Mills Seek Different Values On Oakwood Realty
Twelve jurors and an alternate were to assess the Oakwood Realty property at South Oakwood Avenue and Neville Street before condemnation proceedings by the State Road Commission against owners George O. Mills and Tessie Mills. The 1959 taking for Route 16 work valued at $45,000 by five commissioners faced objections with the state contending a 13,000 to 14,000 dollar value for the “commercial slum” property due to lack of depot traffic after the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway service ended. jurors named include Mildred Laws Kevin Lynch Dewey Honaker R L Davis Robert Manning Walter Ford M C Fleshman Albert Sears Maude Griffin W S Brubeck George E Harvey Arnold Mann and alternate Naomi Pickus. The panel was seated after disqualifications of John Otto and John Gorsia. Maxwell pressed for Boley deposition admissibility. judge Knapp delayed ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Oakwood Avenue
Neville Street
State Road Commission
George O. Mills
Tessie
Beckley
Mills
J. W. Maxwell
Erty
Maxwell
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Alfred Taylor III
Paul J. Fourney
D. D. Ashworth
Oakwood
Neville
C&o
Mildred Laws
Kevin B. Lynch
Dewey Honaker
R. L. Davis
Robert L. Manning
Walter Ford
M. C. Fleshman
Albert Sears
Maude Griffin
W. S. Brubeck
George E. Harvey
Arnold W. Mann
California Leo Carrillo sells ranch for 1.5 million
Actor Leo Carrillo sells 1,000 of his 4,500 acre San Diego County ranch for 1.5 million. His family arrived in San Diego County in 1769 and he still owns 3,500 acres valued at about 4 million. In state briefs Ravenswood votes for state controlled liquor store in an option election. WVU Kanawha Valley Center first semester registration set Sept 19. Harold E. Neely campaigns in Parkersburg before Wood County GOP HQ dedication. Funeral for Mary Moulds Hurst Williams, 59, of Fairmont, who died unexpectedly in Madison, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Leo Carrillo
San Diego
Carrillo
San Diego County
Ravenswood
West Virginia University
Kanawha Valley Graduate Center
West Virginia State College
Harold E. Neely
Parkersburg
Wood County
Fairmont
West Virginia Society
Mary Moulds Hurst Williams
Williams
Madison
Conn
Labor dispute over contractor contract in West Virginia
Carpenters firm Yoak met me to urge removing the picket at the Child Care Center. The stand off is part of a weeks long labor dispute between the AFL-CIO Southern West Virginia Building and Construction Trade Council and local contractors who refuse to sign a contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern West Virginia Building and Construction Trade Council
Afl-Cio
Appalachian Power seeks higher reconnection fee
Appalachian Power Co has PSC approval to raise the reconnecting service charge from 1 to 4.50 for disconnections due to nonpayment. The utility said 4.50 is its actual cost, and the PSC ordered clear notice to customers that reconnection will cost 4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Appalachian Power Co
Public Service Commission
Appalachian
PSC
Revival to Begin With Rev J E Sargent in Yukon
The Rev. J E Sargent of Yukon will be evangelist for a revival series starting at 7 30 p m today at East Beck ley Pentecostal Holiness Church per Rev Alfred Pittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Sargent
Yukon
East Beckley
Desegregation Sparks School and Public Disorder Incidents
Reports from across the South and beyond describe ongoing school desegregation efforts and volatile reactions. In Little Rock standby pupil assignments were arranged. Chicago dispatched police to curb a 1000-strong white protest over four Black students at Rainbow Beach. Miami integrated classes at Fulford Elementary and Archdiocese schools. North Carolina and Virginia see expanding mixed classes in Raleigh Chapel Hill Durham and Richmond Roanoke and Pulaski with continued enrollments in parochial schools and parochial facilities. Indian sit-ins persist in Dunn NC with a Black youth joining the protest. Smyrna Tennessee reports a 14-year-old Black student attending 400 white pupils at Smyrna High, while a Roanoke incident ends in stone-throwing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Chicago
Rainbow Beach
South
Fulford
Miami
Archbishop Curley High
Notre Dame Academy
North Carolina
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Pulaski
Norfolk
Charlottesville
Alexandria
Danville
Dunn
N.C
Smyrna
Jury verdict favors Smith in Raleigh County case
