Lane couple bond on moonshine charges at raid home
Judith Lane of Cool Ridge and her husband John Lane faced moonshine offenses after ATU agents raided their property. Bonds posted include $500 property bonds and two $500 bonds for Mrs Lane to appear before a grand jury July 17. charges cover possession and sale of moonshine, plus a seized still. Several minor fines for others are noted, including improper registration and speeding, with some individuals cited on U.S. routes 19 21 May 4. One Beckley man was moved to a Veterans Administration Hospital in Salem, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Lane
Cool Ridge
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Division of Internal Revenue Service
Isaac Clyde Hypes
Charleston
Burke
U.S
William Perrow
Rodriguez
Polce
Velmer C. Lilly
Hinton
Bernard J. LaBonnard
Beckley
A. B. Carrington
Junior Lewis Duncan
Midway
W. A. Burke
Veterans Administration Hospital
Salem
Birmingham Sees No Truce as Desegregation Talks Progress
Newly elected Mayor Albert Boutwell denies any truce with violators while biracial leaders push three goals. Desegregation of downtown stores and lunch counters, upgraded employment, and a timetable for school integration in city and county systems. Hopefuls say protests may ease after negotiations, with over 3000 African Americans marching for rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Albert Boutwell
Steel City
Sing Scheduled at Sophia Free Will Church
The regular monthly Community Sing will be held at 7 30 p m Saturday in Sophia Free Will Baptist Church. Stamps Baxter Songbooks Endless Joy will be used and the gathering will be directed by O O Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Free Will Baptist Church
Stamps Baxter
Nga
O. O. Kidd
Revival Begins Sunday at Freewill Baptist Church
A revival starts Sunday night at the Freewill Baptist Church in Fairdale with services at 7 30 p m each evening The Rev John Richardson of Surveyor will be the speaker and the public is invited Special singers are welcome according to pastor Rev Roy Tyree
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewill Baptist Church
Fairdale
John Richardson
Surveyor
Roy Tyree
Sidewalk cleaner allowed on municipal pavements
In Haddonfield New Jersey Governor Hughes approved a law to permit motorized sidewalk cleaning devices on city sidewalks addressing a machine age problem. In Ottawa Kansas a three day old Anne Cecilia Winter received a Social Security number and officials note the father's compliance with tax rules for interest or dividend income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddonfield
UPID
Richard J.hughes
Kansas City, Kan
UPI
Social Security Administration
Anne Cecilia Winter
Ottawa
Kan
Charles S. Garrison
Timms To Ask Study Of State Mining Laws
At Clarksburg a three day hearing into the Compass Number 2 mine disaster that killed 22 at Dola concluded with Mines Director Leonard J. Timms saying he would ask Governor Barron to launch a study of state mining laws to improve ventilation statutes. Witnesses urged improvements to the Clinchfield Coal Co. ventilating system. Rex Lauck and Cecil J. Urbaniak signed a joint concluding statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
API
W. W. Barron
Leonard J. Timms
Compass Number 2
Dola
Barron
Timms
Clinchfield Coal Co
Levy Urges Review Of Mine Ventilation After Blast
UMW District 31 leaders Charles Ferguson and Leonard Baakovich warned that ventilating three mine sections on one system tripled fire danger. They said 17 lives might have been saved if different practices had been used, citing safety neglect amid production pressure. Timms noted a reproduction of conditions to study testimony. James Westfield of the U S Bureau of Mines said a further review would be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Metropolis
King
Ralph Abernethy
Birmingham
UMW District 31
Charles Ferguson
Leonard ‘Baakovich
Timms
James Westfield
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Moose Lodge to Sponsor Centennial Circus in Beckley
The Loyal Order of Moose will sponsor a Centennial Big Top circus at the Raleigh County Armory grounds May 18-19. The event features Africa and world exotic animals, a 20 act program, Oler’s Band, and stars like The Lavas, The Grimaldis, Al Ross, Tex and Alyce, and the Julindas. Proceeds support the West Virginia centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County Armory
Loyal Order of Moose
Centennial Circus
Armory
Tom Minter
Minter
Hamlin
Madison
Mann
Huntington
Africa
Ava
South America
Centennial
West Virginia
Carl R. Sullivan
Oler
Florine
the Lavas
West Germany
The
Julindas
the Grimaldis
al Ross
Disneyland
Tex
Alyce
Jackie Gleason
Cafeteria Pickets Ask Injunction Dismissal
In Huntington UPI reports an attorney for picketing Marshall University students asks Cabell County Circuit Court to dismiss an injunction suit filed by Bailey's Cafeteria to halt demonstrations protesting the restaurant's refusal to serve Negro patrons. Mayor George Garner says the City Council will discuss the picketing at an today meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
