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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
2
The Woodland Show at Raleigh County 4H Camp June 3-4 plans a new honor. Each Raleigh County high school nominates a girl for Wood Nymph who will receive a wand, with remaining nominees becoming Sprites Attendants.
Incomplete 1960 census data show West Virginia cities Wheeling Fairmont Bluefield and Beckley losing population since 1950. Preliminary figures for the 6th and 1st congressional districts show declines in Logan Raleigh and Boone counties and a net loss of 10 032 across four counties in the 1st District while Hancock Brooke and Marshall counties posted gains.
CHARLESTON AP reports a severe weather outbreak across parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Clarksburg suffered a king size hail storm amid an electrical storm, with two power failures and farmland ten miles south hit by hail. Weather Bureau warned of hail and damaging winds along a 60 mile wide zone from Morgantown to Reading.
A young laborer, Charles L. Ashbaugh, 19, was buried in a sand hopper at Boyds Maryland on Tuesday and freed 45 minutes later. Fellow workers supplied fresh air via a pipe. The report includes state briefs on a $475,000 loan to West Virginia State College for a student union, the recovery of $6,350 in stolen savings bonds in Ohio, and a proposed merger between U S Envelope Co and Hammermill Paper Co pending a June 15 vote in Portland Maine.
Beckley firefighters extinguished a small fire at Sylvia Elementary School on South Kanawha Street when a conduit wire shorted outside the building. The blaze was confined to the conduit. No damages reported. Alarm at 6:25 a.m. crews cleared by 7:50 a.m.
Governor calls for three to four months of planning to recognize WV industries with appropriate salutes later this year. He urges state departments to unite in a joint effort and cautions against overexposure, saying West Virginia should be seen as a good land rather than amid smoke and sensational reporting. He notes national attention has spotlighted prejudices and bigotry, while acknowledging economic problems.
A Mount Hope man who twice escaped Raleigh County officers was released after serving 152 days of a 180 day sentence. Sheriff Mills said the time off for good behavior was granted because the prisoner’s wife must soon travel out of state for cancer operations and family care.
The article reports mixed reactions from U S leaders to the failed Paris summit. President Eisenhower faces pressure to maintain unity while preparing for a possible cold war flare. Senators Russell Humphrey Aiken Dodd Mansfield Cooper urge vigilance, restraint, and continued push for disarmament talks amid tense international mood.
Funeral services for Edward Stone of Washington D C will be held Thursday in Martinsville Virginia Stone died Tuesday in Washington Survivors include an aunt Mrs Loretta Thomas Beckley and four cousins Lloyd Stone Mrs Henry Smith both Beckley Hampton Thomas and Mrs W F Weaver both Sophia
Ray Anderson, a Springfield television news photographer, received a parking ticket after overstaying a meter. A note attached read We cannot afford this Nadine. Mrs Ray Anderson works as a city meter maid who checks meters and issues tickets to violators.
Obituary notices list Mrs Minnie Ethel Hundley 72 of 353 Mankin Ave dying at home after long illness. Services at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with burial Wildwood Cemetery. Born Salt Sulphur Springs Dec 10 1887 to Charles E Bare and Safrona Bare. Survived by two sisters brothers many relatives including grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body remains at the funeral home until services.
Henry Lewis dies in Fletcher where he owned a motel. He formerly lived in Mount Hope and was a member of Mount Hope Presbyterian Church and Lions Club. He worked for Kroger Baking Co. Survivors include wife Eula Lewis and son Sonny. (RNS)
Funeral services for Mrs Mollie Puckett 89 of Springdale were conducted at 11 a m Thursday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Fred Cline presiding Burial followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery Covington Va She died Monday in Beckley after a long illness She was a Church of Christ member born in Greenbrier County daughter of the late John and Rebecca Hinkle Donnelly Survivors include two sons W D Crowder Beckley and Joe Crowder Belle five grandchildren and four great grandchildren
Deward Hiser, a retired miner and Free Will Baptist Church member, was born February 2, 1902 at Sewell Mountain. He died recently. Survived by O. E. Hiser of Clifftop. Burial will be in the family cemetery on Russell Hill.
A five precinct recount increased H. G. Farmer by seven votes in the Democratic nomination race for County Commissioner. Sylvia precinct: Farmer eight, Covey one. Crab Orchard: Farmer one, Covey minus one. Stovers Fork: Farmer minus one, Covey unchanged. Piney View: unchanged for both. Sprague: both totals unchanged. Recount to resume after lunch.
Graveside rites for four month old Phyllis Blanks, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Blanks of Harlem Heights, were to be conducted at 2 p m in Hilltop Cemetery with Rev Walter N Harris presiding. The child died at home Monday afternoon. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor handled arrangements.