A Raleigh County circuit court jury awarded John William Jackson Smith $127.91 against Dr. Mary Louise Soentgen for an auto collision at Central and South Oakwood Avenues on January 19. Soentgen failed to recover $233.69 in a cross claim, nullifying a prior magistrate judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
John William Jackson Smith
Railroad Avenue
Mary Louise Soentgen
South Oakwood Ave
Soentgen
Smith
Central
South Oakwood Avenues
Cotton White
Grandma Moses Honored In New York State Proclamation
Grandma Moses is described as lively and well by her doctor at her son Forrest’s home near the Vermont line. Gov. Rockefeller proclaims today as Grandma Moses day in New York with 45 paintings set to be shown at IBM Galleries and an observance planned in New York City on Sept. 12. She paints daily, reads newspapers, and criticizes space exploration as wasteful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest
Vermont
Grandma Moses
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
I.B.M
Grandma
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Eisenhower rues Soviet actions and UN role
President Eisenhower warned the Soviet Union against unilateral moves and urged support for United Nations collaboration. He considered addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, but said meeting Khrushchev there was unlikely and stressed not debasing the UN through invective. He linked possible talks to conditions, including the release of American fliers. He also urged vigilance over security, commented on the Martin-Mitchell defectors, and urged keeping religion out of the campaign while affirming Nixon shares that stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
United Nations
Khrushchev
General Assembly
Eisenhower Said the Defection of Two National Security Agency
Soviet Union
William H. Martin
Bernon F. Mitchell
U.S
Martin - Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Marion
Ind
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Truman
James Madison Memorial Commission Forms Plans for Monument
The speech notes the enactment of a law for Federal activities tied to West Virginia’s Centennial and that in its final days he was chosen by Speaker Rayburn for appointment to the James Madison Memorial Commission. The panel will develop plans for a monument to James Madison, the Father of the Constitution and fourth U.S. president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
West Virginia
Rayburn
James Madison
United States
Cemetery Tax Question Reaches High Court in West Virginia
Charleston AP reports Hillrest Memorial Gardens asks the Supreme Court to decide if the term cemeteries in state law means burial grounds only or includes related real and personal property. The Wyoming County cemetery seeks review of circuit rulings upholding about 2500 in taxes on accounts notes receivable and office equipment. It argues a constitutional provision and enabling acts exempt all cemetery property, real and personal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Hillrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Wyoming County
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Roof Falls Kill 10 In August
Charleston AP reports West Virginia coal fields fatality tally for August shows ten of eleven deaths from roof falls. Mine safety chief Crawford L. Wilson notes roof falls account for 51 percent of miner fatalities and 98 percent occur within 25 feet of the working face. The month lifts 1960 toll to 80, surpassing 1959 eight-month total by 17, with Logan County mine fire deaths included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Crawford L. Wilson
Logan County
Wilson
West Virginia
Driver Jailed For Drunkenness
Benny Ray Williams aged 34 of 312 Bostic Street was arrested by City Police for drunken driving at 7 p m Tuesday. He was jailed in Raleigh County Jail and bonded out this morning at 9 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Ray Williams
Bostic St
Williams
Raleigh
Jurors Excused Until Friday in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Jurors in the current August Raleigh County Circuit Court term were excused until 9 a.m. Friday. They will be notified of any schedule changes. Only 31 jurors answered roll call today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Homecoming Planned at Sweeneysburg Baptist Church
The Sweeneysburg Baptist Church announces a homecoming service this Sunday starting at 10 a.m. with Sunday School followed by an 11 a.m. sermon delivered by Pastor Rev. Robert Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeneysburg Baptist Church
