Flood Strains Mullens Business As Town Reels
Floods leave Mullens drenched with four to five foot depths in parts of town. Wyoming General Hospital basement flooded and without heat. Fire department pumps water. gas service is disrupted and clinics are isolated. Funeral home shelters 50 residents including a flood refugee expecting a baby. Roads blocked at Wyco and Allen Junction. mail routes disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
BNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Guyandotte Avenue
West Mullens
Beckley
MacDougal
Robertson - Foglesong
Helen
Wyco
Allen Junction
Charleston
Welch
Pax Residents Isolated By Flood Waters Across Four Bridges
Pax area residents are cut off as high water washes away four bridges trapping hundreds. Five families seek refuge in the Lawrence Tyree home while others abandon houses and double up. Water floods Long Branch Methodist Church and parsonage. Pettry's Store sits eight inches under water but remains open. Schools struggle with slides and flooded roads. Sugar Creek No. 2 and Glen Dale affected. Route blocks and single lane traffic endure as crews work to reopen primary routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
BNS
Lawrence Tyree
Long Branch
Pettry
Kingston
State Road Commission
Lookout
Prince
McKendree
Thurmond
Layland
Prince Railroad Station
Greenbrier
Bone Pile Explosion Blocks Route In Rhodell
A bone pile exploded along Route 16 at Wyco, sending red debris across the highway. A tractor-trailer was caught in the blast with no reported injuries. Residents were driven from homes as Tommy Creek rose, washing out a swinging foot bridge and forcing a longer route for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
Wyco
Tommy Creek
Logan Declares Disaster After Flood Raises City Emergency
Logan mayor H. H. Cudden proclaimed a state of emergency and a disaster area as rainfall worsened flooding. The municipal primary election scheduled for today was postponed amid rising waters and ongoing rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
H. H. Cudden
Pineville River Flood Devastates Town and Halts Services
Pineville faced severe flooding from the Guyandotte River and Rockcastle Creek. Water and sewer lines burst, blocking roads and washing out bridges as residents worked to repair damage and evacuate. A gas line fire near Bearhole was put out by volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Guyandotte
Rockcastle Creek
Town Recorder
Bearhole
Main Street
Mountaineer
East Pineville
Don Fuller
Oceana-Matheny
Appalachian Power i Co
Jack Martin
Oceana
Arrests and Bond Actions Reported in Raleigh County
Alma Scarbro of Artie jailed at 4 a.m. Monday in Raleigh County Jail on a re arrest warrant. Fordie Bragg of White Oak released at 12 15 a.m. Monday after posting a 500 property bond to Magistrate W. Burke to appear before the grand jury on a charge of drunkenness in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Scarbro
Artie
Raleigh
Fordie Bragg
White Oak
A Burke
Red Cross Advises How to Aid Flood Victims
Local Red Cross leaders Judith Moorefield and James Roberts outline ways to help flood victims. Donations should go to the local office labeled for flood assistance, with requests to call for other needed forms of aid. Five counties Greenbrier Logan McDowell Mingo Wyoming have shelters and basic relief funded by the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Judith Moorefield
James Roberts
West Virginia
American Red Cross
Moorefield
Roberts
Greenbrier
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Funeral services set for Mrs. Bertha Hess of Princeton
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Hess 72 of 203 Clyde St. will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev C S Donnelly officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. She died Monday evening after a short illness. Survived by daughter Ruth McCary two brothers E D Terry and Gilman Terry and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 7 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Hess
Clyde St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
C. S. Donnelly
Oakwood
Princeton
F. D
Dora Terry
First Baptist Church of
Robert W. Hess
Final rites for Phillip Sizemore in Oak Hill
Mrs Grace Sprouse Phillip Sizemore final rites in Oak Hill with Rev Harold Huffman and Rev J C Bybee. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Sizemore died after a long illness. Survivors include wife Ethel Sizemore six sons a daughter a half brother and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 4 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Sizemore
Oak Hill
Tyree
Arthur
Air Force
Turkey
Ralph
Kansas City
Margaret Moran
Alta Vista
Jim Hager
Page
Two Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Crab Orchard and Princewick