Marshall University
Cabell County Circuit Court
John W. Hereford
Bailey’s
George Garner
Mine Hearing Aims to Learn, Not Prosecution
A UMW spokesman said it is too early to tell if any legal action will follow the hearing. Lauck stressed the gathering was not a court of prosecution. The goal is to learn from the disaster as repair work proceeds to reopen the mine in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Lauck
Baptist Meet To Be Held In Glen White
The West Virginia Baptist Exposition holds a gathering at Glen White Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday evening May 15 at 7 30. William G. Farmer Executive Secretary of the West Va Baptist Convention says local church meetings will explain the conventions mission and Basil Wilcox will share details of evangelistic work with a film illustrating the West Va Baptist Convention. The event welcomes church members and friends. Rev Ralph Poole pastors Glen White church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White Missionary Baptist Church
William G. Farmer
West Va
Pope Rumors On Illness Stir Vatican Skepticism
Vatican sources deny reports that the Pope suffered a relapse of a stomach ailment or cancer. They note he maintains a full schedule of public appearances and meetings, while Kremlin journalist Alexei Adzhubei met the Pope earlier this year in his capacity as a journalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikita Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
Adzhubei
Izvestia
Vatican
Four Beckley Juveniles Face Larceny Charges
Four Beckley juvenile boys were released to their agents to appear before Juvenile Court Judge Harry L McCreery on charges of petit larceny and tampering with an automobile. They were arrested at 2 30 a m by City Police for taking three half gallons of ice cream some butter and cheese from a Broughton Dairy truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beore Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
Broughton
Bonds Forfeited In City Police Court Incidents
Bonds totaling 226 were forfeited in the City Police Court Thursday night. Harold W. Blake of Cabell Heights and Danny Wurst of Bradley forfeited 57 bonds each on reckless driving charges. Daralene Catred of Oak Hill forfeited 20 on driving without a state operator's license. John Hamman tree of Lochgelly forfeited 20 on permitting an unlicensed person to drive. Four others forfeited a total of 72 on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Blake
Cabell Heights
Danny Wurst
Bradley
Daralene Catred
Oak Hill
John Hammantree
Lochgelly
Mrs Eisenhower Undergoes Neck Tumor Removal
Mrs Dwight D. Eisenhower had a small non malignant tumor removed from the back of her neck at Walter Reed Hospital on Monday. A spokesman said she was recovering well and expected to leave the hospital in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Hoffa and Aides Indicted in Jury Tampering Case
Federal grand jury in Nashville indicted Teamsters President James R. Hoffa and six aides on charges of attempting to influence jurors in Hoffa's $1 million conspiracy trial. Indicted co defendants include Allen Dorfman, Larry Campbell, Thomas Parks, Nicholas Tweel, Lawrence Medlin, and Ewing King. Potential penalties total up to 25 years and $25,000 per count if convicted. Hoffa surrendered in Philadelphia and pledged not guilty. The judge called for a May 21 or 22 reconvening as the investigation may yield more indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House and Home Finance Agency
Community Facilities Administration
County of
Raleigh
Stephen’s Lake
Nashville, Tenn
Frank Gray Jr
Justice Department
James F. Neal
Gray
Hoffa
Ewing King
Teamsters
Nashville
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Teamsters Union
Larry Campbell
Detroit Teamsters
Thomas Ewing Parks
Nashville Campbell
Nicholas J Tweel
Huntington
W. Va
Continental Tobacco Co
Lawrence W. Medlin
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Bolton in MacArthur
Funeral services for Elizabeth Ann Bolton, 93, of MacArthur, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hollywood Baptist Church. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. She died Thursday night at her daughter Mary Ann Wilbur’s home after a long illness. Born March 12, 1870, in Gomersal, England, she was the daughter of Alfred and Mary Ann Earnshaw. She was a member of Hollywood Baptist Church. her husband William Bolton died February 24, 1949. Survived by son Squire Bolton of Yucaipa, California, 10 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home. will be taken to church an hour before services. Deacons of Hollywood Baptist Church as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Bolton
MacArthur
Hollywood Baptist Church
S. D. Smith
Sunset Memorial Park
Mary Ann Wilbur
Gomersal
Yorkshire
England
Alfred
Mary Ann Earnshaw
William Bolton
Squire Bolton
Yucaipa
Calif
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Death of Harry L. Gentry in Bluefield hospital
