Oce Kelly 77 Dies at Laird Memorial Hospital
Oce Kelly aged 77 died after a long illness at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery. A retired miner and member of Local 7086 UMWA he attended Page Baptist Church. Born February 8 1881 in Pearisburg Virginia he belonged to Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 Junior Order United American Mechanics Loop Creek Council 170. Surviving wife Lou Dealin Kelly three sons Wallace Page Orville and Lacy Wilmington Del two daughters Mason Wills Wilmington and Delon Roberson Kincaid two brothers George and Edward two sisters Mrs Jeffie Moye and Miss Allie Kelly 19 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Walter Chandler officiating. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Body remains at funeral home.
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Oak Hill
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Oce Kelly
Page
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
United Mine Workers of America
Page Baptist Church
Kelly
Pearisburg
Beckley
Lou Dealin Kelly
Wallace
Orville and Lacy
Wilmington
Del
Mason Wills
Delon
Roberson
Kincaid
George
Edward
Jeffie Moye
Allie Kelly
Thomas Funeral Home
Walter Chandler
High Lawn Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Oceana People Attend Homecoming and Lodge Meetings
Oceana residents and relatives joined homecoming services at Toneda Baptist Church and attended lodge events in Huntington. Elbert Cook, 82, represented the Dan Gunnee Lodge at the state convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while Rebekah delegates attended the 71st Rebekah Assembly of West Virginia in Huntington with about 13 000 members.
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Oceana
RNS
Barbe Cook
Becky
Madison
James Otis Cook
John Sturgill
Toneda Baptist Church
Elbert Cook
Jesse
Dan Gunnee Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Governor Cabell
Huntington
Rebekah
Jack Moore
Harry Varner
Marlinton
Boyd Dumire
Rhoda Mae
Dock Varner
Charleston
Allmer McClellan
Nellie Clay
Oceana Rebekah Lodge No. 61
Rebekah Assembly of West Virginia
Fredrick
Benny’s hot coffee tale and tightfisted persona
Radio TV star Jack Benny, on a New York visit, recalls a joke about his famed tightfisted image sparked by a radio line. He notes his Sunday CBS TV show is the era’s most visible half hour of comedy and reflects on his long career and changing formats. Benny jokes with a waiter over coffee that was not hot enough, then quips about stealing jokes.
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Charles Mercer
NEW York
Jack Benny
Room Service
George Burns
Bennys
Benny
Jim Lilly Listed As Satisfactory Condition
Union dispatch reports Jim Lilly, creamery worker, listed in satisfactory condition after head injuries from a fall from a moving car near Alderson. He was transported to Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ronceverte before being moved to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The car was driven by Ted Shanklin of Sinks Grove.
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UNION
RNS
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Jim Lilly
Creamery
Alderson
Ted Shanklin
Sinks Grove
Lilly
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Beckley Hospital
Moose Lodges Launch Turkey Drive for New Members
Moose Lodges of the Sixth District in West Virginia adopt a "Let’s Talk Turkey" campaign offering a free turkey to members who recruit two new members. Lodges in Beckley Hin ton Rainelle Richwood White Sulphur Springs Oak Hill Layland Montgomery Whitesville coordinate the drive amid district efforts to support Moosehart and Moosehaven while continuing local Christmas programs.
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Whitesville
ANL
Moose
West Virginia
Montgomery and
Beckley
O. H. Garten
Hinton
W. D. Nace
Moosehart
Moosehaven
Moose Fraternity
Florida
District Six
Joan Crawford Tops Soft Drink Sales After Hiatus
Hollywood brief notes Joan Crawford, away from films for two years, becomes a leading soft drink salesman. She claims to have opened about 200,000 miles of plant routes, including in South Africa, while based in New York with husband Alfred Steele’s Pepsi interests. She appears on Bob Hope’s TV show as part of West Coast business.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
South Africa
Joan
Alfred Steele
Pepsi-Cola Co
Las Vegas
New York
Alfred
Bob Hope
Steele
Danny Kaye Mimics Trumpet Virtuosity for Film Biopic
Hollywood AP story notes Danny Kaye, famed for quick mimicry, performs convincingly as a trumpeter in The Five Pennies. Leith Stevens praises Kaye’s rapid study of instrument technique and staccato phrasing to sell his trumpet in Red Nichols biopic.
