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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1962

Page

3

Death notices for Hubert Roy Osborne of Crab Orchard

Hubert Roy Osborne 54 of Crab Orchard died after a shooting near Ypsilanti Michigan. Born January 20 1908 in Fola Clay County he worked as a construction worker for area mines most recently for W. G. Coals Mullens. Survived by wife Radie Jeffers Osborne Charleston two daughters Betty Duncan Cleveland and Kay Bonds Cleveland Ohio a son Harold Osborne Camp Kilmer New Jersey one sister Virgie Jarrell Buffalo New York two half siblings Ray Holcomb Bickmore Ralph Holcomb Sizemore two half sisters Jenny Facemyer Charleston Bethel Acree Dundon and eight grandchildren. Body being sent to Clay for completion of arrangements.

Hubert Roy Osborne Crab Orchard Ypsilanti Mich Fola Clay County William Silbur Osborne W. G. Coals Mullens Osborne Radie Jeffers Osborne Charleston Charles Betty) Duncan Darby Kay) Bonds Cleveland Ohio Sgt Harold Osborne Army Camp Kilmer N. J Virgie Jarrell Buffalo N. Y Ray Holcomb Bickmore Ralph Holcomb Sizemore Jenny Facemyer Bethel Acree Dundon Clay

William C. Reedy 63 Dies in Mullens After Illness

William C. Reedy of Corinne died at 8 23 a m in Mullens hospital after long illness. Born February 28 1899 in Rugby Virginia he was a retired miner. Survived by wife Edna Sweeney Reedy a son William E two daughters Ruth Marie Bell and Mary Frances Reedy all of Corinne. Funeral arrangements pending at Sam Fogleman Funeral Home Mullens.

William C. Reedy Corinne Mullens Rugby Edna Sweeney Reedy William E Daughers Ruth Marie Bell Frances Reedy Sam Foglesong

Funeral services set for Miss Rena Mae Fitzwater

Miss Rena Mae Fitzwater 83 of Grandview dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Howard Jim Franklin. burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Born Ramsey August 5 1879 to T D and Martha Fitzwater. Survived by brother C S Fitzwater and four sisters Ott Crookshank Myrtle Hogg Mary McVey Joe Perry and Namon. Friends may call after 4 p m today. nephews to be pallbearers.

Rena Mae Fitzwater Grandview Melton Mortuary Howard Jim Franklin Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Ramsey T. D Martha Harrah Fitzwater Fitzwater C. S. Fitzwater Ott Crookshank Lookout Myrtle Hogg Clifton Forge Mary McVey Colcord Joe Perry Akron Ohio Namon Melton

Final rites for Clarence Hurt held at East Park

Clarence Perc y Hurt 40 of East Park died Saturday night from pistol wounds. Final rites are set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Rev. G. D. Toler presiding. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Hurt’s mother Helen Hurt and four sons Mickie Roger Tony Eugene and four daughters Rena Joyce Helen and Erett survive, with friends invited to view the body today at the funeral home.

Clarence Percy) Hurt East Park Ritchie and Johnson G. D. Toler Greenwood Memorial Park Hurt Helen Hurt S. L. McDaniel Beckley Mickie Roger Tony Eugene Regena Joyce Helen Erett

Mrs. Lilly E Smith Dies in Welch Hospital at 73

Mrs. Lilly E Cook Smith 73 of Rockview died Sunday night after an extended illness in a Welch hospital. Born July 14, 1889 at Turkey Creek, she was daughter of the late Lane S Cook and Eliza Browning. Survived by husband Philip Ken Smith three sons Ol ey Warren James all of Keyrock and Turkey Creek three daughters May Poff Athalene Pollack Akron Ohio and Charlene Good Denver 25 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Body at MacDougal's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.

Lilly E. Smith Rockview Welch Turkey Creek Lane S. Cook Eliza J. Cook Browning Philip Ken Smith Oley Warren Keyrock James May Poff Athalene Pollack Akron Ohio Charlene Good Denver Colo MacDougal’s Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville

Final Rites for Mrs Bessie Blanche Garbett at Lilly Brook

Mrs Bessie Blanche Garbett 82 of Lilly Brook dies at home after a heart attack. Final rites set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel Parkersburg pastor Rev Clyde Hensley to conduct. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial with pallbearers Manuel Blanco Vilas Bedwell O O Cook W H Clayton Virgil Keaton W O Brogan.

