Funeral Rites Set For Lowell Weddle
Funeral rites for 15 year old Lowell Thomasi Weddle of Sophia will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Preewill Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson and Rev. French Williams officiating. Burial follows in Sophia Un Cemetery. The body was moved to the parents home at Norman and Mrs. Norman Weddle. Survivors include five brothers and three sisters plus a half sister. Pallbearers are Sophia High School football players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Thomasi Weddle
Sophia
Preewill Baptist
Dewey Wilson
French Williams Buria
Williams Prietz
Norman Weddle
Sanhia
Tremouth
American Legion Hall
William H. Weddle
Wright
Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Clyde
Loman
Donald
Robert Jack Weddle
Wilda Walker
Wavada
Norma Lee Weddie
Hogg Estate Worth Over 500000 Left to Widow and Daughters
The estate of Clarence W. Hogg who died October 25 in Hollywood Florida valued at over five hundred thousand dollars was left to his widow and two daughters by a will admitted to record in Raleigh County. Hogg, 61, a Beckley native, had been ill for months and died in a Florida hospital where he had recently moved. He was a retired salesman for Banks-Miller Supply Co and had long been active in local church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Hogg
Beckley Presby
Iey
S. Hollywood
Holly
Terian Church
Wich
Leo Brrci
New
Sundey
Commissioners of Accounts
Charleston Bank
Paul P. Payne
Hulett C. Smith
G. A. Moller
Clarence WV. Hogg
Hollywood
Fla
Raleigh
Beckleyan
Florida City
Banks-Miller Supply Co
Mrs. Vena McMillon Dies and Funeral Rites Planned
Mrs. Vena McMillon 70 of 209 Ridge Ave Beckley died at 1:30 a.m. after a long illness. She was a Raleigh County resident and Calvary Baptist Church member. Survived by son Dewey, sister Etta Wiley, brothers Dell and Walter, grandson and great grandson. Funeral from Keyser Funeral Home to her residence at 2 p.m. Wednesday with services Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed.
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Vena McMillon
I ‘Ridge
Ave
Beckley
Raleiga County
Calvary Baptist Church
Marscott
Dewey
Etta Wiley
Crab Orchard
Dell
Walter
Bradley
Keyser
James Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
George Dale
Arnold Fleming
Bernie Walls
W. T. Callaway
Luther Fink
Jim Collins
Earl, Loflin
Lewis Gravely
Funeral Rites Delayed as Family Deliberates
Funeral services for Frank Prunesti 57 of Big Stick are incomplete awaiting word from his son John in Korea. Survivors include his father, four sons, four daughters, sisters, a brother and 10 grandchildren. The body lies at Caffee Funeral Home. Colonel A R Reeves to meet Army Reserve officers in Beckley to discuss indefinite term appointments under the Reserve Act of 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Prunesti
Big Stick
John
Korea
Canton
Ohio
Jimmy
Sophia
Jesse
Angela
Annie Syra
Tams
Pauline Griffith
Affinity
Murry Kincaid
Hotcoat
Rosie Prunesti
Susie Manno
Pauline Murrillo
Rosie Candello
Mike Prunesti
Harper
Caffee Funeral Home
A. R. Reeves
West Virginia Military District
Army Reserve
Beckley
Organized Reserve Corps
North Oakwood Avenue
Armed Forces Reserve Act
Army
Reeves
Wednesday Rites Slated For Robert H. Reed
Robert H. Reed, 33, died from an overdose of sleeping pills and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Veterans Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Reed, a World War II Purple Heart veteran, is survived by his mother Effie Reed, two sisters Mrs. Charles D. Farthing and Meldri Reed, and a brother Howard. Melton Mortuary will receive callers one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Reed
Veteran Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
C. E. Walker
Heed
Sunset Memorial Park
Reed
Charles D. Farthing
Glenn Ave
Veterans Hospital
B. B. Richmond
Raleigh County
Effie Reed
Beckley
Meldri| Reed
Chicago
Howard
Stotesbury
Melton Mortuary
Bus Collision Causes $30 Damage at Prince Street
A bus and a car collided near the Greyhound station driveway on Prince Street. Consolidated Lines Bus driven by Russell E. Sims, 42, of Beckley sustained $10 damage and Golden Merritt, 20, of Sprague, suffered $20 damage to her car.
