Second Planning And Zoning Meeting Set
A second meeting to hear from the public on the proposed county planning and zoning ordinance was scheduled in the Raleigh County courtroom at 11 a.m. May. Knapp, a teacher at Stoco High School and former House of Delegates member, said the court was moving quickly without full discussion. Warren Thornhill III explained the draft, which divides the area into industrial, commercial and residential zones and imposes building restrictions, with special use permits for junkyards and near highways. New buildings costing over $1,000 would require a county court permit. The draft does not include fees yet but can be modified by the court. The plan sets setbacks of 40 feet from public road rights of way and 60 feet from road centers, with houses in subdivisions at 40 feet from streets and lots at least 50 feet wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Knapp
Stoco High School
House of Delegates
Warren Thornhill III
Beckley
Thornhill
Col Harry V. Lemery Succeeds Holliday as 150th Cavalry Leader
Beck ley retires May 7 after 36 years of service. Lt. Col Harry V. Lemery named commanding officer of the 150th Armored Cavalry West Virginia Army National Guard in Moundsville. Lemery, Bridgeport Ohio native, joined Army 1941, served in Ordnance Engineer and armor, later served with U S Air Force 444th Bomb Group in the Far East. He commanded the 197th Tank Battalion Wheeling and the 2nd Recon Squad of the 150th in Moundsville, National Guard member 15 years. Thornill outlines district zoning restrictions, residential limits, agriculture, commercial and industrial rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel D. Holliday
Beckley
Harry V. Lemery
Moundsville
150Th Armored Cavalry
West Virginia
Lemery
Bridgeport
Ohio
Army
Ordnance
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Far East
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Wheeling
150Th
National Guard
Byrd Describes Studying While in War Duty
Byrd, a straight-A student at Mor ris Harvey Beckley Marshall and Concord Colleges in West Virginia, said in a Washington Star interview that he kept up his studies without sacrificing congressional work. He stated he studied during times others would not rest, effectively a prisoner in his own den at nights and weekends. President Kennedy plans to address commencement where Byrd will receive his degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Morris Harvey, Beckley, Marshall and Concord Colleges
West Virginia
The
Washington Star
Congressional
Kennedy
Bee Specialist To Conduct Field Day In Beckley
Oscar M. Dick Jr., State Bee Specialist, arrived in Beckley on Wednesday to lead a Field Day on Saturday May 18 in cooperation with the Raleigh County Beekeepers Association. Beekeepers should assemble at the Beckley Farmers Market Skelton at 8:30 a.m. and bring their punches. Dick will offer free inspections, help with special problems, and consultations during his Beckley visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar M. Dick Jr
Beckley
Raleigh County Beekeepers’ Association
Earl Cochran
Skelton
Della Mea Admitted for Observation at Beckley Hospital
Enrico Henry Della Mea owner of Henrys Drive Inn at 115 Berkley Street was admitted to Beckley Veterans Hospital today for observation and treatment in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrico
Henry’’ Della Mea
Berkley St
Henry
Voting Violation Cases Dismissed in Charleston Election
Ka nawha County Intermediate Judge William J. Thompson dismissed election law violation charges against three of five indicted in Charleston's municipal election. Prost Branham and Parsons were cleared for allowing more than one voter in a booth. Boylen's second charge awaits ruling. Embleton faces two vote buying charges unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
VPI
Kanawha County
William J. Thompson
Janet Prost
Lionel Branham
Jerrell Parsons
A. T. Boylen
Thompson
Dana Embleton
Records demand linked to Lake levy funds distribution
Copies of a letter from Hanks demanding access to records were sent to Sheriff C A Thompson and to M A Johnson president of the Lake Stephens Tourism Development Authority. Hanks cites news reports naming him in connection with anonymous materials targeting the 1959 Lake levy, which passed at 60.36 percent to fund Stephen's Lake recreation facilities with county tax and federal matches. a canvas on levy votes will start Friday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thompson
