Vatican plans first ecumenical council in a century
Pope John XXIII announced definite preparations for the Roman Catholic Churchs first ecumenical council in nearly 100 years. The aims include unifying world Christianity and reaffirming opposition to Marxist doctrine and communism. It will take about two years to prepare for the 21st council with bishops and prelates from around the world.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Rome
John
Domenico Cardinal Tardini
Vatican
Crescent PTA names new officers at final meeting
Crescent School announces Dr. Westwood H. Holliday elected president of the Parent Teachers Association at the last meeting before summer break. Elected with him are Mrs. Thomas Martin as vice president, Mrs. Truman Sayre as secretary, and N. J. Pugh as treasurer.
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Westwood H. Holliday
Crescent School
Thomas Martin
Truman Sayre
N. J. Pugh
Cohn Hospitalized In Wyoming General Hospital Mullens
Sam Cohn son of Mrs Mary Cohn of 117 Maplewood Lane is a patient at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens for a minor procedure. He is reported in good condition.
St John's Uay Star Bob Zawoluck Reigns with Points Record
Bob Zawoluck, a 1952 graduate, holds St. John's University Brooklyn basketball scoring record with 1,799 points.
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Bob Zawoluck
St. John’s Uay
Brooklyn
Presidential delegate polls by state abstractions
In Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey, Florida polls outline second-choice splits among Kennedy Symington Stevenson Johnson uncommitted and others. Delegations favor Loveless Docking Meyner Smathers on first ballots with shifts to Johnson Kennedy or Symington possible.
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Connecticut
Iowa
Gov. Loveless
Kennedy
Symington
Stevenson
Kansas
Docking
Johnson
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Meyner
Florida
Sen
Smathers
Delegates Listed For Convention
Beckley Lions will attend the 38th annual state Lions convention in Bluefield Friday through Sunday. About 600 fellows are expected, with Lions and their wives arriving Thursday. The West Virginian Hotel serves as convention HQ. Elvis J. Stahr Jr. of WVU will address the Friday banquet, while Clarence L. Sturm of Lions International will speak on Saturday. Dudley L. Simms, Charleston, immediate past president of Lions International, is slated to attend. Delegates include Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sam Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Locke, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Means, Dr. W. W. McKinney, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stowers, Dr. and Mrs. K. K. Rand, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kessel.
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Beckley Lions
Bluefield
Shady Band Boosters Set Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Band Boosters Club of Shady Spring High School is set for June 14 at the school, called by president Harold Ward. The club will discuss selling birthday calendars to fund new instruments for the band, a need stressed by band director Allan Staton who asks all members and parents to attend.
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Shady Spring High School
Harold Ward
Allan Staton
Progressives Blind Club Aids Campers In West Virginia
The Progressive Blind Club of Beckley plans to raise more funds to support Camp Galahad for blind children in Kanawha County. Three members will solicit donations in the business district to provide staple foods and money for the two week session opening June 3. The camp offers boating dancing hiking nature study and vesper services for 32 enrolled youths aged eight to 18.
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West Virginia Camping Association For Blind Children, Inc
Robert Holdren
Beckley Club
Joseph Minter
Kelly Lilly
Eagles Club
Blue Creek
Glen
Quick
Kanawha County
Harrison County United Fund, Inc
Kanawha County United Fund
Flyaway Pigeon Lands at Willard Lilly House
A white with red spotted runaway homing pigeon numbered 458 landed at the Willard Lilly residence between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. It was captured then released and perched on the roof until press time. Call Besoco 2542 to identify. neighbor Mrs. Ernest Mulins listed the phone.
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Willard Lilly
Odd
Lilly
Besoco
Ernest Mulins
Notable Roosevelts Widow Dies at 70 in Oyster Bay
Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of Brig. Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr., died at 70 at her Oyster Bay home. A prominent relief worker, author, and lecturer she helped troops in World War II and led needlework programs for Puerto Rican women in the 1920s.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Eleanor B. Alexander
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
France
John J. Pershing
Puerto Rico
Island
Man Sues Over Lost Suit Cold From Cleaning Shop
Indianapolis AP John H. Head says he caught a cold after a cleaning shop allegedly lost his suit in a booth. He filed a $500 damage suit claiming the mishap forced him to rush home without his property.
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Indianapolis
John H. Head
New Police Cruisers Arrive in Beckley City
Beckley police take delivery of three 1960 Dodge Darts bought from Duncan-Catron Motor Co for 2400 dollars plus trade ins of three Chevrolet units. Two cars have been received and put in service Friday night. A spotlight and siren were installed on one Saturday and another will be equipped Tuesday. The third cruiser will be shipped soon, said Chief M E Tyree.
