Underwood Gains GOP Nod as Copenhaver Concedes in WV
In West Virginia primaries, Cecil H. Underwood conceded to Charles T. Copenhaver for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as Marland led Fox for the Democratic U.S. Senate seat. AP tallies show Marland ahead by about 9k, while Underwood led early GOP governor totals.
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Charleston
Cecil H. Underwood
Robert H. Mollohan
West Virginia
Marland
John G. Fox
U.S. Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
Underwood
Copenhaver
Millard A. Holliday, Sr
Garten
U. S. Senate
Fox
W. H. Ansel, Jr
Ansel
W. W. Barron
Elkins
Barron
State Liquor Control Commission
Mollohan
U.S
Matthew M. Neely
Afl-Cio
United Mine Workers
Ferguson
William C. Marland
Statehouse
Senate
Tom Sweeney
Wheeling
Sweeney
Millard A. Holliday Sr
J. Howard Myers
Martinsburg
Joe F. Burdett
Point Pleasant
Albert D. Willer
Clarksburg
GOP Factional Fuss Remains Unresolved
Charleston voters split evenly on National Committeeman Walter S. Hallanan, choosing between 28 years of leadership and a reform faction. Delegates at large show two pro Hallanan and two foe candidates, while district results are mixed, sending the issue to the state convention for final selection.
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Charleston
Walter S. Hallanan
San Francisco
Hallanan
Saturday Rites Set for Child Drowning Victim
Beckley fire rescue found five year old Craig Howard Parsons in Glade Creek about 20 minutes after he disappeared near Rt. 3. Funeral services are set for Harper Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving family includes his parents Sgt. Charles B. and Sherry E. Parsons and three brothers.
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Beckley Fire Department
Glade Creek
Craig Howard Parsons
Charles B
Sherry E. Parsons
Harper
Beckley Water Co
Bernard Martin
Rt. 3
Melton Mortuary
Harper Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Osaka
Japan
United States Army
National Guard
Carrie Mixer
Tillamook, Ore
B. C. Parsons
Richwood
Charles J
Cary R
Curtis D
Blind Billy Adair Defeated in County Education Board Race
William M Adair of Delbarton loses reelection bid to the nonpartisan Mingo County Board of Education. Okey B Glenn and C F Schewey lead the race with Glenn 8224 votes and Schewey 8123. Adair 4093 and Charles Perry 2630. Results from 39 of 44 precincts.
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Williamson
William M
Billy Adair
Delbarton
Mingo County
Glenn
Schewey
Adair
Perry
Town District Democrats Elect Episcopal Bishop Ballard, Mrs. Kirk
Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee will include 24 members with 10 from Beckley and two from each of seven districts. Ballard led six male candidates with 1 440 votes and Mrs Kirk topped the women with 1 337 votes. Ward results list several unopposed and contested winners in Beckley wards.
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Mollohan
C. Lee Spillers
Wheeling
State Board of Education
Spillers
Marshall County
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J. Patrick Beacom
Fairmont Radio and Television
M. B. Burnside
Elizabeth Kee
Arch A. Moore Jr
Glen Dale
Parkersburg
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Hoblitzell
Will E Neal
Huntington
Neal
Wayne County
Daniel L. Lochery
Clarksburg
Davis Elkins
Morgantown
Congress
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Narick
Snillers
Amos
Louchery
Humphreys
Smith
George W. Ballard
Leona Gadd Kirk
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Ballard
B. H. Cook
D. W. “Woody” Kinzer
John H. Rogers
D. B. Smith
Basil R. Sweeney
E. C. Williams
Beckley
H. P
Meadows
Nellie E. Larrimore
John Wesley Smith
Faye Lusk
James E. Green
Frances Craver Kufahl
George M. Harvey
Elinor Hurt
Andrew J. Adams
Edith Fink
Frank Billups
Cunningham Wins Contest for Ninth Senatorial District Committee
Roy A. Cunningham of Raleigh County leads with 11 181 votes to 7 555 for Beckley’s Shipman and 9 826 for Raleigh candidate John Boley. Unofficial per-county tallies split representation between Raleigh and Wyoming counties with Cunningham and Shipman elected. two female candidates were unopposed.
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Roy A. Cunningham
Beckley
Bob Jack Shipman
Pineville
State
Democratic Committee
Cunningham
Shipman
John Boley
Raleigh
Boley
Wyoming
Paul Goode
Nena S. Ross
City Levy Outcome Remains in Doubt
Beckley’s three year city levy status unclear as precinct No 13 totals from South Oakwood are missing while other precincts show 3632 in favor 2629 against. A 60 percent majority is required and a special City Council meeting at 10 am Saturday will canvass the votes.
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Beckley
South Oakwood
Williamson Boy Drowns In Tug River
James Brown fourteen son of Mrs. Bessie Brown of Williamson drowned while swimming with friends en route to Liberty High School in the Tug River. The body was recovered.
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Williamson
James Brown
Bessie Brown
Tug River
Liberty High School
Fayette Sheriff Fires 3 Deputies and Clerk
Fayette County Sheriff H R Beckelheimer dismissed Pearlie Elmore Earl Dempsey Dave Turner and clerk Miss Gaye Legg following a primary election dispute Beckelheimer said they were not needed because they did not support Democratic candidate Alva W Orndorff for sheriff In Fayette County Buck Buchanan led Orndorff in votes from most precincts with 5111 to 3630
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
H. R. Beckelheimer
Pearlie Elmore
Earl Dempsey
Dave Turner
Gaye Legg
Beckelheimer
Alva W
Slim) Orndorff
Gauley Bridge
A. H. (Buck) Buchanan
Ansted
Orndorff
Court to canvass votes in Raleigh County primary
The Raleigh County Court will meet at 9 a.m. Friday as a board of canvass for Tuesday's Primary Election returns. A spokesman said the canvass may not finish until Saturday.