Lake Stephens
Stephen’s Lake
Officers Named by Beckley Labor Council May Meeting
R L Ziegler president of Beckley Area Labor Council AFL CIO says officers for 1963 44 will be elected at the next council meeting Monday May 27 at 7 30 p m in the Labor Hall. A float is planned for the June 22 Raleigh County Centennial parade with committees to be appointed and plans for the annual picnic to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Ziegler
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Labor Hall
Raleigh County
Deaths and Funerals in West Virginia Community
Mrs. Pearl Quesenberry 92 of Sprague died at a local hospital at 9 12 am. Funeral arrangements are pending at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Mrs Mollie L Janney 77 of Crab Orchard died after a short illness and services are set for 2 pm Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. she was born Oct 27 1885 in Virginia and survived by her husband John five sons four daughters and many relatives. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers. Survivors include Arthur Souder Matoaka and others. service details noted. The body remains at the funeral home for viewing after 2 pm today. Beni Kedem Temple Charleston and Mountain Lodge of Coal City involved in a related notice. Jarrett family details Roanoke Huntington Washington DC and Roanoke area are listed with multiple siblings and a son Mark D Jarrett. The body is at Oakey's Funeral Home Williamson Road Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Quesenberry
Sprague
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mollie L. Janney
Crab Orchard
Tyree
Mount Hope
Grady Morgan
Beckley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Virginia
Lee
Betty Louder
Beckley Advent Christian Church
John
Elliott
Osborne
Matoaka
Julia Souder
Tampa
Fla
Rosa Roberts
Richmond
Beni Kedem
Charleston
Ancient Order of the Shrine
Mountain Lodge
Coal City
Jarrett
United States
Lula Morgan Jarrett
Mark D. Jarrett
Roanoke
Peggy Jarrett
Huntington
Lucy Solaski
Frieda Palmer
Grace Mann
Holliday Rites Planned for M A Holliday at Fayetteville
M A Holliday 63 known as Freezer Holliday died at home after a heart attack. Retired fire boss for New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. Survived by Maude Morrison Holliday and 5 children including Millard Jr and Daniel in Albuquerque and Vivian Pennington in Cairo Egypt. Burial and funeral home arranged at Dodd Payne in Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A
Vivian L. Pennington
Cairo
Egypt
Phyllis Fox
Bedford
Lou Henri Moreau
Oak Hill
Wesley T
Spencer
Henry ,R
Welch
Gladys Tully
Beckley
Agnes Shawver
Nimitz
William F. Syner
Phoenix
Ariz
Graveside rites for newborn daughter in Sunset Memorial Park
Marilee Sheffey died at birth at 10 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. Graveside services for Marilee Sheffey, daughter of David and Ruth Coffman Sheffey, were to be held at 2 p.m. today in Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving are the parents, the maternal grandparents William Coffman of Fayetteville, and paternal grandmother Ramie Sheffey of Beckley. Arrangements were by Calfee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilee Sheffey
David
Ruth Coffman Sheffey
Ridge Ave
Sunset Memorial Park
William Coffman
Fayetteville
Ramie Sheffey
Beckley
Calfee Funeral Home
Samuel H Jarrett Funeral Rites Held in Roanoke
Samuel Harrison Jarrett 57 of Roanoke Va formerly Beckley area died Monday from a heart attack in a Roanoke hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Huntington Court Methodist Church Roanoke with burial in Sherwood Burial Park Salem Va. A World War II veteran and member of Huntington Street Methodist Church he previously managed Leccony Smokeless Coal Co Besoco and Rainelle Department Store. He conducted his own real estate and building business in Roanoke and was a Hargrave Military Academy and Brown's Business College graduate. He is survived by his family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harrison Jarrett
Roanoke
Beckley
Huntington Court Methodist Church
Sherwood
Salem
Jefferson
Rosanna Jarrett
Huntington Sg Methodist Church
Leccony Smokeless Coal Co
Besoco
Rainelle Department
Hargrave Military Academy
Brown’s Business College
Colorado Springs
Colorado
British scientist accused as Russian spy at atomic lab