Bessie Blanche Garbett Lillybrook Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Clyde Hensley Parkersburg Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Garbett Manuel Blanco Vilas Bedwell O. O. Cook W. H. Clayton Virgil Keaton W. O. Brogan

Arthur Warren Jr. Dies in Auto Crash in Ohio

Funeral services for Arthur Warren Jr., 46, Ashland Kentucky, formerly of Mount Hope, were set for 11 a.m. at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev. Ray Hanson presiding. Burial planned Tuesday at Champion Cemetery Ohio. Warren died in a mobile accident near Ironton Ohio Friday at 10 p.m. He was born January 13 1916 in Mount Hope. Survivors include mother Jenny Harless Oak Hill daughter Carolyn Warren Oak Hill brother Tom Sharpsburg Sharon Pa sister Margaret Harless Sharon Pa and stepsister Nell Kemp Mount Hope. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today. The body will be transported to Ohio Tuesday morning.

Arthur Warren Jr Ashland Mount Hope Tyree Warren Ironton Ohio Jenny Harless Oak Hill Carolyn Warren Tom Sharon Margaret Harless Nell Kemp

Final rites for Samuel E Evans in Oak Hill

Samuel Earl Evans 60 of Bunker Hill Oak Hill dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Funeral at Oak Hill Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 p m with Rev. Randolph Johnson and Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Born Coeburn Virginia June 23 1902 to William W and Elizabeth Edwards Evans. Bunah Elizabeth Evans, two unnamed.

Samuel Earl Evans Bunker Hill Oak Hill Oak Hill Baptist Church Randolph Johnson Ernest Barley High Lawn Memorial Park Evans Beckley Hospital New River and Pocahontas Coal Co Minden Coeburn William W Elizabeth Edwards Evans Bunah Elizabeth Evans

Ballard Cline Richardson Rites Set in Beckley

Funeral services for Ballard Cline Richardson 78 of Beckley will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev H E Sublett of Oak Hill officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died Sunday morning in a local hospital. A retired coal miner born April 18 1884 in Pineville he was a son of Charles H Richardson and Katharine Taylor Richardson. Survived by four daughters Maude Prather Letha Nichols Ruth Prather Amy Jacobs three sons Lloyd Noel Ferman 29 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren. Body remains at Caffee Funeral Home. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.

Ballard Cline Richardson Beckley Caffee Funeral Home H. E. Sublett Oak Hill Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Pineville Charles H Katharine Taylor Richardson Church of God Maude Prather Melbourne Fla Letha Nichols Ruth Prather Ravenswood Amy Jacobs Yucaipa Calif Lloyd Noel Deepwater Ferman Culpepper

Final rites held for G Edward Lilly 78 Pipestem

G Edward Lilly 78 of Pipestem died Sunday at a Hinton hospital from burns suffered while starting a fire. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Knob Primitive Baptist Church Pipestem with Elder Owen Harvey and Elder A L Neely officiating. Burial in Neely Cemetery Lilly a farmer and retired mail carrier and member of the Pipestem Primitive Baptist Church was born February 25 1884 in Summers Allen and Texie Lilly. He lived in Pipestem his whole life. He was Ethel Holdren's brother.

G. Edward Lilly Pipestem Knob Primitive Baptist Church Owen Harvey A. L. Neely Neely Lilly Ethel Holdren Beckley Hinton Summers County Allen and Texie Phillips Lilly Pipestein Primitive Baptist Church

Atlantic City Ex-Senator Charles White Dies at 77

Charles D. White, 77, hotel executive, former state senator and mayor, died Saturday in Atlantic City Hospital.

Atlantic City, N.J Charles D. White and Mayr Atlantic City Hospital

Topeka Name Origin Traced to Omaha Word

Topeka, Kansas, one of the state’s capitals, is said to derive its name from an Omaha Indian word meaning a good place to dig potatoes. The origin ties to tribal language usage and the region’s early settlement narratives.

Topeka Kansas

Greenbrier County arrests and bond actions listed

Deputy Marshal Imbo den jailed two men for possession of moonshine still. Others, including Jayne L. Spade Oak Hill and Leroy Gregory Mabscott, faced drunken driving, hit and run, and license charges with various bonds. Numerous individuals paid fines or bonded for brandishing weapons, defective exhaust, and miscellaneous warrants.