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Hollywood
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Leith Stevens
Red Nichols
Stevens
Parents To Meet On Sophia Teen Club Closing
Sophia residents plan a meeting to decide if the Sophia Teen Club will stay open. Club leaders warn that without more interest from youths and parents, the clubhouse may be closed due to high costs. Mrs. Jack Murdock cites the club’s yearlong effort to keep teens off streets and away from beer joints.
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Sophia
ANS
Sophia Teen Club
Jack Murdock
Murdock
Accident Victims Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Christina Cunningham Williams and her son David Bryan will be held at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday conducted by Rev R P Robertson. Mrs Williams 22 of Huntington and her 13 month old son were killed in a West Virginia Turnpike accident Monday when her car ran off the road into a rock cliff. Two other children Gregory Allen six and Lillian Isabell four were injured. the girl has been released, the boy listed in fairly good condition at Beckley Hospital. Bodies are in Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Christina Cunningham Williams
David Bryan
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
R. P. Robertson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Williams
Huntington
West Virginia
Gergory Allen
Lillian Isabell
Beckley Hospital
Tyree
Whitesville Rotary to Meet at Junior High School
The Whitesville Rotary Club will hold its weekly meeting at Whitesville Junior High School on Thursday at 7 p.m. with wives of members and guests as special guests. Merritt McKeever, assistant director of the Division of State Parks, West Virginia Conservation Commission, will give the principal address. Last week 26 members and 2 guests attended.
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Whitesville
RNS
Silver Beaver Awards Honor Scouting Leaders
The Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts of America held its annual Appreciation Banquet at the Elks Club Monday night. Recipients and their wives shown include Mrs. Roy J. Smith with Smith, Beck ley, Mrs. T. P. Mooney with Mooney, Kopperston, Mrs. William Greenspon with Dr. Greenspon of Bluefield, and Robert Misfeldt of Pearisburg. The Silver Beaver is the highest national service award for youth work. In total 68 Silver Beavers have been awarded in this nine county council over the years.
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Nual
Elks Club
Roy J. Smith
Smith
Beckley
T. P. Mooney
Mooney
Kopperston
William Greenspon
Greenspon
Bluefield
Robert Misfeldt
Pearisburg
50-Year Award Recipient Knighted In 1908
Mount Hope Mount Hope Commandery No 22 Knights Templar awarded Sir Knight William Harvey Lindamood a 50 year service medal. Lindamood was knighted in 1908, transferred to Mount Hope in 1916, and led Lindamood Funeral Home. He held multiple Masonic offices and helped shape local fraternity history.
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William Harvey Lindamood
Mount Hope Commandery No
Knights Templar
Lindamood
Hinton Commandery No. 12
Mount Hope Commandery
Knights Templer
Hinton
Charleston
MacDonald Lodge No. 10
Sewell
Royal Arch Masons
Thurmond
Oak Hill
Hinton Commandery
Beni Kedem
MacDonald Colliery Co
Samuel Dixon
New River Co
Dunloop
Masonic
Main St
Boyd Humphrey Named Mr. Tabor PTA Head
Boyd Humphrey was elected president of the Mount Tabor Parent Teachers Association and led Tuesday’s meeting. Other officers include Mrs. Bruce Jones vice president Mrs. Eugene Hinkle secretary and Mrs. L. B. Shrewsbury treasurer. Dr W D Elliot spoke on improving public health facilities in Raleigh County and the PTA endorsed the Better School Amendment.
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Mount Tabor
Tary
L. B. Shrewsbury
W. D. Elliot
Raleigh
PTA
Kon Tiki Explorer Seeks Final Point on Origins
Thor Heyerdahl, famed for the Kon Tiki voyage, says his recent Easter Island expedition settles his theory that eastern Pacific settlers originated in South America. He remains a scientist first, with popular books supporting his expeditions and a rise in academic recognition.