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New
Beckley City
M. E. Tyree
Walter Gilmore
Duncan - Catron Motor Co
Tyree
Deaths and Funerals: Swope and Cook services announced
Funeral services are set for James Andrew Swope at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. S. W. Williams officiating. Burial will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery Alderson. Survivors include wife Mary Swope Mount Hope daughter Nora Johnson Baltimore two sisters Sarah Landgraft Columbus and Sadie Davis Washington D C and two grandchildren. Andy Cook 39 Laurel Branch rites at Laurel Branch Church with burial in Laurel Branch Cemetery born April 18 1921 at Clear Fork son of Willie and Ardelia Cook. Survivors include wife Reva Martin Cook five sons Stanley Lester Don Erskine Delbert one stepson Charles two daughters Threasa and Elaine all at home. Body to be taken to scene ernie Se Ge neral. Funeral services incomplete for Mrs Ora Lusher 67 who died in Fayetteville nursing home about 3 a m today. Body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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James Andrew Swope
Sophia Clark
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
S. W. Williams
Pine Ridge Cemetery
Alderson
Mary Swope
Mount Hope
Nora Johnson
Baltimore
Sarah Landgraft
Columbus
Ohio
Sadie Davis
Washington, D. C
Andy Cook
Laurel Branch
Cook
Clear Fork
Willie
Ardelia Cook
Reva Martin Cook
Stanley
Lester
Don
Erskine
Delbert
Charles
Threasa
Elaine
Ec Ene
Ernie Se
Ora Lusher
Fayetteville
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Thomas A Bolen in Josephine Church of God
Thomas Alfred Bolen 38 of Odd, a mine foreman and World War II veteran, will be laid to rest Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Josephine Church of God. Rev. Owen Bolen to officiate. burial at Jenny Cole Cemetery. Survived by wife Nina, three children, parents Earnie and Hattie Bolen, a brother James of Baltimore, a sister Charlotte of Lacie, and half brother John Lilly. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to Bolen residence today at 3 p.m.
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Thomas Alfred Bolen
Odd
Josephine Church of God
Owen Bolen
Jenny Cole
Bolen
Josephine
Johnny Williams Coal Co
Princewick
Earnie
Hattie Lilly Bolen
Nina
Wayne
Roy
Margaret Ann
James
Baltimore
Charlotte
Lacie
John Lilly
Rhodell
Robertson and Foglesong
Funeral for C. P. Mingo Held Tuesday in Bluefield
Funeral services for C. P. Mingo 72 of Raleigh Terrace Bluefield will be conducted Tuesday morning in Bluefield. He died at 2 am Sunday in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness and was father of Malcolm Shumate and Austin V. Mingo.
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Bluefield
C. P. Mingo
Malcolm Shumate
Austin Ve. Mingo
Raleigh Terrace
Pallbearers named for Perry A. Cook funeral
Pallbearers named for Perry A. Cook are Lawrence Thorne Pat Wheeler Tony Gargas Lester Ramsey Golden Cook and C W Blevins. Cook 323 Burgess Street died in a local hospital at 1 a m Friday. Services will be at 2 p m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. The body will be taken from Calfee Funeral Home to the church one hour before the service.
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Perry A. Cook
Lawrence Thorne
Pat Wheeler
Tony Gargas
Lester Ramsey
Golden Cook
C. W. Blevins
Cook
Burgess St
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Calfee
Rhee to Push Constitution Revision After Resignation
Syngman Rhee’s departure follows heavy protests and violence that left hundreds dead or injured. Rhee reportedly plans a constitutional revision as South Korea contemplates a return home, where Mrs. Rhee says their dogs await them.
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South Korea
Rhee
Slammed With Shoe For Removed Bus Stop
New York AP reports Ruth Anturley 49 a domestic was charged after striking bus driver Samuel Walpert twice with a shoe when he informed her 66th Street stop was removed on Lexington Avenue. She pled not guilty and was released awaiting a June hearing on simple assault while ordered off buses.
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New York
Samuel Walpert
Walpert
66Th Street
Lexington Ave
Ruth Anturley
Walter J. Bayer
Magis
Anurley
Charles H Minter Funeral Service Set for Mullens Man
Charles Henry Minter 34 of Mullens died of a heart attack in his sleep and was found Sunday in his Cliffside Apartments room. Funeral at Robertson and Foglesong Chapel Wednesday at 2 p m with burial at Montgomery Memorial Park Cemetery. He was born November 10 1925 in Ramsey and is survived by his mother Maude Mae Farris, a brother, wife Mary and two children in Detroit, two sisters in Lovers Leap and Ramsey, with services conducted by Rev Vera McClelland.