Funeral services for Mrs Esther Ann Rothwell of Crab Orchard will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Keyser Bryant Chapel with Rev R S Bowling officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died at 1 15 a m today after a long illness born April 25 1872 in Bolton England. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Mary Alice Kirkman and Mrs James Edith Green. two sons William and James. four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements also announced for Mrs Grace Wilson Sprouse 90 of Princewick who died Monday at her daughter Elizabeth Evans home. Born April 17 1873 in Nelson County Virginia. Survived by husband Walter Lenwood Sprouse and one son Charles Lewis Clements. Body at Williams Funeral Home Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Ann Rothwell
Crab Orchard
Keyser-Bryant
R. S. Bowling
Sunset Memorial Park
Bolton
Lancashire
England
James
Jane Knowles
Mary Alice Kirkman
Edith) Green
William
Washington, D. C
Grace Wilson Sprouse
Princewick
Elizabeth Evans
Nelson County
Walter Lenwood Sprouse
Charlottesville
Charles Lewis Clements
Staunton
Williams Funeral
Sophia
Flash Flood Devastates Homes in Hinton After 3.3-Inch Rain
A 1 a.m. flash flood caused by a clogged culvert and 3.3 inches of rain swept through Hinton. Trees and debris wrecked homes on Temple Street and nearby areas, with Hare Criddle's house crushed and Leonard Sears' three story residence flooded to the second story. City police and volunteers evacuated residents as the Greenbrier River rose six feet above normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
Hinton City
Temple Street
Leonard Sears
Hinton
Greenbrier
Firefighters Battle Basement Flooding Calls in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department fought rising water in two incidents. At 6 25 PM they pumped water from Mrs. Ethel Carper's basement at 102 Hartley Ave. In the early morning they responded to Mrs. Ada Catterson at 205 Westwood Dr for a furnace control stuck on an overheating unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Ethel Carper
Hartley Ave
Ada Catterson
Westwood Dr
Legislature Continues Debate Over WV Industrial Relief
The report disagreed with Boiar sky and cast doubt on a $200,000 cost. Watson argued West Virginia should back a claimed $6 million industry by offering necessary relief when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boiarsky
Watson
West Virginia
Ohio Man Arrested On City Warrant
Bobby Ray Redden, 23, Columbus Station, Ohio, was arrested by City Police at 12:50 a.m. on a city warrant for failing to appear in City Police Court on charges of no operator license and defective rights. Beckley Police investigate a report of a peeping tom on Powerline Drive at midnight Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Ray Redden
Columbbia Station
Ohio
Beckley
Requiem Mass Held for Miss Josephine Gardner in Hinton
Miss Josephine Gardner 64 of Hinton died after an extended illness in Marmet hospital. A Requiem Mass was said at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with Rev. William Lynn Gardner and Rev. Thomas L. Carrigan presiding. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery. She formerly served as an elementary school principal in Summers County and taught in the Summers area. She was born August 5, 1898 in Hinton to the late Lynn and Katherine Bolland Gardner and lived most of her life in Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
Concord Teachers College
Josephine Gardner
Hinton
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
William Lynn Gardner
Thomas L. Carrigan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Miss Gardner
Summers County
Marmet
Lynn
Katherine Bolland Gardner
Mabscott Driver Charged In Wreck
Clifford S. Ragle, 37 Mabscott, was charged with failure to yield after a two car crash at the Mabscott exit to Route 16 at 7 am. Ragle pulled onto the four lane and collided with Clifford F. Meadows of 205 Sheridan Ave. Damages around 700 dollars, no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford S. Ragle
Mabscott
Ragle
Beckley
Clifford F. Meadows
Sheridan Ave
Final rites for Sam Laxton held at Freewill Baptist Church
Sam Laxton 53 of Lynco dies at Man hospital. Funeral 11 a m Wednesday at Oceana Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Kimball Blankenship and Rev. Roy Elkins officiating. Burial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny. Survived by wife Mary and children James Rosa Parsley Jean Pisano Peggy Ruth, parents Frank and Francis Lax ton, siblings Earl Junior Senter John Gracie Shumate Vida Adkins. Body to home at 5 p m today from Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Laxton
Lynco
Freewill Baptist Church
Oceana
Kimball Blankenship
Roy Elkins
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Laxton
Man
Keyrock
Frank and
Francis Vanhoy Laxton
Mary Ellison Laxton
James
Rosa Parsley
Columbus
Ohio
Jean Pisano
Fairview
Mass
Peggy
Ruth
Earl
Senter
John
Hatcher
Gracie Shumate
Vida Adkins
Evans Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Lauzetta Karnes in Spanishburg church