Robert Perry
GOP Voters Registration Head Named in Raleigh County
James K. Edmundson, Beckley lawyer, named chairman of the GOP registration committee in Raleigh County by Chairman Truman L. Sayre. A 120-worker effort aims to register unregistered voters before the November election with at least one per precinct. Steering committee includes Basil F. Bailey, Virgil Shrewsberry, and W. R. Shumate. Registration books close Oct. 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Edmundson
Beckley
Republican Party
Raleigh County
GOP
Truman L. Sayre
Sayre
Edmundson
Basil F. Bailey
Prosperity
Virgil Shrewsberry
Flat Top
W. R. Shumate
Clyde St
Turncoats Martin and Mitchell Reach Moscow
The Pentagon says the two young men made pro Communist statements in Moscow after leaving the United States on a supposed vacation. They were traced from Eureka California and Ellensburg Washington to Mexico City Havana and then smuggled to the Soviet Union aboard a trawler. The NSA and Pentagon cite efforts to exploit their case and warn the letters and statements served Communist aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NSA
Washington
Pentagon
Martin
Mitchell
Moscow
U. S
United States
Eureka
Calif
Ellensburg
Wash
West Coast
Mexico City
Havana
Soviet Union
Subpoenas Brief West Virginia Gambling Inquiry
About 80 witnesses were summoned this week in the Ohio County Circuit Court hearings on Hancock County gambling with Teemer of McKeesport and Phillips unlocated for subpoenas. Testimony tied Teemer to Club 30 and a 1957 raid, while witnesses described attempts to keep the club open and prior raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck) Teemer
McKeesport
Florida
Commission
Ohio County Circuit
Teemer
Phillips
Hancock County
Internal Revenue Service
Club
Chester
U.S. 30
State Police
Basil E. Wright
Wright
Capitol
Charleston
Sam Kusic
Weirton
Kusic
Youngstown
Ohio
Hawkins
Hazen Fair
Fair
J. M. Raveira
Republican
James M. Raveira
Cpl
D. L. Talbott
Marlinton
Lyle Virden
New Cumberland
Lavine
Jockey Club
Club 30
Las Vegas
Ray Collins
Stolen Buick Recovered in Oak Hill
A 1953 Buick stolen from Harris H. Norton Oak Hill was recovered by City Police this week and returned to the owner. Police noted the car parked on Prince Street from Saturday afternoon until Monday arousing suspicion. It was towed to Day & Night Garage and state police confirmed the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris H. Norton
Oak Hill
Prince St
Pittsburgh Man Jailed For Auto Tampering
Edward W. Steale, 38, of Pittsburgh, Pa., arrested at 2:30 a.m. on auto tampering charge. Arraigned before Magistrate W. A. Burke, fined $25 and costs, or remain in jail. EL MATNEY, 49, 222 9th St., released from Raleigh County Jail at 10:50 a.m. today after arrest. to appear before Magistrate J. G. Mays in Beaver on Friday afternoon. RUSSELL CATLETT of Maple Fork jailed on maiming charge after 12:10 p.m. Tuesday arrest by sheriff's deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Steale
Pittsburgh
W. A. Burke
EL Matney
9Th St
Raleigh
J. G. Mays
Beaver
Russell Catlett
Maple Fork
Sheriff's Deputies
Homecoming Sunday at Josephine Missionary Baptist Church
The annual homecoming of the Josephine Missionary Baptist Church will be held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Missionary Baptist [Church
Deaths and Funerals Charles Sisk Rites Decent in Princeton
Funeral services for Charles Sisk 64 of Wickham Avenue Princeton will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Oliver Avenue Church of God with Rev. Earl King officiating. Burial in Resthaven Cemetery follows. A retired Pocahontas Fuel Co machinery operator and United Mine Workers member, Sisk died Tuesday after a long illness. Born May 12 1896 in Mercer County he was the son of the late IG D and Julia McCannisk. Survivors include his wife Beedy Shrewsbury Sisk four daughters Audrey Wiley Eugene Farmer Percy Gordon and Ella Mae Harold two brothers Dewey and Garland and the Rev Harry Sisk 22 grandchildren. The body is at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sisk
Wickham Avenue
Princeton
Oliver Avenue Church of God
Earl King
Resthaven
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Jenkin Jones
United Mine Workers of America
Mercer County
IG. D
Julia McCannisk
Beedy Shrewsbury Sisk
Audrey Wiley
Levern
Eugene Farmer
Flint Mich
Percy Gordon
Ella Mae Harold
Weston
Garden
Dewey
Garland
Mullens
Harry Sisk
