Indicted in Crabor Orchard Murder Case and 51 Counts
A one day session returned indictments against 51 persons including three men charged with murder in the August hoe slaying of Kenneth C. McKinster at the Pagoda in Crab Orchard. Names named include Kermit Johnson Harrison Wiseman and John Foster Tee of Stamford. The slate also includes manslaughter charges for the Clemens of Sophia in the Deanna Ward electrocution case and a statutory rape charge against Bryant Shrewsbury of Pickshen. Numerous other counts cover grand larceny breaking and entering and related offenses with trials set for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nareign
Kenneth C. McKinster
Kermit Johnson
Harrison Wiseman
Piney View
John Foster Tee
Stamford
McKinster
Harper Road
Charles
Lottie Clemens
Sophia
Deanna Delight Ward
Ward
Clemenses
Bryant Shrewsbury
Picksh
Miner
Pitts
Virgil Ayers
Harry Mason Wyrick
William Francis Butterworth
Harry Wyrick
Mary Haskins
Dixie Wooten
G. C.hurt, Jr
Lemuel £. Richardson
Lawrence Vernon Williams
Claude Moon
Woodrow Johnson
Leroy Gregory
Ed Jones
Bobby Rogers
Hob Hicks
Kenny Smith
Benny Smith
Monroe Melvin Milam
Delbert Davis
Charles Atha
Harvey Stover
Rodney Smith
Jesse Howerton
Ames Coleman
Tommie’ Dunn
Three County Students Head ROTC Officers at WVU
Raleigh County students have been appointed to commanding and executive posts in the Army ROTC at West Virginia University. Col Samuel Roth, professor of military science, announces Robert N. Daniel as cadet colonel of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Ralph C. Morris of Summersville is named an officer in Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Army Reserve
West
Virginia University
Samuel Roth
Robert N. “Daniel
Gincerin
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Ralph C. Morris
Summersville
Mrs. Elsie Landreth Dead at 36 in Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Barns Landreth 36 of Beckley will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Beckley Presbyterian Church with Rev J L Lineweaver officiating Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park She died Monday at her daughter's home after a yearlong illness She was born in Bolar Va and was connected with several Beckley organizations and worked for J C Penney and Silver Brand Stores She is survived by three daughters two brothers and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Barns Landreth
Beckley
Beckley Presbyterian Church
J. L. Lineweaver
Sunset Memorial Park
Landreth
Nellie Monk
Vine St
Bolar
Hamilton
Zoe Brown Burns
Charles Brown Landreth
Shenandoah
Dayton
Harrisonburg
Madison’s College
Virginia
J.C. Penney Co
Silver Brand
Monk
Hazel Holliday
Geraldine Dale
Basil. Burns
Roscoe Burns
Summersville
Melton Mortuary
Gene Lusk
Bill Lowe
Harry Lewin
Charleston Man Dies in Home for Aged Charleston
The town records deaths of Charles Shaffer of Charleston and Arthur Moore of Mt Hope in the McKendree Home for the Aged and Infirm. Spencer Harrison of Amigo dies in Wyoming General Hospital. Personal notes mention Marlene Jo Burke heading to Chicago for dressmaking school. John C. Burke visits relatives in Floyd, Va. Community announcements preview church meetings, clubs, and rally services with dates and hosts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shaffer
Charleston
West Virginia
Spencer Harrison
Amigo
Wyoming General Hospital
Marlene Jo Burke
John C. Burke
Chicago
Ray Vogue
Henry Alderson
Floyd
New Hope Church
East Beckley
Atty
J. H. Rowland
Church of God of
Harper Heights
Mt Carmel
G Street
Novelette Club
Martha’ Mitchell
New Hope Baptist Church
Morton Reeves P. T. A
Circle No. 2
Central
Eula Rucker
South Fayette Street
Pentecostal Church of Christ
Maplewood Lane
P. T. Curtis
Scarbro
Richardson
Buford Moore
Stanaford
C. B. Miller
