Mystery Surrounds Missing West Virginia Women
Beckley to Clarksburg case remains unsolved as Capt. H R Shields recounts exhaustive searches. Missing were Mrs Juanita Ferguson and Mrs Virginia Conley who vanished April 8 after a Laurel Court Restaurant stop. Authorities, aided by National Guard units and the FBI, pursued five possible routes with a $2000 reward and extensive public notices.
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Beckley
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
H. R. Shields
Co. D. Beck
Sutton
Laurel Court
Weston
Ferguson
Conley
Shields
Buckhannon
Jackson's Mill
Napier
Glenville
Conley Home
Earl Marple
Laurel Court Motor
Marple
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman Sayre
Beckey
Pledge Exceeds in Beckley Church Building Fund Drive
Beckley First Christian Church reports 77163 pledged in three days for a new educational building fund. A $9898 pledge on Wednesday plus a banquet opening of 214 donors totaling 55539 set a goal of 101400 for Victory Sunday. Betty Greer, 18, wins a 200 scholarship funded by Kiwanis Rotary Lions Civitan and Woman’s Club. She is an honor student at Woodrow Wilson High School and active in Methodist Youth Fellowship.
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Beckley First Christian Church
Betty Greer
J. L. Greer
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Rotary
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Woman's In
Beckley
Betty
Woodrow Wilson High School
St. Mary’s Methods Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Vacation School Dates Set At Crab Orchard
The Friendship Baptist Church announced registration for its vacation church school from 10 to noon on Tuesday June 2. The program runs June 8 through June 13 at the Crab Orchard church.
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Crab Orchard Church
Two Men Hurt In Elkton Fight Treated At Raleigh General
Troy Meadows from Elkton Maryland and Ira Lane from Cool Ridge were treated for cuts and bruises after a Tuesday evening fight. Both were admitted at 7 p.m. and released Wednesday from Raleigh General Hospital.
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Elkton
Ira Lane
Cool Ridge
Raleigh General Hospital
Funeral Friday for Sophian 78 in Huntington
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Alice Marrs 78 will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Williams and Craven Funeral Home with the Rev. Dowell Stover officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Huntington. She died Wednesday at her son Carl Marrs's home in Sophia after birth in Franklin County Virginia on February 14 1881. Her husband John Wesley Marrs died in 1934. Survivors include two brothers four sons two daughters and several grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the home.
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Sarah Alice Marrs
Dowell Stover
White Chapel Memorial Gardens
Huntington
Marrs
Carl Marrs
Sophia
Franklin County
John Wesley Marrs
Primitive Baptist Church
Pierce
Joshua Green
Avy
Fredrick Dudley Marrs
Fort Gay
Walter Henry Marrs
Jackson
S. C
Kenneth Marrs
Lochgelly
Pearl Stiff
Vinton
Nancy Harbottle
Nofolk
Williams and Craven Funeral Home
Countians Face June 10 Hearing
Jack Russell Sizemore Sophia and George Wallace Rose Tams released from Raleigh County Jail after posting $500 bonds each awaiting a June 20 hearing before Magistrate Cotton White on felonious assault and auto larceny charges. Rose released at 10 30 a m today and another bond at 9 02 p m Wednesday. They were jailed 1 15 a m Wednesday after an attack on Hinton salesman Ray Hall, about 30 miles away. Sizemore and Rose arrested late Tuesday night at Midway in Hall s car. Police said they drove Hall s car after a fight in Rhodell, Hall treated for a gash, and a destroyed guitar led to the inquiry.
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Sophia
George Wallace
Rose
Tams
Raleigh
Cotton White
Oe More
Hinton
Ray Hall
Charleston
Sizemore
Midway
Hall
Rhodell
Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
C. G. McClain
Medical Secretary takes Florida hospital job
Betty Hubbard Mays, the first Beckley College medical secretary to leave West Virginia for an out of state hospital, accepts a position at St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. She and her husband Claudie F. Mays rented a trailer in Jacksonville Beach after her 1968 Stoco High School graduation and April 23 marriage.
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Out of State
Betty Hubbard Mays
Mays
Florida
St. Luke's Hospital
Jacksonville
Claudie F. Mays
Jacksonville Beach
Stoco High School
Florida Evangelist to Lead Sophia Revival Services
The Rev. W. Clay Wilson will start a revival at Sophia First Baptist Church on Sunday, running nightly at 7:30 p.m. until June 14. Pastor Rev. Dewey Wilson invites area residents to attend, with choirs and quartets welcome. Wilson, a Winter Garden resident, has 46 years in evangelism across the United States and Mexico, with missions in Arizona and Mexico and recent work in Florida among Jamaicans, Nassauans and diverse groups. He has pastored in Detroit, Los Angeles, Arlington, Hemet, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arizona and Minnesota and conducted many revivals locally.
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Los Angeles
Arlington
Hemet
Calif
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Minnesota
Salvation Army Fund Drive Targets 8000 At Beckley Breakfast
Beckley supporters gathered at El Chico as the Salvation Army drive set an 8000 minimum goal for the coming year. Guy Dooley, drive chairman, said pledges and expected contributions could meet the target and perhaps add a小 amount. Mrs. H D Janson and Mrs Lacy Fleshman led week’s donations, earning a ham and theater tickets. Odis B HINANT praised Beckley’s generosity while urging final reports by Tuesday to capture remaining donors.