Southend reports Prosecutor E J P Cussen accuses Dr Giuseppe Martelli of spying for Russian intelligence while employed as a physicist at a British atomic research laboratory. Allegations include possession of information on how to contact the service and methods to use if he wished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southend
England
E. J. P. Cussen
Giuseppe Martelli
Atomic Research Laboratory
Rhododendron Peak Blooms At Grandview State Park
West Virginia officials announce mass bloom of Rhododendron Maximum at Grandview State Park. The display spans over an acre with about a million blossoms in hues from pink to purple, peak expected this weekend amid unusually warm, dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Grandview State Park
Hunter Boggs
New River Gorge
New River
Kanawha River
Atlas rocket Mercury flight chronology from liftoff to second orbit
Chronology records the Atlas rocket mission from fueling at 8:20 a.m. to completion of the second orbit at 12:06 p.m. Cooper reports all oxygen and fuel systems nominal, control shows all OK, and orbit speed around 17,546 mph with an 88.45 minute orbit. The capsule passes Canary Islands Africa Australia Fiji and Pacific regions with cabin temps fluctuating within safety limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Mercury
mid-Atlantic
Atlas
Earth
Canary Islands
Africa
Atlantic Range
Australia
Fiji Islands
Pacific
Mexico
Perth
Zanzibar
Man Held For False Pretense In Raleigh County
Paul McKinney of Sophia was held to the Grand Jury by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on a false pretense charge for writing a $201 check on Beckley National Bank May 1 to Ernest Reynolds and Oscar Goddard for a car. Several others, including James Anderson and John Joe Halovic, paid fines for speeding and improper turns cited by State Police. Norman Richardson, Harold Boggess, And Orline Archie faced fines for stop sign, exhaust, and unlicensed driver issues in related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul McKinney
Sophia
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
McKinney
Beckley National Bank
Ernest Reynolds
Oscar Goddard
James Anderson
Bailey Ave
U.S
John Joe Halovic
Beckley
Rodriguez
W. Va
George E. Dolinger
Crab Orchard
Norman C. Richardson
Fayetteville
Harold L. Boggess
W. A
Gene) Burke
U. S
Orline Archie
Odd
Burke
Reapportionment Continued From Page One
A Kanawha County petition attacks the 1963 redistricting act as irrational and discriminatory. It asks the federal court to declare the act unconstitutional, order a special session for redistricting, or hold hearings via a special master to craft a fair plan. It cites unequal House and Senate votes across counties and replicates districts as unfair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
House
Senate
Barron
Kanawha County
McDowell, Fayette
Logan
Wood
Hancock
Berkeley
Mercer
Ohio
Cabell
Wirt
Brooke
Mason
Randolph
Harrison
Marion
Mingo
Raleigh
Wetzel
Doddrige
Marshall
Tyler
Wayne
$650,000 Howard Johnson Motel Planned in Charles Town
Construction begins immediately on a 650000 restaurant motel on Route 340 in Charles Town. The project includes a 100 seat Howard Johnson restaurant and a 60 room motel. Bradley D. Nash of Harpers Ferry National Monument holds the restaurant franchise and Alexander Hassan and associates of Washington, DC own the motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
UPS
Howard Johnson
Bradley D. Nash
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Alexander Hassan
Buckskin Buddies Challenge Kentucky in Long Rifle Drive
The seven Buckskin Buddies set out from Reading Pa to press Kentucky Gov. Bert Combs to a long rifle shoot, claiming Pennsylvania holds the claim to Daniel Boone and the Kentucky rifle. They plan to traverse Lancaster Harrisburg York Gettysburg Waynesboro and Hagerstown before crossing into Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
UPI
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Pennsylvania
Bert Combs
Keystone State
Bill Scranton
Harrisburg
Daniel Boones
Frankford
Boone Homestead
Lancaster
Weather station opens to serve farmers and aviation
A new 75 000 weather station began operation after a Saturday dedication attended by Sen. Robert C. Byrd. The facility at the airport provides hourly readings, daily records, and local forecasts for farmers, businessmen, sportsmen, and aviation, including temperature, precipitation, wind direction and velocity. Five staff operate the station with a sixth to join soon, enhancing local weather coverage formerly unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Astronauts Fish Between Missions In Cape Flights