Greenbrier County Morris B. Imboden Thomas Christian Newhall Curtis Jackson Anjean Lady Spade Oak Hill W. A. Burke Leroy Gregory Mabscott Joe Rodriguez Charles Sigman John Mock Odd Rodriguez Harold Rose Hatcher Garland D. Dillon Pass Jerry Hicks Lorraine Ohio David Kenneth Stanley Stanaford Billy Wright Pax James E. Ellison Jr Shady Spring Paul Mickis Beckley Joyce Mickis Fred Kincaid Charlie Conley

Pope appoints 90 to ecumenical commissions

Pope John XXIII announced the addition of 90 members to 10 Ecumenical Council commissions, raising each panel from eight to nine members to avoid ties. Among the new appointees are three Americans, including Archbishop Leo Binz of St Paul and bishops Charles Greco of Alexandria and John Patrick Cody of Boston. The council began its second week with Latin liturgy discussions as delegates urged prayers for peace and an end to ongoing dangers.

Vatican City UPI John XXIII Vital Ecumenical Council Council Council Fathers Commission Leo Binz St. Paul Minn Charles P. Greco Alexandria John Patrick Cody Boston New Orleans

Thant to Visit Cuba With UN Aides After Kennedy Reply

Thant announced he would travel to Cuba with UN undersecretaries Omar Loutfi and Hermano Tavares de Sa and Brig. Indarjit Rikhye, along with others, following President Kennedy’s Sunday night message. Loutfi handles UN disarmament questions and Tavares is the Latin American chief in the secretariat.

Ing Thant Kennedy U.N Omar Loutfi United Arab Republic Hernano Tavares de Sa Brazil Indarjit Rikhye India Cuba Loutfi U. N Tavares

Grant Waives Murder Hearing in West Wickham Case

Allen Grant 41 of West Wickham waived a preliminary murder hearing before Magistrate W A Burke on a death attributed to knife wounds to Percy Hurt 40 of East Park Saturday night. Hurt died about 9 p m Saturday. no bullet holes were found. Hurt lay in a ditch near his home after a fight also involving Mrs Grant who is in satisfactory condition in Memorial Hospital with a wound to her hand. Grant remanded to jail pending bond and was taken to Memorial Hospital to have wounds dressed.

Allen Grant West Wickham W. A. Burke Percy Hurt East Park Hurt Raleigh Ross P. Daniel Beckley Grant Memorial Hospital

River Boat Explodes Off Blennerhassett Island

Belpre Ohio man Gordon Stout escaped unharmed when his 32 foot cabin cruiser exploded burned and sank on the Ohio River near Blennerhassett Island. He leaped overboard fully clothed and swam to the island after a second blast ruptured the vessel. Engines were not running and the cause was not immediately known. Stout, a former co owner of the island, was fishing on the boat at the time.

Parkersburg W. Va UPI Belpre Ohio Ohio River Blennerhassett Island Gordon Stout Stout

Khrushchev Orders Dismantling Cuban Missile Bases

Soviet press noted Khrushchev’s order to dismantle Cuban missile bases without immediate editorial comment. Red China backs Fidel Castro more aggressively, while Khrushchev’s peacemaker image remains strong at home. Western diplomats expect a broad Kremlin policy reappraisal.

Khrushchev Red China Fidel Castro Soviet Union Moscow Kremlin

Beckleyan Named Recruiter Of Year

S. Sgt. Richard L. Lilly of Beckley named Recruiter Of Year for the 5th Marine Corps Reserve and Recruitment District. He leads the Pikeville Sub-Station in Kentucky and was chosen from 62 recruiters across six-state area including West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Maryland DC and parts of NC and Indiana. In Washington ceremony Col. R C Nutting presented an engraved desk pen set. Lilly joined in 1951 trained at Parris Island and is married to Barbara Allen Nary with one child Randy.

5Th Marine Corps Reserve and Recruitment District Richard L. Lilly Floyd Lilly Beckley Marine Corps Pikeville Lilly West Virginia Bs. C Sgt. Lilly Parris Island S. C Barbara Allen Nary Randy

India May Not Break With China Over Border Fight

Cabinet ministers urged Krishna Menon’s dismissal from defense while supporters rally behind him amid fierce clashes in southern Ladakh. China launched a new campaign, ambushed a retreating Indian unit in Liang, with two to three Indian posts lost and 20 Chinese casualties reported. Indians moved troops by air. Punjab rail stations were seized to load soldiers. Opponents pressed for a ministry change as Nehru met with Kriplani and no drastic shift appeared imminent.

China Krishna Menon Ladakh Northeast Frontier Agency NEFA Himalaya India Indian Defense Ministry Damchok Liang Defense Ministry New Delhi Punjab Times of India Defense Menon J. B. Kripalani Nehru

Speeding arrest for Herman Lewis in Beckley city court

Herman Alonzo Lewis, 25, Beckley, is ordered to appear in City Police Court Thursday night on a speeding charge. He was cited by City Police at 11 25 p m Sunday.