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Raleigh
Mrs Estella Feazell Dies In Beckley Saturday Rites
Mrs Estella Feazell a Beckley resident for 40 years died at 5 40 am today at her home 830 W Neville St after a year long illness She was born May 12 1879 at Sand Branch daughter of Adeline Williams and Garland Williams Surviving are 10 children three sisters and three brothers 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Caffee Funeral Home 2 pm Saturday conducted by Dr A H Wilson with burial at Wildwood Cemetery Active pallbearers include local men and members of the American Legion Auxiliary and Women of the Moose. Survivors will be in the family room until services.
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Estella Feazell
Ira Williams
Pax
Beckley
W. Neville St
Sand Branch
Adeline Smith Williams
Garland Williams
Alethia William Smith
Canady Smith
Mary Stover Williams
Robert Williams
Feazell
American Legion Auxiliary
Degree of Honor Lodge
Carmen
Russell
Gilbert Feazell
Oara
Garden Grove
Calif
Thelma Baker
Bazeille Feazell
Margaret Conner
Oxnard
Women of the Moose
Chanel of the Caffee Funeral
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Wildwood Cemetery
Officiating Bishop Leads Missionary Service at St Stephen's
The Rt. Rev. Wilburn C Campbell D D Bishop of West Virginia will preside at an 8 p m missionary service and confirmation at St Stephen's Episcopal Church tonight The same hymns from his consecration six years ago and his previous installation will be sung The 79th Annual Council of the Diocese of West Virginia meets The missionary address will be by Rt Rev Arnold M Lewis D D Missionary Bishop of Salina Kansas and Campbell will oversee confirmations including Ruby Sims and several Brown Davis Frost Keatley Morrison and Wills families.
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Wilburn C. Campbell
D. D
West Virginia
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Campbell
Diocese of
Arnold M. Lewis
Salina
Kansas
Ruby Sims
Robert Ray Brown
Teliek Davis
W. H. Frost
Glenn Eugene Keatley
Mary Jane Miller Morrison
William Robert Wills
Plans To Attend 1936 Woodrow Wilson Reunion
Reservations for the Friday night class reunion of 1936 Woodrow Wilson High School are rising. Committee member Matthew Corey says many alumni will attend the 7 p.m. banquet at the Moose Lodge, with calls from Robert Toney Pat Morrison and Marvin Sipple of Charleston confirming interest.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Matthew Corey
John G. Beard Jr
The
Moose Lodge
Robert Toney
Pat Morrison
Marvin Sipple
Charleston
Mother's Day Program Planned for Kiwanians
Four Woodrow Wilson High students will present a special Mother's Day program at the Beckley Kiwanis Club luncheon Friday at El Chico. They are Frances Ragland, Gloria Caffee, Katherine Ross and John Arnold. Program chairman will be Phill McDaniel.
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Woodrow Wilson High
Beckley Kiwanis Club
el Chico
Frances Ragland
Gloria Caffee
Katherine Ross
John Arnold
Phill McDaniel
Mollohan Reacts With Happiness After WV Primary Victory
Congressman Robert H. Mollohan from Charleston praised West Virginia Democrats for endorsing his programs and promised a united campaign for the November victory. He congratulated fellow Democrats on their nominations and urged party unity.
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Charleston
Robert H. Mollohan
Daniel Boone Hotel
Mollohan
West Virginia
West Virginia Weather Forecast Updates and Rivers
West Virginia weather reports showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with low 55 to 60. Friday looks mostly cloudy and cooler with showers at night. Beckley high 73, low around 55. Oak Hill and nearby stations show clear skies. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage. River readings include Greenbrier and New rivers near normal.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbri
Beckley Skies May Evening Sky Summary
The Sun sets at 7 24 p m and rises at 5 19 a m on Friday The Moon sets at 7 53 p m First Quarter on May 17 Venus reaches its greatest brilliance of the year between Betelgeuse in the west and Capella in the northwest with Betelgeuse low at 8 24 p m and Capella low at 9 22 p m The prominent stars and Venus form the sky display for observers in Beckley May evening.
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Betelgeuse
Capella
Venus
West Virginia primary reshapes House as incumbents lose
Incumbent senators largely unscathed in the primary while 13 of 63 Democratic delegates and several Republicans fail to win renomination. In the Senate eight Democrats and one Republican sought re election. Mitchell edge over McCoy in sixth district. House results show widespread turnover with 13 Democrats and three Republicans defeated, and many incumbents faces uncertain in the post primary landscape.
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Charleston
Senate
House of Delegates
Sen
William
Billy) Mitchell
Welch
Smith McCoy
Riderfield
Mitchell
McCoy
Irvine Saunders
Arch Reed
Newbury
del. James Loop
D-Kanawha
House Finance Committee
House
del. J. Henry Francis Jr
Kanawha
Del
Joe Gentry
Cabell
del. George West
Wirt
del. Clay Hammond
R-Doddridge
del. Ward Dawson
Rmorgan
State Senate
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George B. Chambers
Peggy Adams Allen
Paul E. Ash
Thomas J. Wheeldin
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Jaeger
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Pursgrove
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Grafton
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Parsons
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Sistersville
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