Beckley
Allen Wilson
Mt. Hope
Church of
Glen Rogers
Allen Junction
Frank Schofield
GOP challenge targets 43 Democrat voters in Johnstown Road
GOP campaign chair Thomas R. Wilson Jr. said 43 Democrat voters in the Johnstown Road precinct are improperly registered and will be challenged at the polls on November 4 if they appear. He cited a house-to-house canvass showing some registrants are in other states, and he warned similar checks will occur in other precincts before election day. He provided street-by-street breakdowns of the Johnstown precinct voters targeted for challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown Road
Thomas R. Wilson Jr
Raleigh County
Wilson
GOP
Court House
Johnstown
Vine
French
Temple
Shirley
South Kanawha
Wildwood
Marion
Es ‘Massey
Lincoln
New River Institute Set Thursday at Appalachian Electric
Two speakers are on the program for the October meeting of the New River and Winding Gulf Institute. G R Spindler WVU mine research director will discuss Trends in Coal Research. A E Sands from the U S Bureau of Mines will talk on Coal Gasification and related industry work. Graveside rites today for infant son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Gwinn Slab Fork cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘River
Winding Gulf
Appalachian Electric
Beckley
G. R. Spindler
West Virginia University
A. E. Sands
Live-Oak
Fla
Syntheses Gas
U. 5.’Bureau
Fred Mcintosh
Andrenew
Mines
Morgan Madeline Knapp
Eccles
Jess
Knapp
Summers Doarn - Ward
Sandstone
Enny'Ward
Betty Madeline West
Beaver
Raymond L. West
Edward Webb
Pine Knob
Lee Webb
Kathleen Todd
Burey Ayers
Thurman Leslie McIntosh
Gwinn
Cecil ‘Gwinn
Slab Fork
Willard
Thomas
Charles
David
Roger
Carol
Marie
Patricia Ann
Building Permits Issued for Two Homes in Beckley
City records show Thomas E. Bazzarre and Bertha Nutter received a permit to build a six room brick house on Northwestern Ave valued at $10,000. Dorsey Hairston was issued a permit to erect a four room dwelling on South Street in the Beckley Court Addition costing about $2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Nutter
Northwestern Ave
Dorsey Hairston
South
Beckley ‘Court
Beckley Planning and Zoning Meets at 7 30 Tonight
The Beckley Planning and Zoning Committee will convene at 7 30 this evening in the City Recorder Thomas E. Bazzarre's office. Routine matters are expected to come before the group as stated by Bazzarre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Denture Notice Highlights Comfort and Care
The fragment notes Mr and Mrs James H With More Comfort Todd and Mrs Frank Smith, with mentions of Richards and Elsie Frances Smith. It references denture care, plate 7 adornments, and denture breath. The jumble cites Ameagle origin and a Public Health style prompt to obtain teeth at a drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Todd
Owder
Eogema Emerson
Richart
Sc ‘Richards
Elsie’ Frances Smith
Ameagle
Frank Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eremett Bradford
Grand Flarceny
Jo Ann Verduce Clark
Grover Lee Lykens
Charles Thomas Nary Jr
Robert Richmond
William D. Stewart
Arthur Weston
Dorothy Pemberton
Bob Cline
Kenneth Cline
Georgia M. Motley
Harley L. Workman
Willie Johnson
Giotto
Willie Schofield
Joyce
Odélla Bartley
Beckley Junior High School
Bernard Martin
George Chambers
Martin
Yow
Donald Gow Jr
Sherry Mae Welch
Taylor Boone
Sandra Mate McGinnis
Harold Monroe Gibson
Fitzpatrick
Bertha Bennett
Betty Ann Smith
John Horvech
Frank Horvech
Macy Taylor
Irvin Treadway
George ‘Albert Mays, Jr
Raleigh
George A. Mays
Patricia Harline Ayers
New River
City Recorder
Thomas E. Bazzarre
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Elco Lumber
So Chan
Amere Gas Utilities CO
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