Herman Alonzo Lewis

Solons Proffer Congratulations to Kennedy on Cuba Crisis

Congressmen from both parties welcomed the break in the Cuban crisis and praised President Kennedy for directing U S policy. Many urged firm proof that Khrushchev would dismantle Russian offensive weapons in Cuba before any relaxation of U S military posture. President Kennedy thanked congressional leaders for their support as leaders from both parties returned to Washington for talks. Senator Hugh Scott noted Republicans had urged strong steps against Russia and believed Khrushchev would back down.

United Press International Kennedy U.S Nikita S. Khrushchev Cuba United States USS Washington Hugh Scott

Stocks Rise As Cuban Crisis Eases At Open

New York stocks opened higher as tension eased after the weekend Cuban crisis. Widely held issues led gains across rails and steel. Anaconda up 63 cents to 38, Chesapeake & Ohio to 46.75, Kennecott 1.13 to 62.50, AT and T 2.88 to 107.50, DuPont up 4.50 to 210, Republic Steel, U.S. Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube higher. Royal Dutch Shell up 1.88 as oils rebound after a weak week.

NEW York UPI New York Stock Exchange Anaconda Chesapeake & Ohio Kennecott American Telephone and Telegraph DuPont Republic Steel U.S. Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Royal Dutch Shell

WVU Faculty To Visit 29 High Schools For Education Push

Three West Virginia University faculty members plan a two week tour of 29 state high schools to urge students to pursue further education. Dean Charles T. Holland of the School of Mines, Clifford W. Brown professor of music, and Ernest L. Jones supervisor of the data processing center will meet students and discuss opportunities.

Morgantown UPI West Virginia University Charles T. Holland School of Mines Clifford W. Brown Ernest L. Jones WVU

Communion Service Set By Episcopalians

St Stephen's Episcopal Church will hold a celebration of the Tory Communion at 7 30 p m Thursday for All Saints Day. Volunteers for the tri annual canvass will meet in the undercroft after the service, and the usual Thursday 10 30 a m communion will be omitted this week.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

President Kennedy reassures on Soviet air space incident

The President flew to Middleburg with his family for a brief respite while White House staff returned home for the first time in days. He acknowledged Khrushchev's protest over a plane entering Soviet air space over the Chukotka region due to navigational error. The aircraft was unarmed and sampling air for nuclear tests. Cuban missiles dominated Khrushchev’s letter to Kennedy.

Middleburg White House Kennedy Chukotka Peninsula Alaska Khrushchev

Fugitive Trio Nabbed on Fraud and Embezzlement Counts

A Brazil US treaty absence is noted as authorities pursue three fugitives: Earl Belle of Pittsburgh indicted on 31 counts of embezzlement from three banks. Losell Birrell of New York sought on 69 counts of fraud totaling about 14 million dollars. Ben Jack Cage of Dallas wanted for jumping bail after a prior embezzlement conviction with a 10 year sentence.

Brazil United States Earl Belle Pittsburgh Losell Birrell New York Ben Jack Cage Dallas Belle Birrell Cage

Crab Orchard man in hospital after work injury and toe amputation

Denver Hicks of Crab Orchard is in Beckley Hospital in good condition after three weeks of treatment for a broken left leg caused when equipment ran over it at work for Pachuta Coal Co. His large toe was amputated.

Denver Hicks Crab Orchard Beckley Hospital Pachuta Coal Co

Governor Urges Fallout Shelters as WV Steps Up CD Efforts

Governor W W Barron urged West Virginians to obtain fallout protection literature from county civil defense offices as the first urgent measure. State officials announced accelerated shelter planning, marked shelter buildings, and faster delivery due to the Cuban situation.

Charleston UPI W. W. Barron West Truman E. Gore State Office of Emergency Planning Gore West Virginia Barron Defense Department Washington National Governors Committee On Civil Defense National Guard

Dry Leader's Hearing Postponed 2nd Time

Charleston report states Rev. L. E. Crowson's hearing on warrants for reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident has been postponed for a second time to Wednesday at 10 a.m. The hearing was moved from last Monday to today at the request of H. A. Creddy's attorney in South Charleston. Crowson leads the Citizens Committee for Defeat of the Liquor Amendment and chairs the Board of Christian Social Concerns. the incident occurred Oct. 14 between a preaching engagement and his church in South Charleston.

Crowson Citizens Committee For Board of Christian Social Concerns Charleston

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