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H. D. Janson
Wildwood Ave
Lacy Fleshman
Beckley Theater
Janson
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West Virginia
Virginia
Odis B. Hinant
Richmond
Hinnant
YMCA
Columbia University
Mishap at Kana Airport Leaves Piper Apache Damaged
Beckley businessman Hulett C. Smith, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, survived a minor plane mishap at Kana Airport when the Piper Apache’s landing gear failed after touchdown. The craft slid about 60 feet and was towed to Parkersburg for repair as air guards removed the damaged aircraft. Smith, en route to Charleston for a State Nautics Commission meeting, remarked it was “one of those things.” The commission, in summer session, interviewed five applicants for state aeronautics director as it seeks a Hart replacement after Huntington resignation, with a decision expected next week.
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Hulett C. ‘Smith
Kanawha
Smith
Parkersburg
AIR National Guardsmen
Charleston
State Aeronautics Commission
State Democratic Executive Committee
George Hart
Huntington
Hart
Probme
Utilities Protest Tax Assessments In West Virginia Hearings
Charleston AP reports electric gas and water firms protested 1959 valuations set by the Tax Department as hearings continued on tentative assessments for Class III and IV properties. C P and Western Union representatives argued tax increases and nonrevenue additions, noting 40 percent of recent plant investments are non profitable while serving more residents.
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Electric, Gas and Water Companies
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Tax Department
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Western Union Telegraph Co. Co
H. Johnson
Johnson
Bible Classes and Preaching Mentioned in Rescue Mission Letters
A recent letter from Mr. Wilson reflects on God's grace and the true attitude toward oneself as taught by Jesus. He cites the line stating that after all efforts, believers should acknowledge they are unprofitable servants.
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Jesus
Deeds On File Record of Real Estate Transfers
A list of real estate transactions filed in the county clerk office shows A R Redman selling to Charles J Hoover a Town District property for about 1500 dollars. Nancy and K K Willis transfer to Norma and Mitchell J Barley a Town District property with no consideration. Pearl Harper sells to Connie and Claude Hicks Lot Four Homewood Addition for about 3500 dollars. Pocahontas Land Corp transfers property in Slab Fork District to Amigo Smokeless Coal Co for about 8000 dollars. Alfred Morgan sells to Helen and Sherman Gray a Town District property for about 1000 dollars. Nora and H E Lilly transfer Lots 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139 and 141 for about 1500 dollars.
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Charles J. Hoover
Nancy
K. K. Willis
Norma
Mitchell J. Barley
Pearl Harper
Connie
Claude Hicks
Homewood Addition
Pocahontas Land Corp
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Slab Fork
Alfred Morgan
Helen and
Sherman Gray
Nora
H. E. Lilly
Cressie Lawson
Dulles Laid To Rest In Washington Cathedral Funeral
Nearly 3000 mourners filled Washingtons Gothic cathedral for Secretary of the World Council of Churches Russell P Barnes led Presbyterian funeral. No sermon or eulogy at Mrs Dulles request. Army band, six servicemen, and a military grave rite concluded the service. Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon attended under the grave canopy amid the May heat.
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Russell P. Barnes
World Council of Churches
Dulles
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Collins Funeral Set On Friday
Final rites for Mrs Bertie Ann Collins age 71 of 101 Clyde Street will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at the Cirtsville Methodist Church with Rev Don Lowe officiating. Burial will follow at Vass Cemetery. Mrs Collins died at home Wednesday at 3 30 a m after several months illness. Pallbearers are Woodrow Cecil Ronny McMann Keith Maynor Alfred C Moore Guy Buster and Jock Keatley. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in charge until services.
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Clyde St
Cirtsville Methodist Church
Don Lowe
Vass
Cirtsville
Collins
Woodrow Cecil
Ronny McMann
Keith Maynor
Alfred C. Moore
Guy Buster
Jock Keatley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Services Friday For D. B. Clower
Last rites for David B. Clower 61 Maxwell Hill will be held Friday at 7 5 p.m. in Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Lowe and Rev. C. E. Walker officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Clower died Tuesday at 12 55 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Pallbearers include Charles Morris Denver Williams Carl Bailey Ross Stover Glenn Mooney Bill Gallaher Bob Hunter Ray Payne.
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David B. Clower
Maxwell Hill
Webb
Bob Hunter
Ray Payne
Tucker School Levy Defeated In West Virginia Voters
The Associated Press reports Tucker County became the 27th county this year to reject an excess school levy, with 1588 votes against to 519 for. The levy would have raised 37000 annually for a county with no prior levy, while Taylor County voters considered a 50 percent five year levy to raise 95000 yearly and Boone County prepared to vote on issuing 2357000 in bonds for school construction.
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Associated Press
West Virginia Education Assn
Taylor County
Boone County
Tucker County
Tucker
Jefferson
Randolph
Upshur
Grant
Boone
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