Mrs Lauzetta Karnes 84 of Princeton died Monday in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Spanishburg Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Rasberry and Rev B H Stevens officiating. Burial will be in Bowling Cemetery. She was born September 20 1878 in Raleigh County daughter of the late John R and Nancy Ferguson Hatcher. She was widow of Ed Karnes. Survivors include four daughters Mrs Florence Brown Princeton Mrs Blanche Waggoner Hale Mich Mrs Sylvia West Wytheville Va and Mrs Verna Jenkins Pincake two sons Oswald Keyrock and Emory Spanishburg a sister Miss Lucinda Hatcher 28 grandchildren 64 great grandchildren and two great great. The body remains at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton and will be taken to the church one hour before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauzetta Karnes
Princeton
Spanishburg Missionary Baptist Church
Ralph Rasberry
B. H. Stevens
Bowling Cemetery
Karnes
Bluefield
Spanishburg
Raleigh County
John R
Nancy Ferguson Hatcher
Ed Karnes
Florence Brown
Blanche Waggoner
Hale, Mich
Sylvia West
Wytheville
Verna Jenkins
Pincake
Oswald of
Keyrock
Emory Karnes
Lucinda Hatcher
Bailey Funeral Home
Funeral services held for Mrs. Mary E Grant 83
Mrs. Mary Ellen Grant 83 of Fairdale died Sunday in Miami Florida after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. in the Dorothy Church of God with Rev. Carl Wingo and Rev. C E Sloan officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery Colcord. Survivors include four sons John Cleveland Ohio Joe Washington DC Harry Bookersville Fla Harvey Fairdale and three daughters Mary Fields Bomont Betty Paxton Charleston Agnes Cantley Anaheim and a sister Florence Ross Hurricane. The body remained at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Grant
Fairdale
Dorothy Church of God
Carl Wingo
C. E. Sloan
Union Cemetery
Colcord
Lewis Grant
Miami
Fla
Church of God of Prophecy
Saxon
John
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe
Washington, D. C
Harry
Bookersville
Harvey
Mary Fields
Bomont
Betty Paxton
Charleston
S. C
Agnes Cantley
Anaheim
Calif
Florence Ross
Hurricane
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Mrs. Rachel Daffren Daffron 93 dies after long illness
Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Daffron of MacArthur, age 93, died at 6 30 p m Monday after a long illness. Born in Sequatchie Tennessee on April 25 1869 she was the daughter of Ephriam and Pheba Skiles. She leaves six daughters and 35 grandchildren. The body is at Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Elizabeth Daffron
MacArthur
Sequatchie
Tenn
Ephriam and
Pheba Ables Skiles
J. M. Daffron
John Ricketts
Fire. Co
Ada Sizemore
John Wooten
Byron Kincer
Crab Orchard
Elmer Crow
Marfrance
Greek Blevins
Sullivan
Caffee Funeral Home
Police Continue Shooting Probe In Beclley homicide case
Beckley State Police pursue murder probe after Hudson Woodson and neighbor Romancelos Tunstalle are wounded in a house gun battle. Woodson found dead in a rear utility room. Tunstalle treated for a thigh wound. Witness Laura Hubbard reports a midnight visit by Tunstalle armed with a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley State
Hudson Woodson
Lillybrook
Romancelos Tunstalle
Woodson
John Shelton
Charles Williams
Tunstalle
Beckley Hospital
R. A. Perry
Laura Hubbard
Raleigh
Hubbard
Whitt
Williams
Whitts
Tommy Whitt
Shelton
Raleigh County
S. A. Ford
Ford
John
Minden
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Vatican visit cited amid sealed envelope rumor
Atheist Nikita Khrushchev's son in law toured the Vatican today amid reports Pope John XXIII handed him a sealed envelope for the Soviet premier. Missouri supreme court rules blue laws unconstitutional and calls them vague, legislature to redefine sales restrictions. France's railway workers join coal miners' strike with two hour stoppages disrupting Paris trains. The House expected to approve Churchill honorary US citizenship. Anne Baxter gives birth to a girl in Hollywood. third child for her and Randolph Galt. Iraqi vice premier in Damascus to discuss joint command with Syria and broader Arab alignment. Kennedy aide calls Coast Guard nursing-boat accusation a distorted incident. State briefs flag flood damage review. Byrd seeks funds for forest centers and a visitor bureau. two WV officials die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikita Khrushchev
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
John XXIII
Missouri
Supreme Court
Operating Engineers Union Service Employes Union
Cleveland
France
Paris
House of Representatives
Sir Winston Churchill
United States
Anne Baxter
Randolph Galt
Hollywood
Iraq
Salah el Saadi
Damascus
United Arab Republic
Yemen
Algeria
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Coast Guard
Kennedy
John J. Williams
R-Del
Flood cuts roads isolate communities in Raleigh County