Bailey Funeral Home
Rns
Obituaries for Peifer Stewart Smith and Bailey
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Fannie H. Peifer 95 of Lancaster at Groff Funeral Home. Dale Stewart 19 of Ravencliff will be buried at Pine Knob Cemetery after services in Pine Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include family across several states and countries. The body will be moved from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to the Leckie home for final rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Stewart
Ravencliff
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Herbert Perry
Orville Lamb
Pine Knob
Stewart
Bobby Bailey Tabor
Glen Rogers
Ward
Violet Lafferty Stewart
Gale
Germany
Mary Delconte
Houston
Texas
Mavis Givens
Portsmouth
Ohio
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Funeral set for Mrs Dora Ellen Day in Princeton Bethel
Mrs Dora Ellen Day 74 of Princeton dies after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services are Friday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church with Dr R S McClung and Rev Ern est Boyd presiding. Burial follows in the church cemetery. She was born May 3 1886 in Princeton to Austin and Rebecca Duncan and was a Bethel member. Survivors include husband George P Day son Edward J of Princeton daughters Margaret Pettrey Ida Day and Sarah Jones of Norfolk sister Lizzy Hall brother Earl Duncan half brother Charlie Ryan three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Ellen Day
Princeton
Bethel Methodist Church
R. S. McClung
Ernest Boyd
Church
Day
Austin
Rebecca Duncan
George P. Day
Edward J
Margaret Pettrey
Ida Day
Sarah Jones
Norfolk
Lizzy Hall
Earl Duncan
Coal City
Charlie Ryan
Bristol
Tenn
Nellie Wriston Rites Set At Lick Fork Church Of God
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Almeta Wriston 40 of Ingram Branch will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Lick Fork Church Of God Massey with Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial in Rhinehart Cemetery Scarbro. Died Tuesday at 4 30 a m after a long illness born Tamroy Feb 29 1920 daughter of the late George and Cora Powell. Survivors include George Winstog a brother William Powell of Charleston and Mrs Martha Perry of Scarro. Body moved from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to the home at 4 p m today and to church one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Almeta Wriston
Ingram Branch
Lick Fork Church of God
Massey
Ernest Barley
Rhinehart
Scarbro
Wriston
Tamroy
George
Cora Powell
George Winstog
William Powell
Charleston
Martha Perry
Scarro
Tyree
Oak Hill
Barber dies after extended illness at 77 in Tolley Town
George A Barber 77 Tolley Town died at home at 12 25 am after an extended illness Born April 15 1883 at Oceana son of the late Joe and Martha Walker Barber A retired farmer he had lived in Raleigh County 55 years He was a member of Lester First Church of God Survivors include his wife Ella McGhee Barber one daughter Clara Frew Lester one brother Frank Matheny four sisters Rose Cook Betha Maynor Oceana Lockie Cook Hatcher Stella Cook Jesse three grandchildren and three great grandchildren The body is at Calfee Funeral Home pending arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Anderson Barber
Tolley Town
Oceana
Joe
Martha Walker Barber
Barber
Raleigh County
Lester First Church of God
Ella McGhee Barber
Clara Frew
Lester
Frank
Matheny
Rose Cook
Betha Maynor
Lockie Cook
Hatcher
Stella Cook
Jesse
Calfee Funeral Home
Elvira Smith Funeral Services Held in Leckie
Mrs. Elvira Jane Smith, 71, of Glen Fork, died at 5:50 am today at her daughter's home Everett Blevins. Funeral services are set for 11 am Thursday at Boyds Chapel Methodist Church Leckie with Rev. Fred Cook officiating. Burial will follow at ValleyVista Gardens in Tazewell. Born May 1, 1879 in Leckie to John and Mary Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Jane Smith
Glen Fork
Boyds Chapel Methodist Church
Leckie
Fred Cook
Valley Vistage Gardens
Tazewell
Final rites for Mrs Ruth Furrow held at Enon church
Mrs Ruth Alma Furrow 39 of Hodge Street died at 7 35 am Monday after a long illness. Final rites were at 2 pm today at Enon Regular Baptist Church Glen View Road with Reverends Luther Goode and Clarence Kirby presiding. Burial in Canaday Cemetery Glen View. Melton Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Alma Furrow
Hodge Street
Enon Regular Baptist Church
Glen View Road
Luther Goode
Clarence Kirby
Canaday
Glen View
Furrow
Melton Mortuary
