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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1962

Page

2

Landscaping Basis For Suit Trial

William Klein sues Julius Marcum in Raleigh County Circuit Court over landscaping work done last spring. Klein seeks 300 dollars plus 20 to 30 calls, contending Marcum failed to replace dead or dying hollies and to fix soil and sod issues. Marcum admits partial payment and defense, with witnesses noting materials costs and unresolved fence charges. Jurors selected and court recessed until Monday.

William Klein West Virginia St Julius’ Marcum Beckley Marcum Klein Raleigh County

Final rites for Mose Cottle. several more deaths noted

Mose T Cottle 55 Route 2 Fayetteville dies of heart attack at home. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday Cotton Hill Baptist Church Fayetteville burial in Huse Memorial Park graveside by Lafayette Masonic Lodge. Survived by wife Audrey three sons Robert A Benny K Carl E daughter Norma Trenton parents Walter and wife and two brothers nine grandchildren. Body to be moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home one hour before service friends may call after 4 p m Friday. Also Walter Lee Clay 74 Naoma death in Beckley hospital funeral 2 p m today Free Will Baptist Church Naoma burial Pettry Cemetery Naoma Valley Funeral Home Whitesville in charge. Edwin Arthur Bare 86 Pocahontas Va dies Bluefield Sanitarium funeral 1 p m Friday Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Chapel.

Mose T. Cottle Route 2 Fayetteville Cotton Hill Baptist Church William Seacrist Huse Memorial Park LaFayette Masonic Lodge Cottle LaFayette Lodge Audrey Robert A Benny K Lima Ohio Carl] E. Cottle Durham N. C Norma Trenton Montrose Colo Walter R. Cottle William Walter Lee Clay Naoma Beckley Free Will Baptist Church Roy Tyree Pettry Valley Funeral Home Whitesville Edwin Arthur Bare Pocahontas C. M. Bare Mabscott Bluefield Sanitarium Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Chapel

Mabscott widow Roxie Adkins dies after long illness

Mrs Roxie Adkins 68 of Mabscott died in a Beckley hospital at 6 15 p m Wednesday after a lengthy illness Born in Johnson County Ky May 20 1893 she was the daughter of the late James and Anna Keen Ramey She was married June 6 1910 to Garland Adkins who survives She was a member of the Mac Arthur Church of God and had lived in Mabscott since 1951 moving from Logan Surviving are one son James Virgil Adkins El Mirage Ariz one sister Elizabeth Francis Cleveland Ohio and three funeral services will be held in the MacArthur Church of God at 2 p m Friday with Rev Otis Clyburn in charge Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery The body will remain at Melton Mortuary until one hour prior to services Also note John Earl Miller Mason Street Beckley will have the body removed from Byron's Funeral Home in Springfield to St Michael's Cathedral for requiem mass Saturday morning Mr and Mrs Springer left today for Springfield to attend the services

Roxie Adkins Mabscott Beckley Johnson County James Anna Keen Ramey Garland Adkins MacArthur Church of God Logan James Virgil Adkins el Mirage Ariz Elizabeth Francis Cleveland Ohio MacArthur Church For God Otis Clyburn Oak Grove Cemetery Melton Mortuary John Earl Miller Mason Street Byron Springfield St. Michael's Cathedral Mrs. Springer Rose F. Evans Rhodell Ervin Charles Evans Cincinnati James Tension Caberin Ala Georgia Florian Orient Sunset Memorial Park Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home

Susan Neely Funeral Services Held for 6-Day-Old Sprague Baby

Funeral services for Susan Jeanette Neely age six days will be at 11 00 a.m. Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. C. M. Littlejohn officiating. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. The infant daughter of Homer and Georgie Brown Neely Sprague died in a local hospital at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors include the parents, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Dewey Brown of Sprague and paternal grandmother Mrs Hettie Neely of Santana Florida. The funeral home will be open one hour before services.

Susan Jeanette Neely Rose and Questenberry Funeral Home Peace C. M. Littlejohn Sunset Memorial Park Homer Neely Sprague Georgie Brown Dewey Brown Hettie Neely Santana, Fla Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home

Knapp Controls Item Reflects Continuing Coverage

Mrs. Margaret Edmonds aged 49 of Mc Alpin died at 10:45 a.m. today at her home after a brief illness. The body remains at Wright Anderson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.

Margaret Edmonds McAlpin Wright-Anderson Funeral Home

Mrs Ione Springer 83 Springfield educator dies after illness

Mrs. Ione S. Springer 83 of Springfield Mass mother of Beckley Post-Herald Sports Editor George Springer died Wednesday night after a three month illness. She taught 50 years including 34 in Massachusetts schools. Survivors include daughter Mrs Emma Chevalier Springfield and four grandchildren. Burial arrangements to Melton Mortuary in Melrose.

Ione S. Springer Springfield Mass Beckley Post-Herald George Springer Beckley Springer Massachusetts Emma Chevalier

Evans and Duncan Rites Set for Local Residents

Funeral notices report final rites for Mrs Rose E Evans at Rhodell Church of God conducted by the church pastor. Evans, 64, of Rhodell, died Wednesday after a long illness. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Also listed are funeral services for Earl B Duncan, 54, Glen White, at Mount Hope Baptist Church with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Duncan was a Mount Hope member and Eastern Gas and Fuel employee. Survivors, service details, and pallbearers are noted.

