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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1959

Page

7

Funeral services set for Dr Virgil L Kelly Jr in Princeton

Dr Virgil L Kelly Jr 55 of Glenwood Park dies of heart attack while mowing lawn. Funeral today at Bland Street Methodist Church Princeton at 2 30 p m with Dr Clyde Hensley Rev Charles M Scragg Jr officiating. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Alberta Worrell Kelly two sons V L III and George Michael a sister and two brothers. Pallbearers listed.

Princeton RNS Virgil L. Kelly, Jr Bland Street Methodist Church Clyde Hensley Charles M. Scragg Jr Monte Vista Park Kelly Glenwood Park Bluefield Oceana W. L Alice Farmer Kelly Emory and Henry University of Virginia Bluefield Sanitarium Florida State Sanitarium Orlando Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley Blue Ridge Sanitarium Charlottesville Mercer County and State Medical Socie American College of Chest Physicians West Virginia National Trudeau Society National Tuberculosis and Amercan Medical Associations Green Valley Kiwanis Club Carr Memorial Methodist Church Alberta Worrell Kelly V. L. III George Michael A. E. Jakeman Mobile Ala C. A. Kelly Baileysville W. P Buffalo N. Y Robert Gatherum Jr C. D. Pruett Daniel Hae James Bailey F. Morton Wagner Fay W. Templeton H.C. Crews Harry Hutchison

Mrs Martin Speaks At Fayetteville Pen Pal Club Meet

Fayetteville High School Pen Pal Club welcomed Mrs Erika Martin as guest speaker describing her Dueren Germany hometown schools and wartime impact She and her husband Lacy now reside in Nashville Tenn Club president Gary Riner outlined methods to connect with Canadian pen pals Refreshments were served to a large group of students and sponsors. November meeting will be with Van Batton.

Fayetteville RNS Fayetteville High School Pen Pal Club Erika Martin Theresa Beni Ann Bibb van Batten Gary Riner

Luther Ballard Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for Luther Clyde Ballard will be held at 1 p m Tuesday at Klinger Carpenter Mortuary Huntington conducted by Rev L E Morrison. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston. Ballard 60 an uncle of two Whitesville women died Sunday in Clifton Forge Virginia. He was born July 14 1899 at Bald Knob Boone County and was a C O Railway engineer. Survivors include a sister Mrs A J Hancock of La Mesa California a brother Sherman Ballard of Clayton New Mexico two half brothers Rhodes and Roger Saxon an aunt Mrs Frank Allen of White Oak and nieces Mrs Mary Bragg and Mrs Louise Daniels Whites

Whitesville Luther Clyde Ballard Klinger-Carpenter Huntington L. E. Morrison First Baptist Church Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston Ballard Chesapeake and Ohio Clifton Forge Bald Knob Boone County C&o Railway A. J. Hancock la Mesa Calif Sherman Ballard Clayton, N. M Rhodes Roger Saxon Frank Allen White Oak Mary Bragg Louise Daniels

Funeral services for hunting victim Wingfield Tuesday

Terry Lee Wingfield, 15, will be laid to rest in Hill Top Cemetery after funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill. Rev. William H. Johnson will officiate. He died Saturday after being found shot in the back of the head while hunting with two friends five miles from home. Officers say the shotgun wound indicates a short range blast.

Ansted Briefs: Local Moves and Residents

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood moved into the James Bennett home. Mrs. Virginia Crump resides with her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Cashion, after living in Azusa, California, with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hicks, for the past year.

Ansted ANS Edgar Wood James Bennett Virginia Crump J. T. Cashion

Mrs. Lydia Collins Funeral Tuesday in Princeton

Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia Collins will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at Rosemont Memorial Gardens. The 63 year old Narrows Va native died Sunday in a Pulaski Va hospital. She owned Narrows Hotel and is survived by husband Ed Collins of Narrows three sons two daughters two brothers and 15 grandchildren plus one great grandchild.

Princeton Rns Lydia Collins Bailey Funeral Home Rosemont Memorial Gardens Collins Narrows Pulaski Bluefield Creed Rebecca Fetcher Underwood Ed Collins Jesse T. Boyd Jim Ed Collins Detroit Ed Collins Jr Birmingham Ala Raymond Clay Glen Siegler Mead John Jesse Underwood

McClung Rites Set On Tuesday

Funeral services for B. E. Big McClung will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L. C. McDaniel officiating. Burial follows at End-of-the-Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. McClung, a retired merchant and Springdale Baptist Church member, died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a brief illness from a heart attack. He was a lifelong Springdale resident. Surviving: daughter Blanche Gwinn McClung Otto Becker of Birmingham Michigan. sisters C. W. Thompson Lewisburg and S. C. Patterson Dawson. brothers Gordon Smoot Carl Frankford Grover Charleston. five grandchildren.

Springdale RNS B. E Big” McClung Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home L. C. McDaniel Blanche Gwinn McClung Otto Becker Birmingham Mich C. W. Thompson Lewisburg S. C. Patterson Dawson Gordon Smoot Carl Frankford Grover Charleston

Halpern holds dual role in New York theater

Mortimer Halpern serves as stage manager for Song of Norway and as Equity representative for the cast. The acting union previously ruled no conflict of interest in a stage manager acting as spokesman in disputes with management. Halpern is the first chosen under this ruling.

Hal NEW York Mortimer ‘Halpern Song of Norway Equity Halpern

New York Playwright Christie Dominates Summer Stock

AP reports England's Agatha Christie is the leading summer stock playwright in New York, with five melodramas in rotation. Only Witness for the Prosecution has appeared on Broadway, while The Hollow Spider's Web Towards Zero and The Mousetrap remain unseen on Broadway.

New York England Agatha Christie

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