Funeral service for infant Joseph Barker
Funeral for three day old Joseph Dwayne Barker, son of Glenna Barker Eccles, at 2 p m Thursday in Melton Mortuary. Infant died at 4 45 am today in a local hospital. Survived by mother and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Joey Barker Eccles. Body remains at the mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Joey) Dwayne Barker
Glenna Barker
Eccles
Melton
Ethel Carr
Char
Joey Barker
Ayers Funeral Services Held in Oakvale Church
Mrs Willie Hulda Ayers 80 of Oakvale died Tuesday after a short illness in Memorial Hospital Princeton Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Oakvale Methodist Church led by Rev Jimmy Jones and Rev Roby Belcher Survivors include two daughters Mrs Rollie Bailey and Mrs Rufus Pennington two sons Lawrence and Fred Oakvale 15 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale in charge Grandsons serving as pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Hulda Ayers
Oakvale
Oakvale Methodist Church
Jimmy Jones
Roby Belcher
Ayers
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
William Ayers
Rollie Bailey
San Leandro
Calif
Rufus Pennington
Lawrence
Beckley
Fred
Johnston Funeral Home
$35,000 Suit Instituted Today
A $35,000 lawsuit was filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court by Josh Chambers alleging permanent injuries from a 1954 cab crash near Harper. Defendants are Nu Way Cab Co. and driver Robert N. McKever. Chambers seeks a jury trial. Beckley Hospital sues Billy K. Evans and Wanda Evans for $395.62 for treatment costs between Oct 18 and Nov 5, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Chambers
Raleigh
Thomas A. Williams
The
Nu Way Cab Co
Robert N. McKever
106 Mool S
Chambers
McKever
Harper
Beckley Hospital
Billy K
Wanda Evans
Dry Hill Road
Evans
Miner Hurt by Falling Slate at Wyoming Coal Mine
Woodrow Cook, 30, of Wyoming, sustained a back injury when a slate piece fell on him at 4:15 am Wednesday while working as a machine operator for Island Creek Coal Co. He was transported by ambulance to Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
RNS
Woodrow Cook
Island Creek Coal Co
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Cook
Notable Deaths Across Cities Highlight US Figures
Vincent Riggio 82 former American Tobacco president and chair died Tuesday in Mount Kisco NY known as Mr Tobacco entered the tobacco field in 1917 and retired in 1951 Jimmy Savo 64 famed vaudeville and nightclub comic died Tuesday in Terni Italy He was born Giaccomo Sava in New York Merril Thomas MacPherson 69 former president of the American Council of Christian Churches died Tuesday in Weyburn Sask after a long illness He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier en route home from Milestone Saskatchewan Lucille H Ekelund 58 national director for USO YMCA training and program activities died Tuesday after brief illness Born in St Paul Minnesota she worked long in Girl Scouts before joining YWCA in 1949
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Kisco
N.Y
Vincent Riggio
The
American Tobacco Co
Riggio
Mr. Tobacco
New York
Jimmy Savo
Terni
Italy
Giaccomo Sava
Lucille H. Ekelund
Uso-Ymca
Girl Scout Organization
Miss Ekelund
YWCA
St. Paul
Minn
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Norman Knapp
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Helen Morgan Story
Ann Blyth
Paul Newman
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Tony Curtis
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Doris Dowling
Arthur Franz
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Channel 4
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John M. Slack
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John McCormack
Slack
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Herndon
Gene Kelly
Natalie Wood
David Davie
Angelica Morales
Danny Kaye
Louis Armstrong
Pearl S. Buck
Family Weekly
Fannie H. Peifer
Lancaster
A. L. Rohrer
Harper Road
Groff
Boyds Chapel
E. J. Smith
C. M. Moore
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George Larue
Kennis Cooke
Huntington
Land
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Falmouth
Stacy
Ezra
Harry
Baltimore
Elma Dukes
Kelso
Martha Sadler
Falls View
Delbert
Luther Bailey
Anawalt
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Rose and Quesenberry
Ezra Smith
Mrs
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George A. Barber
Elvira Smith
Joseph D. Barker
Willie Ayers
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