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Robertson and Foglesong
Charles Henry Minter
Mullens
Minter
Cliffside Apartments
Ramsey
Maude Mae Farris
Oak Hill
Carl Minter
Bill
Mary
Mary Katherine
Charles
Detroit
Philip Davis
Lovers Leap
Joseph Richards
Vera McClelland
Montgomery Memorial Park Cemetery
Wyoming County
Sam Foglesong
Mint
Bond actions and jail releases in Raleigh County
A Beckley woman posted a $500 property bond and was released from Raleigh County Jail after a Saturday arrest for a bad check. Nathaniel Radford posted a $32 cash bond for a court appearance on leaving the scene of an accident. James Bailey and Jesse Sydnor faced fighting charges with Bailey jailed after an $18 bond. Sydnor and Williams faced additional drunkenness and peace warrant charges, with Williams held on a local peace warrant issued by Magistrate Burke.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Cotton White
Margaret Jones
Nathaniel Radford
Rhodell
W. A. Burke
James Bailey
Affinity
Jesse E. Sydnor
Sydnor
Benny Williams
Williams
Burke
Millard Horton Veteran Hospital death at 65
Millard Oscar Horton died at 11:30 p m Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are handled by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Pearl Horton. Funeral details are incomplete.
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Millard Oscar Horton
Lester
Veterans Administration Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Pearl Horton
Cattle rustler faces court in Beaver hearing
A cattle rustler is set for a 3 p m Tuesday hearing before Magistrate J E Mays in Beaver on charges of stealing a cow and two calves. The case involves Hansel Deeds and Von Lilly of Beaver in a July grazing agreement. Lilly sold the animals and left the state, later tracked to Maryland and Florida before being apprehended by state police and jailed briefly before release.
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J. E. Mays
Beaver
Hansel Deeds
von Lilly
Lilly
Deeds
Maryland
Florida
Mays
Raleigh
Beckleyans To Attend Synod Of West Virginia
Two Beckleyans will attend the Synod of West Virginia in Elkins. Elder J. Walker will represent the Beckley Presbyterian Church. The pastor, the Rev. W. Witherspoon, will also participate as the synod convenes at Da-
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Beckleyans
Synod of West Virginia
West Virginia graduates list honors and degrees conferred
Area Beckley and numerous towns honor graduates receiving Bachelor of Science and Master degrees in Education Recreation Business Administration and Economics. Notable names include Elwyn Bishop Beckley Mary Jo Cox Sophia Rita Crawford Coal City and James Remuel Oneal Fayetteville among others with degrees conferred July 17 1959 August 26 1959 and January 23 1959.
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Elwyn Alex Bishop
Beckley
Donald Richard Brooks
Corliss
Mary Jo Cox
Sophia
Frederick Michael Frisk Jr
Mount Hope
Willis Gerald Glover
Wyoming
William Cullen McBride
Sprague
Teddy James Patrick
Oceana
Giles Robert Slade
Glen Morgan
Thomas Mason Greeman
Glen Jean
Mary Catherine Abbott
Carl Regnal Allen
Mabscott
Audra Lee Anderson
Beaver
Lucille Tweedy Boxdale Beckley
Rita Dean Crawford
Coal City
George Matthew Edwards
Fayetteville
Billy Wayne Frye
Oak Hill
Oliver Cecil Harper
Herbert Elza Jacobs
Bob Lee Mickis
Catherine Cora Stewart
Mullens
Betty Jane Wilkes
Joan Elaine Wilkes
Donald Bee Winfrey
James Murray Jeffries
Lorraine King Seay
Harold Wayne Sullivan
Ccultural
James Remue
O'Neal
Katherine Anne Abbott
Old Wendell Miller
John Walter Muir
Marie Rose
Hilltop
Evangelism Conference Spurs Presbyterian Mission Plan
Vis and Elkins College officials will attend a pre Synod conference on evangelism held Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The event prepares for the Presbyterian Mission to the Nation in 1961.
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Vis and
Elkins College
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Ann
Shady Band Boosters
Flyaway
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Mary Grove Ringgold
Virginia Library Commission
Racine, Wis
Gilbert H
Gillie) Jackson
National Boxing Assn
Hilltown, Pa
Richard J. Walsh
Pearl S. Buck
John Day Co
U Berlin
Walter Geeredes
Radio Free Europe
Berlin
Hollywood
George Zucco
London
Lord Hardinge of
Penhurst
Three Kings
George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Washington
William F. Marpuat
Far East
OMAHA
Sebastian Pendler
Mrs
P. Mingo
Syngman Rhee
Charles H. Minter
Bond
Donald Gene Miller
Eccles
Willie Denver Akers Jr
Benjamin Clyde Stewart
Ivan H. Bush III
Paul Edward Mullins
Oakill
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