Harry L. Gentry 61 of Herndon Heights died in a Bluefield hospital at 12 30 p m Thursday from self inflicted gunshot wounds. He had been an invalid with arthritis for five years and lived with his brother. He shot himself Monday at 5 15 p m Born February 2 1902 in Alleghany Va he was the son of Riley and Ada Walton Gentry. He leaves a brother C B and three half brothers Ralph Raymond George Hardiman and a half sister Ora Graveside rites are Saturday at 2 p m in the Alleghany family cemetery with Rev Willis Woods in charge. The body will be at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens this afternoon before being taken to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Gentry
Herndon Heights
Bluefield
Wyoming County
Leland Phillips
Gentry
Alleghany Va
Riley
Nora E Richmond 83 Dies at Home After Illness
Nora Ellen Redden Richmond Rich mond 83 of 44H Lake Road died at 4 10 am at daughter’s home on 4-H Lake Road after a long illness Born Sept 17 1879 at Table Rock daughter of Harrison and Polly Kidwell Redden Member of Table Rock Christian Church Survived by six sons Elliott Frank Everett Charlie Forrest Percy three daughters A J Tennis Redden of Columbus Claude Leon Carper Table Rock Ida Gilkerson Old Grandview Road brother Charles Redden Springdale 18 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Nora Ellen Redden Richmond
Lake Road
James
Carrie) Wieford
Table Rock
Harrison
Polly Kidwell Redden
Elliott
Frank
Everett
Charlie
Forrest
Grandview Road
Percy
Airport Road
A. J
Tennis) Redden
Columbus
Ohio
Claude
Leon) Carper
D. N
Ida) Gilkerson
Charles Redden
Springdale
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Myrtle B Higgins in Huntington
Mrs Myrtle B Higgins of 110 Ellison Ave will receive funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Stephen Episcopal Church with Rev Joseph A Richards officiating. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Park. She died after a short illness at a Huntington hospital. Born in Fayette County, she was daughter of the late Lovell and Anne Ashley. Surviving are her husband Dr Charles Higgins of Beckley and four sons Reverend Charles A Higgins of Little Rock Arkansas Clarence M Higgins of El Paso Texas William L Higgins and Edwin R Higgins both of Huntington and 10 grandchildren. The body remains at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until services. Pallbearers listed include Alex George Harry Ellis Albert Tieche William F Watts Steven Foster Russ Parsons Jack and Eugene Foster.
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Myrtle B. Higgins
Ellison Ave
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Joseph A. Richards
Sunset Memorial Park
Huntington Hospital
Fayette County
Lovell
Anne Ashley
Charles Higgins
Beckley
Charles A
Little Rock
Virgie Judson Morris
Vesuvius
Moter
Piden
George P
Stanton
William Morris
Berryville
Frances Bear
Hopewell
Elizabeth Lucas
Front Royal
Annie Sensabaugh
Sportswood
Morothy Beaver
C. A. Purnell
Dallas
Texas
Vesusis Baptist Church
St. James Lutheran Church
Fisherville
Fred Henry
Cambridge singer Beverly Samans found dead weekend
Authorities say Beverly Samans was killed during the weekend in Cambridge. Her parents, planning to attend her June graduation, altered their plans and traveled from Nettfh May 24 to Cambridge Wednesday night to claim her body, her only child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Grass Fires Break Out At City Park
At noon a grass fire was fought at City Park on the 1921 By Pass with no details available. Fire crews also tackled a second blaze at Northwestern Avenue and Witherspoon Street at 2 15 p m. No damage was reported. Beckley firemen answered at North Kana wha and Prince Street at 4 15 p m when power wires shorted. Wires caused only slight damage and Appalachian Power Co workers were sent to repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Northwestern Avenue
Witherspoon Street
Beckley
North Kanawha and
Prince Street
Appalachian Power Co
Walter Jones Final Rites In Harvey
Walter Jones 83 of Harvey will receive final rites at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Harvey with Rev A L Simms officiating. Burial follows at Harvey Cemetery. He died Sunday after a long illness in a local hospital. Born in Birmingham Alabama he was the son of the late John and Margaret Jones. A retired miner he was a church member. Survivors include his wife Bessie Mae Jones and sister Lucille Coleman of Montgomery. Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to transport to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jones
Harvey
First Baptist Church of
A. L. Simms
Birmingham
Ala
John
Margaret Jones
Bessie Mae Jones
Lucille Coleman
Montgomery
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Quinwood Mayor Johnson Dead in Mine Fall at Carl
Funeral arrangements are in progress for Thomas William Johnson 48 mayor of Quinwood killed Thursday morning in a state fall at Imperial Smokeless Coal Co mine No 2 at Carl Ronald Hamrick 33 of Quinwood was injured with a fractured shoulder and treated at a hospital Johnson was chief engineer of the mine and a member of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas William Johnson
Quinwood
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Carl
