Under Way Here Gauley Bridge
Vacation Bible School at Gauley Bridge Baptist Church opened this week under Pastor Felton Vander coy. The closing program is set for June 21 with the theme Child and God. Classes range from four years through high school with specific topics for each group and a long list of teachers and assistants led by director Ruby Vander coy and pianist Berdetta Powers.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Gauley Bridge Baptist Church
Felton E. Vandercoy
Ruby Vandercoy
Berdetta Powers
Louise Mitchell
Gladys Lipford
Helen Myers
Viola Tucker
Rachel Walker
Roy Pierson
Betty Doom
Juanita Grose
Madora Ballard
Bertha Rule
Wanda Carson
Martha Smith
C. B. Powers
Judy Adams
Drema Musick
Famous Flying Priest Killed in Houston Plane Crash
Internationally known Catholic priest Father Ralph J. Diefenbach 45 and three members of a Dallas family died when a four seater plane crashed near Houston Wednesday. Also killed were Ray J. Lockwood 45 his wife Katherine 42 and daughter Patricia 11. Father Diefenbach once served with Gen. George Patton's Third Army in World War II and later headed St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Dallas. The group was en route to Galveston to visit a relative.
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Houston
Tex
Dallas
Ralph J. Diefenbach
Ray J. Lockwood
Katherine
Patricia
Diefenbach
George Patton
Third Army
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
St. Stephen
U. S
Salzburg
Austria
Father Diefenbach
St. Theresa's Catholic Church
Lockwoods
Galveston
Ousted Minister Suffered Heart Attack After Dismissal
Rev. Robert B. McNeill, a 44 year old Presbyterian minister dismissed from the First Presbyterian Church of Columbus in a racial tensions dispute, was in serious condition after a heart attack linked to days of unrest. A Southwest Georgia presbytery judicial commission removed him on Sunday following his controversial article advocating creative contact between races. McNeill had been considering a call from a Charleston West Virginia church issued before his dismissal.
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Columbus, Ga
Robert B. McNeill
First Presbyterian Church
McNeil
South
Judicial Commission of the Southwest
Lbytery
McNeill
Charleston
W. Va
Jumbo egg weighs six pounds in Alberta farm tale
EXTRA QUALITY WESTLOCK Alta AP One of Mike Bilon's chickens lays a jumbo egg weighing 6 12 ounces with a diameter of 8 14 inches one way and nine inches the other He says he would stand fast even if called to defend his directive in a court case
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Westlock, Alta
Mike Bilon
Mohoe Project Aims Deepest Hole Yet
Navy geophysics chief Dr Gordon G Lill seeks a drill path to the mantle through the earths crust possibly six miles deep. The Mohoe Project, costing 10 to 15 million dollars, targets 1000 feet mantle samples to answer questions about the origin of oceans and continental drift.
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Birmingham
Ala
Navy
Gordon G. Lill
Office of Naval Research
Lill
SRC Sets June 30 As Road Bid Date
Charleston RP The State Road Commission will open bids June 30 on about four to five million dollars of federal aid projects. Work covers 29.572 miles of road improvements one bridge and minor structures. Interstate work includes two on I 64 in Putnam County one on I 77 in Kanawha County. Other counties include Braxton Gilmer Hardy Lewis Upshur and Mineral.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Putnam County
Kanawha County
Braxton
Gilmer
Hardy
Lewis, Upshur
Mineral
Aga Khan III's successor earns Harvard degree and funds scholarships
Harvard College grants a 10 year scholarship program funded by His Highness the Aga Khan IV. The program aims to aid students from Asia and Africa, with grants averaging 2000 to 2500 dollars annually. Aga Khan, an undergraduate and Harvard varsity soccer player, praised the university's Middle Eastern and Asian studies.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard College
Aga Khan IV
Middle East
Harvard
Aga Khan
Pakistan
India
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Jordan
Iran
East Africa
Kenya
Tanganyika
Uganda
Zanzibar
Aga Khan III
Asia
Africa
John A. Monroe
Seal Ordered On TV Quiz Show Presentment
New York AP A General Sessions Court sealed the grand jury presentment after about nine months of inquiry into television quiz shows. Judge Mitchell D Schweitzer sealed and impounded the report from jury foreman Louis M Hacker, who cited public and national interest. The inquiry followed allegations of manipulation and large prize sums, with shows like Dotto 21 and The 64 000 Challenge affected. Dotto was dropped by CBS NBC last fall and 21 and The 64 000 Challenge left the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Sessions
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Louis M. Hacker
Schweitzer
Hacker
School of General Studies
Columbia University
District Attorney's Office
Dillard divorce case order to appear in Raleigh County
In Raleigh County court on May 2 1959 Frances Dillard sues Oliver H Dillard for divorce. Defendant is non resident so he must appear within one month of first publication to protect his interests as the case proceeds. Clerk C Harold Hanks and attorney Roy Cunningham sign.