The article describes Schirra and Cooper aboard a Cape Canaveral mission with in-flight chatter about fishing trips to ease tension. Cooper makes multiple orbital passes, reports 109 degree cabin temp and 92 degree suit, and communicates with Canton Island, Zanzibar, and Faith 7 as he enters the Indian Ocean and approaches Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schirra
Cooper
Cape
Africa
Earth
Indian Ocean
Zanzibar
Australia
Canton Island
Pacific
Canton
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Faith 7
Guaymas
Mexico
Cape Canaveral
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Mercury Control
Shepard
Atlantic Ocean
Faith
Zeigler to Present IBEW Local 872 Case in Pittsburgh
Will Present Case R L Zeigler AFL CIO president will present the IBEW Local 872 case to a Pittsburgh council on industrial relations on May 22. The council includes IBEW and NECA members. Zeigler expects a decision soon after the hearing and notes salaries as an outstanding issue as the IBEW NECA contract expires June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Zeigler
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Council On Industrial Relations
Pittsburgh
IBEW
National Electrical Contractors Association
Zeigler
NECA
Rescue Squad Called In Denture Incident
Beckley Rescue Squad responded to 208 Klaus St at 8 15 a m when 13 year old Earl Rogers had a partial plate denture become stuck in his throat. A local physician attended him and he did not require hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Klaus St
Earl Rogers
Freedom march spurs arrests in Raleigh amid desegregation push
Across Birmingham and Nashville tensions eased then flared in Raleigh where more than 800 demonstrators staged a freedom march for desegregation. Police arrested 34 protesters as the capital city faced renewed clashes in the ongoing civil rights struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
United Nations General Assembly
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Curacao
CAB chief to face on Capitol Hill over air fare surrender
Chairman Alan S. Boyd of the Civil Aeronautics Board was to be grilled by Congress over the government’s approval of a 5 percent fare increase by two U S airlines to align with British and European levels. Sen Lausche proposes a tax amendment for strip mining fund use in land reclamation. United Steelworkers union seeks accords with 11 major producers without open contract talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan S. Boyd
Civil Aeronautics Board
Britain
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
United Steelworkers Union
New Officers Chosen By Local Lions Club
Beckley Lions Club elected officers for 1963 64 at a Tuesday meeting and planned a June installation dinner dance. W E Mitchell becomes president, succeeding Roger Sharp. New officers include Bill Earehart, C C Crawford Jr, C R Brown Jr, C B Shingleton Jr, D W MacAllister, Fred Clark, and Ken Wheeler. Harry Cooke and Leslie R Carter named directors for one year. Fred O Helm introduced as prospective member. guest from St Albans L L Meadows attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Lions Club
Price Caffee
W. E. Mitchell
Roger Sharp
Bill Earehart
C. C. Crawford Jr
C. R. Brown Jr
C. B. Shingleton Jr
D. W. MacAllister
Fred Clark
Ken Wheeler
Harry Cooke
Leslie R. Carter
Fred O. Helm
Ix. H. Meadows
St. Albans
Two Die On State Roads in West Virginia Toll
State Police report two more highway deaths in West Virginia raising the year’s road toll to 110. Earlen C. Harper, 24, of Walton Roane County, died after a motorcycle struck a car on U S 119 near Walton and was dead on arrival at a Charleston hospital. Two year old Larry McIntyre, son of Delores Ferrell of Charleston, died after being struck by a car in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Earlen C. Harper
Walton
Roane County
U. S. 119
Harper
Charleston
Larry McIntyre
Delores Ferrell
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Col. Holliday
H. V. Lemery
Thornill
ATES
Della Mea
Day
the Bel-Air
Council
M. A. Holliday
Samuel H. Jarrett
Tomchins
Moran Ave
Pol. Adv
Ture
Ballengee Furniture Co
Valley Dr. N
Buckskin Buddies
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
Education & Labor Committee
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Lions Club
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