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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1955

Page

10

Funeral for Airman Don Branscome Set in Missouri

Mount Hope Airman Don Branscome killed in Alaska crash to be buried Oct 12 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Missouri. Survived by wife Anna Belle son Donald Wayne parents Lawrence and Mrs Branscome sisters Mrs Robert McGraw and Mrs Carl Humphrey. Branscome, a 1952 Mount Hope High graduate, served since May 1952 as a student aerial engineer in the Air Force. He had been at Elmendorf AFB Alaska with wife and infant son two weeks before the crash killing 12 total.

Mount Hope ANS Donald Branscome Alaska Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Missouri Air Force Anna Belle Branscome Donald Wayne Lawrence Branscome Robert McGraw Beckley Carl Humphrey Bradley Branscome Mount Hope High School Elmdorf Air Force Base

Dallas H. Cales Taken by Death

The body of Dallas H. Cales aged 50 formerly of Hinton died Saturday in a Rock Falls Illinois hospital and will be brought to Hinton for funeral arrangements. He was born January 14 1905 at Green Sulphur Springs the son of John A. and Louisa Bragg Cales. He lived most of his life in Summers County and for the past nine years in Illinois. Surviving are his wife Pearl Cales Rock Falls a son and daughter Lewis and Mary Ann Cales two daughters and two sons by a former marriage Mrs Margie Ballard Hinton Mrs Betty Jo Pack Hammond George Cales U S Navy Alameda California Robert Cales U S Army Japan two stepchildren William Shepherd and Mrs Russell Martin Hinton seven grandchildren six brothers E L Cales Hinton Clarence and Roy Cales Green Sulphur Springs Boyd Cales Meadow Bridge Other Cales Milford Ohio two sisters Mrs Iva Welch Green Sulphur Springs and Mrs Blanch Gillian Alderson

Hinton RNS Dallas H. Cales Rock Falls Ill Ronald Funeral Home Cales Green Sulphur Springs John A Louisa Bragg Cales Summers County Illinois Pearl Cales Lewis Mary Ann Cales Margie Ballard Betty Jo Pack Harmond George Cales U. S. Navy Alameda Calif Robert Cales U. S. Army Japan William Shepherd Russell Martin E. L. Cales Clarence Roy Cales Boyd Cales Meadow Bridge

Gary Team Wins Wyoming Safety Championship Title

The 1954 state first aid championship winners were the Gary mine team from United States Steel Corp. in Gary McDowell County. In a tight Pineville contest, 13 teams competed on the Pineville High School field, with Gary captains John Dickenson and Robert Long leading teams to top scores across four problems.

Wyoming Mine Safety Appliances Company Gary United States Steel Corporation Steve Solonka Bill Hightower Howard Pineville RNS United States Steel Corp Wyoming County West Virginia McDowell County U. S. Steel John Dickenson Robert Long Pocahontas Fuel Co Itmann Carl Parks Red Jacket Coal Corp Fred Thomas Island Creek Coal Co Bartley Cecil Ball Dickenson John Popovich Albert Wagers Howard Myers Dan Riffe Wesley Callahan Robert Rosenbalm Paige Geg@ry Charles Jones Charles Leonard Earl Hairston Charles Cox Howard Cox Ralph Green W. P. McCoy John Salters Harold Carte U. S. Steel Corp Coalwood Olga Coal Co Ernest Delph Clifftop Royalty Smokeless Coal Co Charles Berry Wharton No Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Bill Loudermilk Jenkin Jones Bill Lewis John Pomeroy

Five Men Arrested On Driving Charges

Five men faced reckless and drunk driving charges in Fayette County. Henry Hickman Davis of Landisburg received a fine or ten days in jail, Russell Young of Oak Hill paid $57.50 and remained jailed, Lawrence L. Gunter of Fayetteville posted a fine, Harry Eldridge Pennington of Oak Hill faced ten days or a fine and was jailed, Herman Arthur Fisher of Geneva Florida posted a cash bond after arrest on a drunk driving charge.

Fayetteville RNS Fayette County Henry Hickman Davis Landisburg F. W. Line Virgil Lyons Russell Young Oak Hill W. R. Seal Lyons Lawrence L. Gunter B. C. Madison M. G. Hiesan Harry Eldridge Pennington Buddie Crouch Herman Arthur Fisher Geneva Fla H. H. Meador

Danese Woman Returns Home After Ohio Visit

Mrs Howard Martin of Danese has returned home after visiting her nieces Mrs Henry Higginbotham and family of Dayton Ohio and Mrs Joe Shimick and family of Charleston.

Howard Martin Henry Higginbotham Dayton Ohio Joe Shimick Charleston Danese

Milam Methodist Church Dedication and Homecoming

The Milam Methodist Church in Pineville was dedicated with a homecoming this Sunday led by Reverend Albert R. Young. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Darrell V. McGraw and their sons Warren Mark and Tim of Crowley Worrell Addition Pineville. The note burning was performed by J. H. McGraw.

Pineville ANS Milam Methodist Church MceGraws Darrell V. McGraw

Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Barker

Funeral services for Audrey Pearl Barker 58 Garten will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Garten with Rev. Max Thompson officiating Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville home of a daughter Mrs Margaret Fay Pennington Garten sent body after 6 p.m. today Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville in charge Death attributed to heart attack Born Gatewood daughter of late Thomas Shumaker and Ella Teal Shumaker Gatewood Survived by son Joe Barker Glendale California daughter Ella Mae Barth Akron Ohio three brothers Thomas Shumaker Gatewood Fulton Shumaker Rainelle Donald Shumaker Huntington and a sister Mrs Effie Fox Oak Hill

Garten RNS Audrey Pearl Barker Pentecostal Holiness Church Max Thompson Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville Margaret Fay Pennington Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Barker Ella Mae Barth Akron Ohio Thomas Shumaker Gatewood Fulton Shumaker Rainelle Donald Shumaker Huntington Effie Fox Oak Hill

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