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State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Frances Dillard
Oliver H. Dillard
C. Harold Hanks
Roy Cunningham
Funeral notices from Prince area unveil several deaths
Leonard Clifton Auld ridge age 61 of Prince dies at 10 30 am Tuesday June 9. Funeral 2 pm Friday June 12 at Quinnimont Baptist Church with three ministers officiating. Burial End Of The Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Pallbearers named. arrangements by Rose Quesenberry Funeral Home. Other obituaries include William Eimer 44 Crab Orchard died June 11, service June 14 at Church of the Brethren Crab Orchard, burial Powley's Creek Cemetery. Burial at John Tolley Cooney Cemetery noted for Vance Hughes 63 Crab Orchard, Anne Hulett Totten infant Charlottesville, Everett Wallace Ripley 54 Johnstown Road. Johnny William Ward 4 months Piney View. Funeral home notes and graveside rites listed.
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Auldridge
Leonard Clifton
Prince
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Lyn Powers
Stan Kruse
Everett Shafer
Trail
Clintonville
Wilburn Whitten
J. B. Woods
Paul Wauhop
Lewis Thompson
Warren Hicks
Earl McCombs
George Cook
Clifford Barkley
Joe Jones
Danny Stevenson, Jr
Hershe Iz, Anderson
Fred Sporme
Fred Campbell
Arch
Cox Cox
William Eimer
Crab Orchard
Church of the Brethren
Allen Herr
Mark Wolfe
Powley's Creek
Hinton
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Totten Totten
Anne Hulett
John William
Frances Allen Totten
Charlottesville
North Carolina
Melton Mortuary
Sunset Memorial Park
Alvin J. Cook
Ripley Ripley
Everett Wallace
Allen Avenue
Rose and Esenberry
Kanawha Street
Nazarene Church
Johnstown Road
Robert Long
Alfred Pitman
Beelick Knob
Beckley Moose Lodge
Micke Lacek
Wilfred Lewis
Jimmie Adams
Ira Robertston
Baren Atkinson
Fred Burgess
Carl Belcher
John Atkinson
L. S. Elder
John Beaver
William Nace
Arlie Combs
Russell Bryant
Ward Ward
Johnny William
Archie T. Ward
Piney View
Harrah
Backus Mountain
Fayette Coun
Carl Johnson
Shoplifter Foiled by Clock Alarm in Downtown Denver
City detectives report a shoplifter slipped an alarm clock under his coat in a downtown store. The alarm activated before he reached the door and a store detective arrested him.
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Denver
Mrs Robinson disinherits Frisco, plans art gift elsewhere
Gladys Robinson, ex-wife of Edward G. Robinson, plans to donate her art collection to another city, leaving San Francisco without the collection. The 54 Renaissance and French works, valued over a million dollars, were part of a quiet Palace of the Legion of Honor exhibit opening June 6 and ending July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward G. Robinson
Gladys Robinson
Los Angeles
Palace of the Legion of Honor
Ross Smith
Storm Doors and Windows Sale with Payment Plans
Local ad offers storm doors at 28.95 and storm windows at 12.95 for 28 by 39 inch size. Promotes top value stamps, monthly payments in 12 to 36 months, financing options up to 2500 dollars. Beckley Insulation advertises store at 19-21 By Pass, contact CL 3-4598.
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Beckley
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Delores Stover
Philip S. Brandon
Miss Toler
Baptist Convention
Kilsyth Church
Norman Arthur
Woman's Auxiliary
William Bauer
Eldon Bennett
F. Stover
Church Circle
Marshal Stands
Behind Directive
Mrs. M. Tincher
Bible School
SRC
Rose & _Quesenberry Funeral Home
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs. Robinson
Smith
Thomas Carry Howe
Santa Fe
N. M
Victoris
Capuletti
Thalian Sabvador Dali
Prince St. Dial
Floriste
S. Oakwood Ph. DL
Funeral Directors
Keyser-Bryant
Funeral Home
South Oakwood Ave
Amos FE
Quesenberry’s
Quesenberry
Kanawha St
Wright & Anderson Funeral Home
F Street
East Beckley
James Saunders
Robert L. Amick
Bessey Newspapers
Sander
Edger
Todd's Grocery
Beaver
Ing
Harold Williams
Sanders
Gray Lumber Co
Fabulon
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
F.H.A
Bank OF Raleigh
Earl R. Huddle Farl
Main St
Dial
Buckley Photo Service
Church
Professional Directory College
ing _ Peggy Parker
B. E. Silverman
Grover
Clair
J. E. St. Clair
Wright
Sprague
Skelton
Formica
Harvey
W. Prince St
Beckley, W. VA
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