Ronald Hamrick
Johnson
Final rites for Rupert L. Shrewsbury at Princeton chapel
Rupert L. Shrewsbury age 58 of Matoaka will receive funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with reverends Huffman and Caffee officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. He died at 1 a.m. Thursday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert L. Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
G. FE. Huffman
Ronald Caffee
Resthaven Memorial Park
Shrewsbury
FE Roy Albright Dies. Ex-NACDS Leader and AL Alcohol Board Chief
Mobile Alabama obituary notes the death of Roy Albright 75 a past president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and former chairman of Alabama’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board He died on Thursday in Mobile reflecting a long career in pharmacy trade and state regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
UPI
Roy Albright
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Wright longtime newspaper aide dies at 72 in Ottawa
Ottawa Illinois Palmer H Wright age 72 who helped organize reference rooms for the Chicago Examiner and Chicago Herald American and ran Western Springs Manufacturing Co here for 30 years died Wednesday Funeral services set for Saturday and he was a longtime local business and media figure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ill
UPI
Palmer H. Wright
Old Chicago Examiner
Old Chicago Herald-American
Wright
Western Springs Manufacturing Co
New York Federal Judge Alexander Bicks Dies at 62
Alexander Bicks, 62, a federal judge of the Southern District of New York, died Thursday at University Hospital. The longtime jurist presided on high-profile cases and served on the federal bench for decades. He began his career in public service after law school and was known for his strict courtroom demeanor and thorough rulings. The court community mourns the loss of a distinguished jurist with a lasting impact on New York law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Alexander Bicks
Southern District of New York
University Hospital
Funeral service set for Philip Enciso publisher of Brooklyn Eagle
New York UPI reports Philip Enciso 46 publisher and board chairman of the Brooklyn Eagle will be laid to rest Monday. He died in a hospital after suffering a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Philip Enciso
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Enciso
Snaney
Benjamin F Holzman Dies Aged 71 Drama Critic
Benjamin F Holzman 71 longtime drama critic for the old New York Mail and for the New York Evening Journal died after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPT
Benjamin F. Holzman
New York Mail
New York Evening Journal
The
Journal-American
Racial tensions flare with arrests in Albany and protests in Savannah
In Albany Georgia 14 young Negroes were arrested for picketing white owned stores, bringing 49 demonstrators taken into custody in three days. In Savannah the student rebellion at Savannah College subsided with most students returning to classes after a critic's contract not renewed. In Greenwood Mississippi two white men were indicted for assault in the March 5 shooting of Negro civil rights worker Jimmy Travis, with arraignment set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Savannah
Negro Savannah College
Greenwood
Miss
William Greenlee
Wesley Kersey
Jimmy Travis
Travis
Greenlee
Kersey
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Mount Hope
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Gene) Burke
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Beckley Ice & Feed Company
Beckley, W. Va
Brown's Paint Store
Mullens, W. Va
Crab Orchard Planing Mill
Crab Orchard
Crozer Coal & Land Company
Farley's Aluminum Products
Nimitz
Janutolo & Company
Fayetteville, W. Va
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Alderson, W. Va
Lester
Lester, W. Va
Linton
Lilly Hardware Company
Beaver, W. Va
New River Supply Company
Oak Hill, W. Va
Oceana Lumber & Supply Company
Oceana, W. Va
Odd Grocery
Odd
Peoples Store & Supply
Marlinton, W. Va
S-W Paint Store
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork, W. Va
Shumate Grocery
Ravencliff, W. Va
Lowe's of Oak Hill Inc
Simmons
Sandstone, W. Va
Bluefield Hardware
Rex Lauck
United Mine Workers Journal
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Moose Lodge
Austins
Raigh County Armory
Europe
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Lodge 1606
Keatley
Harry's Men's Shop
Raleigh County
I. C. Harold Hanks
Circuit Court
Board of Ballot Commissioners
George L. Ballard
Anna Lee Lilly
C. Harold Hanks
Glen White
Elizabeth Bolton
Harry L. Gentry
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Mid State Coal Mining Institute
Willia Ayers
Pauline Bowden
Dayton
Kathryn Crisp
Ft. Thomas
Grey
Glenn
Red Star
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Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Nora E. Richmond
Myrtle Higgins
Beverly Samans
Thomas W. Johnson
Rupert Shrewsbury
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NIH
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