Vacation Bible School titled Signaling for Christ will be at Friendship Church Sophia from May 30 to June 5. Director Miss Helen Bonham leads an extensive staff including Mrs Saul Brown pianist treasurer, Dan Jack Thomas pastor and several helpers across nursery primary junior and teen groups.
Funeral services for Belvia D. Thompson, 60, will be held at her Oakwood home at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial follows at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands. Thompson died in a Grundy hospital after a long illness. Survivors include one …
Richard Conley 39 of Coalwood dies from a roof fall at Olga Coal Co Coalwood Mine in McDowell County. He leaves sister Mrs Riley Campbell Kopperston. Body at O J Mortuary Welch. Tuesday accident fatalities and survivors noted.
Funeral services remain incomplete for Patricia Dianne Williams five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs with late details omitted. The brief notice lists family members and the anticipated arrangements as the community awaits fuller information.
Chelsea Mass AP retired Vice Adm E A Gouin 60 Naval aviation pioneer died Tuesday after a long illness at Chelsea Naval Hospital Detroit AP Herschell Hart 68 retired radio TV editor of the Detroit News died Tuesday of a heart attack served the News from 1924 until last August Swarthmore Pa AP Dr Frieis Shuck oan 74 of Swarthmore form
Partial returns from 23 of 55 counties show eight of twelve at large delegates backing Kennedy among leaders, with Byrd largest vote getter and Mollohan, Staggers close behind. Balloting across six districts lists totals for Democratic delegates with county-by-county tallies and district results.
Khrushchev warned that espionage flights risked a collapse of talks and demanded that the Soviet Union not be pressured by U S timing. He refused to accept a temporary suspension until January 1961 and blamed the United States for the summit’s failure while signaling willingness for a future Big Four meeting in six to eight months if a better climate exists.
Thank you for your vote of confidence in me on May 10 for the office of Constable in Slab Fork District Wyoming County. I appreciate your continued support at the polls in the November General Election.
In Pineville Wyoming Circuit Court a nolle was ordered in the case against Gloria Gay Deskins for the January 1958 murder of Alex Lester Hanover. The motion to dismiss followed three continuances granted to the state. A separate case against Omer Toler of Logan County was continued. Robert McPeake pleaded guilty to the rape of a 14 year old girl and was sentenced to 5 18 years with five years probation, suspended.
Raleigh County Sheriff Okey Mills warns housewives to call police if approached about surveys. Multiple households in Pine Lodge Addition were visited by two men asking questions of women. One resident called the police after sensing foul play.
Final decrees signed by Judge Norman Knapp in 15 divorce actions this morning. Names include Rufini v Rufini, Grier v Grier, Whitmore v Whitmore with five children custody to mother, Eldreth v Eldreth, Bostic v Bostic with two children custody to mother, Hill v Hill with two children custody to plaintiff, Keatley v Keatley, Hunter v Mills with four children custody to mother, Shutko v Shutko, Lovelace v Lovelace, Clay restored, Patterson v Patterson with four children custody to plaintiff, Hudson Law v Law, Shumate v Shumate, Farley v Farley with Laura Farley maiden name restored, Di Gregorio v Di Gregorio with one child custody to mother.
Abandoned school properties sold this morning raising 1280 dollars. Transportation Supervisor Ever ett R Shafer served as auctioneer with Superintendent Sherman C Trail as clerk. Properties included Cleveland School sold to Carl Hutchens for 325, Jackson Bragg to D M Spicer for 300, Mills Branch to Theodore R Brown for 110, Mount Olive land to Lonnie Townsend for 20, Tom Meadows to D G Coulson for 50, Trail School to B Harwood James for 175, and Upper Lane Oak to Kermit A Locke for an unnamed client. State Board of Education approval required before sales are final.
Charlie Bolen paid a 25 dollar fine after a Tuesday appearance before Magistrate W A Burke on petit larceny charges. He was arrested Monday by a deputy marshal, near 2 45 p m, after the fine was paid.
Western leaders pledged readiness to resume East West talks while the Soviet Union blamed the United States for derailing summit discussions. Eisenhower declined to apologize for spy flights as Khrushchev pressed for a six month wait before summits on disarmament and German issues. The end came after a 75 minute meeting between Lloyd and Gromyko.
The Beckley Diveatment Rescue Squad assisted Robert Lee Scott after he collapsed on a sidewalk in East Beckley around 10 a.m. He received first aid and was taken to Beckley Memorial Hospital for treatment of a penicillin reaction.
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