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Prince St
Greyhound
Consolidated Lines
Russell E. Sims
Beckley
Golden Merritt 20
Sprague
Lions Hear Miss Wood On School Progress Needs
Beckley Lions Club will hear Miss Mona Wood of the Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association speak on Our Schools Their Progress and Needs. The meeting at El Chico starts at 7 30 p.m. with a Board of Directors session to follow. Latane Ware leads the program and Marshal Johnson is chairman.
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Beckley Lions Club
Mona Wood
Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
el Chico
J. M. Henderson
Latane Ware
Marshal Johnson
Dorothy Underwood on honor roll at Bryan University
Dorothy Underwood of Crab Orchard is named on the honor list for the first six weeks of the fall quarter at William Jennings Bryan University Dayton Tennessee She ranks in the upper ten percent of students with scholastic rating among honorees noted as daughter of Mr and Mrs F J Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Underwood
F. J. Underwood
William Jennings Bryan University
Dayton
Tennessee
Three men fined in magistrate court for minor crimes
Rice Jones of Beckley was fined 10 and costs and jailed 30 days for contributing to the delinquency of minors after being accused of permitting minors to gamble. George Cobbs of Beckley paid 10 and costs on an assault charge. Archie Smith of Landisburg was fined 25 and costs for petty theft related to six newspapers taken from mailboxes and jailed for nonpayment.
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Rice Jones
E. Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Jones
T. N. Thurman
George Cobbs
Beckley
Dorothy Cobbs
Archie Smith
Landisburg
J. B. Mays
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Station to reopen after wiring system repairs at Winner’s station
The Winner Filling Station at Prince St and S Oakwood Ave will reopen once the power company completes wiring repairs, owner Thomas A Winner said today. The station suffered about $1000 in damage Monday afternoon when a hot water heater ignited gasoline fumes and sparked a fire that prompted a fire department response.
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Winner
Prince St
S. Oakwood Ave
Thomas A Winner
Fir
McClure Heads Redmen Tribe No. 18 at Raleigh
L. C. McClure was elected sachem of Great Raleigh Tribe No. 18, Improved Order of Red Men. Elected with him were Robert Foster senior sagamore William Hart junior sagamore Lester Abbott great prophet James C Arbogast chief of records Tony Marino keeper of Wampum Henry J Munsey guard of the forest Eugene Blake one year trustee Walter T Dingu s two year trustee Nathan Hurst three year trustee and Vincent DeVoy chairman of Membership committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. McClure
Robert Foster
Sagamore
William Hart
Lester Abbott
James C. Arbogast
Tony Marino
Henry J. Munsey
Eugene Blake
Walter T. Dingus
Nathan Hurst
Vincent DeVoy
Two Men Fined on Traffic Counts
Two men arrested on traffic counts were fined in police court Monday night. William W. Jones of Scarboro paid $1.01 on a guilty speeding plea, while James Wilkerson of Long Branch forfeited a $32 cash bond for hit and run by failing to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Jones
Scarboro
James Wilkerson
Long Branch
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Lowell Weddle
Raleigh Coca Cola
French Lucas
J. B. Lilly
Frank N. Gans
Charleston National Bank
Tee Cere Nee Pee Oe
Vera Pocahontas Coal Company
Lena Bruce Hoge
Nancy Jane Hogg
Baldwin
Susan
Lions
Eae Cohen
S. Kanawha St
Auto Parts & Accessories
McClure
RCA Victor
Televisions
Menkomery Bool
Button-Dixie
Burton-Dixie
Armstrong
Fed
Taz Zook
Uper
Rockingham
Majestic Regency Cabinet
Beckley Music and Electric Co
Rca-Victor
South Fayette St
Colin McLuckey
Mgr
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