Earl B. Duncan Mount Hope Baptist Church Shirley Donnelly Harry Dias Robert Perry Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Duncan Glen White Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Mount Hope

Gromyko proposes atom free zone and talk of NATO Warsaw pact pact

Gromyko repeats calls for immediate creation of an atom free zone for Germany Poland and Czechoslovakia and a non aggression pact between NATO and Warsaw Pact. He urges a self policed ban on megaionic tests and limited policing of disarmament. Rusk counters that assurances must match risks and suggests selective verification sampling without universal surveillance.

Gromyko Germany Poland Czechoslovakia NATO Rusk United States

Son of Maple Fork Woman Found Dead in California

Mrs. Frances Hoskins of Maple Fork received a telegram from the U S Naval Department Sunday informing that her son Earl Sonny Hoskins 27 had been found dead in a hotel room in California The body will arrive at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Friday morning A spokesman said the death was telegraphed from Hanford California Funeral arrangements are incomplete Cause of death was not known

Frances Hoskins Maple Fork U.S. Naval Department Earl Sonny” Hoskins California Tyree Mount Hope Hanford Calif

Nasser Family Death in Kfeir Lebanon

Ayoub Nasser of Kfeir Lebanon died this week. Survived by brother T A Nasser of Huntington and a sister Mrs Mike Rahall. address listed as 220 North Fayette Street.

Ayoub Nasser Kfeir Lebanon Mike Rahall N. Fayette St T. A. Nasser Huntington

Coal City Driver Executes Bond On Drunk Driving Charge

Earl Duncan of Coal City was released from Raleigh County Jail at 8 45 am after posting a 500 appearance bond before Magistrate W A Burke on a drunk driving charge. He was jailed by Beckley State Police at 9 22 pm Wednesday with a hearing set for March 21. Clifton Bell of Pemberton was jailed by a sheriff's deputy at 5 50 pm Wednesday on a felony warrant by Charles Bragg of Sullivan for breaking into Bragg's home and stealing a lady's wrist watch and costume jewelry valued at 20 each. Bell is also in violation of probation from 1955 with 133 in costs owed. Jesse Lambert, 16, of Shady Spring, was certified to magistrate court for a hearing on probation violation, petit larceny, and destruction of property after a State Police arrest at 12 25 pm Thursday. He allegedly stole copper wire from a White Oak house and damaged Terrell Todd's property. a 15 year old Shady Spring boy is held for juvenile authorities. Magistrate Joe Rodriguez sentenced Lambert to 10 days in county jail for destruction of property and fined 5 plus costs. he received a 10 dollar fine plus costs on petit larceny.

Earl Duncan Coal City Raleigh W. A. Burke Beckley Clifton Bell Pemberton Charles Bragg Sullivan Charles Bell Bragg Bell Jesse Lambert Shady Spring Lambert White Oak Terrell Todd Beaver Joe Rodriguez

Summit tests foreign aid and dairy price supports

The report covers a push for 4.9 billion in foreign aid with opposition from economy advocates, Edward Kennedy not joining his brother’s Massachusetts Senate campaign but voting in the primary, a plea to reverse the agriculture committee on dairy price supports to avoid hardship, and a possible request for supplemental flood insurance appropriations after recent East Coast storms.

Congress Edward Kennedy Massachusetts House Agriculture Committee

State retraining program offers subsistence on unemployment basis

retraining were employed for three years prior to losing their jobs will get subsistence allowances equal to the state unemployment compensation they would be eligible to receive. The trainees could not receive both types of benefits at the same time. The new law also will provide a small training program for youths aged 16 22 who have not yet entered the job market. Trainees aged 19 22 in this group could get allowances up to $20 a week.

West Virginians for Moderation fund campaign in Charleston

State brief notes a campaign by West Virginians for Moderation to raise 25000 through wallet-size cards at 1 each to back the liquor-by-the-drink amendment ahead of the November election. Deerwalk resident William Knowles dies from apparent smoke inhalation after a house fire. Or ville R. Legg, 17, Charleston, faces trial in Kana wha County for malicious wounding in the Nitro girl fatal shooting last Dec 23. Legg is among 10 indicted in the case.

West Kanawha County Carolyn McCallister Legg

Suit Filed for 985 Dollars Against Pepsi Bottling Co

A $985 suit naming Pepsi Cola Bottling Co of Beckley Inc as defendant was filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office on behalf of Harry G. Clark of Houston Texas trading as H G Clark Co. The claim seeks the balance on a $7,200 contract signed by H B Hunnicutt of Princeton for advertising clocks with monthly payments. The contract is dated December 1959 and the balance claim dates July 2 1961. Samuel Solins of Welch is counsel for Clark.

Pepsi Cola Bottling Co Beckley, Inc Raleigh County Harry G. Clark Houston Texas H. G. Clark Co Preident H. B. Hunnicutt Princeton Clark Samuel Solins Welch

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