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Thor Heyerdah
Easter Island
Heyerdahl
Eastern
Pacific
South America
Asia
Shy Hey
Lerdahl
Norway
University of Oslo
Norwegian Academy of Science
Pacific Islands
Deceptive Calm Hangs Over Connecticut Election Campaign
Connecticut’s campaign hangs in a deceptive calm with three weeks until election day. Democrats led by Governor Ribicoff aim to gain the Senate seat, multiple congressmen, and state offices, while Republicans warn of a looming deficit and tax questions. Ribicoff’s stance against direct responses to attacks keeps opponents at bay.
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Connecticut
Associated Press
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New Haven
Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
U. S
Senate
General Assembly
Ribicoff
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Spain
Fred R. Zeller
Zeller
Stonington
Thomas J. Dodd
Dist
Horace Seely-Brown Jr
Bowles
Vivien Kellems
Jasper McLevy
Socialist Party
Raleigh County Board of Education sale of school properties
The Raleigh County Board of Education will auction multiple one room school buildings and land in Royal Pluto McDonald Long Wanted Cook Trail Mills Branch Bryan Low Gap and others near Glen Daniel Amigo Blue Jay Table Rock and Flat Top West Virginia on Thursday October 23 1958 at 10 30 A M in front of the Raleigh County Court House Terms are cash in hand openness to reject bids and title details recorded in county deeds list the properties and conveyances from various deeds dating 1891 1929 and earlier.
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Raleigh County Court House
Royal
West Virginia
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Raleigh County Clerk's S
Amigo
Black Top Road
Blue Jay
Raleigh County
Mills Branch
Bryan
Table Rock
Raleigh County Clerk's
Odd
Raleigh County Clerk’s
Epling
Flat Top Lake
Flat Top
Bolcie County
Sherman Co. Trail
Funeral notices from West Virginia papers on October deaths
Multiple obituaries list ages, towns, and burial details for Hott John 66 of 211 Bibb Avenue. Lewis Gaye 48 of Cincinnati formerly Beaver. Calloway Castelloe 6 of 209 Summers Street Hinton. Elsie Ellen Gunther Christian 47 Harper Road. Clowney Floyd Williams 87 Beaver. Henry B Newland 71 Green Valley. William Howard Pack 49 Flat Top. Services at Rose Quesenberry, Caffee, New Salem Baptist, Mount Tabor, Calfee, Coal City Community, Flat Top Primitive Baptist churches. Burial at Phillips Cemetery, Wash Plumley Cemetery, Wildwood Cemetery, Mount View Cemetery, through Williams Craven and other local funeral homes.
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John
Bibb Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Lewis Lewis
Gaye
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beaver
Caffee Funeral Home
Phillips
Cool Ridge
Garland Howington
Richmond
Calloway
Castelloe
Summers Street
Hinton
W. Va
South Kanawha Street
New Salem Baptist Church
Abraham
R H H. Dean
Wash Plumley
Calfee Funeral Home
Newland Newland
Henry B
Green Valley
Coal City
R. H Todd
L. D. Basham
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Willams and Craven Funeral Home
Flat Top
Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church
J. I. Bowling
Kenna Lilly
Mount View
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Karl R. Huddle
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Brand New Webster's
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Kidd
Oakwood Ave
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J. FE
St. Clair Dial
B. E. Silverman
Mercer Street
Lovitz Television Service
Lawrence Pittman
Electrolux
Electrolux Corporation
Temple Street
Dial CL
Right
C _ Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
John W. Eye
West Neville St
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St Beckley
Foster Hardwari CO
Neye
Highlander Duradean
No Shrink Ag
Ee Aataimannnanee
Wille Brothers
Frank Eaeneen
Venetian Blind
Aaron Venetian Blind Cleaners
Beckley, Wia
Lewis Trans & Orag
Piney Ave
Ira Copelan Wikel
Jan Campbi Music Co
White Pine Gray Lumber CO
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