Heavy rainfall and collapsing bridges left Route 29 and several secondary roads blocked in Raleigh County. Sweeney reported extensive rock slides and destroyed bridges on Peach Creek Drews Creek and other routes, isolating communities like Sand Branch and Whitesville. ADC crews and Appalachian Power assisted, with 300 workers aiding road crews as Whitesville remained cut off and Route 19 faced closure due to a rock slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
Besoco
Saxton
Fireco
Mount View
Flat Top
State Road Commission
Sweeney
Clear Fork
Peach Creek
Drews Creek
Lillybrook
Raleigh
Charleston
Ameagle
Glen Daniel
T. M. Moorefield
Red Cross
Pickshin
Layland
Whitesville
Tornadoes strike Tennessee causing widespread damage and missings
Tornadoes lured and 100 homes were destroyed or severely damaged in this area. A few hours later the tornadoes hopscotched across middle and east Tennessee causing heavy damage in the Cedar Grove community near Chattanooga and at Newport in the Great Smoky Mountains. Seven are reported missing at Parrotsville but later found safe. At least seven injured with no serious injuries. Flooding reported near Nashville. Victims include Mrs Geraldine Bowen and Mrs Minnie Dunn both near Cullman and Jerry Coakley of Parrotsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle
East Tennessee
Cedar Grove
Chattanooga
Newport
Great Smoky Mountains
Cocke County
Kin Holt
Parrotsville
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Nashville
Geraldine Bowen
Minnie Dunn
Cullman
Jerry Coakley
Hamilton
Miss
Logan flood overwhelms city with high water and isolation
Civil Defense Director requests Logan be declared a major disaster as Route 10 floods persist and slides close roads. National Guard unit remains inoperable, Red Cross and agencies appeal for food clothing and furnishings while homeless families find shelter in churches schools and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lems
National Guard
State Road Commission
Huntington
Civil Defense
James A. Singleton
Logan
Man Memorial Hospital
Singleton
Red Cross
Piney View Man Forfeits Bond In Reckless Driving Case
John W. Martin of Pine View forfeited a 32.50 cash bond before Magistrate W A Burke on a reckless driving charge. Numerous others faced fines for driving offenses including haz ardous driving and improper turns. several appeared before Magistrates Burke and Rodriguez with fines ranging from 5 to 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Martin
Pi View
W. A. Burke
James Copley
Route 1
Oak Hill
Burke
Charles H. Haywood
Beckley
Larry G. Farley
Rodriguez
Glen White
James Gallagher Jr
South Charleston
Paul E. Bison
Mann
Becklley
Prince Street
Charles Edward Burton
Pomeroy
Ohio
George John Smith
Mount Hope
Sam Harbin
Eddie Robinson
Harold Cave
John Newton
Charles L. Booker
Charleston
Richard Roach
Lowell Atha
Louis A. Gall Jr
Trap Hill
W. Va
Coy Bailey
Pineknob
Gall
Warren L. Davis
Glen Daniel
Claude Rollins
Fairdale
Donald L. Trent
Bolt
Jerry Richardson
Gia Daniel
Raleigh
Fire destroys stores and home in Baileysville area
Early today a fire gutted Avants Store and an unoccupied house owned by Dwight Meadows in Baileysville. The Post Office reportedly shifted 150 feet from its foundation, while Millers Grocery Store at Brenton burned to the ground after a gas explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
RNS
Avants
Dwight Meadows
Millers Grocery
Brenton
Epperly Named Shady Spring JP by Raleigh County Court
Paul E. Epperly of Beaver was appointed magistrate of Shady Spring District succeeding L. A. Wickline after the resignation was accepted. Delegate A. David Abrams briefed on the 1963 WV Legislature session and urged forming a Stephens Lake development authority funded by bonds. James Ball of Bradley was named deputy dog warden. court moved its next meeting to March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Epperly
Beaver
Raleigh
Shady Spring
L. A. Wickline
A. David Abrams
West Virginia
Abrams
Stephen's Lake
Airport Authority
James Ball
Bradley
Fund Drive Continues For East Beckley Home
The East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home fund drive reports $1,191 in contributions with $1,800 pledged. Donations may be sent to Box 1641 Beckley, with authorized solicitors listed as J. T. Thompson, Rev. Dewey Marks, and several named ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home
East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home Inc
Box 1641
Beckley
J. T. Thompson
Dewey Marks
Thelma B. Cosby
Hilda Tanks
Marie Hembrick
Mildred Boyden
Edith Christian
Maycelia Thomas
Callie Jordon
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Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Artie Woman
Free Ladies Umbrella
Mrs. Grace Sprouse
Esther Rothwell
Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of
Credit Life
Valley Drive
Mrs
Luzetta Karnes
Mary E. Grant
Rachel Daffren
W. W. Barron
Ohio River Valley
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Monongahela National Forest
Piney View
Epperly
East Beckley
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